Asa Driscoll (abt. 1750 - 1842)

Born about 1750 in Ireland

Husband of Martha (Geer) Driscoll — married 1779 in New London, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1842 at about age 92 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Gunner Asa Driscoll served with Connecticut Navy during the American Revolution.

Asa Driscoll is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A033786.

Asa Driscoll was born about 1752 in Ireland. Asa passed away 8 Mar 1842.^[1]

He served aboard the Frigate Trumbull and was a second gunner, out of Connecticut.^[1]

He was a gunner aboard the frigate Trumbull, under Captain James Nicholson, and was engaged with the English frigate Watt.^[2]

Children Asa, Luther, Joshua, Daniel, Elinor, Ann, Eliza and Phoebe.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed December 26, 2021), "Record of Asa Driscoll", Ancestor # A033786.
2. ↑ Letter from Pension Application of Asa Driscoll, shared by Fold3.com
3. ↑ The_Geer_Genealogy https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Geer_Genealogy/w1lMAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=ann%20driscoll pg54

• Ancestry by Sara Driscoll
• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)1810, 1820, 1840 census

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893F-B9S9-D?i=2&cc=2546162&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQPKX-3BQQ (1840 Connecticut, Census of pensioners, 1840 for Revolutionary and Military Service) (United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783)

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99WB-ZSFX?i=193&cc=2069831&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQ24Q-2SCN (United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872)

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFF-LTGL?i=10&cc=2546162&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A7822-2LW2 - United States Rosters of ...rs and Sailors, 1775-1783 Connecticut, Census of pensioners, 1840 as of 1840 (Asa was 90 yrs old making his birth date 1750 not 1752. He was living in the household of Henry Spencer in Stonington, CT.)

• https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Minute_Man/VKhLcFOLI2oC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=asa+driscoll&pg=RA5-PA105&printsec=frontcover pg 105

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893F-B9S9-D?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RST%3A1597372330 : 29 August 2019), Connecticut, Census of pensioners, 1840 > image 3 of 19; citing various published state rosters, United States.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C36Z-Z?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 651 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.