Asa Emerson (1746 - abt. 1817)

Born 16 Oct 1746 in Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died about 2 Jun 1817 at about age 70 in Brownville, Penobscot, Maine District of Massachusetts [uncertain]

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Biography

Private Asa Emerson served with 6th Massachusetts Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Asa Emerson is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-154525
Rank: Private

Asa Emerson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A036383.

Asa was born 16 October 1746, in Methuen, Massachusetts. He is the son of Reuben Emerson and Sarah Colburn.^[1][2]

On 19 December 1769, Asa married Miriam Coburn in Pelham, New Hampshire.^[3][4]

Asa served in the American Revolution. He was a private in Captain John Minott's company in Colonel Dike's regiment from 5 December 1776 to 1 March 1777 at Dorchester Heights, credited to the town of Dunstable, New Hampshire. Asa was at Camp Totowa, New Jersey. He is on a return from Brigadier General Paterson dated 25 October 1780. He is also on the pay roll for six months of men reaised by the town of Dunstable for service in the Continental Army during 1780, marching 6 August 1780 and discharged 18 February 1781. Asa also served in Captain Matthew Chamber's company in Colonel Thomas Nixon’s Sixth Regiment in August to December 1780. He was listed on the pay roll at West Point.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

The children:^[10]

1. Hannah, b. 1770^[11]
2. Sally, b. 1772^[12]
3. Mehitabel, b. 1776^[13]
4. Miriam, died young
5. Miriam, b. 24 Mar 1778^[14]
6. Asa, b. 5 Jul 1780^[15]
7. Jonathan (no records have been found)
8. Lydia, b. 15 Aug 1784^[16]
9. Josiah, b. ^[17]
10. Reuben (no records have been found)
11. Edmund^[17]
12. Coburn, b. 30 May 1789^[17]

In 1790, the family is living in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts. The household consists of four males under 16; two males 16 and over; and five females.^[18]

In 1800, the family is located in Winslow, Maine. The household now consists of one male under 10; one male 16-25; one male 45 and over; one female 10-15 and one female 45 and over.^[19]

Asa's DAR record shows a date of death as 2 June 1817, in Brownville, Maine. Asa died before pensions were available to Revolutionary War veterans, so there is no pension file.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6S-1B1 : 5 January 2021), Asia Emerson,16 Oct 1746, Methuen.
2. ↑ Pope, Charles Henry; The Haverhill Emersons; Pub: 1913; Volume 1; Page 30 https://archive.org/details/haverhillemerson01pope/page/30/mode/2up
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL68-LCD : 22 February 2021), Asa Emerson and Miriam Coburn, 19 Dec 1769; citing , Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,987.
4. ↑ Pope, Charles Henry; The Haverhill Emersons; Pub: 1913; Volume 1; Page 81 https://archive.org/details/haverhillemerson01pope/page/80/mode/2up
5. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-DBVH : 1 March 2021), Asa Emerson, 07 Aug 1778; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711084.
6. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK1-T1LY : 1 March 2021), Asa Emmerson, 05 Dec 1776; citing Military Service, Dunstable, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711084.
7. ↑ Waters, Wilson, 1855-1933; Perham, Henry Spaulding, 1843-1906.; History of Chelmsford, Massachusetts; Pub: 1917, Lowell MA; Page 265-266 https://archive.org/details/historyofchelmsf00inwate/page/265/mode/1up?view=theater
8. ↑ Nason, Elias, 1811-1887; Loring, George Bailey, 1817-1891; A history of the town of Dunstable, Massachusetts, from its earliest settlement to the year of Our Lord 1873; Pub: 1877, A. Mudge, Boston MA; Page 129 https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofd00naso/page/128/mode/2up
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 18 Oct 2021), "Record of Asa Emerson", Ancestor # A036383.
10. ↑ Pope, Charles Henry; The Haverhill Emersons; Pub: 1913; Volume 2; Page 20-21 https://archive.org/details/haverhillemerson02pope_0/page/20/mode/2up
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7JB-J84 : 2 March 2021), Hannah Emerson Roby, 19 Sep 1860; citing Townsend, Massachusetts, v 139 p 182, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,176.
12. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #193159611
13. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-BQG3 : 10 November 2020), Mahitabal Emerson in entry for Ephraim Battaich, 11 Oct 1804; citing Marriage, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934228.
14. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-XXYM : 10 November 2020), Meriam Emerson, 24 Mar 1778; citing Birth, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009545.
15. ↑ Pope, Charles Henry; The Haverhill Emersons; Pub: 1913; Volume 2; Page 61 https://archive.org/details/haverhillemerson02pope_0/page/60/mode/2up
16. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD1-FMG : 15 January 2020), Lydia Emerson, 1784.
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1 17.2} Pope, Charles Henry; The Haverhill Emersons; Pub: 1913; Volume 2; Page 63 https://archive.org/details/haverhillemerson02pope_0/page/62/mode/2up
18. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKG-D3C : accessed 18 October 2021), Asa Emerson, Tyngsborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 610, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.
19. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-JJ3 : accessed 18 October 2021), Asa Emerson, Winslow, Kennebec, Maine, United States; citing p. 73, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 218,677.

See also: Camp Totowa