Newton P. Frye (1845-1925) was born in Methuen, Massachusetts, and died in North Andover, Massachusetts. He was the first cousin of Calvin A. Frye, Mary Baker Eddy's longest-serving secretary. Their fathers were brothers, and they grew up together in Andover, Massachusetts. Frye graduated from Phillips-Andover Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and was admitted to the bar in 1877. Subsequently he worked as a lawyer and also served as a judge in the Essex County district court and in the police court. He also served the town of North Andover as selectman, assessor, and school board member. In 1879 he was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He was also a Mason, a commander of the Knights Templar, and president of the Lawrence Home for the Aged. He was a member and deacon of the Trinitarian Congregational Church in North Andover and served as its clerk for 53 years.
In 1869 Frye married Hannah J. "Jennie" Frye (b. Pingree) in Rowley, Massachusetts. She died in 1878, and in 1884 he married Catherine "Kate" C. Frye (b. Field) in North Andover. In 1906, he vouched for his cousin's good character and integrity to newspaper reporters from the New York World, the Boston Globe, and several others, who were attempting to verify rumors that Eddy was incapacitated or dead and that Calvin A. Frye was covertly and fraudulently acting as the head of the Christian Science movement.
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Newton P. Frye (1845-1925) was born in Methuen, Massachusetts, and died in North Andover, Massachusetts. He was the first cousin of Calvin A. Frye, Mary Baker Eddy's longest-serving secretary. Their fathers were brothers, and they grew up together in Andover, Massachusetts. Frye graduated from Phillips-Andover Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and was admitted to the bar in 1877. Subsequently he worked as a lawyer and also served as a judge in the Essex County district court and in the police court. He also served the town of North Andover as selectman, assessor, and school board member. In 1879 he was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He was also a Mason, a commander of the Knights Templar, and president of the Lawrence Home for the Aged. He was a member and deacon of the Trinitarian Congregational Church in North Andover and served as its clerk for 53 years.
In 1869 Frye married Hannah J. "Jennie" Frye (b. Pingree) in Rowley, Massachusetts. She died in 1878, and in 1884 he married Catherine "Kate" C. Frye (b. Field) in North Andover. In 1906, he vouched for his cousin's good character and integrity to newspaper reporters from the New York World, the Boston Globe, and several others, who were attempting to verify rumors that Eddy was incapacitated or dead and that Calvin A. Frye was covertly and fraudulently acting as the head of the Christian Science movement.
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