Asa Childs

Brief Life History of Asa

When Asa Childs was born on 13 September 1781, in West Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, United States, his father, Jacob Child, was 35 and his mother, Millatiah Curtis, was 26. He married Alathea Stowell on 11 March 1807, in Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 4 July 1854, in Lenox, Lenox, Madison, New York, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Whitelaw Cemetery, Lenox, Madison, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Asa Childs
1781–1854
Alathea Stowell
1788–1879
Marriage: 11 March 1807
Royal Hibbard Childs
1809–1886
Mary Childs
1814–
Almerin Childs
1814–1845
Luvan Matilda Childs
1819–1881
Eliza Childs
1820–1876
Benjamin Childs
1823–1897
Roxy Anne Childs
1826–1913
Emily Childs
1829–1863

Sources (8)

  • Asa Child, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Asa Childs, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Asa Child, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"

World Events (8)

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

1788 · Connecticut Becomes the 5th State

Connecticut became a state on January 9, 1788. In 1650, before it was a state, the boundary of Connecticut ran north from the westside of Greenwich Bay and the coast of the Pacific Ocean. During the 1600s, Westmoreland County was in Connecticut when the boundaries were changed Westmoreland County went to Pennsylvania.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Child , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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