John Frost (abt. 1697 - bef. 1766)

Born about 1697 in Frederick Co., Virginia or Chester Co., Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died before 2 Sep 1766 before about age 69 in Frederick Co., Virginia or South Carolina

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Biography

DNA and other recent genealogical evidence now points towards the conclusion that John Frost was not born in Virginia but rather in Chester County, Pennsylvania, around 1685 to 1690; his family were Quakers and settled the area known as the "Welsh Tract," a large area in southeastern Pennsylvania that Quaker sympathizer and Pennsylvania founder, William Penn, set aside for settlement by Quakers from Wales, where the Society of Friends gained many converts between 1650-1680.^[1]

Frost family lore says that the Frosts forebears came from the Parish of Llainhaugel yr. helyge (Radnorshire), Wales. Today it is spelled: Llanfihangel Helygen, Radnorshire. Wales, Great Britain. They were among the first of the Welsh Quakers to emigrate to Pennsylvania in the early 1680s (Wm. Penn founded the colony in 1682). Some say that John's grand-mother, a widow, arrived with 7 sons, including John's father, ca. 1683. John was born around 1690; his exact parents' names are not known.

Sources

1. ↑ Hunter Surname DNA Project Worldwide Database - includes others related to Dr. Johnson Calhoun Hunter, born 1787 - John Frost. This well-researched family genealogy includes documentation that John Frost and his son, William Frost, Sr., emigrated from PA to VA in 1732, bringing their families with them.

See also:

• Hunter Surname DNA Project Worldwide Database - includes others related to Dr. Johnson Calhoun Hunter, born 1787 - John Frost.

Frederick County, Virginia: Records of John and Mary Frost;

1730. John Frost, an original member of Opeckan (Hopewell) Monthly Meeting. (Quakers).

1734. Land survey for John Frost.

November 12, 1735. Land Purchase by John Frost.

January 10, 1737. Land sale by John Frost.

February 26, 1741. Watkins Ferry to Kersey Ferry Road; ....between the lands of John Littler and John Frost...thence to Opecken Creek and crossing the same just above John Neils Mill Branch....

June 26, 1741. John Frost, inventory of John Lilburn (Milburn).

September 20, 1743. Land Sale by John Frost.

December 9, 1743. A road ordered between John Frosts' Mill to main road between John Littlers' Plantation and John Milburn.

April 13, 1751. Land sale by John Frost.

1753/1754. Land sale by John Frost.

June 26, 1755. Marriage, Sarah Frost, daughter of John Frost. Witness, Mary Frost. (Quaker records)

May 7, 1761. Marriage witness, Mary Frost. (Quaker records)