^^ rS oV'^^^H^'- ^>b V^ ^^^^H^^^^ '^J^ r$^ * -^.-^ .r .^ .>W/k^ "^^^ ^ .*/SW^'. '^^ .v^ /. ^;- %, ..' „-:^^v. ". / .♦^^. %.„.' .-i-^v. ". ./ ■• ^^ ;^ V » • o. V"^' ^: V" . . s » A ■<> ' ^.^ 4 o qV - - - ■^ A> i^* %<. »•_,* -'fmif-^\ 't'j.A ^V- „ . „ '^ ^0 < O ^0^S• ,* . V 't.o^ c" .0^ vj^ <"i>- ^^^■ ^^9- * ^ o GENEALOGICAL FROST RECORD 1635 - 1906 jfimi^^Am DEDICATED TO MY MOTHER WHO LIVED A BLAMELESS LIFE OF SELF-SACRIFICE FOR HER SONS AND FORTIFIED THEM AGAINST THE TEMPTATIONS OF LIFE BY HER PERFECT FAITH During the last four years I have gathered a few facts from hving relatives, and from church, town, county, and printed records, regarding the Frost family, and also many incidents faintly written upon the pages of history of New England and its towns, but tracing only the footprints of my own direct ancestry. These facts I have arranged somewhat chronologically, and printed for the purpose of better preservation. The historical and genealogical items have been gleaned from the following books and authors, using the dates, where the authors disagree, which appear most trustworthy. American Family Antiquity, by Albert Wells, published 1880. History of Cambridge, 1630- 1877, by Lucius R. Paige, published 1877. History of Billerica, 165 3-1 883, by Rev. Henry A. Hazen, A. M., published 1883. History of Middlesex County, Mass., issued by J. W. Lewis & Co., Philidelphia, 1890. Crozier's General Armory, edited by William Armstrong Crozier, F. R. S., pub- lished 1904. CHARLES S. FROST. ^. FROST GENEALOGY The first Englishmen, so far as known, to set foot on New England soil landed on and named Cape Cod in 1602. Captain John Smith explored the coast of North Virginia, from the Penobscot River to Cape Cod, in 1 6 14, and rechristened it New England. On the 6th of September, 1620, exactly one hun- dred Puritans sailed from Plymouth, England. Fiske says, "These Pilgrims of the Mayflower were but the pioneers of a mighty host." Dover and Portsmouth were occupied in 1623, and Salem five years later; in 1629 Charles- town and Lynn; and immediately following the more numerous arrivals of 1630, Shawmut and Trimountain were settled and Boston was born. By the year 1634 nearly four thousand Englishmen had come over, and some twenty villages on or near the shore of Massachusetts Bay had been founded, including Roxbury, Dorchester, and "The New Town," as Cam- bridge was first called. And again from Fiske, [7] FROST GENEALOGY "In 1643, when the exodus had come to an end, the New England Confederacy was formed." In 1636 the General Court appropriated 400 pounds toward the establishment of a college at the New Town. In 1638 John Harvard bequeathed his library and half of his estate to the new college. By order of the court, the college was named Harvard, and the new town received the name of Cambridge. A little prior to this event the family name of Frost appears in New England. In the year 1635 the Rev. Thomas Hooker, pastor of the church at the New Town, removed, with the greater portion of his fol- lowers, for broader grazing lands and other reasons, to Connecticut; only about eleven families are known to have remained in the New Town; and that the Rev. Thomas Shepard, with a company from England, pur- chased the vacated lands and houses. "Among the reasons which swayed him to come to New England," Mr. Shepard says in his Autobiography, "Divers people in Old England of my dear friends desired me to go to [8] FROST GENEALOGY New England there to live together, and some went before and writ to me of providing a place for a company of us, one of which was John Bridge, and I saw divers families of my Christian friends, who were resolved thither to go with me." Accordingly, **in the year 1634, about the beginning of the winter," he embarked at Harwich, having with him "Brothers Champney, Frost, Goffe, and divers others, most dear saints," who afterwards were inhabitants of Cambridge. They were driven back by stress of weather, and the voyage was abandoned. But "about the loth of August, 1635," he again embarked; "and so the Lord, after many sad storms and wearisome days and many longings to see the shore, brought us to the sight of it upon Oct. 2, 1635, and upon Oct. the 3rd, we arrived with my wife, child, brother Samuel, Mr. Harlakenden, Mr. Cooke, etc., at Boston. When we had been here two days, upon Monday, Oct. 5, we came (being sent for by friends at Newtown) to them, to my brother Mr. Stone's house; and that con- gregation being upon their removal to Hart- ford at Connecticut, myself and those that came with me found many houses empty and [9] FROST GENEALOGY many persons willing to sell, and here our company bought off their houses to dwell in until we should see another place fit to remove into; but having been here some time, divers of our brethren did desire to sit still and not to remove farther, partly because of the fellowship of the churches, partly because they thought their lives were short and removals to near plantations full of troubles, partly because they found sufficient for themselves and their company." And from the Genealogical Register, His- tory of Cambridge, the following: "Frost, Edmund, Ruling Elder of the Church in Camb., came here in 1635, and by w. Thomasine, had John, b. in England about 1634; Thomas, b. Ap. 1637, d. young; Samuel, b. Feb. 1637-8; Joseph, b. 13 Jan. 1638-9; James, b. 9 Ap. 1640; Mary, b. 24 July, 1645; Ephraim; Thomas; Sarah, b. 1653. Elder Frost bought of Thomas Blod- gett, about 1639, an estate on the westerly side of Dunster Street, between Harvard Square and Mount Auburn Street, which he sold soon afterwards to wid. Catherine Haddon; he then bought a house on the Westerly side of [10] FROST GENEALOGY Garden Street, near Mason Street, which he occupied in 1642, but sold to Richard Eccles in 1646. His subsequent residence is not known with certainty; but several circum- stances indicate that he occupied the estate on the northerly side of Kirkland Street, ex- tending from Divinity Hall Avenue to and beyond Francis Avenue, which estate re- mained in possession of his posterity until a very recent period. He was reputed to be rich in Faith, and manifestly enjoyed the confidence of Shepard and his Church. Yet he had trial of earthly poverty; and while his associate, Elder Champney, added acre to acre and became one of the largest land- holders in town, he possessed little besides his homestead, and his pressing wants were relieved by the Church. His w. Thomasine d. and before 1669 he m. wid, Reana Daniel, who survived him. He died 12 July, 1672, leaving to his children the example of a godly life." From other sources it appears that he was married three times, the second wife named Mary, and that Edmund in his will named all of his eight living children; and gives FROST GENEALOGY something to the new college then building at Cambridge. It therefore appears from the early records that this branch of the Frost family in America was founded by Elder Edmund Frost, who was the son of John Frost of Ipswich, Suffolk County, England. The Restoration, so called, of Charles the Second occurred in May, 1660. In July of that year, two regicides. Col. Whalley and Col. Goffe, arrived at Boston (they were ac- tually Major-Generals under Cromwell). Af- ter a short stay in Cambridge, finding it un- safe to remain longer, they went to New Haven. Regarding their stay in Cambridge, from General Goffe's journal, among other things may be found the following: "23 d. 6m. — In ye evening wee vissited Elder Frost who reed us with great kindness & love esteeming it a favour yt we would come into yr mean habitation; assured us of his fervent prayers to ye Lord for us; — A glo- rious saint makes a mean cottage a stately palace: were I to make my choyce, I would rather abide with ys saint in his poor cottage than wth any one of ye princes yt I know of at ys day in ye world." FROST GENEALOGY A few months before the death of Elder Frost, there was entered on the records of the Church of Cambridge the following: "Eldar Frost liing a longe time weake with others of his familly alsoe having the aque at the same time the church see meete to make a contribution for his relefe upon June i6, 1672. The sume gathered was in cash 7.4.9. and in other pay 2.5.8." Elder Frost died in Cambridge July 12, 1672, his wife Reana and eight children sur- vived him. The children married and set- tled, so far as the records show, as follows: John, married Rebeca Andrew and lived in Salem. Was a mason. Samuel m. Mary , lived in Billerica. Joseph m. Hannah Miller, lived Charles- town. James m. Rebecca Hamlet, lived in Bellerica. Ephraim, m. Hepzibah , lived in Cambridge on the homestead on the north- erly side of Kirkland Street. Thomas, m. Mary Goodridge, lived in Sudbury. Stephen, m. Elizabeth Woodward, lived in Charlestown. FROST GENEALOGY THE SECOND GENERATION. LIVING IN BILLERICA. New Town (Cambridge) was first designated as the prospective seat of government, the loca- tion offering better opportunity for defense and easier fortified than Boston. Like most ancient townships, the place had great enlargement and diminution in its boundary lines. At first very small in extent, and soon after enlarged north to the Merrimack River, including all or part of the present towns of Arlington, Lexington, Bedford, Billerica, and Tewksbury. In a division of the land in the north por- tion, about 1652, in what was then called Shawshin (now Billerica), Mr. Edmund Frost received a grant of land, lot No. 59, contain- ing 200 acres, which he afterwards divided among the sons. Each town was founded with the same care and principles which shaped the colony. Each was to be a republic in miniature, cohe- rent, and from the start a compact body, competent to welcome or reject those who [H] FROST GENEALOGY sought a place among them. About nine families had settled in Shawshin by 1654, and by 1660 had increased to forty. Fifteen of them belong to the mother town. On January 4, 1663, Samuel and James, two brothers, sons of Edmund Frost of Cam- bridge, were accepted as inhabitants of the town of Billerica. James settled there at once, and soon after married the daughter of William Hamlet of the same place. He lived northeast of Bare Hill, between Hamlet and Ross. Dr. Samuel Frost did not settle in Billerica until about ten years later than his brother. Deacon James evidently followed in the footsteps of his father, living a quiet, religious, but uneventful life, taking little ac- tive part in the numerous Indian troubles, and no prominent part in the political life of the town. In the year 1698, the name James Frost appears with four others as the signers of a petition to the Honorable Court, in defense of their town as against the encroachment of the adjoining Concord and Chelmsford, which towns sought to extend their boundaries at the expense of Billerica. In the very few [«5] FROST GENEALOGY old tax lists which have been preserved, his name appears always among those paying the higher amounts, the highest sums paid as compared with present standard being ex- tremely small. Deacon James was twice married, his first wife, Rebecca, died soon after the birth of first son, James. He soon after married Eliz- abeth, daughter of Sargent Thomas Foster, a neighbor. They had six sons and five daughters; one son, Edmund, died in infancy, and the records do not show any tendency of the other chil- dren to scatter far from their native place. Quite the reverse of this being true of the family of Dr. Samuel Frost, who was proba- bly three times married and had eleven chil- dren, only one daughter; of the sons, Samuel moved to Springfield, Thomas to Natick, John to Pennsylvania, Joseph to Charlestown, and Edmondand his children toDunbarton, N. H., and later to Fryeburg and Denmark, Me. The following record appears in connection with the early church, which indicates an aptness for building in the family, which might have developed a practising architect [i6] FROST GENEALOGY had the opportunity been greater. The meeting-house, with the growth of the place, required enlargement. In 1679-80 Samuel Frost covenanted to build a gallery under the following specifications: He was to erect it "upon the beams; ... .to make one seat in front, & to floor it on the backside to the rooffe of the house, & set a bench behind it, such an one as that place will admit of. And two seats on each side, upon the beams, the foremost of each seat to come down as low as the under side of the beames, that is, the under side of the Joyce to be even with the cham- fering of the beames, & so all three fore seats to be even at ye bottom. The seats of the fore side seats shall be over the beames, and but a little above them. The hindmost side seats shall be behind and above the beames, each seat to be comely closed with rails and boords, as is usiall in such work, the fore seat with ballisters. The floors made comely and close joynted, to perserve the dirt from falling downe. All the seats to be finished comely, acording to the usiall maner of such worke, with a sufficient paire of staiers to them, and a floor to cary the seats, the hind seat at the [^7] FROST GENEALOGY west end to reach from rooffe to rooffe. And to make a casement window of two foot square in the cleare, and put it up at ye east end of the house above the collarbeame. To find all the stuffe and nails and boords and carting at his owne charges; all the timber to be sound and good, and the work all well wrought, workmanlike, acording to ye nature of such worke (glass exempted), and the work to be done by ye last of March next." September 15, 1737, the church decided to build the third meeting-house; the building committee consisted of five, one of them being Sarg't. Benjamin Frost, youngest son of James. In a list of sittings in the meeting-house about 1736, the following names appear: James, John, and Benjamin Frost. About 1667 the first indication of dangers from the Indians appears, which, from this time on for about fifty years, hung over the pioneers of Billerica, and the records give ample proof that it was bravely met and finally con- quered. The people were fortunate in their near Indian neighbors, the Pawtucket tribe, who lived at Wamesit, between the Concord and Merrimack rivers. These Indians, thanks [18] FROST GENEALOGY to the fruition of the labors of Rev. John Eliot, remained truly friendly. In the list of soldiers in public sen-ice trom 1-45 to 1762 mav be found Ebenezer, two Johns, and Samuel Frost. One of the Johns, the son of James and grandson ot Deacon James Frost, while serving under Captain Willard, was killed with two other Billerica soldiers, near Fort Dummer, in Brattlebor- ough, on June 16, 1748. From time to time small land grants were made. In i-oS a division was made, embrac- ing lands in the Tewksbury part ot the town. Eightv-one proprietors shared. Deacon James Frost received 4" acres, James Frost, Jr., ^5 acres, Dr. Samuel Frost 4- acres, and Thomas Frost 47 acres. Later, other grants were made, in which the above-mentioned Frosts participated. The General Court, in response to a peti- tion, :jranted the setting oil the northerly and northeasterly part of town, with the result that Tewksbun- was incorporated, 1734, December 23. In the list ot families in the new town appear those of Joseph, Edmond, and Daniel Frost. [19] FROST GENEALOGY How the attempt of General Gage to seize the military stores of Lexington and Concord was met by the Middlesex towns is too well known to repeat. The first muster-roll of the Minute Company from Tewksbury, who marched to Lexington under the command of Captain John Trull, date 19th of April, 1775, contained the names of four of the Frost family, namely, Jonathan, Joseph, Jacob, and Ephraim Frost; and in the South East Com- pany, commanded by Captain Jonathan Brown, the name of Benjamin Frost; and in the Militia Company, commanded by Lieutenant Thomas Clark, the name of Samuel Frost. The Minute Company served from nine to ten days. The history of Middlesex County gives, in the list of Tewksbury men enrolled in the Revolutionary Army, the names of Edmund, Jr., Joseph, Jr., and Josiah Frost. Joseph, Jr., was born February 20, 1738, the son of Joseph, born 171 1-2, and Edmond, Jr., a descendent of Dr. Samuel Frost. [20] FROST GENEALOGY COAT OF ARMS. From Crozier's General Armory, a registry of American families entitled to Coat Armor, page 60, appears the following: Frost. Massachusetts. Edmund Frost, Cambridge, 1635, (Ipswich, Essex) (Suffolk Co.) Argent a chevron sable between three pel- lets each charged with a trefoil or. Crest — A trefoil between two wings all asure. Motto — E terra ad Coelum. In the American Family Antiquities there appears a colorplate Coat of Arms differing from the above in many points, yet credited to family of the same Edmund Frost. The Genealogical Association of New York, in answer to inquiry, regard this and also a third Coat of Arms, made reply February 5, 1906, as follows: "In regard to the three different coats of arms as given in your letter, the description of the one given in American Family Antiqui- ty, also the one given by Fox-Davis in The FROST GENEALOGY Art of Heraldry is not that of Edmund Frost of Cambridge, Mass. The first belongs to the Frost family of the county of York, Eng- land, and the other to that of the Frost fam- ily of the county of Montgomery, Wales." The arms granted to the family from which Edmund Frost was descended are the ones given in "Crozier's Armory." From American Family Antiquity may be found the following brief reference to the family in England. Some idea may be found of the eminence and importance of the members of the Frost family from the account given in "Rymer's Foedera" of the Acts of the Kings of England, also possessions of the family in various parts of Great Britain, by reference to the "Rotuli Hundredorum" (rolls of the hundreds) of England, published by command of His Majesty King George III., A. D. 1 8 1 2, where they may be found holding manors and public offices in many of the counties of the Kingdom. They were intimately connected with King Edward HI. in the fourteenth century. Some of the names appearing in the above-mentioned records are: [22] FROST GENEALOGY "Waltero Frost," A. D. 1340. "Williemus Frost," i8th August, 1359. "Thomas Frost," ist March, 1363. — Let- ters of the King to the Governor and Treas- urer of Calais, to resign the government of the City of Calais to Thomas Frost and other Aldermen. EARLY MAINE FAMILY. One year after the arrival of Elder Ed- mund, another Frost family found a home in New England. About 1636 Nicholas Frost came to the Piscataqua River from Southwestern England, and settled at the head of Sturgeon Creek. He brought with him his son Charles, a lad of about four years old, born in Tiverton, Devon County, Eng- land. Charles was a member of the General Court from 1658 till 1669. Also a Colonel in the Maine regiment, and participated in the Indian wars. He was ambushed and killed by the Indians, because of his treachery to them in a time of peace. NEW HAMPSHIRE FAMILY. There was born on the 26th of April, 1720, in New Castle, N. H., George Frost, [^3] FROST GENEALOGY who became a jurist. He was the son of John Frost, a commander in the British navy, who died 1732. George received a pubUc school education and commercial training at Kittery Point, and followed the sea for about twenty years. In 1764 he married and settled down in Durham, N. H. He was judge of common pleas of Stafford County, from 1773 to 1791, and for many years chief justice, and was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777-79. He died 2ist of June, 1796. At the present day there are many Frost families in Maine, New Hampshire, and Mas- sachusetts, and others in fewer numbers scat- tered throughout the country. In New England the Frost name is associated mainly with the towns near Boston, Mass., and Ber- wick, Wells, Kittery, and Bethel, Me., and Marlborough, N. H. The original or first ancestor in this country of many of these families does and probably will remain un- known; undoubtedly many descended from the pioneers before named. The majority of the families in and around Boston and Marl- borough, N. H., trace descent direct from FROST GENEALOGY Elder Edmund Frost of Cambridge, A few- bearing the name have achieved distinction ; among the number may be found: James Henry Paine Frost, originally of Bethel, Me., born 1825. He became a preacher, doctor, and educator. John Frost, born in Kittery, Me., 1738, served as an officer in many campaigns, and left the Continental Army with the rank of Brigadier-General. He retired to Kittery and became a judge of the Court of Sessions. Rufus Smith Frost, born in Marlborough, N. H., 1826. A merchant of Boston, phi- lanthropist, and held many public offices. President of the Boston Board of Trade Trustee of Wellesley College. [^5] FROST GENEALOGY ABSTRACTS OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASS., WILLS AND DEEDS. 1 750-1 840. Middlesex Co. Probate Rec.^ Sooj. Administration on the estate of Joseph Frost of Tewks- bury granted to widow Abigail Frost. Joseph Kittridge and Daniel Kittridge, bondsmen. March 18, 1750-1. Inventory of Joseph Frost, Junr., Sept. 23, 1751. Account — Apr. 25, 1763. Admx. prays allowance for — It. Interest on money advanced by dec'd's eldest son. " for care of the two youngest children & support of deceased's mother. Division of real estatfe — Apr. 11, 1761. Heirs named — wid. Abigail, Ephraim (eldest), Joshua, Joseph, Jonathan, Benjamin, Sarah, Mehitabel & Eliza- beth. Middlesex Co. Deeds ^ lo^-igi. Ephraim Frost of Tewksbury, husbandman, conveys to Jonathan Shed, of T. — consideration ;^82-4-8 — his interest in ^ of the land of Joseph Frost of Tewksbury, deceased, 62 acres, bounded: Beginning at a stake W. on the widow's thirds to said Shed; N. Stephen Osgood to a stake; so on Joseph Blanchard's wives land to a pine tree; then S. W. on Kettridges land, &c. Dated Apr. 5, 1764. (Signed) Ephraim Frost. her Mary X Frost. Wit. Jonathan Frost. '^^^'^ " Elizabeth Kittridge. Reed. May 10, 1791. [26] FROST GENEALOGY Middlesex Co. Deeds ^ 74-~l' Ephraim Frost of Tewksbury, yeoman, conveys to Thomas Kittridge of T. 3^ acres in Tewksbury on both sides of Strong Water Brook, bounded: E. highway from Tewksbury to Andover to Richard Taylor's land; N. to Samuel Marshall; W. Marshall and John French to heirs of Joseph Richardson; S. Stephen Osgood. Dated Feb. 6, 1772. (Signed) Ephraim Frost. Wit. Wm. Stickney. " Hannah Stickney. Reed. Sept. i, 1772. Middlesex Co. Deeds., 105-201. Ephraim Frost of Tewksbury, laborer, releases to Joseph Kittridge of T. all interest by inheritance and by purchase of my brother Joshua Frost in land set off for my mother Abigail Fisk formerly wife of my father Joseph Frost with one half the house and barn, bounded by Nathl Clark, Joseph Kittridge, Simeon Kittridge, Jonathan Shed. Also 15 acres between two roads, one from Tewksbury meeting house and the other from Andover by Stephen Osgood's. Dated May 16, 1791. Wit. Abial Brown. " Polly Brown. Reed. May 16, 1791. (Signed) Ephraim Frost. Middlesex Co. Probate., 5986. Administration on the estate of Ephraim Frost of Tewksbury, yeoman, granted to Ephraim Frost, his son, his widow, Ruth Frost refusing administration. [27] FROST GENEALOGY Oct. 3, 1826. Bondsmen Hermon Marshall and Josiah Brown. Debts to — Aaron Frost, Francis Phelps^ Rebecca Symms. Inventory — The homestead 83 a. & one undivided half of a meadow in the lower great meadow. Middlesex Co. Deeds., 2^4.-88., 2yg-^6i^ J28-24, Ephraim Frost of Tewksbury administrator of the estate of Ephraim Frost late of T. sells at Public Vendue to Bravitz Gray of T. 12 a. 23 rds. Jan. 15, 1828. As above to 'Jacob Coggin., clerk., 6 a. Jan. 15, 1828. " " " Samuel Clark Jr. 11 a. Jan. 8, 1833. Woburn Farm Records. Rev. Jacob Coggin, of Tewksbury m. Mary Symmes of Woburn. Middlesex Co. Deeds., 330-48 §. Ephraim Frost of Tewksbury to Jacob and Abner Frost of T. quits claim to estate in eastern part of T. bounded — from N. E. corner of Daniel W. Mace by road W. to Henry Kittridge; S. to Bravitz Gray; E. & S. E. by Samuel Clark to road. Also piece of meadow in Eastern part of T. Dated Apr. 19, 1834. (Signed) Ephraim Frost. Samuel A. Rogers. Rebecca Frost. William Rogers. Sarah Frost. Reed. Apr. 21, 1834. [28] FROST GENEALOGY Middlesex Co. Deeds^ j2^-8i. Mortgage from Herman Frost of Tewksbury to Bravitz Gray of T. of his share in the undivided estate of Ephraim Frost late of T. Dated June 4, 1833. Herman Frost. Marshall Preston. Sarah Frost. Jacob Frost. Cancelled Oct. 31, 1834. Middlesex Co. Deeds., /j.02-21., /j.2g-l68. Abner & Eliza Jane Frost of Tewksbury with other heirs of Samuel Saunders of T. dec'd release interest in estate. Aug. 14, 1840. Abner Frost, Tewksbury, to Hugh Rogers of Lowell land in T. the same conveyed to Herman Frost & Isaac Frost to Abner Frost, 1834. (Bk. 336-17.) Dated May 22, 1843. (Signed) Abner Frost. Eliza Jane Frost (wife.), Ruth Frost, (wid. of Ephraim Frost, dec'd.). Herman Frost. Reed. June 12, 1843. [29] FROST GENEALOGY **Edmund^ Frost [son of Elder John Frost of Ips- wich, England] was of Cambridge 1635, with wife Thom- asine who died before 1669. He died July 12, 1672. Elder Edmund Frost came to Massachusetts Colony in ship Great Hope in 1635, and settled in Cambridge. Children : John b. about 1634; m. Rebecca Andrew; res. Salem. Thomas b. Apr. — 1637; d. r Mary Samuel b. Feb. — 1637-8; m.< Eliz. Miller; res. ( Bellerica. Joseph b. Jan. 13, 1638-9; m. Hanna Miller; res. Charlestown. {Rebecca Hamlet. Eliz. Foster ; res. Bellerica. Mary b. July 24, 1645. Ephraim b. ; m. Hepzibah ; res. Cam- bridge. Thomas b. ; m. Eliz. Goodridge ; res. Sudbury. Sarah b. 1653. Authority : Paige's Cambridge. [30] FROST GENEALOGY James^ Frost (Edmund') bom in Cambridge, Mass., Apr. 9, 1640; married Dec. 7, 1664, Rebecca" Hamlet (William'). She died July 20, 1666, and he married Jan. 22, 1666-7, Elizabeth' Foster (Thomas'), who died 1726. He lived in Billerica, and died Aug. 12, 171 1. Children: {Hannah Mary Beard, wid. of Andrew. r Rebecca Farley. Thomas b. Oct. 18, 1667; m. < Hannah Richardson. ( Deborah. John b. Nov. 14, 1668; d. Mar. 3, 1668-9. Samuel b. Feb. 28, 1669-70; m. Hannah ; res. Tewksbury. Elizabeth b. Nov. 6, 1672; m. Peter Corneal. Edmund b. May 14, 1675; d. May 18, 1675. Mary b. May 6, 1676; m. John Walker. Sarah b. July 15, 1678; m, Nathaniel Howard. Hannah b. Jan. 31, 1680-1. **Joseph b. Mar. 21, 1682-3 J "^- ^^^^^ (French) Flint. Abigail b. Aug. 23, 1685; m. Ephraim Kidder. {Mary Stearns. Hannah Richardson, wid. of Jonathan. Authority : Hazen's Billerica. [31] FROST GENEALOGY Joseph^ Frost (James^, Edmund') born in Billerica, Mass., Mar. 21, 1682-3; married April 5, 17 10, Sarah (French) Flint of Charlestown [Wyman's Charlestown], daughter of John French. He died Dec. 28, 1737. Residence, Tewksbury. Children : **Joseph b. Jan. 22, 171 1-2. Sarah b. May 31, 1 7 16. Benjamin b. Mar. 6, 1717-8. Ephraim b. June 9, 1721. Authority: Hazen's Billerica. Wyman's Charlestown. Tewksbury Town Records. [32] FROST GENEALOGY Joseph* Frost (Joseph^, James', Edmund') born in Bil- lerica, Mass., Jan. 22, 171 1-2; married Oct. 25, 1731, AbigaiP Kittridge (Daniel'). He died Jan. 29, 1751, and she married Mar. 21, 1755, Ebenezer Fisk. Residence, Tewksbury. Children : **Ephraim Abigail Mehitabel Joshua Joseph Jonathon Benjamin Sarah Mehitabel Elizabeth Daniel May 13, 1732; m. Mary Patten. Mar. 6, 1733-4; d- Apr. 30, 1749. Sept. 4, 1736. Apr. 3, 1737; living ij6i; m. Rachel Saunders Jan. 3, 1764. Feb. 20, 1738; m. Austice Downing, Sept. II, 1759; res. Marblehead 1791. Feb. 20, 1740; m. Hannah Saunders; d. Sept. 16, 181 1. Feb. 10, 1742; m. Sarah Baldwin ; d. Jan. 5, 1806. b. Feb. 10, 1742; living 1761. b. June 4, 1745; living 1761. b. Aug. 14, 1747; living 1761. b. Aug. 14, 1747 ; d. before 1761. Authority : Hazen's, Billerica. Tewksbury Town Records. Middlesex County Records. [33] FROST GENEALOGY Ephraim' Frost (Joseph*, Joseph^ James% Edmund^ ) born in Tewksbury May 13, 1732; married Dec. 5, 1754, Mary Patten, dau. of Kendall and Sarah (Kittridge) Patten, born Feb. ii, 1732; died Oct. 7, 1791- He died Dec. 10,1800. Residence, Tewksbury. Children : Joseph b. June 25, 1755- Molly b. July 25, 1757; d. Jan. 3, 1808. Joshua b. June 24, 1759. Dorcas b. June 23, 1761 ; d. Dorcas b. Sept. 17, 1763; m. Amos Saunders, Apr. 21, 1789. Rebecca b. Apr. 16, 1766. **Ephraim b. Sept. 25, 1768; m. Ruth Phelps. Rhoda b. Mar. 23, 1771 ; m. Samuel Saunders, Dec. 22, 1796. Abial b. May 12, 1773; m. Mary Foster, Nov. 28, 1799. Nancy b. Apr. 16, 1776. Authority : Tewksbury Town Records. Tewksbury Church Records. Middlesex County Records. [34] FROST GENEALOGY Ephraim'* Frost (Ephraim^ Joseph^ Joseph^, James% Edmund') born in Tewksbury, Mass., Sept. 25, 1768; married before 1805, Ruth Phelps, daughter of Joseph and Ruth (French) Phelps, born Aug. 30, 1771 i living 1843 [Middlesex Deeds, 429-168]. He died Aug. 15, 1826. Residence, Tewksbury. Children : **Ephraim b. July 11, 1805; m. Rebecca Symms. Herman b. Feb. 22, 1807; m. Sarah Jacob b. Sept. 19, 1808. Abner b. May 21, 18 10 ; m. Eliza Jane Saunders; res. Lowell, 1844. Isaac b. Mar. 12, 18 12. Authority : Tewksbury Town Records. Tewksbury Church Records. Middlesex County Records. [35] FROST GENEALOGY Ephraim' Frost (Ephraim**, Ephraim^, Joseph*, Joseph^ James", Edmund') horn in Tewksbury, Mass., July ii, 1805; married Dec. 28, 1826, Rebecca Symms, who died Nov. 10, 1859, aged 54 years ; "born in Woburn." He died July 11, 1842. Residence, Tewksbury. Children : Mary Elizabeth b. Apr. 27, 1827 ; d. Sept. 8, 1847. Ann Maria b. Sept. 6, 1828; m. H. A. Marshall; d. in Clinton, Mass., 1846. Jacob Augustus b. Nov. 15, 1831; d. in Boston. **Ephraim Albert b. Apr. 22, 1833; "^- Eunice M. Jones. Sarah b. about 1835; d. Abby Rebecca b. May 25, 1837; living 1906, Lan- caster, Mass. Authority : Tewksbury Town Records. Tewksbury Church Records. Middlesex County Records. Family Records. [36] FROST GENEALOGY Albert Ephraim^ Frost (Ephraim", Ephraim'^, Ephraim^, Joseph*, Joseph^, James% Edmund') born in Tewksbury, Mass., April 22, 1833. Married Eunice M. Jones of Newport, Vermont, born Feb. 7, 1831, died in Lewiston, Maine, July 17, 1902. He died March 7, 1897. Resi- dence, Lewiston, Me. Children: **Charles Sumner b. Lewiston, Me., May 31, 1856. Frank Lester b. Lewiston, Me., July 31, 1858. ("Helen M. Young, Sept. 26, m i ^^^^• I Carrie Z. Lang, April 4, [^ 1900, Walter Albert b. Lewiston, Me., Dec. 10, 1861. Married Julia Seaton, daughter of Chauncey Seaton of Chicago, Dec. 31, 1890. Woodbury Gillman b . Lewiston, Me., Jan. 28, 1868. Married Edith Lillian De Groff of Athens, Pa. Married Oct. 2, 1905. Wilfred Percy b. Lewiston, Me., Feb. 12, 1875. Authority: Family Records. Charles Sumner" Frost (Albert Ephraim% Ephraim') Ephraim*^, Ephiaim'^, Joseph*, Joseph*, James', Edmund', born May 31, 1856, in Lewiston, Maine. Married in Chicago, 111., January 7, 1885, Mary Hughitt, daughter of Marvin Hughitt, of Chicago, 111. Residence, Chicago, until May 31, 1897, ^^^^^ ^^'^ ^^^^ Lake Forest, HI. Children: Margaret b. in Chicago, November 22, 1890. Marvin Hughitt b. in Chicago, January 12, 1893. Virginia b. in Lake Forest, May 14, 1901. [37] H 1 <*. o*^^^ 5<=i<- ^o * > -^*5 ' o > >r ^ * > I • • -^ CO ,0 ^ .,. c LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ;:iiiiiii:tiiiiJii,;ir 018 458 937