Asa W  BURNHAM

1768,Burnham,Burnham , As; a minor of Norwich aged more than 14 yrs, son of Eleazer 107 Burnham late of Norwich made choice 4 Oct . 1768 of Mr, Ephraim
Barker of Norwich as guardian, approved.,Appraised,Vol 3


NOTE: Ephraim Barker appears to be Asa's step-father

Asa Burnham, Hereby informs the Public, that he carries on The Saddler's Bufinefs in all it's Branches, at the House of Capt. William Belcher, in the upper Part of Preston; where he makes all Sorts of Men's and Women's Saddles in the newest and best fashion and in the newest Manner. Gentlemen and Ladies who please to employ him, may depend upon having their work done Well.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR -- 1775 - 1778


John Young Chapter, NSDAR

Charleston, West Virginia

Daughters of the American Revolution

http:/ www.wvdar.org/ JohnYoung/ patriotb.htm

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

Service: CONNECTICUT Rank: SERGEANT
Birth: 5-28-1753 NORWICH CONNECTICUT
Death: 1-1-1849 AURORA NEW YORK
Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT

EARLY PRESTON, CT (Griswold section) MARRIAGES
These records were taken from the books at Congregational Church Parishes throughout the state of Connecticut, from the years 1630 to 1800. Compiled by, Frederic W. Bailey 'Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records prior to 1800'. 1896-1906.

The town of Griswold was incorporated October, 1815, from land that was taken from Preston. The Congregational Church in Griswold was organized November 20, 1720 as the Second Church in Preston. Rev. Hezekiah Lord pastor from 1720 to 1761.

http:/ www.rootsweb.com/ ~ctcgroto/ Preston_Marriages.html

Nathan Huntington & Ame Brown, m. Aug. 26, 1755 (Lucy Huntington’s Parents)

Asa Burnham & Lucy Huntington of Norwich, m. Aug. 16, 1779

NOTE: Thomas Burnham and Mary Lawrence had a son John who had a son Jacob who had a son John who had a son John (Birth: 1742 in Old Ipswich,Essex,MA
Death: 1 AUG 1829 in Middletown,Rutland,VT). This John Burnham (also spelled Burnam) was one

Burnham, Asa
Constable of Shaftsbury. Named in account of Jonas Galusha, Sheriff, in regard to taking British prisoners to Castleton -- seven days, eighty-seven miles.
Date 1781-0719
Card ID: 10972 Record Series: SE-118 Volume: 9 Page: 95

Burnham, Asa
Constable of Shaftsbury. Receipt of, for payment for collecting the eight-penny, seven-penny, six-penny and land taxes in Shaftsbury.
Date 1783-07-19
Card ID: 10975 Record Series: SE-118 Volume: 9 Page: 308

Burnham, Asa
Petition from Shaftsbury and Sunderland that Bennington and Manchester keep the court houses and goals (jails) in repair without expense to other towns of county.
Date: 1787-03-02
Card ID: 10980 Record Series: SE-118 Volume: 17 Page: 309

Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont

1. Free white males of 16 years upward, including heads of families

2. Free white males under 16 years of age

3. Free white females including heads of house

4. Total All other free persons [number of black males over 16, number of black males under 16, number of black females when reported in this manner]

5. Page number within parenthesis (p. ? )



• Asa BURNHAM : 2 * 2 * 6 * 0 * (p. 5)

• Samel. BURNHAM : 2 * 0 * 2 * 0 * (p. 5)

• William BURNHAM : 4 * 2 * 5 * 0 * (p. 5)

• Amos HUNTINGTON : 5 * 1 * 3 * 0 * (p. 5)

• Jeremiah HUNTINGTON : 2 * 3 * 2 * 0 * (p. 8)

• John HUNTINGTON : 1 * 0 * 3 * 0 * (p. 5)

• Nathan HUNTINGTON : 3 * 1 * 4 * 0 * (p. 5)

• Samll. HUNTINGTON : 3 * 4 * 7 * 0 * (p. 6)

Date: 1794-11-21; Vol: XII; Iss: 26; Page: [1]
'Proposals of James Lyon for Printing a Volume of Laws' -- looks to be a book about laws pertaining to the U.S. and, in particular, the state of Vermont -- sold for 2 dollars in 'blue board' and two dollars and a half 'completely bound, gilt and lettered' -- shows Major Asa Burnham of Shaftsbury as one of those who has pre-ordered this publication.'

Source: The Vermont Gazette, Bennington, VT

Asa Burnham is found living in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont.

Date: 1801-08-24; Vol: I; Iss: 22; Page: [2]
'For the VERMONT GAZETTE - On Monday the 17th inst?, a very large and respectable number of inhabitants of Shaftsbury, and towns adjoining met at Major Asa Burnham's in said Shaftsbury for the purpose of celebrating that auspicious anniversary, which gave the first fatal check to the British savages, in the northern parts of the United States of America'


'At half past one o'clock the company moved in procession from Major Burnham's to the Meetinghouse where the business of the day commenced by a pertinent and impressive address to the throne of grace, by elder Blood; after which an oration suitable suitable to the occasion was delivered by Doctor A. Woolcutt. The procession then returned to Major Burnham's, where Mr. M. Cobb delivered a short but animating oration to the military gentlemen attending under arms. At four o'clock the company partook of an elegant repast provided by Major Burnham for the occasion, after which the

Date: 1801-12-28; Vol: I; Iss: 40; Page: [3]
'LOST - On the 23rd of December ??? Between landlord Asa Burnham's in Shaftsbury and the Court House in Bennington, ??? Two dollars, two half dollars, eight quarters, and one nine penny piece. Whoever has found the same and will return it to the subscriber living in Dorset, to the printer hereof, or to Landlord Burnham, shall receive one dollar reward by Dorset, Dec. 21. IRA SEARS'
Source: The Vermont Gazette, Bennington, VT

(PDF File) Date: 1804-07-10; Vol: II; Iss: 15; Page: [3] 'Wednesday last, being the 4th of July, the citizens of Shaftsbury, Bennington and Pownal, and a number of gentlemen from neighboring towns, agreeably to previous arrangement, convened at Major Burnham's in Shaftsbury, for the purpose of celebrating the birth day of American Independence…'
Source: The Vermont Gazette, Bennington, VT

Asa Burnham is from Scipio, Cayuga, NY and Asa N. Burnham (his son) from Aurelius, Cayuga, NY

According to Asa Burnham's Revolutionary War Pension file, 'In 1820, soldier stated that his family then residing with him consisted of his wife, Lucy, aged about sixty-four years, and his daughter, Charlotte, aged about seventeen years…'

Asa W. Burnham from Springport is listed as a Supervisor of the County of Cayuga in 1824.

Asa Burnham
Rank: Sergeant
County: Cayuga Co.
Annual Allowance:96 00
Sums received:1191 46
Description of service:Connecticut continental
When placed on the pension roll:August 6, 1818
Commencement of pension:April 7, 1818
Laws under which inscribed, increased or reduced OR Remarks:
March 18, 1818. Relinquished for benefit act June 7, 1832.


Name: Asa Burnham
Rank: Sergeant
County: Cayuga Co.
Annual Allowance:110 00
Sums received:
Description of service: Connecticut continental
When placed on the pension roll: August 16, 1832
Commencement of pension:March 4, 1831Laws under which inscribed, increased or reduced OR Remarks:


New York Pensioners: 1835

www.usgennet.org/ usa/ topic/ colonial/ census/ 1840/ 1840ny_b.html

shows Asa Burnham at age 87 living in the household of Sherman Smith in Ledyard, NY on June 1, 1840

Wednesday, December 4, 1844 Auburn Journal, Auburn, NY
'We the undersigned Whigs of the town of Ledyard, deeply regretting that… Statesman, Henry Clay, has been defeated in the recent election for the Presidency, feel the duty on them now more incumbent than ever before, to declare themselves in favor of
The Tariff of 1842 as it is
Distribution of the Proceeds of the Public Lands
and in opposition to
Slavery and the Annexation of Texas…
Dated Ledyard December 2, 1844
Asa Burnham…David Salisbury…L. Salisbury…Sherman Smith...'

The good citizens of the quite village of Aurora have been for some weeks preparing for a Centennial Festival in aid of the State fund, and to assist in repairing the Washington Homestead at Mount Vernon… On either side of the long rooms were arranged refreshment tables, one for each of the old thirteen colonies… Pennsylvania displayed its pennants of pink and gold. Its name of power suitable inscribed - vert and argent - and upon its white curtained drapery, the portrait of a remembered citizen of Aurora, Major Asa Burnham, a revolutionary soldier, if indeed his years did not extend to the old French war, and also of the Hon. Eleazer Burnham who on more than one occasion was of the Presidential Electoral College.

At this table Mrs. Town presided...

'Thomas, born in 1619, or, according to some authorities, 1623, came to America with his brothers, John and Robert in 1635, in the ship Angel Gabriel, of which their maternal uncle, Captain Andrews, was master; and, after suffering shipwreck on the coast of Maine, settled in Chebacco (Ipswich), in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, in 1636.

He served in the Pequot War in 1636 or 1637, and afterwards in King Philip's War in 1675. In 1664 he was Sergeant of the Ipswich Foot Company, in 1675 its Ensign, and in 1683 its Lieutenant.

He was Selectman in 1647, and Deputy to the General Court in 1683-4-5…

The Burnhams of Ipswich, Mass. and Norwich, Conn., are largely of his lineage, and many of his descendants have been identified with Colonial and State activities. His son, Thomas, was Lieutenant of the Ipswich Foot Company in 1702; his great-grandson, Eleazer, served in the French and Indian War of 1757; and his great-great-grandson, Asa, was a soldier in the American