Asa Danforth

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| name = Asa Danforth

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| birth_date = July 6, 1748

| birth_place = Worcester, Massachusetts

| death_date = September 2, 1818

| death_place = Onondaga Hollow, New York

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| spouse = Hannah Wheeler

| parents = Thomas Danforth and Sarah Danforth (Butterfield)

| children = Asa Danforth Jr

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Asa Danforth (1746-1818) was father of salt manufacturer and an early colonizer Asa Danforth Jr. Danforth was originally from Worcester, Massachusetts and moved his family to the Onondaga Valley area of New York. He was known to have anti-British sentiments.{{Cite web|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/danforth_asa_6E.html|title=Biography – DANFORTH, ASA – Volume VI (1821-1835) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography}}