Edmund FROST

                   He was a "preaching elder" and was obliged to leave England under an
assumedname because he dissented from Church views. In 1635 he
immigrated to Cambridge, MA with his first wife and son John, becoming a
freeman there 3 March 1636. He was one of the original members of First
Congregational Church of Cambridge and was installed as Elder 11 February
1636.
Came frm England in the "Great Hope", to Cambridge, 1635
Freeman 1635
Ruling elder of the Shepard Church
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Name also listed as Edward
An Edmund was baptized Mar 1, 1561in Glemsford, Suffolk, England. Hewas
a clothier. He was buried August 1616at Stanstead, Suffolk, England.
Our Edmund came to Colonies aboard the "GreatHope." in 1635
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England
EDMUND, Cambridge, came in the Great Hope 1635, from Ipswich,
havingembarked with Rev. Thomas Shepard, wh. left that ship, and came in
one,not so good, prob. the Defence, from London; freem. 3
ar. 1636; was rul. Elder, had w. Thomasine, and ch. John, bapt. in
Eng.Thomas, b. Mar. 1637; Samuel, Feb. 1639;Joseph, 13 Jan. 1640; James,
9Apr. 1643; Mary, 24 July 1645; Ephraim, a. 1646, or later;
and by w. Mary had Sarah, 1653. He d. 12 July 1672. He left w. with
anunspeakable name, like Reana (wh. had been wid. of Robert Daniels,
sohis third w.) writ. in his will of 16 Apr. preced. and codic.
of next day, namesall his eight ch. gives something to the new coll.then
building, and to George Alcock, then a student.
He left Ipswich, England on the ship "Great Hope" in the company of Rev.
Thomas Shepard. The ship was damaged in a storm at Yarmouth, England, and
they had to board another vessel, the "Defence", to make thevoyage. They
arrived in America in 1635. He and the others sailed under assumed names,
since they were dissenters from the Anglican Church, and as such were
declared enemies of the Crown. He was declared a Freeman in 1636 and
boughtland on Dunster Street, Cambridge. He was a deacon of the pilgrim
church, theFirst Congregational Church of Cambridge. This involved him
in the matters ofland grants, particularly in he Shawshine area, now
Billerica. He received lot 59 in Billerica, some 200 acres, shares of
which he gave his sons.
He was one of the original men on the governing board of Harvard College.
Birth: 28 Apr 1593 in Hartest, Suffolk, England
Death: 12 Jul 1672 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Title: Dea./Elder
Emigration: 1635 from England in the Defence
Frost Genealogy in Five Families by Norman Seaver Frost, 1926, pg 1-6:
Edmund Frost was born in County Suffolk, England, very early in the
seventeenth century. Hehad a brother also named John, but which of the
brothers was the elder is notof record. The general opinion is that his
father was one of the Puritan clergymen, who were silenced by Archbishop
Laud. Some of his biographers undertake to prove that he was not a
clergyman, silenced or otherwise, but in the writer's opinion said
biographers have entirely failed to make out a case. However that may be,
Edmund seems to have been a prominent member of the congregation of Rev.
Thomas Shepard in England, as he certainly was in Massachusetts.There is
no record of the date of his marriage, nor the maiden name of his wife.
Her Christian name was Thomasine, and they had a son born in England
before 1635. In that year he came with wife and infant son to
Massachusetts, either with, or two months before, Rev. Thomas Shepard.
Here again authoritiesdiffer; some say that he came in the ship Great
Hope, others say in the Defence. Savage's Geneal.Dict. says that he came
in the Great Hope in 1635, fromIpswich, having embarked with Rev. Thomas
Sheperd, who left that ship and came in one not so good, probably the
Defence from London. Matthew's American Armory and Blue Book, also says
that he came in t