DAVISON Asa

1736 - 1831  (94 years)

• Name	DAVISON Asa
  Birth	01 Sep 1736	Preston, New London Co., CT
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Jan 1831	Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY
  	Interment: 1831 Brock Cemetery, near Grafton , Rensselaer Co., NY
  Notes	Record and Pension Office, War Department. Respectfully returned to Almond A. Davison, Manito, Illinois. Washington, D.C., March 28, 1896. The records of this office show that Asa Davison, served as a private in Captain Nathaniel Webb's Company, 4th Battalion, Connecticut Forces, commanded by Col John Durkee, Revolutionary War. He enlisted, March 1, 1778, to serve 5 months, was discharged, January 1, 1779. The records also show that Asa Davison, served as a private in the 1st Company, Fifth Connecticut Regiment, Commanded by Lieut. Col. Sherman, Revolutionary War. His name first appears on the roll for March 1782, and he was discharged, June 22, 1782. The records further show that Asa Davison, served as a private in Capt. Nehemiah Rise's Company, 8th Connecticut Regiment, Revolutionary War. He enlisted Aug. 16, 1779 to serve six months, and was discharged, Jan. 15, 1780. The records also show that Ezra Davison, served as a private in Capt. Benjamin Durkee's Company of Matrosses, at Port Trumbull, Connecticut. He enlisted, Aug. 12, 1782, (That day he was 17 years old.), to serve 12 months, and was discharged, Aug. 12, 1783. By authority of the Secretary of War. Signed by Col. U.S. Army Chief in Office. Note that they were enlisted for short campaigns of a few months to a year, following which they would return home to take care of farm and family, then enlist again. (GEW) In other accounts, Asa Davison appears at “The Battle of Lexington”, and “The Battle of Monmouth”. He was also with Gen. Benedict Arnold, on his famous campaign to Canada. Asa served with the English Army during the French and Indian War, at the siege of Louisburg, Nova Scotia. After the war, the family settled there for a time, where his son, Ezra was born in 1765. At some point, he moved the family back south, as we find him in Ashford, Massachusetts at the start of the Revolutionary War. At some point after the war, the family migrated on down to Grafton, New York, where Asa died in 1824. He was buried in the Brock burying ground in the northeast part of Grafton.
  Person ID	I35136	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Davison, II Thomas,   b. 30 Jan 1701, Preston, New London Co., CT d. 1751, Pomfret, Windham Co., CT (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	HERRICK Lydia,   b. 13 Jul 1707, Pomfret, Windham Co., CT
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	31 Aug 1726	Griswold Churck, Preston, New London Co., CT
  Family ID	F18092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PRIDE Sarah,   b. 24 Aug 1743
  Children	1. DAVISON Abigail  [natural]   2. DAVISON Olive  [natural]   3. DAVISON Lydia  [natural]   4. DAVISON Louisa  [natural]   5. DAVISON Jane  [natural]   6. DAVISON Charles  [natural]   7. DAVISON Anna  [natural]   8. DAVISON Paul   d. 19 Feb 1805  [natural]   9. DAVISON Ezra,   b. 11 Aug 1765, Nova Scotia Co., Canada d. 29 Apr 1834, Grafton, Renssealaer Co., NY (Age 68 years)  [natural]   10. DAVISON Lavina,   b. Abt 1775, New Lebanon, Columbia Co., NY d. 1850, Homer, Cortland Co., NY (Age ~ 75 years)  [natural]   11. DAVISON Rufus,   b. 20 May 1775, Ashford, MA  [natural]   12. DAVISON Nathan,   b. 01 Jun 1781, Ashford, MA  [natural]   13. DAVISON John P.,   b. Abt 1793, NY d. 1872 (Age ~ 79 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F18118	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024