Asa Hastings - Fourth Great Grandfather of Roscoe Hastings

Family Group Sheet for Asa Hastings

Husband: Asa Hastings
Birth: 28 Dec 1751 in Salem, Rockingham, NH
Death: Sep 1836 in Sweetsburg, Missiquoi, Quebec, Canada
Marriage: 14 Feb 1775 in Mason, Hillsborough, NH

Father: Jonas Hastings
Mother: Lydia Corliss

Wife: Molly Lowell
Birth: 20 Dec 1754 in Nottingham West, Hillsborough, New Hampshire,
USA
Death: 1835 in Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA

Father: Joseph Lowell
Mother: Martha Bradbury

Children:
(1) Name: Lydia Hastings
Birth: 23 Dec 1775 in Alexandria, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Marriage: 1803
Spouse: Daniel McMurphy
(2) Name: Joseph Hastings
Birth: 07 May 1777 in Alexandria, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Death: Canada
Marriage: Abt. 1798
Spouse: Polly Sanborn
(3) Name: Jonas Hastings
Birth: 19 Jan 1779 in Alexandria, Rockingham, NH
Death: 13 Jan 1869 in Alexandria, Rockingham, NH
Burial: Homeland Cemetary, Bristol, Grafton, N.H.
Marriage: 28 Nov 1805
Spouse: Polly Ordway
(4) Name: Asa Hastings
Birth: 1780 in Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Death: 1781 in Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
(5) Name: Pheobe Hastings
Birth: 08 Dec 1782 in Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Death: Alexandria, NH
Spouse: Robert Simonds
(6) Name: Amos Hastings
Birth: 19 Mar 1785 in Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Death: 21 Nov 1863 in Brome Center, Brome, Quebec, Canada
Burial: Hastings Cemetary, Knowlton, Brome, Quebec, Canada
Marriage: Abt. 1815
Spouse: Mary Polly Hill
(7) Name: Adnah Hastings
Birth: 07 Jul 1787 in New Chester, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
Death: Columbia, Hamilton, OH
Marriage: 10 Feb 1807 in Franklin, Vermont, USA
Spouse: Enos Blinn
(8) Name: Simeon Hastings
Birth: 07 Mar 1790 in Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Death: 14 Apr 1877 in Delaware, Ripley, IN
Burial: Methodist Cemetary, Delaware, Ripley Co., IN
Marriage: 02 Apr 1821 in Dunham, Quebec, Canada
Spouse: Olive Woodbury
(9) Name: Asa Hastings
Birth: 15 Oct 1792 in Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Death: 26 Aug 1876 in Canada
Burial: South Horicon Cemetary, Horicon, Warren, NY
Marriage: 11 Aug 1816 in Dunham, Quebec, Canada
Spouse: Anna Goddard
(10) Name: Moses Hastings
Birth: 15 May 1795 in Bristol, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Marriage: 11 Sep 1817 in Bridgewater, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA
Spouse: Sarah (Sally) Corliss

Notes:
Asa Hastings
Pay roll of a company of Malita commanded by Lieut. Col. David Webster, which marched from Plymouth and towns adjacent to reinforce the garrison at Ticonderoga on the alarm in July 1777 and proceeded as far a Cavendish where we met out troops on their retreat. Engaged July 5, 1777 and discharged July 16, 1777. Page 124 The State of New Hampshire Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775 - May 1777.
Page 126 - Asa Hastings - private - 12 days - 4.1 s per month. 1.16 s amount of wages.
The1790 Federal Census shows Asa Hastings living in New Chester, Grafton, NH. He is over 16 years old.  There are 4 males under 16 years. These are probably Joseph (13), Jonas (11), Amos (5) & Simeon (1).  There are 4 females in the household. They are probably Molly (Lowell) Hastings his wife and daughters Lydia (15) Phebe (8) and Adnah (3).
The 1800 Federal Census shows Asa Hastings living in New Chester, Grafton, NH. He is over 45 years old. In the household are 4 males under 10 and 2 males 10 to 15. These could include Amos (15), Simeon (10), Asa (8), Moses (5). There is one female between 10 & 15, two females between 15 & 25. One female over 45 years would account for Molly (Lowell) Hastings. The others are probably Lydia (25), Phebe (18), and Adnah 13.
The 1810 Census shows Asa Hastings living in New Chester, Grafton, NH. He is over 45 years old. Also in the household is a female over 45 years. This is probably his wife Molly (Lowell) Hastings. There is also a male between 10 & 15. This is probably Moses ( 15).
The 1830 Federal Census shows Asa Hastings living in Bristol, Grafton, NH. He is 70 to 80 years old.  There are two females in the household. Both are ages 70 to 80. One of these would likely be Molly (Lowell) Hastings.
Joseph Hastings
"They resided just south of Smith's river in the Borough, and here a family of children were born. The
father and all of the children, except John, went to Canada and there died." - The History of Bristol, MA -
Page 226
Jonas Hastings"Jonas succeeded his father on the farm, where he died." -- The History of Bristol, NH - Page 226
Asa Hastings
Died at 16 months of age.
Amos Hastings
Amos and Mary (Hill) Hastings, parents of Jonathan, settled in Brome Township a bit off the old Centre Road, between it and Brome Woods (now Iron Hill). The area came to be known as the hastings neighborhood and by 1864 (according to H. F. Walling's Map) there were four families by the name of Hastings living there. A. for Amos, T. for Timothy, J. for Jonathan and S. for Stephen. The original was a log house. - Some Jottings from The Hastings Diaries - Marion Phelps, Brome Historical Society
Adnah Hastings
Adnah and husband had 3 children in Canada and then moved to Kentucky where they had 7 more.