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SIR WILLIAM HASSELL ASHLEY 1592–1664 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1592

Birth Location: Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 26 Dec 1664

Death Location: Cambridge, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Anthony Sir

Mother: Lady Okeover

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

The story of SIR WILLIAM HASSELL ASHLEY began in 1592 in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England. SIR WILLIAM HASSELL ASHLEY passed away in 1664 in Cambridge, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of SIR WILLIAM HASSELL ASHLEY began in 1592 in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England.
  • SIR WILLIAM HASSELL ASHLEY passed away in 1664 in Cambridge, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Anthony Sir
1561–1628
Birth Location: St Giles in The Fields St Katherines St Katherines East Smithfield St Martins St Martins, Middlesex, England
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Lady Okeover
1574–1628
Birth Location: Ashbourne, Staffordshire, England
LO

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

SIR ASHLEY's Ancestors

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SIR ASHLEY
1592–1664
Birth Place: Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England
Parents
Anthony Ashley II (1st Baronet of Wimborne St. Giles, Sir
1561–1628
St Giles in The Fields St Katherines St Katherines East Smithfield St Martins St Martins, Middlesex, England
Lady (Jane) Okeover
1574–1628
Ashbourne, Staffordshire, England
Grandparents
Anthony Ashley
1541–1651
St. Giles, Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England
Dorothy Earle
1545–1591
Lytes Carey, Somerset, England
Lord (Philip Okeover II, Baron) Ashley
1527–1604
VERIFIED- Okeover Hall, Okeover, Staffordshire, England -Seat of the Okeover's, who were here since the reign of William Rufus (1087-1100). It is near the border bet Staffordshire and Derbyshire, on the far side of the River Dove.
Margaret (Elizabeth) Dethick
1533–1606
Dethick, Derbyshire, England,
Great-Grandparents
Sir Hall
1470–1538
Lady Babington
1492–1527
2nd-Great-Grandparents

SIR ASHLEY's Timeline

2 Records

1592
1592
Birth of SIR WILLIAM HASSELL ASHLEY in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England
Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England
1664
26 Dec 1664
Age 72
Death of SIR WILLIAM HASSELL ASHLEY in Cambridge, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Cambridge, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1592
    Event Place: Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Dec 1664
    Event Place: Cambridge, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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