Person:Asa Maxson (1)

Note: Asa was promoted to Lieut. 1777 in the Rev War and served to the end of the war. In 1785 he was chosen Captain of the 3rd Company, Washington Co., R. I. He had 9 children by his first wife Lois Stillman. She passed away in 1820. He moved to Berlin, N. Y. with his second wife and later to Adams, N. Y.

Enlisted As Ensign Military Abt 1776 In Capt. George Stillman's Company, Col. Joseph Noyes's Rhode Island Regiment. Promoted to Lieutenant, 1776 or 1777 in the Rev War and served to the end of the war. In 1785 he was chosen Captain of the 3rd Company, Washington Co., R.I. He had 9 children by his first wife Lois Stillman. She passed away in 1820. He moved to Berlin N. Y. with his second wife and later to Adams, N. Y. Administrator Of Father's Will Had 36 grandchildren (not sure how many lived past childhood) 20 great grandchildren by time of death.

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 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.

Sources:

A Brief History of a few Early Settlers of Rhode Island and some of their Descendants. by Mary S. Andrews. Farina, Illinois, 1910. Copyist - Daisy (Vincent) Schrader. June 5, 1926 Milton Junction, WI

Westerly Town Council and Probate Vol 4, 1762-1787. Page: 211, likley in connection with the death of his father.

www.stillman.org

1. ↑ Westerly Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
   117.

   MAXSON, Asa, of David and Abigail, [born] March 6, 1752.

2.   Walter LeRoy Brown. The Maxson Family: Descendants of John Maxson and Wife Mary Mosher of Westerly, Rhode Island. (Albion, New York: Printed by Eddy Printing, 1954)
   29.

   David Maxson and his wife Abigail, were baptized and joined the Westerly S.D.B. church August 4, 1753. Their daughter Elizabeth joined in 1771. Chloe in 1779, Wealthy in 1780, Elanor and Abigail March 25, 1886. Paul and David April 8, 1786....Asa Maxson, son of David was 92 years old when he died, was buried in the Union Cemetery at Adams Center, N.Y. where his son David is also buried, as was a soldier of the American Revolution and his grave is marked with an Rev. Shield. Such as is used to mark and honor the graves of soldiers that served in that war. Asa's son David had a son Lorenzo, who lived at Farina, IL. And a son, E.R. Maxson who lives with his son E.S. at Syracuse , N.Y. Asa's daughter Polly married a Whitford, and had a son, Asa Maxson Whitford, and a son Edward M. Whitford, both of whom lived at Farina.

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Asa I. Maxson, in Find A Grave.
4.   MISC:
   -March 27, 1786 Certificate from Westerly to Middletown, Newport County for Asa Maxson his wife & children. [Westerly TCP p. 558; RIGR 14:147]