This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: pete_lodge Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.vermont.unknown/4953.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, You may already have this but various census show the following; 1850 Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA Leonard Frost aged 31 b.1819 VT Eliza F. aged 28 b.NH Chas L aged 9 b.MA Lesly D. aged 7 b.MA Geo. F. aged 5 b.MA 1860 Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA Leonard Frost aged 41 b,VT ~ high school teacher Eliza aged 38 Chas L. aged 18 Lester D. aged 16 Franklin aged 15 Sarah E. aged 13 Clarence aged 10 Lilla N. aged 6 Mary A. aged 4 Florence aged 2 In 1870 Waltham, MA L.P.Frost 53 b.1817 VT ~ school teacher Family is the same as 1860 except two more children ~ May aged 6 Percy aged 3 1880 Family still at Waltham MA and L.P.Frost is a school teacher. I find a Leonard Frost living at Phillipson, Worcester,Co., MA in 1850 census with wife Orpha aged 46 born NH and children Isabella aged 15 b.MA and Sumner aged 9 b.MA....this Leonard Frost is recorded in the census as a Methodist clergyman. Several searches on Google Books brings up info on this Reverend. Perhaps further searching of your Leonard Frost's children's birth and marriage records will provide some further clues as to his place of birth and parents ~ he certainly had a large family, so one would hope that information lies somewhere in their records. I noticed the postings saying that Lilla Frost's birth record shows Leonard Frost as born Barre VT ~ a quick check of the 1820 census for this town shows a Pheba or Phelia Frost, could this be Orpha? Maybe name was originally Orphilia? This census does not show a Leonard Frost in Barre VT...remember before 1850 the census only recorded the heads of households....no Leonard Frost snr is shown in Barre VT in 1820. If your Leonard Frost is the son of Rev Leonard Frost, then, his wife Orpha, was only about 16 when your Leonard was born in Vermont in 1819..... as 1850 census shows Orpha, wife of Rev Leonard Frost, was born about 1803/04 in NH. Hope this helps Janice Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.