Descendants of John Frost

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN1 FROST died Abt. 1655 in Southold, LI, NY.

John Frost, thought to be father of William Frost, thought to have died in Southold LI NY in 1655.

Thomas Brush was in Southold, LI, before 8 October 1655, and an intimate in the family of John Concklyne, as is shown by an affidavit of John Concklyne, Junr. on that day regarding the non-cupative will of "Mr. Frost, who had died recently."

John Cocklyne, Jr., stated that Mr. Frost wished Thomas Brush sent for that "this deponent and he might beare witness to the said Mr. Frost's making his will and disposition of what estate he had; at which the deponents mother was much troubled, and Mr. Frost perceavinge of the same said hee should die nen [none] the sooner for making his will - yet that morn was neglected: but in the afternoone of the same day, the said Thomas Brush cominge into the said Mr. Frosts p'sence accidentally, and this deponent being also then present, took occasion of his own accord to declare words to this effect following as namely - hee then desired this dp. and the said Thomas Brush to beare witness that what estate hee had hee did wholly give the same to the said John Conckelyne, Senr. in case hee dyed without any after will: - further saying that the said John Conckelyne Senr. have loveingly received him unto his house when he was destitute of shelter and caired kindly and respectively to him - - - " etc. etc.

On 17 May 1656 Thomas Brush himself made this affidavit:

"Thomas Brush doth witness upon his oath that Mr. Frost lying upon his sick bed did by word of mouth give unto John Concklyne Senr. all his estate wch hee had; and that because the said John Conkelyne did curtiously receive him into his house when he was destitute. "

Mr. Frost's will was proved at New Haven, Conn., 26 May 1656, upon the oaths (affidavits) of Thomas Brush and John Concklyne, Junr.

Copied directly, including spelling, by MF, 2/26/98

Children of JOHN FROST are:

Generation No. 2

2. WILLIAM2 FROST (JOHN1) was born Bef. 1635 in Binstead, Hampshire, England, and died November 19, 1719 in Osyter Bay, Long Island, NY. He married REBECCA WRIGHT Bef. May 20, 1673 in England, daughter of NICHOLES WRIGHT and ANN BEAUPIE.

WILLIAM FROST, b. prior to 1635, was in Southold, Long Island, as early as 1655, with his brother John, and perhaps, with his father John, who died there the same year. After 1656, all by the name of Frost had disappeared from Southold with the exception of Sarah, daughter of one John, who married Thomas, brother of the Rev. Youngs of that place, but at what date is not known. However, she as a widow with a family, married in 1690 John Tuthill of Southold, they having one daughter who died young.

Without doubt William and John were among the numbers leaving Boston and its vicinity about 1653, going via New Haven to the Long Island shore, where in 1640 thirteen men from New Haven had preceded them and formed a settlement at Southold. The next we know of William he is in Setauket, then Brookhaven, listed as one of its inhabitants in 1655. In 1659 he signs the following petition which had been presented to the General Court at Hartford, Conn., by the inhabitants of the plantation at Cromwell's Bay, and at a session of this Court held there October 6, 1659, the records give: "Cromwell Bay being propounded to this Court to be admitted and received under this Government. The Court considering the same, have and doe declare their willingness to accept said Plantation of Setauk under this Jurisdiction etc."

"Cromwell Bay, alias Setauke, August ye 6, 1659.

It having pleased God to dispose the harts of us the inhabitants of the place aforesaid, to subject our plantation, persons and estats under the protection and government of the Colloney of conetocoke, for the full accomplishments of the promises, wee the said inhabitance doe request the faviour of our trusty and beloved associats Ensigne Alixander Brian and Samuell Sherman to solicit our union with the said Colloney that we may be accepted a member of the sayd body pollitick; the terms specified in all humbleness, three years rate free, in respect of our low estate and charge in poynt of purchas, secondly, in regard of our remoteness from the head Court, and the uncertaine passage over the Sound, that like privilege might be granted us liveing on Long Island equall with South and East Hampton; the aforesayd terms being granted unto us, wee, the sayd inhabitance athorize the sayd Alixander and Samuell to ratifie and conclud the sayd union as if we, the sayd inhabitance were personally present. Subscribed with a unanimos consent, day and date above written." Signed by John Underhill, Richard Wodhull, Roger Cheston, John Jenner, William Frost, Thomas Harlow, James Cock, Johon Diar (Prior?), Edward Rous, Thomas (--------?), Thomas Mabbes, George Wood, Henry Rogers, Robert Acreley. "These in the name of the rest."

While in Setauket he was awarded "a new purchaser's accommodation, to wit: A piece of land between Mr. Brewster's and Thomas Thorp for a home lot and the rest where it could be found convenient, so that it may not be prejudicial to highways and waterways, the said Frost paying the purchase as others do." It only fair to assume that it was here that he met and married his wife. From the town records of Brookhaven, Long Island, which we are led to believe was in those days the same place as Setauket, we find the following:

Drawers of Lots of Meadow Old Purchase, South Fireplace, 1664

Many historians claim that when Capt. John Underhill in 1663 purchased from the Indians that part of Oyster Bay known as Matinecock, he had associated with him John and William Frost, but there are no records known to the compiler to verify this statement, although it may be true. However, in 1667, Wm. Simson purchased from the Matinecock Indians a tract of forty acres with rights in the "undisposed medows, frsh and salt, with crik, thatch, with ye benefits of ye cricks and coves, with fre hunting, fishing, fouling with ye benefit of all minerals according to law." Here he erected a dwelling house and lived until 1674 when he conveyed it with all improvements to William Frost described as of Setauket or Brookhaven.

It is without doubt here that William and his wife had their first home and from December, 1674, until a very few years ago this farm with many added acres was in the possession of the Frost family.

John, the brother of William, was living in the neighborhood in 1672, for he, with wife Abigail, buys land there from Robert Williams, but shortly after he crossed to the "Main land" and located in New Haven, Conn., dying there in 1700, leaving a large family.

William married previous to May 20, 1673, Rebecca, daughter of Nicholas and Ann (Beaupre) Wright. She was the former wife of Eleazer Leverich of Lynn and Sandwich, Mass., and Oyster Bay, N.Y. William died Nov. 19, 1719, and was buried on his own farm as are many of his descendants. The date of the death of Rebecca is uncertain, but she was living at the date of William's will in 1698. According to the records in the New York Surrogate's office, it appears that William must have married the second time, for in 1720 Letters of Adm. are granted to wife, Eleanor, on the estate of Wm. Frost, Esq., of Oyster Bay, L.I.

WILL OF WILLIAM FROST OF OYSTER BAY, DATED MCH. 28, 1698

I, William Frost, being sick of body, but perfect in memory, item, I give and bequeath to my two sons William and Wright Frost, all my land and meadows equally to be divided amongst them. All my moveable, I give and bequeath to my wife and after her decease to be equally divided between my two sons, and my two sons to take care of their mother and to see that she wants for nothing as long as she doth live and I do empower my two sons to receive all debts which are due to me and to pay all debts which I do owe which can be made to appear. I, William Frost, do confirm all my above said land and meadows specified and bequeath to them as above, said William, my eldest son and Wright my youngest son to them and their heirs forever, but if one die it shall return to the other and if both die without issue it shall then return to any of the Frosts' descended from George Frost born in Binsted, two miles from Farnam in Hampshire in old England.

WILLIAM FROST
(Signed)

Witnesses:

George Codner,
Edward Wright,
Hannah Sibley,
Aaron fforman.

Nicholas Wright, father of Rebecca, who married Wm. Frost, was a direct descendant of Thomas, who in the time of Henry the VIII, was of Norfolk, England, and whose son John died seized with the manors of Teudalls and Rowses. Nicholas was the son of John, who married Ann, daughter of Edmund Beaupre, and heir to Beaupre Hall in Norfolk, England. He was born there in 1609, but just when he came to America is not known, but he early settled in Lynn, with his brothers, Anthony and Peter. Lynn was then called "Saugus" and in 1637 ten families were discharged from the church there to form a settlement in Sandwich, Mass., and among them were the Wrights and Rev. Wm. Leverich, whose son became the first husband of Rebecca (Wright) Frost, from which marriage there was no issue.

On Sept. 7, 1641, a division of meadow land was made in Sandwich and lots fell to each of the three Wright brothers. In April, 1653, the Rev. Wm. Leverich and Nicholas, Peter and Anthony Wright, with others, left Sandwich and located in the neighborhood of Huntington and Oyster Bay, L.I. (In this list is one Wm. Hurst, which, if one had access to the original, might read Wm. Frost, which fact may be suggestive to the future student.)

Nicholas Wright dates his will April 10, 17674, and calls himself of Oyster Bay, saying he is aged sixty-five or thereabouts. The will was proven Dec. 13, 1682, and he makes his wife Ann, Executrix. Mentions all his sons but not his daughters, probably because they were all married and provided for, but in the Will of their uncle Anthony, who never married, under date of May 20, 1673, they are all named and left small amounts the will was proven Dec. 8, 1680.

Many lines of the Frost family trace back to Nicholas and Peter Wright.

The "Friends" or "Quakers" made great inroads on Long Island as early as 1657, but although there is ample evidence to connect the Wright family with them in those early times, all facts lead to the belief that the pioneer Wm. Frost was not of them, for on Aug. 5, 1693, there is a petition of George Boardman and wife of Oyster Bay, relative to ten acres of land seized by Collector Wm. Frost, for taxes, thereby showing he was the tax collector for the King and not interested in the "Friends" as late as that date, nor was his son Wright Frost, for he was also a tax collector as will be shown farther on.

Issue:

+2 William
+3 Wright

*William Frost may have been born in Binsted, Co. Hampshire, Eng., but the probabilities are he was born in America, and his father (perhaps John) may have been a brother of Elder Edmund, of Boston, Mass., or William may have been the son of Elder Edmund, as no children are given the latter between the years of 1632 and 1637, an unusual occurrence for those times, and tradition tells us one or two of his sons disappeared from Boston, and it is not unreasonable to suppose they may have followed the families who went from there to New Haven, as some of the younger sons of Elder Edmund did, and later returned..

A letter from George Frost, New Town, Alton, Hants, England, on a business sheet headed "Appointed Emigration Agent for the Government of New Zealand, South Australia and Canada", says that his grandfather's name was George and that he had a brother William. All his father's children were born in Binsted and he looked up some baptisms that are also found on the list from that parish. The letter is not dated, but is known to have been written about 1871.

(Notes from Marshall Frost: I have tried to retype exactly as shown in the original document. I have lost some formatting, but the typos are as shown in the original text. For those who may not be aware, a portion of Long Island was originally part of Connecticut. Consequently, if someone moved from New Haven to Southold, they were staying in Connecticut.)

William with his brother John were in Southold, L.I., New York as early as 1655.

His will dated March 28, 1698:

Being sick in body but perfect in memory bequeath to my two sons Willaim and Wright all my lands and meadows equally to be divided amongst them.

All my movable I give and bequeath to my wife and after her decease to be equally divided between my two sons and my two sons to take care of their mother and to see that she wants for nothing as long as she doth live and I do empower my two sons to receive all debts which are due to me and to pay all debts which I do owe which can be made to appear.

I, William Frost, do confirm all my above said land and meadow specified and bequeath to them as above said William, my oldest son, and Wright, my youngest son, to them and their heirs forever. But if one die it shall return to the other, and if both die without issue it shall return to any of the Frosts decended from George Frost born in Bensted, two miles from Barnam in Hampshire in Old England.

William Frost

Witnesses

George Codner
Edward Wright
Hannah Sibley
Aron Fforman

Lived in Jamaica Plains area of Long Island at Oyster Bay in 1672

Society of Friends (Quakers)

Willaim Frost was possibly born in Binstead Hampshire England; but more likely was born in America before 1635. His father was possibly John thought to have died in Southold LI NY in 1655. William married (1) before 20 May 1673 Rebecca Wright, born 1644, the divorced former wife of Eleazer Leverich; daughter of Nicholas Wright and Anne (unknown). Apparently, Rebecca was still living at the time he made his will on 28 March 1698. His date of death is 19 Nov 1719 and he is buried on his own farm at Oyser Bay.

He married again after Rebecc's death as in 1720 a wife, Eleanor, was granted letters of administration on the estate of William Frost, Esq. of Oyster Bay LI NY.

It is believed that William Frost left Boston or vicinity about 1653 and settled in Southold. By 1655 he moved on to Setauket (Brookhaven). He participated in lands divisions there in 1664 and for many years after. When he married Rebecca, he bought a forty acre farm which remained in the Frost family for many generations. A petition in 1693 names William Frost as a collector of taxes which indicates that it is not likely thate he was a Quaker.

His will stipulated that should his sons both die without issue, his lands would pass "to any of the Frost's decended from George Frost, born in Binsted, two miles from Farnam in Hampshire in old England."

Children of WILLIAM FROST and REBECCA WRIGHT are:

3. JOHN2 FROST (JOHN1) was born Bef. 1635, and died Aft. 1679. He married ABIGAIL.

John Frost, was living in Southold, L.I., in 1655-6, and probably on his return to New Haven, Conn., stopped at Killingsworth (Oyster Bay), for in 1672 he buys land there of Robert Williams, and his wife signs as Abigail Frost. In 1679 he also buys land there in Oyster Bay Cove, opposite Thomas Young's. Just when he crossed over to New Haven, has not been ascertained, nor do we know how large a family he had but we find his son John marrying in that place in 1665.

(Notes from Marshall Frost: I have tried to retype exactly as shown in the original document. I have lost some formatting, but the typos are as shown in the original text. For those who may not be aware, a portion of Long Island was originally part of Connecticut. Consequently, if someone moved from New Haven to Southold, they were staying in Connecticut.)

"William Frost may have been born in Binsted, Co. Hampshire, Eng., but the probabilities are he was born in America, and his father (perhaps John) may have been a brother of Elder Edmund, of Boston, Mass., or William may have been the son of Elder Edmund, as no children are given the latter between the years of 1632 and 1637, an unusual occurrence for those times, and tradition tells us one or two of his sons disappeared from Boston, and it is not unreasonable to suppose they may have followed the families who went from there to New Haven, as some of the younger sons of Elder Edmund did, and later returned."

(Since John is the brother of William from the same source, then the same comments apply to John. MF)

The following list of inhabitants of Southold, L.I., in 1686 was lately exhumed from the "New York Colonial Manuscript" (Vol 33, p. 94), in the State Library at Albany, by the Librarian, George R. Howell, Esq., and sent by him to the editor of the Republican Watchman, of Greenport, L.I., where it was published for the first time.

This document starts out:

"Readers of The Record will doubtless examine this list with great interest, and it will probably aid them in solving some of the problems that are still puzzling students of Long Island family history."

"A List of ye Inhabitance and house holder wt ye nomber of their persons in each family in Sohold 1686

Mary Youngs widow ............. 3 2 0 0"

(3 males white, 2 femels white, 0 male slaves, 0 femell slaves)

"Pr order of ye Prudentiall men and Town Commissioners - Stephen Bayley Town Clerk"

{Comment: It seems likely that Sarah Frost married to a Frost in this line. However, it also seems likely that Sarah Frost was married to John Frost, brother of William Frost, given the date of death, 1727. According to The Salmon Records (of Southold), Long Island Source Records, FTM CD#173, p196, "Widow" Sarah Tutill "aged" died on 11 Nov., 1727.}

Child of JOHN FROST and ABIGAIL is:

Generation No. 3

4. WRIGHT3 FROST (WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 1676 in Osyter Bay, Long Island, NY, and died March 28, 1738 in Osyter Bay, Long Island, NY. He married MARY UNDERHILL, daughter of JOHN UNDERHILL and MARY PRIOR.

Two old stones n the Frost Cemetery marked "W.F., 1738, and M.F., 1751", are evidently the markers fro Wright and Mary.

In 1707 Wright Frost, as tax collector, demanded of mary Willets, a Friend, a tax rate fro church purposes. She records she refunsed to pay, and he took whatever he pleased for the priest's worship house.

Dec. 23, 1731, Wright Frost, Jr., of Oyster Bay has his ear mark entered at Hempstead as "on left ear a crop and a half penny on each side ye Rightr ear."

In a letter from the late Valentine Frost to the late Mr. J.J. Lattin, Mr. Frost says he has the commission of Wright Frost, Cap't of Militia of Oyster Bay, 1737. He also has the journal that Wright Frost kept when he went on horseback to Burlington, Vt., where he owned some land, and refers Mr. Lattin to Mitchel's old diary, but of the latter I could find no record.

In the meetings of the Westbury Meetings of the Friends under date of April 30, 1712, Mary, wife of Wright Frost, is condemned for going out of the order of Truth in taking a husband and against the witness of God placed in her own conscience, and signifying her sorrow for the same and her desire to be reconciled to God and his people, the "Friends," are satisfied.

EXTRACTS FROM THE WILL OF WRIGHT FROST:

"I, Wright Frost of Mattenoneck in the Bounds of Oyster Bay, in Queens Co. on Nassau Island in Province of New York, Yeomen,

To my son Wright all land near Island Swamp so called which my father Wm. Frost purchased from the Indians, more I do give unto my son Wright, land in Musketocove patten, more I do give my son Wright the one half of my part of the Frost Meadow so called which lyes with William Frost meadow undivided Land, bounded on the West side, Wm. Frost Land on the east side, all of which Land and Meadow as above I do give to my son Wright Frost his heirs and assigns forever he paying out a legacy of thirty pound unto my son Daniel Frost in two yeas after my decease. To my son Wright, my negro boy called Natt that now lives with him.

To my son Joseph Land and Meadow lying south side where he now liveth, also my negro called Robin who lives with him.

To my son Jacob Frost my homestead where I now dwell with all my houses, Barnes, Land down the neck joyning to the same lying on the East side of William Frost Land. To my son Jacob the equal one half of my meadow lying at a place called Great Meadow lying between William Frost Land and Sands Land and to my son Jacob also all Land lying at head of Choagan Swamp called the Rey Field bounded on the West by Benj. Frost Land and on the North by highway, also all the Land that leads from Oyster Bay to Musketacove on south side of the Meeting House which Land I had of Freelove Jones, also all my Land on Oak Neck and one half my right of Land on Pine Island and all my right of Marshes and meadows at Pine Island also my negro man James.

To my son Daniel Frost a piece of Land joyning east end of Hopkins Land containing twenty acres Bounded on the east by William Frost Land and on the west by Benjamin Frost Land also my meadows lying a place called Little Meadow and my right of the Creeks and Creek lying between said meadows. Daniel shall have the liberty to bring his hay across Jacob's Land where it shall suit Jacob best.

To Daniel one acre or more on east side of the highway that leads from my house to the Meeting House also ten acres of Land Lying in the Old Purchase of Oyster Bay bounded on the south by Simonson Land, north by Mathew Priar's Land. All my right of land not disposed of in the Old and New Purcahase of Oyster Bay to Daniel except my right on the Great Plains which I give to my four sons Wright, Joseph, Jacob and Daniel divided equally.

To Jacob all Land lying down the Neck between my house and the Sound on the Neck called Weekes Neck.

To my wife, Mary one negro girl called Nanni or Ann and the use of my negro man Dick and my negro girl Charity during her widowhood. To my wife Mary all my Flax and Wool Yarns or New Cloth, four Cowes twp oxen fifteen sheep six swine one horse & saddle.

To my gradndaughter Mary Frost, little negro girl Catts.

Dated March 8, 1738. Ex. Wife Mary, Sons Wright and Jacob and Daniel Underhill. Wit: -- Isaac Dean, Geo. Frost, Josiah Cox, Sam'l Underhill

Proved August 19,1738.

The above has been transcribed with typos from p. 23-25 of Frost Genealogy, J. Frost, 1912 bu MF.

Children of WRIGHT FROST and MARY UNDERHILL are:

i. WRIGHT4 FROST, b. 1706; d. June 7, 1759, Matinecock, Long Island, New York; m. FREELOVE COLES.
ii. DANIEL FROST, b. 1708; d. 1751, Matinecock, Long Island, New York.
In 1742 he conveys lot to borther Wright.
In 1749 he buys S.E. part of the John Pryer homestead.
In 1747 he sells lot to Adam Carman.
He never marries.
iii. JACOB FROST, b. August 8, 1711; d. August 28, 1776; m. SARAH COLES.
7. iv. JOSEPH FROST, b. January 14, 1713/14, Matinecock, Long Island, NY; d. January 14, 1774.

5. WILLIAM3 FROST (WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born 1674 in Matinecock, NY, and died November 29, 1728 in Matinecock, NY. He married HANNAH PRYOR Abt. 1700, daughter of JOHN PRIOR and ELIZABETH BOWNE.

William was accidentally killed while slaughtering a beef which fell on him. (Ref: Frost Genealogy, p. 22)

Children of WILLIAM FROST and HANNAH PRYOR are:

6. JOHN3 FROST (JOHN2, JOHN1) was born in Probably in New Haven, Ct.. He married MERCY PAINE June 9, 1665 in New Haven, CT., daughter of WILLAIM PAINE.

John Frost, of New Haven, Conn., m. June 9, 1665, Mercy, daughter of William and Mary Paine of the same place. His estate was inventoried April 4, 1770.

William Payne made Freeman in New Haven, 1640, and in 1679 deeds land to John Frost, husband of his daughter Mercy.

Children of JOHN FROST and MERCY PAINE are:

Generation No. 4

7. JOSEPH4 FROST (WRIGHT3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born January 14, 1713/14 in Matinecock, Long Island, NY, and died January 14, 1774. He married MARTHA COCK, daughter of JAMES COCK and HANNAH FEKE.

Extract of the will of Joseph Frost

In the name of God, Amen. October 15, 1773.

I Joseph Frost of the manor of Cortlandt in Westchester County, New York.

My south farm known by name of the Boucher or Baucker farm to be sold and debts paid with the money.

I leave to my son Wright the west end of my dwelling house with the cellar and 6 acres of meadow north of the house.

To my daughter Elizabeth 30 pounds, a cow, and bed with full furniture.

To my daughter Hannah 30 pounds, a cow and a bed.

To my daughter Sarah 30 pounds.

To my daughter Annne, wife of Benj. Lewis 21 pounds.

To my son Wright and Jacob the east end of my dwelling and pair of oxen.

To my son Wright the oldest yoke of oxen and a horse.

My north farm being the remainder of my land I leave to my three sons, Wright, Micha and Jacob.

All the rest of my movable estate to my four sons Wright, Micha, Caleb, Jacob. I make John Underhill son of Daniel Underhill of Oyster Bay and my sons Wright and Jacob Executors.

Witnesses:

Robert Cock
James Travis
Joseph Strung

Will proved February 10, 1774

June 11, 1746, Joseph Frost was a witness to the will of James Cock of Oyster Bay.

John Feke was a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Fones)(Winthrop). Feke b - - 1638, m Spetember 15, 1670. Elizabeth was daurther of Matthew Pryer of Killingworth.

1732 Joseph was left land by his father "to ye south".

1745 Joseph buys land of Penn Townsend, 120 acres on the north side and 26 acres on the south side of the road west of the meeting house.

1767 Joseph sells to Danniel Cock & Pheany Cock, his siter, 116 3/4 acres, a part foresaid.

The home of Joseph Frost was 1/2 mile west fo the Matinecock meeting house and a print of the old celler is still seen.

Children of JOSEPH FROST and MARTHA COCK are:

8. WILLIAM4 FROST (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born August 29, 1702, and died September 29, 1782. He married (1) JEMIMA COLES, daughter of BENJAMIN COLES and PHEBE SIMPKINS. He married (2) SUSANNAH COLES December 20, 1730, daughter of CHARLES COLES and SARAH.

A Susannah Frost m. Nov. 14, 1778 a Francis Towse.

In will of William Frost of Oyster Bay, calling himself of Matinecock, dated March 26, 1781, and proven Dec. 5, 1782, he mentions son William and "other two sons Stephen Frost Charlton and Charles Frost Charlton", a statement which the compiler (J. Frost) has been unable to solve. They are mentioned as above serval times and he makes them, with others, executors of his will.

Children of WILLIAM FROST and JEMIMA COLES are:

Children of WILLIAM FROST and SUSANNAH COLES are:

9. GEORGE4 FROST (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born September 15, 1704, and died May 16, 1760. He married ANNE COLES, daughter of JOSEPH COLES and ELIZABETH WRIGHT.

George was a miller and a farmer and lived on or near Shoe Brook.

Descendants are eligible to the Mayflower Society.

George Frost was a witness to the will of Samuel Cock of Oyster Bay, dated Sept. 14, 1741, and proven Nov. 18, 1741.

In 1745 George Frost was owner of the Silas Cock mill property and had an arbitration with the Birdsalls aabout a right of way to the Buckram Road.

Children of GEORGE FROST and ANNE COLES are:

10. JOHN4 FROST (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born December 11, 1708. He married (1) RACHEL WRIGHT January 12, 1736/37. He married (2) PHEBE LE TELIER Abt. 1739, daughter of DAVID LE TELIAR.

John was a cabinetmaker and had a farm at Oyster Bay, LI, NY

Children of JOHN FROST and PHEBE LE TELIER are:

i. JOHN5 FROST, b. June 27, 1739; d. March 27, 1831, Gilead Cemetery, Carmel, Putnam Co., NY; m. HULDAH MUNSON.

John was a private in the Revolutionary War serving under Co. Henry Luddington. He enlisted in the French and Indian War and at Montreal serving under General Wolfe and was present at the taking of Quebec. He settled in Carmel, Putnam Co., NY where his occupation is listed as a tanner, currier and farmer.

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 15
From DAR Register, Ancestry.com
Miss Annie Hunt Frost. DAR ID Number: 14325 Born in New York. Descendant of John Frost, of New York.
Daughter of Charles H. Frost and Josephine Hunt, his wife. Granddaughter of Miles Frost and Margaret Jones, his wife. Gr.-granddaughter of Joel Frost and Martha Wright, his wife. Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of John Frost and Huldah Munson, his wife. John Frost, (1736-1825), served in the Seventh Regiment, Dutchess county militia, and was at Fort Montgomery when it was captured by the British, 1777. He died at Carmel.

ii. SARAH FROST, b. 1740; d. April 19, 1743; m. DANIEL UNDERHILL.
17. iii. DAVID FROST, b. June 3, 1743; d. May 5, 1826, Pleasant Valley, NY.
18. iv. GEORGE FROST.

11. BENJAMIN4 FROST (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born June 9, 1710 in Oyster Bay NY, and died WFT Est. 1747-1801. He married ROSE SPRINGER WFT Est. 1741-1773.

Children of BENJAMIN FROST and ROSE SPRINGER are:

12. REBECCA4 FROST (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born August 28, 1714. She married JOSIAH COCK.

Child of REBECCA FROST and JOSIAH COCK is:

13. ISAAC4 FROST (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born April 3, 1717, and died 1798 in Clinton, NY. He married MARY COCK WFT Est. 1727-1774, daughter of JAMES COCK and HANNAH FEKE.

Children of ISAAC FROST and MARY COCK are:

14. SARAH4 FROST (JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born September 3, 1675, and died November 8, 1727. She married (1) THOMAS YOUNGS. She married (2) JOHN TUTTLE May 28, 1690 in Southold, LI, NY.

JOHN TUTHILL, Jr. or 2nd (Henry, Henry), of Southold, N.Y., b. 16 July, 1635 (in England ?), d. at Southold, 12 Oct., 1717; m. there 1st, on 17 Feb., 1657, Deliverance, daughter of William and Dorothy (Hayne ?) Kinge, "bapt. at Salem, mass., 1641:31:8." She d. at Southold, "25 Jan. 1688/89, aged 49 years" {from Pedigree of King, of Salem}. John, m., 2nd, on 28 May, 1690, Sarah, probably widow of Thomas Young, and daughter of John Frost. She d. 8 Nov., 1727. John was a large landowner at Southold. Copied directly, by MF, 2/26/98

According to this reference, Sarah (Frost) Tuthill was mother of "Mary, d. 11 Jan., 1698/9, aged about 8 years."

Child of SARAH FROST and JOHN TUTTLE is:

15. EBENEZER4 FROST (JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born September 15, 1677. He married (1) MARY TUTTLE October 4, 1704. He married (2) ELIZABETH ANDREWS February 19, 1733/34.

The estate of Ebenezer was administered in 1749 by his widow Elizabeth (2nd wife) and son Ebenezer, and in 1755 the sons, Ebenezer and John, pay forty pounds to each sister for their rights in said estate.

Children of EBENEZER FROST and MARY TUTTLE are:

Child of EBENEZER FROST and ELIZABETH ANDREWS is:

Generation No. 5

16. CALEB5 FROST (JOSEPH4, WRIGHT3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born June 18, 1749, and died October 27, 1830 in Musketo Cove, Long Island, NY. He married SARAH HALSTEAD November 5, 1788 in Greenwich, Connecticut, daughter of PHILEMON HALSTEAD and JANET KING.

The Caleb Frost farm was purchased in 1796 from Mary and Martha Pearshall, both single, being the farm of Nathaniel Carpenter sold to Thomas Pearshall Sr. situated in that part of Oyster Bay Township known as Cedar Swamp. In the slave record of Oyster Bay, N.Y. appears the following: June 12, 1797 Samuel (slave) began his year with Caleb Frost.

Children of CALEB FROST and SARAH HALSTEAD are:

i. HENRIETTA6 FROST, b. September 24, 1789; d. September 7, 1876; m. ABRAM WILLETS, November 23, 1815.
ii. LEONARD I. FROST, b. July 26, 1791; d. July 12, 1822, New York; m. SARAH A. SMITH, February 27, 1816.
iii. MARTHA FROST, b. September 12, 1793; d. September 4, 1875; m. HENRY COLES, June 25, 1818.
26. iv. EDWARD LAWRENCE FROST, b. December 17, 1795, Newtown, Long Island, NY; d. March 31, 1878, Queens, New York.
v. GIDEON FROST, b. January 11, 1798; d. February 25, 1880; m. MARY U. WILLETS, April 24, 1823.

Founder of Friends Academy in Locust Valley, Matinecock, Long Island. Source, New York Times, Jan. 16, 1977.

Celebrating a Quiet Tradition

By George Vecsey -- Locust Valley

Jeff Pill remembers feeling alone in a crowd. As long as there was movement and sound he was comfortable with himself, but at Thursday Meeting, when his school would sit quietly for half an hour, he felt the gaping self-awareness that many teenagers experience.

This was a few years ago at Friends Academy here, one of the finest private schools on the Island, where Quaker traditions have been observed for 100 years this month.

One of the strongest traditions is the weekly gathering in the plain Matinecock Meeting House, built in 1725 by Thomas Mott. The meeting is basically silent, broken only by an occasional remark by a student or faculty member.

Even though only 2 percent of the students at Friends are actually Quakers, all students must attend the meeting. Some students think it is a waste of time, and some giggle or fuss. And some, as they grow older, come to defend that tradition, as Jeff Pill did recently.

It happened last spring, when some faculty members became upset over restlessness in the meeting. "I wasn't terribly concerned," says Frederic B. Withington, the headmaster, "but some people wanted to discuss the meeting among students and faculty." Since the weekly meeting is a staple of all Friends schools, there was no way the practice would be eliminated.

But it was suggested that perhaps the students wanted more structure - music, or selected readings, or formal discussion.

One of the students invited to participate was Jeff Pill, of nearby Glen Head, now a junior, who has been attending the Friends school since kindergarten. (Lower- and middle-school students attend the weekly Meeting on Tuesday, while the upper school attends on Thursday.) Jeff remembered the discomfort he had once felt during the half-hour of meditation.

"I used to be afraid to be alone," he recalled the other day. "But around the ninth grade I realized that my mind could go in any direction. It wasn't like the church I attend, which is more organized. It was more like daydreaming. I could think about moral standards, or I could think about the woods in Vermont. I realized I was doing this at other times, going off by myself, enjoying that feeling."

Another participant In the discussion was Patrick Diaz, a student from Locust Valley, who described the Thursday meeting as "a place of worship with no rituals."

"I don't go to church myself" he said. "But my friends who do go to church tell me that most people can't relate to what is being said. Here you can sort things out for yourself."

A third student at the discussion was Tambi Mincer of Roslyn, a junior, who is among the 30 percent of the student body that is Jewish.

"Our lives as students are so structured," she said, "but here you can be what you are. I never mind if somebody makes a statement about Christ. I think it's a shame people have gotten away from their religion. I think the meeting is good for all of us."

After similar comments, Mr. Withington and other faculty members decided to leave the meeting exactly as it had been, though this did not satisfy everybody.

"I still think it comes at the wrong time of the day, the wrong time of the week," said Vicky Neville, a senior from Port Washington. "Thursday morning, second period, your mind is on math, or something else. I like the school, but I could do without the meeting."

Mr. Withington, one of the minority of Quakers on the staff, said he expected the mixed reaction from students, and added: "If a student goes 25 times, there might be one good experience." He said that the older students' support for Thursday Meeting did not reflect current movements such as Transcendental Meditation or other vehicles for introspection.

"Other groups are just discovering centering-in," he said. "But the Quakers have always had a feeling for it. The old New England transcendentalists were interested in Eastern religions. Now similar groups are discovering the value of silence."

Albert Swartz, who teaches religion courses and also coaches the basket-all team, sees a difference between Quaker meetings and meditation groups. He calls the Eastern meditation a "vertical" experience "between you and the ultimate power," while the Quaker experience Is "vertical and horizontal because you share your feelings with others."

This tradition has been present In the academy since Gideon Frost founded it In 1877 after a rewarding life as farmer and businessman in the area. In that first January there were three girls and two boys and one teacher, Sarah Heacock of Alliance, Ohio.

In the Quaker tradition, men and women were treated equally from the start, with women having responsible roles on the staff. Frost specified that boys and girls were not to exercise or walk together and were to sit opposite each other at dinner. Music and dancing were originally banned, as were "romances or other unsuitable or improper forms of literature."

Friends was a boarding school until 1959, when the growth of the Island suburbs brought more than enough students to within commuting range. Today the yellow school buses carry students from districts 20 miles around.

The school is sought after by parents for academic, social and philosophical reasons. (In the last five years more students have gone on to Tufts, or Union, or Bucknell, or Syracuse, or Harvard-Radcliffe than to any one private or state college on the Island.)

"We have high regard for the public schools on Long Island," Mr. Withington said, "but we are aware that many parents send their children here because they think there are problems in the local schools. If the public schools were perceived to be perfect, I would guess at least a third of our students would not come here."

Officials at the academy can often tell when there is turmoil in a public school district, because applications from that community will grow sharply.

The classes are small (64 teachers for 650 students), and there is a full extracurricular program spread out on the 17-acre campus, including a heated outdoor swimming pool. A year's tuition and fees can reach $3,500, but there is an annual outlay of $150,000 for scholarships for students from differing backgrounds.

Friends has an active alumni association, and many return for the homecoming fair every fall. Many will be coming next Saturday for the "convocation in celebration of the centennial year," open only by invitation because of lack of space. There will be panel discussions on "Educating for Our Next Century," and an address by John R. Coleman, president of Haverford College. Awards will be presented to two "distinguished alumni" Frank 0. Braynard ('34), author, artist and the guiding light of last year's Operation Sail, and Lesley Oelsner ('61), who reports on the United States Supreme Court for The New York Times.

Most graduates feel the value of the weekly meeting, according to Victoria Baum Bjorklund ('70), a graduate of Princeton who now lives in Glen Cove, and is compiling a history of the school. "you look back and remember it as a private time", Mrs. Bjorklund said. "I am not a Quaker and I was a bit apprehensive about the meeting when I first went to the school. But now I see it as one extended minute of my years here. It is a recurrent minute that I tend to cherish more all the time."

vi. ELIZABETH FROST, b. December 29, 1799, Glen Cove, Long Island, New York; d. 1862; m. JOHN PRIOR, September 8, 1820.
vii. PHILEMON FROST, b. July 29, 1802; d. September 2, 1884; m. CHARLOTTE TOWNSEND.
viii. MARY FROST, b. November 10, 1804; d. June 1, 1863; m. TOWNSEND W. SIMONSON.
ix. JACOB FROST, b. February 17, 1808; d. November 22, 1862, Mineola, New York; m. SARAH TITUS, June 14, 1838.

17. DAVID5 FROST (JOHN4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born June 3, 1743, and died May 5, 1826 in Pleasant Valley, NY. He married SARAH HYATT, daughter of ELISHA HYATT and SARAH UNDERHILL.Notes for DAVID FROST:

David was a blacksmith. HE was a private in the Revolutionary War serving with teh Seventh Regiment in Putnam Co., NY. David left a will dated 7 Dec 1818 and proved 15 May 1826.

Sarah left a will proved at Carmel, NY 6 May 1835.

Children of DAVID FROST and SARAH HYATT are:

i. SARAH6 FROST, b. February 26, 1762; d. November 29, 1824, Carmel, Putnam Co., NY; m. JEREMEIAH DODGE.

From D. Michael via Internet:
Probable child of David and Sarah Frost.

ii. JOHN FROST, b. October 8, 1764; d. November 29, 1789.
iii. DAVID FROST, b. December 1, 1766; d. January 8, 1818; m. LYDIA WASHBURN.
iv. UNDERHILL FROST, b. July 23, 1769; d. December 19, 1852, Beaver Dams, NY; m. JANE GENUNG.
v. GEORGE FROST, b. February 18, 1772; d. June 28, 1815; m. MARY COLE.
vi. PHEBE FROST, b. January 28, 1776; d. May 26, 1862, Beaver Dams, NY; m. JOSEPH COLE, February 2, 1797, Carmel, NY.

From D. Michael via Internet:
Joseph Cole imported first lion ever seen in this country.

27. vii. SYLVANUS FROST, b. August 7, 1778; d. October 17, 1847, Reading, NY.
viii. CHARLES FROST, b. April 20, 1782.
ix. JACOB FROST, b. March 10, 1785; d. November 26, 1860; m. SUSANNAH WOOD, July 25, 1810.

18. GEORGE5 FROST (JOHN4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1).

Possible son of John Frost and Phebe Tillear

Children of GEORGE FROST are:

19. LOTT5 FROST (BENJAMIN4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born February 4, 1743/44 in Jamaica Plaines,Long Island-Oyster Bay, and died December 28, 1811 in near Duanesburg NY. He married TEMPERANCE SEAMAN WFT Est. 1775-1802, daughter of DAVID SEAMAN and MARY WILLETS.

Child of LOTT FROST and TEMPERANCE SEAMAN is:

20. ZOPHER5 FROST (BENJAMIN4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) died 1818. He married HANNAH THORNE.

On Nov. 26, 1772, he was a witness at hte Quaker wedding of Isaaac Thorne and Ann Titus at Nine Partners.

"Zophe Frost" is listed as a private in the sixth regiment of the Dutchess County Militia (NY in the Rev, 2nd ed., p 247).

The will of Zophe Frost of the town of Clinton, executed Feb. 18, 1811, and proved March 22, 1818, names the children. Data may have been added from other sources.

"Sister Hannah Frost" is remembered in Isaac Thorne's will.

On Feb. 17, 1783, the nine Partners Friends Records note that Hannah, wife of Zopher Frost, removed to the Creek Meeting.

Children of ZOPHER FROST and HANNAH THORNE are:

i. MARTHA6 FROST, b. October 1770; d. April 27, 1856; m. ELIAS DOTY.
ii. ANNA FROST, m. PETER H. TRAVER.
iii. PHEBE FROST, b. February 13, 1775; d. March 30, 1850; m. SAMUAL SWARTWOUT.
iv. HANNAH FROST, m. CYRUS BULLIS.
v. JACOB FROST, b. March 28, 1781; d. March 28, 1874; m. KATE SMITH.

Kate Smith of Bushkill, Ulster County.

vi. ISAAC FROST.

Unmarried

vii. SARAH FROST, m. ISAAC HICKS.
viii. WILLIAM FROST, b. June 18, 1789; d. January 19, 1874; m. (1) HANNAH VAN HOESEN; m. (2) HENRIETTA MARIA UHL.

21. ELIZABETH5 FROST (ISAAC4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born January 6, 1747/48 in Mill River Neck, Long Island, NY, and died August 28, 1836 in Stillwater, Saratoga, NY. She married OBADIAH POWELL March 18, 1763 in NY.

Children of ELIZABETH FROST and OBADIAH POWELL are:

22. MORDECAI5 FROST (ISAAC4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born April 3, 1758, and died WFT Est. 1767-1848. He married MARY UNDERHILL WFT Est. 1766-1805, daughter of THOMAS UNDERHILL and SARAH WEEKS.

Child of MORDECAI FROST and MARY UNDERHILL is:

23. GEORGE5 FROST (ISAAC4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born March 11, 1760, and died September 18, 1830. He married SARAH UNDERHILL.

Child of GEORGE FROST and SARAH UNDERHILL is:

24. EBENEZER5 FROST (EBENEZER4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born February 11, 1707/08, and died 1757. He married DAMARIS IVES April 19, 1739, daughter of UNKNOWN IVES.

Administration of estate of Ebenezer Fost given widow Damaris in 1757. Isaac Blakeslee and John Frost, heirs in their own right.

Children of EBENEZER FROST and DAMARIS IVES are:

i. MARY6 FROST, b. March 5, 1739/40; d. September 27, 1750.
ii. SAMUEL FROST, b. October 10, 1741.
iii. SYBIL FROST, b. October 26, 1743.
iv. AMOS FROST, b. December 27, 1745.
32. v. TITUS FROST, b. June 18, 1748; d. 1828.
vi. MARY FROST, b. February 12, 1752.
vii. LUCY FROST, b. February 23, 1754; d. January 8, 1821; m. DANIEL TODD.

Had five children.

viii. EBENEZER FROST, b. November 15, 1755.

His estate divided in 1761 to six surviving brothers and sisters.

25. JOHN5 FROST (EBENEZER4, JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born January 29, 1715/16. He married MARTHA PARDEE January 15, 1744/45, daughter of JOHN PARDEE and ABIGAIL BROCKETT.

Children of JOHN FROST and MARTHA PARDEE are:

Generation No. 6

26. EDWARD LAWRENCE6 FROST (CALEB5, JOSEPH4, WRIGHT3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1) was born December 17, 1795 in Newtown, Long Island, NY, and died March 31, 1878 in Queens, New York. He married (1) ANN H. SHUTES January 30, 1821 in Richmond, Indiana. He married (2) HANNAH HOLLOWELL August 1, 1827 in Richmond, Indiana, daughter of DAVID HOLLOWAY and HANNAH RICHARDS.

Notes for EDWARD LAW