Individual Details

Biography

He buys land from Benjamin Dole at Jaffrey in 1794or 1795Asa Thompson in the History of Jaffrey – may havea second wife and at least one child with her – will experiment with that – andhe might have a marriage in between Sarah Osgood and Susannah Fletcher who isthe mother of Asa Jr. – not necessarily – the 1793 marriage year for Asa andFletcher seems based on the Jaffrey History which just says he was there by1793 – so I am having him marry Susannah Fletcher about 1788https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofj00cutt/page/496/mode/2up 

Property

On 10 April 1794, AsaThompson was of Jaffrey when he purchased lot number four in the fifth range ofJaffrey containing 20 acres and part of lot number three in the fourth rangecontaining 6 acres from Benjamin and Relief Dole for payment of £40.[1]Relief (Thompson) Dole was Asa’s older sister.[1] NewHampshire Land Records, Cheshire County, 78:111On 12 October 1817, AsaThompson gentleman of Jaffrey and his wife Susanna, in consideration of twelvehundred and fifty dollars, conveyed to David Steele of Peterborough a 90-acrefarm in Jaffrey.[1]About this same time, Asa Thompson purchased of David Steele of Peterborough an18-acre property in Londonderry, Vermont.[2] On7 October 1819, Asa Thompson and Asa Thompson. Jr. obtained a mortgage on theirproperty in Londonderry from John Cutter of Jaffrey.[3][1] VermontLand Records, Cheshire County, 77:219[2] Transactionreferenced in deed when Asa sold the land; Vermont Land Records, Town ofLondonderry, 4:301[3] VermontLand Records, Town of Londonderry, 4:58On 1 June 1821, AsaThompson of Londonderry sold the 18-acre farm he had purchased from DavidSteele to David Bolster. Asa Thompson, Jr. who had been of Londonderry was in Coventry,New York in 1823 when he sold his property in Londonderry.[1][1] VermontLand Records, Town of Londonderry, 4:301, 4:47278:111 – Benjamin Dole to Asa Thompson – 1794 atJaffreyhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRH-D3WX?i=62&cat=56152 Cheshire grantor deeds – 65:245, 65:246, 88:17,35:134, 88:17, 40:373, 40:297, 62:517, 77:219 – but the ones inChesterfield seem not him but may should go back and check them 62:517 – the is Asa Thompson of Jaffrey withCoolidge property it seems like -- 1812https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS65-4WFP?i=881&cat=56152 77:219 – 1817 – Asa gentleman of Jaffrey with wifeSusannahhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRH-XQW8-Z?i=688&cat=56152 40:297 – Asa sells a tract a Jaffrey in 1803https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVL-L3DG-C?i=447&cat=5615239:513 – 1803 is Asa buying one of the tracts helater sellshttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVL-L38T-G?i=272&cat=56152 Rockingham Vermont deed index – don’t see anythingright offhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSH3-SSZ1-Z?i=249&cat=26614 Londonderry deeds – 4:58 – Asa and Asa, Jr. mortgage; 4:139, 4:169, 4:170, 4:299, 4:300, 4:301,4:472 – but so far no spouse signing on the deedsLondonderry deed indexhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLT-M9FF-5?i=228&cat=178045deed bookshttps://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/178045?availability=Family%20History%20Library4:472 – 1823 – Asa, Jr. has gone to Coventry, Genesee,NY and is selling in Londonderryhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLR-J9NC-N?i=247&cat=178045