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William Frost

Male 1584 - Aft 1645  (~ 61 years)


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  • Name William Frost  [1, 2
    Birth possibly 1584  Blidsworth, co. Nottingham, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Baptism possibly 20 Apr 1584  Blidsworth, co. Nottingham, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death Aft 6 Jan 1644/5  Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    • will written
    Notes 
    • William Frost, according to Lechford's notes, came from Nottingham, England, for he mentions of meeting in 1638, in Boston, Mass., "his old acquaintance, Master Frost, sometime of Nottingham, England, with his sonnes, John and Henry Grey." William settled in Fairfield, Conn., as a very old man, and was evidently of good family, who from religious principles and perhaps to escape persecution, sought to end his days peacefully in New England. All his children were born in England, and all came to America except his daughter, Mary Rylie. Whom his wife was is not known.

      From Nottingham, Eng. [Lechford]. Will 6 Jan. 1644/5, proved in 1645 ; eldest son Daniel ; Rebecca and Sarah Frost ; son Abraham; dau. Elizabeth and John Gray ; Luke Watson ; Susanna and Johanna Watson, daus. of Elizabeth Gray; John Gray's own two children; Henry and Lydia Gray and Jacob their son ; Mary dau. of Henry Gray ; to Mary Rylie and her children, all my goods and lands in Old England ; to town of Uncowah [Fairfield] X.10 towards meeting house; Henry Gray of Uncowah, Exec'r ; Ephraim Wheeler and Daniel Frost, overseers ; Goodman Close had some of his cattle "to winter" ; son Abraham to have housing and lands bought from John Strickland. Witnesses : Ephraim Wheeler, Francis and Mary Purdy. [1, 2]
    Person ID I40433  Mindrum
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2023 

    Family 1 Joyce Barker,   b. say 1592   d. May 1634, Nottingham, co. Nottingham, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 42 years) 
    Marriage 20 Apr 1612  Nottingham, co. Nottingham, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • ST. Mary's Church
    Children 
     1. Daniel Frost,   b. Abt 1612, Nottingham, co. Nottingham, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 15 Dec 1684, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
     2. Elizabeth Frost,   b. Abt 1614, Nottingham, co. Nottingham, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 12 May 1682 (Age ~ 68 years)
     3. Mary Frost,   b. Abt 1616, Nottingham, co. Nottingham, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 5 Jan 1616/7, Nottingham, co. Nottingham, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 1 years)
     4. Lydia Frost,   b. Abt 1618, Nottingham, co. Nottingham, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Joshua Frost,   b. Abt 1620, Nottingham, co. Nottingham, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1625, Nottingham, co. Nottingham, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 5 years)
     6. Abraham Frost,   b. Abt 1622, Nottingham, co. Nottingham, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Samuel Frost,   b. Abt 1624, Nottingham, co. Nottingham, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1631, Nottingham, co. Nottingham, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 7 years)
     8. Susanna Frost,   b. Abt 1626, Nottingham, co. Nottingham, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1626, Nottingham, co. Nottingham, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
    Family ID F27555  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2023 

    Family 2 Joane Lupton   d. Dec 
    Marriage 23 Dec 1634  Nottingham, co. Nottingham, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • St. Peter's Church
    Family ID F29010  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2023 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1701] Donald L. Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1930), p. I:211.

    2. [S8566] Josephine C. Frost, The Frost Genealogy, Frederick H. Hitchcock, New York, 1912, p. 389.

    3. [S9098] The American Genealogist, Vol. 64 (1989), pp. 161-167 and 208-213, Early Frost, Gray and Hobby Connections, by Josephin W. Beers and Paul W. Prindle.

    4. [S8567] William Frost Will, Hartford Probate District Packet No. 2075, date 1644.

    5. [S1701] Donald L. Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1930), p. I:211, 1645.