Asa DOUGLAS

1715 - 1792  (76 years)

• Name	Asa DOUGLAS  [1]
  	"A Collection of Family Records, with Biographical Sketches, and other memoranda of various families and individuals bearing the name DOUGLAS": ....He removed from Plainfield to Old Canaan about 1746, and remained there some twenty years. In 1766 he removed with his family to what was at that time Jericho Hollow, Mass., but which was subsequently included in Stephentown, NY. His son William had preceded him the year before. When Asa came he brought with him a company of men who cleared thirty acres of land and built a large farmhouse. The nearest neighbor was four miles away, and they were obliged to go fourteen miles to the sawmill. The garret of the house, which is still ('77) standing in good repair, was used during the Revolutionary war as a jail, there being at that early day none in the county. Asa participated in the war, and led a company of thirty "Silver Grays" at the battle of Bennington, on the 16th of August, 1777, when the force of British and Indians sent to seize the stores collected at that place were defeated by the Americans under Col. John Stark. Asa continued to reside in Stephentown till the time of death, which occurred Nov. 12, 1792. His widow survived him some fourteen years, and died June 12, 1809. [1]
  Birth	11 Dec 1715	Plainfield, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Revolutionary War   [1]
  Death	12 Nov 1792	Stephentown, New York   [1]
  Person ID	I68386	Main Tree
  Last Modified	29 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Deacon William DOUGLAS,   b. 19 Feb 1672, New London, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 1717 (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Sarah PROCTOR
  Family ID	F27539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca WHEELER,   b. 26 Aug 1718, Concord, Massachusetts d. 12 Jun 1809 (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1737  [1]
  Children	1. Hannah DOUGLAS,   b. 17 Jan 1744/5, Plainfield, Connecticut + 2. Nathaniel DOUGLAS,   b. 11 Aug 1754, Canaan, Connecticut d. 5 Oct 1821, Douglasville, Quebec (Age 67 years)   3. CAPT. John DOUGLAS,   b. 2 Aug 1758, Canaan, Connecticut d. 16 Oct 1808, Plattsburgh, New York (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F27537	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2012

  
  

• Sources

  [S4815] Charles Henry James Douglas, "A Collection of Family Records, with Biographical Sketches, and Other Memoranda of Various Families and Individuals bearing the Name DOUGLAS", (Providence: E.L. Freeman & Co., Publishers - 1879).