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Mary Fellows (Ashley)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Sheffield, Berkshire County, Province of Massachusetts
Death: December 07, 1797 (57)
Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Col. John Ashley, Sr. and Hannah Ashley
Wife of Brig. Gen. John Fellows
Mother of Mary Penfield; Hannah Porter; Edmund Burke Fellows; Jane "Joni" Fellows; Charlotte Bush and 3 others
Sister of Gen. John Ashley; Jane Porter; Hannah Vosburgh and Preserved Ashley

Managed by: Michelle Lee Mannion
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About Mary Fellows

Her husband Brig. Gen. John Fellows was Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Ancestor #A038852


From Wikipedia:Daniel Penfield: Born on April 25, 1759 to Isaac and Esther Hurlburt Penfield in Guilford, Connecticut, Penfield served as a clerk in the commissary department under Oliver Phelps during the War of Independence. The family moved to Hartland, Connecticut before the war and Granville, Massachusetts afterward.

About 1784, Penfield married Mary Fellows (born September 10, 1762), daughter of John and Mary Ashley Fellows. General Fellows served as an aide-de-camp to George Washington. The couple bore five children: Henry (born July 18, 1785), Harriet (born May 12, 1787), Charlotte (born May 22, 1791), Mary Jane (born 1794), and George (born November, 1797). Shortly after marrying, the couple moved to Hillsdale, New York and opened a general store. The store was burnt by an angry mob during Shay's Rebellion, so the couple moved to New York City sometime around 1789. Penfield became owner of a "lucrative commission business" and began making speculative land purchases of tracts in present-day Wayne County, New York in 1790 and present-day Perinton, New York in 1792. Penfield bought his first parcel in the present-day Town of Penfield on February 4, 1795. Penfield opened another general store in Claverack, New York and maintained homes in Hudson, New York and New York City. He kept these properties until Embargo Act of 1807 severely curtailed his commission business, prompting his decision move to his Western New York lands in 1809. Penfield contracted with carpenters from Albany, New York to build his homestead in 1811. The house still stands today at 1784 Penfield Road. Over the years, he built or controlled several mills on Irondequoit Creek, including a sawmill, grist mill, distillery, ashery, oil mill, soap mill, clothing mill, and tannery. Penfield owned several African-American houseservants until slavery was abolished in New York State in 1827. Penfield spoke at the ceremonies welcoming the Marquis de Lafayette during his visit of June, 1825. His last commercial undertaking, a five-story flour mill, built in 1835, failed in part due to the Panic of 1837. Penfield died on August 24, 1840 and was interred next to his wife (who died August 18, 1828) in Oakwood Cemetery in Penfield.

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Mary Fellows's Timeline

1740
August 2, 1740
Sheffield, Berkshire County, Province of Massachusetts
1762
September 10, 1762
of Sheffield, Massachusetts
1765
July 5, 1765
Sheffield, MA
1767
February 4, 1767
Sheffield, Berkshire County, MA, United States
1769
July 4, 1769
Sheffield, Berkshire County, MA, United States
1771
September 26, 1771
Sheffield, MA
1775
January 25, 1775
Sheffield, Berkshire County, Province of Massachusetts
1779
May 17, 1779
1782
June 26, 1782
Sheffield, Berkshire Co., MA