Joseph Storrs Fry (1777 - 1861)

Born 21 Apr 1777 in Plashet, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Gurney) Fry — married 19 Aug 1800 in Norwich Goat Lane Friends Meeting House, Norwich, Norfolk, England

Descendants

Died 28 Aug 1861 at age 84 in East Ham, Essex, England

Biography

This profile is part of the Fry Name Study.

Joseph was a Friend (Quaker)

Joseph, was the son of William Fry and Elizabeth Lambert, Joseph Fry's father William moved from Wiltshire to London and established a company dealing in tea and banking services, later called W. S. Fry & Sons. William married Elizabeth Lambert in 1767, who was, like him, a "plain" Quaker.

Joseph Fry was born in London 21 April 1777, the youngest of the three sons, and three daughters of William and Elizabeth Fry. One of his brothers died aged 27. He and his older brother, William Fry (1768–1858), joined the family business. However, their mother is credited with "the financial acumen which had enabled money both to be acquired and prudently managed: it was a quality which perhaps neither of the sons inherited.

Joseph Fry was a tea dealer and merchant, of St Mildred's Court, London, and later of Plashet House, East Ham. He was the husband of prison reformer Elizabeth Gurney Fry. His uncle, Joseph Fry, was the founder of the Fry Chocolate Factory.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Joseph Fry (tea merchant)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Fry_(tea_merchant)&oldid=784822793 (accessed November 4, 2017).

BURIAL: Quaker Burial Ground in Barking, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, Greater London, England

Find A Grave: Memorial #33649209 Joseph Fry

"England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJD4-S2D : 10 December 2014), Joseph Fry and Elizabeth Gurney, 19 August 1800; Citing Norwich Mm, Norfolk, England, reference Rg 1030 Page 9; FHL microfilm 811,719.

Death: 3rd quarter 1861 at West Ham, Essex

Education: A Member of the Religious Society of Friends

Occupation in 1806, at the marriage of his son William: Tea Dealer

Will dated 1 September 1862; Probate: England; Died 29 August 1861; Beneficiary's: John Gurney Fry and Kathleen Fry, NOTE: Details from Family Search

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q6283265