Asa Everett (1739 - 1827)

Born 30 Aug 1739 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Died 4 Jan 1827 at age 87 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Sergeant Asa Everett served with Suffolk County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

ASA EVERETT,^[1] b. (recorded at Methuen), 30 Aug 1739 son of Ebenezer and Joanna (Stevens) Everett; d. at Dedham, 4 Jan 1827;^[2] m. 21 Apr 1785, ELEANOR FULLER, b. at Dedham, 1 May 1754 daughter of Seth and Sarah (MacKanab) Fuller;^[3] Eleanor d. at Dedham, 3 Oct 1824.^[4]

Asa and Eleanor lived in third parish of Dedham. Their four children lived on the homestead. Asa served as sergeant in the company of Capt. William Bullard on 19 April 1775.^[5][6]

Asa Everett and Eleanor Fuller were parents of four children born at Dedham. Children Joel, Eleanor, and Seth did not marry. They were living together in Dedham in 1850.^[7]

i JOEL EVERETT, b. 1787; d. at Dedham, 2 Sep 1856.

ii ELEANOR EVERETT, b. 1788; d. at Dedham, 22 Dec 1863.

iii SETH EVERETT, b. 1792; d. at Dedham, 26 Feb 1870. Seth did not leave a will and the probate records give his sister widow Irene Ellis as next of kin and only heir-at-law.^[8]

iv IRENE EVERETT, b. 1794; d. at Norwood, MA, 21 Jan 1873; m. at Dedham, 28 Oct 1832, JOEL ELLIS, b. at Dedham, 1788 son of Joel and Azuba (Morse) Ellis; Joel d. at Dedham, 26 Feb 1852.

Sources

1. ↑ Family summary taken from Abbott, Patricia A. The Descendants of John and Elizabeth Stevens of Andover Through Six Generations, 2021, In Press
2. ↑ Asa Everett died Jan. 4, 1827, aged 89 yrs. Dedham Church Records, p 301
3. ↑ The 1790 will of Seth Fuller of Dedham (probate 1793) includes a bequest to daughter Eleanor Everett; Norfolk County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1793-1877. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2019. Case 7614
4. ↑ U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930
5. ↑ Everett, Edward Franklin. 1902. Descendants of Richard Everett of Dedham, Mass. Boston, MA: Privately printed. p 61
6. ↑ Military: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Massachusetts Soldiers And Sailors of the Revoluntionary War: A Compilation From the Archives. Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 18961908. Vol. 5 Page 421 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uma.ark:/13960/t8df6xf8b?urlappend=%3Bseq=427
7. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: 330; Page: 270a
8. ↑ Norfolk County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1793-1877. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2019. Case 6387

• 'Descendants of Richard Everett of Dedham, Mass by Everett, Edward Franklin, 1840-1899', 1902, pp 40, archive.org & pp 61-62, archive.org (accessed 29 December 2022)