Many of the people in our family line share a great heritage of
being some of the earliest settlers of New England, primarily of
Newbury, MA and other towns in Essex County; Kittery and Elliot,
ME; Burke, NY. Kittery, ME – Plantation of Piscataqua. The
territory of the Berwicks was set off in 1713 and Eliot in 1810.
The first settlement was at Kittery Point about 1623. Eliot, ME
- The area was settled around 1632 and named Sturgeon Creek, and
was considered the north parish of Kittery. Founding Settlers:
Nicholas Frost, wife Bertha Cadwalla, daughter Anne and son Maj.
Charles Frost. Nicholas Frost settled at Sturgeon Creek about
1636. He filled various offices of the town and died in 1663 at
age 74. Of his many decendants, several were eminent in their
generation. 1784 Map for Context Newbury, MA – Originally,
Quasca Cunquen, then Newebery. Each of the first settlers was
granted a house lot of at least four acres, with a suitable
quantity of salt and fresh meadow. Each of the eighteen
principal pioneer settle