Some Ashman Ancestors in America
James Scott Ashman
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George Ashman
transported to the colony of Maryland in 1678. Land patent records for his first plantation record that his occupation was a cordwainer, a shoemaker. By 1685 George Ashman had married Elizabeth Trahearne, widow of William Cromwell. George Ashman and Elizabeth Cromwell had John, born 1689; Charity born circa 1691; Elizabeth, born 1693, died 1714, married John Gale 1713.George Ashman was appointed a justice of the Baltimore county court in 1686, in 1689 he was appointed by the General Assembly of Maryland to be a member of a committee to regulate the affairs of Baltimore county. In 1692 he was a delegate to the assembly from Baltimore county, and was also elected as one of the first six vestrymen for Old St. Paul's Parish. George Ashman was one of the Commissioners that established a new boundary line for Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties.
He subscribed 600 pounds of tobacco to the Free School at Annapolis, Maryland on July 6. 1696. George Ashman was a Lieutenant Colonel in his Lordships forces. George Ashman was mortally injured when lighting struck the state house at Annapolis, Maryland. He was buried in the cemetery at the original site of St. Paul's parish church.
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John Ashman
, born c. 1689, son of George Ashman and Elizabeth Trahearne, married Constant Wilmot, daughter of John and Jane Wilmot, in 1713 or 1714. The information concerning the live of John Ashman is that he nearly died after receiving blows from a man named Giles. John Ashman recorded his will on 31 May 1731 and this will was filed on 10 October 1727. John and Constant had issue: George, born 8 Nov. 1714; John, born 1 Sept. 1716; Constant 17 Mar 1720, married William Cockey, then William Randall; Charity, born 11 Feb. 1722, married William Cromwell; Rachel, born 29 Oct. 1726, died unmarried 1768; Patience, born 26 Mar. 1731 married (not recorded) Jacobs; and William, born 8 Jul 1731, died unmarried 1762. Resources|
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George Ashman son of John Ashman and Constant Wilmot was born 8 November 1714. He married Jemima Murray, daughter of Josephus Murray and Ruth Hawkins, on 4 December 1738. At present there have been no records that would reveal any civic type activities. The St. Paul's parish record records that George Ashman was a vestryman for that parish from 1739 until 1741. In 1743 George Ashman contributed 300 pound of tobacco to the building fund of the St. Thomas Parish church at Garrison Forest in Baltimore County, he was a vestrymen for this parish in 1745, 1746 and 1750. On 3 December 1745 George Ashman and John Hamilton were appointed to purchase "of any person they can, four thousand foot of good pine plank . . .to be delivered at Baltimore Town. On September 2, 1752 George Ashman was chosen as Inspector, possibly for tobacco, for the year.
A definite date of death has never been located for George Ashman. His date of death would have to have been after 1763 as the tax list for St. Thomas parish lists a George Ashman and a George Ashman Jr. residing in the Soldiers Delight Hundred.
George Ashman and Jemima Murray had issue: George, born 20 May 1740; Josephus, born 8 May 1740; Nancy, born 29 Nov. 1747; Elizabeth, married Richard Colgate; Ellen, married John Colgate 17 Feb 1781 and Sarah born 1765, married Benjamin Elliott, of Huntingdon County, Pa.
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George Ashman
, son of George Ashman and Jemima Murray, born 20 May 1740, married Elinor Cromwell daughter of John Cromwell and Elizabeth Todd, on 15 March 1774. There is a possibility that George Ashman was married twice. Information in one source indicates the George was married to an Ellen Waters and that their children were Rachel, born 16 Oct. 1773, she died single; plus the children listed as issue of George Ashman and Elinor Cromwell.George Ashman was born in St. Thomas parish, his birth was recorded in that parish's register. The next mention of George Ashman is in 1763 when he is listed with his father on a parish tax list for Soldiers Delight Hundred. There is a George Ashman listed as taxable in the Back River Upper Hundred in 1773, although age is not given to identify generation.
George Ashman departed the St. Thomas parish area of Baltimore county area for Pennsylvania, sometime after April 20, 1775. Benjamin Nicholson wrote a letter of discharge for "Mr. George Ashman, Private in my Company of militia in Baltimore county" due to information that he, George Ashman was about to leave the province. In the St. Thomas parish register. Capt. Benj. Nicholson was a vestryman from 1776 - 1779 and 1784 - 1785.
The activities of George Ashman in Pennsylvania have been well documented in several sources, and it would seem redundant to record them here. If you desire these sources please contact me.
George Ashman and Elinor Cromwell had the following issue: James, born 7 Jan. 1775, married Mary Meason 5 Jan. 1805, died 25 Jan. 1808: Elizabeth, born 15 Mar. 1776, married first John Palmer, second William Harvey; Richard, born 7 Oct. 1778, died unmarried; Sarah, born 25 Jan. 1781, died unmarried; Josephus, born 10 Jul 1785, he is not mentioned in his father Last Will and Testament in 1811; Henrietta Maria, born 24 Aug. 1787, married David Hunter; Rebecca. Born 14 Feb. 1790, married William Hammill; Elinor, born 15 Oct. 1792, married James McGirk; Ann, born 15 Oct. 1792, died young; George, born 15 Oct. 1792, married Jane Scott; Oliver.
George Ashman died 5 Nov. 1811 in Huntingdon county, Pa.
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George Ashman
, son of George Ashman and Elinor Cromwell, born 15 Oct. 1792, married Jane Scott, daughter of James Scott, on 19 Apr. 1826.It is known on May 5 1806, George Ashman went to William Chilecoates to board to go to school. On July 16, 1822 a letter to George Ashman, constable of Springfield township is directed to collect fines from three individuals, including John Ashman, for their non-attendance of neglect of duty for the Militia. The letter was signed by James F. Scott, Brigade Inspector, 2nd Brigade, 10th Division, Pennsylvania Militia. Accounts also indicate that George Ashman built a sawmill in Three Springs borough.
George Ashman and Jane Scott moved to Clinton county, Indiana in the spring of 1840 and lived near the Antioch Church in Jackson Township.
George Ashman and Jane Scott had issue: James Scott, born 30 May 1828, married first Mary Ann Elizabeth Baley and second Mary Delahay, died 31 Dec. 1878; John, born 19 Mar. 1829, married Jane Ann Jenkins, died 22 Jul. 1860; Ellen Cromwell, born 19 Jan 1832, died unmarried; George, born 27 Feb. 1834, married Mary E. Leslie, died 5 Aug. 1901; Richard, born 18 Apr. 1836, married Lousia M. Guttery, died 16 Oct. 1897; David Hunter, born 4 Sep. 1839, died 1864; and Margaret Rebecca, born 23 Jan 1842, married Harrison G. Amos, died 1 Jan. 1865.
George Ashman died 5 May 1849 a Twelve Mile Prairie, Clinton County, Indiana.
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James Scott Ashman
, son of George Ashman and Jane Scott, was born 30 May 1828 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to Clinton County, Indiana in the spring of 1840. George Ashman enlisted in Captain McCoy's Company, 4th Regiment Indiana Infantry on June 15, 1847 as a volunteer for the Mexican War. He mustered out on July 16, 1848. During the Mexican War he was in an area near Puebla, as this is the place given on letters that he wrote to family members.On December 9, 1850 James Scott Ashman was enumerated on the 1850 census for California. At the time he was listed as a miner living in Mariposa County. Evidently his mining adventure was not entirely successful. In 1854 J. S. Ashman is in charge of a store owned by a man named Payne, the store was located on Fine gold Gulch.
The California Legislature authorized the organization of Fresno county and on April 19 1856 Fresno County was formed, with the county seat being Millerton. A meeting was held on May 26, 1856 for the purpose of setting election date for voting for county officers. During this meeting it was decided that the election would be held on June 9, 1856, voting for Precinct 4 was to be held at Ashman's Store on Fine Gold Gulch. So began the political history of J S. Ashman.
Over the next thirty-two years J. Scott Ashman held a number of elected or appointed positions in Fresno County. From 1860 to 1866 and again from 1874 to 1876 he was elected Sheriff of Fresno County. On February 25, 1860 He was appointed to serve as a trustee for the first public schools in Fresno County.
On January 17,1861 J. Scott Ashman married Mary Ann Elizabeth Baley, daughter of Gillum and Parmella Baley. They were married at Fort Miller. Just as an interesting sidelight the marriage was a double wedding, married at the same time was Jefferson Shannon and Rebecca Baley. Shannon was a long time friend of Scott Ashman and Rebecca was the sister of Mary Ann Elizabeth.
J. Scott Ashman and Mary Ann Elizabeth Baley had issue: Jefferson S., born 1861, died in infancy, Stonewall Jackson, born 24 Mar. 1863, died 30 Jun 1936, never married; Herbert, born 1865, died 14 Nov. 1889; John Gillum, born Jul. 1867, married Hattie J. Jackson, died 5 Feb. 1905; Jane Elenor, born 9 Sept. 1870, married first C. W. Lenhart and second James M. Ferguson, died 28 Jan 1953; Elizabeth, born 8 Oct. 1873, married William S. Viler, died 10 June 1950.
After the death of Mary Ann Elizabeth Baley in Oct. 1873 Scott Ashman married Mary Hamilton, maiden name Delahay, on 9 Nov. 1876. This union had only one issue James Scott, born 16 Feb. 1879, married Meta Adolphina Elise Westphal, died 11 Sept. 1949.
James Scott Ashman died 31 Dec. 1878.
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Baltimore County Families, 1659 -1759, Robert W. Barnes, Genealogical Publishing Company
Anne Arundel Gentry
Records of St. Paul's Parish, Volumes 1 and 2, Bill & Martha Reamy, Family Line Publications
St. Thomas Parish Register 1732 - 1850, Bill & Martha Reamy, Family Line Publications
Green Spring Valley, It's History and Heritage, Volumes One and Two, Maryland Historical Society.
Mary Genealogies, Articles from Maryland Historical Magazine
Notes and information from records of Benjamin Hamlin Ashman
Biographical Encyclopedia of Juniata Valley, Pennsylvania, published by J.M. Runk, 1897, Chambersburg, Pa.(See Note 1)
History of Huntingdon and Blair counties, Pennsylvania, J. Simpson Africa, Louis H. Everts, 1883
History of Clinton County, Indiana, Inter-State Publishing Co., 1886, Chicago, IL
Notes and information from records of James Scott Ashman III.
History of Fresno County, California with Illustrations, Wallace W. Elliott & Co., Publishers 1882, San Francisco, California
History of Fresno County California with Biographical Sketches, Paul E Vandor, Historic Record Company, 1919, Los Angeles, California
Notes and information from records of Charles W. Baley
Fresno County, The Pioneer Years, From the Beginnings to 1900, Charles W, Clough & William Secrest, Jr., Panorama West Books, 1984, Fresno, California
Notes
1. As with all biographical records of this period this publication was the result of paid subscriptions where the family provided the information that was published. Sometimes the information does not exactly coincide with the actual facts that further research uncovers. The true facts are either changed of embellished based on family legend. There are several instances of these that relate to the Ashman record in this publication.