Robert Frost

Birth Name: Robert Lee Frost

Date of Birth: March 26, 1874

Place of Birth: San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, U.S.

Date of Death: January 29, 1963

Place of Death: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.

Ethnicity: Scottish, English, as well as remote Cornish and Swedish

Robert Frost was an American poet. His best-known works include “West Running Brook,” “Steeple Bush,” and “In The Clearing.”

Robert was the son of Isabelle/Isabella (Moodie) and William Prescott Frost, Jr. His father was born in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, and was of Colonial American descent, with roots in New Hampshire going back to the 1600s. His ancestry was English, with remote Scottish, Cornish, and Welsh. Robert’s mother was a Scottish emigrant, from Alloa, Clackmannanshire. He spent his young years in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and Derry, New Hampshire. He married Elinor (White), with whom he had six children.

Robert’s paternal grandfather was William Prescott Frost (the son of Samuel Abbott Frost and Mary/Polly Blunt). William was born in Eden, Hancock, Maine. Samuel was the son of William Frost, Jr. and Sarah Holt. Mary was the daughter of William Blunt and Mary/Polly Fernald.

Robert’s paternal grandmother was Judith Colcord (the daughter of Daniel Colcord, Jr. and Mary “Polly” Woodman). Judith was born in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Daniel was the son of Daniel Colcord and Dolly Clifford. Mary was the daughter of Samuel Woodman and Judith French.

Robert’s maternal grandfather was John Moodie (the son of Thomas Moodie and Mary Gordon Nicholl/Nicoll). Mary was the daughter of John Nicholl and Christina Gordon.

Robert’s maternal grandmother was named Emily/Amelia Christie.

Sources: Genealogies of Robert Frost – https://famouskin.com
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