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Robert Ashley

Male Abt 1616 - 1682  (~ 66 years)


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  • Name Robert Ashley 
    Birth Abt 1616  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 Nov 1682  West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I14745  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of BJS, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of TSW
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2024 

    Family Mary   d. 19 Sep 1683, West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Aft 7 Aug 1641  [1
    Notes 
    • Date of contract.
    Children 
    +1. David Ashley,   b. 3 Jun 1642, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1718, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +2. Mary Ashley,   b. 6 Apr 1644, West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1701, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
    +3. Joseph Ashley,   b. 6 Jul 1652, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1698, West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
    Family ID F9176  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2024 

  • Notes 
    • He first appears in New England records at Springfield in 1638. He was an inkeeper.

      Robert Ashley = Mary
      Mary Ashley = John Root III
      Mary Root = John Smith Jr.
      John Smith III = Elizabeth Smith
      Israel Smith = Abigail Chandler
      Chloe Smith = Rutherford Hayes
      Rutherford Hayes Jr. = Sophia Birchard
      Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893)

  • Sources 
    1. [S7376] The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1636-1638 by Ian Watson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2024.

    2. [S2040] The Ashley Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of Robert Ashley of Springfield, Massachusetts by Francis Bacon Trowbridge. New Haven, 1896.