Genealogy Record For
Thomas Ashby - (Mark's G18 Grandfather)
Thomas Ashby (1340-Before 08/24/1416)
  • Spouse: Alice Unknown (Ashby) (?)
  • Children:
    1. Son: Richard Ashby (? - before 1416)
    2. Son: John Ashby (? - before 1428)
    3. Daughter: Alice Ashby (? - after 1377)
    4. Son: Sidonia Ashby (Gretham) (? - ?)
    5. Son: Edmund Ashby (After 1377-Before 1437)
  • Parents
    1. Father: William de Ashby (1300-1365)
    2. Mother: Margaret Wolsencote (de Ashby) (1300 - ?)
  • Siblings
    1. Brother: William Ashby (? - ?)
    2. Brother: Robert Ashby (? - ?)
    3. Brother: John Ashby (? - ?)
Thomas's Personal Information
Born in Quenby, Leicestershire, England in 1340
Died in Quenby, Leicestershire, England before Monday, August 24, 1416 (Age 77)
Marriage to:
    Alice Unknown (Ashby) (?)
Comments: Capt John Ashby's Place and time of birth vary on three different websites above, they all agree on the death date.

Child Number 5 - Benjamin married (1) Jane Ashby?. Jane was born about 1711, then he married again to (2) Hannah Ashby?. Hannah was born about 1725.

Child Number 7 - Elizabeth married Mark Hardin in 1752 in Prince William Co., VA. Mark was born in 1718 in Northumberland, VA.

One record states Thomas was a grandson of Thomas Ashby who came to America from England on 11 Jun 1635.
Will Book 2 page 53 in Frederick Co., VA. - Lee Fleming Keese, The Ashby Book

Thomas Ashby settled in Stafford County, Virginia abt 1710 along Beaverdam Rum of Aquia Creek and Chopawamsic Creek. By 1739 lands adjacent his had been surveyed in his son's names. He was an early explorer across the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Shenandoah Valley and "Ashby Gap" is named after him. He claimed 1269 acres on the East side of the Shenandoah River on November 19, 1733. He served as a Captain in the county militia and was active as a companion to surveyors of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He owned a ferry across the Shenandoah River and a tavern at Ashby's Gap. He died in 1752 with his will proven in Winchester Court August 4, 1752. - [From Ancestors of Robert Stom & Christine (Hilton) Stom]

Source: Descendents of William DeEsseby
Family Lines: Thomas is listed in the following family line report: Ashby
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