Frost Family

Charles² Frost (Nicholas1) was born in 1632 at Tiverton, England, and he was killed by Indigenous people on 4 July 1697. Charles, at age 44, married on 27 December 1675 to Mary Bolles. Mary was born 4 January 1641 in York, Maine, and she died 11 November 1704 in Wells, Maine.

As a young child, Charles accompanied his family from England to the plantation of Pascataqua River in Maine. His father, Nicholas Frost (1585-1663), acquired two hundred acres in Kittery (incorporated in 1647). Charles Frost was frequently chosen as a representative for Kittery to the general court in Massachusetts. In 1669, the militia of Maine was organized into six companies one of which was commanded by Charles Frost. Frost was one of six councilors appointed to act as judges of the courts. In 1689, he was appointed and commissioned to command the western regiment. Children:

• i. Mary³ Frost b. 18 October 1676; d 1753; m. 12 December 1694 Capt John Hill
• ii. Charles Frost b. 17 April 1678 ; d. 17 December 1724; m. (1) 7 February 1698/9 Sarah Wainwright (1682-1714); m (2) 25 November 1714 Jane (Eliot) Pepperrell, widow of Andrew Pepperrell
• iii. John Frost b. 1 March 1681 Kittery, Maine; d 25 February 1732 New Castle, NH; m. Mary Pepperrell (1685-1766). Mary m (2) 12 August 1745 Rev Dr Benjamin Colman of Boston and she m (3) 6 October 1748 Benjamin Prescott of Danvers.
• iv. Nicholas Frost b. 17 September 1682; d. before 8 August 1700
• v. Sarah Frost b. 17 September 1682 (1666?); d. 16 May 1695; m. (1) 1687 John Shipway; m (2) Hon William Redford
• vi. Abigail Frost b. 10 May 1685 (1668); m. (1) Joshua Fryer; m (2) 30 December 1714 William Moody
• vii. Lydia Frost b. 30 November 1686 (1674); d. 13 May 1752; m. 1692 Benjamin Pierce
• viii. Elizabeth Frost b. 4 July 1688 (1683); d. 21 May 1696
• ix. Mehitable Frost b. 4 January 1690 (1670); m. 5 January 1698/9 Thomas Pierce

• i. Sarah³ Hill b. 7 April 1661 Saco, Maine; d. 1726 Arundel, Me.; m. (1) Pendleton Fletcher, he died a prisoner in Canada; m. (2) William Priest.
• ii. Hannah Hill b. 7 September 1664 Saco, Me.; d. 30 June 1748 Wells, Me.; m. 23 February 1677 Lieut. Joseph Storer (2)
• iii. John Hill b. 28 May 1666 Saco, Me. (see below)
• iv. Samuel Hill b. 14 December 1668 Saco, Me.; d. 1745 Saco; he was taken captive by the French and Indigenous people about 1701 and detained some years in Canada with his wife
• v. Joseph Hill b. 3 April 1670 Saco; d. 12 July 1743 Wells, Me.; m. Sarah Bowles
• vi. Mary Hill b. 25 June 1672 Wells, Me.; m. 15 November 1694 David Littlefield
• vii. Benjamin Hill b. 24 February 1674 Saco, Me.
• viii. Ebenezer Hill b. 14 February 1679; d. 26 March 1758 Biddeford, Me.; m. Abigail Smith; he and his wife settled in Biddeford 1703, they were taken captive by Indigenous people and detained in Canada for three years, redeemed and returned to Portsmouth then moved back to Biddeford after three years

• i. Mary⁴ Hill b. 15 January 1701 Kittery, Me.
• ii John Hill b. 2 March 1703 Kittery, Me.
• iii. Elisha Hill b. 3 February 1709 Kittery, Me.; d. 1 June 1764
• iv. Eunice Hill b. 1 November 1712 Kittery, Me.
• v. Sarah Hill b. 6 December 1695 Saco, Me.
• vi. Abigail Hill b. 15 December 1706 Kittery, Me.