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John (Captain) Ashley 1669–1759 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Jun 1669

Birth Location: Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 16 Apr 1759

Death Location: Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA

Father: David Ashley

Mother: Hannah Glover

Spouse(s): Sarah Dewey, Mary Whiting

Children(s): Sarah Ashley, Lydia Ashley, Moses Ashley, Ebenezer Ashley, Roger Ashley, Hannah Ashley, Maj Ashley, John Ashley, John Ashley, Preserved Ashley

In 1669, John (Captain) Ashley entered the world in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, born to David Ashley And Hannah Glover. John (Captain) Ashley married Mary Whiting, Sarah Dewey, and had children including Ebenezer Ashley, Hannah Ashley, John Colonel Ashley, John Ashley, Lydia Ashley, Maj Noah Ashley, Moses Ashley, Preserved Ashley, Roger Ashley, Sarah Ashley. John (Captain) Ashley passed away in 1759 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1669, John (Captain) Ashley entered the world in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, born to David Ashley And Hannah Glover.
  • John (Captain) Ashley married Mary Whiting, Sarah Dewey, and had children including Ebenezer Ashley, Hannah Ashley, John Colonel Ashley, John Ashley, Lydia Ashley, Maj Noah Ashley, Moses Ashley, Preserved Ashley, Roger Ashley, Sarah Ashley.
  • John (Captain) Ashley passed away in 1759 in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Ashley
1642–1718
Birth Location: Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
DA
Hannah Glover
1646–1722
Birth Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
HG

Spouses(s)

Sarah Dewey
1672–1708
Birth Location: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
SD
Mary Whiting
1672–1735
Birth Location: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
MW

Children(s)

Sarah Ashley
1693–1747
Birth Location: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
SA
Lydia Ashley
1708–1708
Birth Location: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
LA
Moses Ashley
1700–1700
Birth Location: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
MA
Ebenezer Ashley
1702–1702
Birth Location: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
EA
Roger Ashley
1705–1738
Birth Location: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
RA
Hannah Ashley
1695–1696
Birth Location: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
HA
Maj Ashley
1704–1755
Birth Location: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
MA
John Ashley
1697–1697
Birth Location: Massachusetts, United States
JA
John Ashley
1709–1802
Birth Location: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
JA
Preserved Ashley
1711–1711
Birth Location: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA
PA

John Ashley's Ancestors

Self
John Ashley
1669–1759
Birth Place: Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
David Ashley
1642–1718
Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Hannah Glover
1646–1722
Springfield, Massachusetts
Grandparents
Robert Ashley
1620–1682
Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England
Mary (Eddy) (Horton)
1624–1683
Nayland, Suffolk, England
Henry Glover
1603–1689
England
Helena Russell
1607–1689
Bewdley, Worcestershire, , England
Great-Grandparents
William Ashley
1594–1664
Elizabeth Schuyler
1578–1663
John Eddy
1597–1684
Amy Doggett
1597–1684
Thomas Glover
1569–1619
Margery DEANE
1573–1654
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Anthony Ashley
1561–1628
Lady Okeover
1574–1628
Philip Schuyler\Schuylder
1573–1628
Styntie Doudes
1580–1634
Thomas Deane
1545–1591
Catherine Aldridge
1550–1604

John Ashley's Descendants

1.
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John ((Captain)) Ashley (21 Jun 1669–16 Apr 1759) m. Sarah Dewey (28 Mar 1672–30 Mar 1708) m. Mary Whiting (19 Aug 1672–13 Mar 1735)
  1. 1. Sarah Ashley 1693–1747 m. David Bull 1687–1762
    1. 1. Mary BULL 1736–1811 m. William LEWIS 1734–1771 m. James ((Lieut)) Cowles 1723–1789
      1. 1. Esther ((4)) Lewis 1764–1838 m. Jonathan Cowles 1757–1822
        1. 1. Maria (L) Cowles 1795–1884 m. Robert (Darrington (3)) James 1797–1860 m. Robert (D.) James 1778–1812
        2. 2. Henry (Booth) Cowles 1791–1853 m. Rebecca (F.) Green 1794–1876
        3. 3. Nancy Cowles 1789–1809
        4. 4. Nancy Cowles 1784–1787
        5. 5. Louisa Cowles 1797–1802
        6. 6. William (Lewis) Cowles 1787–1868 m. Charity Cowles 1788–1875
      2. 2. Elias LEWIS 1762–1831 m. Urania Hooker 1774–1817 m. Jemima Woodruff 1768–1803
        1. 1. William Lewis 1796–1819
        2. 2. George (B.) Lewis 1801–1821
        3. 3. James Lewis 1796–1824
      3. 3. Mary LEWIS 1766–1836 m. Zenas Cowles 1761–1835
        1. 1. Julia Cowles 1785–1803
        2. 2. Jeanette Cowles 1792–1809
        3. 3. Emily Cowles 1796–1876 m. John Richards 1797–1859
        4. 4. Edward Cowles 1789–1864
        5. 5. Dolly Cowles 1787–1803
        6. 6. Julia Cowles 1803–1859 m. Stephen Crosby 1799–
        7. 7. Walter (Bull) Cowles 1806–1869
        8. 8. Elizabeth Cowles 1798–1823
        9. 9. Lewis (Seymour) Cowles 1800–1825
        10. 10. Thomas Cowles 1809–1884 m. Julia (Ann) Cowles 1810–1843 m. Elizabeth (Ells) Sheffield 1821–1884
      4. 4. Jeremiah COWLES 1774–1834
    2. 2. Thomas Bull 1728–1804 m. Elizabeth Curtiss 1734–1770 m. Amaryllis Prindle 1739–1800
      1. 1. David Bull 1755–
      2. 2. Esther Bull 1758–1816
      3. 3. Nathan Bull 1770–
      4. 4. Samuel (David) Bull 1763–1810 m. Ruth (E) Hinman –1796 m. Elizabeth Mitchell 1814–1843
        1. 1. David (Samuel) Bull 1805–1823
        2. 2. Thomas Bull 1801–1884
    3. 3. Thankful Bull 1729–1768
    4. 4. Noah Bull 1726–1760
    5. 5. Esther Bull 1732–1770 m. Isaiah Gilbert 1733–1825
      1. 1. Elias Gilbert 1782–
      2. 2. Ashley Gilbert 1761–
      3. 3. Sarah Gilbert 1779–1829
      4. 4. Esther Gilbert 1766–
      5. 5. Isaiah Gilbert 1773–
      6. 6. Levinah Gilbert 1758–1843
      7. 7. Amos Gilbert 1770–1847
      8. 8. Anne Gilbert 1763–1850
      9. 9. Betsey Gilbert 1768–1795
    6. 6. David Bull 1723–1812 m. Lois ((Mather)) Porter 1728–1816 m. Mary Benton –1761
      1. 1. Lavinia Bull 1774–1792
      2. 2. Sarah (or Sally) Bull –1795
      3. 3. (Infant) Bull 1761–1762
      4. 4. (Daughter) Bull 1770–1787
      5. 5. David Bull 1770–
      6. 6. Lovina Bull –1753
      7. 7. Lucy Bull 1761–
    7. 7. Jonathan Bull 1718–1793 m. Esther 1722–
      1. 1. Sarah BULL 1748–1783 m. Cyprian ((Rev.)) Strong 1743–1811
        1. 1. Asabel STRONG 1776–1797
        2. 2. Florella Strong 1769–1775
        3. 3. John Strong 1781–1804
        4. 4. Asahel (Hooker) Strong 1779–1818 m. Nancy Ames 1781–1853
        5. 5. Elnathan Strong 1783–1784
        6. 6. Anna Strong 1773–1773
        7. 7. Anne Strong 1774–1791
        8. 8. Florella Strong 1779–1862
        9. 9. Sarah Strong 1771–1818 m. John Ellsworth 1762–1816
      2. 2. Martin BULL 1744–1825 m. Elizabeth Strong 1746–1820
        1. 1. Catherine Bull 1771–1782
        2. 2. Sophia Bull 1769–1805
      3. 3. Moses BULL 1762–1776
      4. 4. Lucy BULL 1746–1804
      5. 5. Jonathan BULL 1744–1783
      6. 6. Huldah BULL 1743–1822 m. Thomas Mather 1741–1766 m. Samuel Smith 1733–1809
        1. 1. Olivia Mather 1767–1808
        2. 2. William Mather 1764–1847 m. Anna Lewis 1764–1842
        3. 3. Mary (Ann Steele) Smith 1784–1837 m. Horace Cowles 1782–1841
    8. 8. Sarah Bull 1720–1753 m. Joel HOLCOMB 1723–1754
      1. 1. Sarah Holcomb 1747–1751
    9. 9. Abigail Bull 1720–
    10. 10. Mary Lewis 1736–1811
    11. 11. Sarah Holcomb 1721–1802
    12. 12. Esther Gilbert 1732–1774
  2. 2. Lydia Ashley 1708–1708
  3. 3. Moses Ashley 1700–1700
  4. 4. Ebenezer Ashley 1702–1702
  5. 5. Roger Ashley 1705–1738
  6. 6. Hannah Ashley 1695–1696
  7. 7. Maj (Noah) Ashley 1704–1755 m. Dorothy Dwight 1709–1744 m. Miriam Porter 1725–1762
    1. 1. John Ashley 1737–1738
    2. 2. Simeon Ashley 1742–1799
    3. 3. Dorothy Ashley 1739–
    4. 4. Noah Ashley 1733–1733
    5. 5. Dorothy Ashley 1734–1738
    6. 6. Sarah Ashley 1753–1805
    7. 7. Noah Ashley 1755–1813
    8. 8. Anna Ashley 1748–1822 m. Joshua Whitney 1745–1822
      1. 1. Amy Whitney 1785–
      2. 2. Nancy Whitney 1785–
      3. 3. Polly Whitney 1785–
      4. 4. George Whitney 1785–
      5. 5. William Whitney 1786–1787
      6. 6. Return (Josiah) Whitney 1785–
      7. 7. Wealthy Whitney 1788–1858
      8. 8. Joshua Whitney 1777–1849
      9. 9. Huldah Whitney 1779–1858
      10. 10. Porter Whitney 1781–1801
      11. 11. Asa Whitney 1784–1860
      12. 12. Charlotte Whitney 1792–1865
      13. 13. Noah (Ashley) Whitney 1770–1834
      14. 14. Anne Whitney 1774–1851
    9. 9. Samuel Ashley 1750–1764
  8. 8. John Ashley 1697–1697
  9. 9. John ((Colonel)) Ashley 1709–1802 m. Hannah Hogeboom 1712–1790
    1. 1. Jane Ashley 1738–1814 m. Ruloff Dutcher 1737–1803 m. Joshua Porter 1730–1825 m. William Bull 1729–1758
      1. 1. William Bull 1757–1841
      2. 2. Hannah Dutcher 1764–
      3. 3. Elizabeth ("Betsey") Dutcher 1775–
      4. 4. Ruloff Dutcher 1780–1851
      5. 5. Charity Dutcher 1764–1807
      6. 6. John (A) Dutcher 1772–1830
      7. 7. Mary Dutcher 1779–1835
      8. 8. Christopher Dutcher 1768–1802
      9. 9. Jane Dutcher 1779–1835
      10. 10. George (Washington) Dutcher 1777–1782
      11. 11. William Dutcher 1763–1784
      12. 12. Solomon Dutcher 1759–1847
      13. 13. Cornelius Dutcher 1762–1839
      14. 14. Reveland (Rowland) Dutcher 1766–1833
    2. 2. John ((Major General)) Ashley 1736–1799 m. Mary Ballantine 1744–1827 m. Lovisa Ward 1739–1768
      1. 1. Maj (William) Ashley 1773–1849
      2. 2. Roger Ashley 1775–1795
      3. 3. Ballantine Ashley 1770–1799
      4. 4. Jane Ashley 1784–
      5. 5. Samuel Ashley 1778–1790
      6. 6. Hannah Ashley 1782–
      7. 7. Mary Ashley 1781–
      8. 8. Lydia Ashley 1788–
      9. 9. John Ashley 1767–1823
      10. 10. Lovisa Ashley 1763–1794
    3. 3. Mary Ashley 1740–1797 m. Brig (Gen John) Fellows 1735–1808
      1. 1. John Fellows 1765–1813
      2. 2. Mary Fellows 1762–1828
      3. 3. Hannah Fellows 1767–1798
      4. 4. Henry (B) Fellows 1782–1858
      5. 5. Charotte Fellows 1769–1845
      6. 6. Edmund (Burke) Fellows 1775–1841
      7. 7. Jane (Joni) Fellows 1771–1844
    4. 4. Hannah Ashley 1744–1764 m. Martin Vosburgh 1738–1801
  10. 10. Preserved Ashley 1711–1711

John Ashley's Timeline

2 Records

1669
21 Jun 1669
Birth of John (Captain) Ashley in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
1759
16 Apr 1759
Age 90
Death of John (Captain) Ashley in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Jun 1669
    Event Place: Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] The New England Historical & Genealogical Register
    [2] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
    [3] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
    [4] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    [5] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1669; Birth city: Springfield; Birth state: MA.
    [6] Family Data Collection - Births
    [7] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 134.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RDI.
    [8] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 135.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RDI.
    [9] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 3657.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BFO.
    [10] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 136.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RDI.
    [11] Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Genealogy of the Cowles families in America

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Apr 1759
    Event Place: Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records
    [2] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    [3] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1669; Birth city: Springfield; Birth state: MA.
    [4] Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Web: Massachusetts, Find A Grave Index, 1620-2013
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