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Daniel Ashley

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Westfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: October 1726 (35)
Westfield, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Son of Samuel Ashley and Sarah Ashley
Husband of Thankful Symes
Father of Col. Samuel Hawks Ashley and Dr. Martin Ashley
Brother of Mary Ashley; Samuel Ashley; Sarah Ashley; Mary Ashley; Rachael (Ashley) Kellogg and 6 others
Half brother of John Ashley

Managed by: Milton John Burk
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About Daniel Ashley

name: Daniel Ashley (AFN: 2HJT-D3V) gender: male birth: 7 September 1691 Westfield,Hampden,MA death: 1726 Westfield,Hampden,MA marriage: 15 November 1718 Westfield,Hampden,MA CD number: 0 Parents father: Samuel Ashley (AFN: 2HK5-1RG) mother: Sarah Kellogg (AFN: 2HK5-2C5) Marriages (1) spouse: Thankful Hawks (AFN: 2HJT-DG5) marriage: 15 November 1718 Westfield,Hampden,MA

 	Hide children (2)
   child 1:  	Samuel Ashley Colonel  (AFN: 2HJR-4BN)
   gender:  	male
   birth:  	20 March 1720
   Westfield,Hampden,MA
   death:  	18 February 1792
   Claremont,Sullivan,NH
   child 2:  	Martin Ashley  (AFN: 2HK5-06R)
   gender:  	male
   birth:  	17 September 1724
   Westfield,Hampden,MA
   death:  	1788
   christening:  	1725 

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farmer and one of the original proprietors of Sheffield on Housatonic River; appointed from Deerfield in 1723 for escort of Five Nations delegates to Boston for conference with English Commissioners.



Daniel Ashley was a farmer in Westfield, one of the original proprietors of the Lower Township (now Sheffield) on the Housatonic River. His wife was from Deerfield and he visited there often and from there was appointed to attend the delegates from the Five Nations who came to Albany in 1723 and went to Boston to meet with English Commissioners.

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Daniel Ashley's Timeline

1691
September 7, 1691
Westfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1720
March 20, 1720
Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
1724
September 17, 1724
Westfield, MA, United States
1726
October 1726
Age 35
Westfield, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts