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Trefry family of Marblehead, Massachusetts

The origins of Thomas/1Trefry of Marblehead are unknown. A Treffry family has its origin at Fowey, County Cornwall, England (Treffry Heritage Council). Claims have been made that Thomas is of this family, but at present there is no proof that this is so, and it appears unlikely. Thomas was a fisherman, whose name first appears at Marblehead in a Town Meeting Petition dated 27 March 1674 (NEHGR, Vol. VII, January, 1863, p. 70), but probably settled there earlier.

Thomas/1 Trefry m. (1)Sarah (___?___), mother of all of his children, who d. bef. 1701. He m. (2) Elizabeth Humphries, 18 Nov. 1701, who was b. about 1646, Marblehead. She d. 1730 aged 84y. and is bur. at the Old Burial Hill.

A. Children by first wife:

  1. Thomas, m. Agnes Dennis, 14 Oct. 1692; she d. 1749, Marblehead
  2. Elizabeth, m. John White, 7 June 1694, Marblehead
  3. James, m. Sarah Russell, 8 June 1702, Marblehead
  4. Dorcas, m. Martin Hoyle, 24 Feb. 1700/1, brother of Christian Hoyle, who m. Mark Morse (See # 132, Part II of Cemetery Listing)
  5. Sarah, m. Samuel Holman, 5 Nov. 1696, Marblehead
  6. John, b. 5 June 1689, m. Delyverance Tucker, 11 Apr. 1712

B. Children of Thomas/2 and Agnes (Dennis) Trefry, all b. Marblehead:

  1. Thomas, bp. 17 Feb. 1694/5; m. Rebecca Wormstill, 13 Dec. 1715
  2. Mary, bp. 15 Dec. 1695, m. John Dolliver, Jr., 2 Jan. 1715/16
  3. James, bp. 9 Oct. 1698
  4. Agnes, bp. 28 July 1700; m. Thomas Dolliver, 2 Mar. 1718/19, who was b. 1698, d. 1760, a. 62y. and bur. Old Burial Hill
  5. John, bp. 18 Apr. 1703; m. Sarah Abbott, 9 Jan. 1723/4
  6. William, bp. 9 June 1706
  7. Sarah, bp. 15 Dec. 1709; m. Richard James, Jr., 30 Sept. 1731
  8. Amy, bp. 11 May 1712; m. William Peach, Jr., 12 Sept. 1734
  9. Dennis, bp. 20 De.c 1719; m. Sarah Allen, 19 Apr. 1744

C. Children of James/2 and Sarah (Russell) Trefry, all b. Marblehead:

  1. Sarah, b. 30 July 1703, Marblehead, m. Robert Laskey, 11 Nov. 1723
  2. Elizabeth, b. 16 Sept. 1705, m. William Laskey, 5 Dec. 1727, Marblehead
  3. Mary, b. 3 Feb. 1709, m. Jonas Laskey, 12 Nov. 1728, Marblehead
  4. John, b. 10 Sept. 1711, m. Hannah Pitman, 23 Sept. 1734, Marblehead, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Huckstable); he went with his son, Capt. Joshua Pitman Trefry, to Cheboque, Nova Scotia, 1766, and settled at Cheboque Point, near Yarmouth; they were mariners (Information courtesy Carolyn Jurczak, Treffry Heritage Council)
  5. Margaret, b. 14 Aug. 1714, m. Peter Doliber, 30 May 1734, Marblehead
  6. James, b. 9 Oct. 1716, m. Mary Dodd 26 Sept. 1738
  7. Dorcas, bp. 20 Sept. 1719. m. John Russell, 21 Sept. 1738, Marblehead, s. Roger and Sarah (Merritt), bp. 16 Dec. 1718, Marblehead

D. Children of John/3 and Hannah (Pitman) Trefry, all b. Marblehead:

    1.) John, bp. 21 Dec. 1735; m. Mary Sweetland, 29 Oct. 1759 2.) Hannah, bp. 5 Mar. 1737/8 3.) Joshua Pitman, bp. 25 May 1740; m. Mary Allen, 9 Nov. 1762 4.) Sarah, bp. 18 July 1742 5.) Margaret, bp. 22 July 1744

Source: Marblehead Vital Records