Individual Details
REGINA CHRISTENA ?Markley
(20 Mar 1699 - 1760)
The wife of Benjamin is not proved. May have been daughter of Abraham Merklel of Bonfeld, Germany. Wife is also seen as "Anna Christena" and "Christena Anne" and "Christian". Hank Adams also thinks Benjamin's wife may have been a sister to the wife of Jost Hite.
Benjamin Frey's Will names his wife as "beloved wife Cristen".
Found in an upright file in the Montgomery Co PA Historical Society are records of the Merkle/Markley family which contain the birth of a daughter Regina Christena on 20 Mar 1699. There was also an older sister, Anna Maria, born 16 Jan 1687 - she married Justus Heydt [Jost Hite] on 11 Nov 1704. Benjamin Frey lived adjacent to the Hites in the Falkner Swamp Area, as well as next to Jacob Merkle, brother of these two sisters. The parents of Regina Christena & Anna Maria were Abraham & Anna Veronica Merkle. The choice of the name Abraham for a son of Benjamin & Christen might indicate the boy was named for her father. However, Benjamin also had a probable brother named Abraham.
Events
| Birth | 20 Mar 1699 | Bonfeld, Wuerttenburg, Germany |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1721 | Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania - BENJAMIN FREY | |||
| Death | 1760 | Cedar Creek, Shenandoah County, Virginia | |
Families
| Spouse | BENJAMIN FREY (1696 - 1753) |
| Child | Elizabeth FREY ( - ) |
| Child | ABRAHAM FRYE (1722 - 1807) |
| Child | Henry Frye (1724 - 1812) |
| Child | Jacob Frye (1726 - 1808) |
| Child | Joseph Fry (1727 - 1781) |
| Child | Samuel Frye (1729 - 1814) |
| Child | Benjamin Frye Jr. (1730 - 1813) |
| Child | Christena Anne Frye (1733 - 1782) |
| Child | William Frye (1735 - 1796) |
| Father | Abraham Markley (1664 - ) |
| Mother | Anna Veronica Landvatter ( - ) |
| Sibling | Jeremias Andreas Markley (1685 - 1685) |
| Sibling | Anna Maria Markley (1687 - 1739) |
| Sibling | Anna Felicitas Markley (1689 - 1773) |
| Sibling | Anna Veronica Markley (1690 - 1691) |
| Sibling | Andreas Jeremias Markley (1692 - 1766) |
| Sibling | Anna Catherine Markley (1695 - ) |
| Sibling | Anna Veronica Markley (1697 - 1752) |
| Sibling | Issac Markley (1701 - 1701) |
| Sibling | Jacob Markley (1701 - 1784) |
| Sibling | Isaac Markley (1704 - 1704) |
| Sibling | Anna Rosina Markley (1705 - ) |
| Sibling | Abraham Markley (1708 - 1708) |
Endnotes
1. Henderson L. "Hank" Adams, correspondence and copies of his Frey and Spears family records., Family Group Sheet - Benjamin Frye, Sr..
2. Henderson L. "Hank" Adams, correspondence and copies of his Frey and Spears family records., Family Group Sheet - Benjamin Frye, Sr..