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Captain Robert Ashby 1705–1764 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1705

Birth Location: Yew Hill, Fauquier, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 12 November 1764

Death Location: Stafford, Virginia, USA

Father: Captain Ashby

Mother: Rosanna Berry

Spouse(s): Mary Botts

Children(s): Capt. ASHBY, Robert Ashby, Elizabeth Ashby, Benjamin ASHBY, William Ashby, Catherine Ashby, Jesse Ashby, Elias Ashby, Celina Ashby

Captain Robert Ashby was born in 1705 in Yew Hill, Fauquier, Virginia, USA, the child of Captain Thomas Edward Ashby And Rosanna Rose Mcclure Berry. Captain Robert Ashby married Mary Burroughs, Mary Elizabeth Botts, and had children including Benjamin Ashby, Capt John Jack Issac Ashby, Catherine Ashby, Celina Ashby, Elias Ashby, Elizabeth Ann Ashby, Jesse Ashby, Robert Ashby, William Cooper Ashby. Captain Robert Ashby passed away in 1764 in Stafford, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Captain Robert Ashby was born in 1705 in Yew Hill, Fauquier, Virginia, USA, the child of Captain Thomas Edward Ashby And Rosanna Rose Mcclure Berry.
  • Captain Robert Ashby married Mary Burroughs, Mary Elizabeth Botts, and had children including Benjamin Ashby, Capt John Jack Issac Ashby, Catherine Ashby, Celina Ashby, Elias Ashby, Elizabeth Ann Ashby, Jesse Ashby, Robert Ashby, William Cooper Ashby.
  • Captain Robert Ashby passed away in 1764 in Stafford, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Captain Ashby's Ancestors

Self
Captain Ashby
1705–1764
Birth Place: Yew Hill, Fauquier, Virginia, USA
Parents
Captain Thomas Edward Ashby
1682–1752
Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, United States
Rosanna ("Rose" McClure) Berry
1682–1752
Frederick County, Virginia, United States of America
Grandparents
John (Turner 1st Cassique Ashby of Quenby) Sr
1633–1699
Quenby Hall, Hungarton, England
Elizabeth (May) Thorowgood
1651–1746
Hornchurch, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
George Hall
1581–1653
Elizabeth 1
1605–1680
Sir 1693
1622–1694
Anne Edwards
1628–1685
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George *
1539–1618
Mary **
1555–1618
George Bennett
1580–1615
Anstie Thomson
1586–1665
Richard Thoroughgood
1590–1678
Rose Culley
1594–1648
John Edwards
1590–1638
Luce Barke
1590–1638

Captain Ashby's Descendants

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Captain (Robert) Ashby (1705–12 November 1764) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Botts (1701–15 October 1754)
  1. 1. Capt. (John "Jack" Issac) ASHBY 1731–1776 m. Sarah McCullough 1735–1820
    1. 1. Halifax (S.) ASHBY 1765–1825 m. Sarah (Jane) HUDSON 1774–1819
      1. 1. Chloe ((Cleo)) Ashby 1792–1863 m. James Steelman 1792–1863
        1. 1. John (Henry) Steelman 1821–1866 m. Mary (Emaline "Emlie") Warden 1823–1903
  2. 2. Robert Ashby 1722–1779
  3. 3. Elizabeth (Ann) Ashby 1731–1807
  4. 4. Benjamin ASHBY 1735–
  5. 5. William (Cooper) Ashby 1746–1773
  6. 6. Catherine Ashby 1724–1761
  7. 7. Jesse Ashby 1723–1762
  8. 8. Elias Ashby 1745–1754
  9. 9. Celina Ashby –1787

Captain Ashby's Timeline

5 Records

1705
1705
Birth of Captain Robert Ashby in Yew Hill, Fauquier, Virginia, USA
Yew Hill, Fauquier, Virginia, USA
1735
1735
Age 30
Captain Robert Ashby was married
None
1742
1742
Age 37
Captain Robert Ashby was married in Stafford, Virginia, USA
Stafford, Virginia, USA
1764
12 November 1764
Age 59
Death of Captain Robert Ashby in Stafford, Virginia, USA
Stafford, Virginia, USA
1783
2 October 1783
Age 78
Captain Robert Ashby was married in Fauquier, Virginia, USA
Fauquier, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1705
    Event Place: Yew Hill, Fauquier, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1735

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1742
    Event Place: Stafford, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 2 October 1783
    Event Place: Fauquier, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 November 1764
    Event Place: Stafford, Virginia, USA

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