John
Frost
Sr
Born in Framingham, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Amasa Frost Sr
and Abigail (Livermore) Frost
Brother of
Mary (Frost) Healy, Nathan Frost, John Frost, Josiah Frost Sr, Amasa Frost Jr, Nehemiah Frost, Joseph Frost, Rhoda (Frost) Faxon and Bezaleel Frost
Husband of
Mercy Gray
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Ama (Tennant) Frost
— married
12 Apr 1781 in Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
Descendants 
Father of
John Frost Jr, Aaron Frost, Cloys Frost, Russell Frost, Nathan Frost, Rhoena Frost, Franklin Frost, Norman Frost, Benjamin Franklin Frost, Amy (Frost) Hurd, Stephen Amasa Frost and Sophia (Frost) Hurd
Died
at age 94
in Erie, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Mar 2011
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Biography
John Frost was baptized 24 December 1758 at the First Congregational Church in Framingham, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay. His parents were Amasa Frost[1] and Abigail Livermore. (Amasa married Abigail 1 February 1749/50 in Framingham)[2]
John Frost married Anna Tennant on 12 April 1781 in Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital Records Project: Births, page 80.
- ↑ Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital Records Project: Marriages, page 286.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Town Records, ca. 1638-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7G-8W9 : 4 November 2017), John Frost and Anna Tennant, 12 Apr 1781; citing Marriage, Williamsburg, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, various town clerks and local churches, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 007580079.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCY4-61M : 12 April 2016), John Frost in household of Richard Hurd, Evans, Erie, New York, United States; citing family 201, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 10 November 2019), memorial page for Deacon John Frost (1760–16 Oct 1853), Find A Grave: Memorial #68247535, citing Evans Center Cemetery, Evans Center, Erie County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Linda C. Arthur(Orcutt) (contributor 47465058) .
- Thomas G. Frost and Edward L. Frost. The Frost Family in England and America with special reference to Edmund Frost and some of his descendants. Buffalo, Russell Printing Company, 1909. Page 59. [Link to Book here]
- DAR Ancestor # A042869 [Link here]
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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