HON. JOHN FROST, b Mar. 1, 1681/2; m Sept. 4, 1702, by Joseph Hammond, Esq., to Mary Pepperrell (b Sept. 4, 1686; d Apr. 18, 1766), daughter of Col. William and Margery (Bray) Pepperrell of Kittery Point, Maine, and sister of Sir William Pepperrell of Kittery Point. He was with his father when the latter was killed by the Indians in 1697. He became a merchant in New Castle, N.H., and had a large business there with the West Indies. Pie also owned the ferry running between Portsmouth and New Castle, N.H. In 1709, he was appointed commander of the British frigate “Edward.” July 4, 1717, while in command of the ship “Binetta Pinck” he was captured by the pirate ship “Le Grand,” on a voyage from the Barbados to Boston. In 1724, he was commissioned Justice of the Superior Court to succeed Thomas Packer and remained Justice till his death. He was a member of the Provincial Council of the Governor of New Hampshire. He lived in New Castle, N.H. He inherited Stony Brook Farm in Kittery (now Eliot) from his father, and built a home there which was later replaced by Frost Garrisons. Portraits of Hon. John Frost and his wife are in the possession of the Misses Frost of Dover, N.H., and their sister, Mrs. Sawyer.
He died Feb. 25, 1732, and his widow married (2) Aug. 12, 1745, the Rev. Benjamin Colman of Boston, Mass., and (3) Oct. 6, 1748, the Rev. Benjamin Prescott of Danvers, Mass.
