In Search of Charles Frost
Posted on July 10, 2008 by Carla Gade
These are a compilation of notes from research that I have found on the internet from documented sources regarding the life and times of Maj. Charles Frost and his family.
Charles was a toddler, 19 months of age, when he sailed from England with his father Nicholas Frost, mother Bertha Cadwalla Frost and 8 month old brother John. They sailed from Tiverton, Devon, Englanad in April of 1634 on the Wulfrana, arriving in June of 1634. A year later his sister Anna was born, then Catherine, Elizabeth, and Nicholas Jr.
Perhaps the most important event in his life that launched his life-long career as a notorious Indian fighter and leader of the Maine Militia occurred when he was not yet 18 years of age. Whilst his father and he were away, his mother aged 40 and sister Anna aged 15 where taken captive by the Pennacook Indians. Upon their return an attempt was made to rescue them from the Indian camp at Sturgeon Creek, only to find them both slain and the Indians gone. This event occurred on July 4, 1650. With a mutual hatred, Frost and the Indians had quite a history and this is my attempt to put it together. Ironically, and perhaps with a hue of "poetic justice", Frost was at last slain himself by the Indians some 47 years later, on July 4th while returning home from Sunday worship with his family. |