Brief Life History of Asa
When Asa Blood Sr was born on 19 November 1758, in Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Nathaniel Blood, was 41 and his mother, Ruth Hall, was 38. He married Betsey Follet about 1776, in Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 17 May 1825, in Orford, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in West Cemetery, Orford, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Asa Blood, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Asa Blood, "Find A Grave Index"
- Asa Blood, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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New Hampshire is 9th state.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a blood-letter, based on the Middle English verb bloden ‘to let blood’. The usual Middle English terms for this occupation were bloodletter or blooder.
English: possibly also a nickname from Middle English blode ‘blood’, used as an oath (short for God's blood) but also as a term of address for a blood relative, as in: ‘Now beth nought wroth, my blode, my nece’ (Chaucer). It could also mean ‘child, near relative’ and ‘someone as dear to one as one's own offspring’.
Irish (of English origin): According to MacLysaght, the Irish family of this name came to Ireland (Clare) in the 16th century from Derbyshire, where they were originally called by the Welsh surname ap Llwyd (see Lloyd), but the Welsh origin is dubious, and it is more likely that the surname is derived from 1 or 2 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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