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Edmund Ashton 1512–1584 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1512

Birth Location: Chadderton St Matthew, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: Aug 1584

Death Location: Chadderton, Lancashire, England

Father: Richard Ashton

Mother: Agnes Ashton

Spouse(s): Anne PRESTWICH

Children(s): Ellen Ashton, Alice Ashton, Edmund Ashton, James Ashton, Katherine Ashton, Mary Ashton, Ralph Ashton, Thomas Ashton, Thomas Ashton

The story of Edmund Ashton began in 1512 in Chadderton St Matthew, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. Edmund Ashton married Anne De Prestwich, Mary Thompson, and had children including Alice Ashton, Edmund Ashton, Ellen Ashton, James Ashton, Katherine Ashton, Mary Ashton, Ralph Ashton, Thomas Ashton. Edmund Ashton passed away in 1584 in Chadderton, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Edmund Ashton began in 1512 in Chadderton St Matthew, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
  • Edmund Ashton married Anne De Prestwich, Mary Thompson, and had children including Alice Ashton, Edmund Ashton, Ellen Ashton, James Ashton, Katherine Ashton, Mary Ashton, Ralph Ashton, Thomas Ashton.
  • Edmund Ashton passed away in 1584 in Chadderton, Lancashire, England.

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Edmund Ashton's Ancestors

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Edmund Ashton
1512–1584
Birth Place: Chadderton St Matthew, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Richard Ashton
1496–1549
Middleton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Agnes (Ann Mainwaring -) Ashton
1496–1546
Middleton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Edmund Ashton's Descendants

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Edmund Ashton (1512–Aug 1584) m. Anne (de) PRESTWICH (1503–1584)
  1. 1. Ellen Ashton 1535–1572 m. Abraham Maxfield 1532–1580
    1. 1. Samuel Maxfield 1553–1580 m. Christine Potter 1555–1601
      1. 1. Margaret (Maxfield) (Hathaway) 1573–1630 m. Thomas (Hathaway, Ann Hathaway's brother (Shakespeare's) wife) 1560–1609
        1. 1. Nicholas Heath 1595–1639 m. Sarah (Elizabeth Hathaway Honeywell) Heath 1607–1701
  2. 2. Alice Ashton 1540–1596
  3. 3. Edmund Ashton 1530–
  4. 4. James Ashton 1548–
  5. 5. Katherine Ashton 1538–
  6. 6. Mary Ashton 1550–
  7. 7. Ralph Ashton 1549–1595
  8. 8. Thomas Ashton 1542–
  9. 9. Thomas Ashton 1562–

Edmund Ashton's Timeline

2 Records

1512
1512
Birth of Edmund Ashton in Chadderton St Matthew, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Chadderton St Matthew, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
1584
Aug 1584
Age 72
Death of Edmund Ashton in Chadderton, Lancashire, England
Chadderton, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1512
    Event Place: Chadderton St Matthew, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aug 1584
    Event Place: Chadderton, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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