Appendices: THE FROHOCK FAMILY, by J. Robert Black. The Frohock name is unusual and, therefore, easy to trace. We believe that all Frohocks in the United States originated from one of two Families. One Family lived near Gilmanton N.H. and migrated to Maine, settling around Lincolnville Beach. This Maine Family apparently began with Thomas Frohock, of England. But that Family is not directly related to the Frohocks who migrated to Gallatin County, IL in the last half of the 1800's. The other Family of Frohocks are what we shall call the Illinois Family. Our line of descent is through John Frohock, Sr. who arrived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania between 1720 and 1730. Research has located Frohocks in England as far back as 1605 when Marmaduke Frohock matriculated at Magdalen(Cambridge). Thomas Frohock matriculated at Oxford about 1635. A Frohock was Alderman in Cambridgeshire in 1688 and a Frohock was mayor of Cambridgeshire in 1703. John Frohock, Sr. is our oldest known ancestor. His birth date is unknown but was probably before 1700. He lived in Dorchester, England and emigrated to the new world with his four sons, John, Jr., Thomas, William and Hugh. His wife was most likely dead at the time because we find little reference-to her. However, she is believed to be the sister to Thomas and Hugh Parker who emigrated with the Frohocks. The Will of John, Sr. mentioned his sisters in England, one of which was married to Robert Parker. The Frohocks were probably of good education and some wealth because they immediately linked with prominent people in the new world, and John Sr. was in local politics in Bristol, Pa. The story of John Frohock, Sr. is told in the Bristol, Pa public library. Read the History and minutes of the Bristol Borough, the abstracts of Wills of Bucks County, PA(1635-1793), and the Bucks County Tax Records, etc. Thomas Parker died in 1742. John Frohock, Sr. died in 1748 and Hugh Parker died in 1751. With their parents dead, the Parker and Frohock boys(probably cousins) migrated to North Carolina to make their fortune in land. The book CAROLINA CRADLE, by Robert W Ramsey is a required reading for any serious student of Frohock history. Reference notes in that book will provide many other pertinent readings. We obtained most of our information from the Public Libraries at Bristol, Pa and Salisbury, N. C. However, much of the data can be obtained through the Illinois Public Library System, --------------- Arms found on Merchant Tokens, 1644-1673. Arms found on Merchant Tokens, 1644-1673. This page describes the coats of arms found on merchant tokens issued in England between 1644 and 1673. At the time, a scarcity of small change and the absence of any contrary regulation led many merchants to issue their own coins, for values ranging from a farthing to a penny. These were made of copper and were redeemable on demand, when presented in sufficient quantity, by the issuer whose name was on the token. This phenomenon was widespread. Over 12,700 different tokens from 1,700 different English towns have been catalogued. On a chevron bet. 3 leopards' heads as many trefoils slipped "John Frohock 1670" Cambridge, Camb.(Frohock Burke 380)i389 Per chevron, in chief 2 mullets, in base a heathcock --------- An Index to the Wills Proved in Prerogative Court of Canterbury England 1750-1800 1768 ----- Frohock, Martin, Middlesex Mar 106 1750, Frohock, Thomas Surrey Sept 293 1751, Frohock, Thomas Surrey Feb 45 1770, Frohock, Turnbull Middlesex Aug 294 1764, Frohock, William London Dec. 466 --------- Horatio Wilbur FROHOCK, MD, b. 1882 in Andover, MA. He has an entry in Brief Biographies of Maine, 1926, p. 101; practiced medicine 1907-16 in S. Thomaston, after 1917 in Rockland. He married Sarah Ethelyn MERRILL of Central Falls, RI, on 15 Jul 1907 in Camden, ME. A schoolteacher, she was born in 1875 in Pawtucket, RI. His father performed the wedding. Children: Wilbur Merrill FROHOCK Ph.D.. and Sylvanus Everett FROHOCK, Jr., b. 3 Sep 1915. -------- Wilbur Merrill FROHOCK, Ph.D., b. 25 Jun 1908 in South Thomaston, ME. He died in 1984. A French scholar, author, Harvard professor, he lived in Cambridge, MA; his entries in Who's Who in America to 1980-81 (none in 1984-85) mention his wife and daughters. He married Natalie BARRINGTON on 16 Aug 1938. Children: Natalie FROHOCK and Sarah FROHOCK. from the Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record pp 1334-1335 It is probable that all persons bearing the name of Frohock in New England are descended from one ancestor who came to Massachusetts in the time of the American Revolution. (I) Andrew Frohock was born and died in England. Nothing further is known of him than that he married and had a son. (II) Thomas Frohock was born about September i, 1749. At the age of seventeen [1766?] he was impressed into the English military service and was brought to America with the troops which attempted to enforce British authority in the revolution. He deserted and joined the forces of General Washington, and served until the close of the war, when he was given a tract of land in Meredith, New Hampshire. Following are some extracts from Revolutionary Rolls referring to him. "Thomas Frohock was one of twenty men under command of Captain John Moody who joined Washington's army and marched to New York, serving at that time three months and eight days. Thomas Frohock was one of the soldiers who marched from Maine to Canada in the winter season 1775-76 in Colonel Benedict Arnold's detachment, which suffered untold hardships and privations, being reduced to eating dogs, moccasins and harness to sustain life. "Thomas Frohock was a soldier in Lieutenant Eastman's detachment sent to throw up intrench- ments on Breed's Hill on the night of June 16-17, ' 775- There the men worked with energy. The rule adopted was, that there should be a relief every two hours, but Frohock was one of those who refused relief and continued digging until the dawn of day when the redoubt was completed. " Thomas Frohock, age 26, Gilmanton, N. H., laborer, late Reg. 7th Stark's Co. 6th private, received 2 months' wages 4 pounds." Thomas Frohock was on the pay roll of Captain Henry Dearborn's company, Colonel Arnold's detachment for Canada, September 1, 1775, and drew pay for three months and twenty-three days at 2 pounds per month, amounting to £7, 8d. He was also allowed 1 pound 6s in lieu of a coat and blanket, and mileage at one penny a mille; total, £9. " Thomas Frohock was a private in a company raised in Meredith, New Hampshire, by Lieutenant- Colonel Ebenezer Smith, to march for the relief of the garrison at Ticonderoga on .the alarm of July 7, 1777. He entered the service July 7, and was discharged July 15, after nine days' service at the rate of £4 per month ; amount due 7s, sixty-four miles travel at 3d, per mile, 2 pounds." Thomas Frohock married Catherine Kelley, and settled in Meredith, N.H. [on Lake Winnipesauki, about 10 miles north of Gilmanton]. Their children, fifteen in number, and born between 1779 and about 1802, were : Anna, Solomon, Jonathan, Thomas, Nancy, Job, Daniel, Jane, Comfort, William, Catherine, Betsey, Richard, Polly and Lucy. History of Gilmanton pp. 84-87. School District, to be called No. 2, and to be taught at Orlando Weed's, on the Broad Road, so called. Voted to lay out a road from Meredith Bridge to Sanbornton. Ezekiel Hoit, John Shep- ard, Samuel Osgood, Jacob Tucker, Jonathan Dow, Benjamin Huckins, Solomon Kenneson, and Enoch Bean became inhabitants. 1775. At the annual town meeting, on the 9th of March, it was voted to make and finish the North Road through the town, and that the people at Avery Town, so called, now Iron Works Village, have their part of school kept among them. Also, it was agreed to leave out of the Minister tax all persons who shall produce a certificate from the Wardens of the Baptist Church, that they have attended that meeting three-fourths of the time, and have paid their tax to that society. At the opening of this season, the Revolutionary War commenced, in which struggle Gilmanton bore an honorable part. The New Hampshire Assembly in 1774, had chosen a Committee of Correspondence with the other Colonies on their common dangers, and the means of averting them. The result was a determination to assume a United Government, and to convene a General Congress of the American Colonies. For this purpose, the several Colonies were called upon to send Representatives to meet in Philadelphia on the 5th of September. The New Hampshire Assembly, which had been prorogued by Gov. Went- worth, on account of its Revolutionary spirit, came together at the call of the Committee of Correspondence, and though commanded by the Governor to disperse, nevertheless proceeded to write to every town, inviting them to send deputies to meet in Convention at Exeter, to choose Representatives to the First Congress. They also appointed a day of fasting and prayer, on account of the gloomy aspect of the times, which was observed with religious solemnity in most of the towns. At the appointed time, a Convention of 85 delegates was convened, and Nathaniel Folsom and John Sullivan were chosen to represent New Hampshire in the First American Congress. A second Convention of delegates met at Exeter, in Jan., 1775, and elected John Sullivan and John Langdon to the Second Continental Congress. A third Convention was convened at Exeter, in May, only a few weeks, after hostilities had commenced at Lexington. To this Convention, which consisted of delegates from 102 towns, Col. Antipas Gilman was appointed by the town of Gilmanton. The Convention took a bold stand, and adopted energetic measures for the support of the American cause. They resolved to assume the Government of the Colony, voted to raise 2000 men for the Army, appointed a new Secretary and Treasurer of the Province, and chose a Committee of Supplies for the Army, and a Committee of Safety, which served as the Executive of the Province, and possessed, in the recess of the Convention, very extensive powers. But the hardy and independent sons of these forests did not feel contented in those Revolutionary times, with merely deliberating in the councils of their country. They were ready to meet the enemy in the field. Accordingly, soon after the news of the battle at Lexington reached town, 12 of the inhabitants oi Gilmanton, Lieut. Ebenezer Eastman at their head, volunteered and marched forth to the rescue. This officer, in the absence of the captain, commanded a company in the battle of Bunker Hill, on the 17th of June. The following interesting incident connected with this event, was published in one of the aewspapers in 1832. " While the battle was raging on the heights of Charlestown, as it was afterwards ascertained, the anxious wife of Lieut. Eastman, together with the people of the town, was attending public worship at the usual place. While they were there assembled, it was announced that a battle had been fought, and that her husband was slain. Frantic with grief at the news she had heard, and yet not willing to believe it, for it seemed to be only a vague report, she retired from meeting to her home, made some hasty arrangements, and with no friend to accompany her, with no mode of conveyance but on horse-back, with no road to travel even, but a track to be followed in some places by spots on the trees of the forest ; she left home with her only child, an infant, in her arms, to wind her way as she might to her father's house in Brentwood, a distance of not less than 40 miles. When she arrived at her father's, the news of the battle was confirmed, but the fate of her husband was not yet known. Leaving her infant with a friend, she proceeded to Charlestown, and found her husband alive, and in good health. An explanation of the report of the battle's reaching Gilmanton, a distance, as they then travelled, of at least 90 miles, on the very day on which it was fought, is to be found in the fact, that the roaring of the cannon was heard at a surprising distance; and in the feverish state of the public mind, by which every movement of the enemy was magnified, by the time the news had travelled 50 or 100 miles, into a battle. And that individuals should be mentioned as having been slain, was just as natural as that the human mind is prone to exaggerate." Lieut. Eastman and his men were enrolled in Capt. Kinsman's company on the 23d of April, and were discharged on the 1st day of August, having been in the service 3 months and 16 days. The following is a list of their names. Ebenezer Eastman, Lieutenant; Joshua Danforth, Qd Sergeant; John Mudgett. Corporal; Privates, Thomas Flanders, Stephen Dudley, Jr., John Folsom, Joses Moulton, Edward Sinkler, Thomas Frohock, Dudley and Levi Hutchinson, Benjamin, son of John Cotton, Jonathan, son of Thomas Currier, and Nathaniel, son of John Fox. Lieut. Eastman and his company were a part of the detachment, who were,the night preceding the battle, sent upon Breed's Hill to throw up an entrenchment. The men entered upon the work with great energy. The rule adopted in labor was that there should be a relief every two hours. But some of them, among whom was Thomas Frohock from Gilmanton, refused to take relief, and continued digging from 12 o'clock until the dawn of day, when they had completed a redoubt 8 rods square. Lieut. Eastman's company, however, did not occupy any part of the entrenchment, being posted with the rest of the N. H. troops under Col. Stark, on the left wing of the Army, behind a fence, whence " they sorely galled the British as they advanced to the attack, and cut them down by whole ranks at once." , After the retreat was accomplished, Major Andrew McClary of Epsom, having occasion to return across Charlestown Neck, took Lieut. Eastman as his attendant. To the suggestion of Eastman that he was exposed to be cut down by the enemy's cannon, still continuing to play upon their course, he had but just replied, that " the ball was not yet cast, which was to kill him," when there was a flash from a floating vessel, and Major McClary fell by Eastman's side. The ball had passed through the abdomen, tearing him to pieces, and leaving scarcely a sign of life. After tying around his mangled body the only handkerchief he had in his possession, he left him gasping in death, and mmediately returned to the main body of the Army. A Committee of five were on the 17th of July, chosen for the purpose of preserving the peace and good order of society, according to an act of the Provincial Congress, and Ebenezer Page, Samuel Fifield, Jonathan Clark, Orlando Weed, and Dr. William Smith, composed this Committee. On the 1st of December, the town was divided by the Selectmen and Committee of Safety into two Militia Companies. Among the settlers of this year, were Benjamin Gilman, Simon Clough, Paul Bickford, Daniel Folsom, Robert Glidden, Stephen and David Bean, Edward Gilman, Jr., Eliphalet Gilman, and Jonathan Ross. A second census was taken by order of the Provincial Congress, Sept. 25, 1775, of which the following is the result. Males under 16 years of age, 238 ; males from 16 to 50, 151 ; males above 50, 16 ; persons gone into the Army, 12; the whole number of females, 357 ; negroes and slaves, 4. 1776. In the month of May, 1776, Joseph Philbrook, a very worthy citizen, died, leaving a widow and two children. He was the first individual buried in the grave-yard, near the First Congregational Meeting House. He had been one of the Selectmen ; was, at the time of his death, one of the Building Committee of the Meeting House; and was a Lieutenant in the Militia. Later in the season, Samuel Gilman, James Folsom, and Samuel Dudley, all died of what was called the " Camp Fever;" a disease which prevailed as an epidemic, and swept off several very valuable citizens. In July of this year, 16 soldiers were enlisted from the town of Gilmanton to reinforce the Northern Army. They consisted of Joseph Badger, Jr., Captain, John Parsons, Ensign,Bradbury Sinkler, Corporal, Richard Sinkler, Drummer, and Joshua Sink- ler, Fifer. Privates, Jeremiah Richardson, Robert Tibbetts, Ste phen Dudley, Jr., David Clough, John Avery, Thomas Currier, Jonathan James, Stephen Huckins, Nathaniel Dow, Jonathan... GLIMPSES OF THE HISTORY OF OLD GILMANTON. p. 307 After the Revolution came Eliphalet Wood and Samuel Hidden, afterwards the apostolic "minister of Tamworth ; both of whom gained renown in the district schools, and left the influence of rare and noble men. What a beautiful ideal picture it was, and what a rebuke to all the petty jealousy and rivalry of the sects in later times, when the effort was made to have one church and only one settled minister for all Gilmanton. But where is the man of breadth of sympathy and culture sufficient to understand and teach and influence the various casts of mind and heart which God creates. The rose and the oak and the waving corn must be fed by the same elements from the earth, yet the sap must be according to the nature of each. So the mind of forethought and vigorous inquiring after the great principles of nature and of the government of God may need the same gospel required by the mind, emotional, ardent, careless of the future and of hidden forces. But how different the form of the gospel required. What one man could hold a community together when all the little infelicities and mutual repellings of neighborhood life arise. Our fathers in many towns, and Gilmanton among them, tried the experiment of calling one minister for the whole town. But differences in men's natures found expression and sought instruction in separate churches. In May, 1774, Rev. Isaac Smith commenced to preach for the town in Jotham Gilman's barn. He represented the standing order, but many of the citizens, though taxed for their proportion of the $175 which the town voted him as salary, sought a different teacher. In September of the same year, when the meeting-house erected by the town was raised, these citizens at their own expense raised a house of worship for a Baptist society. In 1775 it was agreed to omit, in the tax list, for the minister, all persons who should produce a certificate from the wardens of the Baptist church that they have attended that meeting three fourths of the time, and had paid their tax to that society. They believed, these sturdy brave old farmers, that God had something to do with town affairs. On the 8th of August, 1774, the town voted to set apart Wednesday, the i7th inst, as a day of fasting and prayer in relation to the settlement of a minister. Rev. Mr. Smith was called to settle. He remained with them till his death, which occured the 25th of March, 1817. The Baptists had no settled pastor for several years. Granite Monthly p 307 It seemed a little cruel that the settlers should be called upon to help in the expenses of a burdensome war before they had been able to cut the highways or build the school-houses, and that many should be called to the army who, with their best endeavors, had only gained the simplest necessities for their families. But the fathers of Gilmanton met their duties in the war of Independence in the proper spirit. In 1775 the population of the town was 796. Of these, 151 males between the ages of 16 and 50 were, according to the old rule, liable for militar)' duty. When the news of the battle of Lexington came, 12 hardy yeoman enlisted. Ebenezer Eastman, lient. ; Joshua Danforth, 2d sergeant ; John Mudgett, corporal ; Thomas Flanders, Stephen Dudley, Jr., John Folsom. Joses Moulton, Edward Sinkler, Thomas Frohock, Dudley Hutchinson, Levi Hutchinson, Benjamin Cotton, Jonathan Currier, Nathaniel Fox. These twelve were a part of the force sent up to Breed's Hill on the night preceding the battle of Bunker Hill to throw up an intrenchment, and during the battle were posted behind a fence with Col. Stark, "where they sorely galled the British." The poets have sung the praises of the wife of Lieut. Eastman. Hearing the rumor of the battle at Church and that her husband was slain, she... OTHER NOTES I recently started doing my research, so let me emphasize that not all of this has been verified. My grandmother is the granddaughter of Blanche Aureville Frohock (b. Apr 12, 1861). Blanche Aureville was the daughter of Jonathan Frohock(b. July 12, 1818, d. April 12, 1888) and Jane Wiley Easton(b. November 18, 1825, d. June 17, 1898). Jonathan was son of Thomas Frohock (b. July 17, 1785 in Gilmanton, NH, d. before 1840 in Lincolnville, (possibly Searsmont), ME) and Mary Ray (b. about 1788). He had at least 2 brothers: Jeremiah (b. May 2, 1823) who married Mary Ray's sister Lydia, and Thomas who was born in 1811. Thomas Frohock's (1785) parents were (unverified) Thomas Frohock, (b. July 11, 1744 (??) St Andrews Parish, England, d. October 3, 1805, Meredith, Strafford, New Hampshire) and Catherine Kelley (b. May 1760, Epping, Rockingham, New Hampshire, d. January 25, 1845, Gilford, Belknap, New Hampshire). They had a total of 14 children. Thomas (1744) (again Personally not verified)was son of Jonathan Frohock (b. about 1721) and Anne Swaine (b. about 1724). I hope this helps a little, I have more on the descendant's of Jonathan Frohock and Jane Easton. You can either post a follow up or email me. alison@link2usa.com I have the birthdates for the children of Thomas and Catherine (Kelley) Frohock, but I have not been able to find any information on Catherine Kelley. There is a Samuel Kelley who appears in Meredith, NH who may be her father as his dates fit chronologically or he could possibly be an uncle. Mehetable TOOTHAKER was born on 28 Jun 1795 in Castine Or Bangor, Maine. They had no children. Mehetable married William FROHOCK son of Thomas FROHOCK and Catherine KELLEY on 13 May 1835 in Charleston, Maine. William was born on 8 Mar 1794 in Meredith, New Hampshire. ----------- If you give me a little bit more information on the Frohock's I might be able to help. My second cousin, once removed (our common anscestor was our great-grandfather who was Joseph Atkinson) was Kent Smith Frohock whom died in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., Alabama. He was also my 4th cousin, once removed (our common anscestor was our great-great-great-grandfather who was Robert Atkinson). Harry Mercer h.mercer@shaw.ca hgmercer@shaw.ca --------- POsted by Harry Mercer in reply to Millard M. Frohock Well I'm tied into Millard Maurice Frohock second wife Sarah Frances Atkinson (my great great aunt). Dispite your new information little was know of Ella Lydia French (b. Lincolnville, Waldo Co., Maine). They were divorced in 1878 though had two daughters, Jennie and Millie. Millie married and lived in Rockland, Maine. My source is from Millard Maurice Frohock III. ---------- Here's my Frohocks. POSTED by ROSE There are many Frohock families listed in the 1880 census of Lincolnville, Waldo Co., ME. I would like to be able to tie in my Thomas to one of them. Had anyone information on the Frohock families of Maine? They have proven to be an illusive bunch to track down to date. First Generation ---------------------------------------- 1. Thomas F. FROHOEK. Thomas F. died bef 3 Jun 1880.[1] Thomas F. married Elizabeth HURD. Born ca 1810 in ME.[1] Elizabeth "Frohock" is int 1880 census as a widow, living with her 16 year old grandson, Thomas Gushee, below. She was head of household. Born in ME and parents are listed as born in ME. They had AT LEAST one child: 2 i. Alvine Adelaide (1840-1927) Second Generation ---------------------------------------- 2. Alvine Adelaide FROHOEK. Born on 30 Apr 1840. Alvine Adelaide died on 29 Apr 1927, she was 86. On 15 Oct 1863 when Alvine Adelaide was 23, she married Stephen Jones GUSHEE[2], son of Jonathan Shaw GUSHEE & Cynthia Austin JONES, in Union, ME. Born on 11 May 1843. Stephen Jones died on 14 Jan 1911, he was 67. They had the following children: i. Ralph. 3 ii. Thomas Edwin (1864-) iii. Rosa M.[2]. Born in Oct 1874 in ME.[3] Rosa M. married James B. NESS[2]. Born in Aug 1878 in ME.[3] Third Generation ---------------------------------------- 3. Thomas Edwin GUSHEE. Born on 3 Mar 1864 in Linconville, Waldo Co., ME.[4] Occupation: Liveryman. On 18 May 1884 when Thomas Edwin was 20, he married Jessie Josephine THOMAS, daughter of Oliver Chandler THOMAS & Mary Ann COOMBS, in Lincolnville Center, ME. Born on 22 Nov 1864 in Linconville, Waldo Co., ME.[4] Jessie Josephine died in 1940, she was 75. They had the following children: i. Almond (1885-) ii. Harry T. (1890-) iii. Mabel Alvina (1888-1957) iv. Elizabeth A. (1896-) v. Stephen L. (ca1904-) 1. “1880 Lincolnville, Waldo Co., ME census,” ancestry.com, June 3, 1880. 2. “1900 Appleton, Knox Co., ME census,” 3. “1900 Appleton, Knox Co., ME census,” 4. “Camden Marriage Records,” Camden Municipal Offices, Old Book.