George Frost (1720–1796) was an American seaman, jurist, and statesman from Durham, New Hampshire. He was a delegate for New Hampshire in the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1779. George was born in New Castle, New Hampshire, on April 26, 1720. His father, John Frost, who had been a British naval officer, died when he was twelve. He moved to Kittery, Maine, and was cared for by his uncle, William Pepperrell. As a young man he went to sea in one of his uncle’s ships. He was at sea over twenty years, many of them as captain of a merchant vessel.
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| - جورج فروست (سياسي) (ar)
- George Frost (Politiker) (de)
- George Frost (New Hampshire politician) (en)
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| - جورج فروست (بالإنجليزية: George Frost) هو قاضي وسياسي أمريكي، ولد في 26 أبريل 1720، وتوفي في 21 يونيو 1796. (ar)
- George Frost (1720–1796) was an American seaman, jurist, and statesman from Durham, New Hampshire. He was a delegate for New Hampshire in the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1779. George was born in New Castle, New Hampshire, on April 26, 1720. His father, John Frost, who had been a British naval officer, died when he was twelve. He moved to Kittery, Maine, and was cared for by his uncle, William Pepperrell. As a young man he went to sea in one of his uncle’s ships. He was at sea over twenty years, many of them as captain of a merchant vessel. (en)
- George Frost (* 26. April 1720 in , Rockingham County, New Hampshire Colony; † 21. Juni 1796 in , New Hampshire) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker, der als Delegierter aus New Hampshire am Kontinentalkongress teilnahm. Von 1777 bis 1779 nahm er sein Mandat als Delegierter zum Kontinentalkongress wahr, dessen Sitzungen in diesem Zeitraum hauptsächlich in Philadelphia und zeitweise in York stattfanden. Zwischen 1781 und 1784 gehörte er dem von New Hampshire an, dem Regierungsrat seines Staates. George Frost starb im Juni 1796 in Durham und wurde in Dover beigesetzt. (de)
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| - جورج فروست (بالإنجليزية: George Frost) هو قاضي وسياسي أمريكي، ولد في 26 أبريل 1720، وتوفي في 21 يونيو 1796. (ar)
- George Frost (* 26. April 1720 in , Rockingham County, New Hampshire Colony; † 21. Juni 1796 in , New Hampshire) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker, der als Delegierter aus New Hampshire am Kontinentalkongress teilnahm. Als junger Mann stieg George Frost in im heutigen Maine in das Geschäftsleben ein. Er war 20 Jahre lang als Kapitän eines Handelsschiffes tätig, ehe er sich 1760 wieder in seiner Geburtsstadt New Castle niederließ. 1770 zog er nach Durham, wo er eine juristische Laufbahn einschlug. Zwischen 1773 und 1791 fungierte er als Richter am Court of Common Pleas im Strafford County, wobei er über einen längeren Zeitraum auch als Chief Justice dessen Vorsitz innehatte. Von 1777 bis 1779 nahm er sein Mandat als Delegierter zum Kontinentalkongress wahr, dessen Sitzungen in diesem Zeitraum hauptsächlich in Philadelphia und zeitweise in York stattfanden. Zwischen 1781 und 1784 gehörte er dem von New Hampshire an, dem Regierungsrat seines Staates. George Frost starb im Juni 1796 in Durham und wurde in Dover beigesetzt. (de)
- George Frost (1720–1796) was an American seaman, jurist, and statesman from Durham, New Hampshire. He was a delegate for New Hampshire in the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1779. George was born in New Castle, New Hampshire, on April 26, 1720. His father, John Frost, who had been a British naval officer, died when he was twelve. He moved to Kittery, Maine, and was cared for by his uncle, William Pepperrell. As a young man he went to sea in one of his uncle’s ships. He was at sea over twenty years, many of them as captain of a merchant vessel. He returned to New Castle about 1760, still following a mercantile career. After marrying in Durham, he finally settled there in 1769. Frost was made a justice of the Strafford County, New Hampshire, court of common pleas in 1773, and would remain in that post until 1791. In 1777, New Hampshire sent Frost as a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he served until 1779. On his return he was named to the state’s Governor’s Council in 1781. The Council at the time functioned as the upper house of the state legislature, and he served there until 1784. George Frost died on June 21, 1796, at home in Durham. He is buried in Pine Hill Cemetery. (en)
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