Asa Flanders (1773 - 1862)

Born 7 Nov 1773 in South Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Betsey Ireland — married 18 May 1800 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 13 Jan 1862 at age 88 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Asa Flanders married Betsy IRELAND May 18, 1800, at Salem. ^[1] The couple first lived in Salem^[2], then Charlestown, Massachusetts, and had four daughters:^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

• Hanah L , born about 1801, married Elijah Hadley (before 1830 census) and named in his will (see below)
• Mary Ann, born about 1810, never married
• Elizabeth J, born about 1816; married James M Gardner 4 Sep 1856; died 7 Jun 1909 at Boston ^[8]
• Louisa, born about 1819, never married

The 1852 City Directory describes him as a grocer at 331 Main St., with house at 23 Sullivan St., Charlestown ^[9]

In his last will and testament, dated 7 Feb 1860, Asa Flanders bequeaths $5 to his daughters Hanah L HADLEY (wife of Elijah) and Elizabeth J GARDNER (wife of James M); the rest of his estate is to be given to daughters Mary Ann and Louisa FLANDERS; after their death, the residue of his estate to be given to his other daughters or their children. ^[10]

Asa Flanders, widowed, trader, age 88y 1m 17d, residing 23 Sullivan St. Charlestown, born at Enfield NH, son of Samuel and Hannah Flanders (of Norfield NH), died of old age on 13 Jan 1862 Charlestown, and was buried in Old Yard ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 - Salem Marriages / Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0761210
2. ↑ 1800 United States Federal Census
3. ↑ 1830 United States Federal Census
4. ↑ 1840 United States Federal Census
5. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census
6. ↑ Massachusetts State Census 1855
7. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census
8. ↑ Find A Grave
9. ↑ Charlestown, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1852
10. ↑ Probate Records 1648-1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts)
11. ↑ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 - Deaths Registered in the Town of Charlestown for the years 1843 to 1873

• Dunbar, Edith. The Flanders Family from Europe to America (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, VT, 1935) Page 116