Dr. Samuel FROST, Sr.

1639 - 1718  (78 years)

• Name	Samuel FROST
  Title	Dr.
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	13 Feb 1639	Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Jan 1718	Billerica, Middlesex County, MA
  Burial	Old South Burying Ground, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA
  Notes	(1) Frost, Norman Seaver, Frost Genealogy in Five Families, West Newton, MA: Frost Family Association of America, 1926, pp. 8-9: SAMUEL FROST, the third child of Elder Edmund Frost, of Cambridge, Mass., was born there Feb. 13, 1638-9. In 1663, he was accepted as an inhabitant of Billerica, Mass., and about the same time he married MARY COLE, by whom he had three children. She died before 1674, and he married ELIZABETH, daughter of Rev. John Miller, who settled in Dorchester in 1636. About the time of his second marriage, Samuel Frost removed to Billerica, and took up the citizenship to which he had been accepted ten years previously. He was a physician, and also seems to have been a building contractor, since in 1680 he contracted to build a gallery in the church, under the following specifications. It was to be erected "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 underside of the joyce to be even with the champfering 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 boards as is usual in such work, the fore seat with ballisters. The floors made comely and close joynted to preserv the dirt from falling down. All the seats to be finished comely, according to the usual manner of such worke, with a sufficient paire of staires to them, and a floor to cary the seats, the hind seat at the 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 boards and carting at his own charges, all the timber to be sound and good, and the work well wrought, workmanlike according to ye nature of such worke (glass excepted) and the work to he dome by ye last of March next." According to Paige's History of Cambridge," Dr. Samuel Frost. died Aug. 12, 1711. But in the Billerica Vital Records there is record of the death of Dr. Samuel Frost, Jan. 7, 1712-13, and of another Dr. Samuel Frost, Jan. 7, 1717-18. There seems to be no record of the death of either of his wives. Children, first three by first wife: . . . [i] SAMUEL, b. Aug. 21, 1664. . . . [ii] ISAAC, b. Oct. 21, 1666. . . . [iii] EDMUND, b. Aug. 21, 1668, d. Feb. 12, 1691. . . . [iv] THOMAS, b. Apr. 30, 1674. . . . [v] ELIZABETH, b. Apr. 30, 1674. Twin. . . . [vi] JOHN, b. Apr. 7, 1678 at Billerica, Mass. . . . [vii] JOSEPH, b. Dec. 23, 1680. . . . [viii] BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 10, 1683. . . . [ix] JONATHAN, b. Nov. 3, 1685. . . . [x] DAVID, b. Apr. 11, 1689, d. Apr. 14, 1689. . . . [xi] EDMUND, b. Mar. 5, 1691-2. According to some authorities, the tenth child was Daniel. The Billerica Vital Records give it as David. Elizabeth, the only daughter of the family, and twin sister to Thomas, m. Sept. 18, 1705, JOHN, the youngest child of Stephen and Hannah (Hall) Francis, who were m. Dec. 27, 1670. . . . John, the sixth child, removed to Newtown, Pa., where he died about the year 1717. Since he left his estate to his only sister Elizabeth, and to his two brothers Thomas and Joseph, it would seem that he had no family. (2) Information from the papers of Dr. Donnell M. Owings, originally of Coles County, IL, later Professor of History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK: Samuel, b. 13 February 1638/9, d. 7 January 1717/8. He m. first in Cambridge (or Billerica?), 12 Oct. 1663, Mary Cole, who d. after 1668 and, secondly, 1673, Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. Mr. John Miller of Dorchester, who d. after 1692. He appears to have m. thirdly Ruth _____, who survived him and m. secondly John Dutton of Billerica, dying 18 July 1738. He removed to Billerica about 1674 and there practiced as a physician until his death. By his first wife he had issue: 1 Samuel, of Springfield, Mass., 2 Isaac, 3 Edmund (d. young) [?]; and by his second wife: 4 Thomas of Natick, 5 Elizabeth, 6 John, of Newton, Bucks Co., Pa., 7 Joseph, of Charlestown & Sherburne, 8 Benjamin, 9 Jonathan (d. aged 20), 10 David (d. young), 11 Edmund of Tewksbury. (3) Cathi Clore Frost <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4803/frost.htm> : Samuel Frost b. 13 February 1638/9 at Cambridge, (now Middlesex Co.), MA d. 7 January 1717/8 at Billerica, Middlesex Co., MA m. 12 October 1663 to Mary Cole m. before 1674 to Elizabeth Miller (4) Ancestry.com, Cambridge, Massachusetts History, Supplement [database online], Orem, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 1997: Frost, Samuel (Elder Edm.) b. Feb. 1638, m. (1) Mary Cole, 12 Oct. 1663, 511; m. (2) Elizabeth Miller before he removed to Billerica ab. 1674, d. there, 12 Aug. 1711, 552 (5) www.findagrave.com: Dr Samuel Frost Sr. Birth: 13 Feb 1638, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Death: 7 Jan 1717 (aged 78), Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Burial: Old South Burying Ground, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA This is my ancestor. He was my 9th Great Grandfather. He married Mary Cole October 12 1663 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA. Per Frost descendant Elizabeth Anne Bolt: "Elder Edmund Frost was one of the original ruling bodies of Harvard, and eventually bought a house very close by to Harvard." A very nice bio for Elder Edmund Frost and his family can be found at: http://frostandgilchrist.com/getperson.php?personID=I4732 Family Members: Parents: Edmund Frost (1593-1672), Thomasine Clinche Frost (1608-1650); Spouse: Elizabeth Miller Frost (1649-1718, m. 1666); Children: Jonathan Frost (Unknown-1706), Samuel Frost (1664-1739), Isaac Frost (1666-1747), Joseph Frost (1680-1760); Siblings: James Frost (1643-1711), Ephraim Frost (1646-1718) Created by: Jerry Sanner Added: 26 Mar 2016 Find a Grave Memorial: 160037267 Sponsored by: Natalie Schlesinger
  Person ID	I2458	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Elder Edmund FROST,   b. 28 Aug 1593, Hartest, Suffolk, England d. 12 Jul 1672, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Thomasine CLENCH,   b. Bef 1 Aug 1613, St. Peter, Colchester, Essex, England d. 13 Jun 1653, Sudbury, Middlesex County, MA (Age > 39 years)
  Marriage	16 Apr 1634	Earls Colne, Essex, England
  Notes	(1) Thompson, Neil D., The English Ancestry of Thomasine (Clench) Frost, First Wife of Edmund Frost of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in New England Historical and Genealogical Register, July 1999, v. 153, p. 279: . . . Elder Edmund Frost, who came to New England with the Rev. Thomas Shepard in 1635, was married by that minister at Earls Colne, Essex, 16 April 1634 to his first wife Thomasine [Thomas-Anne" in Cambridge records] Clenche. . . . [Dr. Thompson cites Earles Colne, Essex Parish Register, FHL microfilm 1,472,111, as documentation of this marriage.] (2) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index ®, Copyright © 1980, 2002, data as of August 8, 2003, Batch #: M043361, Sheet #: 00, Source Call #: 0857071, Printout Call #: 6909002, Dates: 1559 - 1653: EDMOND FROST Male Marriages: Spouse: THOMASIN CLENCH Marriage: 16 APR 1634 Earls Colne, Essex, England (3) In Thomas Shepard's Memoir of His Own Life, annotated and printed in Young, Alexander, Chronicles of the First Planters of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay from 1623 to 1636, Boston, MA: C. C. Little and J. Brown, 1846, Rev. Shepard states that he held a lecture in Earls Colne, Essex, England, during the period from 1627 to 1630, and returned to Earls Colne in 1634.
  Family ID	F2662	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary COLE,   b. Bef 20 Jan 1639, Charlestown, Middlesex County, MA d. 1673, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA (Age > 33 years)
  Marriage	12 Oct 1663	Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA
  Notes	(1) Bailey, Frederic W., Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800, New Haven, CT: Bureau of American Ancestry, 1897-1914: Middlesex County Cambridge page 15 Samuel Frost & Mary Coale, Aug. 12, 1663
  Children	1. Deacon Samuel FROST, Jr.,   b. 21 Aug 1664, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA d. 13 Mar 1739, Willington, Windham [now Tolland] County, CT (Age 74 years)   2. Isaac FROST, Sr.,   b. 21 Oct 1666, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA d. 30 Sep 1757, Springfield, Hampshire [now Hampden] County, MA (Age 90 years)   3. Edmund FROST,   b. 21 Aug 1668, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA d. 12 Feb 1691 (Age 22 years)
  Family ID	F2738	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth MILLER,   b. 13 Oct 1649, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA d. 1718, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	Bef 30 Apr 1974
  Children	1. Thomas FROST,   b. 30 Apr 1674, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA d. 1742, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA (Age 67 years)   2. Elizabeth FROST,   b. 30 Apr 1674, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA   3. John FROST,   b. 2 Apr 1678, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA d. Bef 29 Oct 1716, Newtown, Bucks County, PA (Age < 38 years)   4. Joseph FROST,   b. 23 Dec 1680, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA d. 1760, Sherborn, Middlesex County, MA (Age 79 years)   5. Benjamin FROST,   b. 10 Aug 1683, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA d. Bef Oct 1716 (Age < 33 years)   6. Jonathan FROST,   b. 3 Nov 1685, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA d. 23 Jun 1706, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA (Age 20 years)   7. David FROST,   b. 11 Apr 1689, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA d. 14 Apr 1689, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA (Age 0 years)   8. Daniel FROST,   b. 12 Apr 1689, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA d. 14 Apr 1689, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA (Age 0 years)   9. Edmund FROST, Sr.,   b. 1 Mar 1692, Billerica, Middlesex County, MA d. 29 May 1766, Dunbarton, Hillsborough County, NH (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F2739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024