Asa Gilbert (1755 - 1836)

Born 14 Nov 1755 in New Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Goodwin) Gilbert — married 22 Jul 1784 in New Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 23 Sep 1836 at age 80 in Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Gilbert Name Study.

Asa Gilbert was a farmer, residing at New Hartford and Barkhamsted. His father gave him a house and some land in New Hartford, but he removed to Barkhamsted about 1792, or perhaps as late as 1806, for his children from Erastus 2nd to Eliza, inclusive, were baptized at New Hartford. The distance he removed may not have been great, as Barkhamsted adjoins New Hartford on the northeast.

Asa Gilbert was a Private in the Lexington Alarm Company that marched from New Hartford in April, 1775. [Conn. Men in the Revolution, p. 177]. He is probably the Asa Gilbert who served in the 18th Regiment, Connecticut State Troops, Lieut. Thomas Bidwell's Company, from Aug. 19 to Sept. 24, 1776. Perhaps some or all of the following service record was his also. Connecticut State Troops, 1776, Third Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade, Col. Comfort Sage, Capt. Joseph Churchill's Company, at New York City and on Long Island; caught in the retreat Sept. 15; at battle of White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776; time expired Dec. 25, 1776 [Conn. Men in the Revolution, pg. 402; Also Gen. Erastus Wolcott's Brigade, Capt. Jared Shepard's Company, at Peekskill, from Mar. 31 to May 19, 1777 [Conn. Men in the Revolution, pg. 496]. He probably had a pension under the Act of 1818. His widow Mary received a pension in 1840, aged 74. [U.S. Pension File, W 17944; Conn. Men in the Revolution, p. 663; D.A.R. Lineage Books, vol 16, pp. 22-3; vol. 23, pp. 185-6; vol. 25, p. 13.] ^[1]

Buried at Barkhamsted Center Cemetery, Barkhamsted, Litchfield County Connecticut.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9LL-S2S : 11 December 2014), Asa Gilbert, pension number W. 17944, service Conn. Continental; from
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #88302434

Death

• "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7NW-DB9 : 11 June 2020), Asa Gilbert, 1836.

Military Records

• "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-KS94 : 20 February 2021), Asa Gilbert, 1777; citing 1777, Connecticut, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,306.

• "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-LV1W : accessed 10 March 2021), Asa Gilbert, 04 Mar 1831; citing Connecticut, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 8; FHL microfilm 1,319,388.

• "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files," database and images, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d); citing NARA microfilm publication M804 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1974); FHL microfilm 971,069.

• Paris, Oneida County, NY

Census Records

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR9-LKB : accessed 10 March 2021), Asa Gilbert, Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 642, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 205,619.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLL-2B7 : accessed 10 March 2021), Asa Gilbert, Barkhampsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 352, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 281,234.