Asher Blount (1759 - aft. 1847)

Born 22 Jan 1759 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Gates) Blount — married 19 Nov 1778 in Preston-Griswold, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died after 29 Nov 1847 after age 88 in Louisville, St Lawrence, New York, United States

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Biography

Asher Blount served with 4th Battalion, Col. Samuel Selden, Wadsworth's Brigade, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Asher was born before 1770. He passed away after 1805. This person was created through the import of Middletown families minus.ged on 10 February 2011.

Note

Barnes Frisbie, The history of Middletown, Vermont, in three discourses: delivered before the citizens of that town, February 7 and 21, and March 30, 1867 (Google eBook), Tuttle & Co, 1867, 10: first annual town meeting of Middletown, 7 Mar 1785. Lister.

page 30: "removed to Northern New York."

page 38: 3 Jul 1787, part of a "committee to look out a spot for a burying ground."

page 64: in Middletown in 1801.

page 96: among the first members of the Baptist church.

In May 1776, Asher Blunt enlisted as a private in Captain William Belcher's company, Colonel Seldon's Connecticut regiment for 8 months and was in the Battle of White Plains. This was the 2nd Company of the 4th Battalion, commanded by Colonel Samuel Selden, part of Wadworth's Brigade. In Jan 1777 he enlisted for 2 months in Captain Asa Kinnsy, Major Ripley, Connecticut Troops.

Marriage to Sarah (Gates) Blunt on Nov 19th, 1778.^[1][2] Note that conflicting information indicates he moved to Vermont in 1784, which indicates the Connecticut record is correct.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 "Blount, Asher, of Norwich, married Sarah Gates, of Preston, Nov 19th, 1778 v1 p265" [1]
2. ↑ Vermont, Vital Records 1720-1908; marriage of Asher Blunt to Sarah, Middletown, informant Jos. Rockwell. [2]
3. ↑ Sons of the American Revolution application for Harry Wood Blount [3]

• BOOK: The Genealogical and Biographical History of the Manning Families of New England and Descendants, from the Settlement in America to Present Time: The William Manning Family, of Cambridge, Mass. By William Henry Manning, Salem Press Company, 1902 - 857 pages

State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Name: Asher Blunt Gender: Male Marriage Date: 19 Nov 1778 Marriage Place: Middletown, Vermont, USA Card Type: Groom Spouse Name: Sarah

The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. White, Lorraine Cook, ed. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. Under Blount, Ambrose Asher s. Ambrose, bp. May 20, 1759 Asher, of Norwich m. Sarah GATES, of Preston, November 19, 1778

• U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [4]
• 1892 Year Book/Members of CT Sons of American Revolution, by Joseph Gurley WOODWARD, Chairman; Lucius Franklin ROBINSON, Jonathan Flynt MORRIS, published 1893 [5]
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #50978 [6]