Asa
Danforth
Jr
Born in Brookfield, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of Asa Danforth
and Hannah (Wheeler) Danforth
Brother of
Eunice (Danforth) Patterson and Rebecca (Danforth) Earl
Husband of
Olive Langdon
— married
1789 in Brookfield, Connecticut, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Amanda (Danforth) Phillips
Died after
after age 70
in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 29 Jul 2014
This page has been accessed 728 times.
Biography
Asa, born at Brookfield, Massachusetts 29 June 1768, was the son of Asa Danforth and Hannah Wheeler. [1] He was a land speculator and road builder. Danforth Avenue and Danforth Road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, are named after him.[2]
He married Olive Langdon in 1789 in Brookfield, Massachusetts, and they had three daughters. [1] [3]
Research Notes
According to the Danforth Genealogy, he died September 1818 in Onondaga Hollow, New York. This may be the death record for his father?[1] According to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography he was in New York City in 1821. [4]
- "Last notice of Danforth dates from 1821. He was in New York City hiding from the sheriff."
Asa was living at Cincinnati, Ohio in July 1838 when he made inquiry about possibly due back payments from his father's pension.[5]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 May: Page 222
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Asa Danforth Jr.," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asa_Danforth_Jr.&oldid=789878650 (accessed November 7, 2017).
- ↑ Lillian F. Gates, “DANFORTH, ASA,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 7, 2017, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/danforth_asa_6E.html.
- ↑ Lillian F. Gates, “DANFORTH, ASA,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography , vol. 6, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed March 4, 2023, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/danforth_asa_6E.html .
- ↑ U. S. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, Case W16553
- May, John Joseph Danforth Genealogy Nicholas Danforth, of Framlingham, England, and Cambridge, N. E. [1589-1638] and William Danforth, of Newbury, Mass. [1640-1721] and their descendants. (C.H. Pope, Boston, 1902)
- Wikipedia contributors. (2022, December 26). Asa Danforth Jr.. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17:01, March 4, 2023, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asa_Danforth_Jr.&oldid=1129658050
Is Asa your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
the profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA
No known carriers of Asa's DNA have taken a DNA test.
No known carriers of Asa's DNA have taken a DNA test.
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Rejected matches › Asa Danforth (1766-1841)
Featured Female Poet connections: Asa is 11 degrees from Anne Bradstreet, 18 degrees from Ruth Niland, 22 degrees from Karin Boye, 23 degrees from 照 松平, 15 degrees from Anne Barnard, 32 degrees from Lola Rodríguez de Tió, 23 degrees from Christina Rossetti, 11 degrees from Emily Dickinson, 28 degrees from Nikki Giovanni, 16 degrees from Isabella Crawford, 18 degrees from Mary Gilmore and 12 degrees from Elizabeth MacDonald on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
It also seems that Asa may have married a woman named Martha Mantoney in Ohio in 1836. There is a probate record for an Asa Danforth in Hamilton County, Ohio in November 1838 with a widow Martha. This would correspond with the known time frame for the death of Asa. Jr.
Asa son of Asa and Hannah died between July 1838 and 1847 when his sister Patty Wood has a statement in father Asa's pension record noting she was then the last surviving child.
The pension file also gives information on Hannah Wheeler wife of Asa, Sr. which helps establish her identity. Specifically, it gives a date of birth of 6 January 1753 and that she was 15 years old when she married Asa Danforth in the Spring of 1768 (about two months before the birth of their first child). Asa and Hannah Wheeler married in Warren (Western) Massachusetts. There is a Hannah Wheeler born at Warren on 6 January 1753 who was the daughter of Josiah and Hannah (Adams) Wheeler.