Biography
Asa Tufts was one of the twelve children of Peter Tufts of Winter Hill and Anne Adams Tufts, raised on the family farm on Winter Hill. The Adams family genealogy of 1898 records:
“Asa Tufts, b. July 2, 1764, d. 24 Oct., 1828.”
Andrew N. Adams, A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and His Descendants; also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass. (1898), p. 973. Book scan (Internet Archive) (Scanned text; obvious scanning errors corrected.)
Service Record
Town: Winter Hill, Charlestown (now Somerville), Mass. · Dates: 1764–1828
No military or public service has been matched to this person. Note: Pending further work.
Family Connection
Mother: Anne Adams Tufts (1729–1813). Father: Peter Tufts of Winter Hill.
Relatives with profiles on this site: mother Anne Adams Tufts; grandfather Peter Tufts (1697–1776); uncle Timothy Tufts; brother Peter Tufts Jr. (1753–1832); brother John Tufts (b. 1754); sister Ann Tufts Richardson (b. 1757); sister Elizabeth Tufts Swan (b. 1758); brother Joseph Tufts (b. 1760); sister Lydia Tufts Gray (b. 1762); brother Thomas Tufts of Lexington (1766–1830); sister Lucy Tufts Osgood (b. 1767); sister Rebecca Tufts Adams (1769–c. 1848); sister Sarah Tufts Adams.
Spouse(s)
Note: Pending further work.
Authoritative IDs / Index Numbers
| Source | ID / status |
|---|---|
| Perseus person index (auth=) | auth=tufts,asa. This is a name-level key shared by every Asa Tufts in Perseus, not a personal ID. Use it with the passages cited on this page. |
| Find a Grave memorial | Note: Pending further work. |
| Brooks, History of Medford (1855) register no. | Note: Pending further work. |
| Mass. Soldiers and Sailors | Not yet checked for this page |
| DAR ancestor no. | Note: Pending further work. |
| FamilySearch ID | Note: Pending further work. |
| Geni profile | Note: Pending further work. |
| WikiTree ID | Note: Pending further work. |
| Town / vital records | Medford VRs not yet checked by volume and page |
Only IDs confirmed against dates and family are given as matches. “Not yet checked” means the source has not been searched; “Checked, not found” means it was searched without a match.
⚑ Unverified
Death, residence and children: Note: Pending further work. Only the Adams genealogy entry above has been found so far.
Links and Resources
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Digitized Books and Journals
- Andrew N. Adams, A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and His Descendants; also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass. (1898), p. 973. · Book scan (Internet Archive)
Related Pages on This Site
- Peter Tufts of Winter Hill — Asa Tufts was one of the twelve children of