Asa W BURNHAM
Revolutionary War
REVOLUTIONARY WAR -- 1775 - 1778
John Young Chapter, NSDAR
Charleston, West Virginia
Daughters of the American Revolution
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Burnham, Asa (CT) Lucy Huntington
Asa Burnham from Preston,CT is mentioned in "Connecticut Men in the Revolutionary War" at the outbreak of the war. He is a private in the 8th company.
NOTE: See images on left for Asa Burnham's Revolutionary War information -- Source: Revolutionary War Era Pension & Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files -- HeritageQuest Online.
"Asa Burnham served as a soldier and seargent. In 1775 he marched from the town of Preston to the relief of Boston, in response to the alarm of Lexington. He first enlisted in the 8th company, Eight Regiment, of Colonel Huntington, of Norwich, on July 10, 1775. He was honorably discharged December 10, 1775. In 1776 he again enlisted in Captain James Morgan's Company, Eighth Regiment of New York militia. January 20, 1777, he enlisted in Captain Beldier's company of Connecticut as a seargent, and was honorably discharged in 1778. He drew a pension for his services."
Source: Lineage book, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Indiana : 1894-1900, Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter, Page 13
"He served as Sargeant Captain James Morgan Co., 8th Regt. Conn. Militia, Col. Oliver Smith, Sept. 8, 1776 to Nov. 1776. Sargt. Capt. Ebenezer Perkins Co., 1st Conn. Regt. Jan 20, 1777 to Dec. 28, 1778. From Preston, CT he removed to Shaftsbury, VT, from there to Aurora, NY."
Source: Cole, Ernest Byron, The descendants of James Cole of Plymouth 1633 : also a record of the families of Lieutenant Thomas Burnham of Ipswich, 1635, Lieutenant Edward Winship of Cambridge, 1635, and Simon Huntington of Norwich, England, 1635 : with a complete record of the Cole, Coole, and Cowle families of America in the Revolution, Page 313.
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Lineage Book of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 7, Page 143
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Asa Burnham's Revolutionary War Pension Information
Revolutionary War Era Pension & Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files
Strange and Obscure Stories of the Revolutionary War
Asa Burnham's Obituary 1846-02-05 Location: Massachusetts Paper: Sun
Grave of Asa Burnham, Oak Glen Cemetery, Aurora, NY
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