Deacon Adam Kasson was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland, a son of John and Mary Ruthven Kasson. He married Jane Hall. Their children: John, Elizabeth, William, Adam, Thomas, James, Archibald, Samuel and Jane Kasson.
Adam Kasson and wife Jane Hall were among the earliest settlers of Voluntown, CT. He was chosen Deacon of the Voluntown Church.
(per Roderick Cant's book: a memorial stone was erected for Adam "This stone was erected in 1780 in Coventry, Rhode Island, where Adam Kasson was buried", however, the Hale Collection lists Adam's headstone transcription in Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, CT)
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From contributor Helen Van Lohuizen: It is believed that the Kasson family originally came from France. It is said family members fled to Ireland to escape the religious persecution towards the French Huguenots (Protestant faith) in the 1500’s. Adam Kasson’s mother, Marie “Mary” (Ruthven) Kasson was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire County, Scotland in 1667 and his father, John Kasson, was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1660. They family called themselves Scotch-Irish with some English intermixed.
Adam Kasson was born in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland in 1682. Adam’s family lived in a small village near Carrickfergus, which is located north of Belfast but along the same coastal bay as Belfast (Belfast Lough). This small village was inhabited mostly by people by the name of Kasson. Many of the Kasson’s were said to be well-to-do and among the more respectable class of society. Most of the men in the Kasson families were also said to be good musicians and very religious; they frequently held the office of Deacon.
Around the age of 19, Adam Kasson met a young woman, Jane Hall – an English lady. Jane was about the same age as Adam having been born on September 1, 1682 in Herefordshire County, West Midlands, England. In 1703, Adam Kasson and Jane Hall were married in Ireland.
Adam and Jane had seven sons and two daughters who were all born in Belfast, Northern Ireland - John, William, Adam, Elizabeth, Thomas, James, Archibald, Samuel and Jane. Adam was a maker of spinning wheels and he may have hand-made his spinning wheels in Belfast. Belfast thrived in the 1700’s as a merchant town, importing goods from Great Britain and exporting items of the linen trade.
In 1722 at the age of 40, Adam decided to leave Ireland for the colonies of the new world. Adam immigrated with his wife and nine children (Jane was still an infant in her mother’s arms) to what would become the United States. They traveled by ship from the Port of Belfast to Boston before continuing on to Voluntown, Connecticut which had been founded in 1721. Voluntown lies along the Connecticut-Rhode Island border and was settled by English volunteers who had fought in the Narragansett Indian War (King Philip’s War - 1675 to 1676). In October 1696, Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell of Norwich and Sergeant John Frink of Stonington petitioned the general court to give the military volunteers a plantation of their own. A six-square mile section of land was given to the Volunteers. In the late 1800’s, Voluntown had a large cotton textile mill. Many New England towns situated along waterways established cotton textile mills throughout the 1800’s.
In Connecticut, Adam Kasson continued his trade as a spinning wheel maker or wheelwright. The first spinning wheel made in America is said to have been made by a Kasson. The spinning wheel trade continued to be carried on by the eldest sons through each generation until textile factories did away with hand spinning.
Adam was also one of the original members of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Voluntown, CT. Ten of the eleven members of the Kasson family became members of the church; Samuel did not join. Adam was chosen as Deacon of the Presbyterian Church (Church of Christ) on August 4, 1731.
Deacon Adam Kasson died on November 1, 1752 in Coventry, Rhode Island at the age of 70, and he is buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Sterling, CT. Jane Kasson died on March 31, 1767 in Sterling, CT at the age of 84 and she is also buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Sterling. Many of the early settlers are buried in the old burying grounds in Sterling, CT rather than in Voluntown.
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It was said that all the Kasson’s in the United States were the descendants of Adam Kasson who came over from Ireland in 1722. But in 1882, when George Myron Kasson was writing his book “Genealogy of a Part of the Kasson Family in the United States and Ireland,” he mentions that he had corresponded with a James Kasson in Chester, Pennsylvania a few years earlier. George found out that this James Kasson came to the United States around 1876. His father, Henry Kasson, was living in Sterling, Scotland and his grandfather was at the Battle of Waterloo. It was also found by later descendants that a Charley Kasson came to the United States around 1850 and settled in Indiana. [Which explains why on findagrave.com, many tombstones in the Midwest have the Kasson last name, but they are not related to the Adam Kasson family tree.]
Adam Kasson and wife Jane Hall were among the earliest settlers of Voluntown, CT. He was chosen Deacon of the Voluntown Church.
(per Roderick Cant's book: a memorial stone was erected for Adam "This stone was erected in 1780 in Coventry, Rhode Island, where Adam Kasson was buried", however, the Hale Collection lists Adam's headstone transcription in Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, CT)
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From contributor Helen Van Lohuizen: It is believed that the Kasson family originally came from France. It is said family members fled to Ireland to escape the religious persecution towards the French Huguenots (Protestant faith) in the 1500’s. Adam Kasson’s mother, Marie “Mary” (Ruthven) Kasson was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire County, Scotland in 1667 and his father, John Kasson, was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1660. They family called themselves Scotch-Irish with some English intermixed.
Adam Kasson was born in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland in 1682. Adam’s family lived in a small village near Carrickfergus, which is located north of Belfast but along the same coastal bay as Belfast (Belfast Lough). This small village was inhabited mostly by people by the name of Kasson. Many of the Kasson’s were said to be well-to-do and among the more respectable class of society. Most of the men in the Kasson families were also said to be good musicians and very religious; they frequently held the office of Deacon.
Around the age of 19, Adam Kasson met a young woman, Jane Hall – an English lady. Jane was about the same age as Adam having been born on September 1, 1682 in Herefordshire County, West Midlands, England. In 1703, Adam Kasson and Jane Hall were married in Ireland.
Adam and Jane had seven sons and two daughters who were all born in Belfast, Northern Ireland - John, William, Adam, Elizabeth, Thomas, James, Archibald, Samuel and Jane. Adam was a maker of spinning wheels and he may have hand-made his spinning wheels in Belfast. Belfast thrived in the 1700’s as a merchant town, importing goods from Great Britain and exporting items of the linen trade.
In 1722 at the age of 40, Adam decided to leave Ireland for the colonies of the new world. Adam immigrated with his wife and nine children (Jane was still an infant in her mother’s arms) to what would become the United States. They traveled by ship from the Port of Belfast to Boston before continuing on to Voluntown, Connecticut which had been founded in 1721. Voluntown lies along the Connecticut-Rhode Island border and was settled by English volunteers who had fought in the Narragansett Indian War (King Philip’s War - 1675 to 1676). In October 1696, Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell of Norwich and Sergeant John Frink of Stonington petitioned the general court to give the military volunteers a plantation of their own. A six-square mile section of land was given to the Volunteers. In the late 1800’s, Voluntown had a large cotton textile mill. Many New England towns situated along waterways established cotton textile mills throughout the 1800’s.
In Connecticut, Adam Kasson continued his trade as a spinning wheel maker or wheelwright. The first spinning wheel made in America is said to have been made by a Kasson. The spinning wheel trade continued to be carried on by the eldest sons through each generation until textile factories did away with hand spinning.
Adam was also one of the original members of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Voluntown, CT. Ten of the eleven members of the Kasson family became members of the church; Samuel did not join. Adam was chosen as Deacon of the Presbyterian Church (Church of Christ) on August 4, 1731.
Deacon Adam Kasson died on November 1, 1752 in Coventry, Rhode Island at the age of 70, and he is buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Sterling, CT. Jane Kasson died on March 31, 1767 in Sterling, CT at the age of 84 and she is also buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Sterling. Many of the early settlers are buried in the old burying grounds in Sterling, CT rather than in Voluntown.
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It was said that all the Kasson’s in the United States were the descendants of Adam Kasson who came over from Ireland in 1722. But in 1882, when George Myron Kasson was writing his book “Genealogy of a Part of the Kasson Family in the United States and Ireland,” he mentions that he had corresponded with a James Kasson in Chester, Pennsylvania a few years earlier. George found out that this James Kasson came to the United States around 1876. His father, Henry Kasson, was living in Sterling, Scotland and his grandfather was at the Battle of Waterloo. It was also found by later descendants that a Charley Kasson came to the United States around 1850 and settled in Indiana. [Which explains why on findagrave.com, many tombstones in the Midwest have the Kasson last name, but they are not related to the Adam Kasson family tree.]
Deacon Adam Kasson was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland, a son of John and Mary Ruthven Kasson. He married Jane Hall. Their children: John, Elizabeth, William, Adam, Thomas, James, Archibald, Samuel and Jane Kasson.
Adam Kasson and wife Jane Hall were among the earliest settlers of Voluntown, CT. He was chosen Deacon of the Voluntown Church.
(per Roderick Cant's book: a memorial stone was erected for Adam "This stone was erected in 1780 in Coventry, Rhode Island, where Adam Kasson was buried", however, the Hale Collection lists Adam's headstone transcription in Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, CT)
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From contributor Helen Van Lohuizen: It is believed that the Kasson family originally came from France. It is said family members fled to Ireland to escape the religious persecution towards the French Huguenots (Protestant faith) in the 1500’s. Adam Kasson’s mother, Marie “Mary” (Ruthven) Kasson was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire County, Scotland in 1667 and his father, John Kasson, was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1660. They family called themselves Scotch-Irish with some English intermixed.
Adam Kasson was born in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland in 1682. Adam’s family lived in a small village near Carrickfergus, which is located north of Belfast but along the same coastal bay as Belfast (Belfast Lough). This small village was inhabited mostly by people by the name of Kasson. Many of the Kasson’s were said to be well-to-do and among the more respectable class of society. Most of the men in the Kasson families were also said to be good musicians and very religious; they frequently held the office of Deacon.
Around the age of 19, Adam Kasson met a young woman, Jane Hall – an English lady. Jane was about the same age as Adam having been born on September 1, 1682 in Herefordshire County, West Midlands, England. In 1703, Adam Kasson and Jane Hall were married in Ireland.
Adam and Jane had seven sons and two daughters who were all born in Belfast, Northern Ireland - John, William, Adam, Elizabeth, Thomas, James, Archibald, Samuel and Jane. Adam was a maker of spinning wheels and he may have hand-made his spinning wheels in Belfast. Belfast thrived in the 1700’s as a merchant town, importing goods from Great Britain and exporting items of the linen trade.
In 1722 at the age of 40, Adam decided to leave Ireland for the colonies of the new world. Adam immigrated with his wife and nine children (Jane was still an infant in her mother’s arms) to what would become the United States. They traveled by ship from the Port of Belfast to Boston before continuing on to Voluntown, Connecticut which had been founded in 1721. Voluntown lies along the Connecticut-Rhode Island border and was settled by English volunteers who had fought in the Narragansett Indian War (King Philip’s War - 1675 to 1676). In October 1696, Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell of Norwich and Sergeant John Frink of Stonington petitioned the general court to give the military volunteers a plantation of their own. A six-square mile section of land was given to the Volunteers. In the late 1800’s, Voluntown had a large cotton textile mill. Many New England towns situated along waterways established cotton textile mills throughout the 1800’s.
In Connecticut, Adam Kasson continued his trade as a spinning wheel maker or wheelwright. The first spinning wheel made in America is said to have been made by a Kasson. The spinning wheel trade continued to be carried on by the eldest sons through each generation until textile factories did away with hand spinning.
Adam was also one of the original members of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Voluntown, CT. Ten of the eleven members of the Kasson family became members of the church; Samuel did not join. Adam was chosen as Deacon of the Presbyterian Church (Church of Christ) on August 4, 1731.
Deacon Adam Kasson died on November 1, 1752 in Coventry, Rhode Island at the age of 70, and he is buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Sterling, CT. Jane Kasson died on March 31, 1767 in Sterling, CT at the age of 84 and she is also buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Sterling. Many of the early settlers are buried in the old burying grounds in Sterling, CT rather than in Voluntown.
* * * * * * *
It was said that all the Kasson’s in the United States were the descendants of Adam Kasson who came over from Ireland in 1722. But in 1882, when George Myron Kasson was writing his book “Genealogy of a Part of the Kasson Family in the United States and Ireland,” he mentions that he had corresponded with a James Kasson in Chester, Pennsylvania a few years earlier. George found out that this James Kasson came to the United States around 1876. His father, Henry Kasson, was living in Sterling, Scotland and his grandfather was at the Battle of Waterloo. It was also found by later descendants that a Charley Kasson came to the United States around 1850 and settled in Indiana. [Which explains why on findagrave.com, many tombstones in the Midwest have the Kasson last name, but they are not related to the Adam Kasson family tree.]
Adam Kasson and wife Jane Hall were among the earliest settlers of Voluntown, CT. He was chosen Deacon of the Voluntown Church.
(per Roderick Cant's book: a memorial stone was erected for Adam "This stone was erected in 1780 in Coventry, Rhode Island, where Adam Kasson was buried", however, the Hale Collection lists Adam's headstone transcription in Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, CT)
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From contributor Helen Van Lohuizen: It is believed that the Kasson family originally came from France. It is said family members fled to Ireland to escape the religious persecution towards the French Huguenots (Protestant faith) in the 1500’s. Adam Kasson’s mother, Marie “Mary” (Ruthven) Kasson was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire County, Scotland in 1667 and his father, John Kasson, was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1660. They family called themselves Scotch-Irish with some English intermixed.
Adam Kasson was born in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland in 1682. Adam’s family lived in a small village near Carrickfergus, which is located north of Belfast but along the same coastal bay as Belfast (Belfast Lough). This small village was inhabited mostly by people by the name of Kasson. Many of the Kasson’s were said to be well-to-do and among the more respectable class of society. Most of the men in the Kasson families were also said to be good musicians and very religious; they frequently held the office of Deacon.
Around the age of 19, Adam Kasson met a young woman, Jane Hall – an English lady. Jane was about the same age as Adam having been born on September 1, 1682 in Herefordshire County, West Midlands, England. In 1703, Adam Kasson and Jane Hall were married in Ireland.
Adam and Jane had seven sons and two daughters who were all born in Belfast, Northern Ireland - John, William, Adam, Elizabeth, Thomas, James, Archibald, Samuel and Jane. Adam was a maker of spinning wheels and he may have hand-made his spinning wheels in Belfast. Belfast thrived in the 1700’s as a merchant town, importing goods from Great Britain and exporting items of the linen trade.
In 1722 at the age of 40, Adam decided to leave Ireland for the colonies of the new world. Adam immigrated with his wife and nine children (Jane was still an infant in her mother’s arms) to what would become the United States. They traveled by ship from the Port of Belfast to Boston before continuing on to Voluntown, Connecticut which had been founded in 1721. Voluntown lies along the Connecticut-Rhode Island border and was settled by English volunteers who had fought in the Narragansett Indian War (King Philip’s War - 1675 to 1676). In October 1696, Lieutenant Thomas Leffingwell of Norwich and Sergeant John Frink of Stonington petitioned the general court to give the military volunteers a plantation of their own. A six-square mile section of land was given to the Volunteers. In the late 1800’s, Voluntown had a large cotton textile mill. Many New England towns situated along waterways established cotton textile mills throughout the 1800’s.
In Connecticut, Adam Kasson continued his trade as a spinning wheel maker or wheelwright. The first spinning wheel made in America is said to have been made by a Kasson. The spinning wheel trade continued to be carried on by the eldest sons through each generation until textile factories did away with hand spinning.
Adam was also one of the original members of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Voluntown, CT. Ten of the eleven members of the Kasson family became members of the church; Samuel did not join. Adam was chosen as Deacon of the Presbyterian Church (Church of Christ) on August 4, 1731.
Deacon Adam Kasson died on November 1, 1752 in Coventry, Rhode Island at the age of 70, and he is buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Sterling, CT. Jane Kasson died on March 31, 1767 in Sterling, CT at the age of 84 and she is also buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Sterling. Many of the early settlers are buried in the old burying grounds in Sterling, CT rather than in Voluntown.
* * * * * * *
It was said that all the Kasson’s in the United States were the descendants of Adam Kasson who came over from Ireland in 1722. But in 1882, when George Myron Kasson was writing his book “Genealogy of a Part of the Kasson Family in the United States and Ireland,” he mentions that he had corresponded with a James Kasson in Chester, Pennsylvania a few years earlier. George found out that this James Kasson came to the United States around 1876. His father, Henry Kasson, was living in Sterling, Scotland and his grandfather was at the Battle of Waterloo. It was also found by later descendants that a Charley Kasson came to the United States around 1850 and settled in Indiana. [Which explains why on findagrave.com, many tombstones in the Midwest have the Kasson last name, but they are not related to the Adam Kasson family tree.]
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