[246] 1741, d. soon; Samuel, b. 2, bap. 7 Aug. 1743; Abigail, b. 24, bap. 27 Jan. 1745, adm. Pct. ch. 30 Mar. 1766, m. Hezekiah Wyman, of Weston, 31 May, 1770; Rebecca, b. 28 Dec. 1746, bap. 4 Jan. 1747, adm. Pct. ch. 17 July, 1768, m. Solomon Prentice, 13 Apr. 1775; John, b. 29 June, bap. 3 July, 1748, d. 9 Aug. 1749, a. 16 mos.; Martha, b. 12, bap. 20 May, 1750, m. Isaac Tufts, of Medford, 16 Apr. 1769, was adm. Pct. ch. same time with sister Rebecca, 17 July, 1768; Sarah, b. 10, bap. 14 June, 1752, adm. Pet. ch. 29 Sept. 1771, m. John Hutchinson, of Charlestown, 28 May, 1772; John, b. 23 June, bap. 14 July, 1754; Hannah, bap. 21 May, 1758, adm. Pct. ch. 2 Feb. 1777, m. Josiah Wilson, 13 Apr. 1780; Seth, b. 20, bap. 23 Mar. 1760; William, bap. 3 Jan. 1762; Cooper, b. 20 Mar., bap. 1 Apr. 1764; Lydia Harrington, b. and bap. 16 Nov. 1766. m. Simeon Crosby, 7 May, 1787. Samuel the father was made prisoner by the British on the day of the battle, 19 Apr. 1775, and with his townsman, Seth Russell, was reported missing, ‘supposed to be on board one of the men of war’—see E. Russell's Salem Gazette, or Newbury and Marblehead Advertiser, for 5 May, 1775—and was confined on the ‘Admiral,’ and discharged in exchange 6 June, 1775—Mass. Hist. Coll., i. (4th s.), 262. 5. Joseph, s. of Thomas (2), d. 21 Sept. 1798, a. 81; his w. Sa-Rah d. 28 Oct. 1801, a. 71. She was adm. to Pct. ch. 11 Apr. 1756. Joseph Frost and Sarah Cook were m. 8 Feb. 1753—fee 1/2 Dol. Had James, b. 9 June, bap. 18 Nov. 1753; Joseph, b. 14, bap. 16 Jan. 1757; Sarah, b. 8, bap. 10 Aug. 1760, d. ‘Miss Sarah,’ 22 Sept. 1837, a. 77; Elizabeth, b. 12, bap. 23 Dec. 1764, ‘Betsy’ m. Benjamin Hurd of Charlestown. 29 Mar. 1791; Mary, b. 11, bap. 29 Nov. 1767; Jonathan, b. 27 Jan., bap. 5 Feb. 1775. A child of Jonathan Dickson's (at Joseph Frost's ), b. 26 Dec. 1772. 6. Ephraim, s. of Ephraim (3), styled 3d, m. Lydia Perry, Jr., 6 June, 1765. Both were adm. Pct. ch. 8 Dec. 1765. She d. of smallpox 19 Oct. 1792, a. 51, or 50 (g. s.). He was chosen Deacon of the Pct. ch. 19 Apr. 1792, and d. 4 Apr. 1833, a. 90, or 91 (g. s.). Had Ephraim, b. 7, bap. 13 Apr. 1766; Lydia, b. 30, bap. 31 Jan. 1768, m. Jonas Cutter, 19 Oct. 1786—Cutter (par. 23); James, b. 31 Jan., bap. 4 Feb. 1770; Jonathan, b. 2, bap. 8 Mar. 1772, d. 17 Aug. 1773, a. 17 mos.; Mary, b. 26, bap. privately 30 Apr. 1775, m. Spencer Buckman of Medford, 9 Nov. 1794; Ruthy, b. 26, bap. 27 Apr. 1777, m. Jonathan F. Russell, 9 Apr. 1809; Isaac, b. 7, bap. 13 Aug. 1780. Ephraim the father was selectman of Camb. 1783-1788; Pct. committeeman, 1776-85; Pct. assessor, 1776-85, 1794. A second w. Martha (Boylston, m. 1794), d. 10 Nov. 1824, a. 68 (g. s.). See Wyman's Charlestown, 106, 379. 7. Jonathan, s. of Ephraim (3), grad. H. U. 1767; and ‘A. B.’ was adm. Pct. ch. 6 Dec. 1767, and ‘A. M.’ d.—‘Ah!’—25 Apr. 1771, a. 27 (g. s.). On his gravestone are some lines from the Aeneid, lib. VI. 868-70.
Ingentem luctum e quaere tuorum;
ostendunt terris
Hunc tantum fata neque ultra,
esse sinunt.
Jesus lacrimatus est.
