Asahel Harriman (abt. 1731 - aft. 1810)

Born about 18 Jul 1731 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Bartlett) Harriman — married about 1753 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 1810 after about age 78 in Bucksport, Maine

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Biography

Asahel Harriman was a pioneer settler of Bucksport.

Listed 1810 Census_Bucksport, Maine Name: Asael Harriman Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Buckstown, Hancock, Maine Source Citation Year: 1810; Census Place: Buckstown, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 11; Image: 00478; Family History Library Film: 0218682

".... Asahel Harriman, son of John and Sarah (Morrill), was baptized in Haverhill, Mass., July 18, 1731. He married Susanna Bartlett, who was probably born in Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 26, 1734, probably daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Johnson) Bartlett. In 1763, Asahel Harriman moved from Plaistow, N. H., to Bucksport

Old French war.

"... Asahel Harriman served on the Crown Point expedition, enlisting in Samuel Watts' company, Col. Nathaniel Meserve's regiment, in May, 1756, and being discharged in December, 1756. He also served in the expedition of 1757, being a private in Capt. Jacob Bailey's (2d) company, from March 5 to Nov. 5, 1757. ..."

Page 81 Old Hancock Co. Families

In 1760 a regiment was raised in New Hampshire under command of Colonel John Gone of Bedford, for service in that campaign, under General Jeffrey Amherst. Jacob Bailey, a well-known Newbury Pioneer, was Lieutenant Colonel, and one of the companies was officered by John Hazen as captain. Jacob Kent and Timothy Bedel, Lieutenants, Asahel Harriman, Ensign.

Page 603 History of Newbury, VT

".... Asahel Harriman was the first lieutenant in this company. He served in the Revolutionary War, being commissioned first lieutenant of Capt. Samuel Keyes' (2d) company, Col. Jonathan Buck's (5th) Lincoln county regiment of Massachusetts militia, July 23, 1776; also, enlisting as a private in Capt. Ebenezer Buck's company of volunteers, Col. Josiah Brewer's regiment, Gen. Lovell's brigade, Sept. 3, 1779, and being discharged Oct. 22, 1779; this company served on a Penobscot expedition. ..."

Bucksport, Maine ....
In 1766-67, Asahel Harriman, Jonathan Frye, Benjamin Page, Phineas Arnes, Jonathan Bück, Jr., and Ebenezer Bück, came here and settled on lots agreeably to the provisions of the grant, which gave to each actual settler one hundred acres of land. According to the records there were but twenty-one families here in 1775.

page 78 HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION NEW ENGLAND. MAINE .

BY A J COOLIDGE and J. B. MANSFIELD. 1860 BOSTON: AUSTIN J . COOLIDGE, 39 COURT STREET.

Herriman, Asahel. 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Samuel Keys's (2d) co.. Col. Jonathan Buck's (5th Lincoln Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen in said regiment; ordered in Council July 23, 1776, that said oflScers be commissioned; reported commissioned July 23, 1776.

Herriman, Asahel. Private, Capt. Ebenezer Buck's co. of volunteers. Col. Josiah Brewer's regt.. Gen. Lovell's brigade; enlisted Sept. 3, 1779; discharged Oct. 22, 1779 ; service, 1 mo. 21 days, on Penobscot expedition.

page 768 Volume 7

MA soldiers and sailors Revolutionary War

Sources

Pages 81, 82

• Pierce, William Macbeth. 1933. Old Hancock county families containing genealogies of families resident in Hancock county in 1933, whose ancestors of their surnames settled in the town in which they live, in or before 1790. Ellsworth, Me: Hancock county Pub. Co. http://books.google.com/books?id=q_YgAQAAMAAJ.

• Grave of Ezekiel Harriman 1757-1809 Find A Grave: Memorial #70347806

• [Coolidge, A. J., and J. B. Mansfield. 1864. A history and description of New England , general and local. Boston: A.J. Coolidge.

• Wells, Frederic P. 1902. History of Newbury, Vermont, from the discovery of the Coös country to present time: with genealogical records of many families. St. Johsbury, Vt: The Caledonian Company.

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