From Charles Frakes via e-mail12/8/2007

3. Regarding Mary (Robinson) Noble and her marriage to Henry Freaks/Friggs,
Sr. It is pretty clear Henry Freaks married Mary Noble, Sr. in 1691. Mary
Noble Sr., the widow, was only about 31 that year, not 41 as you stated.
Mary Noble Jr., the daughter, was 14 years old. Mary Noble, Jr. is thought
to have married Joy Hobbs about 1693. The following are excerpts of my
first book::

1691: From Somerset County Maryland, Liber IKL, 1649-1720, by Jody Powell,
Genealogical Research Materials, Roanoke, TX, 1992. Pg. 42: ?Henry Freaks
and Mary his wife were married the . . . . . of August Ano Domini 1691.?

>From the ?LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-L mailing list?, at URL
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS/1998-05/0896372555
, a message dated May, 1988, from researcher Rebecca Miller of Salisbury, MD
to researcher Bob Frakes of Oklahoma City, OK. Subject:
FRIGGS,FREKE,FREAK,FREEK,FRAKE and"Friggs Adventure"?Reply:

?From my research, I have found that Isaac Noble (c1645-1690) m. 6 May 1676
Mary Robinson b. c1658. Mary then married Henry Freaks/ Friggs. I don't know
anything more; I just happened to have this because a client hired me to
find the will of Isaac Noble some years back.?


The next recorded Friggs or Figgs is Henry Friggs (died about 1715). He had a wife named Mary (died about 1723). He had land called "Friggs Adventure" that was "on the North side of the main branch of Broad Creek". It was near what is today Bethel, Delaware.

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/9166/fgroup15.htm
Husband: Henry FREAKS (FRIGGS )
born: bef 1663 place: ??
marr: Aug 1693 place: Somerset Co., MD
died: 10 Sep 1716 place: Friggs Adventure, Somerset Co., MD
buried: place: ??

Wife: Mary UNKNOWN
born: abt 1675 place: ??
died: 23 Mar 1723 place: Friggs Adventure, Somerset Co., MD
buried: place: ??

http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/read/LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS/1998-05/0896314488
We know that Henry FRIGGS was probably born in Pennsylvania or Maryland in about 1664. He married a Mary ? in August 1691 in Somerset County, Maryland.

From: "County Clerk Notebook", Somerset County, Maryland, Volumes 1 - 10 and
"Ancestral Proof and Possibilities", Numbers 1 - 4, Volume 10, page 63;

"15 September 1685, will of Noble, wife executrix, witness: William Brereton, Benjamin Neshin, Alex X Michael, Henry X Freek." Date of proof is not given. Recorded 14 June 1690.

We think that possibly Mary ? was a Noble since Henry witnessed Noble's will above.

They Lived In Somerset: 17th Century Marylanders

FREAKS, Elizabeth 1692/07/11 IKL b to Henry & Mary
FREAKS, Henry 1691 IKL m Mary ---
FREAKS, Mary IKL ltr stating William Noble to be free at 18; [no date]

Note: IKL - Liber in Somerset County records

From: "Maryland Calendar of Wills, 1703 - 1713", Volume IV, page 121;

1708 "Will of Benjamin Heasham, Stepney Parish, Somerset County, Maryland. One of the witnesses was Henry Freeks. (probably Henry I)

From: "The Research of Nina Howlett Frakes" and "The Research of Robert Leroy Frakes"

1710 "Committee from the Maryland General Assembly asked to call on Henry Freeks and ask him to remove himself, family and stock from near a group of Nanticoke Indians. He was referred to as "The English".

1716 Henry Friggs I died on September 10.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~frakes/Charles_Frakes_Genealogy_NF/myline.htm
1. Probably, he was the same person as the Henry Freke who sailed on the ship Maryland Merchant from Bristol, England to Virgina in 1676. He was indentured for 4 years on September 5, 1676
2. He probably was the same Henry Freake who proved his right to claim 50 acres after completing his servitude in Maryland on February 14, 1682. The 50 acres claimed he next year were East of present day Princess Anne.
3. He married Mary Robinson Noble the widow of Isaac Noble.
4. Henry Friggs bought 300 acres from Thomas Cox in 1715. The parcel was called Friggs Adventure and it was on headwaters of Broad Creek, Somerset Co., MD which is just east of present day Laurel DE. The final patent was received in 1716.
5. Five children are listed. Two are proven: Elizabeth Freaks b.1692 and Henry Friggs, Jr. b. 1693-99. Three are considered probable:Mary Friggs b.1698-1703 m. James Parremore, Robert Friggs b.1702-1707 and William Friggs b.1703-16. All are listed as being born in Somerset Co., MD.

http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS/2003-09/1064761850
in "Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland 1666-1810 by Ruth T. Dryden:
FRIGGS ADVENTURE Patented on 20 Dec. 1715 by Henry Friggs for 150 acres on the north side
of the main branch of Broad Creek.
1723 - Henry Friggs of Kent Co., Delaware, eldest son of Henry deceased, sold to Isaac Noble, cooper, 150 acres.

• Married: Aug 1691 in Sommerset Co. MD

1. FRAKES Henry (Friggs) b: ABT 1693/1699 in Sommerset Co. MD
2. FRAKES Elizabeth b: 11 Jul 1692 in Sommerset Co. MD
3. FRAKES Mary b: ABT 1698/1703 in Sommerset Co. MD
4. FRAKES Ann b: ABT 1700 in Sommerset Co. MD
5. FRAKES William b: ABT 1703/1716 in Sommerset Co. MD
6. FRAKES Robert b: ABT 1702/1707 in Sommerset Co. MD