Major John Ashby

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Major John Ashby

Also Known As: "Jack"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Prince William County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: April 04, 1815 (75)
Fauquier County, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Delaplane, Fauquier County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Captain Robert R. Ashby and Mary Elizabeth Ashby
Husband of Mary Elizabeth Ashby
Father of Patsie Withers; Dorothea "Dolly" Jones; Samuel Ashby, M.D.; Capt. John W. Ashby, Jr.; Nimrod Thompson Ashby and 6 others
Brother of Matthew Ashby; John Ashby; William Ashby; Capt. Nimrod Ashby; Winifred Piper and 7 others

Occupation: Continental Army officer
DAR: Ancestor #: A003414
Managed by: Private User
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About Major John Ashby

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of MAJOR. DAR Ancestor # A003414

Burial record:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16668457/john-ashby

Capt. John Ashby, II Belmont 1746-1815 (3)

  • Revolutionary War Service: , 3rd Regiment Virginia
  • Continentals Great Bridge, Harlem Heights, Germantown, and Brandywine
  • His wife, Mary Turner 1750-1826
  • Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 26 2017, 22:20:06 UTC

GEDCOM Note

<p>[g675.ftw]</p><p><p></p></p><p>REF: Dr. Justin M. Glenn, 2554 Marston Rd, Tallahassee, FL 32312 (authoring a work on the descendants of Col. John Washington): HAYDEN, 450-452, is apparently accurate, however, in indicating that Capt Nimrod Ashby's younger brother, John Ashby, was the greatgrandfather of the celebrated cavalry leader Gen. Turner Ashby, CSA]

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Major John Ashby's Timeline

1740
April 1, 1740
Prince William County, Virginia, Colonial America
1770
1770
1772
January 25, 1772
1773
1773
1775
1775
1778
October 7, 1778
Fauquier, Virginia
1782
September 10, 1782
1785
1785
1786
December 19, 1786
Fauquier County, Virginia, United States