Maj. Noah Ashley

Name Major Noah Ashley Gender Male Birth? 15 Jun 1704 Death? 8 Sep 1755 Near Lake GeorgeCause: Killed in Battle

Major Ashley enlisted March 29, 1755, in Co. Ephraim Williams regiment. He was present "at a Council of War held at camp at Grate Carrying Place August 22, 1755, by the Honorable Major-General Johnson, Commander in Chief of the Provincial Troops raised in the present Expedition against Crown Point."

The expedition to Crown Point was under the command of Col. Johnson of the Hamshire County troops. The army advanced as far as the south end of Lake George in the latter part of August, and waited for the arrival or construction of batteaux to carry them to Crown Point. In the meantime Baron Dieskau with a large force of French regulars, Canadians and Indians had continued to advance, and on September 8th was within a few miles of Johnson's camp. The latter had sent forward that morning a thousand men and two hundred Mohawks under Col. Ephraim Williams to intercept the enemy who were supposed to be on the point of attacking Fort Edward. The advance of Col. Williams was discovered by Dieskau, who made his plans to ambush him at a point where the path lay through a ravine. The ambuscade was successful, although in their subsequent attack on the camp the enemy were worsted and driven off with loss. The fight lasted four hours and was hotly contested on both sides. The Hampshire regiment suffered most severely, forty six of the regiment being killed and twenty four wounded. Among the officers slain was Major Noah Ashley, who fell in the ambuscade. "There was a pond in the vicinity, behind which the retreating army took refuge, and into which the French threw the bodies of the slain." ▼References

     Francis Bacon Trowbridge. The Ashley Genealogy - A History of the Descendants of Robert Ashley of Springfield, Massachusetts. (Author), 33 & 51-55, 23 MAR 2009.

   Birth, death (killed in battle 8 Sep 1755 near Lake George), marriage(s).

Source: http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Noah_Ashley_%282%29

MAJOR NOAH5 ASHLEY (JOHN4, DAVID3, ROBERT2, WILLIAM1) was born June 15, 1704 in Westfield, Massachusetts, and died September 08, 1755 in Lake George, Massachusetts. He married (1) DOROTHY DWIGHT June 1732 in Hatfield, Massachusetts, daughter of HENRY DWIGHT and LYDIA HAWLEY. She was born September 17, 1709 in Hatfield, Massachusetts, and died January 13, 1744/45 in Westfield, Massachusetts. He married (2) MIRIAM PORTER February 16, 1746/47 in Hadley, Massachusetts, daughter of SAMUEL PORTER and ANNA COLTON. She was born January 30, 1724/25 in Hadley, Massachusetts, and died December 07, 1762 in Hadley, Massachusetts.

Children of NOAH ASHLEY and DOROTHY DWIGHT are:

 	i. 	  	NOAH6 ASHLEY, b. April 15, 1733, Westfield, Massachusetts; d. May 17, 1733.

 	ii. 	  	DOROTHY ASHLEY, b. July 29, 1734, Westfield, Massachusetts; d. July 17, 1738, Westfield, Massachusetts.

 	iii. 	  	JOHN ASHLEY, b. April 06, 1736, Westfield, Massachusetts; d. August 10, 1738, Westfield, Massachusetts.

 	iv. 	  	DOROTHY ASHLEY, b. July 01, 1739; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM COLTON, August 13, 1761; d. Unknown.

 	v. 	  	SIMEON ASHLEY, b. July 16, 1742, Western (Warren), Massachusetts; d. Unknown.

Children of NOAH ASHLEY and MIRIAM PORTER are:

 	vi. 	  	ANNA6 ASHLEY, b. February 20, 1747/48, Westfield, Massachusetts; d. Unknown; m. JOSHUA WHITNEY; d. Unknown.

 	vii. 	  	SAMUEL ASHLEY, b. July 15, 1750, Westfield, Massachusetts; d. August 27, 1764, Sheffield, Massachusetts.

 	viii. 	  	SARAH ASHLEY, b. May 06, 1753, Westfield, Massachusetts; d. Unknown; m. WAREHAM BAGG, September 30, 1773; d. Unknown.

 	ix. 	  	NOAH ASHLEY, b. February 08, 1756, Westfield, Massachusetts; d. January 11, 1813, Westfield, Massachusetts; m. THANKFUL NOBLE, May 02, 1778, Westfield, Massachusetts; b. July 17, 1757, Westfield, Massachusetts; d. October 03, 1825, Turin, New York.

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