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[245] 21 Feb. 1753, a. 66 (g. s.). He m. Sarah Cooper, 9 Sept. 1714, and was s. of Ephraim, and gr.-s. of Elder Edmund Frost, of Camb. He was adm. Camb. ch. 21 Dec. 1718, and his w. Sarah, 20 Oct. 1728. Ephraim, Samuel and Martha, his children, were adm. Camb. ch. 3 Dec. 1738. He was a selectman of Camb. 1725, 1727, 1730, 1735, and one of the Precinct committee five years between 1733 and 1749. and also a Precinct assessor. Had Ephraim; Samuel; Sarah, m. Moses Harrington; Anna, m. Thomas Adams; Martha, adm. Pct. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739, m. Joseph Adams, Jr., 10 Jan. 1740; Lydia, d. 19 Jan. 1736, a. 7 yrs. 5 mos. (g. s.); and others. See Wyman, 379. 2. Thomas, a brother of Ephraim (1), adm. to Pct. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739, d. of ‘old age,’ 3 May, 1765, a. 77; his w. Mary, adm. Pct. ch. ditto, 9 Sept. 1739, d. the a ‘Widow Mary,’ 10 Mar. 1774, a. 77. Thomas Frost was adm. Camb. ch. 16 Mar. 1718, and Mary Frost was adm. to same ch. at (or about) the same time. She was Mary Butterfield, m. 25 Oct. 1716—see Paige. His son Joseph, resided in Menotomy; his dau. Ruth, was adm. Pct. ch. 27 Dec. 1741; Phebe. m. Nathaniel Francis, Jr., 11 Apr. 1751; Mary, m. John Locke, 2 Jan. 1752; Jonathan, d. 6 June, 1736, a. 3 yrs. 3 mos. (g. s.); Sarah, d. unm. 17 May, 1825, a. 89; Lydia, b. 29, bap. 31 Aug. 1740—dau. of Thomas, deceased, was adm. Pct. ch. 2 Feb. 1777. 3. Ephraim, s. of Ephraim (1), styled Jr., adm. to Pct. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739, d. 5 Mar. 1799, a. 84 (g. .); his w. Mary, adm. Pct. ch. ditto, 9 Sept. 1739, d. ‘wife of Capt. Ephraim,’ 20 Oct. 1805, a. 89, or 88 (g. s.). She was Mary Cutter, dau. of Dea. John —see Cutter (par. 3). Had Anna, b. 22, bap. 26 Oct. 1740, d. 20 Nov. 1740, a. 1 mo.; Ephraim, b. 29 Sept. bap., 3 Oct. 1742; Jonathan, b. 19 (?), bap. 16 Dec. 1744; Stephen, b. 18, bap. 21 June, 1747; Ruhamah, b. 4, bap. 12 Nov. 1749, m. John Russell, 31 Aug. 1769; Mary, b. 3, bap. 8 Mar. 1752, adm. Pct. ch. 24 Feb. 1771, m. Jonathan Locke, 3 Jan. 1775; Anna, b. 3, bap. 6 Oct. 1754, adm. Pct. ch. 2 Feb. 1777, m. Roger Wesson, of Mason, N. H., 22 Dec. 1799; Lydia, b. 21, bap. 24 Oct. 1756, d. 26 Oct. 1766, a. 10 (g. s.); John, b. 9, bap. 14 Sept. 1760; Amos, b. 17, bap. 22 Aug. 1762. Ephraim the father was captain of Menotomy train-band, in 1766, and also in 1771. He was selectman of Cambridge in 1758, 1760, 1761, 1763-68, 1772-77; and assessor 1760, 1761, 1763-68, 1772, 1775-77. He was member of an important Revolutionary committee of Cambridge in 1772—see Paige, 143. He was a Pct. committeeman 1756, 1757, 1759, 1760, and Pct. assessor the same period. Capt. Ephraim Frost was member of the Convention of Middlesex County, Concord, Aug. 30-31, 1774.—Journals of each Prov. Congress of Mass., p. 609. 4. Samuel, s. of Ephraim (1), adm. to Pct. ch. at organization, 9 Sept. 1739, d. (30 Sept.) 1 Oct. 1798, a. 82 (g. s.). He was a Pct. committeeman and assessor, 1768, 1769. His w. Abigail d. (7) 10 Mar. 1796, a. 74 (g. s.). He m. Abigail Cutter, 19 Feb. 1741, dau. of Dea. John—see Cutter (par. 3). Had Samuel, b. 7, bap. 13 Dec.
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