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Frost1. ! AARLY 1tEC04A IZ4a, �Bti4'- mss-- �•a"c?Gy�r.�tef '„G .r/ r � �V"S"u7I INCL rn .r. � O� . L of y > i g fij,,� � jj��saL .leWscl � �i� aj Ga -1- r �� � �;�. °�, ✓lay ,f";/i/ , ' Davie Pubbc Library 6— IIAVIE COUNTY ENTERPRISE RECORD, THURSDAY, MARCH I, 1984 5th In Family Connection Series The Frost Family ('Kris is the fifth in a series of articles from the book Family Connections written by Eleanor Cain Blackmore. Previous articles have dealt with the Ferebee, Hut- chins, Harbin, Naylor and Eaton families. This week's summation deals with the Frost family history. In future issues we will look at the family history of the Beeman and The lineage of the Frost Family is traced through Nicholas Frost (15&61663), who married Bertha Cadawalla (1610.1650); Major Charles Frost (1631-1697), marded Mary Bowles; John Frost (1680- 1732), married Mary Peperell and - or Mary Prescott; William Frost (1705- ), wife unknown; Ebenezer Frost (1799-1872) married Mary Magdelyn Eaton (1810-1856); Elizabeth Amy Frost (1845-1936), married James Harrison Cain; John Boyce Cain Sr. (1883.1974) married Ina Lunn Naylor (1884- 1964) Nicholas Frost was born Apra 25, 1585, in Triverton, England. H, with his wife Bertha Cadwalla, born Feb. to, 1610, and two sons, Charles and John, sailed from Plymouth, Devon and landed at Little Harbor, Maine in June 1634, Daughter Anna was born there in 1635. Within the next two years Nicholas Frost moved his family to the hand of Sturgeon Creek in what 'is now Elliott, Maine. He later purchased 400 acres on the north side of the river and built a log house. In 1640 he built a large two- story Muse of hewn logs, hick was known as "Frost Garrison." In 1649 Kittery. In 1651, the town granted him 340 acres of land, in 1653, he received 20 more acres from the i Eleanor Cain Blackmore .....the Author distinguished of all 171h century American Frosts. The to" of Kittery, Maine granted him 100 acres of land at Thompson's Point; he was a representative to the General Court of Massachusetts in 1656; in 1668 he was commissioned captain and, artng King Phillip' Wer had charge of the Carrieon on Sturgeon Creek; in 1671 was lawn clerk of Kittery. On December Z1, 1695, he marl Mary, daughter of Joseph Bowles o Wells; he was Mand she was 33. On Sunday afternoon, July 4, 1697 Major Charles Frost, his wife, anti son John were returning from others were killed. He was burse near "Frost Garrison". The article in the book says h was the last English blood shed i New England in King William' War. Two hundred years after his death, the Eliot Historical Society held memorial exercises in his honor, and inserted in Ambush Hock, where the tragedy occurred a marble tablet which bears the following inscription: AMBUSH ROCK MAJOR CHARLES FROST Mrs. John Heard, Dennis Downing Killed by Indians On this spot July 4, 1697 John Frost (16601732) married Mary Pepperell; sister to SI William Pepperell who captured Louisburg in 1745. They had 1 children: Margery Frost (1793 1704); William Frost (1795- ); Joh Frost (1709- 1 ; Charles Fres (1710 ); Mary Frost (1711-1714) Sarah Frost (1713- ); Mary Frost (1715.1716); Andrew P. Frost (17)6. ); Joseph Frost (1717- ); Abigia Forst (1719-1742) unmarried George Frost (1720 ); Samue Frost (1721-1722); Miriam Fros (1722- ); Benjamin Frost (1725- 1726); 17 1726); Jane Frost (1725- ); Mar Frost (1726-1728); Dorothy Frost (1727- ). History grandfather of Isaac Newton Frost the great-grandfather of Amy Frost Cain, and the great -great ggrrandfather of John Boyce Cair Sr.;' writes Mrs. Blackmore. William Frost, bom in 1705 believed to have died between 177' and 1778. Children Abigail wa, baptized 1744; Eheor, batized it 1747; and Elizabeth, baptized it 1749. Mrs. Blackmore uses Rowa1 County deeds and records to suppor .the lineage of William am Ebenezer. Ebenezer Frost first wife wic Sarah Fairchild. The marriage bond dated December 5, 1769 we: signed by Ebenezer Frost, Jonalhm Boon and Dan C. Little. His secom marriage was to Elizabeth Wilson daughter of John Wilson Sr. They had 16 children. The 16th child of Ebenezer enc Elizabeth was Isaac Newton (1799 1872), married Mary Magdely) Eaton (18101856). Their Children 1. Ebenezer Frost 0840-1903 married Tabitha Eaton. 2. Benjamin Frost (1841-1886 unmarried. 3. William A. Frost (1843-1862 killed in Confederate Service. 4. Elizabeth Amy Frost (1845 1936) married James Harrison Cair 0845-1932) s 5. James Frost (1847-1857) 6. Jonathan Frost (1849-1936 married Mamie Coffield Hunt. 7. Sarah Frost 0853-1855) ed The eldest son, Ebenezer Il, ww f named for his grandfather. HI married Tabitha Eaton, daughter o' Joseph and Elizabeth Cornel Eaton. They had no children. The, a lived in Cana where was a merchant and a tobacco manufacturer. H, died as the result of an accident i1 d which his horse ran away and In was thrown from the buggy. e Benjamin, the second son, neves n married and died of pneumonia a' William's age 45. s William A. Frnr), the third son served in the Co' -iterate Army it e Company B, undo Captain Wglian B. Clement. He Jird July 23, 1862 0 typhoid fever. e Jonathan Frosl (1849-1936), th, fourth son, mat to I Mamie Coffiel' Hunt (1856-193a t of Mobil, Alabama. They b �J four children They lived and (I ,d In Louisville Kentucky. Elizabeth Amy Frost (18451936 married James Harrison Cal) (1845-1932). Their children: 1. Walter Boone Cain (1989-1929 Sir married Sadie Ellington, m children. 7 2. Effie Eleanor Cain (1870-1939 unmarried. John 3. Prichard Beeman Cain (1873 t 1952) married Agnes Anderson, tw, Was. 4. Mary Nana Cain 11874-1934 married J.W. Elchison. si: I children. 5. Quills Cain (18T1-1971) manic, 1 Dr. J.W. Bidwell, nine children. 1 6. Margaret Lela Cain (1878-1942 26 married C.M. Kirkman. m Mary children. t 7. Harrison James Cain (18to 1905) unmarried. Willaim Frost was a merchant in 8. John Boyce Cain (1883-1974) town. Elizabeth and James Donlan, regarding him seems to be on On July 4, 1650, Nicholas Frost's record including the births of his John Boyce and Ina Lunn Naylor wife, Bertha, and daughter, Anna, were married in 1989. Al Ihol time dale of death. were captured by Indians and taken A William Frost appeared in store management over to them am to s camp at the mouth of Sturgeon - 1733, and is believed to be the one Creek. Nicholas and son, Charles, who migrated to Carolina. in 1762 he These Cain descendants will It were at York at the time. After taken up later in the Cain famil' waters of Dutchman Creek from returning home they attempted to John Parker. (Next week we will summariz rescue them but were unsuccessful. Chapter 7, the Beeman family, fror we find that William Frost is 'he However, Charles killed a chief and tmtber of F.benzer Frost. -e F.lear r Com Blackmore). a brave in the attempt. The next day, Nicholas, Charles and a party of neighiwrs went back to the camp, tart they were leo late. The camp was deem led and only the bodies of ({ Bertha and Anna were found. The children of Nicholas and .J U Bertha Cadewaila Frost were as follows: 1. Charles Frost (1631-1697) 9� martial Mary Bowles S3 2. John Frost (1633- ) married (1) : Mehitable ? (2) Mary Davis. �-� 3. Aima Frost (1635-1650), killed �) by Indians. 4. Catherine Frost, born in KW r." toy, Maine. y O Q 5. Elizabeth Frost, married 3 v y William Gowen In 1667. 6. Nicholas Frost, a sea captain, unmarried, died in Ireland in 1673. Major Charles Frost (1631-1697), the first son of Nicholas and Bertha Cadwalla Frost, married Mary Do les and had the following `J children: 1. Mary Frost (1576- ) married Captain John Hill. 2. Charles Frost (1678- ). 3. John Frost (16801732), married 4 Mary Pepperell, both of Kittery, H Plaine. 4. Nicholas Frost (1682-1700). :P 5. Sara Frost 0683- ). . G 6. Ablgail Frost (1685- ). 7. Lydia Frost (1686- 1680CJ 8. Elizabeth Frost 11688- ). CJ 9. Mehitable Frost (1690 ). Major Charles Frost was born at T7iverinn. England and according Q G In It,, hook was the most i Eleanor Cain Blackmore .....the Author distinguished of all 171h century American Frosts. The to" of Kittery, Maine granted him 100 acres of land at Thompson's Point; he was a representative to the General Court of Massachusetts in 1656; in 1668 he was commissioned captain and, artng King Phillip' Wer had charge of the Carrieon on Sturgeon Creek; in 1671 was lawn clerk of Kittery. On December Z1, 1695, he marl Mary, daughter of Joseph Bowles o Wells; he was Mand she was 33. On Sunday afternoon, July 4, 1697 Major Charles Frost, his wife, anti son John were returning from others were killed. He was burse near "Frost Garrison". The article in the book says h was the last English blood shed i New England in King William' War. Two hundred years after his death, the Eliot Historical Society held memorial exercises in his honor, and inserted in Ambush Hock, where the tragedy occurred a marble tablet which bears the following inscription: AMBUSH ROCK MAJOR CHARLES FROST Mrs. John Heard, Dennis Downing Killed by Indians On this spot July 4, 1697 John Frost (16601732) married Mary Pepperell; sister to SI William Pepperell who captured Louisburg in 1745. They had 1 children: Margery Frost (1793 1704); William Frost (1795- ); Joh Frost (1709- 1 ; Charles Fres (1710 ); Mary Frost (1711-1714) Sarah Frost (1713- ); Mary Frost (1715.1716); Andrew P. Frost (17)6. ); Joseph Frost (1717- ); Abigia Forst (1719-1742) unmarried George Frost (1720 ); Samue Frost (1721-1722); Miriam Fros (1722- ); Benjamin Frost (1725- 1726); 17 1726); Jane Frost (1725- ); Mar Frost (1726-1728); Dorothy Frost (1727- ). History grandfather of Isaac Newton Frost the great-grandfather of Amy Frost Cain, and the great -great ggrrandfather of John Boyce Cair Sr.;' writes Mrs. Blackmore. William Frost, bom in 1705 believed to have died between 177' and 1778. Children Abigail wa, baptized 1744; Eheor, batized it 1747; and Elizabeth, baptized it 1749. Mrs. Blackmore uses Rowa1 County deeds and records to suppor .the lineage of William am Ebenezer. Ebenezer Frost first wife wic Sarah Fairchild. The marriage bond dated December 5, 1769 we: signed by Ebenezer Frost, Jonalhm Boon and Dan C. Little. His secom marriage was to Elizabeth Wilson daughter of John Wilson Sr. They had 16 children. The 16th child of Ebenezer enc Elizabeth was Isaac Newton (1799 1872), married Mary Magdely) Eaton (18101856). Their Children 1. Ebenezer Frost 0840-1903 married Tabitha Eaton. 2. Benjamin Frost (1841-1886 unmarried. 3. William A. Frost (1843-1862 killed in Confederate Service. 4. Elizabeth Amy Frost (1845 1936) married James Harrison Cair 0845-1932) s 5. James Frost (1847-1857) 6. Jonathan Frost (1849-1936 married Mamie Coffield Hunt. 7. Sarah Frost 0853-1855) ed The eldest son, Ebenezer Il, ww f named for his grandfather. HI married Tabitha Eaton, daughter o' Joseph and Elizabeth Cornel Eaton. They had no children. The, a lived in Cana where was a merchant and a tobacco manufacturer. H, died as the result of an accident i1 d which his horse ran away and In was thrown from the buggy. e Benjamin, the second son, neves n married and died of pneumonia a' William's age 45. s William A. Frnr), the third son served in the Co' -iterate Army it e Company B, undo Captain Wglian B. Clement. He Jird July 23, 1862 0 typhoid fever. e Jonathan Frosl (1849-1936), th, fourth son, mat to I Mamie Coffiel' Hunt (1856-193a t of Mobil, Alabama. They b �J four children They lived and (I ,d In Louisville Kentucky. Elizabeth Amy Frost (18451936 married James Harrison Cal) (1845-1932). Their children: 1. Walter Boone Cain (1989-1929 Sir married Sadie Ellington, m children. 7 2. Effie Eleanor Cain (1870-1939 unmarried. John 3. Prichard Beeman Cain (1873 t 1952) married Agnes Anderson, tw, Was. 4. Mary Nana Cain 11874-1934 married J.W. Elchison. si: I children. 5. Quills Cain (18T1-1971) manic, 1 Dr. J.W. Bidwell, nine children. 1 6. Margaret Lela Cain (1878-1942 26 married C.M. Kirkman. m Mary children. t 7. Harrison James Cain (18to 1905) unmarried. Willaim Frost was a merchant in 8. John Boyce Cain (1883-1974) New Castle, but nothing further Elizabeth and James Donlan, regarding him seems to be on Cain lived on a farm at Cana unli record including the births of his John Boyce and Ina Lunn Naylor children, the place of residence and were married in 1989. Al Ihol time dale of death. they turned the farm operations am A William Frost appeared in store management over to them am Hunterdon County, New Jersey, in moved to a house on Salisbm�, 1733, and is believed to be the one Street in Mocksville. who migrated to Carolina. in 1762 he These Cain descendants will It bought 488 acres of land on the taken up later in the Cain famil' waters of Dutchman Creek from history. John Parker. (Next week we will summariz "From records in Rowan County Chapter 7, the Beeman family, fror we find that William Frost is 'he the book Family Connections b tmtber of F.benzer Frost. -e F.lear r Com Blackmore). CHILDREN OF JOHN FROST ( 1779?- ) and REBECCA (BOONE) FROST 0773? -18 00009 P6ftw, BENEZER B. FROST b 1794-6 m 1 Elizabeth Gaitheri - d 1836? 2 NANCY WRIGHT CLARY S RAH FROST (SALLY) b 4,49ftm. m GARLAND ANDERSON (on 15JUL1815) 21OCT1796 d bl5FFB1788 d 241VIAR1856 d07OCT1852 NJ MARY (POLLY) FROST b 040CT1799 m NATHAN CHAFFIN HUNT d 220CT1872 VELIZABETH FROST b 1801- - m GEORGE SANER ) on 22DEC1818) d 1820 4 REBECCA FROST b 1801-2 m ALEXANDER HADEN (On 23JAN 1826) d (DANIEL) BOONE FROST b 03NOV1803 m 1NANCY McCIAMROCH (on 08FEB 1823) d after 1906 9 b 06AUG1803 d 12JAN1840 2MARGARET GAITHER (On 17SEP1840) 'J ICY ANN FROST B m WILLIAM McBRIDE (on 18May1830) d VENOCH BOONE FROST b 150CT1806 m SARAH E. BROWN (on 05DEC1826) d 28MAR1879 'JOHN FROST JR b m REBECCA YORK (on 02SEP1832) d HANNAH FROST b 1812? m DAVID MARTIN (about 1829?) d 13SEP1854 B d 14JUN1863 (aged 67) BENJAMIN FROST b d 160CT1859 (reported m dead in letter this date CHAFFIN FROST B 1818? m ANGELINE ??????? son of ELIZABETH CHAFFIN d after 1865? NO CHILDREN FROST awe Children of THOMAS WRIGHT FROST(1823-1916) & POLLY (BOONE) FROST(1826-1894) NANCY FROST b d WILLIAM BOONE ABNER FROST b d JOHN LITTLE FROST b d SARAH CAROLINE TENNESSEE FROST b d JAMES BENJAMIN FROST b d EDWIN BERNOLA FROST b d THOMAS EBENEZER ELIJAH FROST b d JOSEPH HOWARD FROST b d MARY MAGDALINE FROST b d �, �.ibra�l pavle C©� �ubVtc, �pt;�;��Vt1i2� t