[Ancestor] Frazier

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Husband [Ancestor] Frazier

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1 M James Frazier ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1773 - Scotland 1
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         Spouse: Elizabeth McCarroll (      -Bef 1827) 1

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Frazier

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This family stands forth prominently among the historic families of Scotland, where it has been seated since the eleventh century. This one is of Norman origin and identical with the French family of Frezean or Frizel mentioned in Moreau's "Dictionaire Historique," published at Paris in 1769. The orthography of the name since its first appearance in Scotland has been most varied. While the more general form is Fraser, the form Frazer has been in wide use and since the thirteenth century it has appeared under the spellings Frazier, Fraser, Fraisier, Frayser, Fraysure, Fraizier, Frezer, Frissell, Frizel, Freyzel and Frasell. In the earliest Scotch documents the name appears as Fraser. The family has been renowned in the annals of Scotland from the first, but particularly so, beginning with Sir Simon Fraser, who in his youth accompanied King Alexander II. in his pilgrimage to Iona; was with him on his expedition against the Thane of Argyle and was with the king at his death on the Island of Kenard, July 8, 1249. His son, Sir Simon, styled in the history of the family, Sir Simon the Great, distinguished himself at the battle of Roslin in February, 1303, was also at the battle of Methvin, where he fought by the side of Robert Bruce and being taken prisoner was carried to the tower and there executed, September 8, 1306. Another Sir Simon Fraser was with Bruce at Methvin and at Bannockburn. He and his two brothers, Andrew and James, were killed while leading the van at Halidon Hill, July 22, 1333. His brother, Sir Alexander, was knighted on the eve of the battle of Bannockburn by Bruce and shortly after married Bruce's sister, Lady Mary Bruce, who was imprisoned for four years by Edward I. and kept in a cage in the Castle of Roxburgh. Another Fraser, whose life closely touches the American colonies, was General Simon Fraser, born 1726. He joined the forces of the Pretender and marshalled the Frasers at Culloden, where two hundred fifty Frasers were slain and Sir Simon taken pris-oner. He was tried for high treason, later pardoned and given a command in the English army. He recruited the Seventy-eighth Regi-ment of the line and commanded them in Can-ada during the Seven Years' War. He sat in parliament and as a reward for his military service had the family estate restored to him. His kinsman, Colonel Simon Fraser, fought in the revolution against the colonies. A branch of the Frasers settled in the North of Ire-land and from them spring the Fraziers of northern Pennsylvania. The founder of this branch spelled the name Frazier.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 874.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 590.