William FROST, eldest son of Edward FROST and Thomasine BELGRAVE [Family], was born about 09/19/1589 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England. William died on 01/06/1644 in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony aged 54.

[[Category:Connecticut_Colony]]. == Biography ==William was a early settler of Fairfield, Connecticut in 1639. His home lot was on the southwest of School and Division of the Meeting House Green. He was an old man when he died in 1645. His children were allborn in England, and all came to New England except his daughter Marywho married Mr. Rylie. His wife Joyce Baker was buried 24 May 1634 inSt. Peter's. William Frost was christened on 3 Aug 1589 in Stanstead, Suffolk, England. William married Abigail Bowser 29 Nov. 1610 at St. James in Stanstead. This is a 15th century flint pebble church with stone dressings. Thewest tower is earlier, with diagonal buttresses and a castellated parapet. : (So are we might be melding two William Frosts..because Stanstead is 200 kms from Nottingham where William’s second marriage supposedlytook place. Perhaps this is another William Frost?). William Frost married Joyse Barker at St. Mary's Church, England on 20 April 1612. The marriage was also recorded in the register of St. Nicholas Church, Nottingham.. They had at least five children including Elizabeth, our ancestor. Joyce Frost was buried 23 May 1634 (St. Peter's), Nottingham, Englandand on 23 Dec. 1634 William Frost married, at St. Peter's Church, thewidow Joane Lupton of Burton Joyce. They emigrated to Fairfield, New Haven Colony, now Connecticut. William was one of the early planners at Uncowa (Fairfield), beyond Connecticut. William died in Fairfield in 1644/45. == Last Will & Testament ==. The will of William Frost, drawn on 6 Jan. 1644/5 and proved that year at Fairfield, New Haven Colony, mentioned his "eldest sonne Daniell Frost . . . , Rebecka and Sarah Frost [they were the testator's granddaughters, children of his son Daniel], . . . son Abraham . . . , my daughter Elizabeth and John Graye . . . , Luke Watson . . . , Susanna and Johana Watson, daughters to Elizabeth Graye, . . . John Grayes owne two children [Sarah and John Gray] . . . Henry Graye and Lydea Gray for their lives and after them to their sonne Jacob . . . Mary Graye, daughter of Henry Graye . . . and to Mary Rylie and her children . . . all my goods and lands that I have in Old England.; ; to town of Uncowah [Fairfield] £10 towards meeting house; Henry Gray of Uncowah, Exec'r; Ephraim Wheeler and Daniel Frost, overseers; Goodman Close had someof his cattle "to winter"; son Abraham to have housing and lands bought from John Strickland. Witnesses: Ephraim Wheeler, Francis and Mary Purdy.. . ."<ref>Josephine C. Frost, The Frost Genealogy [New York 1912], hereafter Frost Gen., pp. 389-90; another abstract is in Fairfield Fams1:211).</ref>. == Sources ==. <references />. See also:* <span id='Jacobus'></span>Jacobus, Donald Lines. ''[[Space:History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield|History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield]]'' (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930) Vol. 1, Page 211. info from his will.* <i>[[Space:The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut|The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut]]</i> (Hartford, Brown & Parsons, 1850) [https://archive.org/stream/publicrecordsofc001conn#page/464/mode/2up Vol. 1, Page 465]. * [https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/S11H-L9H]* Nottinghamshire, England, Extracted Parish Records : Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.* Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Author: Gale Research Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.* Holman, Mary Lovering, "English Notes on Edmund Rice," in ''The American Genealogist'', Vol. 10 (Jan. 1934), p. 135:* Connecticut, 1600s-1800s Local and Family Histories [database online], Genealogy.com:* Beers, Josephine W. Beers and Prindle, Paul W., "Early Frost, Gray and Hobby Connections of England, Connecticut and Long Island," The American Genealogist, Vol. 64 (July 1989), pp. 161-163:. * History of Elizabeth, New Jersey; By Edwin Hatfield; Pp. 59 & 75* <span id='Manwaring'></span>Manwaring, Charles William. ''[[Space:ADigest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records|A Digest of the EarlyConnecticut Probate Records]]'' (R. S. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904) Vol. 1, [https://archive.org/stream/digestofearlycon01manw#page/13/mode/1up/ Page 13-14]: Will of [[Frost-75|William Frost]].

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