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{{Infobox person
| 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
| occupation =
| spouse = Hannah Wheeler
| parents = Thomas Danforth and Sarah Danforth (Butterfield)
| children = Asa Danforth Jr
| relatives =
| signature =
}}

'''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 (state)|New York]]. He was known to have anti-British sentiments.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Danforths in America==

Danforth traces his roots back to surveyor [[Jonathan Danforth Sr]] (1628 - 1712) arrived in America aboard the Griffin in 1635. He was born in Framingham, High Suffolk, England and worked on surveying work in colonial America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Jonathan-Danforth-Sr/6000000003634711672|title = Capt. Jonathan Danforth, Sr| date=23 May 2024 }}</ref> Several generations of Danforths would reside in [[Massachusetts]].

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