Individual Details

The Fry publications give two different birth dates for Jacob Frye. The first was 1765, but a later article states he was born 8 Jun 1771.
The following documents show that his wife's given name was Elizabeth, and she remarried to a Patterson sometime before December of 1817.

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, 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 - to lie 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 shellings, which from the copy of the Inventory of Jacob Fry deceased, was her one third part of the personal estate of Jacob Fry.

Fry family historian, Jon Frye, suggests Jacob's wife may have been Elizabeth Smith.

Birth	8 Jun 1771
Marriage	2 May 1796	Mercer County, Kentucky - Elizabeth Smith
Death	20 Dec 1808	Fayette County, Kentucky

Spouse	Elizabeth Smith (1777 - 1844)
Child	Aaron Smith Frye (1798 - 1845)
Child	John Frye (1800 - 1855)
Child	Elizabeth P. Frye (1802 - 1839)
Child	Amanda M. Frye (1805 - 1833)

Father	William Frye (1735 - 1796)
Mother	Rachel Spears (1749 - 1820)
Sibling	Henry Frye (1767 - 1843)
Sibling	Joseph Frye (1776 - 1812)
Sibling	Rebecca Frye ( - )
Sibling	Elizabeth Frye (1783 - )
Sibling	Catherine Fry (1787 - 1857)
Sibling	Rachel Frye ( - )
Sibling	Benjamin Frye ( - )
Sibling	William Frye ( - )