Person:William Frost (39)

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William Frost, of Back Creek, Frederick County, VA
b.Abt 1720
d.Bef 7 May 1776 Frederick County, Virginia
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  • H.  William Frost, of Back Creek, Frederick County, VAAbt 1720 - Bef 1776
  • W.  Hannah UnknownBef 1723 -
m. Abt 1740
  1. William FrostAbt 1740 - 1806
  2. John FrostAbt 1742 - 1777
  3. Thomas FrostAbt 1745 - Aft 1803
  4. Mary Frost1747 - 1804
  5. Isaac FrostAbt 1748 - 1774
  6. Frances FrostAbt 1750 - Aft 1775
  7. Hannah Frost1751 - 1805
  8. Ellen FrostAbt 1756 -
  9. Abraham FrostAbt 1758 - 1815
  10. Martha Frost1759 - 1832
  11. Jacob FrostAbt 1760 - Bef 1804
  12. Ann Frost1763 - 1815
  13. Elizabeth Frost1765 - 1822
  14. Amos FrostAbt 1767 -
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Name William Frost, of Back Creek, Frederick County, VA
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1720
Marriage Abt 1740 to Hannah Unknown
Death? Bef 7 May 1776 Frederick County, Virginia[Will Proven, Frederick County, VA]
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Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Land Surveys:

  • 10 February 1735/36 = James Wood surveyed 1,632 acres for William Frost, this land which Wood designated as being on Little Cape Capon was actually on Back Creek. Source: Rootsweb

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

  • H-216: William Frost of Frederick County, ___ acres in said County. Surv. Mr. John Mauzy. Where he lives on Back Creek, Remainder of page blank. [likely in 1752 based upon the other surveys listed[ [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 63].
  • H-249: William Frost of Frederick County, 400 acres in Frederick County on both sides of Back Creek. Surv. Mr. John Mauzy. 3 Mar. 1753. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 65].
  • H-302: William Frost of Frederick County, 239 acres in said County. Surv. Mr. John Mauzy. Land on Back Creek he purchased of Joseph Botchum. 26 Apr. 1753. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 68].
  • H-580: William Frost of Frederick County, 400 acres in said County on both sides of Back Creek where he has a settlement. Surv. Mr. John Mauzy. 20 Nov. 1754. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 81].
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Will Abstract

Frost, William. - Will, [written] 25 August 1774, [proven] 7 May 1776.
Wife: Hannah Frost.
Exr: son William Frost
Sons: John, Thomas, Isaac, Abraham, Jacob and Amos.
Daughters: Frances, Mary, Hannah, Elizabeth, Martha, Ellen, and Ann Frost.
[Abstracts of Wills, Inventories, and Administration Accounts of Frederick County, Virginia, 1743-1800, by J. Estelle Stewart King, pg. 34].


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Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

  • Vol. 2 - Frost vs. Frost's Administrator--O. S. 162; N. S. 57--Orator, Abraham Frost of Frederick County, son of William Frost, Sr., who died testate in Frederick, devising land to Abraham and his brother Isaac. Isaac died 1774 intestate, leaving (beside orator) two other brothers, viz: Thomas and William. In 1795 William had a nephew, Isaac McCormick. William died in 1800, testate. Isaac Frost died before his father, who died 1775. John Frost, another devisee of Wm. Sr., died 1777. Answer by Mitcham C. Repass and Frances, his wife, a child and devisee of William Frost deceased, Jr. Thomas Frost deposes at tavern of Griffith Yeatman's in Cincinnati, May, 1803, aged 58 years; son of William Frost, Sr., who died 1775 (his will dated 25th August, 1774). John Frost died 1777. Sigismund Stribbling, aged 63, deposes in Winchester, 5th June, 1810. Isaac Frost was out with deponent in Dunmore's Expedition in 1774, and died in fall of that year coming in home. William Frost was with him. John Lindsey, aged 64, deposed ditto. Andrew McCormick, aged 63 or 64, deposed ditto. Jacob Larue and George Rust live in Kentucky in 1807. William Frost's will of Frederick County: Daughter, Frances Hickman, sometimes called Frances Frost; tract conveyed to William by Martin Baker and Elizabeth, his wife, of Hanover County, by deed, 17th September, 1781. Frances is a base-born child, begotten by William on Elizabeth Hickman, widow of Isaac Hickman, Elizabeth being now the wife of Capt. Peter Rust of Frederick; nephew, Isaac McCormick, son of Francis McCormick, dated 16th June, 1797; proved June (May), 1801, in Frederick. William Frost of Frederick, will: Sons, William, John, Thomas, Isaac, Abraham; daughters, Frances, Elizabeth, Martha, Ellen, Anna. Devisees Jacob and Amos Frost: Wife, Hannah; daughters, Mary (wife of Jacob Larew), and Hannah, wife of John Mason. Dated 25th August, 1774; recorded 7th May, 1776. Deed by Benj. Berry and Thomas McCormick and Anne, his wife, to Robert Dunlap, recorded in Winchester District Court. 398 acres included in a patent 17th November, 1752, by Fairfax to Wm. Frost. Deed 24th February, 1795, by Thomas Frost and William Frost and Elizabeth Frost, wife of Thomas, to Benj. Berry and Thos. McCormick. Recorded in Berkeley County, 24th February, 1795.
References
  1.   Linda Bianchi. Linda Bianchi - RootsWeb's World Connect database. (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=crystalinda22&id=I71483: RootsWeb's World Connect).

    http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=frostinaz01&id=I91

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