David Frost (2) was born May 7, 1780, unknown place, to David Frost (1) and Esther Bixby. [His headstone says he died November 17, 1849, and he was 69 years, 7 months when he died. This would indicate he was born in April, not May - possible the birth was in April, but not recorded until May?]
Olive Post was born December 11, 1780, Tolland, Connecticut, to Jazaniah Post and Elizabeth (from CT birth and Christening Records 1649-1906).
Olive and David were married October 25, 1807, Paris, Oneida, NY. The celebrant was the Rev. Eliphalet Steele of the Church of Paris Religious Society. The record did not state where the marriage ceremony took place, it only noted the association between the Reverend and the church. Note: Eliphalet Steele, who married David and Olive, was the great-great-grandson of David’s great-great-great-grandparents Thomas and Mercy Marshfield.
Olive and David had at least three children:
Name Date of Birth Birth Place Mary Louisa Frost 9-20-1808 Clinton, New York Olive Cornella Frost 1809 Clinton, New York Leander Harmon Frost 1812 Augusta, Oneida County, New York David Henry Frost 1-25-1821 Augusta, Oneida County, NY Some sources indicate that there was another son for David and Olive but I cannot locate anything in historical records. There are two children with the Frost surname in the mortality schedule of 1850 but no indication of their parentage. They was H.D. Frost, a seven year old female who died January 1850 of dropsy and had been ill five months, and William E. Frost, an eleven year old male born in NY who died of influenza in December 1849. I do not believe that these are their children because of the timing. The children are also too old to belong to their son David Henry.
Olive Post was born date and place uncertain. Her age on various census data support a birth year of 1788. The same records support the place of birth as Vermont. I cannot locate a birth record to support this information and can only find conflicting information. Two Post families moved from Vermont and settled in the area of New York where Olive married David. I think I have located her parents and where she may have been born in Vermont, but I am not positive at this point in time. The timing works and so do other details. Sadly, the data preserved on most females from that era is almost non existent.
A David Frost lived in Mooers, Clinton, New York during 1810 US Federal Census. The household included a male under 10 and three female children and one adult female.
An 1814 Oneida County Census lists David Frost, his brother Amasa Frost and a Jason Frost as heads of households in Augusta, NY.
David and Olive Frost lived in Augusta, Oneida, New York during US Federal Census taken August 9, 1820. In addition to the couple, the household count included a male between the ages of 16-20 and two females: one under 10 and the other between the ages of 10-15. The female under 10 would be Mary Louisa. The others are uncertain. Some unsubstantiated sources claim another older son in addition to the yet unnamed daughter.
In the US Federal Census of 1830, David and Olive still lived in Augusta, Oneida, New York. In addition to them, the household consisted of a male under 10 (David Henry), a male 15-20 (unknown possible son) and a female 15-20.
In the US Federal Census of 1840, David and Olive lived in Stockbridge, Madison, New York. In addition to the two of them, the household consisted of a male 15-20 and a female 20- 30.
David Frost (2) died November 16, 1849 in Madison, New York. He was listed as a farmer at the time of his death. According to the US Census Mortality Schedule of 1850, he had been ill for two months with “Dropsy” and that was the cause of death. Dropsy was an accumulation of water in the tissues - currently referred to as edema and usually associated with congestive heart failure. David is buried in the Munnsville Cemetery, Stockbridge NY in section 2. His headstone notes that he was 69 years and 7 months old at the time of his death.
See pictures of David's headstone and some factoids on this picture page.
In 1850, Olive P. Frost lived in Stockbridge, Madison County, NY with her son David Henry Frost and his wife Caroline.
On 8 June 1855, Olive Frost lived in Stockbridge with the Davison Family. The household included 21 year old female Josephine Hull listed as granddaughter of Samuel Davison. She is actually the granddaughter of Olive Frost. The Cleveland family lived on a farm nearby in NY. Their son Charles will be listed as living with Olive in MN in 1857.
In 1857, Olive P. Frost lived next to David and Caroline in Northfield, Rice County, MN. Olive shared her home with her granddaughter Olive Josephine Hull (18), Cathelina Fenner (18 white female born NY), Edward Child (26 white male born in NY) and Charles Cleveland, a 21 year old white male born in NY and raised in Stockbridge, Madison NY.
Olive died in August 20, 1859 in Rice County MN. Olive P. Frost is buried in Northfield City Cemetery Section NFD. Her age was listed as 71. Olive is buried in the same cemetery plot as her daughter Mary Louisa Frost Hull and son-in-law Samuel W. Hull.
See the most current factoid document.
Mary Louisa Frost married Samuel Wood Hull (b April 12, 1803) September 21, 1826. They had at least six children: Adelaide (b circa 1830), L. Cornella (b circa 1832), Olive J. (b circa 1834), Flora (b circa 1838), Helen (b circa 1841), and son D. Birney (b circa 1842). In 1850 the family lived in Stockbridge, Madison County, New York. They were counted as family number 68 and Mary’s brother David and his family were counted as family # 66. In 1860, the family lived in Portland, Chataqua, New York. In 1875 Mary and Samuel were counted in the Minnesota State Census living in Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota. Mary Louisa Frost Hull died September 6, 1884, Northfield MN. She is buried in Northfield City Cemetery in same plot as her mother Olive P. Frost. The plot also contains a baby boy named Harry L. Hull who died at 6 months old Jan 1867 and Mary’s husband Samuel Wood Hull who died May 30, 1881.
Found a death notice for a Alvena Willis, born 1846 Wisconsin, daughter of Samuel Hull and Mary . She died 7 Oct 1894 in Minneapolis, Hennepin MN but was buried in Whitewater, Wisconsin.
Last revised April 24, 2020