Biographical Sketch (1908):361, v. 2, p. 51. "Asa Stratton was born in Hardwick, Mass., July 14, 1744. He married Lydia Johnson in Worcester Co., Mass., and about 1795 moved to Chester, Vt. In Chester he bought land in 1799, which he sold in 1803. He then went to Cavendish, Vt., and lived here, or in this vicinity, the rest of his life. He died in 1845 at the age of 101 years."