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Birth: 16 Nov 1730 Sunderland / Hampshire / MA Death: 11 Jul 1796 Montague / Hampshire / MA
Qualifying Service Description:
1775, he served as a Minuteman in the company of Captain Robert Oliver, commanded by Colonels Samuel Williams and Ephraim Doolittle, Hampshire County Militia.
Additional References:
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers, and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Volume VI, Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1901, pg 951
Spouse: Thankful March/Marsh Children: Abel; Asahel Jr; Mary; Thankful; Eli; Eunice; William and Martin
Asahel Gunn was born on 2 November 1730, the son of Nathaniel Gunn (1693-1779) and his second wife, Esther Belden (1697-1779). His father, Nathaniel, was one of the first settlers of Montague, arriving in 1730. Nathaniel's brothers, Moses and John, were members of the committee that presented a document with six resolutions approving the plan for a Continental Congress. His brother Moses participated in the Provincial Congress, and both served on the Committee of Correspondence.
He met Thankful Marsh in Sunderland, Massachusetts, and they married on 28 November 1751. They were the parents of eight known children:
Mary was born on 25 November 1752 and married Martin Root.
Thankful was born on 17 August 1754 and married Amariah Partridge.
Asahel Jr was born on 5 February 1757 and married Submit Bardwell.
Eli was born on 1 November 1759 and married Sibel Burnham.
Eunice was born on 11 April 1762 and married Thomas Ross.
William was born on 28 June 1764 and married Clarissa Farnum.
Abel was born on 8 November 1766 and married Clarissa Loveland.
Martin was born on 30 August 1769 and married Sarah Winslow.
He served in Captain Robert Oliver's Company of Lexington Minutemen during the Revolutionary War. He marched on 22 April in response to the alarm of 19 April 1775. He was listed on the muster rolls in 1775 and served three months. Two of his sons, Asahel Jr and Eli, served during the American Revolution.
The Patriot died on 11 July 1796 in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts, and was interred in Old South Cemetery, Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts. Thankful died on 19 February 1817 and is buried at the Old South Cemetery.
Sources:
Find-a-Grave Memorial #68797441
Pressey, Edward P., History of Montague: A Typical Puritan Town, Massachusetts. Montague: The New Clairvaux Press, 1910 with "Gunn Ancestry" by Mrs. Lyman O. Gunn, great-grandaughter of Asahel Sr and granddaughter of Asahel Jr.
Smith, John Montague, History of the Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts. Sunderland: E.A. Hall & Company, 1899
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Sunderland, Massachusetts
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers, and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Volume VI, Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1901
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