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:

· Free subscription to the HFFA JOURNAL, published once a year.
· Free subscription to the HFFA NEWSLETTER, issued four times a year.
· Free QUERY SERVICE through the Newsletter and Journal.
· Current MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY so you can exchange information with members in your line.
· Invitation to BI-ANNUAL NATIONAL FREY FAMILY REUNIONS.
· Ability to purchase back issues of the JOURNAL and the LINKS BOOK.

MEMBERSHIP TYPES:

· DESCENDANT MEMBER: Any person who has proven a direct descendant of Heinrich Frey. Only descendant members may vote and hold elected office in the association.
· ASSOCIATE MEMBER: Any person who is a spouse or surviving spouse of a direct descendant of Heinrich Frey.   Any person who is interested in Frey Family genealogical research, but who has not proven direct descent from Heinrich Frey.

For a listing of the current officers of the Association, click on WHO WE ARE.

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President of the HFFA 

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the newly elected president of the Heinrich Frey Family Association (HFFA).  I was elected to serve at our bi-annual reunion held in June of 2026 in Winchester, VA .   Every 2 years we meet as a group of cousins who may gather as strangers but leave as renewed family.

 

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2026 Reunion—Winchester, VA

 

Descendants of Heinrich & Anna Frey at Frye Fort Strasburg, VA on June 20, 2026.

Descendants and family members of Heinrich & Anna Frey.

The original Frye Fort is in the back ground.

Strasburg, VA on June 20, 2026.

The following pictures were taken at our  bi-annual national reunions.  To view all of the pictures from these reunions, click on the picture for the reunion that you want to see more of.

2025 Frey European Heritage Tour

August 30—September 8

Switzerland, Germany & France

22 Frey/Fry/Frye cousins and their spouses along with our guides, Lois Ann and Lemar Mast  had the experience of a lifetime by visiting the towns in Switzerland and Germany where Jacob Frey and  his son, Heinrich Frey, were born and lived.  Heinrich then emigrated to America in 1685.  Our family group was made up of  one father, daughter and granddaughter, one father daughter, and three mothers and daughters, along with several siblings.

Our original plan was to have our group picture taken in front of he Frey Chocolate plant on our way from the Zurich Airport to Gontenschwil.  However, since our plane was 3 hours late, we had to wait until our 3rd day of travel  to get this historic picture.  Founded in 1887 by brothers Robert and Max Frey, the factory remains in operation today under ownership of the Migros Grocery Store chain which bought it from the Frey family about 2 years ago.  We do not know if we are related to this Frey family.  While the Frey logo is still used on the chocolate wrapper, the only Frey sign at the factory is on the top of the building.

2024 Reunion—Morgantown, Pennsylvania

2022 Reunion—Xenia, Ohio

2019 Shelbyville, Kentucky Reunion

2017 Reunion in Hannibal, MO

HFFA group outside the 1770 Germantown Meeting House in Pennsylvania during our 2015 Reunion.

HFFA members present at our July 2013 Reunion in Kansas City, MO.

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.

HFFA members attending the 2011 Reunion in Winchester, VA.

HFFA members present at our 2009 Reunion in Texas.

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The branch of the Fry/Frey/Frye family that I belong to came to Northwest Ohio (the old great black swamp) when Mordecai Bean Fry left Virginia.  He bought 300 acres of Sandusky County Ohio farmland from the General Land office on Oct 8, 1834. Considering this year is the 250th anniversary of the USA, the land office certificate plainly states that 1834 was the “59th year of independence of the United States”.  Mordecai comes from the line of Heinrich, Benjamin, Joseph, Jacob.

It was very interesting to me that I was able to see the grave markers of Mordecai’s parents and his Bean family grandparents when, during our reunion, we stopped at the Lutheran Church for a history lesson and a carryout lunch during the Winchester reunion bus trip.

Winchester was the 3rd reunion I attended, so I have a pretty good idea of what our upcoming reunion in 2028 in Peoria, IL should look like “from the outside.”

 I am excited to be in leadership of the HFFA and look forward to the continued sharing of our family history and also to help celebrate as our family continues to grow.

If you believe that you descend from Heinrich and Anna Frey, we welcome your membership which entitles you to many benefits.  Membership is only $25 per year.  If you are having trouble in proving that you descend from Heinrich and Anna, you can become an associate member and be entitled to many of our full membership benefits. 

 Bret Fry