Frey's Company

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During the American Revolution, Bernard Frey was the captain of Frey's Company. His family was from Switzerland and had emigrated to the colony of New York in 1689. He was from the Mohawk River valley and first served with the Indian Department. He was present at the Battle of Oriskany in 1777. He was commissioned Captain in Butler's Rangers on October 2, 1780. After the war, Frey settled in Upper Canada, having received a grant of 3000 acres in Whitby. He died in 1814 at Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake), killed by an American cannonball.

The re-created Frey's company has 19 members in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Florida.

2023 Calendar of Events
Date Event Location
May 5-6 BAR Civilian Salon Maybe Farm, Rotterdam Junction, NY
July 15-16 School of the Loyalist East Town Old Jersey, Piscataway, NJ
August 26-27 Battle of Newtown Elmira, NY
September 9-10 Herkimer Homestead Little Falls, NY
November 18-19 Fort Lee Fort Lee, NJ
Contact Person: David Solek
Address: 580 Wheeler Road
Monroe, CT 06468-3246
Phone: 203-268-7940
E-mail Address: Email Link

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