Asa Richardson (1731 - 1789)

Born 14 Apr 1731 in Willington, Tolland County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Tamar (Brownson) Richardson — married about 1770 in Connecticut

Descendants

Died 4 Aug 1789 at age 58 in Fredericksburg, Lennox, Upper Canada

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Biography

Asa Richardson was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

Asa Richardson, United Empire Loyalist, was born on 14 April 1731 in Wellington, Tolland co, Connecticut. He is the son of Amos Richardson and Abigail Richardson ^[1][2]

He married Tamar Brunson (Bronson/Brownson) about 1770 in Connecticut. She was born 2 Nov. 1749 in Connecticut and died in 1797.Their children included Henry, Thomas, and William, all UEL, and possibly an Asa.

Asa and Tamar settled in what's known as the "Bradshaw Patent" which became Kingsbury Township, Charlotte County, New York.^[3]

Children;^[4]

• Eunice Richardson b. 1768 m. Adam Airhart
• Thomas Richardson b. 1769 m. 1) Eve Benson 2) Laura Dibbel
• William Richardson b. 1733 m. Jinny Schermerhorn
• Henry Richardson b. 1775 m. Catherine Costello (Costlow)
• Amos Richardson b. 1777 m. Susannah Sager
• Elizabeth Richardson b. 1777 m. 1)Johannes Schermerhorn 2) Abel Gould
• James Bradshaw Richardson b. 1782 m. Rebecca Percy

Captain Asa Richardson served in the Connecticut Militia in the French and Indian War, 1755 - 1761, Kingsbury District, his first lieutenant was Adiel Sherwood. ^[5]

Asa Richardson was a British Sympathizer and was captured and imprisoned. When released from prison he discovered that all of his livestock had been confiscated by the Patriots. King George gave all of his British Sympathizers the option to accept land as payment in Canada, which is just what Asa did. He and his whole family moved to Canada and farmed.

When he was released from prison, he and his family escaped to Canada arriving in 1780. In Canada, he joined Jessup's Loyal Rangers and served until Corps were disbanded December 24, 1783.^[6]

After Asa and Tamer died the family slowly made their way back down to the United States. Our Great-Great Grandfather, Matthew Benson Richardson headed for DeKalb, Illinois where they remained for about 10 years and then he headed West to Wayne County, Nebraska and homesteaded a farm.

Asa died 4 August 1789 in Fredericksburg, Ontario, Upper Canada.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F745-Y3X : 7 January 2020), Asa Richardson, 1731.
2. ↑ "Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1720-1854", Source: FamilySearch, online image and database, Film # 004015999, Image#32, Page 51 & 52, Amos Richardson and wife Abigail, record of family births and deaths. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89N8-QHL9?i=31&cc=2448940)
3. ↑ "Proprietors and Settlers of Kingsbury", Source: Washington County NY Genweb Project, Extracted from Sleeper News, volume 3, number 4, November 1995. Copyright 1995, online publication, Main Page https://washington.nygenweb.net/kingsbury.htm
4. ↑ "Loyalist Lineages of Canada, 1783-1983, Volume 1", Author: United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada, Toronto Branch, Editor: Lynn A. Morgan, Pages 541, 542, Publisher: Generation Press, 1984, Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Digitized 25 Apr 2008
5. ↑ "Pension Application for Adiel Sherwood", Source: Revolutionary War Pensions New York State Applicants, Main Page, online publication, Transcribed by A. J. Berry and Jim Morrison, "Adiel had been appointed first lieutenant in Captain Asa Richardson’s Company (Kingsbury District) in Colonel Dr. John William’s First Regiment of Charlotte County Militia (present day Washington County) on September 29, 1775.", http://revwarpensions.com/sherwoodadiel.pdf
6. ↑ "Roll of the 84th Reg't, KRRNY", Bill Martins Genealogy Pages, copied by permission of Messrs. Hunter, Rose & Co., from "The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada," published in 1885, Appendix C, From the book 'Lunenburgh, or the Old Eastern District' By J. F. Pringle, Judge County Court. Published in 1890, http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/84threg.htm
7. ↑ "REV. JOHN LANGHORN’S RECORDS, 1787-1813——BURIALS.", Source: Ontario Historical Society, Papers and Records, Vol I, published by the Ontario Historical Society, 1899, Richardson, Asa, Pg 60, , transcribed, Richardson, Asa, Fredericksburg, Burial 4 Aug,1789,https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Ontario-History-1899-v1.pdf

See Also;

• http://www.threerivershms.com/charlottecomilitia.pdf

• http://www.genealogy.com/forum/regional/countries/topics/canada/20613/

• http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/detail.php?letter=r&line=123

• Source: Author: Ancestry.com Title: Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.Original data: White, Lo;

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Richardson-3566 created through the import of Richardson Family Tree Part 1.ged on Jul 18, 2012 by Paul Richardson.

• This person was created through the import of Ancestors_for_wikitree.ged on 29 March 2011.