"35 John [Frost], son of (7) John and Phebe (Tillear) Frost, b. June 27, 1739, d. March 27, 1831; m. Huldah Munson, … They are both buried in the old Gilead Cemetery at Carmel, N. Y. John was a Private in the Revolutionary War, Fredericksburg Precinct, Dutchess County. Col. Henry Luddington, Capt. Nat'l Scribner. He enlisted in the French War and was at Montreal one or two winters under General Wolfe and was present at the taking of Quebec. John settled at the head of Gilead Pond, Carmel, N. Y., and was a tanner and currier besides a farmer. He was a man of great piety and patriotism, and was taken prisoner at the capture of Forts Clinton and Montgomery, on the Hudson, by the British, Oct. 5, 1777."