Asa AMSDEN (64)

[376]

4 FEB 1789 - 31 JUL 1832

Father: Abel, Sr. AMSDEN
Mother: Sybil HUBBARD

Family 1 : Lucy F. ROBINSON
  1.  Lysander H. AMSDEN
  2. +Alanson O. AMSDEN
  3. +Alonzo AMSDEN
  4. +Alzamon D. AMSDEN
  5. +Orville D. AMSDEN
  6.  Rosalia M. AMSDEN
  7. +Rosander Marcellus AMSDEN
  8.  Lucy Ann AMSDEN
  9.  C. Cardell AMSDEN
  10.  Marcella M. AMSDEN
  11.  Rosella S. AMSDEN

                                                                    _Isaac, Jr. AMSDEN __+
                                                                   | (1655 - 1727) m 1677
                                             _Abraham, I AMSDEN ___|_Jane RUTTER ________
                                            | (1692 - 1763) m 1722   (1659 - 1739)       
                       _Abraham, II AMSDEN _|
                      | (1723 - ....) m 1745|
                      |                     |                       _John, II NEWTON ____+
                      |                     |                      | (1667 - ....) m 1690
                      |                     |_Hannah (2nd) NEWTON _|_Hannah MORSE _______
                      |                       (1698 - 1773) m 1722   (1674 - ....)       
 _Abel, Sr. AMSDEN ___|
| (1755 - 1828) m 1786|
|                     |                                             _____________________
|                     |                                            |                     
|                     |                      ______________________|_____________________
|                     |                     |                                            
|                     |_Hannah WHITCOMB ____|
|                        m 1745             |
|                                           |                       _____________________
|                                           |                      |                     
|                                           |______________________|_____________________
|                                                                                        
|
|--Asa AMSDEN 
|  (1789 - 1832)
|                                                                   _____________________
|                                                                  |                     
|                                            ______________________|_____________________
|                                           |                                            
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |                       _____________________
|                     |                     |                      |                     
|                     |                     |______________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                                  
|_Sybil HUBBARD ______|
   m 1786             |
                      |                                             _____________________
                      |                                            |                     
                      |                      ______________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                                            
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |                       _____________________
                                            |                      |                     
                                            |______________________|_____________________
                                                                                         

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[376] Brown gives birthdate as Mar. 5, 1790.

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Asa AMSDEN (60)

[129]

5 MAR 1790 - 21 MAY 1834

Father: Abraham, III AMSDEN
Mother: Submit MORSE

Family 1 : Susan CURRIER
  1.  Philo C. AMSDEN
  2.  Justin A. AMSDEN
  3. +Samuel C. AMSDEN
  4.  Eliza AMSDEN
  5. +Delia AMSDEN
  6.  Martha AMSDEN

                                                                     _Isaac, Jr. AMSDEN __+
                                                                    | (1655 - 1727) m 1677
                                              _Abraham, I AMSDEN ___|_Jane RUTTER ________
                                             | (1692 - 1763) m 1722   (1659 - 1739)       
                        _Abraham, II AMSDEN _|
                       | (1723 - ....) m 1745|
                       |                     |                       _John, II NEWTON ____+
                       |                     |                      | (1667 - ....) m 1690
                       |                     |_Hannah (2nd) NEWTON _|_Hannah MORSE _______
                       |                       (1698 - 1773) m 1722   (1674 - ....)       
 _Abraham, III AMSDEN _|
| (1751 - 1833) m 1773 |
|                      |                                             _____________________
|                      |                                            |                     
|                      |                      ______________________|_____________________
|                      |                     |                                            
|                      |_Hannah WHITCOMB ____|
|                         m 1745             |
|                                            |                       _____________________
|                                            |                      |                     
|                                            |______________________|_____________________
|                                                                                         
|
|--Asa AMSDEN 
|  (1790 - 1834)
|                                                                    _____________________
|                                                                   |                     
|                                             ______________________|_____________________
|                                            |                                            
|                       _____________________|
|                      |                     |
|                      |                     |                       _____________________
|                      |                     |                      |                     
|                      |                     |______________________|_____________________
|                      |                                                                  
|_Submit MORSE ________|
   m 1773              |
                       |                                             _____________________
                       |                                            |                     
                       |                      ______________________|_____________________
                       |                     |                                            
                       |_____________________|
                                             |
                                             |                       _____________________
                                             |                      |                     
                                             |______________________|_____________________
                                                                                          

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[129] Ashtabula Sentinel, May 24, 1834

Died in this town very suddenly, on the 21st , Mr. Asa Amsden, aged44. He went to bed in apparent health; - during the night his wifeheard him groaning as if in distress, and in a few moments, before shecould render him any assistance, he expired.
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #3034, Date of Import: Jun 6,1997]


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Asa Marcella AMSDEN

17 MAY 1851 - 18 MAY 1854

Father: Rosander Marcellus AMSDEN
Mother: Mary Helen JEWELL


                                                                          _Abraham, II AMSDEN _+
                                                                         | (1723 - ....) m 1745
                                                    _Abel, Sr. AMSDEN ___|_Hannah WHITCOMB ____
                                                   | (1755 - 1828) m 1786                      
                              _Asa AMSDEN _________|
                             | (1789 - 1832) m 1812|
                             |                     |                      _____________________
                             |                     |                     |                     
                             |                     |_Sybil HUBBARD ______|_____________________
                             |                        m 1786                                   
 _Rosander Marcellus AMSDEN _|
| (1824 - 1886)              |
|                            |                                            _____________________
|                            |                                           |                     
|                            |                      _____________________|_____________________
|                            |                     |                                           
|                            |_Lucy F. ROBINSON ___|
|                               m 1812             |
|                                                  |                      _____________________
|                                                  |                     |                     
|                                                  |_____________________|_____________________
|                                                                                              
|
|--Asa Marcella AMSDEN 
|  (1851 - 1854)
|                                                                         _____________________
|                                                                        |                     
|                                                   _____________________|_____________________
|                                                  |                                           
|                             _____________________|
|                            |                     |
|                            |                     |                      _____________________
|                            |                     |                     |                     
|                            |                     |_____________________|_____________________
|                            |                                                                 
|_Mary Helen JEWELL _________|
                             |
                             |                                            _____________________
                             |                                           |                     
                             |                      _____________________|_____________________
                             |                     |                                           
                             |_____________________|
                                                   |
                                                   |                      _____________________
                                                   |                     |                     
                                                   |_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                               

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Asa N. AMSDEN

[313]

7 MAR 1855 - 3 DEC 1922

Father: Samuel C. AMSDEN
Mother: Clarissa HUBBARD

Family 1 : Margaret BROOKS

                                                                    _Abraham, II AMSDEN _+
                                                                   | (1723 - ....) m 1745
                                             _Abraham, III AMSDEN _|_Hannah WHITCOMB ____
                                            | (1751 - 1833) m 1773                       
                       _Asa AMSDEN _________|
                      | (1790 - 1834)       |
                      |                     |                       _____________________
                      |                     |                      |                     
                      |                     |_Submit MORSE ________|_____________________
                      |                        m 1773                                    
 _Samuel C. AMSDEN ___|
| (1822 - 1899) m 1844|
|                     |                                             _____________________
|                     |                                            |                     
|                     |                      ______________________|_____________________
|                     |                     |                                            
|                     |_Susan CURRIER ______|
|                       (1791 - 1859)       |
|                                           |                       _____________________
|                                           |                      |                     
|                                           |______________________|_____________________
|                                                                                        
|
|--Asa N. AMSDEN 
|  (1855 - 1922)
|                                                                   _____________________
|                                                                  |                     
|                                            ______________________|_____________________
|                                           |                                            
|                      _Nathaniel HUBBARD __|
|                     | (1774 - 1834)       |
|                     |                     |                       _____________________
|                     |                     |                      |                     
|                     |                     |______________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                                  
|_Clarissa HUBBARD ___|
  (1820 - 1870) m 1844|
                      |                                             _____________________
                      |                                            |                     
                      |                      ______________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                                            
                      |_Lucy WAFUL _________|
                        (1776 - 1848)       |
                                            |                       _____________________
                                            |                      |                     
                                            |______________________|_____________________
                                                                                         

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[313] The Jefferson Gazette Tues. Dec. 5, 1922 page 1

Death of Mr. A.N. Amsden Occurred Sunday Morning December 3rd

A.N. Amsden died at his home in Jefferson on East Jefferson Streetlast Sunday morning at 6:15 a.m. aged 67. Death resulted fromparalysis. Mr. Amsden sustained a stroke on Thanksgiving day,paralyzing his left side.

The deceased was born in Jefferson and had been all of his maturelife, a blacksmith, as was his father and his brothers. A brother,Philo, died a few days ago. Another brother, Arthur, of Warren isseriously ill. R. S. Amsden of the village is a brother.

The deceased is survived by his wife and son, Robert, and a daughter,Mrs. Fred Bessant, of Painsville.

The funeral will be held at the home at one p.m. on Tuesday.
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #3034, Date of Import: Jun 6,1997]

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Asahel AMSDEN

[48]

21 JUN 1741 - ____

Father: John, II AMSDEN
Mother: Mary COWLES

Family 1 : Mary WARD

                                                                   __
                                                                  |  
                                             _Isaac AMSDEN _______|__
                                            | (1620 - 1659)          
                       _John, Sr. AMSDEN ___|
                      | (1654 - 1696)       |
                      |                     |                      __
                      |                     |                     |  
                      |                     |_____________________|__
                      |                                              
 _John, II AMSDEN ____|
| (1686 - 1742) m 1719|
|                     |                                            __
|                     |                                           |  
|                     |                      _____________________|__
|                     |                     |                        
|                     |_Elizabeth __??__ ___|
|                       (.... - 1689)       |
|                                           |                      __
|                                           |                     |  
|                                           |_____________________|__
|                                                                    
|
|--Asahel AMSDEN 
|  (1741 - ....)
|                                                                  __
|                                                                 |  
|                                            _____________________|__
|                                           |                        
|                      _Samuel COWLES ______|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |                      __
|                     |                     |                     |  
|                     |                     |_____________________|__
|                     |                                              
|_Mary COWLES ________|
  (1699 - 1757) m 1719|
                      |                                            __
                      |                                           |  
                      |                      _Robert BARTLET _____|__
                      |                     | (.... - 1675)          
                      |_Deborah BARTLET ____|
                                            |
                                            |                      __
                                            |                     |  
                                            |_____________________|__
                                                                     

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[48] Asahel resided in Ashfield, MA in 1760 and Deerfield, MA in 1765-7.Murray M. Brown, Some Descendents of Isaac Amsden of CambridgeMassachusetts, (1934).

Copeland supplied exact day of birth and death place.

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Austin Orlando AMSDEN (135)

[196]

9 JAN 1836 - 13 FEB 1912

Father: Samuel AMSDEN
Mother: Abigail HAZELTINE

Family 1 : Mary Jane DICKINSON
  1.  Mary Elizabeth AMSDEN
  2.  Lewis Austin AMSDEN
  3. +Arthur Dickinson AMSDEN
  4.  Frederic Henry AMSDEN
  5.  George Samuel AMSDEN
  6. +Julian Moses AMSDEN

                                                                    _Abraham, I AMSDEN ___+
                                                                   | (1692 - 1763) m 1722 
                                              _Abraham, II AMSDEN _|_Hannah (2nd) NEWTON _
                                             | (1723 - ....) m 1745  (1698 - 1773)        
                       _Abraham, III AMSDEN _|
                      | (1751 - 1833) m 1773 |
                      |                      |                      ______________________
                      |                      |                     |                      
                      |                      |_Hannah WHITCOMB ____|______________________
                      |                         m 1745                                    
 _Samuel AMSDEN ______|
| (1799 - 1873) m 1822|
|                     |                                             ______________________
|                     |                                            |                      
|                     |                       _____________________|______________________
|                     |                      |                                            
|                     |_Submit MORSE ________|
|                        m 1773              |
|                                            |                      ______________________
|                                            |                     |                      
|                                            |_____________________|______________________
|                                                                                         
|
|--Austin Orlando AMSDEN 
|  (1836 - 1912)
|                                                                   ______________________
|                                                                  |                      
|                                             _____________________|______________________
|                                            |                                            
|                      ______________________|
|                     |                      |
|                     |                      |                      ______________________
|                     |                      |                     |                      
|                     |                      |_____________________|______________________
|                     |                                                                   
|_Abigail HAZELTINE __|
  (1802 - 1860) m 1822|
                      |                                             ______________________
                      |                                            |                      
                      |                       _____________________|______________________
                      |                      |                                            
                      |______________________|
                                             |
                                             |                      ______________________
                                             |                     |                      
                                             |_____________________|______________________
                                                                                          

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[196] Austin was a watchmaker and jeweler by trade. He started in businessin the year 1857. In 1859 he sold his business to his brother-in-law,George Dickinson, when he went to California in 1874. Upon his returnhe was employed by Mr. Dickinson. In 1877 he again embarked inbusiness and was very successful, and later took in a partner, JamesR. Harris. Upon Mr. Harris's death, the firm's name was changed fromAmsden & Harris, to A. O. Amsden & Sons, Mr. Harris's interests beingtaken by his sons Arthur D. & Lewis A. Amsden. In 1899 Lewis sold hisinterest to Arthur and the business was carried on under the name ofA.O. Amsden & Son until its sale in 1921. Murray M. Brown, SomeDescendents of Isaac Amsden of Cambridge Massachusetts, (1934).

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Avery Monroe AMSDEN

[255]

7 NOV 1860 - 1947

Father: Benjamin Monroe AMSDEN
Mother: Reliance AVERY

Family 1 : Marcella Agnes PRICE
  1.  Charles Avery AMSDEN
  2.  William Monroe AMSDEN
  3. +Theodore Price AMSDEN
  4.  Otto Kasson AMSDEN
  5.  George Harry AMSDEN

                                                                                _Uriah AMSDEN __________+
                                                                               | (1725 - 1794) m 1749   
                                                       _Noah, Sr. AMSDEN ______|_Abigail LULL __________
                                                      | (1758 - 1843) m 1780     (.... - 1786)          
                           _Benjamin Cummings AMSDEN _|
                          | (1790 - 1862) m 1817      |
                          |                           |                         _Abraham CUMMINGS ______+
                          |                           |                        | (1733 - ....)          
                          |                           |_Prudence CUMMINGS _____|_Jerusha BROOKS ________
                          |                             (1759 - 1833) m 1780     (.... - 1812)          
 _Benjamin Monroe AMSDEN _|
| (1818 - 1903) m 1855    |
|                         |                                                     _Jonathan, Sr. NICHOLS _
|                         |                                                    |                        
|                         |                            _Jonathan, Jr. NICHOLS _|_Mary MCWANE ___________
|                         |                           | (1754 - ....) m 1791                            
|                         |_Achsah NICHOLS ___________|
|                           (1799 - 1871) m 1817      |
|                                                     |                         _Jonathan SACKETT ______
|                                                     |                        | (1727 - 1777) m 1748   
|                                                     |_Phene SACKETT _________|_Hannah PHELPS _________
|                                                       (1764 - ....) m 1791     (1729 - 1803)          
|
|--Avery Monroe AMSDEN 
|  (1860 - 1947)
|                                                                               ________________________
|                                                                              |                        
|                                                      ________________________|________________________
|                                                     |                                                 
|                          ___________________________|
|                         |                           |
|                         |                           |                         ________________________
|                         |                           |                        |                        
|                         |                           |________________________|________________________
|                         |                                                                             
|_Reliance AVERY _________|
   m 1855                 |
                          |                                                     ________________________
                          |                                                    |                        
                          |                            ________________________|________________________
                          |                           |                                                 
                          |___________________________|
                                                      |
                                                      |                         ________________________
                                                      |                        |                        
                                                      |________________________|________________________
                                                                                                        

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[255] Avery moved to Farmington, NM for health reasons. He served as thepresident of the First National Bank, and was owner of the Avery Hotelin the business district. In 1907 he owned and operated a lumbercompany and also owned a 63 acre farm adjoining his sister Harriet's.Ancestors and Descendants of Jonathan Nichols Amsden & Amelia JaneSmith 1636-1977.Warnick, Bernice Amsden, (Santa Maria, CA. 1978.).Birth date and corrected death year from T. Amsden. Warnick givesdeath as 1945. According to T. Amsden they had five sons. The firstwas born in Forest City, Iowa, and the remainder in Farmington, NewMexico, where the family moved in 1900. After Marcella's tragicpassing from tuberculosis, Avery was left with five young boys toraise. He later married a widow, Bertha Behrend; they had nooffspring.

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Azubah AMSDEN

24 SEP 1790 - ____

Father: Thomas AMSDEN
Mother: Patience MILLER

Family 1 : __??__ WOOD

                                                                    _Isaac, Jr. AMSDEN __+
                                                                   | (1655 - 1727) m 1677
                                             _Abraham, I AMSDEN ___|_Jane RUTTER ________
                                            | (1692 - 1763) m 1722   (1659 - 1739)       
                       _Jacob, Sr. AMSDEN __|
                      | (1728 - 1772) m 1751|
                      |                     |                       _John, II NEWTON ____+
                      |                     |                      | (1667 - ....) m 1690
                      |                     |_Hannah (2nd) NEWTON _|_Hannah MORSE _______
                      |                       (1698 - 1773) m 1722   (1674 - ....)       
 _Thomas AMSDEN ______|
| (1752 - 1811) m 1772|
|                     |                                             ___??__ HOWE ________
|                     |                                            |                     
|                     |                      _Daniel HOWE _________|_____________________
|                     |                     |                                            
|                     |_Mary HOWE __________|
|                       (1726 - 1797) m 1751|
|                                           |                       _____________________
|                                           |                      |                     
|                                           |_Elizabeth JOHNSON ___|_____________________
|                                                                                        
|
|--Azubah AMSDEN 
|  (1790 - ....)
|                                                                   _____________________
|                                                                  |                     
|                                            ______________________|_____________________
|                                           |                                            
|                      _Isaac MILLER _______|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |                       _____________________
|                     |                     |                      |                     
|                     |                     |______________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                                  
|_Patience MILLER ____|
  (1749 - 1822) m 1772|
                      |                                             _____________________
                      |                                            |                     
                      |                      ______________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                                            
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |                       _____________________
                                            |                      |                     
                                            |______________________|_____________________
                                                                                         

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Beaman, Jr. AMSDEN

____ - ____

Father: Beaman, Sr. AMSDEN
Mother: Second Wife of Beaman Amsden, Sr. __??__


                                                                                         _Isaac, Sr. AMSDEN __+
                                                                                        | (1722 - 1809) m 1750
                                                                   _Isaac, Jr. AMSDEN __|_Sarah BELDEN _______
                                                                  | (1755 - 1841) m 1782  (1730 - 1770)       
                                             _Ellihue AMSDEN _____|
                                            | (1791 - 1870)       |
                                            |                     |                      _William GATES ______
                                            |                     |                     |                     
                                            |                     |_Elizabeth GATES ____|_Jane RICE __________
                                            |                       (1760 - 1812) m 1782                      
 _Beaman, Sr. AMSDEN _______________________|
| (1816 - ....)                             |
|                                           |                                            _____________________
|                                           |                                           |                     
|                                           |                      _____________________|_____________________
|                                           |                     |                                           
|                                           |_Sarah BISHOP _______|
|                                                                 |
|                                                                 |                      _____________________
|                                                                 |                     |                     
|                                                                 |_____________________|_____________________
|                                                                                                             
|
|--Beaman, Jr. AMSDEN 
|  
|                                                                                        _____________________
|                                                                                       |                     
|                                                                  _____________________|_____________________
|                                                                 |                                           
|                                            _____________________|
|                                           |                     |
|                                           |                     |                      _____________________
|                                           |                     |                     |                     
|                                           |                     |_____________________|_____________________
|                                           |                                                                 
|_Second Wife of Beaman Amsden, Sr. __??__ _|
                                            |
                                            |                                            _____________________
                                            |                                           |                     
                                            |                      _____________________|_____________________
                                            |                     |                                           
                                            |_____________________|
                                                                  |
                                                                  |                      _____________________
                                                                  |                     |                     
                                                                  |_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                                              

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Beaman, Sr. AMSDEN (100)

[106]

ABT 1816 - ____

Father: Ellihue AMSDEN
Mother: Sarah BISHOP

Family 1 : First Wife of Beaman Amsden, Sr. __??__
  1.  Ellen AMSDEN
  2.  Sarah AMSDEN
Family 2 : Second Wife of Beaman Amsden, Sr. __??__
  1.  Beaman, Jr. AMSDEN
  2.  Charles Heath AMSDEN

                                                                   _John, II AMSDEN ____+
                                                                  | (1686 - 1742) m 1719
                                             _Isaac, Sr. AMSDEN __|_Mary COWLES ________
                                            | (1722 - 1809) m 1750  (1699 - 1757)       
                       _Isaac, Jr. AMSDEN __|
                      | (1755 - 1841) m 1782|
                      |                     |                      _Daniel BELDEN ______
                      |                     |                     |                     
                      |                     |_Sarah BELDEN _______|_Esther SMITH _______
                      |                       (1730 - 1770) m 1750                      
 _Ellihue AMSDEN _____|
| (1791 - 1870)       |
|                     |                                            _____________________
|                     |                                           |                     
|                     |                      _William GATES ______|_____________________
|                     |                     |                                           
|                     |_Elizabeth GATES ____|
|                       (1760 - 1812) m 1782|
|                                           |                      _____________________
|                                           |                     |                     
|                                           |_Jane RICE __________|_____________________
|                                                                                       
|
|--Beaman, Sr. AMSDEN 
|  (1816 - ....)
|                                                                  _____________________
|                                                                 |                     
|                                            _____________________|_____________________
|                                           |                                           
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     |                     
|                     |                     |_____________________|_____________________
|                     |                                                                 
|_Sarah BISHOP _______|
                      |
                      |                                            _____________________
                      |                                           |                     
                      |                      _____________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                                           
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |                      _____________________
                                            |                     |                     
                                            |_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                        

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[106] Beaman was named after a Beaman Brockway and did not bear the familyresemblance, according to his sister Janette. He lived for a while inFreemont, OH. Beaman was a surveyor, as noted in a letter from hiswife. He married twice and with his first wife had two daughters. Hissecond marriage brought six children , one of them a Lieutenant in theU.S. Navy who died in 1887. Murray M. Brown, Descendents of IsaacAmsden of Cambridge Massachusetts, (1934).

The following letter was written by Beaman's second wife in responseto an inquiry by Mr. W.U. Amsden, who was doing genealogical research.Unfortunately she signed the letter Mrs. B. Amsden, so we are at aloss as to her given name.

Dayton, Johnson County, N.W. Terr.
Sept. 15, 1883

Dear Sir,
My husband Beaman Amsden received your letter of July 19th, andwe read it with a great deal of interest. He intended to answer it atonce, but being afflicted with hay fever, eyes inflamed, and feelingbad every way he deferred it, and was off surveying as soon as wellenough. We have talked it over and I will tell you all we know of thesubject.

His grandfather's name was Isaac. He was an old man of eighty asBeaman remembered him. He died with his son William; he had two sonswith that name , one died early in life. He had seven girls and fivesons that I can count names Ellihue, Thomas Gates, William Abner, andgirls Polly, Anna, Experience, Philena, Clarissa and Jane. One of hiswives names was Gates. Father Amsden was Ellihue. He was a doctorand quite a celebrated surgeon, lived and died in East Gainsville,N.Y. He named his third son Isaac. His daughter Janette is a veryintelligent woman of sixty, and she could tell you more about thefamily past and present than anyone that I know of. She is very muchinterested in all such researches. She would know who had hergrandfather's Bible, and much more about him, being always at home ,than Beaman would. She went about twenty years ago down to theSouthern part of Connecticut by invitation of either the Amsdens orGates to attend a reunion of the family connections. They were verypleasantly entertained I know. Isaac Amsden of Fremont is a son ofthe late Thomas A. Amsden of Bellevue, who was a merchant there formany years.

There is a strong resemblance running through all the branches of thefamily, large men, rather long noses, and small mouths, dark eyes,square jaws, rather high heads, etc., and most of the girls are blackeyed and red cheeks and are most all good looking.

I will send your letter to Janette at East Gainsville and I think shewill answer it soon. I am sorry that I did not attend to it sooner.Beaman is sixty-seven, me too; next he has two daughters by his firstwife. They incline to marry, none remain widowers long. Mrs. EllenBall of Dakota, Mrs. Sarah Gage of Bolivia, N.Y.

I have six children by him, one son is a Lieut. In the Navy. His nameis Charles Heath Amsden. My children have all good memories and aregood moral men and woman. I never knew one of the name who didanything criminal. That is to the credit of the name certain. I knowby experience that some of them failed in business and had to gobroke.

I am sorry to make such a meager report and would gladly forward yourresearches. If there is ever a book published my son Beaman wants oneor more.

Very Respectfully Yours,
Mrs. B. Amsden
Brown, Murray, Some Descendents of Isaac Amsden of CambridgeMassachusetts, (1934).

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