Asa Tracy (1760 - 1831)

Born 4 Aug 1760 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Dorcas (Bunker) Tracy — married 1799 in Hancock, Hancock, Maine

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1831 at age 71 in Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Biography

Private Asa Tracy served with 6th Lincoln County Regiment, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Asa Tracy is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A115853.

Asa Tracy

He was born in 1760 and is the son of Jonathan Tracy and Abigail Riggs. He passed away in 1831. Asa Tracy – born in Falmouth, ME on August 4, 1760, married first Dorcas Leighton and second, Dorcas Bunker. He had ten children, five by each woman. Asa served in the Revolution.

Children by Dorcas Leighton Tracy:

i. Dorcas, married first Hancock; second, Anthony; third, Edmunds

ii.. Samuel, born 1784, died 1871, married first Hannah Cleaves, second Crocha Lyman and third Hannah Joy

iii. . Hannah, married Charles Stevens

iv. . Rachel, married Timothy Pettee

v. . Asa Jr., married Sarah Clifford (NOTE: this may be an error. I found no Cliffords. Sister Deborah married William Gifford, not William Clifford)

Children by Dorcas Bunker Tracy:

vi. Deborah, married first William Clifford, second John Clark (NOTE: she married William Gifford, not William Clifford).

vii. Jeremiah, born February 29, 1802, died March 22, 1885, married Eliza Rosebrook

viii.. Isaac, born 1803, died 1985, married Lydia Rosebrook

ix. Esther, married Elliott Plummer

x. Annie, married Isaiah Whitten

Sources

United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:79YY-LMN2 : 29 August 2019), Asa Tracy, 28 Jul 1779; citing Military Service, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140759.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKK-YKC : accessed 28 September 2017), Asa Tracy, Gouldsborough, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing p. 87, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 568,142.

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-C2N : accessed 28 September 2017), Asa Tracey, Goldsborough, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing p. 219, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 218,677.

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2W-NPV : accessed 28 September 2017), Asa Tracy, Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing p. 506, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 11; FHL microfilm 218,682.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGN-NBK : accessed 28 September 2017), Asa Tracy, Scarborough, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing p. 618, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 34; FHL microfilm 281,238.

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPG-JN6 : 24 August 2017), Asa Tracy, Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing 164, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 47; FHL microfilm 9,701.

• "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-MJX5 : 30 October 2014), Asa Tracy, 1831; citing West Gouldsboro, Hancock, Maine, United States, Wm Joy Hill Cem Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,316,317.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Tracy-380 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on July 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Brian and others.