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FROST, Elder Edmund

FROST, Elder Edmund

Male Abt 1609 - 1672  (63 years)

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  • Name FROST, Elder Edmund  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Birth Abt 1609  Earls Colne, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 10, 12] 
    Gender Male 
    Arrival Between 1634 and 1635  Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Arrival 1635  Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 11] 
    Departure 1635  [1] 
    Great Migration https://www.americanancestors.org/DB115/rd/7373/593/235163697 
    Web Address https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Frost-824 
    Residence Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 12 Jul 1672  Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 6, 10] 
    Burial Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 10] 
    Person ID I2475  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Marriage 26 Sep 1585  Glemsford, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1999  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 CLENCH, Thomasine,   b. 6 Oct 1608, Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1653, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Married 16 Apr 1630  Hartest, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 16 Apr 1634  Earls Colne, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 9] 
    Children 
     1. FROST, Thomas,   b. 21 Apr 1637, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1690 (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. FROST, James,   b. 9 Apr 1643, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1711, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. FROST, Ephraim,   b. 1646, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1718, Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. FROST, Mary,   b. 24 Jul 1645, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1672, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. FROST, Luke,   b. 30 May 1646, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Aug 1661, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 15 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. FROST, John,   b. 1635, Hartest, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1672, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. FROST, Joseph,   b. 13 Jan 1639, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1692, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +8. FROST, Samuel Sr,   b. 13 Feb 1638, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1718, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. FROST, Thomas,   b. 23 Aug 1647, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Feb 1724, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Photos
    U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700    		U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    Family ID F724  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Family 2 DANIELS, Reanna,   b. 1635, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1675 (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage 1669  Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2000  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Marriage Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1630  Hartest, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2001  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1609 - Earls Colne, Essex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1630 - Hartest, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Apr 1630 - Hartest, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - Between 1634 and 1635 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 16 Apr 1634 - Earls Colne, Essex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 1635 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1669 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Jul 1672 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635
    U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    Edmund Frost's Signature
    Frost, Edmond Frost (Story in Cambridge Mass)
    The Frost Family in England and America with Special reference to Edmund Frost
    CEM47491098_130322689834
    Chronociles of the First Planters of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay from 1623-1636
    The Frost Family in England and America with Special reference to Edmund Frost Pg. 9
    The Frost Family in England and America with Special reference to Edmund Frost Pg. 41
    The Frost Family in England and America with Special reference to Edmund Frost
    The Frost Family in England and America with Special reference to Edmund Frost Pg. 12
    The Frost Family in England and America with Special reference to Edmund Frost Pg. 43
    The Frost Family in England and America with Special reference to Edmund Frost Pg. 44
    The Frost Family in England and America with Special reference to Edmund Frost Pg. 10
    Part 1
    The Frost Family in England and America with Special reference to Edmund Frost Pg. 11
    The Frost Family in England and America with Special reference to Edmund Frost Pg. 8
    The Frost Family in England and America with Special reference to Edmund Frost Pg. 45

    Documents
    Great Migration Edmund Frost (1609-1672)    		Great Migration Edmund Frost (1609-1672)
    Great Migration: Edmund Frost (1609-1672)    		Great Migration: Edmund Frost (1609-1672)
    Edmund and Thomasine (Clench) Frost were married in Earls Colne, Essex, England on April 16, 1634. It is believed that they migrated in 1635 to Cambridge, attempting a crossing in the Great Hope which only made it to Yarmouth, England and then completing the trip on the Defence, landing in Boston on October 2, 1635. They lived in Cambridge where he became a freeman in 1636 and was one of the original members of the First Congregational Church of Cambridge , being installed as Elder in February of that year, and then Deacon. 

    Edmund's original lands were on the West side of Dunster St. between Harvard Square and Mt. Auburn St. He sold them and bought a house on the west side of Garden St, which he sold in 1646. He became one of the first members of the governing body of Harvard, which was established in 1636. His will was signed with his written signature and named his 9 children with Thomasine, all but the first born in Cambridge.

    Thomasine had previously been identified as a Gateway ancestor, believed to have been the Thomasine Clench baptized Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, 6 October 1608, the daughter of Robert Clench and Joan Webbe. However, a subsequent, 2021 article refutes this, based largely on her likely age at marriage, and makes a case for Thomasine being baptized in Colchester on August 1, 1613, daughter of John Clench and Mary (Marshall) Clench. This is still being researched.

    We are descended through the Wright (Tucker) side.

    Histories
    On the first governing board of Harvard College    		On the first governing board of Harvard College
    EDMUND AND TOMASINE FROST    		EDMUND AND TOMASINE FROST
    Edmund Frost helped plan Harvard College in 1637    		Edmund Frost helped plan Harvard College in 1637
    Edmund Frost to America    		Edmund Frost to America

    Albums
    Religious Connections    		Religious Connections (1)
    Great Migration    		Great Migration (119)
    The "Great Migration," as defined by the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), encompasses the English Puritan migration to New England from 1620 to 1640. This movement primarily involved English Puritans who relocated in family units, driven by a quest for religious freedom and the aspiration to establish a Puritan commonwealth. These migrants originated from various regions of England and settled in areas that now form Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, including the Plymouth Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

    An individual's inclusion in the Great Migration Study Project requires evidence of migration to New England within the specified period of 1620 to 1640. The project's objective is to compile biographical and genealogical profiles of all immigrants who arrived in New England during these two decades. The NEHGS has produced extensive volumes and directories, providing details about the lives of these immigrants. This collection presents research on many ancestors who were part of this significant historical migration.

    You may be shocked by how many there are. Even I was at first. However, most of these Great Migration ancestors are my 9th and 10th great-grandparents, and in some cases 11th and 12th, and with the number of great-grandparents doubling with each generation, the possibilities quickly become immense. We have a total of 1024 sets of 9th great-grandparents and 2048 sets of 10th great-grandparents. This makes finding so many Great Migration ancestors more understandable.

  • Notes 
    • Edmund and Thomasine (Clench) Frost were married in Earls Colne, Essex, England on April 16, 1634. It is believed that they migrated in 1635 to Cambridge, attempting a crossing in the Great Hope which only made it to Yarmouth, England and then completing the trip on the Defence, landing in Boston on October 2, 1635. They lived in Cambridge where he became a freeman in 1636 and was one of the original members of the First Congregational Church of Cambridge , being installed as Elder in February of that year, and then Deacon.

      Edmund's original lands were on the West side of Dunster St. between Harvard Square and Mt. Auburn St. He sold them and bought a house on the west side of Garden St, which he sold in 1646. He became one of the first members of the governing body of Harvard, which was established in 1636. His will was signed with his written signature and named his 9 children with Thomasine, all but the first born in Cambridge.

      Thomasine had previously been identified as a Gateway ancestor, believed to have been the Thomasine Clench baptized Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, 6 October 1608, the daughter of Robert Clench and Joan Webbe. However, a subsequent, 2021 article refutes this, based largely on her likely age at marriage, and makes a case for Thomasine being baptized in Colchester on August 1, 1613, daughter of John Clench and Mary (Marshall) Clench. This is still being researched.

      We are descended through the Wright (Tucker) side.

  • Sources 
    1. [S80] Ancestry.com, New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).
      New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635      		 New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635


    2. [S1322] Ancestry.com, Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    3. [S1524] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    4. [S1528] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts; Year: 1634-1635; Page Number: 114.

    5. [S1530] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts; Year: 1635; Page Number: 32.

    6. [S1531] Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700      		 U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700


    7. [S1527] Flint, James, comp, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1648-1870, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;).

    8. [S1529] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins Index: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;).

    9. [S1574] Ancestry.com, Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1518-1960, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

    10. [S1442] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    11. [S1432] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Place: New England; Year: 1635; Page Number: 114.

    12. [S1772] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: The Frost Genealogy : Descendants of William Frost of Oyster Bay, New York : showing connections ne.
      North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000      		 North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000



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