Asa BRANCH, SR b. 26 Mar 1744 Branch Hall, Preston, Connecticut d. 1814 Aurelius, New York, USA: Families Heading West

1744 - 1814 (69 years)

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Name	Asa BRANCH [1, 2]
Suffix	SR
Birth	26 Mar 1744	Branch Hall, Preston, Connecticut [1]
Gender	Male
Death	1814	Aurelius, New York, USA [2]
Person ID	I00024	Noble Ancestors
Last Modified	8 Nov 2012

Father	John BRANCH, II, b. 31 Mar 1694, Preston, New London, Connecticut, USA d. 03 Jan 1756 (Age 61 years)
Relationship	Natural
Mother	Martha WILLIAMS, b. 22 Dec 1706, Preston, New London, Connecticut, USA
Relationship	Natural
Marriage	20 Oct 1726 [3]
Family ID	F00041	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elizabeth TRACY, b. 28 Apr 1743, Preston, Connecticut, USA

Marriage 18 Sep 1766 [1]

Children

	1. Ziba BRANCH, b. Aft 1766 d. Bef 1814 (Age < 46 years) [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]
	2. Asa BRANCH, JR d. Bef 1814 [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]
	3. Olive BRANCH, b. 1776, Preston, Connecticut, USA d. 30 Apr 1827, Gallia, Ohio, USA (Age 51 years) [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]
	4. Lucretia BRANCH [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]
	5. Hezekiah BRANCH [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]
	6. Betsey BRANCH [Father: Natural] [Mother: Natural]

Family ID F00013 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Sources

[S00003] Sibyl Chilton, Branch Family Tree (Sibyl Chilton), (Name: Sibyl Chilton; Location: 1449 Marelen Drive, Fullerton, CA 92635; Date: August 1981;), Page 5-6.
"Asa BRANCH, SR son of John and Martha, born at Branch Hall, Preston, Conn, March 26,1744, married Elizabeth Tracy( daughter of Samuel and Esther Richmond Tracy, married Sept 18, 1766 (note: Revolutionary War data from Hartford Library and "Connecticut Men in the Revolution" page 100- and "Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in Rev War", Vol II, Page 439 = Asa Branch record. Asa and Elizabeth Branch's children: Asa, Jr. (d. before 1814), ZIBA, Olive, Lucretia, Hezekiah, Betsey. They lived in Pittsfield, Mass 1775-1777, when he joined Rev War. Asa's will was filed Nov 1814 in Cayuga Co, N.Y. - his two sons, Asa and ZIBA, had died vefore 1814. (John Smith was named Guardian of Asa's two and ZIBA'S three children.)
[S00007] Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;), Database online.
Record for Asa Branch
[S00003] Sibyl Chilton, Branch Family Tree (Sibyl Chilton), (Name: Sibyl Chilton; Location: 1449 Marelen Drive, Fullerton, CA 92635; Date: August 1981;), Page 5.
"John BRANCH, son of Peter and Hannah BRANCH born March 31, 1694, Preston Conn. (Branch Hill) married Martha WILLIAMS , Oct 20, 1726, daughter of Nicholas and Dorcas Davison Williams ( Nicholas' father was John Williams and his grandfather was Jenkins Williams. Dorcas's father was Maj. General Daniel Davis of Ipswich, Mass. - Dorcas's mother was Margaret (Lowe) Love, b. 7/8/1668, said to be daughter of Capt. John Lowe, Vice Admiral of Winthrop Fleet in 1630) The children of John and Martha Branch were: Olive, John (who married Priscilla Tracy daughter of Samuel Tracy), Corcas (who married Solomon Tracdy), Zilpha, Hulda, Hezeriah, Amariah, ASA (who married Elizabeth Tracy) and Able, and Aloyhab ( John, ASA, and Aloyhad, brothers , all in Rev War."