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Descendants of George Thomas Frazier

Generation No. 1

1. GEORGE THOMAS¹ FRAZIER^1,² was born Abt. 1725 in Iverness, Scotland, and died Abt. 1790 in Randolph, North Carolina. He married MARY PUGH 1748 in Pennsylvania, daughter of THOMAS PUGH and ELIZABETH. She was born 1728 in Pembroke, South Wales, and died Abt. 1800 in Guilford Co; North Carolina.

Notes for GEORGE THOMAS FRAZIER:
The following is from Frazier Family History by Irvin Frazier,published by the author in 1974:

"The name Frazier apears to have originated in the South of France, in the year 916 A.D. Apparently it was applied to one of our earliest ancestors, whose name formerly had been Berry, by King Charles of France, as a take-off on the French word for strawberry. This ancestor served the King some strawberries out of season, and in turn was given his new name by the King, that of FRAISE, the French word for strawberry. He chose to retain this name from that time forward, and many years later the representation of three stalks of strawberries were used in the Frazier arms and became a part of the Frazier crest.

This story is recounted in some detail in the earliest book found on the Fraziers:

"CHRONICLES OF THE FRASERS, THE WARDLAW MANUSCRIPT."

This original manuscript was prepared in 1666 by Master James Fraser, Minister of the Parish of Wardlaw (now Kirkhill), Inverness, Scotland. It traces the genealogy of the Frasers from 916 thru 1674. In 1905 the manuscript was made available to the public by being published in Edinburgh

as Vol.XLVII of Publications of the Scottish History Society, printed at the University Press."

I.F. citing the same book, declares that "many of the Frasers of France came from Normandy across the English Channel to England and Scotland with William the Conqueror in 1066 A.D."

Children of GEORGE FRAZIER and MARY PUGH are:

2.	i.	SAMUEL² FRAZIER, b. April 10, 1749, Edgecombe', NC; d. April 10, 1839, Bearden, Knox Co; Tennessee.
3.	ii.	GEORGE FRAZIER, b. 1751, Orange Co; North Carolina; d. February 18, 1835, Randolph, North Carolina.
4.	iii.	THOMAS SR. FRAZIER, b. 1752, Randolph Co; North Carolina; d. April 02, 1845, Greene Co; Tennessee.
	iv.	DAVID FRAZIER, b. 1753, Orange Co; North Carolina; d. Aft. 1820.
	v.	ELIZABETH BETSY FRAZIER, b. 1761, Orange Co; North Carolina; d. 1842; m. ANTHONY REYNOLDS; b. 1769; d. 1852.
	vi.	RACHEL FRAZIER, b. Abt. 1765, Orange Co; North Carolina; d. Aft. 1820, Orange Co; North Carolina; m. SOLOMON REYNOLDS; b. Abt. 1762.

More About RACHEL FRAZIER:
Burial: Orange Co; North Carolina

5.	vii.	ISAAC FRAZIER, b. January 19, 1763, Guilford Co; North Carolina; d. January 13, 1846, Thornton, Boone Co; Indiana.
6.	viii.	FRANCIS HENRY FRAZIER, b. June 17, 1766, Orange Co; North Carolina; d. November 08, 1830, Guilford Co; North Carolina.
7.	ix.	JOHN FRAZIER, b. July 04, 1769, Randolph Co; North Carolina; d. Abt. 1848.
8.	x.	JAMES M. FRAZIER, b. 1772, Guilford Co; North Carolina; d. November 08, 1822, Randolph Co; Indiana.
	xi.	ANN FRAZIER, b. Abt. 1767.

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