William Frost
Of the Matinecock farm at Oyster Bay, Long Island; he was killed in November 1728 when the carcass of a beef he was slaughtering fell on him. He probably married Hannah Prior about 1700, had ten children recorded with Quaker dates, and was probably the father of Isaac Frost.
Life
- 1674
- c. 1700Married Hannah Priorc. 1700
- 1728Died29 Nov 1728, Matinecock, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York
"He was accidentally killed while slaughtering a beef which fell on him." Buried in the Frost Cemetery, Lattingtown.
Family
- Father
- William Frostcompiledprobable
Sources
- Josephine C. Frost, The Frost Genealogy: Descendants of William Frost of Oyster Bay, New York (1912)
- Reasoning:
research/mcmillan/McMillan_Frost_Master_Research.md
- Mother
- Rebecca Wright
His father's will of 1698 mentions "my wife" without naming her. That Rebecca was his mother rests on the timing (she was William Frost's wife by 20 May 1673) and on his brother's name, Wright Frost.
compiledprobableSources
- Josephine C. Frost, The Frost Genealogy: Descendants of William Frost of Oyster Bay, New York (1912)
- Reasoning:
research/mcmillan/Frost_Underhill_Bowne_Feake.md
- Spouse
1 child
Pedigree
Notes
Of the Matinecock farm. Killed in November 1728 when the carcass of a beef he was slaughtering fell on him (source, p. 22). Ten children with Quaker dates, Isaac among them. His brother Wright Frost, as tax collector in 1707, distrained goods from the Quaker Mary Willets “for the priest’s worship house.”
Connections
- In his ancestry
- 2 notable connections →
Every notable ancestor and famous relative that William's own ancestors lead to, with the lines drawn down to him.