Asa Fisher

Birth: Sep. 17, 1732 Wrentham Norfolk County Massachusetts, USA Death: Mar. 14, 1792 Grafton Windham County Vermont, USA

Asa was the 4th of 8 children (3rd son) born of Benjamin Fisher (1701-1745) and his wife Anna Cowell (1702-1780). Asa's siblings were: Martha (b. 1728), Benjamin (1729-1792), Daniel (b. 1731), Anna (b. 1732), Joshua (1737-1776), Amos (1739-1754), and Joseph (b. 1741).

Asa married, March 29, 1759 at Wrentham, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Esther Metcalf (1735-1801) by whom he had 7 children (4 sons and 3 daughters): Amos ( 1760-1808), Asa (b. 1761), Bathsheba (b. 1763), Asa (1765-1780), Esther (b. 1767), Ezra (b. 1769), and Patty (b. 1771).

Asa joined Captain Perez Cushing's Company as a Matross on November 1, 1776. They travelled from home to camp at Boston where the Company joined Colonel Thomas Craft's Artillery Train (Massachusetts Militia Artillery Regiment) as that Regiment's 9th Company. At Boston, they defended the port from British vessels. Asa served in this capacity to May 8, 1777, 6 months and 7 days.

In 1779, Asa then of Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts purchased land in Grafton, Windham County, Vermont. The 1st recorded death in the town of Grafton is that of Asa Fisher, Jr, son of Asa and Esther, who died June 19, 1780, in the 16th year of his age.

References:

(1) "The Fisher Genealogy +++++ Record of the Descendants of Joshua, Anthony and Cornelius Fisher, of Dedham, Mass., 1636-1640" by Philip A. Fisher, 1898, pages 35, 59 and 95

(2) "Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850." Vol., I - Births, by Thomas W. Baldwin, 1910, pages 78, 81 and 86

(3) "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War." Vol. 5, by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1899, page 689

(4) "Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windham County, VT., 1724-1884." by Hamilton Child, 1884, page 186

(5) "Five Dollars and a Jug of Rum - The History of Grafton, Vermont 1754-2000" Revised and Expanded Edition by the Grafton Historical Society, pages 20, 67, and 122

Family links:

Spouse:

 Esther Metcalf Fisher (1735 - 1801)*

Children:

 Asa Fisher (1765 - 1780)*

 Amelia Fisher Brooks (1773 - 1848)*

Inscription:

In Memory of mr. Asa Fisher he Died march 14th 1792 in the 60th year of his Age.

Friends and physicans could not save This mortal body from the grave Nor can the grave confine me here When christ does call me to appear

Burial: Middletown Cemetery Grafton Windham County Vermont, USA

Maintained by: VTSSAR Originally Created by: Chazmanbsr Record added: Aug 29, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 29402696

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