When Jason Frost was born on 19 October 1761, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, his father, Samuel Frost, was 25 and his mother, Sarah Cooper, was 19. He married Lydia Prichard on 5 February 1784, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 1 September 1847, in Victor, Victor, Ontario, New York, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Victor, Victor, Ontario, New York, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
English, German, Danish, and Swedish: nickname for someone who suffers from being cold, or perhaps used in the sense ‘frosty, cold as frost, without warmth of feeling’, or perhaps ‘having the appearance of being covered with frost’ for one with white hair or a white beard. From Old English, Old High German, Old Norse frost ‘frost’.
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