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David Frost (1) History
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David Frost (1) was born February 1, 1749/50, at Willington, Windham (now Tolland) Co., CT, or Windsor, Hartford Co., CT, to Josiah Frost and Mary Polk (Paulk).
Esther Bixby was born April 14, 1754 to John Bixby and Jemima Green in Beech Hill, Blandford, MA (some records say in Thompson, Killingsly, CT). (See notes below regarding how these details were deduced).
Esther and David were married unknown date and location.
Esther and David had at least 11 children:
Name Date of Birth Birth Place Jacob Green Frost 1-16-1779 David Frost (2) 5-7-1780 Arial (Urial) Frost 1781 Granville, MA Amasa (Amaza) Frost 1785 Aroxey (Roxy) Frost 1787 Wealthy Frost 1789? Matthias Swain Frost 1791? Esther Frost 6-1791 Lucinda Frost 1793 Salmon Frost 1794 Dan Frost Note: Frost Genealogy in Five Families (Norman Seaver Frost) says that there was one more child that died young, but we have not been able to verify this.
David Frost (1) took part in the Revolutionary War. He served as a Private in the Cambridge Militia for Capt. Samuel Thatcher’s Company in Col. Gardiner’s Regiment that marched in alarm on April 19, 1775. He also served for Capt. John Walton’s Company in Col. Brooks Regiment enlisting September 27, 1776. The record states he served two months and one day but also states he was discharged November 16, 1776. The regiment roll was taken October 21, 1776 when they returned to camp after an event. I am not sure if the war event took place at Castle Hill in Ipswich, Essex County MA or if that was the site of the militia encampment.
Esther died October 14, 1823, in Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts in records from the Congregational Church in Granville. Esther is buried in Stannard Cemetery in Blandfield, Massachusetts.
David died January 22, 1832, unknown location, and is buried in Stannard Cemetery in Blandfield, Massachusetts. His headstone states that he was 82 when he died.
See pictures of Esther and David's headstones and some factoids on this picture page.
Special notes on the research behind the information on this page.
It is important to realize that when researching this time period that boundaries between what are counties and towns and now our states often changed. The land was still part of the Colonies of England and most borders moved even after the Revolutionary War. This has impacted genealogy research often making it difficult to locate specific historical records. Therefore, there is some data recorded in more than one place and it appears to conflict in location but it really does not.
I began this search missing any historical data that would enable locating Esther Bixby, such as a date of birth or even the date of their marriage. I found six different women named Esther Bixby born during the time period and in the vicinity that could be the wife of David Frost. One lady was an Esther of unknown maiden name married to a Bixby and not widowed until late in life. All five women who had Bixby as their maiden name ultimately descend from the same Joseph Bixby. Three ladies married someone other than David Frost. One died as a spinster. Thus we are left with Esther Bixby born April 14, 1754.
Through process of elimination, I believe this Esther is the correct Esther. Additionally I found a source quoting a land deed from Essex County MA stating a family of this Esther sold a parcel of land to David Frost. Note that the middle name of their son Jacob is the same as the maiden name of the mother of this Esther.
I did not find a record indicating an unnamed child who died in infancy but there was a death record for a child last name Frost who died in 1783 at six years old in Granville, MA. If he/she was the child of David and Esther, he/she could have been their first born (1777).
Last revised April 24, 2020