Notes for John Ashby: Source of information for John Ashby and his descendents through Thomas Ashby d. 1804 is "The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine", v. XVIII, No. 1, January 1917, pp 3-36, "The Baronies of South Carolina," by Henry A. M. Smith
John was s/o George, s/o George, s/o George, s/o George Ashby.
Per "The Ashby Book":
The name Ashby is a combination of the Saxon word ash and the Danish word bye (town), which in modern English makes Ashby or Ashtown. the ancient castle of Ashby in Leicestershire is first mentioned as Asebi in the time of Edward the Confessor. At the time of the Doomsday survey it was held by Hugh under Countess Judith, to whom it was presented by her uncle, William the Conqueror.
In 1424 the castle had fallen into ruins. It was rebuilt in 1522 by Baron Hastings and is now owned by his descendants. Richard de Ashby, the founder of the estates now owned by the Ashby family in England, was lord of the manors of Quenby and South Croxton in Leicestershire in 1296, and from him the present family descends.
For the past 600 years the Ashby family has had many distinguished members who have attained honorable positions and fame in English literature, politics, and military service. The American branches of the Ashby family are found in Virginia as early as 1636, in Maryland in 1650 and in Massachusetts in 1640. The immediate ancestor of the Virginia branch of the Ashby family was Captain Thomas Ashby who located in what is now Fauquier County.....
Ashby's contributed to the building of America. They have been men of peace and war. They fought in all colonial wars, the American Revolution, and all subsequent involvements, foreign and domestic.
Will of John Ashby ..... sent by Timothy Ashby of California following his visit to England in 1979:
In the name of god amen. John Ashby of London, Merchant, being at this present time very weak in body but, praise be to God, of perfect mind and memory, do make this my Last will and Testament in form following: I bequeath my Soul unto the hands of my Creatour (sic) hoping in the _____ of my Saviour Christ Jesus I shall obtain forgiveness. This, my Body, I _____ to be interred as privately as may be in the Parish Church where I shall happen to dye (sic). And for the small Estate which it hath pleased God to spare me, I bequeath the same in the manner following: viz, I confirm the settlement made formerly of the three houses in SSzyday? Street, London unto my dear wife Elizabeth during her life, and after her decease, upon our four children in equal proportions as to the Survivors of them to which Settlement I _____ Simon Thorowgood and Mr. Lawson, Attorney, at Saltow Stall in London, are made Trustees of Them. I give and bequeath to my loving wife Elizabeth the remainder of my Jewells, Plate and household goods only. I decree that the necklace of pearls which cost 125 pounds may be delivered to my brother William Ashby in part of what I owe him at the rate if he will accept thereof and to pay him the remainder in money as soon as the ____ the same item. I give and bequeath to my First Son, John Ashby now in Carolina, my estate -- both small and personal in Carolina aforesaid, upon condition that he pay unto his sisters Theodosia and Jemima Ashby two hundred pounds a piece lawful money of England when they or either of them shall attain the age of eighteen years or sooner, they or either of them shall marry with the free assent and approval of their mother. And upon condition that he reimburses himself out of the said personall Estate the sum of fifty pounds for the remainder of the Legacy of one hundred pounds which was left him by his Grandfather Thorowgood. Lastly, I reinstitute and appoint my said loving wife Elizabeth to be sole Executer of this my last Will and Testament to whom I bequeath the residue of my personalll (sic) Estate in England. My debts being paid and my dying to the _____ of five shillings per pound which I made with the _____ of my Creditors. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this nineteenth Day of July in the Eleventh year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King William the Third, Anno Domini One Thousand six hundred and ninety nine [1699]. --- John Ashby
Children of John Ashby and Elizabeth Thorowgood are:
John Ashby (d. 1699)
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