Asa Hart (1753 - 1824)

Born 1753 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Flint) Hart — married 23 Jul 1786 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 1824 at about age 71 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Private Asa Hart served with Middlesex County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Birth

Birth Date: 1753

Place: Reading, Middlesex, MA^[1]

Death

Death Date: 1824

Place: Reading, Middlesex, MA^[2]

Baptism

Baptism Date: 1753

Place: Congregational Church, No.Reading^[3]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Residence

Residence Date: 1790 Place: Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts^[4]

Residence Date: 1820 Place: Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts^[5]

Census Notes

1790 census - Reading, Middlesex, MA as Head w/1 male over 16.& 5 females

1820 census - Reading, Middlesex, MA as Head w/1 male under 16, 1 male between 30-45 w/1 female <10, 1 fem.10-16 and 1 fem 26-45

Military Service

Date: 19 APR 1775

Place: Rev.War. Private^[6]

MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS in the WAR of the REVOLUTION, Volume 7 page 373

Hart, Asa, Reading. Capt. John Flint's co., Col. David Green's regt.; service, 5 days, probably on the alarm of April 19, 1775; also, list of men who enlisted under Lieut. Ebenezer Damon, of Reading, as returned by Capt. John Flint to Col. David Green, dated Reading, 2d Parish, May 15, 1775; also, Capt. John Bacheller's co., Col. Bridge's regt.; order for advance pay, signed by said Hart and others, dated [p.373] Cambridge, June 6, 1775; also, Private, same co. and regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 24, 1775; service, 3 mos. 14 days; also, descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of 9 months from the time of their arrival at Fishkill, agreeable to resolve of April 20, 1778, as returned by E. Brooks, Superintendent; Capt. Flynt's co., Col. Fox's (3d Middle-sex Co.) regt.; age, 23 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 7 in.; residence, Reading; arrived at Fishkill July 27, 1778; also, list of men raised in Middlesex Co. to reinforce the Continental Army, agreeable to resolve of June 9, 1779, as returned by Brig. Gen. Eleazer Brooks to Maj. Hosmer, dated Lincoln, July 21, 1779; Col. Fox's regt.; age, 21 (also given 25) yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 7 (also given 5 ft. 8) in.; complexion, dark; residence, Reading; reported delivered to Capt. L. Bailey; also, list of men raised in Middlesex Co., as returned by Joseph Hosmer, Superintendent, Nov. 24, 1779; also, Capt. Wiley's co., Col. M Jackson's (8th) regt.; entered service July 28, 1779; reported taken prisoner Feb. 3, 1780; also, Private, Capt. Samuel Tay's co., Lieut. Col. Webb's regt.; enlisted Sept. 17, 1781; discharged Dec. 1, 1781; service, 2 mos. 25 days, including 11 days (224 miles) travel home; regiment raised in Suffolk and Middlesex counties to reinforce Continental Army for the term of 3 months; roll dated Woburn.

The abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots lists: ASA HART buried in Wyoming Cem., Melrose (Middlesex co) MA 47. Vol.2 p. Serial: 11216; Volume: 2

Probate

Civil Date: 1824, Index to the Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, MA

Place: Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts^[7]

Note

Note: #N1480

Marriage

Husband: Asa Hart

Wife: Rachel Flint

Marriage Date: 23 JUL 1786

Place: Reading, Middlesex, MA^[8][9]

Husband: Thomas Hart

Wife: Abigail Brown

Child: Abigail Hart

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Mary Hart

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: David Hart

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Elizabeth Hart

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Joseph Hart

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Daniel Hart

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Dorcas Hart

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Asa Hart

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Hepsibah Hart

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage Date: 15 MAY 1737

Place: Wakefield, Middlesex, MA ^[10][11][12]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S374 Page: pg.117 C.R.1 Data: Text: Baptism
2. ↑ Source: #S35 Page: Middlesex Co.,Massachusetts Probate Index, 1648-1870 Data: Text: Administration Location: Reading Number 10518
3. ↑ Source: #S374 Page: Births
4. ↑ Source: #S3 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line] Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, roll M637_4, page
5. ↑ Source: #S6 Data: Text: Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line] Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, roll M33_51, page 38
6. ↑ Source: #S225 Page: Vol 7,pg.373
7. ↑ Source: #S238 Data: Text: Online publication - Flint, James, Original data - Index to the Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, MA, USA: 1912.
8. ↑ Source: #S37 Page: Family Data Collection - Marriages
9. ↑ Source: #S24 Page: pg.23 FOOT Note: John Flint and John H. Stone
10. ↑ Source: #S176
11. ↑ Source: #S374 Page: Pg.360 Marriages
12. ↑ Source: #S379 Page: pg.197 Data: Text: Church Record

• Source: S176 Title: Hart, James M. Genealogical History of Hart. 1903
• Source: S225 Title: MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS in the WAR of the REVOLUTION
• Source: S238 Author: Flint, James, comp Title: Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1648-1870 Publication: Name: Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000; Repository: #R2 Index to the Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MA, USA: , 1912 Repository: R2
• Source: S24 Author: Flint and Stone Title: A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Thomas Flint of Salem Publication: Name: Warren F. Draper, Andover, 1860;
• Source: S3 1790 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000; Repository: #R2
• Source: S35 Title: Ancestry.com
• Source: S37 Title: Ancestry.com
• Source: S374 Author: Compiled by THOMAS W. BALDWIN Title: Vital Records of Reading Massachusetts Publication: Name: Boston, Mass., 1912; Repository: #R28 Repository: R28 Name: Mayflower Society Library, Oakland, CA
• Source: S379 Title: Vital Records of Wakefield, MA
• Source: S6 1820 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Provo, UT 2009; Repository: #R2
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZD9-ZRW : 4 December 2014), Asa Hart, ; citing FHL microfilm 0873745 IT 2.
• McQuesten, Lenora White. Farm and Neighborhood Cemeteries of Andover and North Andover, Mass. (np, 1930) Page 31

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Hart-986 created through the import of HART, Elizabeth - WIKITREE.ged on Jun 20, 2011 by Betty Patterson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Betty and others.