| Thomas Fry | |
| Order: | 21st |
| Office: | Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
| Term Start: | 1727 |
| Term End: | 1729 |
| Governor: | Joseph Jenckes |
| Predecessor: | Jonathan Nichols |
| Successor: | John Wanton |
| Office1: | Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives |
| Term Start2: | October 1729 |
| Term End2: | May 1730 |
| Predecessor2: | Samuel Clarke |
| Successor2: | Samuel Clarke |
| Term Start3: | August 1727 |
| Term End3: | October 1727 |
| Predecessor3: | Jeremiah Gould |
| Successor3: | Job Greene |
| Term Start4: | October 1725 |
| Term End4: | May 1726 |
| Predecessor4: | William Coddington III |
| Successor4: | William Coddington III |
| Term Start5: | May 1724 |
| Term End5: | October 1724 |
| Predecessor5: | William Coddington III |
| Successor5: | William Coddington III |
| Term Start6: | May 1722 |
| Term End6: | October 1722 |
| Predecessor6: | William Wanton |
| Successor6: | William Coddington III |
| Term Start7: | October 1717 |
| Term End7: | May 1718 |
| Predecessor7: | William Wanton |
| Successor7: | William Wanton |
| Term Start8: | October 1713 |
| Term End8: | October 1714 |
| Successor8: | Randall Holden Jr. |
| Birth Date: | 1666 |
| Birth Place: | Newport, Rhode Island |
| Death Place: | East Greenwich, Rhode Island |
| Spouse: | Welthyan Greene |
| Children: | 7 |
Thomas Fry (1666 - 3 September 1748) was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
He was the son of Thomas and Mary Fry of Newport and East Greenwich in the Rhode Island colony.[1] Frye was a glazier by trade.
He became a freeman of East Greenwich in 1690, aged about 24.
He began a long career of civil service in 1696 when he became a deputy, serving in that role during most years over a period of three and a half decades. From 1698 to 1704 he was Justice of the Peace, he later served as Clerk of the Assembly for several years, and he was Speaker of the House of Deputies for ten years between 1713 and 1730.
In 1707 he was appointed one of the commissioners to settle with Massachusetts the northern boundary of Rhode Island, and two years later he was appointed to a committee to run lines between the two colonies. In 1715, he and Andrew Harris were appointed by the Assembly to transcribe and to prepare for the press all the laws of the colony, and in 1719 he was allowed ten pounds for his efforts to get the laws printed.
In 1727 he was selected to complete the term as Deputy Governor of Jonathan Nichols who had died in office. He served under Joseph Jenckes who had just taken office the same year, and then was selected for the same position in 1728 for another year.[2]
On 1 February 1688, Frye married Welthyan Greene, daughter of Thomas Greene and Elizabeth (Barton) Greene, niece of Deputy Governor John Greene, Jr., and granddaughter of John Greene who was a co-founder of the town of Warwick, Rhode Island. Together, they were the parents of:[3]
He died in 1748, leaving a very large estate valued at more than 22,000 pounds, which included black slaves that were conveyed in his will to his unmarried daughters.
. John Osborne Austin . Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. Albany, New York . J. Munsell's Sons. 978-0-8063-0006-1 . 1887 .