Biographical Sketch of Asa Willmarth

Asa Willmarth, one of the five brothers of John Willmarth, and the progenitor of the Willmarth families now in Addison, was born in Providence, R. I., April 27, 1746, and married Chloe Peck, September 20, 1770. They resided in North Adams, Mass., for a time, then immigrated to Addison in 1788, locating in the eastern part of the town. The country was then nearly an unbroken wilderness, the road to Vergennes being simply a bridle path marked by blazed trees. Asa died February 8, 1830. At the time of his wife’s death, October 22, 1829, they had lived together fifty-nine years and raised a family of ten children, eight of whom became the heads of families. Five were sons, who settled about the old homestead so closely that their farms adjoined. The daughters married and moved away, two of them to Canton and one to Farmington, N. Y. A representative of each of the brothers now resides on the respective homesteads. Asa Willmarth, sr., erected a framed dwelling modeled after the style of those times, east Of which there were but three others in the township; but this was subsequently remodeled into the present comfortable and handsome residence. The farm descended to George, and from him to Asa, the present proprietor. George was a public-spirited man; represented the town in the Legislature; was a justice of the peace many years, and served in the War of 1812. Asa has in his possession several interesting relics, among which is a powder-horn which was used at the battle of Bennington, a pair of knee-breeches worn by his grandfather, and the old sword and epaulets worn by George when captain of the State militia.


Surnames:
Willmarth,

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Collection:
Smith, H. P. History of Addison County Vermont: With Illustrations And Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men And Pioneers. Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & co., 1886.

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2 thoughts on “Biographical Sketch of Asa Willmarth”

  1. My husband and I frequent a nearby “Goodwill” in Jacksonville, Florida where we found a very old picture book of a rather well to do family from the 1800’s. We found names on a few pictures, Rhoda A Willmarth and Reginald A Willmarth. Both of which were children in the pictures. After doing some research on the names, we believe these children could be the children of Asa Willmarth. It was very hard for us to believe that someone could have let this very well kept family album go on purpose. We would greatly like to find any decendants of the Willmarth family to return this family heirloom. If you know of anyone who knows anything about this family and would like to help us get this back in the families possession please advise. Thank you Karla Blackwell.

    1. Mulliganm@optimum.net

      Hi Karla,
      I am a descendant of Asa Willmarth of Addison county.
      Sorry I’m so late but I was just going through some history of the family with my mother and came across your post. Do you still have the album? My email address is Mulligan m@optimum.net. Please feel free to reach out to me. Thank you for your kindness.
      Best regards,
      Mike Mulligan

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