Father: John FROSTEdmund Frost sailed from Ipswich, England on the Great Hope, but the ship was wrecked off Yarmouth. He later boarded The Defense with his wife and son and departed England from Gravesend, Kent on August 10, 1635. He arrived in Boston on October 2, 1635. He was one of the first members of the First Congregational Church of Cambridge and was installed as its first Ruling Elder February 11, 1636. He was sworn a freeman March 3, 1636. About 1639 he bought from Thomas Blodgett property on the west side of Dunster street between Harvard Square and Mt. Auburn street, which he later sold and bought a house on Garden street. After 1646 he occupied a homestead on Kirkland street.
When Colonel Goffe, the "regicide" (one of those who sentenced Charles I to death), came to New England, he went to see Edmund Frost and wrote of the visit in his journal, August 23, 1660, "In ye evening wee vissited Elder Frost, who rec'd us with great kindness and love, esteeming it a favour yt we would come into ye mean habitation, assured us of his fervent prayers to ye Lord for us; a glorious saint makes a mean cottage a stately palace; were I to make my choice, I would rather abide with ye saint in his poor cottage than with any of ye princes I know of at ye day ye world."
The revered Elder died July 12, 1672, and his will was signed with his written signature and named his children, all but the first born in Cambridge. To his wife Reana, he left the use of his land and 20 shillings a year during her lifetime, to be paid in corn or cattle by sons Ephraim and Thomas; also 20 shillings a year to be paid by son John. There were other cash bequests and the dwelling was left to Ephraim and Thomas.
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