Major Charles FROST b. 30 Jul 1631 Tiverton, , Devon, England d. 4 Jul 1697 Kittery, York, Maine,: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

1631 - 1697 (65 years)

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Name	Charles FROST [1]
Prefix	Major
Birth	30 Jul 1631	Tiverton, , Devon, England [2, 3, 4, 5]
Gender	Male
_UID	2DF1FEE667965C4C84734123AD782A87D87C
Immigration	1632	Little Harbor, , New Hampshire, [1, 6, 7]
Came from Plymouth, England on "ye Shipp Wulfrana, Alwin Wellborn, Master" Residence in 1631 was Tiverton, England. First residence was Damariscove. He settled at the head of Sturgeon Creek now Eliot, Maine, on the south side of Frost's Hill.
Public Record	From 1658 to 1662	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts,
Representative to the General Court In this position he was active in securing the annexation of Maine to the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Residence	From 1663 to 1697	Eliot, York, Maine,
on his father's 500 acre homestead on the Piscataqua, which he inherited,
Public Record	1669	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts,
Representative to the General Court In this position he was active in securing the annexation of Maine to the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Military	From 1670 to 1697	, , Maine,
Commander-in-Chief of the Militia of the Province of Maine He rose to that position through various grades after becoming a soldier at sixteen years of age.
Death	4 Jul 1697	Kittery, York, Maine, [5]
Person ID	I3600	Our Family Tree
Last Modified	21 Aug 2023

Father	Nicholas FROST, b. 25 Apr 1585, Tiverton, , Devon, England d. 20 Jul 1663, Kittery, York, Maine, (Age 78 years)
Mother	Bertha CADWALLA, b. 14 Feb 1609/10, Tavistock, , Devon, England d. 4 Jul 1650, Kittery, York, Maine, (Age 40 years)
Marriage	Jan 1629/30	, , Devon County, England
Family ID	F821	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary BOLLES, b. 7 Aug 1641, Wells, York, Maine, d. 11 Nov 1704, Kittery, York, Maine, (Age 63 years)

Marriage 27 Dec 1665 Kittery, York, Maine, [1, 4, 8, 9]

Children

	1. Mary FROST, b. 1665, Kittery, York, Maine, d. Young, Kittery, York, Maine,
	2. Sarah FROST, b. 1666, Kittery, York, Maine, d. 16 May 1695 (Age 29 years)
	3. Abigail FROST, b. 1668, Kittery, York, Maine, d. Between 1721 and 1723 (Age 53 years)
	4. Mehitable FROST, b. 1670, Kittery, York, Maine, d. 1715 (Age 45 years)
+	5. Lydia FROST, b. 30 Nov 1674, Kittery, York, Maine, d. 13 May 1752, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, (Age 77 years)
+	6. Mary FROST, b. 1676, Kittery, York, Maine, d. 1753 (Age 77 years)
+	7. Maj. Charles FROST, II, b. 17 Apr 1678, Kittery, York, Maine, d. 17 Dec 1724, Kittery, York, Maine, (Age 46 years)
+	8. Hon. John FROST, b. 1 Mar 1680/81, Kittery, York, Maine, d. 25 Feb 1731/32 (Age 50 years)
	9. Elizabeth FROST, b. 1682, Kittery, York, Maine, d. 1696 (Age 14 years)
	10. Nicholas FROST, b. 17 Sep 1682, Kittery, York, Maine, d. 1700 (Age 17 years)

Family ID F865 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Aug 2023

Event Map

	Birth - 30 Jul 1631 - Tiverton, , Devon, England
	Immigration - 1632 - Little Harbor, , New Hampshire,
	Public Record - From 1658 to 1662 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts,
	Residence - From 1663 to 1697 - Eliot, York, Maine,
	Marriage - 27 Dec 1665 - Kittery, York, Maine,
	Public Record - 1669 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts,
	Military - From 1670 to 1697 - , , Maine,
	Death - 4 Jul 1697 - Kittery, York, Maine,

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I3600&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "Major Charles FROST."

Sources

[S2523] "Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N. E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III," database with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors , ((https://www.americanancestors.org : 2010)), accessed 25 May 2021), Nicholas Frost sketch; citing Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1: 706-707.
[S1002] [Usher Parsons], Genealogy of the Frost Family Elliott, York County, Maine. Internet Archive. Digital images. (1852), (https://www.archive.org: 2009), pp. 3-4. accessed 15 Aug 2011.
[S754] Tristram Frost Jordan, Leighton Genealogy: an account of the descendants of Capt. William Leighton, of Kittery, Maine. Google Play: Books. Digital images. (Albany, NY : J. Munsell's Sons, 1885), (https://play.google.com/store/books/: 2021), p. 38. accessed 2008.
[S1004] J.L.M. Willis M.D., Editor, "Old Eliot." MS., Eliot, Maine: Augustin Caldwell, 1897. Digital images., (Google Books. https://play.google.com/books : 8 Jan 2008), p. 175, "Vol. 1, No. XI, The Old Frost Bible by George W. Frosst," Google Books (https://play.google.com/books : accessed 17 Aug 2011)
[S1003] John Eldridge Frost, The Nicholas Frost Family. Internet Archive. Digital images. (The Cabinet Press, Milford, NH 1943), (https://archive.org: 2018), 10-17. accessed 25 Aug 2011.
[S1004] J.L.M. Willis M.D., Editor, "Old Eliot." MS., Eliot, Maine: Augustin Caldwell, 1897. Digital images., (Google Books. https://play.google.com/books : 8 Jan 2008), p. 174, "Vol. 1, No. XI, The Old Frost Bible by George W. Frosst," Google Books (https://play.google.com/books : accessed 17 Aug 2011)
[S754] Tristram Frost Jordan, Leighton Genealogy: an account of the descendants of Capt. William Leighton, of Kittery, Maine. Google Play: Books. Digital images. (Albany, NY : J. Munsell's Sons, 1885), (https://play.google.com/store/books/: 2021), p. 79. accessed 2008.
[S1003] John Eldridge Frost, The Nicholas Frost Family. Internet Archive. Digital images. (The Cabinet Press, Milford, NH 1943), (https://archive.org: 2018), 15-17. accessed 25 Aug 2011.
[S1015] "New England Marriages to 1700," database with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors , ((https://www.americanancestors.org : 2008)), accessed 16 Feb 2013), FROST, Charles (1631-1697) (ae 52 in 1683) & Mary BOLLES (?1641-1704); citing New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 3 Vols., (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 1:583.