Wade & Webb Family History

Matthew P Frost1871–?

New York · Brooklyn

A salesman born in New York, Matthew P. Frost was one of the performers at an entertainment of the Ocean Hill Baptist Church in Brooklyn early in 1893. That October he married Edith A. Thompson in a double wedding with her sister Ellen and William H. Wade Jr., and the censuses place the couple in Brooklyn from 1905 to 1925.

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Documents (2)
  4. Places
  5. Timeline
  6. Open questions
  7. Searches made
  8. Notes

Birth

  1. 1871 New York

Marriages

  1. 18 Oct 1893 Edith Alice Thompson, at Brooklyn, New York City, New York 4, 5
  2. 18 Oct 1893 Edith Alice Thompson, at Brooklyn, Kings, New York 4, 5

Death and burial

  1. Date unknown Death: place not recorded

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse, 18 Oct 1893
Edith Alice Thompson
Children
Edith G Frost 1897–?
Matthew Kenneth Frost 1895–?

Line of descent Wade line

  1. Matthew P Frost
  2. Husband of Edith Alice Thompson
  3. Ellen Mathilda Marritt
  4. Frank Edward Wade, son
  5. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Husband of grandaunt of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Matthew P. Frost was born in New York in about 1871: the FamilySearch tree gives the year 1871 without an attached source, and his marriage certificate of October 1893 gives his age as 23 and his birthplace as New York.1 The certificate names his father only as "Chas." (Charles), and his mother's maiden name is written something like "Ella Patten," a reading that is uncertain.2

In February 1893 "Matt P. Frost" was one of the performers, "all of whom are well known on the Hill," at a sociable and entertainment held by the joint societies of the Ocean Hill Baptist Church, at Rockaway Avenue and Somers Street in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; the others included Nellie Thompson, Martha H. Lynas, William Thompson and Harry E. Wade.3 Inference The name and the church make it very probable that this is the Matthew P. Frost who married into the Thompson family eight months later.3

On 18 October 1893, in the City of Brooklyn, he married Edith A. Thompson, aged 19, born in England, the daughter of William Thompson and Eliza Keel.4 The Rev. George F. Warren, pastor of the Ocean Hill Baptist Church, performed the marriage; the certificate records the groom as a salesman, marrying for the first time, and the witnesses were W. Thompson and Charles Frost.4 Inference The witness Charles Frost was very probably the groom's father, "Chas." on the same certificate.4 It was a double wedding, for the same pastor married Edith's sister Ellen M. Thompson to William H. Wade Jr. that day.5 Edith had been baptised Edith Alice Marritt in Essex, England, in 1873, and the tree records William Thompson as her adoptive father, the husband of her mother who raised her.6

The tree names two children of the marriage, Matthew Kenneth Frost, born in 1895, and Edith G. Frost, born in 1897.7 The New York state census of 1905 enumerated Matthew P. Frost's household in the 16th Assembly District of Brooklyn, and the federal census of 1910, which indexes the name as "Matthew P Trost," in the 23rd Ward of Brooklyn.8 The census of 1920 again placed the family in Brooklyn, and the state census of 1925 in the 5th Assembly District of Brooklyn.9

He is not found in the records after 1925.10 Inference His wife appears under her own name, not in an entry for him, in the censuses of 1930 and 1940, which suggests that he may have died, or the couple separated, between 1925 and 1930; in 1942 Edith was living at 8799 215th Street, Queens Village, and no record of his death has been found.10

Documents

  1. 10 February 1893 A Sociable and Entertainment (Ocean Hill Baptist Church) Brooklyn Times Union (Brooklyn, New York) · clipping
  2. 18 October 1893 Certificate of marriage no. 4656: Matthew P. Frost and Edith A. Thompson City of Brooklyn, Department of Health, certificates of marriage · vital record

Places

  1. 1893–1925Brooklyn
  2. 1910–1920Kings

Timeline

  1. 1871BirthNew York
  2. 18 Oct 1893Marriage, Edith Alice ThompsonBrooklyn, New York City, New York
  3. 18 Oct 1893Marriage, Edith Alice ThompsonBrooklyn, Kings, New York
  4. 1905ResidenceBrooklyn, A.D. 16, E.D. 14, Kings, New York
  5. 1910ResidenceBrooklyn Ward 23, Kings, New York
  6. 1910ResidenceKings, New York
  7. 1920ResidenceKings, New York
  8. 1925ResidenceBrooklyn, A.D. 05, E.D. 13, Kings, New York

Open questions

None recorded yet.

Searches made

  1. 2026-11-08Bulk review of Matt's OneDrive genealogy folder (Phase 3): all documents transcribed and compared with the tree2 document(s) name this person; see Documents above. Conflicts and new facts are in each document record and in research/sources/document-review-2026-11-08.md

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GMRF-ZLY: birth 1871, New York, no source attached Certificate of marriage no. 4656: Matthew P. Frost and Edith A. Thompson, City of Brooklyn, Department of Health, certificates of marriage: Matthew P. Frost, age 23, place of birth New York back to the text
  2. Certificate of marriage no. 4656: Matthew P. Frost and Edith A. Thompson, City of Brooklyn, Department of Health, certificates of marriage: Father's Name: Chas. Mother's Maiden Name: Ella [or Ellen] Patten [?] back to the text
  3. A Sociable and Entertainment (Ocean Hill Baptist Church), Brooklyn Times Union (Brooklyn, New York): Ocean Hill Baptist Church, Rockaway avenue and Somers street ... all of whom are well known on the Hill ... Nellie Thompson ... Martha H. Lynas ... Messrs. Matt P. Frost, William Thompson and Harry E. Wade back to the text
  4. Certificate of marriage no. 4656: Matthew P. Frost and Edith A. Thompson, City of Brooklyn, Department of Health, certificates of marriage: certificate no. 4656, City of Brooklyn, 18 October 1893; witnesses W. Thompson, Charles Frost; Geo. F. Warren, Pastor, Ocean Hill Bap. Ch.; groom salesman, first marriage; bride Edith A. Thompson, 19, born England, father William Thompson, mother's maiden name Eliza Keel "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", FamilySearch, Matthew P Frost and Edith A. Thompson, 18 October 1893. Record: Matthew P Frost and Edith A. Thompson, 18 October 1893 Frost Thompson Marriage Record: Frost Thompson Marriage, image attached to the tree back to the text
  5. 1893-10-18-ellen-thompson-wade-marriage-certificate: certificate no. 4669, William H. Wade Jr and Ellen M. Thompson, 18 October 1893, George F. Warren, Pastor back to the text
  6. "England, Essex, Parish Registers, 1538-1997", FamilySearch, Edith Alice Marritt, 27 Jul 1873. Record: Edith Alice Marritt, Essex parish registers, 27 Jul 1873 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GMWV-JZ5 (their page): William Thompson recorded as adoptive father (research/relationships.toml) back to the text
  7. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GMRF-ZLY: children Matthew Kenneth Frost (1895) and Edith G Frost (1897) back to the text
  8. "New York, State Census, 1905", FamilySearch, Matthew P Frost, 1905. Record: Matthew P Frost, 1905 "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch, Matthew P Trost, 1910. Record: Matthew P Trost, 1910 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GMRF-ZLY: residence 1905, Brooklyn, A.D. 16, E.D. 14; 1910, Brooklyn Ward 23 back to the text
  9. "United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch, Matthew P Frost, 1920. Record: Matthew P Frost, 1920 "New York, State Census, 1925", FamilySearch, Matthew P Frost, 1925. Record: Matthew P Frost, 1925 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GMRF-ZLY: residence 1920, Kings; 1925, Brooklyn, A.D. 05, E.D. 13 back to the text
  10. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile GMRF-ZLY: deceased; no death date or place; last residence 1925 "United States, Census, 1930", FamilySearch, Edith Frost, 1930. Record: Edith Frost, 1930 "United States, Census, 1940", FamilySearch, Edith Frost, 1940. Record: Edith Frost, 1940 1942-06-02-elizabeth-marritt-death-certificate: Edith A. Frost of 8799 - 215th St., Queens Village back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to Matthew P Frost (8)
  1. 18 October 1893Matthew P Frost, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  2. 1905Matthew P Frost, "New York, State Census, 1905"
  3. 1910Matthew P Trost, "United States, Census, 1910"
  4. 1920Matthew P Frost, "United States, Census, 1920"
  5. 1925Matthew P Frost, "New York, State Census, 1925"
  6. Frost Thompson Marriage
  7. 18 October 1893Edith A. Thompson, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
  8. 1910Edith A Trost, "United States, Census, 1910"