Individual Details

The Frey Journal suggests that Rachel married 2nd Abraham Bird. Her daughter Catherine did indeed also marry an Abraham Bird, but he was the son of Rachel's Abraham.

The elder Abraham Bird married 1760 in Shenandoah Co VA to Rachel Zeigler. He then married Rachel Fry, a widow of William Fry, sometime prior to 1803 probably in Fayette Co KY The children are usually placed as children of Rachel Ziegler. An often seen suggested marriage of Col. Abraham to a Catherine is likely a confusion of the marriage between Catherine Fry, daughter of Rachel Spears Fry and Capt. Abraham Bird Jr., son of Col. Bird.]

Records in Fayette Co support the marriage of Rachel Spears Frye to the elder Abraham Bird:

A report in May 1816 concerning the estate of Joseph Fry, showed that both Abraham Bird Sr and Jr were alive and well at this time.

Fayette Co KY WB D, p.295
18 Dec 1817 Thomas A Russell surveyed the dower of Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson, formerly Mrs. Fry, widow of Jacob Fry, deceased. The survey was for 50 and 3/4 acres and mentions the boundary line of David Goodnight and Col. Bird's field and the line of Abraham Bird [perhaps Abraham Jr]. In addition Russell mentions 1 and 1/4 acre that is Colonel Bird's portion of the Orchard.

On p.296, on the same day, commissioners laid out dower to Rachel Bird, late Rachel Fry in the estate of William Fry her deceased husband. Within this document we find that Henry Fry was administrator of the estate of Jacob Fry, whose widow was now Elizabeth Patterson. Rachel Bird had previously received allotment, but this entry concerned a garden and a pass way to the garden. The pass way was to run between the two mansion houses of Will & Jacob Fry, deceased. Rachel was also to receive 1/4 of the proceeds of the farm of her late husband. The commissioners gave her the free occupation of 18 acres adjacent Abraham Bird - with Elizabeth Patterson to be entitled to one third of that at the death of Rachel. Elizabeth Patterson late Elizabeth Fry had received 64 pounds 19 shillings, which from the copy of the Inventory of Jacob Fry deceased, was her one third part of the personal estate of Jacob Fry.

Birth	1749
Marriage	Abt 1766	William Frye
Marriage	Bef 1808	Col. Abraham Bird
Death	Aft 1820

Spouse	William Frye (1735 - 1796)
Child	Henry Frye (1767 - 1843)
Child	Jacob Frye (1771 - 1808)
Child	Joseph Frye (1776 - 1812)
Child	Rebecca Frye ( - )
Child	Elizabeth Frye (1783 - )
Child	Catherine Fry (1787 - 1857)
Child	Rachel Frye ( - )
Child	Benjamin Frye ( - )
Child	William Frye ( - )

Spouse

Col. Abraham Bird (1731 - 1820)

Father	HENRY SPEERS (1725 - 1773)
Mother	REGINA FROMAN (1729 - 1805)
Sibling	Joseph SPEERS (1744 - 1770)
Sibling	Elizabeth Spears (1746 - 1773)
Sibling	Mary "Molly" Spears (1747 - 1805)
Sibling	Sarah Spears (1748 - 1814)
Sibling	Susanna Spears (1750 - )
Sibling	Catherine Spears (1751 - 1816)
Sibling	Christena Spears (1752 - 1841)
Sibling	Jacob Spears (1754 - 1825)
Sibling	Rev. Henry Speers Jr. (1756 - 1840)
Sibling	ANN "NANCY" SPEARS (1759 - 1839)
Sibling	Regina Speers (1763 - 1827)
Sibling	Solomon Spears (1765 - 1788)
Sibling	Noah Speers (1769 - 1832)