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SILEY, birth-date not given; m. Jacob Willis, and had 8 chn.
PERLEY, birth-date not given ; d.
JAMES MORSE, birth-date not given ; d.
RHODA, birth-date not given; m. Arba Taft, son of Nathan, etc. See Tafts. MARTIN, Dea., b. Oct. 16, 1811; m. Mary Ball, April 12, 1834.
JAMES MORSE, 2d, -; m. Esther B. Hancock, March 10, 1836.
HOSEA, b. 1816; removed to N. Y., and has not been heard from.
JOHN, -; m. Delia Lemmon ; set. Brookfield.
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POLLY, or MARY, -; m. Abel Littlefield, Aug. 23, 1841.
CATHERINE, -; m. Warren Cheney.
Mrs. Catherine d. here, Jan. 21, 1840, a. 54 yrs. Mr. Nathan d. Feb. 27, 1843, a. 65 yrs.
FLETCHER, Dea. MARTIN, son of Nathan and Catherine (Morse) Fletcher, b.
Oct. 16, 1811; m. Mary Bucklin Ball, dr. of Henry and Betsey (Claflin) Ball, b. Feb. 29, 1818; cer. April 12, 1834, by Rev. D. Long. Issue : --
EMMONS, Maj. FRANKLIN, b. Mil., Jan. 30, 1835. See "War-Record," p. 145; d. Ark., Aug. 11, 1866.
MARY ELIZABETH, b. Mil., Sept. 30, 1838; m. Charles Sawyer, May 17, 1858. EMMA CLAFLIN, b. Mil., Dec. 18, 1845; m. George Parkhurst, Jan. 10, 1869.
Martin Fletcher was chosen dea. of Mil. Cong. Ch. in 1845. Mrs. Mary d. Sept. 23, 1849, a. 33 yrs. Dea. F. d. Dec. 11, 1856, a. 45 yrs. The Grand Army Post of Mil. commemorates Maj. Emmons F. Fletcher by adopting his name.
FLETCHER, JAMES MORSE, son of Nathan and Catherine (Morse) Fletcher, birth-date not found; m., 1st, Esther Bruce Hancock, dr. of Samuel and Submit (Bruce) Hancock, b. Mil., 1811; cer. in Mendon, March 10, 1836, by the writer. Issue :-
EDWARD, b. Sept. 18, 1837; d. the next day.
JAMES MORSE, Jun., b. Dec. 22, 1845; m. Rachel S. Steele, June 5, 1867.
Mrs. Esther d. -; the hus. m., 2d, Helen Maria ( Davenport) Spear, dr. of Isaac and Sarah (Hayward) Davenport, and wid. of Benjamin Spear, b. Mil., Aug. 26, 1828; cer. by -. No chn.
James M. Fletcher d. a member of our Cong. ch., Jan. 25, 1874. Mrs. Helen, his wid., survives in comfortable health and capability. Her res. is on Walnut St.
FLETCHER, JAMES MORSE, Jun., son of James M. and Esther B. (Hancock) Fletcher, b. Dec. 22, 1845; bootmaker; m. Rachel S. Steele, dr. of David and Rachel S. Nichols, birth-date not given; cer. June 5, 1867, by Rev. G. G. Jones. Issue :-
SAMUEL E., b. Mil., June 10, 1867.
FREDDY, b. Mil., June 26, 1869; d. Feb. 16, 1870.
ALTON M., b. Mil., Jan. 2, 1870.
EDITH, b. Mil., Sept., 1874.
ELMER W. EVERETT (twins), b. Mil., Jan. 2, 1878.
b. Mil., Jan. 2, 1878; d. Feb. 9, 1878.
Res. Congress St., beyond Fountain.
FLETCHER, GILES E., son of Giles E. and Mary (Ellis) Fletcher, b. Belvidere, Vt., March 5, 1839; farmer; m. Laurinda Cheney, dr. of Rufus and Ruth (Staples) Cheney, b. Mil., 1842; cer. Hopedale, March 13, 1865, by the writer. See Mr. F. in " War-Record," p. 145. Issue: -
STELLA M., b. Mil., June 19, 1865; d. July 8, 1867.
The hus and fr. d. Nov. 9, 1867, a. 28. Mrs. Laurinda subsequently m. Clark Littlefield Pond, son of Philip and Achsa (Littlefield) Pond of Holl. ; cer. Hopedale, March 13, 1875, by the writer. Chn. not reported.
Other Fletchers in our directories, whose names I omit to mention for want of space and time. FOSTER, EDWARD BROWN, son of Hinsdale and Hannah Thwing (Brown)
Foster, b. in Southbridge, Jan. 16, 1821; m. Helen Roxana Blake, dr. of Thomas D. and Abigail (Marshall) Blake, b. in Northumberland, N.H., Sept. 2, 1824; cer. Uxbridge, Aug. 30, 1849, by Rev. Mr. Clark of Whitins- ville. Issuc :-
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FLORENCE EVELYN, b. Uxbridge, July 27, 1850; m. Albert C. Rounds, Mil., July 7, 1872.
Good moral and social standing. Mr. F. is an enterprising carpenter and builder, and has res. in town 29 yrs. His house is 213 Main St.
FOSTER, ROLON E., fine shoes, 66 Central St., and 44 Hanover St., Boston, house 38 Pearl St., has not responded to my call for his family record.
Our Directory for 1880 gives the following-named additional Fosters :- FOSTER, ANSEL G., salesman, 66 Central, house 38 Pearl.
FOSTER, LEON, laborer, M. & W. R.R., house Depot, near railroad crossing. FOSTER, PETER, boot-treer, house 34 North Bow.
FOSTER, MARY T., Mrs., saloon, Spruce, near School.
FOSTER, WILLIAM, boot-treer, house West, near High.
Nothing recd. from any of these five.
FRENCH. We had two worthies of this name in early precinct times; viz., Habijah, properly Abijah, and John, who immigrated hither from Braintree. They were cousins, the grandsons of the first John French. He was, I suppose, from Eng., set. in Dorchester, and moved to Braintree. He was made freeman in 1639. Abijah set. here about 1734. He purchased of Elder John Jones a tract of 70 acs., which constituted, from his time for many yrs., what, when I came into town, and later, was known as the Elihu Perry place, on now Pros- pect St. His cousin John dwelt mostly in the immediate vicinity of Mendon town-seat. It is possible he had a home at one time east of Neck Hill; but, if so, I know not where. Anyhow, both were among the 26 original male mem- bers of the new seceding ch. here, when formed in 1741. Habijah, as they then called him, was chosen one of its deacons in 1749, and served till excused on account of age and infirmities. I think his consin John must have removed from this part of the country within a few yrs. after the Easterly Precinct was established. At least, I soon lost track of him on the public records. Dea. Abijah sold out his homestead, in 1767, to John Hill; and I cannot give a clear account of his closing days. Whether he went off to live with some of his chu. out of this neighborhood, or continued here till death, I am not informed. He d. Jan. 18, 1786. His wf.'s decease not found.
His son Samuel we know to have dwelt here for many years later. But somehow it so happened that the name became nearly or quite extinct in town before 1800. I shall content myself with tabulating the families of Dea. Abijah, Samuel, and such of their descendants as our records show to have dwelt on our territory, giving any incidental facts which have come to my knowledge. FRENCH, Dea. ABIJAH& (Thomas,2 John 1), b. in Braintree, May 25, 1709; m. Joanna, perhaps about 1734. Chn .: -
MARY, b. here July 22, 1736; m. Aaron Perry, Princeton, 1761.
JESSE, b. here Dec. 15, 1737; d. Sept. 20, 1741.
ABIJAH, b. here Feb. 14, 1741; d. in infancy.
SAMUEL, b. here April 10, 1744; m. Ruth Daniels, Holl , Oct. 21, 1767.
ABIJAH, b. here March 20, 1746; not traced.
SARAH, b. here Oct. 13, 1748; m. Ephraim Sanford, Northampton, June 7, 1773.
b. here June 2, 1750; m. Joshua Hill, Ervingshire, Jan. 7,
LOIS 1776. - (twins), b. here June 2, 1750; m. John Gleason, Princeton, Feb. 2, EUNICE 1769.
JOANNA, b. here Aug. 28, 1752; m. Elijah Ball, Dec. 19, 1770.
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DAVID, b. here Dec. 7, 1755 N. S .; m., 1st, Lydia Twitchell, May 21, 1778, etc. FRENCH, SAMUEL4 (Dea. Abijah,8 Thomas,2 John1), b. April 10, 1744; m.
Ruth Daniels, of Holl., ptge, etc., not found; cer. Oct. 21, 1761, by Rev. A. Frost. Chn .:-
JOTHAM, b. May 21, 1768; untraced.
RUTH, b. Dec. 31, 1769; untraced,
b. Aug. 20, 1771; m. Abner Pond, Mil., Aug. 12, 1790.
ELIZABETH MARY (twins), b. Aug. 20, 1771; m. Salem Sumner, and emigrated to Caledonia, N.Y.
ABIJAH, b. Aug. 11, 1773; untraced.
PEARLEY, b. June 14, 1775; d. Dec. 8, 1779.
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ADAMS, b. July 1, 1777; untraced.
SARAH, b. July 4, 1779; d. Dec. 17, 1779.
PEARLEY, b. Nov. 6, 1780; untraced.
NAAMAH, b. Sept. 10, 1782; untraced.
JOANNA, b. April 6, 1786; untraced.
DELPHIA, b. March 18, 1789; m. Samuel Merriam, Lincoln, Web. 8, 1810.
I have not learned where Samuel French had his homestead, but think I have heard it was on Congress St. He d. Sept. 1, 1790. Mrs. Ruth, his wid., m. Aaron Pond, Holl .; cer. April 17, 1791, by Rev. A. Frost.
FRENCH, DAVID$ (Dea. Abijah,3 Thomas,2 John1), b. Dec. 7, 1755, N. S .; m.
Lydia Twitchell, dr. of Ephraim and Patience (Eames) Twitchell, b. in our precinct Sept. 12, 1760; cer. May 21, 1778, by Rev. A. Frost. They dwelt here for some yrs., and then emigrated to Westmoreland, N.H. Their chn., as I understand, were, -
SALLY, b. here Dec. 21, 1779; d. June 30, 1807.
ZEBA, b. here June 28, 1781; d. Oct. 16, 1853.
ASAPH, b. here June 25, 1784; d. Aug. 19, 1860.
LOTTY, b. here Aug. 12, 1786; d. July 5, 1861.
ABIJAH, b. perhaps in N. H., June 2, 1789; m. Azubah Albee, Dec. 15, 1814; d. 1862.
MAYNARD, b. perhaps in N. H., Oct. 29, 1791; untraced.
DAVID, b. perhaps in N. H., Feb. 16, 1794; untraced.
SPENCER, b. perhaps in N. H., July 6, 1796; untraced.
Mrs. Lydia d. April 4, 1798. The hus. m., 2d, Hannah -, in Westmore- land, N.H., Sept. 10, 1799. Their chn. were, -
LYDIA, b. April 27, 1800; d. Jan. 28, 1824.
LOIS, b. Nov. 28, 1801; untraced.
RITTA, b. April 26, 1804; d. Dec. 4, 1863.
SAMUEL, b. Feb. 13, 1806; d. Dec. 24, 1824.
SALLY, b. Feb. 24, 1809; untraced.
DINAH, b. May 6, 1811; d. Dec. 21, 1850.
HARRIET, b. Sept. 7, 1814; untraced.
MARTHA, b. Jan. 22, 1823; d. May 16, 1862.
The hus. and fr. d. Feb. 19, 1836. Mrs. Hannah d. Jan. 27, 1857. I presume both d. in Westmoreland, N.H.
ABIJAH FRENCH, son of David and Lydia, m. in Westmoreland, N.H., Azubah Albee, gd. d. of John Albee, one of our ancient citizens. She was a dr. of Ichabod and Lona (Hayward) Albee, who emigrated hence, b. Feb. 4, 1795; cer. Dec. 15, 1814. All their chn. d. but two. One of these, JOTHAM ABIJAH, m., in this town, Mary A. Ellis, dr. of Washington and Amanda
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(Howard) Ellis, b. June 22, 1846; cer. Sept. 20, 1866. They have a dr. GERTIE MARIA, b. Aug. 5, 1868. How many more chn. since not reported.
. Our Directory of 1872 gives the name of HENRY FRENCH, boot-blocker, and musician. He soon left town, and remains untraced.
The two bros., whose family records follow, could not give me their ances- try; and I have not attempted to trace it. There may have been other Frenches transiently res. among us, but I have no knowledge of such.
FRENCH, JOHN M., son of Dearborn and Margaret (Haynes) French, b. in Gilmanton, N.H., Sept. 9, 1850; m. Nancie B. Thurston, dr. of Enoch and Caroline (Blanchard) Thurston, b. Boscawen, N.H., June 12, 1851; cer. at Fisherville, N.H., June 18, 1870, by Rev. George G. Harriman. Chn. : -
WILLIE H., b. Boscawen, N.H., Aug. 19, 1871.
ALBION H., b. Worcester, Mass., April 2, 1875.
Four yrs. res. in Hopedale. The hus., a spinning-ring maker. Quiet, industrious, orderly people.
FRENCH, FRANK H., bro. of the preceding, b. in the same place, Dec. 8, 1853; m. Clara S. Osgood, dr. of Thomas E. and Sylvia (Lovejoy) Osgood, b. Hebron, N.H., Oct. 25, 1852; cer. Woonsocket, R.I., July 2, 1876, by Rev. Charles J. White. Issue :-
CARL HERBERT, b. Hopedale, Nov. 6, 1878.
PAUL THOMAS, b. Hopedale, May 10, 1880.
Four yrs. res. in Hopedale. The hus., a machinist. The family of the same worthy character with that of the elder bro.
FREEMAN, HOYT, pedigree, etc., not ascertained; res. in town a few yrs., doing a creditable business, and m. Amanda Maria Long, dr. of Rev. David and Rebecca (Curtis) Long, b. Aug. 13, 1808; cer. under the parental roof, April 13, 1835, by her rev. fr. I do not recollect seeing or hearing of any issue. Mrs. Amanda inherited a somewhat feeble constitution, and sank into consumption in early connubial life. She went with her hus. to res. in Hartford. Ct. There, as she was on her dying-bed, her fr. went to visit her, and impart his benedictory consolations, but was taken fatally sick, and d. in her house, March 13, 1850. She d. within a month afterwards, April, 1850.
FRINK, ALFRED BINGHAM, son of Nathaniel L. and Rebecca (Simonds) Frink, b. Windham, Ct., June 3, 1796; sculptor and engraver in stone; m. Mary Page, dr. of William and Lucy Page, b. in Upton, May 17, 1799; cer. in Windham, Ct., April 8, 1822, by John Baldwin, Esq. Their chn. :-
ALFRED LATHROP, b. Woodstock, Ct., April 23, 1823; m. Louisa A. Bancroft, Oct. 18, 1848. He d. May 2, 1875.
GEORGE W., b. Bellingham, Mass., July 24, 1825; d. unm., Mil., July 2, 1878.
MARY E., b. Franklin, Mass., Jan. 26, 1831; m. Dr. Nelson Harris, Oct. 6, 1851.
WILLIAM PAGE, b. Providence, R.I., July 5, 1833; m. Mary J. Bancroft, May 29, 1859.
ELIZA E., b. Providence, R. I., Dec. 9, 1834; m. Henry Nelson Madden, Nov. 9, 1853.
Upright, industrious, hard strugglers for a livelihood, kind-hearted, ex- emplary people. They have res. at different periods in Woodstock, Ct., Provi- dence, R.I., etc., but for many yrs. past in Mil., City District. Their son
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George W., on whom they leaned in their old age, d. suddenly July 2, 1878. Mrs. Mary, the wf. and mr., d. April 18, 1880, in the kind care of her dr., Mrs. H. N. Madden and her hus. The aged hus. and fr. still survives in the same filial care.
FRINK, ALFRED LATHROP, son of Alfred B. and Mary (Page) Frink, b. in Woodstock, Ct., April 23, 1823; machinist; m. Louisa Angeline Bancroft, dr. of Samuel and Mary (Bubier) Bancroft, b. in Marblehead, July 4, 1820; cer. at Hopedale, Oct. 18, 1848, by the writer. Issue: -
LOUISA ANGELINE, b. Medway, Oct. 29, 1849; m. Amos Levi Madden, Sept. 6, 1868.
HANNAH ELIZA, b. Mil., Dec. 13, 1851; m. Frank S. Hayward, Nov. 15, 1874. GEORGE ERFORD, b. Mil., Aug. 20, 1854; res. with his widowed mr., Hope- dale; machinist.
MARTHA WASHINGTON, b. Mil., Feb. 22, 1857; res. with her widowed mr., Hopedale.
IDA MAY, b. Mil., Feb. 11, 1861; d. Nov. 17, 1862.
Grandchn. : -
See, under name Madden, AMOS LEVI.
See, under name Hayward, FRANK SAMUEL.
A worthy family throughout. Res. Medway, Mil., Holl., Hopedale, and Bell. The hus. and fr. d. in No. Bellingham, May 2, 1875. His wid., with her unm. son and dr., now res. at Hopedale.
FRINK, WILLIAM PAGE, son of Alfred B. and Mary (Page) Frink, b. Providence, R.I., July 5, 1833; farmer; m. Mary Josephine Bancroft, dr. of Samuel and Abigail (Fairbanks) Bancroft, b. Medway, 1836; cer. Woonsocket, R.I., May 29, 1855, by Rev. Joseph B. Breed. Issue : -
EMMONS ADOLPHUS, b. Feb. 4, 1859; d. March 31, 1859.
SAMUEL HANDEL, b. May 26, 1860.
ALFRED BANKS, b. Feb. 18, 1865.
LOUISA JOSEPHINE, b. Oct. 18, 1867; d. May 13, 1874.
HERBERT COHEN, b. July 30, 1873.
JOSEPH BANCROFT, b. Nov. 18, 1875.
A family believed to sustain the good reputation of their lineage. Their res. has been Mil. and W. Medway.
FRINK, SAMUEL, Jun., son of Dr. Samuel Frink, b. Rutland, 1819; bootmaker; m. Nancy Parkhurst Nelson, dr. of Capt. Henry and Catherine (Parkhurst) Nelson, b. Mil., Feb. 15, 1818; cer. 1840; no further particulars given. Issue : -
MEDORA ISABELLA, b. Mil., Oct. 1, 1840; m. Stedman Howe, Jan. 15, 1880.
Mr. Frink d. in Mil., 1852. His worthy wf. still survives in continued widowhood.
FROST. This name first appears on our records in 1743, when the recently organized Cong. Precinct and Ch. were anxiously seeking a pastor. After their first choice, Mr. John Bass, had disappointed them, Mr. Amariah Frost became a candidate, and gave such satisfaction as soon to receive a call. He was or- dained, as elsewhere related, Dec. 24, 1743. He appears to have been a man of respectable natural abilities, well-balanced mind, sound moral integrity, fair literary acquirements, and reputable standing among his clerical brethren. He is believed to have descended from Rev. Johu Frost, an English nonconformist, whose son Edmond, with his wf. Thomasine, came from Ipswich, Eng., to N. Eng., in the ship "Great Hope," about 1635. Their chn. were John, Thomas,
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Samuel, Joseph, James, Mary, Ephraim, and Sarah. Edmond set. in Cambridge, was made freeman in 1636, ruling eld. in the ch., and d. July 12, 1672. Thomas, his 2d son, set. in Sudbury, m. Mary Goodridge, and had Thomas, John, Samuel, and Mary. He had three wives in succession, and d. in Framingham. His will, which was proved in 1724, mentions a dr. Sarah, wf. of John Rice. Samuel, 3d, son of Thomas, sen., res. in Framingham; m. Elizabeth Rice, Feb. 1, 1710-11, and was the fr. of Amariah. So I will begin my tabulation with his family :-
FROST, SAMUEL + (Thomas,& Eld. Edmond,2 Rev. John 1); wf. Elizabeth (Rice). Chn. : -
KEZIAH, b. Dec. 1, 1711; m. Ebenezer Goodman of Sudbury.
BEZALEEL, b. Sept. 8, 1713.
SAMUEL, b. Dec. 13, 1715.
AMASA, b. Jan. 24, 1717-18; res. for some yrs. E. P. Mendon.
AMARIAH, b. Oct. 4, 1720; grad. H. U., 1740, and became pastor here 1743.
ELIZABETH, b. May 10, 1724; m. Isaac Cutler of Brookfield.
LOIS, b. Oct. 3, 1732; m. Phinehas Goodnow of Sudbury.
Samuel, the fr., d. Aug. 2, 1736.
FROST, Rev. AMARIAH5 (Samuel,+ Thomas,3 Eld. Edmond,2 Rev. John1), b. in Framingham, Oct. 4, 1720; grad. H. U., 1740; ordained E. P. Mendon, Dec. 24, 1743; m., 1st, Esther, dr. of Rev. Henry Messinger, Wrentbam, April 27, 1747. For the rest, I will follow his own rather unique record nearly verbalim : -
" ESTHER, b. Oct. 4, 1 o'clock A.M., 1748; d. April 25, 1749.
"AMARIAH, b. Monday, about noon, Feb. 5, O. S., 1749-50.
"SARAH, b. Friday, about 7 A.M., May 24, O. S., 1751.
"OLIVE, b. Monday, Feb. 19, N. Style, 1753, about ¿ past 1 P.M.
"ELIZABETH, b. Friday, about midnight, Sept. 6, 1754, N. S.
"My wf. Esther d. Jan. 5, about 8 at night, 1778. Born Jan. 15, 1723-24.
"May 23, 1779, m., 2d, Susanna Dorr of Mendon, a dr. of Rev. Joseph, of whom were born, -
" MARY, b. April 14, about 1 o'clock A.M., and d. April 25, 1780.
" ELIAS, b. Jan. 10, 1782, about 9 o'clock A.M.
"My wf. Susannah d. this day, Jan. 21, about 8 o'clock A.M., 1783, in the 43d yr. of her age.
"Oct. 14, 1784, m. Wid. Sarah Adams from Grafton, but now of Mil. (mny birthday, being now 64 yrs. old);" cer. by Rev. Elisha Fish of Upton.
This third wf.'s maiden name was Sarah Thwing, dr. of John and Mercy (Jones) Thwing, b. Feb. 28, 1722. She was m., 1st, to Samuel Torrey; cer. May 20, 1747, by Rev. A. Frost. Torrey d., and she m., 2d, Andrew Adams of Grafton, May 30, 1771. Adams d., and she m., 3d, Rev. Mr. Frost, her old pastor, as above. What became of her after Mr. Frost's death, the ch. records are entirely and strangely silent.
Rev. Mr. Frost d. March 14, 1792, in the 72d yr. of his age, and 49th of his ministry. In addition to what I have already said of him, I will give what is said by Rev. Mortimer Blake, author of " A Centurial History of the Mendon Association, etc. : " "Mr. Frost was reputed an excellent man, and one of the most popular preachers of his age. It is a sufficient indication of his reputa- tion and of his attainments, to state, that he was extensively resorted to as an instructor of young men fitting for college and for the ministry. A list of his pupils is not preserved. But among them were his son Amariah, Thomas
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Haven, son of Rev. Elias Haven of Franklin, who set. in Reading 2d ch., and Hezekiah Taylor, afterwards of New Fane, Vt., and also Alexander Scammell, one of the aids of Gen. Washington in the Revolution. None of his works were published, save the charge at the ordination of Mr. T. Dickinson, Hollis- ton, - the last charge he ever gave."
Since writing the foregoing, Mr. Henry E. Rockwood, our Milford antiqua- rian, has kindly loaned me, for my perusal, two ancient-looking sermons by Mr. Frost, which he has garnered into his collection. Their title-page reads, "The Substance of Two SERMONS, One on the Total Depravity of human Nature, while unrenewed; from Gen. 6. 5. The other from Gal. 6. 15. Being a De- scription of the New Creature; Delivered at Westborough, Dec. 8, 1765. By Amariah Frost, A.M. Pastor of the Second Church of Christ in Mendon, &c."
They exhibit the soundest type of Hopkinsian orthodoxy.
His oldest son, Amariah, grad. H. U., 1770; preached a short time in Ward; m. his cousin, Esther Messinger of Wrentham; ceased to preach; set. down in secular business in his native vicinage; was commissioned justice peace in 1785; and was a conspicuous man here for many yrs. He had some very good capa- bilities and qualities as a man, ch. member, and citizen, but was not the success his friends hoped. He d. in Sandford, Me. More in its place. Sarah m. Rev. Hezekiah Taylor, above named, March 30, 1774; cer. by her fr. Olive m. Dr. Samuel Willard of Uxbridge; cer. Nov. 3, 1774, by her fr. Elizabeth m. Dr. Isaac Brigham of Grafton, afterwards Mil. ; cer. April 6, 1786, by her fr. Elias; fitted for college at Leicester, and, with Dr. Crane of Northbridge, grad. B. U., 1804; made A.M. and M.D., 1824; and practised medicine many yrs. in Plain- field, N.H. His mge., family, etc., not traced.
FROST, AMARIAH, Jun., Esq.6 (Rev. Amariah,5 Samuel + Thomas,8 Eld. Ed- mond,2 Rev. John 1), b. in our Precinct, Feb. 5, 1749-50, O. S .; graduated H. U., 1770; m. his cousin, Esther Messinger, dr. of John and Melatiah (Corbett) Messinger, b. Wrentham, March 25, 1759; cer. Oct. 22, 1778, by whom not given. Their chn .: -
OLIVE, bap. Sept. 19, 1779; no further traced.
CLARINDA, bap. April 20, 1783; d. Sept. 23, 1784.
CHARLOTTE, bap. Oct. 16, 1785; d. Aug. 22, 1797.
JOHN, b. Feb. 27, 1787; no further traced.
I have found no one who seemed to be very well informed concerning the later history of this family, and our records are very meagre. As has been already stated, Mr. Frost, after quitting his brief career in the pulpit, went into secular business here, in which, however, he was unsuccessful on the whole. Meantime he was commissioned by Gov. Hancock as Just. Peace in 1785, and again in 1791. He is said to have tried numerous cases as a civil magistrate, and also to have served as one of the Worcester Co. Court of General Sessions. He taught school at times, and betook himself to such employments as neces- sity or convenience afforded. In 1797 he made a journey to the new city of Washington, hoping to find a remunerative opening in some governmental office. He extended his travels to Northern Virginia, and took the principal intervening cities in his route. Of this journey and its incidents he kept a diary, the whole or a part of which Hamilton B. Staples, Esq., of Worcester, read last year as a curiosity before the American Antiquarian Society in Bos- ton. This paper has since been published in a neat pamphlet, headed, "A Day at Mount Vernon in 1797, &c." It does not appear that the tourist found the opening he sought. He returned to Milford, and was hereabouts for several
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yrs. in rather poor circumstances. He was exempted from taxation after 1805, and must, I think, have left town before 1812. He is said to have d. in Sand- ford, Me., in 1819. When his wf. d., I have inquired thus far in vain; also what became of his dr. Olive and son John, or why he made his final home in Sandford, Me. Somebody knows, but no one with whom I have fallen in. The homestead of his father, Rev. Amariah, was situated in the corner formed by West and Congress Sts. It embraced a decent acreage; and the old domicile was, when I came into town, occupied by his son-in-law, Dr. Isaac Brigham. Isaac, jun., next possessed it; and afterward Major Clark Sumner purchased the site, and built thereon the mansion in which he died. Who now survive of Rev. Amariah Frost's descendants, I am unable to tell.
FROST, AMASA 5 (Samuel,4 Thomas,8 Eld. Edmond,2 Rev. John1), a bro. of
Rev. Amariah; b. Framingham, Jan. 24, 1717-18; m. Abigail Livermore of Fram., dr. of John and Abigail (Stone) Livermore, b. 1731; cer. Feb. 1, 1749-50, by Rev. Amariah Frost. They were received from the Fram. ch. into the ch. here, May 26, 1751. They had 2 chn. here, -
NATHAN, bap. May 26, 1751.
JOHN, bap. Feb. 4, 1753.
I find no intimation of more chn. b. here. In 1765 the parents were dis- missed from the ch. here in good standing to the ch. in Hatfield. I have not learned in what part of the Precinct they resided, and have traced the family no further.
FROST, PETER, and wf. Sarah, came into town about the time of its incor- poration, bringing with them a son Benjamin, and having born to them here a son named Peter Edes, Jan. 11, 1783. They gained no inhabitancy, and soon departed. What was their pedigree, whence they came, or whither they went, I have left untraced.
FROST, ELISHA JONES, son of David and Sophia Parkman (Jones) Frost; remoter ancestry not traced; b. Fram., Feb. 25, 1828; house-painter; m. Elizabeth R. Burrell, dr. of James and Prudence S. (Chessman) Burrell, b. Boston, Nov. 9, 1833; cer. in Mil., Nov. 30, 1851, by Rev. Mr. Eaton. Issue : -
LEMUEL, b. Westboro', 1852; d. same yr.
GEORGE ALFRED, b. Natick, 1856.
They have resided mostly in Mil .; an orderly, well-disposed family. In- cluded in the report of their record are the following interesting particulars respecting Mr. E. J. Frost's father: Mr. David Frost was b. in Natick, but removed to Fram. when S yrs. old, and res. there 78 yrs. He was one of 9 chn., all of whom lived to old age; 1 of them still remaining. During the war of 1812 he went with the Fram. Artillery under Capt. Temple, and served his country for some time on Dorchester Heights. Later he was hired by Dea. Enoch Belknap to drive an ox-team to Philadelphia, carrying a load of broad- cloth, and returning with one of powder for the Charlestown Navy Yard. He d. in Fram., Dec. 22, 1877, a. 86 yrs. and 10 mos.
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