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Asa Upson
Born: 1755 Bristol, Hartford Co., CT
Married: 21 Jan 1788 Worthington (now Berlin), Hartford Co, CT
Died: 29 Nov 1826 Bristol, Hartford Co., CT Buried: Old North Cemetery, Bristol, Hartford Co., CT		Headstone Inscriptions Old North Cemetery, Bristol, Conn., Copied by Clifford Rourke "Upson, Asa, died Nov. 29, 1826, age 70 yrs."

FATHER

Asa Upson

MOTHER

Mary Newell

WIFE

Ruth Norton

b. 1765 Berlin, Hartford Co., CT

d. 29/Sep/1839 Bristol, Hartford Co., CT
Headstone Inscriptions of Old North Cemetery, Brisol, CT
"Upson, Ruth, wife of Asa, died Sept. 29, 1839, 74 yrs."

CHILDREN

1. Asa Austin Upson
     b. 1788
    d. 27 Sep 1811

2. Sophia N. Upson
     b. 1 May 1791
    m. Philip Barnes
    d. 6 Mar 1865

3. Ruth Norton Upson
     b. 01 Jan 1795
    m. 1 Jun 1818 Jared Pardee
    d. 13 Aug 1874

4. George Rensselaer Upson
     b. 02 Nov 1797
    m. 25 Nov 1824 Emily Bartholomew
    d. 17 Jul 1850

5. Samuel Newell Upson
     b. Abt. 1799
    d. 27 Nov 1811

George, Asa Austin is mentioned in his grandfather's will in 1807.  See will on page for Asa Upson.

From Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files
"Upson, Asa, CT Line, Ruth, R10809, sol m Ruth Norton of Worthington CT on 21 Jan 1788 (Worthington later became Berlin CT), sol was a son of Capt Asa Upson, Sr., sol d 29 Nov 1826 at Bristol in Hartford Co CT & his wid appl there 31 Jan 1839 aged 73, a son Rensselaer Upson was aged 41 in 1839 & was living at Bristol CT"

The Upson Family In America, 1940 pg 74

"#54. Asa Upson (Asa, Thomas, Stephen, Thomas). Born 1755, Bristol.  Died November 29, 1826, Bristol, and buried in North Cemetery, with his wife and some of his children.  Married January 21, 1788, Worthington (now Berlin), Ruth, daughter of Jedediah and Acsaph (Norton) Norton.  She born 1765, Berlin. Died September 29, 1837, Bristol.
Asa Upson was in the Revolutionary War, and a copy of his honorable discharge from military service is in the hands of his descendants, the Carringtons of Bristol.  he was a farmer, and owned large tracts of land in Bristol.  Papers, which he left, show that he was a constable in Bristol during the years 1794-1797, and in 1802 and 1808.  He was also collector of state taxes during the years 1808-1809.  His will, dated 1823 (he also made one in 1815), mentions his wife, Ruth Upson, daughters Ruth Pardee and Sophia N. Barnes and son Rensselaer Upson.  Several of Asa Upson's letters show that he was interested in politics and was alert and active until the time of his death.
Asa's wife, Ruth Norton, was a descendant of Thomas Norton, who came from England to Guilford in 1639.  She was admitted to the Congregational Church of Bristol on April 8, 1816.