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EMAIL US		 bullet Orbra Ashby The name Orbra may be a nickname for Aubrey (?). Parents: Edmund Rowe Ashby and Carodina Elizabeth Lochery .

bullet Peter Ashby(14) was born in 1783 in Virginia. Peter Ashby was married twice. First to Sally Rowe and, after her death, to Nancy Downs. Peter was living with his wife Sally and son Thomas in the 1860 Census of Ohio County. Peter was a charter member of Walton's Creek Baptist Church in Ohio co., KY. Parents: Jesse Ashby and Tamar Ruby.

He was married to Sarah (Sallie) Row/Rowe on 7 Aug 1817 in Ohio Co., KY. Children were: Thomas R. Ashby, Sally Ann Ashby, Matilda Ashby, Emanda Ashby, Margaret Ashby.

He was married to Nancy Downs on 3 Dec 1838 in McLean Co., KY.

bullet Peter Ashby(4) was born in 1751 in Frederick Co., VA. He died on 29 Jan 1833 in Hopkins Co., KY. Parents: Thomas Ashby Jr. and Elizabeth (Betty).

He was married to Winnifred Timmons in 1776 in Hampshire, VA. Children were: Jonathan Ashby.

bullet Rachel Ashby(14) was born in 1770 in Virginia. Parents: Jesse Ashby and Nancy Williams.

She was married to William Downs in Dec 1799 in Muhlenberg Co., KY. Children were: Thomas Ashby Downs.

bullet Rachel Ashby(18) (9) was born on 10 Jan 1817 in Ohio Co., KY. She died in Feb 1820 in Ohio Co., KY. She was buried in Walton's Creek Church Cemetery, Ohio Co., KY. Parents: William Ashby and Nancy Rowe.

bullet Rebecca Ashby(14) was born in 1799. Parents: Jesse Ashby and Tamar Ruby .

She was married to William Lindsay on 22 Apr 1819 in Ohio Co., KY.

She was married to Warden Williams on 25 Sep 1839.

bullet Rebecca Ashby(18) was born on 18 Jun 1820. Parents: William Ashby and Nancy Rowe.

She was married to Warden Williams . Children were: William Henry Williams, Martha Williams, Mizella Williams, Jared Williams, Mary Williams, Lucinda Williams, Laura Williams, Andrew Williams, Nannie Williams, Arabelle Williams, Samuel Williams.

bullet Rebecca Ashby(4) was born on 24 Apr 1771 in Frederick, MD. Parents: William Wilton Ashby and Sarah Williams.

She was married to James Childs. Children were: Jesse Childs, Childs, Childs, Childs, Childs, James W. Childs.

She was married to Abraham Wilson on 12 Nov 1814.

bullet Rebecca Ashby(4) Parents: Henry Ashby and Judith Shumate.

She was married to Shadrick Perry.

She was married to John Shive on 15 Jun 1811 in Hopkins Co., KY.

bullet Richard Ashby(22) was born aft1799. Parents: John Ashby and Mary E. Turner .

bullet Robert Ashby(4) (22) was born in 1710 in (of) Yew Hill, Deleplane Co., VA. He died on 27 Feb 1792.
His wife died before him. He lived his whole life on a farm near Delaplane; reared a large family.

From WILL BOOK 2, FAUQUIER CO., VA. p. 216, filed 27 Feb 1792: Will of Robert ASHBY

"In the name of God Amen, I Robert ASHBY of Fauquier County and Commonwealth of Virginia do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form as followeth:

Item - I give and bequeath to my loving son Benjamin ASHBY and his heirs one tract of land on Shenandoah River, being the land whereon my said son Benjamin now lives, likewise the following negro Hampshire.

Item - I give and bequeath to my grandson William ASHBY, son of Benjamin, one negro girl named Sydda when he arrives at the age of twenty-one years and that my executor which shall be hereafter mentioned shall have the said negro Sydda under his care and that the said negro shall be hired out and the money for the use of the said William until the above mentioned term.

Item - I lend to my loving son Enoch ASHBY and during his natural life the tract of land whereon I now live and after his decease I give and bequeath the said land to my two grandsons Robert and Alexander, sons of Enoch, to be divided by a branch known by the name of Ann CHURCHILL's Spring branch and empties into the Deep Branch near George ASH's meadow the south side of said division to be the property of my said grandson, Robert ASHBY, and the remainder of Mauner Plantation to be the property of my grandson, Alexander ASHBY and his heirs forever as also one negro lad named thomas. I likewise lend to my loving son Enoch during his natural life the following negroes to wit: Grace and her four children (Susannah, Solmon, Cate, ____) and Cassa as also one negro man named Frederick and after the decease of the said Enoch it is my will that the said negroes with their future increase be equally divided between my said son's wife (Sally ASHBY) during her natural life and all his children but after her decease the said Sally ASHBY's part of said estate to resolve to the said children of the said Enoch or such of them as are then living and it is further my will that the above mentioned lands and negroes heretofore bequeathed to my said son Enoch shall not be sold, rented, or hired for any term longer than one year together.

Item - I give and bequeath to my loving daughter Ann FARROW ten pounds and no more.

Item - I give and bequeath to my grandson Bayless (son of William) one feather bed and no furniture.

Item - I give and bequeath to my grand daughter Molly FERGUSON (daughter of Mary ASHBY by her first husband) one negro woman named Sall to her and her heirs forever.

Item - I give and bequeath to my daughter Winifred PIPER one cow and no more.

Item - I give and bequeath to my two grandsons Martin and Thomas, sons of Nimrod, one shilling and no more.

Item - I give and bequeath to my daughter Molly ATHOL one cow and no more.

Item - I do hereby constitute and appoint my loving son John ASHBY my true and lawful executor of this my last will and testament and do give and bequeath to my said executor the following negroes to wit: Anthony, Roehall, and Anne, but it is my will that my said son and executor do purchase out of his own estate the young negro and that he be given the same my grand daughter Lucinda ASHBY (no parents listed) but my said son shall not be obliged to pay the said negro to my said grand daughter before the expiration of five years after my decease and in case the said Lucinda should die without lawful heirs of her body, the said legacy shall descend to my said executor or such of his heirs as are then living. I also give to my said son and executor one tract of land lying in Farquier County adjoining George ASH and a part of EWELL's tract which I purchased of Martin ASHBY containing one hundred acres to him and his heirs forever.

Item - I give and bequeath to my grandson Benjamin FARROW one negro child called Fanney to him and his heirs forever.

Item - It is my will should negro Rachell have any more children that her next child should be the property of my grandson Nimrod ASHBY to him and his heirs forever. The remainder of my estate not heretofore mentioned after all my just debts are paid I leave to be equally divided between my sons John and Enoch but that the said Enoch shall have no right to dispose of any of the above mentioned legacies which is bequeathed to him as it is intentioned purely for the benefit of his children.

In witness of this and only this I hereunto set my hand and seal this 2d day of June 1790.

Witnesses: William WITHERS his

John FISHBACK Robert (X) ASHBY (seal)

John CLARK mark

This ends the children and grandchildren mentioned in the will of Robert ASHBY. However it must be considered that this list may not be inclusive as some may have preceded the testator in death, or may have received a share of the estate beforehand. There is good evidence that there was a son, Robert, also. In the DIARIES OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, v 2, p. 185 dated 11 Feb 1775, WASHINGTON made this entry: "...paid Benjamin and his brother Robert £6.14.0 for survey work done by their father Robert ASHBY in dividing the Chattin Run land into lots." This Robert ASHBY was a marker for George WASHINGTON when he surveyed FAIRFAX lands. Other than those few years Robert was a farmer and spent his whole life on 320 acres patented by his father in 1742, "Yew Hill."

From THE DIARIES OF GEORGE WASHINGTON 1748-1799, John C. Fitzpatrick, A.M., ed., Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1925, v 1, 1748-1770, p 5: "March 15th, 1748; Surveyed for George FAIRFAX, Esq., a tract of land lying Cates marsh and Long marsh . . . Henry ASHBY and Robert TAYLOR chainmen, Robert ASHBY as Marker. and William LINDSY as pilot. p 316: March 1769. Set out for Robert ASHBY's and after dining by the way reached it a little after dark. v 2, p 65: 1772, May 29. Went up to Mr. Robt. ASHBY's, dined and lodged there. After dinner went to view some more of Mr. FAIRFAX's land on Goose Ck. and Chattin's Run."

MAPS & NOTES OF UPPER FAUQUIER CO,. VA., Chappelear D 70: "It was "Yew Hill' and not 'Oak Hill" that was built on a tract granted to Thomas ASHBY in 1742 from the Office of the Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia. Thomas ASHBY was the f irst of his family to settle in Northern Virginia. When he received the Yew Hill grant he was living on the Shenandoah River, five miles above BURWELL's Island. His patent in Fauquier County (then Prince William County) was bounded on the south side by the Henry TURNER patent and on the north by Goose Creek and a line running from the mouth of the Crooked Run along the Landon CARTER patent for a distance of about one-half mile to the James BALL patent.

p. 74: Oak Hill originally a part of the Henry TURNER patent, and later transferred to Thomas TURNER. Colonel Thomas MARSHALL purchased this property of 1,824 acres from Thomas TURNER in 1772, and settled on the estate in 1773. He lived here when serving as an officer commanding Virginia troops in the Revolutionary War.

Before going to Woodford County, Ky. in 1785 MARSHALL sold one thousand acres of the estate to Thomas MASSIE of Hanover County, Va., and sold 824 acres to his son John MARSHALL. Thomas MASSIE never lived on this Oak Hill estate, remaining in what is now Clarke County near the west bank of the Shenandoah River."

(Compiler's note: The following was submitted by ,Miss Hazel M. KENDELL, 203 West Fifth St., Anderson, Ind 46016 (1974); and while it does not conform to the findings of compiler, it is furnished for anyone who wishes to pursue it further; "Robert ASHBY Sr. 1710-1792, Captain on "Yew Hill" Stafford Co., Va., near Delaplane Va. on the Fairfax Road near his brother Henry ASHBY. Robert was a markman surveyor 1748; gave bond for the first sheriff 1740 m (1) Elizabeth HOLLOWAY who d 15 Oct 1754. Robert m (2) Catherine C0MBS b 2 Nov 17--- d 1760, d/o Joseph COMBS." She states further that Robert ASHBY Jr. <this is additional evidence if one wishes to accept it that Robert did in fact have a son Robert> m in 1740 Mary Harding REDSTONE <she may have been a HARDING>; and that Robert Jr. d 5 Nov 1780. <This latter date would add credence to compiler's earlier suggestion as a reason for Robert Jr. being left out of his father's Will.>)

A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION IN AMERICA, AND OTHER PARTS OF THEWORLD, David Benedict, A.M., Pastor of the Baptist Church in Pawtucket, R.I., Boston, Printed by Manning & Loring, No. 2, Cornhill, for the author, 1812, v 2, p 31, "Persecution of David Thomas," "The Chappawomsick church was constituted from that at Broadrun, in 1766. The Baptists in this church met with the most violent opposition. One Robert ASHBY and his gang, (consisting of about 40) combined against them with the most determined and envenomed hostility. . . ." p. 64: "To be forewarned is forearmed, but the Chappawamsick church was not always so fortunate. Morgan Edwards gives in his notes, on p 35 (1792): ...Robert ASHBY and 40 Men Combined to Break up a Meeting. ASHBY was Thrown Out Bodily and a Bloody Fray followed. "Remarkables (1) Great opposition, upwards of 40 combined to break them up, but the leader (Rob. ASHBY) was thrown out of the door which ended a battle; this ASHBY soon after cut his knee which festered and at last opened the joint that the leg hung by the ham-strings; he would not be touched in his bed till at last he died in his own excrement, & tho' he desired preaching he began to stop his ears and desired the preacher to desist for he could not bear it."

THE FAIRFAX FAMILV NORTHERN NECK PROPRIETARV PAPERS 1688-1810 on file in Box #24062, Archives Division, VirginiaState Library, Richmond, Va.

"In the suit over land in Frederick County, Virginia, styled Martin vs Wolfe which pended before the General Court of Virginia 1762-1769, various depositions were taken. This suit is very extensive over valuable land originally possessed by Thomas Lord FAIRFAX of `Greenway Court' who seemingly made over same to Thomas Bryan MARTIN, Esq. who came into Virginia in 1751. He is plaintiff in this cause and Peter WOOLFE (WOLFE) who came into Virginia in 1733 is the defendant."

Robert ASHBY aged Forty seven years or thereabouts, being sworn deposeth that he knows CARTER's Bounds being upon the survey when Robert BROOK survey'd the land and remembers the White Oak being made a corner below Darby MURPHY's from whence they run along to the PLaintiff's beginning continuing through the Defendant's Land and along by the marked Red Oak shewn Mr. LEWIS the surveyor by John TIMMONDS and this Deponent. This Deponent further saith that when James GENN Surveyed the Plaintiff's land in or about the year 1747 he shewed the place where the red oak stands mentioned in James CATLETT's deposition, he this deponent knowing it to stand in CARTERs Line and near where the Defendant's line crossed the said CARTER's line. Being interrogated by the Defendant he says the Defendant appeared at the Beginning and forbid them from surveying there and ~particularly order'd this Deponent not to mark the first line but Col. George FAIKFAX order' this Deponent to continue marking which he did and that the Defendant lived where he is now settled long before GENN's Survey was made and this Deponent says that when BROOK's survey was made he or his brothers Thomas and John would have enter'd the Lands now claimed by the Plaintiff but they were all told by their Father, Thomas ASHBY that Lord FAIRFAX had order'd him to give an account of the vacancy, he the said Lord FAIRFAX intending it for himself and further saith not.

Robert ASHBY ( X ) mark

Sworn to before John HARDIN
March 31st 1762

Just following this is the deposition of John HARDIN, Gent., aged 57 years or thereabouts, taken 29th March 1762 before Thomas RUTHERFORD in Frederick Co., Va."

(Compiler's note: On 27 Dec 1974 a young man came into the Warren County, Va. courthouse to check land records on the tract of land where the Robert ASHBY homestead was and where it is said that George WASHINGTON spent the night because a Mr. FLYNN, the developer, wants to have the site recognized by the Virginia Landmarks Commission. <However, compiler thinks he should have bee checking in Fauquier County instead unless the boundaries have changed since ca 1760. Compiler claims no expertize in Virginia geography, political subdivisions, etc.>)

Robert(2)ASHBY married as his second wife (bond dated 28 Apr 1783, Fauquier County, Va. Catherine COMBS; sureties listed were Robert ASHBY and Hezekiah TURNER <bro/o Mary TURNER, daughter in law of Robert.> Witness was H. BROOKE. Catherine was d/o Robert COMBS Sr. who apparently died before 1784 for Catherine and Robert ASHBY were administrators of the estate of Robert COMBS Sr. Catherine, however, was not listed in will of Robert(2) ASHBY, and the following may explain why: The VIRGINIA GAZETTE and the WINCHESTER ADVERTIZER: "Whereas my wife Catherine ASHBY has eloped from my bed and board, for reasons unknown to me, I therefore forbid all persons whatever, from harbouring or dealing with her on my account, as I am determined not to pay any debts to her contracting." Signed: Robert ASHBY, 21 Feb 1788.

DEED BOOK 16, FREDERICK CO., VA., p 330; Robert ASHBY of Fauquier County deeded 134 acres to George FARROW of Frederick County for 5 shillings, a tract on the Shenandoah River in Frederick County, bank of Little River. Witness: John ASHBY, Robert USHER, Thomas WOOD, dated 31 May 1773.

THE ASHBY HOMESTEADS IN UPPER FAUQUIER (Author Unknown):

Thomas ASHBY, the pioneer, settled near Paris about the year 1710. He afterwards patented land at Delaplane.

YEW HILL. A dwelling built by Robert ASHBY on land patented in 1742, by his father Thomas ASHBY. Robert ASHBY lived in this house until his death and was buried nearby. The property came into the possession of the SHACKLETT family in 1807 and the house was later known as the "Kitty SHACKLETT House." It was purchased by its present owner Captain John T. ASHBY, a great grandson of Robert ASHBY, in 1915.

GREENLAND. The home of Captain John ASHBY. It was inherited by his son Marshall ASHBY and was the birth place of the latter's son, General Henry Marshall ASHBY. Colonel Turner ASHBY and his wife were buried a short distance north of the house.

NIMROD FARROW, for whom Farrowsville was named, married Anne, daughter of Robert ASHBY.

House of ANDREW CHUNN, who married Belle, daughter of Captain John ASHBY, son of Captain John ASHBY.

OAKWOOD. The home of Major Samuel ASHBY, son of Captain John ASffBY. Inherited by John Jamieson ASHBY.

CAPTAIN NIMROD ASHBY's house and the home of his son Albert.

Home of CAPTAIN THOMSON ASHBY.

ROSEBANK. This property was originally owned by Nimrod FARROW. It passed into other hands and finally came into the possession of Colonel Turner ASHBY. It was the birthplace of General Turner ASHBY. A small house in rear of the main dwelling was once occupied by Thomas MARSHALL, father of the Chief Justice, and the locality at that time was known as "The Hollow." Rosebank was sold by the widow of Colonel ASHBY to Edward C. MARSHALL in 1853.

House occupied by J. HENRY ASHBY, son of Major Samuel ASHBY.

WOLF's CRAIG. This was General Turner ASHBY's home at the outbreak of the Civil War.

LOST MOUNTAIN. Whatever may have been the origin of the name Lost Mountain, it appears to have been justified by the fact that the topographers since 1876 have failed to place it correctly on their maps. The name in old deeds and other records, was applied to the hill southeast of Paris rising between Gap Run and Panther Skin Run and not to the eminence between Gap Run and Crooked Run. On this map Lost Mountain has been correctly placed and the name "Ball" Mountain for Captain James BALL who patented land on its slopes in 1732 is suggested as a suitable one for the elevation that has so long masqueraded under a name to which historically, it can lay no claim.

(Compiler appreciates the foregoing data, but inasmuch as the sender failed to cite the source, none can be listed.)

EARLY FAUQUIER HOUSES, FAUQUIER COUNT.V, VIRGINIA, pp 276, 277:

"Yew Hill - U. S. Route 17, near Delaplane." Yew Hill is an early pioneer house of characteristic type clapboard with dormer windows, Jacobean sloping gables, huge chimneys, and full length porch. It is located on the 320 acre grant secured in 1742 by Thomas ASHBY, pioneer, who was then living on the Shenandoah River above Burwell's Island. His son, Robert, was the first of the famiIy to make Yew Hill his home in 1760. While engaged in surveying his own tract of land lying near Ashby's Gap George WASHINGTON made his headquarters at Yew Hill from March 9 to March 18, 1769.

Title was held by the ASHBY family until 1807 when it passed to Edward SHACKLETT whose daughter held possession until 1880 when it reverted to relatives and descendants of the original owner. In 1935 it was purchased from John T. ASHBY, Jr. by R. C. IDEN who has recently sold this property to the J. B. McCARTYS. The dwelling is now undergoing restoration and repairs, no change structurally only superficial alterations need to add the comforts of today to the atmosphere of bygone yesterdays. ,with this uplift, Yew Hill should stand sturdily for another two hundred years as a landmark of the wilderness outpost of civilization in the highlands of Fauquier."

NEWS FEATURE - UNKNOWN SOURCE - dated 23 April 1959:

Quaint Old Cottage - So described on deeds of the 1800's is this cottage at Chancellors Corner where George WASHINGTON stayed for nine days when surveying in Northern Fauquier. Mrs. Bolling Lynn ROBERTSON is now maintaining an antique shop and guest quarters in the house restored by Mrs. J. Benjamin McCARTY. <There appeared also a photograph by Ritter Photo but compiler could not duplicate it here.> At Chancellor's Corner: Yew Hill was WASHINGTON's HEADQUARTERS DURING SURVEY - Yew Hill, one of Fauquier's Oldest houses - and George WASHINGTON's headquarters for nine days when he surveyed in upper Fauquier - has been restored and has been returned in the sense to the role it occupied for many historic years. The old pioneer house is the property of Mrs. J, Ben McCARTY who did the restoration. Mrs. McCARTY has rented it to Mrs. Bolling L. ROBERTSON who is making it her home and who is operating the antique shop and guest house on the premises...Robert ASHBY who helped George WASHINGTON in his surveying work made Yew Hill his home in 1760. WASHINGTON held land in the neighborhood, and when he was surveying it...lived at Yew Hill....The WASHINGTON room has been furnished by Mrs. ROBERTSON as it may have looked when the future President stayed there.

YEW HILL - a typical early pioneer home should stand sturdily for two more centuries. Erected in the year 1748 by Robert ASHBY on a grant secured in 1742 by his father, Thomas ASHBY. During WASHINGTON ' s stay here he was visited by Colonel Thomas MARSHALL, the father of John MARSHALL, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. It is on Route 17, near Delaplane, Virginia. Parents: Thomas Ashby Sr. and Rose Berry.

He was married to Mary Elizabeth Farrow about 1735. Children were: Nimrod Ashby, John Ashby , Benjamin Ashby, Ann Ashby , Winnifred Ashby, Mary (Molly) Ashby, Thomas Enoch Ashby.

He was married to Catherine Combs on 2 Oct 1783 in Fauquier Co., VA.

bullet Robert Ashby(4) was born in 1776. He died in 1835 in Hopkins Co., KY. Parents: Henry Ashby and Eleanor Bounds.

He was married to Margaret Ross on 15 Mar 1818 in Hopkins Co., KY.

bullet Robinson C. Ashby Parents: Jared T. Ashby and Elizabeth Brown.

bullet Rollie G. Ashby was born on 19 Feb 1891 in Centertown, Ohio Co., KY. He died after 1968. He was still living 13 Sep 1968, the date of the DAR application of Thelma Ashby Smith, NSDAR #535980. Parents: Edmund Rowe Ashby and Carodina Elizabeth Lochery.

He was married to Corodena Pearl Carlisle on 7 Mar 1917. Children were: Thelma Ashby.

bullet Rosa (Rosey) Ashby(4) was born in 1767. She died in 1812. Parents: Stephen Ashby and Elizabeth.

She was married to George Timmons on 7 Sep 1787 in Mercer Co., KY.

bullet Rose Ashby(4) was born in 1724. Parents: Thomas Ashby Sr. and Rose Berry.

bullet Sally Ann Ashby Parents: Peter Ashby and Sarah (Sallie) Row/Rowe.

bullet Sally M. Ashby was born between 1848 and 1850. Parents: John R. Ashby and Martha Ann Igleheart.

bullet Samuel Ashby(22) was born on 17 Aug 1773. He died on 5 Feb 1816. Parents: John Ashby and Mary E. Turner.

bullet Sanford Ashby(18) (9) was born on 3 Feb 1833. Parents: William Ashby and Nancy Rowe.

He was married to Elizabeth Anderson. Children were: William S. Ashby , Mary Jane Ashby, John Isaac Ashby, Harrison Monroe Ashby, Emily Ashby, Lucinda Ashby.

bullet Sanford Ashby Parents: Edmund Rowe Ashby and Carodina Elizabeth Lochery.

bullet Sarah Ashby(14) was born on 8 Apr 1771 in Virginia. She died in 1865 in Kentucky. Sarah was also called "Sallie." Parents: Jesse Ashby and Nancy Williams.

She was married to Joseph Warden on 29 May 1797 in Mercer Co., KY.

bullet Sarah Ashby(4) was born in 1722. Parents: Thomas Ashby Sr. and Rose Berry.

bullet Sarah Ashby(4) Parents: Henry Ashby and Eleanor Bounds.

She was married to Fields.

bullet Sarah Ashby(4) was born on 3 Nov 1793 in Kentucky. She died on 28 Jan 1844 in Missouri. Parents: Henry Ashby and Judith Shumate.

She was married to James Leeper on 15 Jun 1813 in Hopkins Co., KY.

bullet Sarah A. Ashby(4) was born in 1813. She died in 1900. Parents: Capt. Nathan Ashby and Lottie Sedman.

She was married to Asa Wilson .

bullet Sarah B. Ashby(4) was born on 10 Jul 1775 in Frederick, MD. Parents: William Wilton Ashby and Sarah Williams.

She was married to John Timmerman on 23 Mar 1807 in Allegany, MD.

bullet Sarah E. Ashby Parents: Thomas R. Ashby and Cynthia Ann Russell.

bullet Shelby Ashby Parents: Jared T. Ashby and Elizabeth Brown.

bullet Sinai Ashby(4) was born about 1760. Parents: Henry Ashby and Eleanor Bounds.

She was married to Fetheringill.

She was married to Reuben Berry on 20 Feb 1794 in Mercer Co., KY.

bullet Stephen Ashby(4) was born about 1747. Parents: Thomas Ashby Jr. and Elizabeth (Betty).

He was married to Susannah Foote .

bullet Stephen Ashby(4) was born in 1710 in Prince William Co., VA. He died on 19 May 1797 in Christian, Hopkins Co., KY. Parents: Thomas Ashby Sr. and Rose Berry.

He was married to Elizabeth. Children were: Absolom Ashby, Lettice (Letitia) Ashby, John Ashby, Enos Ashby, Daniel Ashby, Annie Ashby, Rosa (Rosey) Ashby, Stephen Ashby.

bullet Stephen Ashby(4) was born on 14 Oct 1776. He died on 1 Oct 1841 in Hopkins Co., KY. Parents: Stephen Ashby and Elizabeth.

He was married to Elizabeth B..

bullet Stephen Ashby(4) died before 1797. Parents: Henry Ashby and Eleanor Bounds.

He was married to Mary Ann Ashby.

bullet Susannah Ashby(23) Parents: Thomas Ashby and Catherine (Taylor) Coleman.

She was married to John B. Hocker on 10 Oct 1831.

bullet Tabitha Anne Ashby(4) was born about 1810 in Hopkins Co., KY. Parents: Henry Ashby and Judith Shumate.

She was married to James McFerran on 24 Dec 1834 in Chariton, MO.

bullet Tamar Ashby(23) Parents: Thomas Ashby and Catherine (Taylor) Coleman.

She was married to Charles Haskins on 9 Dec 1836 in Ohio Co., KY.

bullet Thelma Ashby Parents: Rollie G. Ashby and Corodena Pearl Carlisle.

bullet Thomas Ashby(14) was born in 1781 in Virginia. Parents: Jesse Ashby and Tamar Ruby.

He was married to Catherine (Taylor) Coleman on 18 Jun 1806 in Nelson Co., KY. Children were: Jesse Ashby, Catherine Ann Ashby, Elizabeth Ashby, Jane Ashby, Margaret Ashby, Tamar Ashby, Susannah Ashby.

bullet Thomas Ashby Jr.(4) was born in 1714 in Frederick Co., VA. He died in 1786 in Harpers Ferry, Jefferson Co., WV.
It is entirely possible that Thomas Ashby Jr. had many more children. To date no will has been found for him. However, according to Lois Stanley, a decendant of George Ashby (Thomas Jr.'s son), the story on William Ashby's family states that there was a tradition that three Williams men married Ashby girls. We know two of them, William to Sarah Williams and Jesse to Nancy Williams. Was there a third? Perhaps one of George's two wives.

DAR application for Miss Lois Stanley lists the following: "Thomas Ashby served under Captain Daniel Morgan from Romney (now WV). He enlisted 1 Nov 1775, and received his final pay as private in General Morgan's Rgt. on 23 May 1783. He received his final pay in Hampshire Co., Virginia (now WV). Parents: Thomas Ashby Sr. and Rose Berry.

He was married to Elizabeth (Betty) in 1737 in Frederick Co., VA. Children were: Jesse Ashby, William Wilton Ashby, George Ashby, Henry Ashby, Stephen Ashby, Mary Ashby, Peter Ashby.

He was married to Mary Ann McCullough on 14 Nov 1751 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co., VA.

bullet Thomas Ashby Sr.(4) (22) was born in 1680 in Fauquier Co., VA. He died in Apr 1752 in Frederick Co., VA.
NOTE: The following data was researched and compiled originally by Marshall Ashby Gibbs, of Maitland, FL, as referenced in the Source List. It was copied to this record by Ernest P. Rowe, Jr. 22 March 1998.

From WILL BOOK 2, FAUQUIER CO., VA. Will of Thomas ASHBY proved 4 Aug 1752:

"In the name of God Amen - I, Thomas ASHBY of Frederick County being very sick....

Item I give unto my son Thomas ASHBY one shilling sterling - to have no other part of my estate whatsoever.

Secondly I give and bequeath unto my son Benjamin ASHBY all the land or parcel of land at Goose Creek whereon Enoch BERRY now lives, to him my said son and his heirs forever.

Thirdly I give and bequeath unto my son Henry ASHBY all that land or part of land whereon he now lives, which now laid opposit a part of James GUIN dec'd, from my other land unto my said son and his heirs forever. But if the said Henry should die without issue the said land to fall to my son Stephen and his heirs forever.

Fourthly I give and bequeath unto my son Stephen ASHBY after his mother's death all this tract or part of land whereon I now live and which was also laid off and divided by the said GUIN as afore - to my said son and his heirs forever, but if my said son Stephen should die without issue that then the said lott or tract of land is to fall to my son Henry ASHBY and his heirs forever.

Fifthly I give unto my daughter Elizabeth HARDIN one shilling sterling, and that she have no other part of my estate.

Sixthly I give unto my daughter Sarah ASHBY one shilling sterling.

Seventhly I give unto my daughter Rose ASHBY one shilling sterling.

Eighthly I give unto my daughter Ann ASHBY one shilling sterling.

Ninthly I give and bequeath unto my cousin Reuben BERRY one cow and calf to be delivered to him at the age of 21.

Tenthly I give unto my cousin Ann BERRY one cow and calf to be delivered to her at the age of 18 or on the day of her marriage.

Eleventh It is my desire that if the land whereon John HARDEN now lives and on which I now have a mortgage, if there should be forfeited that one of my executors, namely my son Robert ASHBY, shall see the same and pay unto my daughters Sarah and Rose five pounds to each of them and the remainder to be equally divided between my loving wife Rose ASHBY, my son Stephen and my daughter Ann and in case the money be paid ac- cording to the terms thereof that then my son Robert shall divide and pay the same as that I gave in case of the land now sold.

Twelfth I give and bequeath to my lovin wife Rose ASHBY my house I bought of John ASHBY also two mares and colts to be at her own disposal and as for the rest of my moveable estate to have the same during her widowhood but if she should marry that then she is to have no more than a third part of such moveable estate and then the remainder to be equally divided by my executors between my son Stephen and my daughter Ann ASHBY.

Lastly I nominate and appoint my dutiful loving sons Robert, John and Henry executors of this my last Will and testament and in testimony that this is my last will and testament I have here unto set my hand and seal this second day of April one thousand seven hundred and fifty two.

Thomas ASHBY (his seal)

Signed, sealed, and acknowledged before and in the presence of us: James CATLETT, Francis HOWELL, Peter WOLF"

At a court held for Frederick County on Thursday August 4th l752 the last will and testament of Thomas ASHBY dec'd was presented into court by Robert ASHBY and Henry ASHBY the executors and being proven by the oaths of James CATLETT and Peter WOLF, etc...granted them for obtaining probate in due time.

Teste T. WOOD C of C

Know all men by these presents that we, Robert ASHBY, John ASHBY and Henry ASHBY, Samuel EARLE John HASEY are held and personally bound unto Geo. Wm. FAIRFAX the first Justice in the Commission of the Peace of Frederick County for and in behalf and to the sole use and behoof of the Justices of the said county and their successors(?) in the union of five hundred pounds to be paid to the said Geo. Wm. FAIRFAX his executors adms.

Deed Book 3 l752-l755 4 Sep l753, Frederick Co., Va. Reel 2, microfilm, p lll: Rec'd of Mr. Gerrard ALEXANDER 38 pounds 4 shillings & five pence being the Ballance of the Principal Debt, Interests & costs in ye within mortgage & further do I hereby as Executor of my late Father release and forever quit claim all rights, Title property and interest to ye Penalty, of the within Morgage to John HARDEN his heirs and assigns.

John ASHBY
Executor

Teste, Gabriel JONES

At a Court 5 Sep 1753 John ASHBY, Exr of Thomas ASHBY.

From DEED BOOK 2, Frederick Co.. Va., p 47; Thomas ASHBY received a mortgage on John HARDIN's land 15 Nov 1749, 100 acres for 84 pounds, being the same where "John HARDIN now lives and formerly by him purchased of Jacob PENNINGTON." <This is probably the land referred to in paragraph above>.

Compiler's note: Be it thoroughly understood that all issue born to any testator may or may not be contained in a will, some having already been given his share, or perhaps some having predeceased testator. As the reader progresses through this genealogy, the list of children may or may not necessarily be a complete listing for the reasons just stated. Any compiler can list only those data which he can obtain. Reader will note, also, that neither sons John nor Robert ASHBY received any share of the estate, being listed only as executors.

Some sources have contended that Thomas ASHBY married a Frances WOODRUFF. Another claimed that Rose's name was MONCURE, and still another that her name was FARROW. Compiler has proved none so far. In the will of Thomas ASHBY he specifically states that Stephen's mother was Rose. How many children belonged to which wife is uncertain except for Stephen, and maybe Ann ASHBY.

In the Will, Thomas ASHBY mentions cousins Reuben and Ann BERRY but does not explain the relationship further. A Reuben BERRY enters the family again later as hus/o Sinah(3)ASHBY d/o Henry(2)ASHBY.

Thomas (1) ASHBY is said to have located in Fauquier County, Va. about 1700 and the following references are offered as background data:

HISTORY OF LOWER SHENANDOAH VALLEY, J. E. Norris, "Thomas ASHBY was in the Colonial Wars. He was in Stafford County near Paris in or about 171O. That part of Virginia is called the Northern Neck and is now Fauquier County, having the name changed in 1759. A land grant gave Thomas ASHBY 370 acres lying across the Junction with Cracked <Crooked?> Run and in what was then Prlnce William County. (NORTHERN NECK GRANTS - BOOK E - p 494) 108 acres on Bent Branch (BOOK F, p 292). These two sites covered the present village of Delaplane, Virginia.

EARLY SETTLERS IN CLARKE COUNTY EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE, Clarke County Historical Association: The ASHBY tract was the homes of Thomas (1) ASHBY for whom ASHBY's Gap was named and of Captain John(2), famous in frontier warfare and a leading citizen of Old Frederick County, Va. Thomas ASHBY's home was near the river about three miles below HOWELL's Run.

A bundle of papers in the file cases of the Frederick County Court marked "BERRY vs FAIRFAX" re John FISHBACK Land Causes ended March Court 1793," would give the impression that after Lord FAIRFAX moved to Greenway Court he became directly interested in a road by KERSEY's Ferry. The suit to settle BERRY's claim to land he had bought from the heirs of John FISHBACK and which the heirs of Lord FAIRFAX claimed. The depositions of Jeremiah DARNAL and Benj. ASHBY taken in 1791 and which consisted principally of what they had heard disclosed "that Old Captain Thomas ASHBY had located the land for FISHBACK at the same time he located his own about 1736."

CLARKE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION: "Among articles illustrated. . .etc. and the surveyor's compass made for Captain Thomas ASHBY, surveyor of Frederick and Fauquier Counties, who lived in Clarke County on the east bank of the Shenandoah River between BERRY's Ferry and Howellsville." <Compiler knows no more exact citation)

CLARKE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, v 6, "On 2 June 1752 Thomas ASHBY was appointed overseer of road from BURWELL's Mill to the forks of the road at Fox Trap Point, also road to the Wagon ford in the room of Joseph COMBS...." [If this is the same Thomas ASHBY, he died very soon after the appointment]

DEED BOOK 5, Frederick Co.. Va., p 525. By patent 1734 Thomas ASHBY received 200 acres on the north side of the Shenandoah River from Joist HITE.

SHENANDOAH VALLEY PIONEERS, Cartmell, p 25; "Captain ASHBY lived on the Shenandoah River above BURELL's Island (1749-50) and his sons Henry and Robert on the Fairfax Road."

An undocumented note states that Isaac and Abraham PENNINGTON reached the Shenandoah Valley from New Jersey in the 1730's and were soon followed by Jacob - received a patent of 600 acres nesr SNICKER's Ferry on the Shenandoah River. <This refers to the earlier account re Jacob PENNINGTON in Deed Book 2, Frederick Co., p 47>

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S DIARY (no further citation); 1737 depositions of Record of suit of Joist HITE vs Thomas Lord FAIRFAX taken at Thomas ASHBY's. "Aug 2 1748 - to Thomas HOOPER's and to Mark HARDIN's on both sides of the river be clear and work on same under Thomas ASHBY Jr."

CLARKE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, v 8 "Berryville." Map of The Manor of Greenway Court and Vicinity "Calmes Neck," these are the sites of "Leases for Lives" in Leeds Manor in numerical order of Captain Thomas BERRY, Joseph KING, Benjamin BERRY, Thomas ASHBY taken in 1792. Thomas ASHBY had sons John and Robert.

FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1759-1959, The Fauquier County Bicentennial Committee, Warrenton, Va.~ 1959, p 32: 'Thomas ASHBY in 1742 was a pioneer then living over the Ridge, 320 acres on the Winchester-Falmouth Road. His home, near Delaplane, was called "Yew Hill."

CLARKE COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, The FAIRFAX Manors of Leeds and Gooney Run. Early Settlements: "John WARNER's map of the Shenandoah River shows few settlements on the south side. The first within CALMES Neck is "a stone cabin, next CALMES settlement, next John FISHBACK, next Samuels TIMMONS on land of Mr. Landon CARTER and then Robert, John, Captain Thomas and Thomas ASHBY Jr.

MAPS AND NOTES PERTAINING TO UPPER SECTION OF FAUQUIER COUNTY, VIRGINIA, B. Curtis Chappelear, Esq.: "Yew Hill" built on a tract granted Thomas ASHBY in 1742 from the office of the Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia. Thomas ASHBY was the first of his family to settle in Northern Virginia. When he received the "Yew Hill" grant he was living on the Shenandoah River five miles above BURWELL's Island. His Patent in Fauquier County (then Prince William County) was bounded on the south by the Henry TURNER Patent and on the north by Goose Creek and a line running from the mouth of Crooked Run along the Landon CARTER Patent for a distance of about one-half mile to the James BALL Patent. "Yew Hill" was the first of a tenant of Thomas ASHBY and in 1760 became the home of his son Robert R. ASHBY (see Winchester, Frederick Count, Va. Deed Book 3, p 33.) Account of Thomas ASHBY to Robert ASHBY. Recorded 4 Mar 1762.

Compiler's note: It is believed that the R in name of Robert R. ASHBY was hls mark instead of an X - not the initial of a middle name. See his Will later.

Thomas (1) ASHBY was sometimes referred to in early Frederick County, Va. as "Thomas ASHBIE, the elder. He was granted land in Fauquier County as early as 1742 (see FAUQUIER COUNTY DEED BOOK 1, p 80, 1759.) MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

Some sources claim that Thomas ASH8Y was a gson of an Edward ASHBY but compiler has found no proof. Thomas(l) ASHBY did, however, have a gson Edward(3)John(2)Thomas(l).

Northampton County~ Va. "Thomas RICHARDS and Lettice ASHBY, wid/o Mr. Edward ASHBY m before 8 Oct 1694~ Edward ASHBY is listed in Tithables of Northampton Co.,Va. Aug 1666.

CHARLES PARISH, YORK COUNTY, VIRGINIA HISTORY AND REGISTERS, P44: William ASHBY s/o William and Sarah b 1 Dec 1681 <Reader will note that this is about the birthdate of Thomas(l)ASHBY. Was William a bro?

ENGLISH DUPLICATES OF LOST VIRGINIA RECORDS, des Cognets, Jr., p 325: Ellis ASHBY. p 190: William ASHBY - Princess Ann County, Virginia Rent Roll 1704 - William

ASHBY 100 acres.

Gloucester County, Va. 16 Oct 1681 - Roger ASHBY headright of Alexander MURRAY.

CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS , Nugent, p 28: Mr. Jer. CLEMENT 500 acres on James River 11 June 1635 for transporting nine persons including a Thomas ASHBY.

One source (undocumented) claims that a John ASHBIE was one of the first settlers of Jamestown who came 6 Aug 1607. Thomas ASHBY came to Virginia 1632 with Elliot NORTON who was later President of Harvard <This may be the New England group > Then there was an Edmund ASHBY who, according to family tradition, was an adherent to Charles I came from England to Virginia during CROMWELL's protectorate ca 1650, married and had children. A Robert ASHBy was brought to Virginia 1651 by Captain George READ of Lancaster County; and still another Roger ASHBY the same year brought by Colonel Richard LEE, Esq. of Gloucester County. Into Maryland came Thomas ASHBY in 1669, William ASHBEE in 1671, and John ASHBY in 1672 (see MARYLAND REVOLUTIONARY RECORDS, v 3, p 6). Whether any of these were progenitors of our Thomas(l)ASHBY is pure speculation, and compiler has no proof. However, all of the foregoing, except Roger, are fairly common names and appear throughout the ASHBY genealogy. It is possible, also, that none are and that our Thomas(l)ASHBY was the immigrant.

Unidentified news item, probably the FAUQUIER DEMOCRAT undated, FAUQUIER LAND OWNED BY WASHINGTON - Delaplane Goes Back to 1700's by Mrs. J. Ben McCARTY. "Five of the grants and patents from the proprietor of Thomas Lord FAIRFAX's Northern Neck estate converged in the neighborhood of what is now called Delaplane.

In 1772 Colonel Thomas MARSHALL purchased 1824 acres, a part of the Thomas Henry TURNER patent which became the property of his son, Chief Justice John MARSHALL. Five hundred acres with the original home called "Oak Hill" holds as the heart of the estate. It is now owned by A. V. BAIRD, resident for the past 40 years.

Landon CARTER's extensive 9,600 acre grant covered much of the eastern part of northern Fauquier. The site of the first log cabin built by hls nephews who came from Prince William to claim their inheritance is now on the farm of Hilary A. MARSHALL.

The James BALL grant af approximately 8,000 acres, dated 1731, extended from below Paris to Goose Creek, lying between Landon CARTER's and the Manor of Leeds. This was devised to his son, James BALL, Jr. of Lancaster, and daughter Sinah Ball McCARTY (wife of Daniel McCARTY) of Fairfax. They, through BERTRAM and EWELL, surveyors from Prince William, dispersed this area in large sections to the incoming pioneers. Some of the same family, however, now reside on this land with other residents north of Goose Creek.

Thomas ASHBY patented land in 1742, bounded by Goose Creek on the north. This became the home known as "Yew Hill" (said to have been the first house built in this community with glass windows) of his son Robert ASHBY, and remained in the family until the eariy part of the l9th century. George WASHINGTON is known to have spent several nights in this house on his way to survey his own land around Gap Run, near ASHBY's Gap. it is now owned by R. C. IDEN.

By deed dated April 17, 1775, Bryan FAIRFAX conveyed to George WASHINGTON 600 acres within the eastern boundary of Delaplane, which WASHINGTON called "my Chattin's Run Tract." This is now owned by Roland PIERCE. Located on the sam¢ tract is "Esthone" the home of the Anthony WILSONS.

The first post office was called "Oak Hill," marked for many years by a wayside store, now pushed aside by highway progress. Many letters are extant bearing the stamp of the old stage route from Falmouth to Winchester with the Post Office at Oak Hill and Watts Ordinary at the corner.

With the coming of the railroad in 1842 (corrected to read 1805) the post office was moved to what became the center of a village. It was called Piedmont Station and figured as such in the War Between the States. In 1874 the name was changed to the one it now holds--Delaplane-- in recognition of John Washington DELAPLANE who was in the merchantile business at the station. Some of his descendants own the property today.

In the early rosters of colonial militia and in the muster rolls of the Revolution, many familiar neighborhood names are found: Thomas and John MARSHALL, John Thomas CHUNN; Robert, Nimrod, and John ASHBY, Thomas and George BLACKMORE; Thomas, John, and Andrew BARBEE, Francis and Uriel ASH, Thomas and Joseph SMITH, Joseph O'BANNON, Joseph CHILTON, Nathaniel GRIGSBY, Hezekiah TURNER. Time and a little research no doubt could bring to light the names of others.

Confederate crosses mark the graves of soldiers in that cause. Nearby can be found Captain John ASHBY, Dr. Hugh GREEN, Dr. John ADAMS, Edward SHACKLETT, and Channing SMITH - valorous scout for Robert E. LEE. World Wars I and II give lists too long for enumeration. Suf- fice it to say, they include names of some whose service was supreme.

Evidence of early industries remain. Brick were made at the kiln on property now owned by D. V. FINLEY. There was a tannery at Oak Hill from 1801 onward, a fuller mill just north of Goose Creek and the blacksmith shop at the station--said to be one of the oldest around--stood until the early part of the 20th century.

Families combined, as was the custom, for the services of a tutor or governess. Higher education was provided at Piedmont Academy, located at "Woodbourne," an old ASH home, now owned by James H. RIVES. In the 1830's there was another school on the road to Paris and later the young men were taught at Ashland, now in the J. M. HATCHER family.

Names of homes which have survived a century or more without change include Oak Hill, AshLeigh, Ivanhoe, The Grove. Woodside, Yew Hill, Waverley, Willow Hill, Carrington, Mt. Blanc, Ashby Glen, Aspen Dale, Ashland, Mt. Pleasant, Oakwood, Greenland, Pleasant Vale, Spring Valley, Locust Grove, Inglewood, Mt. Independence, and others.

There has been much residential turnover in recent years--some of wealth and others who upon retirement buy smaller homes in search of serenity. Occupation is generally unprofitable farming, balanced by the satisfaction of independence. Withal, there is impending apprehension of oncoming surburban pressure. Population, because of smaller families and many farms being held intact, remains about the same. Increasingly, the younger generations reach out for wider opportunities, but nearly always the tle holds for the gathering years to find them back on the old soil.

So, in quiet unobtrusiveness, this little community continues, as of yore, to meet the call of duty and contribute threads to the pattern from which is woven the strong fabric called America."

One source stated that Burr HARRISON m. Ann BARNES and had issue Elizabeth HARRISON who m Joseph COMB5 Sr and had issue Jean COMBS who m 11 May 1741 John ASHBY. Compiler takes neither credit nor blame for Jean COMBS' ancestry but merely lists it here for the reader.

A Thomas ASHBY was one of nine persons brought to Virginia by Jeremiah CLEMENTS 22 June 1635 Stafford Co. <although this is too early for Thomas(l)ASHBY, it could be the source of the Jeremiah(3)ASHBY name>

ANNALS OF ASHBY, Clarke Co., Va Historical Assn, v 8 or 13, 1944 or 54 <Compiler worked from incomplete notes of other> a Thomas ASHBY m Frances WOODRUFF, moved from Maryland to Clarke Co., Va., ca 1743.

Minute Book, Prince William Co., Va, Manassas Courthouse,p 31 dated 26/27 November 1753: DIVORCE

On the motion of Marquis CALMES, by William ELZEY, his attorney, as Trustee for Betty HARDING on a decree for alimony against her husband, Mark HARDIN, who failing to comply with this court's decree ordered that the sd. HARDIN be attacht to comply with same.

Minute Book, Prince William Co., Va 1752 -1753: At a Court continued & held for Prince William County, the 27th of November 1753. PRESENT: John WRIGHT, Benjamin GRAYSON, Bertrand EWELL, and Henry PEYTON, Gent. Justices.

Mark HARDIN Dr. to 4 years allowance for separate maintenance as per the decree of Prince William Court at 650 lbs.

Tobo 2600 lbs EE Eliz. HARDIN

June ye 19 day 1754 then Received of Mark HARDIN one drop [crop?] Hogshead of tobacco off Weight & Cask on the account of his wife Betty HARDIN. I say Received by me.

(see next page) Robert ASHBY

Frederick Countv, Virginia Circuit Court, Winchester Courthouse: This day came Betty Alias Elizabeth HARDEN & Complained to me William COCKE of his Majesty's Justices that Mark HARDIN Stands Indebted to her two Thousand Pounds of Tobacco and hath Removed out of this County So that the Ordinary Process of Law cannot be Served upon him. These are therefore to Require You to Attach so much of the estate of the said HARDEN as shall be of Value to Satisfy the said Debt & Cost and the Same in Your hands to Secure or To Provide that further proceedings may be had at the Next Court to be held for this County to which you are to make Return how you have Executed This Precept.

Given under my hand this 2d Day of March 1757

To any officer to Execute & Return

W. COCKE

We, the subscribers do Promise to Pay to Mark HARDEN 15 pounds Current Money in Case I the Subscriber be caut in my Suit On Attachment, obtained against Mark HARDIN & Refuseth Payment Or Cost &c To which Payment to be made we bind our selves our heirs, Exrs & Admrs in the Penal Sum of 30 pounds.

Witness our hands & seals this 2 day of March 1757.

Sind before me, W. COCKE

Betty her x mark HARDIN (Seal)

Ed SNICKERS (Seal)

Peter his x mark CATLIT (Seal)

Back Endorsement: HARDEN VS HARDEN att

Attach in the hands of John HARDEN Gent.

By virtue of the Within I have attached in the hands of John HARDEN Gent & Summoned him on a Garnishee P Jas IRESON

April Garnishee HARDIN Sworn Declares he had before the attachment £20 6 sheep 12 shoats that he has assumed to pay the Debts cf his brother to Mr. KNOX & others more than the value of what is in his hand.

Garnishee Dischgd & Dismd

HARDIN V HARDIN

To the Worshipful Court of Frederick County Elizabeth HARDIN Humbly Sheweth that John HARDIN Stands Indebted to her 600 pounds of Tobacco Due by Acct. Refuseth payment wherefore your Petitioner prays Judgment for the Same with Costs.

George the 2d by the Grace of God of Great Britain France & Ireland Kind Defender of the Faith &c to one of our Coroners of Frederick County. GREETING due Command You to Summon John HARDIN to Appear before the Justices of our sd Court house of the County on the first Tuesday in December. Petition of Elizabeth HARDIN. WHEREAS the above is a true copy.

Witness James WOOD, Clerk of our sd Court at the courthouse the 19th day of December in the 31st year of our Reign. J. WOOD

George the 2d by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France & Ireland King Defender of the Faith &c. TO ONE OF OUR Coroners of Frederick County. We Command you that you summon James CATLET. . . to appear before the Justices of our sd County Court at the court house of the said County on the first Tuesday in December next to Testify & the Truth to Say on Behalf of Elizabeth HARDIN in a certain Matter or controversy in our said Court before our said Justices Depending and undetermined Between the said Elizabeth HARDIN Ptf and John HARDIN Def and this shall be in no wise omit under Penalty of £100.

WITNESS James WOOD, Clerk of our said Court at the Court House the 19th November in the 31st year of our Reign. J. WOOD

[Note: These items in the suit of Elizabeth ASHBY against Mark HARDIN for "separate maintenance" and "alimony" are copied from photostatic copies of seven loose papers in the courthouse of Frederick County, Virginia, Winchester Court house. The statement has been made, in print, that John HARDIN married Elizabeth ASHBY. This is in error, and was probably made in the interpretation of the final "Back Endorsement" of attachment. Record show Major John HARDIN, mentioned in these documents as husband of Catherine MARR, daughter of John MARR and "eldest" son of Mark and Mary HARDIN of Prince William County, Virginia, Manassas Courthouse.]

I. HARDIN of 3875 Line Ave., #147, Shreveport, LA 71106 submitted the following: "Mrs. FITZGERALD corrected the omission in KENTUCKY ANCESTORS. This item explains the following action: Since the annual payment was 650 lbs yearly for four years, and Mark HARDIN sent the first payment of 1062 lbs., he overpaid 412 lbs. toward the second of four years. Asking for 2,000 lbs. runs the legal total up to 3,062 lbs., whereas the decree called for 650 lbs. yearly for four years, a total of 2600 lbs. I think it is probable that Mark HARDIN did not care for Robert ASHBY receipting the payment to his sister. I am undoubtedly partial to my great, great, great, great grandfather, over his wife, who is equally related to me. You will note in the Will of Thomas(l) ASHBY that he leaves his daughter Elizabeth HARDIN one dollar, or pound. Years ago Miss Ann Waller REDDY of Richmond, Va. stated that the will was not unusual. If ever you locate this first suit application, before 1753, I would gladly pay. . . . One thing is certain, the HARDIN sons, of Mark HARDIN, made their way westward into Kentucky as soon as they were of age for freedom. I have been able, in a lifetime of search, to account for what seems like a full roll of the sons; every generation down to the present, carries the name of Mark HARDIN, but no remembrance of Elizabeth appears. There must have been daughters also, but naturally they are more difficult to locate and to identify. SOUR: @S90@

He was married to Rose Berry about 1706 in Fauquier Co., VA. Children were: Capt. John ("Rufus") Ashby, Benjamin Ashby , Robert Ashby, Stephen Ashby , Thomas Ashby Jr., Henry Ashby, Elizabeth Ashby, Sarah Ashby, Rose Ashby, Ann Ashby.

bullet Thomas Enoch Ashby(4) (22) was born after 1747 in Delaplane, Fauquier Co., VA. He died between 1790 and 1808. Parents: Robert Ashby and Mary Elizabeth Farrow.

He was married to Sarah Henley.

He was married to Sarah (Sally) Ash about 1771.

bullet Thomas R. Ashby was born about 1819. Parents: Peter Ashby and Sarah (Sallie) Row/Rowe.

He was married to Cynthia Ann Russell on 18 Dec 1845. Children were: Sarah E. Ashby.

bullet Thomas Tole Ashby(4) was born in 1805. Parents: Henry Ashby and Judith Shumate .

He was married to Mary Brown in Missouri.

bullet Thomas Wetzel Ashby(4) was born about 1790. Parents: Capt. Nathan Ashby and Lottie Sedman.

He was married to Nancy Gaskins on 16 Apr 1812 in Monongalia, VA.

bullet Thomas Wilson Ashby(4) was born on 26 Jun 1809 in Garrett Co., MD. Parents: William Williams Ashby and Mary Wilson.

He was married to Ellen Jane DeWitt.

bullet Lt. Thompson Ashby(22) was born on 31 Mar 1785. He died on 14 Jul 1850. Parents: John Ashby and Mary E. Turner.

bullet Col. Turner Ashby(22) was born on 30 Aug 1789. He died in 1839. Parents: John Ashby and Mary E. Turner.

bullet Unknown Ashby(4) died before 1797. Parents: Henry Ashby and Eleanor Bounds.

She was married to Robinson before 1797.

bullet William Ashby(9) (14) was born on 29 Sep 1794. He died on 10 Aug 1863. He and his wife are buried at Walton's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Ohio Co., KY. (Rowe Register Source R-01007 states William died in 1767.) Occupation - farmer. Parents: Jesse Ashby and Tamar Ruby .

He was married to Nancy Rowe on 29 Mar 1816 in Ohio Co., KY. Children were: Rachel Ashby, Isaac Ashby, Rebecca Ashby, Martha Ann Ashby, Lucinda Ashby, Jared T. Ashby, John R. Ashby, William Ashby, Sanford Ashby, Edmund Rowe Ashby.

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