Deacon Asaph ALLEN was born in the fort in Deerfield, Mass., October 25, 1751.
While he was a small boy his father moved with his family to Bernardston, Mass. At the age of nineteen years Asaph was appointed a deacon of the Orthodox Congregational church of Bernardston.
In early life he did some service in the militia, and at, the call of his country in the struggle for our independence he served as a soldier, and later in life received a pension from the government.
In 1773 or '74 he married Persis SHELDON, of Bernardston, who was born in 1757.
In February, 1796, he came to Waterbury with his family and settled on the fine farm now owned by G. E. MOODY, about half a mile east of the village of Waterbury Center, where he spent the remainder of his long life.
He was a gentleman of the old school, upright and honest. He died March 19, 1840.
His worthy wife survived him until February, 1852, aged ninety-four years and ten months.
Their children were Roxana, born August 16, 1777; Zebulon, born in 1779; Sophia, born December 10, 1781; Eliakim, born February 24, 1785; Asaph, born in 1788; Horace, born August 15, 1792; Charles S., born February 24, 1795; Persis, born in Waterbury, July 2, 1797; and Seba, born in Waterbury, August 16, 1801. Roxana married Jared GEORGE, in Bernardston, Mass., about 1795 and in January, 1796, they removed to Waterbury, where they both resided until the close of their lives, leaving four children, viz.: Joshua, Jared, Miranda, and Horace P. Zebulon Allen married Rachel MOORE, about 1798, and lived in Stowe, Waterbury, Massena, N. Y., Ogdensburg, N. Y., and finally in Rochester, N. Y., where he died. Sophia ALLEN married David HARRINGTON, of Middlesex, Vt., about 1803. Mr. HARRINGTON was a carpenter, a man of good abilities, and was high sheriff and judge of probate. He removed from Middlesex to Montpelier in 1835, emigrated to Worthington, Ohio, in 1842, thence two years later to Iowa, where he died.
Gazetteer Of Washington County, Vt. 1783-1899,
Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child,
Edited By William Adams.
The Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders.
Syracuse, N. Y.; April, 1889.
Pages Page 487-518
Transcribed by Karima Allison, 2003
While he was a small boy his father moved with his family to Bernardston, Mass. At the age of nineteen years Asaph was appointed a deacon of the Orthodox Congregational church of Bernardston.
In early life he did some service in the militia, and at, the call of his country in the struggle for our independence he served as a soldier, and later in life received a pension from the government.
In 1773 or '74 he married Persis SHELDON, of Bernardston, who was born in 1757.
In February, 1796, he came to Waterbury with his family and settled on the fine farm now owned by G. E. MOODY, about half a mile east of the village of Waterbury Center, where he spent the remainder of his long life.
He was a gentleman of the old school, upright and honest. He died March 19, 1840.
His worthy wife survived him until February, 1852, aged ninety-four years and ten months.
Their children were Roxana, born August 16, 1777; Zebulon, born in 1779; Sophia, born December 10, 1781; Eliakim, born February 24, 1785; Asaph, born in 1788; Horace, born August 15, 1792; Charles S., born February 24, 1795; Persis, born in Waterbury, July 2, 1797; and Seba, born in Waterbury, August 16, 1801. Roxana married Jared GEORGE, in Bernardston, Mass., about 1795 and in January, 1796, they removed to Waterbury, where they both resided until the close of their lives, leaving four children, viz.: Joshua, Jared, Miranda, and Horace P. Zebulon Allen married Rachel MOORE, about 1798, and lived in Stowe, Waterbury, Massena, N. Y., Ogdensburg, N. Y., and finally in Rochester, N. Y., where he died. Sophia ALLEN married David HARRINGTON, of Middlesex, Vt., about 1803. Mr. HARRINGTON was a carpenter, a man of good abilities, and was high sheriff and judge of probate. He removed from Middlesex to Montpelier in 1835, emigrated to Worthington, Ohio, in 1842, thence two years later to Iowa, where he died.
Gazetteer Of Washington County, Vt. 1783-1899,
Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child,
Edited By William Adams.
The Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders.
Syracuse, N. Y.; April, 1889.
Pages Page 487-518
Transcribed by Karima Allison, 2003
Deacon Asaph ALLEN was born in the fort in Deerfield, Mass., October 25, 1751.
While he was a small boy his father moved with his family to Bernardston, Mass. At the age of nineteen years Asaph was appointed a deacon of the Orthodox Congregational church of Bernardston.
In early life he did some service in the militia, and at, the call of his country in the struggle for our independence he served as a soldier, and later in life received a pension from the government.
In 1773 or '74 he married Persis SHELDON, of Bernardston, who was born in 1757.
In February, 1796, he came to Waterbury with his family and settled on the fine farm now owned by G. E. MOODY, about half a mile east of the village of Waterbury Center, where he spent the remainder of his long life.
He was a gentleman of the old school, upright and honest. He died March 19, 1840.
His worthy wife survived him until February, 1852, aged ninety-four years and ten months.
Their children were Roxana, born August 16, 1777; Zebulon, born in 1779; Sophia, born December 10, 1781; Eliakim, born February 24, 1785; Asaph, born in 1788; Horace, born August 15, 1792; Charles S., born February 24, 1795; Persis, born in Waterbury, July 2, 1797; and Seba, born in Waterbury, August 16, 1801. Roxana married Jared GEORGE, in Bernardston, Mass., about 1795 and in January, 1796, they removed to Waterbury, where they both resided until the close of their lives, leaving four children, viz.: Joshua, Jared, Miranda, and Horace P. Zebulon Allen married Rachel MOORE, about 1798, and lived in Stowe, Waterbury, Massena, N. Y., Ogdensburg, N. Y., and finally in Rochester, N. Y., where he died. Sophia ALLEN married David HARRINGTON, of Middlesex, Vt., about 1803. Mr. HARRINGTON was a carpenter, a man of good abilities, and was high sheriff and judge of probate. He removed from Middlesex to Montpelier in 1835, emigrated to Worthington, Ohio, in 1842, thence two years later to Iowa, where he died.
Gazetteer Of Washington County, Vt. 1783-1899,
Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child,
Edited By William Adams.
The Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders.
Syracuse, N. Y.; April, 1889.
Pages Page 487-518
Transcribed by Karima Allison, 2003
While he was a small boy his father moved with his family to Bernardston, Mass. At the age of nineteen years Asaph was appointed a deacon of the Orthodox Congregational church of Bernardston.
In early life he did some service in the militia, and at, the call of his country in the struggle for our independence he served as a soldier, and later in life received a pension from the government.
In 1773 or '74 he married Persis SHELDON, of Bernardston, who was born in 1757.
In February, 1796, he came to Waterbury with his family and settled on the fine farm now owned by G. E. MOODY, about half a mile east of the village of Waterbury Center, where he spent the remainder of his long life.
He was a gentleman of the old school, upright and honest. He died March 19, 1840.
His worthy wife survived him until February, 1852, aged ninety-four years and ten months.
Their children were Roxana, born August 16, 1777; Zebulon, born in 1779; Sophia, born December 10, 1781; Eliakim, born February 24, 1785; Asaph, born in 1788; Horace, born August 15, 1792; Charles S., born February 24, 1795; Persis, born in Waterbury, July 2, 1797; and Seba, born in Waterbury, August 16, 1801. Roxana married Jared GEORGE, in Bernardston, Mass., about 1795 and in January, 1796, they removed to Waterbury, where they both resided until the close of their lives, leaving four children, viz.: Joshua, Jared, Miranda, and Horace P. Zebulon Allen married Rachel MOORE, about 1798, and lived in Stowe, Waterbury, Massena, N. Y., Ogdensburg, N. Y., and finally in Rochester, N. Y., where he died. Sophia ALLEN married David HARRINGTON, of Middlesex, Vt., about 1803. Mr. HARRINGTON was a carpenter, a man of good abilities, and was high sheriff and judge of probate. He removed from Middlesex to Montpelier in 1835, emigrated to Worthington, Ohio, in 1842, thence two years later to Iowa, where he died.
Gazetteer Of Washington County, Vt. 1783-1899,
Compiled and Published by Hamilton Child,
Edited By William Adams.
The Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders.
Syracuse, N. Y.; April, 1889.
Pages Page 487-518
Transcribed by Karima Allison, 2003
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