| 1. | {{Puritan Great Migration}} == Biography == Elizabeth Frost, daughter of Edward Frost, was baptized in Glemsford,Suffolk, England on 24 March 1587/8.<ref>"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N5Y4-BXB : 30 December 2014, Elizabetha Frost, 24 Mar 1587); citing GLEMSFORD,SUFFOLK,ENGLAND, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 950,452.</ref> That Elizabeth Frost who married Henry Rice was daughter of Edward Frost and Thomasine Belgrave is claimed in "Ancestry of Thomasine (Frost) Rice," in ''The American Genealogist,'' 63:134::"Edward [Frost] bp. 13 March 1560/1... m. Glemsford 26 July 1585 THOMASINE BELGRAVE... Edward and Thomasine were the parents of the immigrants Elizabeth Frost (bp. Stanstead 24 March 1587[/8]), who m. (1) Henry Rice and (2) Philemon Whale, later of sudbury, Mass.;..." This is apparently also discussed further in Robert Charles Anderson,"The English Origins of Philemon Whale of Sudbury, Massachusetts," in''The Genealogist,'' 6(1985):131-141. Died 20 Jun 1647 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts?{{citation needed}}:There was an "Elizabeth, w. of [[Whale-11|Philemon Whale]]" who diedin Sudbury on this date.<ref>[http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Sudbury/Images/Sudbury_D329.gif Sudbury Vital Records to 1850], Deaths, p 329</ref> But how do we know her origins? Here's what Anderson says:<ref>''Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols. I-III,'' p 206 (Profile for Richard Brackett)</ref>:"Alice Frost, was sister of... Elizabeth Frost, who married first Henry Rice and then Philemon Whale, the latter also an immigrant to Sudbury [TAG 15:227, 26:10-11; TG 6:131-41; Stevens-Miller Anc 143-144]." But WHICH Henry Rice?:"Philemon Whale, who married Henry Rice's widow ("The English Origins of Philemon Whale of Sudbury, Massachusetts," ''The Genealogist,'' [TG] 6[1985]:131-41). '''Henry Rice is believed to be a brother of Edmund Rice of Sudbury,''' from whom John Moore purchased land in 1642."<ref>John Plummer, "The English Origins of John1 Moore of Sudbury, Massachusetts," in ''The American Genealogist,'' 66:75</ref> == Sources == <references /> <!-- Please edit, add, or delete anything in this text, including this note. Be bold and experiment! If you make a mistake you can always see the previous version of the text on the Changes page. --> |