Maj Charles FROST^[1]

1631 - 1697  (65 years)

• Name	Charles FROST
  Prefix	Maj
  Born	30 Jul 1631	Tiverton, Devonshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Migration	Abt 1637
  Will Notes	Charles Frost of Kittery, Province of Maine, made his will on 7 January 1690/1 and probated 3 November 1697, in which he named his wife Mary, eldest son Charles, second son John, youngest son Nicholas, son-in-law John Shipway lately deceased, brother John Frost, daughters Mehetable, Lidia, Mary and Elizabeth, daughters Sarah Shipway & Abigail Fryer, granddaughter Mary Shipway, brother-in-law Joseph Hammond, Capt. Francis Hooke and kinsman John Leighton both of Kittery, wife Mary to be sole executrix, friends Capt. Francis Hooke and Capt. Joseph Hammond & John Leighton as overseers and executors in the case of Mary's death. Wittnesses were Geo: Jaffray, John Belcher, Sarah Chadbourn.  [2]
  Census	1652	Kittery, York, Maine
  Military Event	Indian Wars - Major
  Immigrant?	Y
  Military Flag	Y
  Cause of Death	Killed by Indians
  Died	4 Jul 1697	Kittery, York, Maine
  Person ID	I33747	Main
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Nicholas FROST,   b. 25 Apr 1585, Tiverton, Devonshire, England ,   d. 20 Jul 1663, Kittery, York, Maine  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	--?-- MNU,   b. Abt 1610, England ,   d. Abt 1650, Kittery, York, Maine  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Married	Abt 1632	England   [3]
  Family ID	F11523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary BOLLES,   b. 4 Jan 1642, Wells, York, Maine ,   d. 11 Nov 1704, Wells, York, Maine  (Age 62 years)
  Married	Abt 27 Dec 1665	Kittery, York, Maine
  Children	+ 1. Lydia FROST,   b. 30 Nov 1674, Kittery, York, Maine ,   d. 13 May 1752, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 77 years)   2. Mary FROST,   b. 18 Oct 1676, Kittery, York, Maine ,   d. Apr 1753, Berwick, York, Maine  (Age 76 years)   3. Nicholas FROST,   b. 17 Sep 1682, Kittery, York, Maine ,   d. 8 Aug 1700, Berwick, York, Maine  (Age 17 years)   4. John FROST,   b. 1 Mar 1681, Kittery Point, York, Maine ,   d. 25 Feb 1732, New Castle, Rockingham, New Hampshire  (Age 50 years)   5. George Washington STONE,   b. 22 Feb 1777, Piermont, Grafton, New Hampshire ,   d. 12 Jan 1854, Dunham, Brome-Missisquoi, Quebec, Canada  (Age 76 years)   6. Elizabeth FROST,   b. 4 Jul 1683, Kittery, York, Maine ,   d. 21 May 1696  (Age 12 years) + 7. Col Charles FROST,   b. 21 May 1701, Kittery, York, Maine ,   d. 10 May 1751, Kittery, York, Maine  (Age 49 years)
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F11521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 30 Jul 1631 - Tiverton, Devonshire, England Census - 1652 - Kittery, York, Maine Married - Abt 27 Dec 1665 - Kittery, York, Maine Died - 4 Jul 1697 - Kittery, York, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  m2 or 3, Mary BOLLES, d/o Jospeh BOLLES of Wells Children: Sarah Abigail Mehitable Lydia Mary m. 12 Dec. 1694, Capt. John Hill of Saco. Elizabeth Charles John, b. 1 Mar. 1683 Nicholas d. without issue, but leav. wid. —- Charles was person who took advantage of opportunities. Upon his father’s death, Charles presented a document he said was his father’s last will and testament. But the court found it invalid and ordered a distribution of the estate. He also aided Capt Richard Waldron to trick the Indians and then, together with the captains and their companies, to surround and capture them. This event had the effect of prolonging King Philip's War, in the north-eastern theatre of New Hampshire and Maine, until 1678. The Dover Massacre was part of their revenge. —— He was a soldier at 16 and rose to the rank of Major, and commanded all the troops in the Province of Maine. His commission was dated Aug. 23, 1689, and was signed by President Thos. Danforth. (See "Old Eliot," Vol. 2, Page 137.) Major Chas. Frost was a Representative to the General Court, 1658-1663, 1672 1674 and 1678-1693; Town Clerk, 1669-1670; Selectman, 1667-1670; Councillor to Pres. Danforth 1680-1685, and a Justice of Peace at the same time. He was a Councillor from 1693, until his death in 1697. Williamson in his "History of Maine" said, "Charles Frost was one of the most eminent and public spirited men of his age within the Province of Maine. His death was deeply lamented as it occurred in the height of his usefulness and fame, and at a time when his services were greatly needed." —— [24 March 1646/7] Charles Frost saith that he being about his father's door looking into the marsh saw three geese light in the marsh, as he though, by a little puddle of water, and he taking a piece ran down into the marsh to get a shot at them and he coming there crept along on his belly. Warwick Heard seeing the same three geese light, and being crept into the brush & long grass before him, he not knwoing him to be there, and it being after sunset, Warwicke Heard being upon his knees ready to give fire, and the wind blowing the skirts of his jacket abroad, Charles Frost lifting up his head as he was creeping thought it to be a goose picking herself, presently gave fire and so shot him. The coroner's inquest did not think Frost guilty, but a grand jury indicted him for murder, and a petit jury found him not guilty [MPCR 1:108-9]. —- CHARLES, Kittery, s. of Nicholas, prob. b. in Eng. came with his f. a. 1637; was rep. 1658, 60, and 1, capt. ment. by Hubbard, p. 28 of Ind. Wars, and major, chosen at the first elect. under the new chart. 1693, a counsellor, tho. not by Increase Mather nam. in it, was k. by the Ind. in ambush, as he was going home from pub. worship on Sunday, 14 July 1697, aged 65 yrs. [2, 4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Genealogical Dictionary of, The First Settlers of New England Before 1692, A , Savage, James., Dexter, Orrando Perry., Farmer, John, (Little, Brown and Co, Boston, MA. 1862). [S151] WikiTree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Frost-357. [S41] The Great Migration Study Project, Anderson, Robert Charles, Vol I-III,707. [S245] Great Migration Newsletter, V.1-25, Great Migration Study Project, Vol II, p16.