Polly Frey 
Polly was born on June 18th, 1795 in ,York,Pa.1 Polly's father was Henry Frey and her mother was Barbara Baumgartner. Her paternal grandparents were Gottfried Frey and Maria Margaretha Linn; her maternal grandfather was Henry Baumgartner. She had nine brothers and six sisters, named John, David, Joseph, Samuel, Jacob, Henry, Enoch, George, Simeon, Katharina, Elizabeth, Barbara, Nancy, Martha and Anna. She was the fourth oldest of the sixteen children. She died at the age of 79 on January 4th, 1875 in Pierpont,Ashtabula,Ohio.1 General Notes
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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #3162, Date of Import: Dec 5, 1998]
from the book ,GOTTFRIED FREY : ANCESTRY AND POSTERITY
Polly frey's birth is recorded in a fine German script :" This summer came to us the Babe Matta, born June 18,1795, under the sign of the scales." "Justice tempered with mercy" was the rule of her life. When five years old, she was one of the 7 children travelling westward over the mountains from York to Crawford County. Subsisting chiefly on milk from the cows, that hauled the oxcart in which they rode. July 26,1817 , she became the second wife of Jesse Turner, b. apr.11,1782, in Mass. They spent their lives on a farm near Pierpont,Ohio. Polly died Jan. 4,1875,"Aunt Polly Turner", lovingly called. Many stories are told of her prowess in the wilderness. She transplanted the pine trees , seen innpicture of her son, from the old homestead, toher own home in Ohio. Many stories are told of her prowess. in piloting a group of singers thru the woods to a new Sunday School, needing help of the Frey singers, to leading the cranberry pickers into the Pymatuning swamp, killing 27 rattlers, one day---"so they all say."
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1605 in Urdorf,Canton Zurich,Switzerland d.05 Sep 1688 in age 80 Hilsbach,Baden,Germany
- b.1640 in ,,Germany d.1700
- b.~ 1613 d.28 FEB 1687/88 in age 75 Hilsbach,Baden,Germany
- b.01 Jun 1684 in Weiler,Baden,Germany d.1748 in Halsbach,Bavaria
- b.~ 1626 d.WFT Est. 1656-1717
- b.1652 in Weiler,Baden,Germany d.05 Dec 1701 in age 49
- b.04 Aug 1721 in Weiler,Baden,Germany d.May 1782 in York twp. ,York,Pa.
- b.~ 1686 in of Halsbach,,Bavaria d.WFT Est. 1725-1781
- b.10 Mar 1767 in York,York,Pa. d.09 Dec 1849 in Conneaut,Crawford,Pa.
- b.~ 1697 d.WFT Est. 1728-1788
- b.~ 1723 in Halsbach,Bavaria-Palatine,Germany d.~ 1797 in York twp.,York,Pa.
- b.18 Jun 1795 in ,York,Pa d.04 Jan 1875 in Pierpont,Ashtabula,Ohio
- b.WFT Est. 1721-1750 d.< 1789 in ,,Pa.
- b.07 Jul 1772 in ,York,Pa. d.1850 in Linesville,Crawford,Pa.
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