Thomas Ashby

Abt 1687 - 1753  (~ 66 years)

• Name	Thomas Ashby  [1]
  Born	Abt 1687	Leicester, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Aug 1753	Frederick County, Virginia
  Person ID	I25641	Tree1
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Family Ashby
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F17113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rose {Unproven} Berry,   b. Abt 1694, Hanover Parish, Richmond County, Virginia ,   d. 4 Aug 1752, Frederick County, Virginia  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Married	Abt 1707	Prince William County, Virginia
  Children	1. John Ashby,   b. Abt 1707,   d. 13 May 1789, Fauquier County, Virginia - probate  (Age ~ 82 years)  [natural]   2. Benjamin Ashby,   b. Abt 1708, Fauquier County, Virginia ,   d. 1804  (Age ~ 96 years)  [natural]   3. Stephen Ashby,   b. Abt 1710, Prince William County, Virginia ,   d. 19 May 1797, Ashbyburg, Christian County, Kentucky  (Age ~ 87 years)  [natural]   4. Thomas Ashby,   b. 1714, Prince William County, Virginia ,   d. 1786, Harper's Ferry, Jefferson County, Virginia  (Age 72 years)  [natural]   5. Robert Ashby,   b. 1715, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia ,   d. 27 Feb 1792, Delaplaine, Fauquier County, Virginia - Probate  (Age 77 years)  [natural]   6. Henry Ashby,   b. Abt 1716, Fauquier County, Virginia ,   d. 5 Feb 1798, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky  (Age ~ 82 years)  [natural]   7. Elizabeth Ashby,   b. 1719, Frederick County, Virginia  [natural]   8. James Ashby,   b. Bef 1724,   d. 19 Nov 1767, St. Mary's County, Maryland - Probate  (Age > 43 years)  [natural]   9. Rose Ashby,   b. Abt 1724, Fauquier County, Virginia  [natural]   10. Anne Ashby,   b. Abt 1726, Fauquier County, Virginia  [natural]   11. Sarah Ashby,   b. Abt 1729, Fauquier County, Virginia  [natural]
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022
  Family ID	F17111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hite/Fairfax Lawsuit, British copy, McKay Extract, p. 1,587. Grant G-16 & G-15, Frederick County, Virginia Deed book 4, p.61 Frederick County, Virginia Will Book 2, p. 53 Frederick County, Virginia Deed Book 2, p. 47 Gray, Northern Neck Grants, F-123 (27 July 1743) Frederick County, Virginia Deed book 11, p. 157, Book 16, p. 130 === The will of Captain Thomas Ashby is recorded in Frederick County Will Book 2, p. 53; he mentions his wife Rosa (Rosanna], six sons and four daughters. === Chalkley, Cornicles of the Scotch/Irish Settlement in Virginia, Augusta County, Virginia Book II, p.128 Thomas Ashby (b. 1690 c.) was living on his Shenandoah River 35-acre tract in 1737. He was deceased by 4 August 1752 when this will (dated 6April 1752) was proved in Frederick County Court. He bequeathed 195 acreas to his son Henry Ashby "where Henry lives". Henry sold the 195 acreas to his brother John Ashby for 158 pounds on 2 September 1755. Thomas Sr. willed 135 acreas to his son Stephen "where he lives". Thomas willed the 100 acre tract (where John Hardin lived) to his son Robert if Hardin had not paid the mortage off by Thomas' death. He willed a tract of land on Goose Creek "where Enoch Berry now lives" to his son Benjamin. He left one shilling sterling and nothing more to son Thomas. Daughters listed in the will were: Elizabeth Hardin, Sarah, Rose and Anne Ashby. He willed a horse and other personal property to his wife Rose Ashby. Thomas also listed cousins Ruben Berry and Anne Berry. He appointed his sons Robert, John and Henry to serve as his executors. === Contributed by: James Hughes URL: URL title: Note: [jh note: the survery map shows Thomas Ashby's neighbor to the north as Capt. Washington to the east of Washington was Thomas Cockerill and to the west of Washington was Richard Young. Thomas Ashby's neighbor to the south on the other side of Goose Creek was George Harrison.] http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=494&last=&g_p=GE&collec tion=NN Grant http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=474&last=&g_p=GE&collec tion=NN Grant Title Ashby, Thomas. Publication 4 August 1742. Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311. Note Location: Prince William County. Description: 320 acres across the road to Shannandoah and between the lines of Charles Taylor and James Ball upon Goose Creek. Source: Northern Neck Grants E, 1736-1742, p. 494 (Reel 291). Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Grants E, 1736-1742, p. 474 (Reel 291). Original survey exists.

  
  

• Sources

  [S258] The Virginia Genealogist Volume 9, 1965, John Frederick Dorman.