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Amasa Gleason (1776 - abt. 1854)

Amasa Gleason
Born in Rowe, Berkshire, Massachusettsmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and [mother unknown]
Brother of , , and
Husband of — married 13 Dec 1797 in Saratoga Co NYmap
Husband of — married 19 Sep 1815 in Saratoga, New York, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , and
Died about at about age 78 in Diamond Lake, Lake, Illinois, United Statesmap
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Biography

Amasa was born to Henry and Hannah Gleason in 1776 at Rowe, Massachusetts. [1] His parents relocated to Halfmoon, Saratoga, New York where he married Aner Griffith. [2]

By the 1810 census, Amasa's household had grown to nine members, [3] and after a couple of interim moves, he was living at Tioga, New York in 1840. [4]

Approximately one year after his wife's death in 1814 he married second wife Lydia Northrup. By 1845 Amasa followed some of his children to Lake County, Illinois and he died September 7, 1854. [5]

His children were: [2]

Children

with Aner Griffith

  1. Esther Gleason, b Sep 10, 1798; died at age 19
  2. Joseph Gleason, b Oct 3, 1800
  3. Hiram Gleason, b Oct 15, 1802
  4. Erastus Gleason, b May 14, 1804
  5. Robert Gleason, b May 6, 1806
  6. Amanda (Gleason) Clarke, b Apr 18, 1808; died at age 24
  7. James Gleason, b May 19,1810; died at age 10
  8. Emmett Gleason, b Oct 27, 1812

with Lydia Northrup

  1. Mary Eliza (Gleason) Dykeman, b Mar 14, 1818

Sources

  1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry Record 2495 #3822962
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wilson, Lillian May. Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason. Haverhill, MA: John Barber White, 1909. Page 152. https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce1909whit/page/152/mode/2up/search/593+amasa
  3. ↑ US Census, 1810; Census Place: Halfmoon, Saratoga, New York; Roll: 35; Page: 720; Image: 00193; Family History Library Film: 0181389
  4. ↑ US Census, 1840; Census Place: Tioga, Tioga, New York; Roll: 344; Page: 124; Image: 252; Family History Library Film: 0017208
  5. ↑ Wilson, Lillian May. Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason. Haverhill, MA: John Barber White, 1909. Page 152. https://books.google.com/books?id=yeAIAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3&dq=genealogy+of+the+descendants+of+thomas+gleason+of+watertown+mass&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjuyI-q5qToAhUECs0KHS5kDpAQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=snippet&q=griffith&f=false




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