NameAmos FROST
Birth17 Aug 1762, Arlington, Middlesex, MA
Death25 Feb 1850, West Cambridge, MA
FatherEphraim FROST III (1715-1799)
MotherMary CUTTER (1715-1805)
Misc. Notes
DESCENDANT LINE:
John FROST (1540 - 1609)
Edmund FROST (1593 - 1672) & Thomasine CLENCH (1608 - 1653)
Ephriam FROST (1646 - 1718) & Hepzibah PRATT (~1655 - 1719)
Captain Ephraim FROST (1682 - 1769) & Sarah COOPER (1687 - 1753)
Ephriam FROST III (1715 - 1799) & Mary CUTTER (1715 - 1805)
Amos FROST (1762 - 1850) & Lydia BEMIS (1767 - 1855)
Susan FROST (1801 - 1866) & Thomas TEEL (1799 - 1873)
Abner Gardner TEELE Sr. (1837 - <1870) & Ellen SMITH (~1847 - )
Gardner Abner TEELE Jr.* (1868 - ) & Emma A (1868 - <1920)
Louis Gardner TEELE Sr. (1889 - 1982) & Grace BOULTON (1890 - 1943)
Louis Gardner TEELE Jr. (1913 - 2004) & Margaret Catherine SLINE (1943 - )


1790 CENSUS, CAMBRIDGE, MIDDLESEX, MA: Household of Amos Frost. Two adults, three males under age 16 (would have expected only two).

1800 CENSUS, CAMBRIDGE, MIDDLESEX, MA: Household of Amos Frost. Amos and Lydia both fit into the “26-44” age group, and children seem about right. However there are a male and a female over age 45 - probably parents?

1810 CENSUS, WEST CAMBRIDGE, MIDDLESEX, MA: Household of Amos Frost. Good agreement with genealogy on head count, gender, and ages.

1820 CENSUS, WEST CAMBRIDGE, MIDDLESEX, MA: Amos and Lydia present. There are 2 younger males, and 4 younger females, consistent with some mix of children and/or spouses.

1830 CENSUS, WEST CAMBRIDGE, MIDDLESEX, MA: Household of Amos Frost: Ages are right for Amos and Lydia. There are 5 other younger people in household: Two males 10-14, One male 15-19, and two females 20-29.

1840 CENSUS, WEST CAMBRIDGE, MIDDLESEX, MA: Household of Amos Frost. Amos and Lydia are in the “70-79” age group. There are 4 young people in the household.

1850 FEDERAL CENSUS MORTALITY SCHEDULE, PERSONS WHO DIED DURING YEAR ENDING 1ST JUNE 1850, WEST CAMBRIDGE, MIDDLESEX, MA: Amos Frost, reported age 89, Farmer, died (month illegible) of Sudden Apoplexy.

MASS WILLS AND PROBATE RECORDS:
Amos Frost will and probate papers available, 14 pages. Will has special references to daughter Lydia that seem to imply she is disabled and will require continuing care. (Her death certificate indicates she had epilepsy.) He names three other daughters (including ancestor Susan Teel), and three sons, and gives each of them one dollar. Son Thaddius Frost is executor.
Spouses
Birth4 Apr 1767, Waltham, Middlesex, MA
Death19 Feb 1855
FatherJosiah BEMIS (1716-1797)
MotherElizabeth WARREN (1727-1807)
Marriage4 Aug 1785, Waltham, Middlesex, MA
ChildrenAmos (1788-1812)
 Joel (1789-1839)
 Thaddeaus (1791-1792)
 Lydia (1793-1856)
 Thaddeaus (1796-1884)
 William (1797-1839)
 Abijah (1799-1878)
 Susan (1801-1866)
 Mary Locke (1803-)
 Emily (1806-)
 Lucinda (1810-1889)
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