 He died of consumption on 2 April 1762 and was buried at Hornsey.Frye had five children; his two daughters assisted him in painting porcelain at Bow until their marriages.One of them, who married a Mr Willcox, was employed by Josiah Wedgwood at the Wedgwood Etruria works in painting figure-subjects from 1759 to 1776, the year of her death.