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Alexander ASHBY

Male 1834 - 1863  (29 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Alexander ASHBY was born in 1834 in , Kosciusko, Indiana, USA (son of Hankerson ASHBY and Peggy J TRAMMEL); died on 30 Sep 1863; was buried on 1 Oct 1863 in Toolesboro, Louisa, Iowa, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Property: 1856
    • Census: 1860, , Louisa, Iowa, USA; pg 10

    Notes:

    Iowa Land Deeds, Book 5, pp. 132-183, Sec. 22, Twp. 83N 13W.
    1856 - 40 acres for $140.

    Property:
    40 acres, Iowa

    Census:
    Jefferson Township
    Bladon Ashby M 31 Inda
    Sarah Ashby F 27 Inda
    William H Ashby M 8 Inda
    Edward P Ashby M 5 Mich
    Frances M Ashby F 3 Mich
    Rebaca Jane Ashby F Iowa
    Allick Ashby M 25 Inda
    Fransis Tracy M 47 N York


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Hankerson ASHBY was born in 1797 in , Hardin, Kentucky, USA (son of Bladen ASHBY and Catherine VAN METER); died on 12 May 1868 in , Tama, Iowa, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1830, , , Michigan, USA
    • Property: 30 Jul 1840, , Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; 160 acres
    • Census: 12 Aug 1850, , Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; pg 313B
    • Census: 1856, , Louisa, Iowa, USA; pg 280
    • Census: 1860, , Benton, Iowa, USA; pg 40

    Notes:

    Each of the census records gives a different birth place.

    Property:
    Kosciusko County Original Tract Book
    Range 6 Township 33 Plain Twp
    TWP-RNG Description of Lands SECT Acres Date of Entry By Whom Entered District
    33-06 NE quarter 32 160 30 Jul 1840 ASHBY, Hankerson LP

    Census:
    Jefferson Township
    29 15 15 ASHBY Hankerson 52 M Farmer KY
    30 15 15 ASHBY John 21 M Laborer OH
    31 15 15 ASHBY Jospeh 20 M Laborer MI
    32 15 15 ASHBY Priscilla 17 F IN
    33 15 15 ASHBY Alexander 16 M Laborer IN
    34 15 15 ASHBY Margaret 14 F IN
    35 15 15 ASHBY Susan 12 F IN
    36 15 15 ASHBY James H. 10 M IN
    37 15 15 ASHBY Mary E. 8 F IN
    38 15 15 ASHBY Catharine 2 F IN

    Census:
    Port Louisa Township
    PP WP LN DW FM SURNAME GIVEN NAME AG X C M W YI BIRTH OCCUPATION V T A R D B N d L COMMENTS
    280 14 3 73 86 Ashby John 26 M 3 OH Farmer X X
    280 14 4 Ashby Harkinson 60 M X 3 PA Farmer X
    280 14 5 Ashby Alexander 22 M 3 IN Farmer X X X
    280 14 6 Harlan Nancy 37 F X 2 OH
    280 14 7 Ashby Margaret 20 F 3 IN
    280 14 8 Ashby James 16 M 3 IN Farmer
    280 14 9 Ashby Mary E. 14 F 3 IN
    280 14 10 Ashby Katharine 8 F 3 IN
    280 14 11 Harlan Eliza Ann 7 F 2 IN
    280 14 12 Harlan Christina 7 F 2 IN

    Census:
    Kane Township
    Henry W Vandike M 30 Vir
    Sarah Vandike F 36 Ind
    Ofelia Vandike F 1 Iowa
    Jane Drake F 16 Ind
    James Drake M 13 Ind
    John Drake M 8 Ind
    Elizabeth Drake F 5 Iowa
    Hankerson " M 57 Georgia (probably her dad)

    Hankerson married Peggy J TRAMMEL on 29 Jan 1818 in , Preble, Ohio, USA. Peggy was born about 1798 in , , Georgia, USA; died about 1844 in , Kosciusko, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Peggy J TRAMMEL was born about 1798 in , , Georgia, USA; died about 1844 in , Kosciusko, Indiana, USA.

    Notes:

    Married:
    I have a copy of the page from the book.

    Children:
    1. Nancy ASHBY was born on 31 Oct 1818 in , , Ohio, USA; died on 25 Jul 1885; was buried on 26 Jul 1885 in , Benton, Iowa, USA.
    2. Martha ASHBY was born in 1820 in , , Ohio, USA; died in Deceased.
    3. Sarah ASHBY was born on 27 Dec 1822 in , , Ohio, USA; died on 3 Oct 1898 in , , Iowa, USA; was buried on 4 Oct 1898 in , Benton, Iowa, USA.
    4. Scyntha ASHBY was born in 1824 in , , Ohio, USA; died in Deceased.
    5. Lettice ASHBY was born in 1826 in , , Ohio, USA; died in Deceased.
    6. William M ASHBY was born on 17 Jan 1827 in , , Ohio, USA; died on 30 Aug 1896 in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA; was buried on 30 Aug 1896 in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA.
    7. John Washington ASHBY was born in 1829 in , , Ohio, USA; died after 1894.
    8. Joseph ASHBY was born in 1830 in , , Michigan, USA; died in Deceased.
    9. Priscilla ASHBY was born in 1833 in , Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; died in Deceased.
    10. 1. Alexander ASHBY was born in 1834 in , Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; died on 30 Sep 1863; was buried on 1 Oct 1863 in Toolesboro, Louisa, Iowa, USA.
    11. Margaret ASHBY was born cal 15 Dec 1835 in , Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; died on 21 Jun 1863 in , Tama, Iowa, USA; was buried on 22 Jun 1863 in , Benton, Iowa, USA.
    12. Susan ASHBY was born in 1838 in , Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; died on 3 Feb 1908 in , , South Dakota, USA.
    13. James H ASHBY was born on 19 Mar 1840 in , Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; died on 4 Oct 1917 in Magnet, Cedar, Nebraska, USA; was buried on 5 Oct 1917 in Magnet, Cedar, Nebraska, USA.
    14. Mary Ellen ASHBY was born in 1842 in , Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; died in Deceased.
    15. Infant ASHBY was born in Jan 1844 in , Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; died in 1844.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Bladen ASHBY was born in 1759 in Bladensburg, Prince George's, Maryland, USA (son of Thomas ASHBY and Mary Ann MCCULLOUGH); died on 8 Dec 1828 in , Wayne, Indiana, USA; was buried on 9 Dec 1828 in , Wayne, Illinois, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Church: Abt 1775, Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA; Great Bethel Baptist Church
    • Military: Between 1780 and 1781; Col John Gibson's Detachment, Ft Pitt
    • Property: 17 Jun 1784, , Jefferson, Kentucky, USA; Surveyed 500 acres
    • Tax List: 1787-1791, , Nelson, Kentucky, USA; Nelson County Tithes 1785-1791, Nelson Co., KY
    • Occupation: 1798, , Hardin, Kentucky, USA; Justice of the Peace
    • Fact: 5 Jan 1807, , Butler, Ohio, USA; Grand Juror
    • Property: 15 Apr 1812, , Wayne, Indiana, USA; SW 1/4 S:12 15
    • Will: 1 Aug 1823, , Wayne, Indiana, USA; Will Book 1, Richmond, Wayne Co., Indiana, p. 158
    • Probate: 12 Dec 1828, , Wayne, Illinois, USA; will

    Notes:

    I have copies of two news articles that are about Bladen and his lost grave. The first (1930) bemoans the fate of the grave after his family moved to Michigan and the second (1942) celebrates the placing of a memorial stone by the DAR.

    Hardin Co. Will Book A p. 34
    Be it Remembered that on the 21 November 1796 I do Emancipate set free and Exonerate from slavery Negro BECKY from me and my Heirs for Ever as far as I have any right or title to her for good services and faithfulness to her Mistress. Given from under my hand the date and date above.
    (signed)
    JOHN VERTREES
    Hardin Co. Will Book A p. 34-At a Court held for Hardin County on Tuesday the 22 Nov 1796 the foregoing Emancipation was acknowledged by the said JOHN VERTREES and ordered to be Recorded. We the subscribers who intermarried with the Daughter of ABRAHAM VANMETER deceased do Emancipate set free and further Exonerate from slavery a negro man named GENERAL belonging to the Estate of the said deceased from our selves and this Given under our hands and seals this 19 day of March 1797.
    (signed)
    BLADEN ASHBY
    THOMSON ASHBY
    JAMES EADLEN
    At a Court held for Hardin County on Tuesday the 25 day of March 1797 the foregoing Emancipation was Acknowledged by BLADEN ASHBY, THOMSON ASHBY and JAMES EADLEN and was ordered to be Recorded.
    Hardin Co. Will Book A p. 34-I do hereby Certify that I have Emancipated my Negro man JAMES from any further services as a Slave to myself or Heirs for Ever and request that the Court May admit the same to Record. Given under my hand this 20 Nov 1796.
    (signed)
    PATRICK BROWN
    Recorded at a court for Hardin County 22 Jan 1797.
    [These dates don't work.]

    Index to Lettel's Laws of Kentucky,_________SMITH; Bladen ASHBY listed as trustee of Hardin Academy.

    DAR Application #103198

    (Research):We don't have a specific birthdate for either of these folks but we have some military records that say that Bladen was born about 1759. The earliest that I can image him marrying Catherine would be at age 15 - 1774.
    Even if Catherine was 15 when Elizabeth was born, the latest she would be having babies is at age 55 - 1828 (coincidentally the year he supposedly died).
    This gives us a year range of 1774-1828 for the births of all these children.

    The 1850 Census with Amos and Elizabeth Smith infers that she was born about 1784-1785, just after the assumed marriage date of her parents. If she is indeed the eldest child, and if Catherine is like most of the women in my database, some likely years of birth would be 1785, 1787, 1789, 1792, 1794, 1796, 1799, 1801, 1803, 1806, 1808, 1810, 1813, 1815, 1818. That gives us 15 dates to consider and is 10 years after the latest date I have found in credible work. If she only had 11 babies born, the usual spread is 20-24 years.

    Tax List:

    Ashbay Bladen & Thompson Ashbay 2 19 Robt Abell 1790
    Ashbay Thomas - see Bladen Ashbay 19 Robt Abell 1790
    Ashbey Bedy 1 46 Jesse Davis #1 1790
    Ashbey Stephen 1 45 Jesse Davis #1 1790
    Ashby Beady - see Stephen Ashby 22 Jesse Davis #1 1791
    Ashby Bladen 4-2 113 Jos Barnett 1785
    Ashby Bladen & Thompson Ashby 2 17 Atk Hill #1 1788
    Ashby Bladen & Tompson Ashby 2 9 Atk Hill 1787
    Ashby Stephen & Beady Ashby & Tinson Ashby NG 22 Jesse Davis #1 1791
    Ashby Thompson 1 147 Atkinson Hill 1791
    Ashby Thompson - see Bladen Ashby 17 Atk Hill #1 1788
    Ashby Tinson - see Stephen Ashby 22 Jesse Davis #1 1791
    Ashby Tompson - see Bladen Ashby 9 Atk Hill 1787

    Property:
    Indiana Land Entries, Cincinnati District, v 1, p 33:
    Bladen Ashby SW 1/4 S:12 15 Apr 1812 being in Wayne Co.

    Will:
    Will of Bladen Ashby, Decd
    In the name of God Amen I Bladen Ashby of Wayne County and State of Indiana being in an ordinary State of health both of mind and body Do make constitute and ordain and confirm this my last will and Testament as followeth.
    First I will devise and bequeath unto my Beloved wife Caty Ashby all and singular my Estate Real and personal for her to dispose of at her pleasure after having paid all my full debts.
    Second. I do hereby appoint ordain and constitute my beloved son Abraham Ashby sole Executor to this my last will and Testament hereby revoking and disannulling all other wills heretofore made by me In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty fifth day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and Twenty three.
    Signed Sealed and acknowledged Bladen Ashby
    in presence of ??
    Aaron Martin
    Joshua Simpson

    Buried:
    http://www.geocities.com/sdfranklin_1999/inssar_cem-project.html
    Patriot: Ashby, Bladen
    State Of Service: Virginia
    County Of Burial: Wayne
    Cemetery: On Farm of Mrs Pearl Beck CLARK near Middlesboro

    Bladen married Catherine VAN METER about 1783 in Bladensburg, Prince George's, Maryland, USA. Catherine (daughter of Abraham VAN METER and Elizabeth KLINE) was born in 1759 in , Greene, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1835 in , Cass, Michigan, USA; was buried in 1835 in , Cass, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Catherine VAN METER was born in 1759 in , Greene, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Abraham VAN METER and Elizabeth KLINE); died in 1835 in , Cass, Michigan, USA; was buried in 1835 in , Cass, Michigan, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Caty van Meter
    • Property: 1832; (sold) the farm in Wayne Co, Indiana, to Silas Bond and moved to Michihan

    Children:
    1. 2. Hankerson ASHBY was born in 1797 in , Hardin, Kentucky, USA; died on 12 May 1868 in , Tama, Iowa, USA.
    2. Elizabeth Minerva ASHBY was born in 1788 in , Nelson, Kentucky, USA; died in May 1862 in , Grant, Indiana, USA; was buried in May 1862 in Sweetser, Grant, Indiana, USA.
    3. Milton ASHBY was born in 1789 in , Nelson, Kentucky, USA; died in May 1813.
    4. Eleanor ASHBY was born on 14 Feb 1792 in , Hardin, Kentucky, USA; died on 14 Oct 1869 in , Cass, Michigan, USA; was buried on 15 Oct 1869 in Vandalia, Cass, Michigan, USA.
    5. Abraham ASHBY was born in 1794; died in 1865 in , Cass, Michigan, USA.
    6. Lettice ASHBY was born in 1795 in , Hardin, Kentucky, USA; died in Deceased.
    7. Lavena ASHBY was born in 1796; died on 28 Oct 1890.
    8. David Elijah ASHBY was born in 1800; died in Deceased.
    9. Thompson ASHBY was born in 1801 in , Hardin, Kentucky, USA; died in Deceased.
    10. Gideon ASHBY was born in 1802 in , Hardin, Kentucky, USA; died in Deceased.
    11. Sarah ASHBY was born on 25 Oct 1808 in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, USA; died on 31 Oct 1847 in , Berrien, Michigan, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas ASHBY was born about 1724 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia, USA (son of Robert ASHBY and Elizabeth BOTTS); died on 23 May 1783 in , , Virginia, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1782, , Hampshire, West Virginia, USA
    • Will: 1786, , Frederick, Virginia, USA

    Notes:

    Head of Family Hampshire Co., Va. 1782 census with 7 persons in household. In same
    census were Jesse Ashby (6), Peter Ashby (5) and Stephen Ashby (9 white and 3 black).

    Thomas had 6 sons: Jesse 1739-1823; William W. 1744-1804; George c1745-1817; Henry c1745-1817; Stephen 1747-????; and Peter 1751-1833.

    DAR Patriot Index Vol. II, Pg.7, Pub. 1979 lists Thomas Ashby, b. c.1715 d. 5-23-1783, m. Elizabeth (Betty)----Pvt. VA. Thomas Ashby, Jr.'s name was removed from subsequent DAR Patriot books for "lack of proof of service". Thomas Ashby served 3 yrs as soldier, Virginia Line, received 100A of land Warrant #959 dated 6-20-1783, per Old Ky. Entries & Deeds, Pg. 314.

    My info from the book "Descendents of Bladen and Elizabeth (Foster) Ashby" (1975) indicates that Thomas and Mary Ann were married Nov 11, 1751 and had the following children: Mary Ann b. 1752, Elizabeth b. 1754, Hankerson b. 1756, Bladen b. 1759 d. 1828, Silas b. 1765 d. 1806, and Thompson b. 1770 d. 1814. Information attributed to Mrs. Sally Draper of Rutland, Vermont.

    This Thomas left a will. His sons are William, Peter, George & Henry; his daughters were not mentioned. [Brown Relatives, Beatrice Addington Cleveland]

    Thomas married Mary Ann MCCULLOUGH on 14 Nov 1751 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Alexander MCCULLOUGH and Sarah HILL) was born about 1735; died before 1780. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary Ann MCCULLOUGH was born about 1735 (daughter of Alexander MCCULLOUGH and Sarah HILL); died before 1780.
    Children:
    1. 4. Bladen ASHBY was born in 1759 in Bladensburg, Prince George's, Maryland, USA; died on 8 Dec 1828 in , Wayne, Indiana, USA; was buried on 9 Dec 1828 in , Wayne, Illinois, USA.
    2. Mary Ann ASHBY was born on 30 Jul 1752 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia, USA; died in 1799 in , Shenandoah, Virginia, USA.
    3. Elizabeth ASHBY was born about 1754; died in Deceased.
    4. Hankerson ASHBY was born about 1756; died in Aug 1780.
    5. Silas ASHBY was born about 1765 in , , Maryland, USA; died in 1806 in , Shelby, Kentucky, USA.
    6. Thompson ASHBY was born in 1768 in , Prince George's, Maryland, USA; died in 1812 in , Shelby, Kentucky, USA.

  3. 10.  Abraham VAN METER was born on 13 Jun 1744 in , Frederick, Virginia, USA (son of Jacob Jansen VAN METER and Letitia STROUD); died in 1781 in , Fayette, Kentucky, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Emigration: 1662; from Holland

    Notes:

    Emigration:
    The Vos (Fox) from Holland

    Abraham married Elizabeth KLINE in 1769 in , Frederick, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of KLINE) was born about 1745; died after 1781. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth KLINE was born about 1745 (daughter of KLINE); died after 1781.
    Children:
    1. 5. Catherine VAN METER was born in 1759 in , Greene, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1835 in , Cass, Michigan, USA; was buried in 1835 in , Cass, Michigan, USA.
    2. Sarah VAN METER was born about 1761; died in Deceased.
    3. Letitia VAN METER was born on 2 Apr 1772 in , Greene, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 8 Sep 1845 in , Montgomery, Indiana, USA.
    4. Elizabeth VAN METER was born about 1780; died in Deceased.


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