| | Barbadoes |
| 1634 - |
Thos. Fretwell probated the will of Willm. Fretwell, his brother |
| 1638 - |
Thomas and Henry Fretwell had (at least) ten acres of land |
| 1655 - |
Ralph, a merchant of Barbadoes |
| 1658 - |
Ralph Fretwell, William Fretwell and Mrs. Fretwell in London named in probate of the will of William Watters of Barbadoes |
| 1679 - |
Richard Frewtrall / Fretwell?, overseer for George Pasfield |
| 1679 - |
Dorothy Fretwell named in will of John Ince |
| 1683 - |
Ralph Fretwell received a Certificate of Removal signed by Thomas Fretwell |
| 1694 - |
Roger Fretwell died intestate. Dorothea Fretwell, his mother, administered the estate in the hands of her son which he had from his father, Ralph Fretwell (Sussex County, Delaware WB:163-164) |
| 1730 - |
Robert Fretwell witnessed a will |
| | Virginia |
| 1665 - |
G. Fretwell named in a land entry in Nancemond County |
| 1670 - |
Fra. Fretwell named in a land entry in New Kent County |
| 1703 - |
Joseph Fretwell was a witness at court in Essex County |
| 1728 - |
William Fretwell was a witness at court in Essex County |
| 1730 - |
Mary Evett Fretwell named in the will of Johannah Smart in Essex County |
| 1736 - |
William, son of Wm. & Mary Fretwell, born in Middlesex County |
| 1738 - |
John, son of Wm & Mary Fretwell born in Middlesex County |
| 1741 - |
Rebecka, daughter of Wm & Mary Fretwell born in Middlesex County |
| 1746 - |
Thomas Freeman Fretwell was a witness at court in Goochland County |
| 1747 - |
William and Mary Fretwell sell some land in Essex County |
| 1761 - |
Alexander Fretwell was a witness at court in Essex County |
| 1763 - |
Joseph Fretwell was a witness at court in Essex County |
| 1763 - |
William and Mary Fretwell buy 250 acres of land in Cumberland County on a branch of the Appomattox River and move. The family appears to splits up with the "older" children going their own way and the "younger" children going with their parents to Cumberland County. |
| 1765 - |
Thomas Freeman Fretwell paid personal property tax in Cumberland County |
| 1767 - |
John Fretwell paid taxes in Louisa County (and on the lists until 1809) |
| 1770 - |
John Fretwell married Mary Bullock in Goochland County |
| 1770 - |
Thomas Freeman Fretwell died in Cumberland County |
| 1770 - |
Muscow, son of John and Mary Fretwell, born in Goochman County |
| 1772 - |
John, son of John and Mary Fretwell, born in Goochland County |
| 1772 - |
Nansie, daughter of John and Mary Fretwell, born in Goochland County |
| 1780 - |
William Fretwell sells parcels of land to James and Richard Fretwell in Cumberland Co., VA |
| 1783 - |
William and James Fretwell sell land to Benjamin Allen Jun’r, in Cumberland Co., VA |
| 1783 - |
William, Richard and James sell land to John Woodson in Cumberland Co., VA |
| 1784 - |
John Woodson buys land from William Fretwell in Cumberland Co., VA
Witnessed by Wm. Byrum, Jno. Raine Jun’r and Leonard Fretwell |
| 1786 - |
Richard Fretwell sells land to William Fretwell in Cumberland Co., VA |
| 1786 - |
William writes will in Cumberland Co., VA Decembr 29th naming wife Mary and children - |
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son Richard |
son John |
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son Joseph, deceased |
son Alexander |
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son Leonard |
son James |
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daughter Nancy Raine [Jno.] |
son Thomas |
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son William |
daughter Susanna Bohanah [Henry] |
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daughter Mary Byrom [Wm.] |
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Mary Fretwell [wife],William Fretwell and Leonard Fretwell appointed Executrix and Executors. Cumberland Co., Virginia Will Book 2, p. 428 |
| 1788 - |
Mary Fretwell summoned on January 28th to the Cumberland County court to produce will of William Fretwell, deceased. Will produced and exhibited on February 25th. Inventory and appraisement completed by March 25th. An agreement between Mary Fretwell and Alexander Fretwell is proved by John Fretwell on October 27th. |
| 1790 - |
James Fretwell granted a certificate for obtaining letters of administration on estate of William Fretwell, deceased, on January 25th. William Fretwell, son and heir of William Fretwell, deceased, made motion at April court to set aside certificate granted to James Fretwell at January court. William Fretwell, not appearing at June court, nullified request. James Fretwell appointed administrator on July 26th. Settlement and distribution of estate reached by August 24th. |
| 1791 - |
James Fretwell, administrator of the estate of Wm. Fretwell, decd., and Mary Fretwell, late executrix of the last will & testament of the said William, sells land to John Blanton. Final division of estate on August 21st giving each heir sixty-six pounds, five shillings and two pence. |
| 1793 - |
William Fretwell sues James Fretwell and John Woodson for a debt of sixty-six pounds on April 23rd. The case continued with a jury trial in the July1794 term, the verdict in favor of William Fretwell, he to be paid seven pounds, one shilling and seven pence with interest and costs. A second suit filed in chancery in the July 1796 term dismissed. No further entries concerning probate of estate of William Fretwell found in court order books of Cumberland County, Virginia. More about the children of William and Mary Fretwell in About Fretwells: Virginia. SEE:
Susanna, Mary, William, John, Rebecka, Alexander, Thomas, Nancy, James, Richard,
and Leonard. |
| | New Jersey |
| 1678 - |
John Fretwell to be transported |
| 1678 - |
Peter Fretwell to be transported |
| 1678 - |
Peter Fretwell married Elizabeth Wright in Chesterfield County |
| 1688 - |
Rebecca Fretwell married John Warren in Chesterfield County |
| 1689 - |
John and Elizabeth Fretwell at monthly meeting in Burlington County |
| 1700 - |
Joshua, Samuel and Rebecca Fretwell at monthly meeting in Burlington County |
| 1705 - |
Nathaniell Fretwell was a juror in Burlington County |
| 1713 - |
Jeremiah Fretwell was a commissioner in Monmouth County |
| 1718 - |
Peter Fretwell's will names his only daughter, Elizabeth and "her now husband" Jonathan Wright, sole heirs ... Burlington County ;Will Book.. Lib. 2, p. 108 |
| 1720 - |
Joshua Fretwell's will names his daughter, Ellen, under age,sole heiress with remainder to testator's sister, Rebecca Warren and her son, John Warren ... Burlington County Will Book. Lib. 2, p. 178 |
