Ffresell, William

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Battle:Battle of Worcester in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Ship/Arrival:John & Sara, May 1652
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Published on: 09 Dec 2014
Updated: 12 Mar 2020
Researcher: Teresa Rust
Editor: Teresa Rust

Similar Names:
Ffressell, Edward. NEHGR, SD
Ffresell, William. NEHGR, SD

“Wm Ffresell” is a name found on, A list of the passengers aboard the John and Sarah of London John Greene Mr. bound for New England, dated 11 Nov 1651. ~ Suffolk Deeds, LIBER I., Massachusetts, 1880. Google Books Online

Page 281.
Black, George Fraser, 1866-1948. The Surnames of Scotland, Their Origin Meaning and History, (New York : New York Public Library & Readex Books, 1962), First published in 1946. Page 281.

First Generation in the New World

1. WILLIAM¹ FRESSELL/FRISELL, “Scotsman”, was born in Scotland and died at Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts on 25 Jan 1684.1 He married at Concord on 28 Nov 1667, HANNA CLARKE.2 She married, second, PETER TALBOT.3 Is Hanna Clarke a SPOW descendant? Possibly a daughter of John Clarke?

Biographical Notes:
“1661. June 24. Petition of Timothy Wheeler that William Frezell a Scotchman of Concord be excused from training having rec’d a wound in the warres.”4
“30 March 1671 – Inquest on George Heaward, Senior who was drowned helping Wm. Frizzell over the river in a canoe.” signed by many local men.5
“The inventory of William Ffrizel Scotsman who died on the 25th of January 1684 in Concord: taken on the 18th of March 1684…” See below.

Children of William and Hannah (Clarke) Frisell:
2. i. HANNAH² FRISELL, (William¹), b. at Concord, Massachusetts on 12 Sep 1669.6
2. ii. WILLIAM² FRIZELL, (William¹), b. at Concord on 14 Oct 1671; died at Concord on 13 Oct 1699.7
2. iii. JOHN² FRISELL, (William¹), was born at Concord on 28 Dec 1673.8
2. iv. ELIZABETH² FRISELL, (William¹), was born at Concord on 1 Mar 1674/5.9
2. v. MARY² FRISELL, (William¹), was born at Concord on 1 Oct 1677.10
2. vi. CLARK² FRIZEL, (William¹), 13 May 1680.11

List of his Descendants & Researchers

SOURCES AND NOTES:

Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
  1. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/i/14472/8549-co2/38254160 [↩]
  2. “FRISSEL, William (-1685) & Hannah CLARKE (1646-), m/2 Peter TALBOT 1687; 23 Nov 1667; Concord {Talbot 9; Sv. 1:404; Gen. Mag. 1:142; GDMNH 246; Woodstock 5:111; Smith-Bryant 159, 263; Reg. 5:249; Farr Anc. 66, 68, 278; Evans (1940) 26}” New England Marriages to 1700. Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21174/583/426886506 [↩]
  3. New England Marriages to 1700. Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21176/1484/426943703 [↩]
  4. Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675., (Unpublished abstracts by Thomas Bellows Wyman, “Abstract of Middlesex court files from 1649,” n.d.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB432/i/12380/129/138350949 [↩]
  5. Middlesex County, MA: Abstracts of Court Files, 1649–1675. (Unpublished abstracts by Thomas Bellows Wyman, “Abstract of Middlesex court files from 1649,” n.d.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB432/i/12381/119/138357437 [↩]
  6. “Hanna daughter of William Frisell & Hanna his wife borne, 12; Sep; 69” Early Vital Records of Massachusetts, Concord Births, Marriages and Deaths, page 14: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Concord/Images/Concord_014.shtml [↩]
  7. “William Frizell ye son of William Frizell Dyed Octobr ye 13th, 1699.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7685/58/142159476 [↩]
  8. “John son of william frisel & hanna his wife borne 28. desemr 1673” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 . https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7685/17/142162596 [↩]
  9. “Elizabeth daughter of Will ffrisel & anna his wife borne 1 march 74/75.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7685/18/142158223 [↩]
  10. “Mary daughter of William frisell & hanna his wife borne 1 octo 1677.” Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7685/20/142159016 [↩]
  11. “Clark son of Wm frizel born 13. 4. 80” http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Concord/Images/Concord_023.shtml [↩]