Family of Thomas ASHBY and Elizabeth Rose LEJEAU
Husband: Thomas ASHBY
Name: |
Thomas ASHBY |
Sex: |
Male |
Father: |
- |
Mother: |
- |
Birth |
1680 |
Fauquier, VA, US |
Immigration |
1690 (age 9-10) |
to VA, US1 |
Death |
4 Aug 1752 (age 71-72) |
Frederick, VA, US |
Wife: Elizabeth Rose LEJEAU
Name: |
Elizabeth Rose LEJEAU |
Sex: |
Female |
Father: |
- |
Mother: |
- |
Birth |
1680 (est) |
|
Death |
1752 (age 71-72) |
VA, US |
Name: |
Thomas Edward ASHBY |
Sex: |
Male |
Spouse: |
Mary Elizabeth MCCULLOUGH (1716-1760) |
Birth |
19 Feb 1714 |
Yew Hill, Fauquier, VA, US |
Military Service |
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|
|
Private in the Revolutionary War, VA records |
Death |
1786 (age 71-72) |
Harpers Ferry, Jefferson, WV, US |
Note on Husband: Thomas ASHBY
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.
Sources
1 | Frederick Virkus, "Immigrants to America before 1750". |
2 | "US Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783". |