WDC GenWeb - Lawrence Frame b. abt 1617 Eng? > VA/WV
WDC GenWeb - Descendants of Lawrence Frame
* Lawrence Frame b. abt 1617
m. Mary _ abt 1637, b. abt 1620
* Thomas Frame
bpt. Nov 4 1649 Minsterworth, Glostershire, England
d. aft 1708 PA?
Left Bristol, England for America Feb 23 1669/70 as servant bonded
to Grace Smith, who indentured him to Amesbury MA resident. Thomas
was a tailor in 1681/82 and inn keeper with brother-in-law Philip
Rowell. Jun 1683 Thomas and Mary sold their house in Amesbury and
moved, 1689 they moved back to Amesbury and bought ten acres from
William Osgood. 1693-1707 Thomas was the schoolmaster for Amesbury,
then became full time inn keeper and sold 30 acres Mary inherited
from her father. May 26 1708 Thomas sold Mary's remaining property
and they moved from Amesbury
m. Mary Rowell Sep 18 1673 Amesbury MA, b. Jan 31 1649 Amesbury
[d/o Valentine Rowell and Joanna Pinder]
* Elizabeth Frame b. Jan 1 1676/77 Amesbury MA, d. aft Oct 1721
m. Samuel George Jan 15 1692/93 Amesbury
* Hannah Frame
b. Jan 12 1676/77 Amesbury MA, d. abt 1708 Haverhill MA
m. John Hartshorn Jr Mar 16 1694/95 Salisbury MA
* Sarah Frame b. abt 1680 Amesbury MA, d. abt 1751
m. John Challis Jan 26 1697/98 Salisbury MA
* Susanna Frame b. abt 1681 Amesbury MA, d. aft 1719
m. Caleb Norton Mar 6 1698/99 Salisbury MA
* Mary Frame b. Mar 2 1683/84 Amesbury MA, d. aft 1740 Amesbury
m. John Colby Dec 2 1702 Amesbury
m. Edward Latimer Nov 12 1730 Rothwell, England
* Thomas Frame b. abt 1684 Amesbury MA, d. Aug 30 1686 Amesbury
* John Frame b. abt 1685 Amesbury MA
Moved to Lecock Twp, Lancaster Co PA about 1720 with brother James
* James Frame Sr b. 1687 Amesbury MA, d. 1754 Staunton VA
Moved his family to Augusta Co VA about 1740,
bought land in Beverly Manor near Staunton VA.
One source says James b. abt 1687 Lanarkshire, Scotland, came to
America and settled in PA, then VA, m. Jane _ 1720 in Chester Co
PA, Jane b. abt 1702 Iniskillen, Ireland, James and Jane d. abt
1754 Augusta Co VA
m. Jane Rennick 1720 Lancaster Co PA
* James Frame Jr b. abt 1721 Lancaster Co PA, d. aft 1754
one source says d. Aug 1750
m. Martha McCausland
* Thomas Frame
* John Frame
b. 1723 Lancaster Co PA, d. Aug 7 1797 Greenbrier Co VA
1740 came with his parents to Augusta Co VA, 1790 moved his
family to Birch River, Greenbrier Co. Served in the Augusta
Co Militia Company 3 under Capt. James Cathey
m. Margaret Hogshead 1740 Augusta Co VA
d. aft 1797 Greenbrier Co
[d/o John Hogshead and Nancy Wallace]
* Mary Frame b. 1740/41
* William Frame b. Sep 8 1743 d. 1827
* David D Frame b. 1745 Augusta Co VA, d. 1810 Braxton Co VA
1772 bought the farm of Benjamin Lewis on Cowpasture River
in now-Bath Co VA, with his youngest brother-in-law Joseph
Hanna who later reneged on the deal and was sued by the
Frames. 1778 named road surveyor for Augusta Co, 1783
given the right to own the county's stillhouse making and
dispensing liquor to residents. Rev. War: Private in Capt.
McCreery's Augusta Co Troops of the VA line. 1797 moved to
Greenbrier(Nicholas) Co VA, later to Little Levels near
now-Hillsboro VA, 1801 moved to Big Birch River near the
mouth of Powell's Creek in now-Nicholas Co WV where they
were some of the earliest land holders. 1805 deeded 560
acres to son John, 114 acres to son Thomas, 354 acres to
son David Jr. He bought 317 acres on Elk River opposite
the mouth of Racoon Creek, willed to his children. Twelve
years later the heirs sold the rights to this land to
Thomas and David Frame Jr
m. Mary Donohue 1762 Augusta Co VA
Mar 22 1769 Mary relinquished her dower to David (divorced
him). According to "History of Frametown and vicinity" pub
1830, soon after their marriage they were joined by the
Bodkin (or Burkin or Botkin) brothers, John Bodkin and
Richard Bodkin and Richard's teen bride Elizabeth Hanna.
It is thought Richard Bodkin d. abt 1767 and David D Frame
fell in love with Elizabeth and was accused of adultery by
neighbor James Burnside. David sued Burnside and hired a
young lawyer who had just passed the Virginia Bar, future
president Thomas Jefferson who records Elizabeth's surname
as Burkin in his casebook
2nd wife of David D Frame:
m. Elizabeth Hanna Mar 1769
b. May 14 1747 Ireland, d. Sep 22 1796 Kanawha Co VA
one source says d. 1830
Came with her parents to PA in the Spring of 1756
Elizabeth m.1st Richard Bodkin d. abt 1767
Neice of John Hanna
[d/o James Hanna Jr b. 1725 Ireland, d. Greenbrier Co VA,
and Anne Johnson. James Jr s/o James Hanna Sr b. abt 1700
Ireland, s/o Patrick Hanna II b. 1675 Ireland, s/o Patrick
Hanna I b. abt 1650 Scotland, s/o Robert Hanna II b. abt
1625 Scotland, s/o Robert Hanna I b. abt 1590 Scotland]
* Elizabeth Frame b. Jun 8 1769 d. 1822
* John William Frame b. 1775 d. Oct 1855
* James Frame Sr
b. 1776 Augusta Co VA, d. 1840 Nicholas Co VA
Settled Frametown VA in 1798. He first came here from
Augusta Co with an unnamed man and cleared one acre of
land, built a cabin, stayed about a year. One morning
they heard a turkey gobbling and went out to kill it.
Failing to find it they separated, continued to hunt
and the nameless man saw a bear and fired twice at it.
He lost his way and followed Steer Creek thinking it
emptied into Elk River; instead he went down the Little
Kanawha to Parkersburg, down the Ohio to Point Pleasant
and then back to Virginia. James thought the man killed
the turkey with the first shot and an Indian killed him
with the second. Alarmed, he went back to Augusta Co.
There he met the owner of the land and traded him a
black mare and flint lock rifle for his claim thereby
obtaining all the land on the north side of Elk River
between the end of Frametown bridge to Little Kanawah
Railroad station. He moved his family here and built a
dam and water mill, in 1825 he built the grist and saw
mill in Frametown
m. Rebecca Boggs 1801, b. 1781 d. 1820
* Andrew B Frame b. Sep 9 1803 d. Sep 4 1870
Some sources say Andrew is the father of Martha
Jane Frame (below) who married James McAvoy
* Elizabeth J Frame b. 1805 d. Jul 29 1877
* John Frame b. Oct 6 1806 d. Jul 18 1884
m. Rachel Green 1827
[d/o Benjamin Green and Isabelle Evans, they
also had: Sarah Green b. 1805 and d. abt 1871
who m. Hiram Frame]
* Isabel Frame b. abt 1828
* Loucinda P Frame
b. Jun 12 1830 Strange Creek, Braxton Co WV
d. Jan 15 1908
* Louisa Frame
* Sarah G Frame b. Mar 2 1836 d. Sep 3 1899
* Mary Frame b. 1838
* James Franklin Frame
* Caroline Frame
* Elizabeth Jane Frame
m. Robert D McAvoy b. abt 1836 WV
Descendants of Elizabeth Frame and Robert McAvoy
* Morgan Frame
* Hiram Frame b. 1808/09 d. May 3 1877
m. Sarah Green b. 1805 d. abt 1871 Braxton Co VA
* Martha Jane Frame
b. Feb 26 1835 VA, d. May 26 1921 IL
m. James "Jim Mack" McAvoy abt 1858
b. Mar 23 1834 Bolar, Bath Co VA
d. Aug 21 1912 Plymouth IL
Descendants of Martha Frame and James McAvoy
* Sarah Frame b. 1809
* James Frame Jr b. 1810 d. 1872
* William Boggs Frame b. Feb 9 1812 d. Aug 26 1875
m. _ _
* John H Frame
* James A Frame
* Jane Virginia Frame b. 1815 d. 1850
* Charles Frame b. 1818
* Harriet Frame b. 1820
* Thomas K Frame
m. _ _
* Emma Frame
m. Mr Rollyson
2nd wife of James Frame Sr:
m. Nancy Keener 1822
* Jane Virginia Frame b. Oct 3 1773 d. Feb 10 1856
* David D Frame Jr b. Dec 17 1781 d. Nov 19 1861
* Thomas Frame b. 1790 d. 1829
* Margaret Frame b. 1790
* James Frame b. 1747
* Andrew Frame b. 1748
* Thomas Frame b. 1750
* John Frame Jr b. 1751 d. 1837
* Elizabeth Frame b. 1753
m. John Hanna b. Ireland
Uncle of Elizabeth Hanna
* William Frame b. 1725 Leacock PA
* David Frame b. 1729 Lancaster Co PA
m. Elizabeth _
* seven other children
Contributor: Paul Schoaff
Email: [email protected]
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