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Abner Ashley

Birthdate:
Birthplace: of Hampton, CT
Death: 1801 (78-79)
Immediate Family:

Son of Ens. Samuel Ashley and Elizabeth Ashley
Husband of Mary Ashley
Father of Daniel Ashley; Hannah Ashley; Jonathan Ashley; Mary Ashley; Elizabeth Ashley and 4 others
Brother of Elizabeth Bemis; Samuel Ashley; Susannah Hovey; Joseph Ashley, Sr.; Love Ashley and 1 other
Half brother of John Ashley

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About Abner Ashley

3 Abner, born in Windham, May 10, 1722; m. March 5, 1745/6, Mary Cresey, of Hampton ; died Feb. 14, 1801 ; 9 ch.

ABNER5 ASHLEY (SAMUEL4, SARAH3 WADSWORTH, ELIZABETH2 STONE, JOHN1) was born 10 May 1722 in Hampton, Connecticut, and died 17 Feb 1801 in Hampton, Connecticut. He married (1) MARY CRESSEY 05 Mar 1746 in Hampton, Connecticut, daughter of DANIEL CRESSEY and SARAH INGLESON. She was born 11 Apr 1724 in Salem, Massachusetts, and died 17 Feb 1786 in Hampton, Connecticut. He married (2) PATIENCE BARROWS 14 Dec 1791 in Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut.

Notes for ABNER ASHLEY: --he married Mary Cressey who was a sister of his brothers' wives;

Notes for PATIENCE BARROWS: --of Tolland;
Children of ABNER ASHLEY and MARY CRESSEY are: 152. i. JONATHAN6 ASHLEY, b. 02 Mar 1747, Hampton, Connecticut; d. 30 Nov 1831, Chaplin, Connecticut. ii. MARY ASHLEY, b. 07 Aug 1748. iii. ELIZABETH ASHLEY, b. 18 Mar 1750; d. died young. iv. RUTH ASHLEY, b. 21 Jan 1752. v. ABNER ASHLEY, b. 19 Jan 1754. vi. SAMUEL ASHLEY, b. 25 Jan 1756. vii. DANIEL ASHLEY, b. 28 Jan 1758. viii. HANNAH ASHLEY, b. 29 Dec 1760. ix. LUCY ASHLEY, b. 13 Apr 1762.

Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/o/p/Sandra-Popiel/FILE...

notes

"His [Samuel Ashley's] will, dated 29 Dec. 1766, mentions his '* eldest son Samuel has already had his share," but gives him, " my oldest gun," his son Abner, " one acre and five shillings," grandchildren, Elizabeth Bemis and Susan and Abigail Hovey, and his son Joseph, " all my real estate, lands, buildings, timber, fences, and all movable estate outdoor and indoor." [Wind. Prob. Rec, vol. 8, p. 203.]"

Sources

  1. The Genealogy of the Descendants of Henry Kingsbury, of Ipswich and Haverhill, Mass (Google eBook) Frederick John Kingsbury Hartford Press, 1905 - 732 pages. Page 208
  2. Francis Bacon Trowbridge. The Ashley genealogy : a history of the descendants of Robert Ashley of Springfield, Massachusetts online. (page 26 of 39)
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Abner Ashley's Timeline

1722
1722
of Hampton, CT
1747
1747
Hampton, Connecticut
1748
August 7, 1748
Hampton, Connecticut
1750
May 18, 1750
Hampton, Connecticut
1751
January 21, 1751
Hampton, Connecticut
1754
January 19, 1754
Hampton, Connecticut
1756
January 25, 1756
Hampton, Connecticut
1758
January 28, 1758
Hampton, Connecticut
1760
December 29, 1760
Hampton, Connecticut