When Asa Fowler was born on 28 April 1787, in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, his father, Nathan Fowler, was 36 and his mother, Sarah Kimberly, was 37. He married Polly Wilcox about 1815, in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 30 March 1832, in Connecticut, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Burr District Cemetery, Higganum, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.
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English: occupational name for a fowler, a hunter or trapper of wild birds (a common medieval occupation), from Middle English fogheler, fugheler (Old English fugelere, a derivative of fugol ‘bird’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Age 44 years. Guilford Vital Records, 1639-1850 (Barbour Collection): Fowler, Asa, s. Nathan & Sarah, b. Apr. 28, 1787. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, a collection found on Ancestr …
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