The HFFA was formed to foster and perpetuate research into the genealogy of Heinrich Frey, his wife Anna Catherine Levering, and their descendants. Heinrich was born in Altenheim, Baden, Germany. He emigrated and arrived in Germantown, Colony of Pennsylvania in October 1685. HFFA MEMBERSHIP ENTITLES YOU TO: MEMBERSHIP TYPES: For a listing of the current officers of the Association, click on WHO WE ARE. |
This is the only official website of the Heinrich Frey Family Association. |
President of the HFFA
We welcome all direct descendant of Heinrich Frey to the HFFA and hope that you enjoy our website.
We are all volunteers interested in our genealogy and hope to assist you on your family research.
If you find this website interesting and are a direct descendant of Heinrich Frey and Anna Catherine Levering Frey, we invite you to join our wonderful organization. Membership is currently $25 a year. It is simple to join! Complete your information on the “Contact/Join” tab and send to Rebecca Proffitt, Member Chair, or send it to me at HFFA-Pres@att.net
Our biennial reunions are held in the USA where we have had, and may have today, a family presence. They usually run from a Wednesday to Sunday with two days of exploring the local cemeteries and sites related to the history of our forefathers, plus a day for a educational talks and our business meeting. During our business meeting we include local speakers knowledgeable about our family heritage, speakers from the family who have done their own research and/or visited other sites around the world of our forbearers. We also try to include local tourist attractions as we also learn about our heritage from these sites. Past reunions have been held in Winchester, Virginia; Kansas City/St. Joseph, Missouri; Morgantown, Pennsylvania, southeast Kansas; central Texas, Pacifica, California, Hannibal, Missouri, Shelbyville, Kentucky and in 2022, Xenia, Ohio.
Our 2024 HFFA Reunion was in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area.
Our 2026 Reunion will return to Winchester, VA.
We are here to support and encourage our family to learn more about their direct lineage. Let’s work together to fill in the gaps on our family tree!
Gretchen Fry Harvey, HFFA President |
HFFA members present at our July 2013 Reunion in Kansas City, MO. |
HFFA group outside the 1770 Germantown Meeting House in Pennsylvania during our 2015 Reunion. |
2017 Reunion in Hannibal, MO |
HFFA members present at our 2009 Reunion in Texas. |
HFFA members attending the 2011 Reunion in Winchester, VA. |
HFFA members visiting the Pony Express Museum in St. Joseph, MO during our 2013 Reunion where we learned more about Cousin Johnny Fry who was the first Pony Express Rider. |
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SAVE THE DATE Our 2026 HFFA reunion will be in Winchester, VA
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2024 Reunion—Morgantown, PA
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Heather Brown getting our snacks ready. |
John Frye giving a presentation. |
Norm Schulze talking about Heinrich’s homeland of Germany. |
Descendants of Heinrich and Anna |
Everybody in attendance at the Reunion |
Lunch on the day of presentations and the business meeting. |
Members are encouraged to bring something from their home state for our gift exchange. |
John Frye explaining to us where we are going on our first bus excursion. |
2022 Reunion—Xenia, Ohio |
Day 2 |
Our President, Gretchen Fry Harvey and her daughter Heather Brown |
Our Past-President, Gene Frye |
Visitation and prayers at the old burial grounds located on the property once owned by Jacob Frey (1694-1785) the first child of Heinrich and Anna Frey. |
What letters can you make out on this old grave marker? |
Valley Forge was the winter encampment of the Continental Army, under the command of George Washington, during the American Revolutionary War. The Valley Forge encampment lasted six months, from December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778. |
Day 3 Old Windmill Farm, an authentic working Amish farm. |
Day 1 — June 20, 2024 |
1:45 AM |
Amish Wedding Dinner |
2019 Shelbyville, Kentucky Reunion |
A presentation by Richard Frey on using DNA tests to see how closely we are related to each other. |
Naomi Fisher |