John Frost

John FROST was born on 14 September 1684 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA. He died in 1758 in Middlesex Co, MA. He has reference number 383. Parents: Thomas FROST and Mary GIBBS.

Spouse: Ruth SCRIPTURE.

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• 'The Frost family in England and America with special reference to Edmund Frost and some of his descendants (1909)
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  • EDMUND FROST OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
• Edmund Frost was born in the neighborhood of Hartest, County of Suffolk, England, about the year 1600. He must have early associated himself with the non-conformist or dissenting portion of the Protestant ......
• .... Edmund Frost married at Hartest, about the year 1630, a woman whose first name was "Thomasine." His first son, John, was born in England about the year 1632. In 1634 (October 16th), Edmund Frost, with his wife and son John, boarded the ship Great Hope (Captain Curling) at Ipswich, England, for Boston, Massachusetts. He was one of the leaders ....
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• His death occurred July 12, 1672.
• 1. Edmund Frost, born in England about 1600; with wife Thomasine and infant child settled Cambridge, Mass., 1635. The date of his wife's death is uncertain, but sometime before 1669,. he married Reana Daniel (widow successively of James, Wm. Andrew, and Robert Daniel), who survived him.*
  • * Temple's "Genealogical Register of Framingham" states: "He married (2) about 1642, Mary ___ ; (3) Widow Reana Daniels." The records show that James and Mary were born after this date to Edmund and Thomasine Frost, showing Temple's statement to be in error.
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• 9. Thomas Frost, eighth child of (1) Edmund, b. Cambridge, about 1647. He was a private from Cambridge, Capt. Jos. Sill's company of militia. On Nov. 2, 1675, Capt. Sill received orders from his commander. Major Gookin, to take charge of the soldiers raised in Charlestown, Watertown and Cambridge, and go forth against the enemy (King Philip), closing thus : "So desiring the ever living Lord God to accompany you and your company with his gracious conduct and presence, and that he will for Christ's sake appear in all the mounts of difficulty, and cover all your heads in the day of battle, and deliver the bloodthirsty and cruel enemy of God and his people into your hands, and make you executioner of his just indignation upon them, and return you victorious unto us, I commit you 2nd your company unto God, and remain your very loving friend, Daniel Gookin, Sen'r."
• Nov. 12, 1678, he married widow Mary Goodridge, daughter of Matthew Gibbs, whose mother was daughter of Robert Bradish, Cambridge, 1635. He was a townsman of Sudbury, 1685, lived at Lanham; soon after this date built a house in Framingham, "about sixty rods up the hill from Liberty Chadwick's, and several rods north of that road." This was on Gov. Danforth's "wilderness" land, and the Governor executed a lease to Thomas Frost and Samuel
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• Winch, of 300 acres, more or less, on the west side of Sudbury River, which tract includes the present site of North Framingham. The lease ran for 999 years, at a yearly rental of four pounds, ten shillings, and is dated Mar. 25, 1693. At a very recent period (possibly at present), a portion of this property was occupied by descendants of Thomas Frost. At the organization of the town in 1700, he was chosen constable ; tithing man in 1712, and was one of the eighteen original charter members of the First Congregational Church. His wife, Mary, died Feb. 20, 1690-1 ; he married (2) July 9, 1691, Hannah Johnson, of Sudbury, who died May 3, 1712, and he m. (3) Sarah Singletary, Dec. 12, 1712. His will, made 1717, was proved 1724, which was probably the year of his death.
• CHILDREN :
  • 11. Thomas, b. Aug. 23, 1679.
  • ' 12. John, b. Sep. 14, 1684; removed to Groton.
  • 13. Samuel, b. Nov. 23, 1686.
  • 14. Mary. b. Nov. 8, 1690.
  • 15. Sarah, b. about 1692; married John Rice.
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