Genealogy Record For
Captain Thomas Ashby - (Mark's G8 Grandfather)

Captain Thomas Edward Ashby, Sr. (10/01/1682-08/04/1752)
  • Spouse: (Rose) Rosanna Moncure Berry (Ashby) (1682-08/04/1752)
  • Children:
    1. Daughter: Dorah and/or Ann Ashby (JUL 1706 - 1752 Details Unknown?)
    2. Son: Captain (Jack) John Rufus Ashby (10/19/1707-1997)
    3. Son: Lt/Capt. Benjamin Ashby (1708-09/01/1804)
    4. Son: Captain Stephen Ashby (09/01/1710 Est.-05/19/1797)
    5. Daughter: Rose Ashby (1712 - 1752/1760) B:Farquier County, Virginia, D:Kentucky)
    6. Son: Captain Robert Ashby (1712-02/27/1792)
    7. Son: Thomas Edward Ashby, Jr. (01/01/1714-01/01/1783)
    8. Daughter: Henry Ashby (1716 - 1797/1798) B:Hampshire Co., Virginia, D:Herrodsburg, Mercer Co., Kentucky, Married Eleanor Bounds (1730-1811) Aft. 1752 in Hopkins Co., Kentucky)
    9. Daughter: Elizabeth Ashby (Hardin) (1720-1758)
    10. Daughter: Sarah Ashby ( 1722 - 1752) B:Virginia)
    11. Daughter: Ann Ashby (1726 - 1752) B:Prince William, Virginia, D:Kentucky)
  • Parents
    1. Father: John (Turner?) (1st Cassique) Ashby I (1633 - SEP 1699) B:Quenby Hall, Leicestershire, England, D:Feldham or London, Middlesex, England)
    2. Mother: Elizabeth Thorowgood (1651 - 1746) B:Hornchurch, Essex, England, DEATH: Somme, Picardie, France)
  • Siblings
    1. Brother: John Turner (Cassique) Ashby, II (05/10/1675-03/24/1716)
    2. Brother: Robert Ashby (1679 - ?)
    3. Sister: Jemima Ashby (1681 - 1751)
    4. Brother: Richard Ashby (1681 - 1769)
    5. Brother: Theodosia Ashby (1684 - ?)
Thomas's Personal Information
Born in Fauquier County, Virginia (VA), USA on Sunday, October 1, 1682
Military Service: Thomas Ashby served in the Colonial Wars, and was commissioned a Captain
Died in Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia (VA), USA on Tuesday, August 4, 1752 (Age 70)
Cemetery: Centenary Reformed UCC Cemetery in Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia (VA), USA
Buried in 1752
Marriage to:
    (Rose) Rosanna Moncure Berry (Ashby) (1682-08/04/1752) on Monday, January 1, 1705 (Age 22)
     - in Stafford County, Virginia (VA), USA
     - Married about 1705
on Friday, January 1, 1731 (Age 48)
     - in Stafford County, Virginia (VA), USA
     - Married about 1731
Comments: Note: Three of Thomas E Ashby, Sr. children have Autosomal DNA descendants who are related to Mark Stickels (or his immediate family) these are - Thomas' 2/3rd child - John R - 6th child - Robert R (Mark's GGF) - and his 9th child - Thomas E Jr. - they all have descendants who had their Autosomal DNA analysis done on Ancestry.com.

Age 28 - Thomas came to Virginia Colony, (Tydewater), then settling in Shenandoah Valley about 1710 along Beaverdam Run of Aquia Creek and Chopawamsic [Thomas Sherer and Find a Grave] Age 54 - In 1734 he received 200 Acres on the North Side of the Shenandoah River from Joist Hite.

Age 62 - A land grant in 1742 gave him 370 acres at one site on which he built his home known as "Yew Hill" and 108 acres at another, covering the present village of Delaplane Virginia, on the south side of the Shenandoah River in present Clark County, Virginia.

Age 68 - March, 1748, George Washington (Age 16) spent several nights in their home. George Washington was 16 years old and working as a surveyor. This was George Washington's first visit to that beautiful area. 

Age 72 - Capt. John Ashby served as a vestryman of Frederick Parish, Fauquier, Co., having been elected with Lord Fairfax and others in 1752.

Note: Death in Frederick County, Colonial Virginia, Cemetery is part of the Mount Hebron complex in Winchester, Virginia

Residence History: Fauquier County, Virginia (VA), USA
Source: Harden Family Tree by JConner1385 and
Ashby Family Tree by SA Huck and
Thomas Sherer's My Heritage Site and
Holly Hofmann's Rootsweb Site and
Norman Rickard's Family Tree Maker site #448 and
Ancestors of Robert and Christine Stom and
Descendents of William DeEsseby and
Find a Grave Entry for Capt Thomas Ashby, Sr.
Family Lines: Thomas is listed in the following family line report: Ashby

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