Captain Asa Upson, Sr.,

A Patriot of the American Revolution for CONNECTICUT. DAR Ancestor # A118104

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Wives on record: Mary Newell, Mehitable Wetmore

Capt Asa Upson BIRTH 30 Nov 1728 Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA DEATH 3 Feb 1807 (aged 78) Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA BURIAL Old North Burying Grounds Bristol, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA MEMORIAL ID 22609005 · View Source SHARE SAVE TOSUGGEST EDITS MEMORIAL PHOTOS 3 FLOWERS 0 MILITARY SERVICE: French & Indian War 1748-1768. Was commissioned Captain of the 6th Co. or Trainband (15th Regt of CT)

BOOK: "Upson Family in America",(1940) pg 45: "Asa Upson was a soldier in the French and Indian War. Vol. XV of Connecticut Historical Society papers shows he was on the muster-roll as early as June 25, 1748. In 1748, the History of Meriden states that he was at the fall of Louisburg. In Vol. xiii, page 98, of 1768 Colonial Records of Connecticut there appears: 'This Assembly do establish Mr. Asa Upson to be Lieutenant of 6th company or train Band in Town of Farmington.' In the Revolution he aided and supported the Colonies in their struggle for independence. On June 25, 1774, he was elected from Southington (then Farmington) a member of a committee to take subscriptions for the relief of Boston when the Port was closed by the British. On October 14, 1774, Vol. iv, page 33, Colonial records of Connecticut, Asa Upson was commissioned Captain of the Sixth Company or trainband in the Fifteenth Regiment of Connecticut.

When Asa Upson returned from the French and Indian War campaign, he visited at the home of his only sister, now married to Josiah Newell, and became attached to Mary, the younger sister of Josiah, whom he married in 1750. Asa Upson's home was on Sounthington Mountain from the age of four until after his marriage, when he moved to Bristol. The Congregational Church Records of Bristol show that Asa Upson served on many church and school committees. December 1, 1754, he was chosen to collect Mr. Newell's rate and from then until about 1795 there was no important church committee appointed that did not bear his name, first as Asa, then as Sergeant, 1767, and then December 1767 as Lieutenant and afterwards as Captain. He was often chosen Moderator. In 1769 he was appointed on a committee for building the new meeting house and in 1771 to dignify the new meeting house, and also to lay out the Burying Yard in the north part of the Parish. As the time of his death, he was a member of this church.

From 1764 to 1777, he served on the District School Committee. Captain Asa Upson was a large land owner in Bristol and an esteemed citizen. His will mentions the following beneficiaries; wife, Mehitable; sons, Asa, Jr., Saul and George; grandsons, Freeman, George, Asa, Austin, Asa (son of Saul) Upson, and Welles and Charles Byington; daughters, Rachel Hotchkiss, Mary Hotchkiss, Sylvia Hart, Ada Hill, Sarah Mouthrop; granddaughters, Polly C. Benton, Lois Upson, Kate Upson. The will is dated March 2, 1807, and the executors were Asa Upson, Jr. and Bliss Hart. The will is on file in the State Library in Hartford, and also a copy of his commission as Captain of the Sixth Company or trainband in the fifteenth Regiment of Connecticut."

Family Members

Parents Photo Thomas Upson 1692–1761

Photo Rachel Freeman Judd Upson 1694–1750

Spouses Photo Mary Newell Upson 1731–1775 (m. 1750)

Photo Mehitable Wetmore Upson 1732–1816 (m. 1776)

Photo Mary Newell Upson 1731–1775

Siblings Photo Thomas Upson 1719–1798

Photo Mary Upson Newell 1721–1804

Children Photo Asa Upson 1755–1826

Saul Upson 1758–1832

Photo Sylvia Upson Hart 1765–1854

Photo Adah Upson Phelps 1770–1852

Ancestor #: A118104