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- Notes from Karen Black's web site:
Amasa was identified when his father Barnabas Brunson left him 5 shillings in a will which was dated 18 Sep 1820 and probated 16 Feb 1822. Early census records (1797-1816) for the area now known as Percy Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada provide a continual record of Amasa in the area. When a List of Inhabitants of the Township of Percy was compiled in 1804, there was one female over 16 (presumably his wife), one male under 16 (possibly Barnabas) and one female under 16. A year later, there were three females in his house who are under age 16 and by 1810, he had yet another son and another daughter. By 1816, he had four boys and four girls less than 16 years old who where living in his house.
There are some early land records referring to Amasa's property, but the Abstract Index at the Archives of Ontario reveal no further land transactions for Con 4, Lot 23, which would have established Amasa's continued presence in Upper Canada.
This suggests that Amasa either died young or that he moved again. There is an Amasa Brunson who is found in the 1820 and 1825 censuses for Gerry, Chautauqua Co., New York, which is fairly close to Ellery where his brother Abel was also raising his family. This Amasa also has four sons and four daughters by 1825. There is also an Amasa who was blind and who ended up living with his daughter Lois Pier in the States.
Amasa's children are also guesses. Horace Brunson of Cornwall, Ontario is not included, although Dick Bronson believes that he is somehow connected to Amasa.
More About AMASA BRUNSON:
Resided: September 01, 1797, Con 4, N 1/2 Lot 23, Cramahe Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada
Resided: 1840 Pennsylvania Census, Amasa and Dorcas living in Cossawago Township, Crawford County
Resided: 1850 Pennsylvania Census, Amasa only, living with Daughter Louis and her family in Cossawago Township, Crawford County. Census records Amasa as Blind.
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