On 27 Dec 1784 when Asa was 19, he married Ruth Howland Stetson (48664) , daughter of Luke Stetson (42658) (ca 1726-) & Ruth Howland (31279) (7 May 1738-1764), in Halifax, MA.284 Born on 22 Feb 1763 in Hanover, MA.486 At the age of 1, Ruth Howland was baptized in First Congegational Church of Hanover, on 24 Aug 1764.446 Ruth Howland died in Fairfax, Somerset County, Maine, on 5 Sep 1840; she was 77.