Misc. Notes
According to the Shed Genealogy
378, “ASA BURGESS, b. in Harvard, 4 Apr. 1795, was a farmer there and in Ayer, Mass., where he d. 5 July 1888. He m. at Boxborough, 26 Nov. 1817, LYDIA WALKER STEARNS, b. there 6 Dec. 1791, d. in Harvard 9 June 1858, daughter of David and Miriam (Walker) Stearns.” Details about their third child, Asa Simeon Burgess and his descendants follows. The full set of birthdates of Asa and Lydia Walker (Stearns) Burgess’ children given here is from Skeate
379, who shows daughter Miriam Walker being born six months before her parents’ marriage. Peter Parkhurst
18 believes Asa Burgess lived in Brookline, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire.