- 3. Anna, born Dec. 24th, 1759, bap. Dec. 30th, 1759, m. No. (174.)
174. "ASAHEL HART," to church Jan. 26th, 1783, son of Joseph, of Northington, now Avon, and Anna Barnes, of Thomas, of Southington, his wife, born May 12th, 1754, bap. May 25th, 1754, Rev. E. Booge, officiating, at Northington. He bought of Elisha Hart, 1791, his new house which Ezekiel Wright built, on Farmington road, near Bass River, with two acres and ten rods of land, where he lived some years; he m. No. (224.)
224.'ANNA, wife of Asahel Hart," to church April 1st, 1787, daughter of No. (200) and No. (78,) born 1759, bap. Dec. 30th, 1759, m. No. (174;) she died Feb. 22d, 1803, aged 44.
He was a brick-mason by trade and occupation, a stirring, lively man, naturally impulsive. After some years he moved to the foot of " Osgood Hill," on the same road. His wife died Feb. 22d, 1803,
when he m. second, Jan. 11th, 1804, Chloe Booth, daughter of Nathan, sen.; she died Feb. 10th, 1807, aged 44;
when he m. third, July 29th, 1807, Widow Prudence Gridley, of Avon, widow of Stephen; her maiden name, Park. Mr. Hart died at North Granby. Gridley, her former husband, was drowned at the whirlpool below Farmington bridge; he had swam the river once safely, when a bet was offered that he could not do it again, and he was drowned in the attempt.
THE HART CHILDREN.
1. Anna, born, bap. May 18th, 1783, m. Samuel Cossett, of Granby.
2. Beula, born, bap. May 18th, 1783, never married, died at Simsbury.
3. Asahel, jun., born, bap. Oct. 3d, 1784, m. in Ohio; returned and drowned in Farmington.
4. Joseph, born, bap. Oct. 28th, 1787, m. Sophrona Hart; second, Laura Buel.
5. Eunice, born, bap. Jan. 3d, 1790, m. Sept. 15th, 1818, Chauncey Clark.
6. Azuba, born, bap. Sept. 16th, 1792, m. Apheck Woodruff, Nov. 9th, 1809.
7. Elizabeth Norton, born, bap. May 14th, 1795, m. Wakeman Stanley.
8. Adna Thompson, born 1796, bap. May 28th, 1797, m. Lydia Woodruff.
9. Hannah Day,.born March 20th, 1799, bap. May 19th, 1799, m. Ozem Woodruff, of Avon.
10. Ezra, born, bap. May 17th, 1801, unmarried, occasionally insane.
Memorial. Genealogy, and ecclesiastical history [of First church, New Britain, Conn.] To which is added an appendix, with explanatory notes, and a full index ... By Alfred Andrews ...
Andrews, Alfred, 1797-1876.
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