 1736 - 1831 (94 years)
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| Name |
Asa Davison [2, 3] |
| Birth |
1 Sep 1736 [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Alt. Death |
1824 [4] |
| Death |
29 Jan 1831 |
Grafton, NY  [2] |
| Person ID |
I2867 |
Main |
| Last Modified |
16 Jan 2005 |
| Father |
Thomas Davison, Jr., b. 30 Jan 1702, Preston, New London, CT d. 1751, Pomfret, CT (Age 48 years) |
| Mother |
Lydia Herrick, b. 13 Jul 1707, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
| Marriage |
31 Aug 1726 |
Preston, New London, CT |
| Family ID |
F1071 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Notes from "Davison Family":
Record and Pension Office, War Department.
Respectfully returned to Almond A. Davison, Manito, Illinois.
Washington, D.C., March 28, 1896.
"The records of this office show that Asa Davison, served as a private in Captain Nathaniel Webb's Company, 4th Battalion, Connecticut Forces, commanded by Col John Durkee, Revolutionary War. He enlisted, March 1, 1778, to serve 5 months, was discharged, January 1, 1779.
The records also show that Asa Davison, served as a private in the 1st Company, Fifth Connecticut Regiment, Commanded by Lieut. Col. Sherman, Revolutionary War. His name first appears on the roll for March 1782, and he was discharged, June 22, 1782.
The records further show that Asa Davison, served as a private in Capt. Nehemiah Rise's Company, 8th Connecticut Regiment, Revolutionary War. He enlisted Aug. 16, 1779 to serve six months, and was discharged, Jan. 15, 1780.
The records also show that Ezra Davison, served as a private in Capt. Benjamin Durkee's Company of Matrosses, at Port Trumbull, Connecticut. He enlisted, Aug. 12, 1782, (That day he was 17 years old.), to serve 12 months, and was discharged, Aug. 12, 1783.
By authority of the Secretary of War.
Signed by Col. U.S. Army Chief in Office"
Note that they were enlisted for short campaigns of a few months to a year, following which they would return home to take care of farm and family, then enlist again. (GEW)
In other accounts, Asa Davison appears at "The Battle of Lexington", and "The Battle of Monmouth". He was also with Gen. Benedict Arnold, on his famous campaign to Canada.
Asa served with the English Army during the French and Indian War, at the siege of Louisburg, Nova Scotia. After the war, the family settled there for a time, where his son, Ezra was born in 1765. At some point, he moved the family back south, as we find him in Ashford, Massachusetts at the start of the Revolutionary War.
At some point after the war, the family migrated on down to Grafton, New York, where Asa died in 1824. He was buried in the Brock burying ground in the northeast part of Grafton. [4, 5]
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| Sources |
- [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com).
- [S801] Bill Albrecht, Bill Albrecht, (gencircles.com, July 16, 2003, bill1022@swbell.net).
- [S953] Loren J. Adams, Loren J. Adams, (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/Dnywho.html
kycollja@midusa.net), 11 Sep 1999 post on "Davison Family Resource - Who's Researching - State of NY" http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genea/Dnywho.html.
Loren J. Adams Friday, September 11, 1999
Daniel Davison (immigrant SCT - MA) m. Margaret LOW
Thomas Davison (MA - CT) m. Hannah TRACY
Thomas Davison (MA - CT) m. Lydia HERRICK
Asa Davison (CT - Nova Soctia) m. Sarah PRIDE
Ezra Davison (CD - Nova Soctia - NY) m. Deidamia SMITH
Asa Lee Davison, MD (NY - IL) m. Lydia LEWIS
Agustus Lewis DAVISON (NY - IL) m. unknown
Asa Lee Davison (NY - IL - WI - IL) m. Frances Estelle CHURCH
Myrtle Estelle Davison m. BROGAN Iva Belle Davison m. JEWETT
- [S1084] A. A. Davison, M. M. Davison-Rockwood, E. A. Davison-Simpson, Davison Family, (78 pages. J. W. Franks & Sons, Printers - Peoria, IL - 1905 to 1939 by Myrtle Mae Davison-Rockwood, Renwick, IA; rearranged and brought up through 1967 by Elsie Arvilla Davison-Simpson, Houston, TX; updated through 2000 by George Edmund Waldron, Naples, FL), http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=edwaldron&id=I313.
- [S1085] Ed Waldron, Ed Waldron, (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=edwaldron), http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=edwaldron&id=I313.
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