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Charles Frost (military officer)

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Name
  
Charles Frost

Role
  
Military Officer

Died
  
1697


Major Charles Frost (1631-1697) was born in Tiverton, Devon, England. He was stationed in Kittery, Maine (present-day Eliot, Maine) and was the highest-ranking military leader in Maine during King William's War until he was assassinated by Indians. (Reportedly natives killed him because he worked with Richard Waldron during King Philips War.)

On 4 July 1897, the newly formed Eliot Historical Society, for their first public event, held a commemoration ceremony to mark the 200th anniversary of the natives murder of Frost.

Legacy

  • namesake of Frost Hill, Eliot, Maine (Natives dug up Mr. Frost's body and hoisted it upon a pole at the top of Frost's Hill)
  • namesake of Ambush Rock; which covers his grave with a plaque in his memory

    • He married Mary Bolles in 1660who gave birth to a daughter, Sarah Frost, in 1666.

    References

    Charles Frost (military officer) Wikipedia
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