Abraham Amsden Jr (1752 - 1833)

Born 20 Feb 1752 in Southborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Submit (Morse) Amsden — married 28 Apr 1773 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1833 at age 81 in Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States

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An American Patriot

Biography

Pvt. Abraham Amsden Jr served with 7th Continental Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Abraham Amsden Jr is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P103374
Rank: Private

Abraham Amsden Jr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A002286.

Abraham was living in Groton, MA when he enlisted in March 1775 in Capt. Farwell's Company for eight months. He enlisted on 1 December 1775 for twelve months in Capt. Joseph Moore's Company of Col. William Prescott's Regiment. He fought at Lexington and Bunker Hill. On 1 April 1818 he applied for, and was granted, a pension, giving his age as 66 years and residence as Stowe, VT.

Abraham moved from Groton, MA to Sharon, MA between April 1779 and January 1781, and from Sharon to Reading, VT. From Reading he moved to Stowe, VT. The town records of Stowe show that a piece of land was conveyed to Abraham Amsden in 1805. From that time on until 1827, there are records of many real estate transactions involving Abraham and his sons Levi, Asa, Abram, and Samuel. Levi, Abram, and Asa move to Ashtabula, OH about 1820.

In 1828, Abraham and Submit moved with their son Samuel to Ohio, where Samuel purchased a farm about two 1/2 miles east of Ashtabula (South Ridge Road). Abraham and Submit lived on Samuel's farm for the rest of their lives. ^[1]

Revolutionary War, enlisted 1775 in Capt. Joseph Moore's Company, Col. William Prescott's Massachusetts Regiment Burial: Place: Lot 672, Grave 9, Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio, USA ^[2]

SAR Patriot #: P-103374^[3] Note that the "III" suffix is for geneaological reference only. Though his father and grandfather were also named Abraham, he doesn't appear to have ever added the enumeration to his own name, and he even named his son Abraham "Jr.".

Private Abraham Amsden, born Southborough, Massachusetts, on 20 Feb 1752, died Ashtabula, Ohio and his wife Submit Morse, born Feb 1756 and died in Ashtabula, Ohio on 10 Jan 1842, are also honored by the Daughters of the American Revolution for service: ) CAPTS MOORE, FARWELL; COL WILLIAM PRESCOTT; 2) LEXINGTON ALARM^[4]Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Jan 23, 2020), "Record of Abraham Amsden", Ancestor # A002286.

Marriage

Submit Morse and Abraham Amsden Jr. married in Marlborough, Massachusetts Bay, on 28 April 1773. ^[5]

Family

Children born to Submit Morse and Abraham Amsden included:

1. Nancy Amsden, born 17 January 1793 in Reading, Windsor, Republic of Vermont

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Sources

1. ↑ Abraham's pension papers W. 4115 and from the genealogy "Isaac Amsden of Cambridge, Mass." compiled, edited, typed, and published by Murray M. Brown in 1934
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #53144922
3. ↑ Roster of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by OHSDAR. 1929
4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Jan 23, 2020), "Record of Abraham Amsden", Ancestor # A002286.
5. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7745/288/141785775
6. ↑ "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8L9-Q9J : 16 December 2019), Nancy Amsden, 1793.

Abraham Amsden

See also:

• The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America https://archive.org/stream/genealogicaland00genegoog#page/n11/mode/1up