Asa was born in 1809. He is the son of Asa Merritt and Rebecca Luce.
Merritt, Douglas. Revised Merritt Records, Rhinebeck, New York, 1916 (page 19).
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9Y-24K : accessed 25 April 2016), Asa Merritt, Norwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 96, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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