Joshua Fry
Joshua Fry | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses representing Albemarle County | |
| In office February 1746 – 1754 Serving with Charles Lynch, Allen Howard | |
| Preceded by | n/a |
| Succeeded by | Peter Jefferson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1699 |
| Died | 1754 (aged 54–55) |
| Spouse | Mary Micou |
| Relatives | John Fry (son) |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Profession | Surveyor, professor, planter, politician |
Colonel Joshua Fry (1699–1754) was an English-born American adventurer who became a professor, then real estate investor and local official in the colony of Virginia. Although he served several terms in the House of Burgesses, he may be best known as a surveyor and cartographer who collaborated with Peter Jefferson, the father of future U.S. president Thomas Jefferson. After Fry’s death on a military expedition, George Washington became commanding officer of the Virginia Regiment, a key unit in what became the French and Indian War.