Capt. John Ashton, of Westmoreland County

Not the son of Capt. Charles Ashton

From Fitzhugh, Norman S. “Captain John Ashton of Westmoreland County, Virginia, and Some of His Descendants.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2, 1934, pp. 151–155. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915677

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Grace Meese and John Ashton
By Katherine Clifton September 22, 2011 at 01:39:11 on Genealogy . com:

....Does anyone know anything that proves when Grace MEESE was born and if her name was MEESE or FRISER? I see both names and no one really, ... Reply was:

Suggest you search this forum for postings by Lou Poole. She has found records of Captain John Ashton and Grace in Warwick County, Virginia, as early as 1650, which cast doubt on her identity as a daughter of Col. Henry Meese. It seems that she was previously married to William Best of Warwick County; and that she married Captain John Ashton, in 1651, after the death of William Best, in 1650. Captain John Ashton was an attorney and was closely involved with the Dade Family, who muved to the Northern Neck of Virginia about the same time (1662-1664) as the Ashtons. It may be possible to trace Captain John Ashton further through some of these connections.

References.

• Grace Frizer Meese - provides a family group sheet
• Fitzhugh, Norman S. “Captain John Ashton of Westmoreland County, Virginia, and Some of His Descendants.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2, 1934, pp. 151–155. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1915677.Copy
• Ashton Family W&MQ Page 115 - 119

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