Samuel Ashley

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name: Samuel ASHLEY (AFN: 37LF-MH) gender: male birth: 26 October 1664 Springfield, Mass, MA death: 27 May 1761 Westfield, Hampden, MA marriage: 27 April 1686 Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Parents father: David ASHLEY ;[TWIN] (AFN: 2NRH-QN) mother: Hannah GLOVER (AFN: 2NRH-RT) Marriages (1) spouse: Sarah KELLOGG (AFN: 9M8R-5G) marriage: 27 April 1686 Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts

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   child 1:  	Mary ASHLEY  (AFN: 9M8R-6M)

   gender:  	female

   birth:  	6 March 1687

   Westfield, Hampden, MA

   death:  	1687

   Westfield, Hampdenre, MA

   christening:  	6 March 1687

   Westfield, Hampshire, Mass.

   child 2:  	Samuel ASHLEY  (AFN: 9M8R-7S)

   gender:  	male

   birth:  	3 November 1688

   Westfield, Hampden, MA

   death:  	14 February 1714

   Westfield, Hampdenre, MA

   child 3:  	Daniel ASHLEY  (AFN: 9M8R-0L)

   gender:  	male

   birth:  	7 September 1691

   Westfield, Hampden, MA

   death:  	1726

   Westfield, Hampden, MA

   child 4:  	Sarah ASHLEY  (AFN: 9M8R-80)

   gender:  	female

   birth:  	11 September 1693

   Westfield, Hampden, MA

   death:  	1747

   Westfield, Hampdenre, MA

   child 5:  	Mary ASHLEY  (AFN: 9M8R-95)

   gender:  	female

   birth:  	12 November 1694

   Westfield, Hampden, MA

   death:  	8 April 1728

   Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

   christening:  	17 March 1695

   Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

   burial:  	

   Mechanics Street, Cemetery, Westfield, CT

   child 6:  	Rachael ASHLEY  (AFN: BMXV-04)

   gender:  	female

   birth:  	14 February 1695

   Westfield, Hampden, Mass.

   death:  	1767 / 1769

   child 7:  	Jacob ASHLEY  (AFN: 9M8R-CH)

   gender:  	male

   birth:  	24 September 1697

   Westfield, Hampden, MA

   death:  	1719

   Westfield, Hampdenre, MA

   child 8:  	Joanna ASHLEY  (AFN: 9M8R-DN)

   gender:  	female

   birth:  	11 February 1699

   Westfield, Hampden, MA

   death:  	

   child 9:  	Ezekiel ASHLEY  (AFN: 9M8R-FT)

   gender:  	male

   birth:  	27 April 1701

   Westfield, Hampden, MA

   death:  	1745

   Of, Westfield, Hampshire, Mass.

   child 10:  	Aaren ASHLEY  (AFN: 9M8R-G1)

   gender:  	male

   birth:  	1 January 1703

   Westfield, Hampden, MA

   death:  	1780

   Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts

   child 11:  	Abigail ASHLEY  (AFN: 9M8R-H6)

   gender:  	female

   birth:  	23 May 1708

   Westfield, Hampden, MA

   death:  	20 March 1747

   child 12:  	Joseph ASHLEY  (AFN: 9M8R-JC)

   gender:  	male

   birth:  	11 October 1709

   Westfield, Hampden, MA

   death:  	8 February 1797

   Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts 

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Carpenter and farmer, active in town affairs.

During Queen Anne's War it was decided to "fort" threeh ouses as protection against the Indians and Samuel's house was one of them.

He was very active in town affairs,; serving as tithingman in 1697,1698 and 703. In 1700 he served on a committee to build the schoolhouse. He was elected selectman in 1703, 1704 and 1720. In 1709 he was elected town constable, but refused to serve. In 1713 he was one of a committee of three to settle the boundaries between Westfield and Springfield. His eleven children were all born in Westfield.