Asa
Alden
Barrows
Born in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Moses Barrows Jr
and Deborah (Totman) Barrows
Husband of
Content (Benson) Barrows
— married
19 Nov 1774 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Polly (Barrows) Curtis, Abisha Barrows, Asa Alden Barrows Jr, Deborah Barrows, Hannah (Barrows) Robbins, Caleb Benson Barrows and Rachel (Barrows) Ellingwood
Died
at age 99
in Woodstock, Oxford, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Nov 2016
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Biography
Private Asa Barrows served with 4th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Asa Barrows is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A006783.
Asa was born 28 Jul 1751 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay[1]
Military service pension 4 Mar 1831- July 23, 1833, Oxford Co.[2][3]
Residences
- 1790 - Number 4 Plantation, Cumberland, Maine[4]
- 1800 - Plimton, Plymouth, Massachusetts[5]
- 1820 - Paris, Oxford, Maine[6]
- 1830 - Indian Stream, Coos, New Hampshire[7]
- 04 Mar 1831 - Oxford County, Maine[1]
- 1850 - Woodstock, Oxford, Maine
He married Content Benson 19 Nov 1774 in Middleborough.[8][9][10]
Asa died 13 Sep 1850, at age 99 in Woodstock, Oxford, Maine. He is buried in Curtis Hill Cemetery/Woodstock, Oxford, Maine.[11][12]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835
- ↑ Maine Pensioners, 1835
- ↑ Charles Alcott Flagg An Alphabetical Index of Revolutionary Pensioners Living in Maine Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Dover Maine 1920
- ↑ 1790; Census Place: Number 4 Plantation, Cumberland, Maine; Series: M637; Roll: 2; Page: 10; Image: 20; Family History Library Film: 0568142
- ↑ 1800; Census Place: Plimton, Plymouth, Massachusetts; Roll: 16; Page: 19; Image: 29
- ↑ 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Oxford, Maine; Page: 38; NARA Roll: M33_37; Image: 34
- ↑ 1830; Census Place: Indian Stream, Coos, New Hampshire; Series: M19; Roll: 75; Page: 313; Family History Library Film: 0337928
- ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850
- ↑ Marriage Notice: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", citing Digital film/folder number: 004934230; FHL microfilm: 945014; Image number: 13; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: I11737-0, FamilySearch Record: Q29L-BDVK (accessed 18 February 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRSY-1LJ, Asa Barrows marriage to Content, Mrs Benson on 19 Nov 1774 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", citing Digital film/folder number: 007726241; FHL microfilm: 000906748, FamilySearch Record: Q28L-99NX (accessed 18 February 2024) FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9B2-G9PH-L Image number 00590, Barrows marriage to Content Benson on 18 Dec 1774 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
- ↑ Death: "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918", citing Digital film/folder number: 005246547; FHL microfilm: 001001837; Image number: 3000, FamilySearch Record: KXQ8-96C (accessed 18 February 2024) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-91WF-HTX, Asa Barrows death 13 Sep 1850 in Woodstock, Maine, United States.
- ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 August 2020), memorial page for Asa Barrows (28 Jul 1751–13 Sep 1850), Find A Grave: Memorial #86389631, citing Curtis Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Oxford County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Ben York (contributor 47157501) .
- Massachusetts. 1896-1908. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War : A Compilation from the Archives. Boston: Wright and Potter Print. Co. State Printers Volume 1, Page 696.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Asa by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Asa:
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