Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Fifth Generation143. Benjamin FRYE2 was born on 15 April 1788 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.2 He died in 1866 at the age of 78.2 Benjamin and Sarah left Pennsylvania about 1835 for Peoria, Illinois. An old bio of Benjamin states that they had 9 children, of whom the two eldest died quite young. Only three children have been identified. Benjamin FRYE and Sarah SHAFFER were married about 1810 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.2 Sarah SHAFFER2 was born in June 1795.2 She died in 1827 at the age of 32.111 Sarah's father, Thomas Shafer, was a soldier in the Revolution. Benjamin FRYE and Sarah SHAFFER had the following children:
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