ASA MAXON
Born: 1750 at Westerly, Wash. Co. R.I.
Died: Mar. 18, 1842 in town of Adams, Jeff. Co., N.Y.
Married: 1st LOIS STILLMAN
Born: 1756
Died: Sept. 18, 1820 in town of Adams, N.Y.
Married: 2nd Nov. 1. 1822 at Petersburg, N.Y. Mrs. Mary Stillman Potter, widow of George Potter of Westerly, R.I.
Died: Apr. 6, 1851 in Hopkinton, Wash. Co., R.I.
Service: Asa Maxon enlisted in 1777 and did service at Watch Hill, R.I. for 20 days; at South Kingston 25 days; at Boston Neck, R.I. 27 days. In 1778 at the time of Sullivan's Expedition against the British near Newport, R.I., served 30 days. At Stoughton, in Conn. served 15 days. Was in service until 1783.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C. S.C. 22889; W.C. 21754
Remarks: Asa Maxon and his first wife are buried in Union Cemetery in town of Adams, N.Y. His children living in 1842 were
Asa born July 1, 1776
Polly born July --, 1781
David born Sept. 27, 1788
Amelia born Oct. 12, 1792
His second wife, Mary Stillman Potter, died at the home of her own daughters in R.I. She was pensioned by the government as the widow of George Potter. Mary Stillman married George Potter at Westerly, R.I. April 26, 1780. He was killed in the war Oct. 25, 1801 [?].
Amelia Maxon married Robert Collins of Adams and the names of George and Mary Potter's children are to be found in Asa Maxon's pension papers.
ASA MAXON
Born: 1750 at Westerly, Wash. Co. R.I.
Died: Mar. 18, 1842 in town of Adams, Jeff. Co., N.Y.
Married: 1st LOIS STILLMAN
Born: 1756
Died: Sept. 18, 1820 in town of Adams, N.Y.
Married: 2nd Nov. 1. 1822 at Petersburg, N.Y. Mrs. Mary Stillman Potter, widow of George Potter of Westerly, R.I.
Died: Apr. 6, 1851 in Hopkinton, Wash. Co., R.I.
Service: Asa Maxon enlisted in 1777 and did service at Watch Hill, R.I. for 20 days; at South Kingston 25 days; at Boston Neck, R.I. 27 days. In 1778 at the time of Sullivan's Expedition against the British near Newport, R.I., served 30 days. At Stoughton, in Conn. served 15 days. Was in service until 1783.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C. S.C. 22889; W.C. 21754
Remarks: Asa Maxon and his first wife are buried in Union Cemetery in town of Adams, N.Y. His children living in 1842 were
Asa born July 1, 1776
Polly born July --, 1781
David born Sept. 27, 1788
Amelia born Oct. 12, 1792
His second wife, Mary Stillman Potter, died at the home of her own daughters in R.I. She was pensioned by the government as the widow of George Potter. Mary Stillman married George Potter at Westerly, R.I. April 26, 1780. He was killed in the war Oct. 25, 1801 [?].
Amelia Maxon married Robert Collins of Adams and the names of George and Mary Potter's children are to be found in Asa Maxon's pension papers.
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