Genealogy Record For
Capt. Robert Ashby - (Mark's G7 Grandfather)
Captain Robert R Ashby (1710-02/27/1792)
  • Spouses:
    1. Dorothy Unknown (Ashby) (1715-Before 1783)
    2. Catherine Combs (Ashby) (1742 - ?)
  • Children:
    1. Daughter: Ann Ashby (Farrow) (1734 - 6 Oct 1807) Married George E Benjamin Farrow in 1772 and they had one son)
    2. Son: Captain Nimrod Ashby (1736-06/29/1764)
    3. Daughter: Winnifred Ashby (Peters) (ABT 1738 - ?) Married James Peters on 17 Jan 1764 in , Fauquier Co., Virginia, no known children)
    4. Son: Captain (Jack) John Ashby (04/01/1740-04/04/1815)
    5. Son: (Enoch) Thomas Enoch Ashby (1744 - 27 FEB 1792) B:Delaplane, Fauquier Co., VA, Married (Sally) Sarah Ash in 1771 and they had 2 children, then Married 2)  Sarah Henley ABT 1772 and they had 10 children)
    6. Son: William Ashby (ABT 1746 - 1773) B:Virginia, D:Frederick Co., Virginia, Married  Mary Tebbs on 24 Apr 1767 in , Fauquier Co., Virginia, no known children)
    7. Daughter: (Molly) Mary Ashby (Furgeson, Athol) (ABT 1748 - ?) Married Unknown Furgeson about 1768 and they had one daughter, Married 2)  George Athol BEF 2 Jun 1790, no known children)
    8. Son: Benjamin Ashby (1750-Before 1823)
    9. Son: Robert Ashby (? - AFT Jan 1775)
  • Parents
    1. Father: Captain Thomas Edward Ashby, Sr. (10/01/1682-08/04/1753 Est.)
    2. Mother: (Rose) Rosanna Berry (Ashby) (1684-08/04/1752)
  • Siblings
    1. Brother: Captain John Ashby (1707-1789)
    2. Brother: Benjamin Ashby (1708-11/29/1779)
    3. Brother: Thomas Edward Ashby, Jr. (01/01/1714-01/01/1786)
    4. Brother: 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)
    5. Sister: Colonel Stephen Ashby (1710/1718 - 19 May 1797) B:Overwharton, Stafford Co., VA., D:Christian Co., KY; married Elizabeth Robertson)
    6. Sister: Elizabeth Ashby (Hardin) (1732 - ?) B:Frederick Co., VA)
    7. Sister: Sarah Ashby (1722 - ?) B:Overwharton, Stafford Co., Virginia)
    8. Sister: Rose Ashby (1724 - ?) B:Overwharton, Stafford Co., Virginia)
    9. Sister: Ann Ashby (1726 - ?) B:Overwharton, Stafford Co., Virginia)
Robert's Personal Information
Born in Yew Hill, Fauquier County, Virginia (VA), USA in 1710
Died in Delaplane, Fauquier County, Virginia (VA), USA on Monday, February 27, 1792 (Age 82)
1st Marriage to:
    Dorothy Unknown (Ashby) (1715-Before 1783) on Monday, January 1, 1733 (Age 23)
     - Year of marriage estimated to 1733
2nd Marriage to:
    Catherine Combs (Ashby) (1742 - ?) on Wednesday, January 1, 1735 (Age 25)
     - in Fauquier County, Virginia (VA), USA
     - Marriage about 1735
Comments: The website Ancestors of Robert Stom & Christine (Hilton) Stom has a lot of information about Capt Robert taken from various sources. This site believes that Mary Elizabeth was the 1st wife and Catherine Combs was the 2nd wife. This site also shows the will of Robert Ashby.

From - Holly N Ashby Hofmann's Rootsweb

1. WILL BOOK 2, FAUQUIER CO., VA., p 216. (2 JUN 1790)
2. DIARIES OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, VOL. 2, p 185. (11 FEB 1775)
3. DIARIES OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, VOL. 1, 1748-1770, p 5. (15 MAR 1748)
4. MAPS & NOTES OF UPPER FAUQUIER CO., VA., CHAPPELEAR, pp 70,74. (YEW HILL)
5. THE FAIRFAX FAMILY NORTHERN NECK PROPRIETARY PAPERS, 1688-1810, BOX #24062, ARCHIVES DIVISION, VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY, RICHMOND, VA.
6. THE VIRGINIA GAZETTE, 21 FEB 1788. (CATHERINE LEFT HIM)
7. WINCHESTER ADVERTIZER, 21 FEB 1788. (CATHERINE LEFT HIM)
8. DEED BOOK 16, FREDERICK CO., VA., p 330. (31 MAY 1773)
9. THE ASHBY HOMESTEADS IN UPPER FAUQUIER.
10. EARLY FAUQUIER HOUSES, FAUQUIER CO., VA., pp 276-277.
11. "1729 Robert Brooke Shenandoah Tract Survey" states Robert was son of Thomas and 14 years old.

On land patented by his father in 1742, located on U.S. Route 17, near Delaplane, VA, Robert Ashby built an early pioneer house of characteristic type, clapboard with dormer windows, Jacobean sloping gables, huge chimneys and full length porch. He named his home Yew Hill. While engaged in surveying his own tract of land lying near Ashby's Gap, George Washington made his headquarters at Yew Hill during March, 1769. Yew Hill stands to this date, and is now owned by descendcents of Robert Ashby. 
Residence History: Fauquier County, Virginia (VA), USA
Other Website Links: Joan Hacket's Sealock Database and
My Southern Family by Becky Bass Bonner and
Descendents of William DeEsseby and
Robeson Ancestry Site and
Source: Ancestors of Robert Stom & Christine (Hilton) Stom and
Holly N Ashby Hofmann's Database and
Norman Rickard's Family Tree Maker site #224/225 Child v and
Family Lines: Robert is listed in the following family line report: Ashby
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