"Asa,6 (Joshua,5 John,4 Joseph,3 Joseph,2 William,1), born at Oxford, Oct. 21, 1754, son of Joshua Merriam and Susanna Gleason. Asa, s. Joshua and Susanna, Oct. 21, 1754.[1]
Marriage
married (intention, April 18, 1778) Mary, daughter of Luke and Lydia Lincoln, of Leicester, born in 1755, she died April 27, 1815. [2]
Children :
Betsey, b. Aug. 28, 1778; m. Nov. 4, 1802, Rev. Alvan Tobey; d. 4 Nov 1802
Mary, b. Aug. 18, 1780; d. unm. June 18, 1815.
Joshua Lincoln, b. April 6, 1783.
Pamela, b. Feb. 7, 1785; d. May 9, 1805.
Lydia, b. Sept. 3, 1787; m. Walter Spooner, of Hartland, Vt.; she d. Aug. 28, 1829.
Harriet, b. Aug. 17, 1791; m. Seth C. Schenck, of Savannah, Ga.; d. Jan. 7, 1831.
Augusta Marion, b. Oct. 15, 1794; d. Sept. 23, 1820."[3]
He became a distinguished physician at New Salem.
Death
He died May 7, 1795, age 41, in New Salem, Massachusetts. [4]
Sources
↑Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Birth Record
↑Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Marriage Intentions
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