Amasa married Abigail Pratt on Jul-13-1797 in Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., MA.
From The Holden Genealogy, Vol. 1-2; Descendants of Richard and Justinian Holden; by Eben Putnam, published 1923. Vol. 2, pgs. 43-44.
Amasa Holden removed to Montgomery County, NY. In 1810 he was enumerated at Johnstown, as aged between 26 and 45 and head of a family comprising one female of the same age, one male and two females between 10 an 16 years, and three males and three females under 10 years.
In 1819 he and his wife Abigail, described as of Milo, Ontario County, sold land there. This part of Ontario is now Yates County. Amasa Holden soon became identified with the settlement now called Penn Yan.
Nelson Vorse, who was born in Cayuga County, NY in 1815 and later of Tecumseh, VA whence he was a fugitive in the Civil War, gave the following information concerning this family: "Amasa Holden, a New England man, lived in Penn Yan as long ago as I can recollect and I think was one of the first to settle there. He was a cabinet maker, and each of his sons as they became old enough went to work with their father. Amasa Holden was nearly six feet in height, slim, somewhat scrawny. His sons William, Charles and James were shorter and thicker set. Amasa and Nymphos were more like their father. Charles was the shortest of the sons and had six fingers and toes. The father had light complexion, lightest hair bordering on red, as did the sons. The girls were above medium height and had red or sandy hair.
Amasa Holden took great delight in playing the fife, and was called 'Fifer Holden'. Simpson Buck of Penn Yan was a snare drummer, and the Fourth of July could not be celebrated without these gentlemen. In 1867 Amasa Holden related that during the War of 1812 Captain John E Wool, later a Major General, got into some difficulty with the civil authorities, who planned to arrest him. Fifer Holden said, 'Captain, just change into my clothes and walk off, I will attend to the matter for you.' Presently the constable came and arrested the supposed Captain, but Wool escaped detention."
He enlisted as a musician, 13th United States Infantry, 19 May 1812, and was honorably discharged 5 July 1815.
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Also see Hudson - Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Volume III. By Cuyler Reynolds, pg. 965.
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His military tombstone lists him as a Fife Major in the War of 1812 with the 5th. Regt. NY Infantry
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There are two different death notices in the Yates County Chronicle: Mar 5, 1868 "about 93 yrs." -- (this was retracted as he hadn't died) -- second was Aug.13, 1868 that said he was 93 yrs. The date of his birth was listed as Oct. 24, 1733 as a death record in the book Vital Records of Shrewsbury, MA by Franklin P. Rice.
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The Holden Genealogy, Vol. 1-2; Descendants of Richard and Justinian Holden; by Eben Putnam
Children: Amasa, Jr., Julia, Maria, Nymphos, William H., Charles, Relief P., James, Frank and Hannah.
From The Holden Genealogy, Vol. 1-2; Descendants of Richard and Justinian Holden; by Eben Putnam, published 1923. Vol. 2, pgs. 43-44.
Amasa Holden removed to Montgomery County, NY. In 1810 he was enumerated at Johnstown, as aged between 26 and 45 and head of a family comprising one female of the same age, one male and two females between 10 an 16 years, and three males and three females under 10 years.
In 1819 he and his wife Abigail, described as of Milo, Ontario County, sold land there. This part of Ontario is now Yates County. Amasa Holden soon became identified with the settlement now called Penn Yan.
Nelson Vorse, who was born in Cayuga County, NY in 1815 and later of Tecumseh, VA whence he was a fugitive in the Civil War, gave the following information concerning this family: "Amasa Holden, a New England man, lived in Penn Yan as long ago as I can recollect and I think was one of the first to settle there. He was a cabinet maker, and each of his sons as they became old enough went to work with their father. Amasa Holden was nearly six feet in height, slim, somewhat scrawny. His sons William, Charles and James were shorter and thicker set. Amasa and Nymphos were more like their father. Charles was the shortest of the sons and had six fingers and toes. The father had light complexion, lightest hair bordering on red, as did the sons. The girls were above medium height and had red or sandy hair.
Amasa Holden took great delight in playing the fife, and was called 'Fifer Holden'. Simpson Buck of Penn Yan was a snare drummer, and the Fourth of July could not be celebrated without these gentlemen. In 1867 Amasa Holden related that during the War of 1812 Captain John E Wool, later a Major General, got into some difficulty with the civil authorities, who planned to arrest him. Fifer Holden said, 'Captain, just change into my clothes and walk off, I will attend to the matter for you.' Presently the constable came and arrested the supposed Captain, but Wool escaped detention."
He enlisted as a musician, 13th United States Infantry, 19 May 1812, and was honorably discharged 5 July 1815.
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Also see Hudson - Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Volume III. By Cuyler Reynolds, pg. 965.
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His military tombstone lists him as a Fife Major in the War of 1812 with the 5th. Regt. NY Infantry
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There are two different death notices in the Yates County Chronicle: Mar 5, 1868 "about 93 yrs." -- (this was retracted as he hadn't died) -- second was Aug.13, 1868 that said he was 93 yrs. The date of his birth was listed as Oct. 24, 1733 as a death record in the book Vital Records of Shrewsbury, MA by Franklin P. Rice.
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The Holden Genealogy, Vol. 1-2; Descendants of Richard and Justinian Holden; by Eben Putnam
Children: Amasa, Jr., Julia, Maria, Nymphos, William H., Charles, Relief P., James, Frank and Hannah.
Amasa married Abigail Pratt on Jul-13-1797 in Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., MA.
From The Holden Genealogy, Vol. 1-2; Descendants of Richard and Justinian Holden; by Eben Putnam, published 1923. Vol. 2, pgs. 43-44.
Amasa Holden removed to Montgomery County, NY. In 1810 he was enumerated at Johnstown, as aged between 26 and 45 and head of a family comprising one female of the same age, one male and two females between 10 an 16 years, and three males and three females under 10 years.
In 1819 he and his wife Abigail, described as of Milo, Ontario County, sold land there. This part of Ontario is now Yates County. Amasa Holden soon became identified with the settlement now called Penn Yan.
Nelson Vorse, who was born in Cayuga County, NY in 1815 and later of Tecumseh, VA whence he was a fugitive in the Civil War, gave the following information concerning this family: "Amasa Holden, a New England man, lived in Penn Yan as long ago as I can recollect and I think was one of the first to settle there. He was a cabinet maker, and each of his sons as they became old enough went to work with their father. Amasa Holden was nearly six feet in height, slim, somewhat scrawny. His sons William, Charles and James were shorter and thicker set. Amasa and Nymphos were more like their father. Charles was the shortest of the sons and had six fingers and toes. The father had light complexion, lightest hair bordering on red, as did the sons. The girls were above medium height and had red or sandy hair.
Amasa Holden took great delight in playing the fife, and was called 'Fifer Holden'. Simpson Buck of Penn Yan was a snare drummer, and the Fourth of July could not be celebrated without these gentlemen. In 1867 Amasa Holden related that during the War of 1812 Captain John E Wool, later a Major General, got into some difficulty with the civil authorities, who planned to arrest him. Fifer Holden said, 'Captain, just change into my clothes and walk off, I will attend to the matter for you.' Presently the constable came and arrested the supposed Captain, but Wool escaped detention."
He enlisted as a musician, 13th United States Infantry, 19 May 1812, and was honorably discharged 5 July 1815.
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Also see Hudson - Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Volume III. By Cuyler Reynolds, pg. 965.
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His military tombstone lists him as a Fife Major in the War of 1812 with the 5th. Regt. NY Infantry
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There are two different death notices in the Yates County Chronicle: Mar 5, 1868 "about 93 yrs." -- (this was retracted as he hadn't died) -- second was Aug.13, 1868 that said he was 93 yrs. The date of his birth was listed as Oct. 24, 1733 as a death record in the book Vital Records of Shrewsbury, MA by Franklin P. Rice.
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The Holden Genealogy, Vol. 1-2; Descendants of Richard and Justinian Holden; by Eben Putnam
Children: Amasa, Jr., Julia, Maria, Nymphos, William H., Charles, Relief P., James, Frank and Hannah.
From The Holden Genealogy, Vol. 1-2; Descendants of Richard and Justinian Holden; by Eben Putnam, published 1923. Vol. 2, pgs. 43-44.
Amasa Holden removed to Montgomery County, NY. In 1810 he was enumerated at Johnstown, as aged between 26 and 45 and head of a family comprising one female of the same age, one male and two females between 10 an 16 years, and three males and three females under 10 years.
In 1819 he and his wife Abigail, described as of Milo, Ontario County, sold land there. This part of Ontario is now Yates County. Amasa Holden soon became identified with the settlement now called Penn Yan.
Nelson Vorse, who was born in Cayuga County, NY in 1815 and later of Tecumseh, VA whence he was a fugitive in the Civil War, gave the following information concerning this family: "Amasa Holden, a New England man, lived in Penn Yan as long ago as I can recollect and I think was one of the first to settle there. He was a cabinet maker, and each of his sons as they became old enough went to work with their father. Amasa Holden was nearly six feet in height, slim, somewhat scrawny. His sons William, Charles and James were shorter and thicker set. Amasa and Nymphos were more like their father. Charles was the shortest of the sons and had six fingers and toes. The father had light complexion, lightest hair bordering on red, as did the sons. The girls were above medium height and had red or sandy hair.
Amasa Holden took great delight in playing the fife, and was called 'Fifer Holden'. Simpson Buck of Penn Yan was a snare drummer, and the Fourth of July could not be celebrated without these gentlemen. In 1867 Amasa Holden related that during the War of 1812 Captain John E Wool, later a Major General, got into some difficulty with the civil authorities, who planned to arrest him. Fifer Holden said, 'Captain, just change into my clothes and walk off, I will attend to the matter for you.' Presently the constable came and arrested the supposed Captain, but Wool escaped detention."
He enlisted as a musician, 13th United States Infantry, 19 May 1812, and was honorably discharged 5 July 1815.
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Also see Hudson - Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Volume III. By Cuyler Reynolds, pg. 965.
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His military tombstone lists him as a Fife Major in the War of 1812 with the 5th. Regt. NY Infantry
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There are two different death notices in the Yates County Chronicle: Mar 5, 1868 "about 93 yrs." -- (this was retracted as he hadn't died) -- second was Aug.13, 1868 that said he was 93 yrs. The date of his birth was listed as Oct. 24, 1733 as a death record in the book Vital Records of Shrewsbury, MA by Franklin P. Rice.
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The Holden Genealogy, Vol. 1-2; Descendants of Richard and Justinian Holden; by Eben Putnam
Children: Amasa, Jr., Julia, Maria, Nymphos, William H., Charles, Relief P., James, Frank and Hannah.
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