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Mary Catherine Ashton 1665–1750 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1665

Birth Location: James City County, Colony of Virginia

Death Date: 1750

Death Location: Culpepper, Virginia, USA

Father: Captain Ashton

Mother: Grace Meese

Spouse(s): Thomas Askew, John Eskew

Children(s): Mary Eskew, Margaret Butler

Mary Catherine Ashton was born in 1665 in James City County, Colony of Virginia, the child of Captain John Ashton And Grace Frizer Meese. Mary Catherine Ashton married John Whalen Eskew, Thomas Askew, and had children including Margaret Butler, Mary Margaret Eskew. Mary Catherine Ashton passed away in 1750 in Culpepper, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Mary Catherine Ashton was born in 1665 in James City County, Colony of Virginia, the child of Captain John Ashton And Grace Frizer Meese.
  • Mary Catherine Ashton married John Whalen Eskew, Thomas Askew, and had children including Margaret Butler, Mary Margaret Eskew.
  • Mary Catherine Ashton passed away in 1750 in Culpepper, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Captain Ashton
1647–1677
Birth Location: Northumberland, Virginia, USA
CA
Grace Meese
1640–1706
Birth Location: Stafford Courthouse, Stafford, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
GM

Spouses(s)

Thomas Askew
1667–1765
Birth Location: Hertfordshire, England
TA
John Eskew
1667–1750
Birth Location: Loudoun, Culpeper, Virginia, USA
JE

Children(s)

Mary Eskew
1690–1751
Birth Location: Essex County, Virginia, USA
ME
Margaret Butler
1680–1744
Birth Location: Essex, Virginia, Colonial America
MB

Mary Ashton's Ancestors

Self
Mary Ashton
1665–1750
Birth Place: James City County, Colony of Virginia
Parents
Captain John Ashton
1647–1677
Northumberland, Virginia, USA
Grace (Frizer) Meese
1640–1706
Stafford Courthouse, Stafford, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Isabel deClare
1625–1653
Chatterton, Ramsbottom, Lancashire, England
Lt (Col Henry) Meese
1618–1682
Overwharton Parish, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Ontonah (“ Mary” Arroyah) Wahanganoche
1622–1700
Potomac River, Allegany, Maryland, USA
Great-Grandparents
Robert Meese
1600–1620
Mercy Brend
1597–1666
Wahanganoche Patawomek
1564–1664
Ka Pettus
1612–1670
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Sr
1550–1600
Margaret Cox
1547–1596
Nicholas\Nathaniel? Brent\Brend?
1561–1601
Chief OPASSUS
1590–1620
Tahacoope Powhatan
1595–1620
Kecoum POWTAHAN
1590–1613
Pocahontas 11pggm
1595–1617

Mary Ashton's Descendants

1.
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Mary (Catherine) Ashton (1665–1750) m. Thomas Askew (Aft. 1667–Bef. 1765) m. John (Whalen) Eskew (1667–1750)
  1. 1. Mary (Margaret) Eskew 1690–1751 m. James (Conner Connier) O'Connor 1676–1725
    1. 1. VA (Mary II) O'Connor 1708–1778 m. Minor Winn 1704–1778
      1. 1. Lettice (Catherine Winn) Bearden 1723–1797 m. John (William Bearden) Sr 1717–1797
        1. 1. Benjamin (Franklin) Bearden 1748–1821 m. Mollie Harris 1753–1821
        2. 2. John (William Bearden) Jr 1744–1836
        3. 3. Richard (Daniel Bearden) Sr 1760–1861
        4. 4. Mourning Smith 1763–1842
        5. 5. Winn 1779–
      2. 2. John Winn 1732–1814
      3. 3. William Winn 1734–1814
      4. 4. James Winn 1736–1814
      5. 5. Minor Winn 1730–1813
      6. 6. Richard Winn 1750–1818
      7. 7. Margaret Johnson 1733–1802
      8. 8. Mary Wennbeerg 1741–1802
      9. 9. Susanna Grant 1725–1775
      10. 10. Elizabeth Wennbeerg 1736–1775
      11. 11. Racheal Winn –1824
      12. 12. Margaret (C Winn md 1st Johnson per fathers will; 1794 md Thomas Neale?? prob) not 1729–1798
      13. 13. Elizabeth (Winn md Benjamin Smith in fathers) will 1728–1775
      14. 14. Savannah Winn 1748–1749
      15. 15. Sarah Winn 1761–1785
    2. 2. James Conner 1725–1804
    3. 3. Margaret Conner 1695–1787
    4. 4. Thomas (Connor) O'CONNOR 1710–1744
    5. 5. Ensign (William) Conner 1705–1814
    6. 6. Philemon (O) Conner 1706–1774
    7. 7. John Connor 1705–
    8. 8. Hannah (O) Conner 1712–1787
    9. 9. Elizabeth Conner 1712–1782
    10. 10. Sarah (O) Conner 1725–1800
    11. 11. Ann Conner 1716–1770
    12. 12. Francis Ballenger 1725–1761
    13. 13. IRE (Owen) O'Connor 1705–1752
  2. 2. Margaret Butler 1680–1744

Mary Ashton's Timeline

2 Records

1665
1665
Birth of Mary Catherine Ashton in James City County, Colony of Virginia
James City County, Colony of Virginia
1750
1750
Age 85
Death of Mary Catherine Ashton in Culpepper, Virginia, USA
Culpepper, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1665
    Event Place: James City County, Colony of Virginia
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1750
    Event Place: Culpepper, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
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