Asa WILLSON, Sr.

Male 1772 - 1857  (84 years)


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  • Name Asa WILLSON 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 22 Dec 1772  Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 7 May 1857  Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Deckertown-Union-Papkating Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Aged 84y 4m 15d. (Papkating Cemetery).
    Person ID I486  John Willson, Piscataway, NJ and Ontario Family Tree
    Last Modified 13 Nov 2018 

    Father Samuel WILLSON, .ii
              b. 23 Dec 1737, Piscataway Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 Apr 1824, Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Susanna SUSAN ESTELL
              b. 4 Jan 1743, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 27 Dec 1820, Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married ? 1757 
    Family ID F322  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Temperance DECKER
              b. 21 Oct 1775, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 5 Oct 1820, Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Married 17 Apr 1794 
    Children 
     1. Susanna WILLSON
              b. 24 Mar 1795, Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 20 Jul 1832  (Age 37 years)
     2. James WILLSON, .v
              b. 6 Apr 1798, Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 15 May 1798, Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. John McCambly WILLSON, . Ii
              b. 17 Dec 1799, Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 Apr 1817, Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)
     4. Jane WILLSON
              b. 15 Apr 1802, Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 15 Apr 1859, Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     5. Asa B WILLSON, Jr.
              b. 27 Mar 1808, Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 25 Mar 1887, Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     6. Hannah WILLSON
              b. 26 Apr 1815, Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Mary C WILLSON, .vii
              b. 5 Feb 1818, Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Oct 1891, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     8. Sarah WILLSON, .7
              b. 1 Nov 1818, Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 14 Sep 1862, Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2014 
    Family ID F338  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mrs. Margaret Hall WILLSON
              b. 31 Jan 1774, Kent, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 24 Jun 1857, Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F674  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Asa Senior is the son of Susan Estell & Samuel Willson.

      . 1813 Sep 14, WILL of Wm. Havens, Wantage, Sussex Co, NJ. Thos. Teasdale Jr & Asa Willson, trustees for the school use built on my land, the privilege of fetching water from the ring near the house for use of said school & also the land on which said school stands. Inventory
      . 1817 Jun 28, WILL of David Newman, Hadiston Twp., Sussex Co., Inventory $187.61, made by John Willson & Asa Willson, Ref. File 1600S.
      . 1830 Census Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey
      Willson, Asa, 1 Male between 70-80; 1 Female 15-20; 1 Female bet 60-69;
      John Willson Jun., 1 Male bet 30-39; 1 males bet 20-29; Female 40-49; females 8;
      Joseph I Willson: 3 Males, Females 4;
      Mordaci Willson: Males 5, Females 3;
      William Willson: Males 4, Females 3;
      Zachary Willson: Males 3, Females 3;
      Samuel C Willson: Males 4, Females 1;
      Andrew Willson: Males 4; Females 4.

      . 1840 Census Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey
      Asa Willson, 1 Male & 1 female between 60-69;
      William Willson, 1 Male bet 60-70; 4 males; 1 Female bet 70-80; 1 Female bet 60-70, 4 females;
      John Willson, 1 Male bet 70 -80; 1 Female bet 60-70.

      * 1900 Jan. - Second Generation
      Ninth child: Asa, Sen., settled, lived & died on the farm now in my possession, married Temperance Decker. The had 8 children.
      He married for a second wife, Margaret, widow of Rev. Levi Hall, grandfather of Newman Hall & Deacon Levi Hill of Wantage Township.

      * 1900 Jan. - Third Generation
      Asa Willson, Sen, my grandfather, settled, lived & died on the fem now in my possession, [Wantage]
      was born December 22nd, 1772, died May 7th, 1857. Aged 84 years 4 mod, 15 days. He married Apr 17 1794:

      Asa Willson is the husband of Elizabeth Adams, also on tombstone:
      Daughter Temperance J Willson, b Aug 1830 - Sept 1854, [married Mr. Mabie/ Mabee.]

      Son's tombstone reads: John W Willson, - Aged 17 y 3 m, 27 (17 Dec 1799) - to 13 Apr 1817, son of Asa Willson & Temperance. Buried Deckertown Cemetery.

      Asa Willson 3-27-1808 d 3-25-1887
      Elizabeth Adams h/w 4-14-1809 d 8-22-1874
      their children are:

      Temperance J, 8.1830-7.1857,
      Bethena L, 5-1834.5.894,
      Eva A, 2.1836- 8.16.1917, *
      John M, 3.1839-9.1862,
      Margaret S, 7.1843-4.1873,
      Merritt N, 7.1848-4.1860.
      Temperance J, married S Mabee,
      Bethena L, married J W Crowel. - - - [1, 2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S20] Calendar of New Jersey Wills.

    2. [S31] Evi A Willson & Seven Generations.