The source for the enclosed ancestors of Thomas Ashby of Virginia was: Timothy Ashby Box 256 - Garner Valley Mountain Center, California 92561 (909) 650-3152
An internet correspondent found a record South Carolina documenting the death in SC of Thomas Ashby born at Quinby SC which means that he is not the one who settled along the west bank of the Potomac River in Virginia in 1724. I have retained this information in the hopes that we can someday link up these two branches of the Ashby family in America.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Subj: Ashby Date: 98-08-01 18:23:10 EDT From: aschulz@phoenix.net (Ann Schulz) To: patander73@aol.com Patrick, Just wanted to update you on the Ashby info. Thomas Ashby who was married to Eliz. LeJeau in SC (parish records) died in SC 1750 - will bk 6 St. Thomas Parish, Berkley Co., SC). The Va. Thomas d. 1752. I think this will eliminate Eliz LeJeau & Thomas Ashby from SC as being a part of the Va. Ashby family. ann
1. Thomas Ashby, born 1694 in Charleston, South Carolina; died in SC.
He was the son of 2. John Ashby and 3. Constantina Broughton. He married
Elizabeth LeJeau 1713 in South Carolina.
Notes for Thomas Ashby:
Thomas Ashby was born in Quinby, SC. His family is listed in Burks
Landed gentry and in the Birth, Baptisms, and Marriages of the Parish of
St. Thomas & St. Denis, Diocese of South Carolina.
Subj: Ashby
Date: 98-08-01 18:23:10 EDT
From: aschulz@phoenix.net (Ann Schulz)
To: patander73@aol.com
Patrick,
Just wanted to update you on the Ashby info.
Thomas Ashby who was married to Eliz. LeJeau in SC (parish records)
died in SC 1750 - will bk 6 St. Thomas Parish, Berkley Co., SC).
The Va. Thomas d. 1752.
I think this will eliminate Eliz LeJeau & Thomas Ashby from SC as being
a part of the Va. Ashby family.
ann
2. John Ashby, born May 10, 1675 in Friday Street, London, England; died March 24,
1727/28 in Charleston, South Carolina. He was the son of 4. John Ashby and 5. Elizabeth
Thorowgood. He married 3. Constantina Broughton Bef. 1694.
3. Constantina Broughton, died January 20, 1719/20 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Notes for John Ashby:
Accompanied his father on voyages to the West indies and America while still a child and took
up residence in South Carolina by 1692 at the age of sixteen. He maintained a town house in
Charleston. After inheriting the South Carolina "Quenby" Plantation from his father he grew rice
on the plantation and continued his merchant activities with the West Indies. By 1705 he was
holding 5,140 acres of land.
Children of John Ashby and Constantina Broughton are:
1 i. Thomas Ashby, born 1694 in Charelston, South Carolina; died in SC; married
Elizabeth LeJeau 1713 in South Carolina.
ii. Robert Ashby, born Abt. 1695.
iii. Anne Ashby, born Abt. 1700; married Gabriel Manigault.
Children of John Ashby and Elizabeth Ball are:
i. John Ashby, born 1727.
ii. Elizabeth Ashby, born 1728.
4. John Ashby, born Abt. 1633 in Leicestershire, England; died September 1699 in
London, England. He was the son of 8. George Ashby and 9. Elizabeth Bennet. He married 5.
Elizabeth Thorowgood December 29, 1671 in Hornchurch, Essex, England.
5. Elizabeth Thorowgood, born Abt. 1651 in Hornchurch, Essex, England; died 1746.
She was the daughter of 10. Benjamin Thorowgood.
Notes for John Ashby:
Charter of incorporation of the New Royal African Company 27 September 1672 lists John
Ashby as granted a charter to carry out business in Africa and the New World, other charter
members included the proprieters of the carolina province.
First came to South Carolina aboard the "Edistowe" sailing from London in May 1677, thereafter
making numerous voyages to and from London and South Carolina. In 1681 he obtained a patent
for a town lot in Charleston, SC.
John Ashby founded the "Quenby" Plantation of South Carolina claiming land through his arrival
rights of his many trips returning him to the colony.
He made his will in london and died there.
Children of John Ashby and Elizabeth Thorowgood are:
2 i. John Ashby, born May 10, 1675 in Friday Street, London, England; died
March 24, 1727/28 in Charleston, South Carolina; married (1) Constantina Broughton Bef. 1694;
married (2) Elizabeth Ball 1726.
ii. Richard Ashby, born February 13, 1681/82.
iii. Theodosia Ashby, born 1684.
iv. Jemima Ashby, born 1686.
8. George Ashby, born 1581 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England; died July 01, 1653 in
Quenby, Leicestershire, England. He was the son of 16. George Ashby and 17. Mary Gedney.
He married 9. Elizabeth Bennet 1622.
9. Elizabeth Bennet, born 1605; died January 26, 1680/81 in Quenby, Leicestershire,
England. She was the daughter of 18. George Bennet.
Notes for George Ashby:
Born at Quenby, attended Trinity College, Cambridge in 1598 without graduating admitted to the
Inner Temple in London (law) during November 1601.
Lived and worked in London until his father's death left him with Quenby manor. George was
responsible for the reconstruction of Quenby Hall as it is today which was completed from
1618-1636 at a cost of 12,000 pounds. George was high sherriff of Leicester in 1627 and Justice
of the peace.
Children of George Ashby and Elizabeth Bennet are:
4 i. John Ashby, born Abt. 1633 in Leicestershire, England; died September
1699 in London, England; married Elizabeth Thorowgood December 29, 1671 in Hornchurch,
Essex, England.
ii. Anne Ashby.
iii. Mabel Ashby.
iv. Sarah Ashby.
v. Elizabeth Ashby, born 1624.
vi. Mary Ashby, born 1626; died 1669.
vii. George Ashby, born 1629 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England; died 1672;
married Mary Shukbrugh June 24, 1652.
viii. Bennet Ashby, born Abt. 1631; died 1643.
ix. William Ashby, born 1637; died 1702.
10. Benjamin Thorowgood, died March 20, 1693/94 in London, England. He was the
son of 20. Richard Thorowgood.
Notes for Benjamin Thorowgood:
Merchant and 1685 Alderman of London, Masters of the Mercers Company in 1684 and 1693
and was knighted on 13 August 1685.
Child of Benjamin Thorowgood is:
5 i. Elizabeth Thorowgood, born Abt. 1651 in Hornchurch, Essex, England;
died 1746; married John Ashby December 29, 1671 in Hornchurch, Essex, England.
16. George Ashby, born October 17, 1539 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England; died April
05, 1618 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England. He was the son of 32. Robert Ashby and 33.
Barbara Ashby. He married 17. Mary Gedney 1575-1580.
17. Mary Gedney, born Abt. 1555. She was the daughter of 34. Andrew Gedney and 35.
Dorothy Skipwith.
Notes for George Ashby:
High Sheriff of County Leicester in 1601, inherited Quenby Manor upon death of his father in
1558. Added to the family holdings throughout his live until it raeched a total of 1,900 acres of
land.
Children of George Ashby and Mary Gedney are:
8 i. George Ashby, born 1581 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England; died July
01, 1653 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England; married Elizabeth Bennet 1622.
ii. Dorothy Ashby, died 1681.
iii. Henry Ashby.
Notes for Henry Ashby:
B.A. degree Trinity College, Cambridge, 1602
M.A. degree Trinity College, Cambridge, 1606
iv. William Ashby, died 1635.
Notes for William Ashby:
B.A. degree Trinity College, Cambridge, 1608
M.A. degree Trinity College, Cambridge, 1612
Fellow of Trinity in 1610, Taxor in 1631
v. Thomas Ashby.
vi. Bridget Ashby.
vii. Anne Ashby, married Gervase Teverey.
18. George Bennet, born in Welby, Leicestershire, England.
Notes for George Bennet:
member of the Salter's guild elected 06/12/1630 and an alternate alderman in London.
Children of George Bennet are:
9 i. Elizabeth Bennet, born 1605; died January 26, 1680/81 in Quenby,
Leicestershire, England; married George Ashby 1622.
ii. George Bennet.
Notes for George Bennet:
High Sherriff of Leicestershire in 1623.
20. Richard Thorowgood, died June 1678 in London, England. He was the son of 40.
William Thorowgood.
Notes for Richard Thorowgood:
London alderman and member of the fish mongers guild
Child of Richard Thorowgood is:
10 i. Benjamin Thorowgood, died March 20, 1693/94 in London, England.
32. Robert Ashby, born 1517 in Leicestershire, England; died August 24, 1557 in
Quenby, Leicestershire, England. He was the son of 64. Robert Ashby. He married 33. Barbara
Ashby Abt. 1537.
33. Barbara Ashby, born 1508; died 1598. She was the daughter of 66. George Ashby
and 67. Parnel Digby.
Notes for Robert Ashby:
On May, 12, 1536, Robert Ashby inherited the manor of Quenby from his first cousin Anne
Ashby Skevington. This was apparently because of restrictions in wills that required the estate
be passed to male heirs of the Ashby family. Robert's uncle William Ashby was an MP in
parliament and was involved in helping Thomas Cromwell break up the monastaries and passed
those lands he acquired to his nephew Robert upon his death.
Children of Robert Ashby and ? Benberie are:
i. John Benberie.
ii. James Benberie.
Children of Robert Ashby and Barbara Ashby are:
16 i. George Ashby, born October 17, 1539 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England;
died April 05, 1618 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England; married Mary Gedney 1575-1580.
ii. Joyce Ashby, married William Pell.
iii. Edward Ashby, died 1593.
iv. Dorothy Ashby, died 1612; married (1) Parr Lane; married (2) Robert
Bradshaw.
v. Elizabeth Ashby, married John Ward.
vi. Margery Ashby, married Ambrose Nedham.
34. Andrew Gedney, born 1528 in Enderby, Lincolnshire, England; died 1591. He
married 35. Dorothy Skipwith.
35. Dorothy Skipwith, died 1591. She was the daughter of 70. William Skipwith.
Child of Andrew Gedney and Dorothy Skipwith is:
17 i. Mary Gedney, born Abt. 1555; married George Ashby 1575-1580.
40. William Thorowgood, died Bef. 1603 in London, England.
Notes for William Thorowgood:
Master Draper in the Drapers Guild from 1585 to 1589, alderman for Cheap in May 1589
Child of William Thorowgood is:
20 i. Richard Thorowgood, died June 1678 in London, England.
64. Robert Ashby, born Aft. 1491 in Leicestershire, England. He was the son of 128.
William Ashby and 129. Katherine ?.
Children of Robert Ashby are:
32 i. Robert Ashby, born 1517 in Leicestershire, England; died August 24, 1557
in Quenby, Leicestershire, England; met (1) ? Benberie; married (2) Barbara Ashby Abt. 1537.
ii. Charles Ashby.
66. George Ashby, born in Loseby, Leicestershire, England. He was the son of 133.
Agnes Illingworth. He married 67. Parnel Digby.
67. Parnel Digby. She was the daughter of 134. John Digby.
Child of George Ashby and Parnel Digby is:
33 i. Barbara Ashby, born 1508; died 1598; married Robert Ashby Abt. 1537.
70. William Skipwith.
Notes for William Skipwith:
Knight
Child of William Skipwith is:
35 i. Dorothy Skipwith, died 1591; married Andrew Gedney.
128. William Ashby, born Abt. 1445 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England; died May 31,
1514 in Houghton, Leicestershire, England. He was the son of 256. Thomas Ashby and 257.
Catherine Hesilrige. He married 129. Katherine ?.
129. Katherine ?, died Bef. 1514.
Notes for William Ashby:
Inherited Quenby Manor from his father in 1488. Finished depopulating the village of Quenby
and enclosed the manor grounds for sheep farming, relocating the 2 dozen inhabitants.
Children of William Ashby and Katherine ? are:
i. George Ashby, born 1491; died 1546.
64 ii. Robert Ashby, born Aft. 1491 in Leicestershire, England.
iii. William Ashby, born Aft. 1491; died 1545.
133. Agnes Illingworth. She was the daughter of 266. Richard Illingworth.
Children of Agnes Illingworth are:
66 i. George Ashby, born in Loseby, Leicestershire, England; married Parnel
Digby.
ii. Everard Ashby.
134. John Digby, born in Kettleby, Leicestershire, England.
Child of John Digby is:
67 i. Parnel Digby, married George Ashby.
256. Thomas Ashby, born Bef. 1416 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England; died Abt. 1488
in Quenby, Leicestershire, England. He was the son of 512. Edmund Ashby. He married 257.
Catherine Hesilrige 1442-1443.
257. Catherine Hesilrige. She was the daughter of 514. William Hesilrige and 515.
Elizabeth Stanton.
Notes for Thomas Ashby:
Inherited the Quenby Manor from his father and began the depopulation of the village of Quenby.
Children of Thomas Ashby and Catherine Hesilrige are:
128 i. William Ashby, born Abt. 1445 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England; died
May 31, 1514 in Houghton, Leicestershire, England; married Katherine ?.
ii. Thomas Ashby, died 1518.
iii. Anne Ashby.
266. Richard Illingworth.
Notes for Richard Illingworth:
Chief Baron of the Exchequer
Child of Richard Illingworth is:
133 i. Agnes Illingworth.
512. Edmund Ashby, born Aft. 1377 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England; died Bef. 1437.
He was the son of 1024. Thomas Ashby and 1025. Alice ?.
Notes for Edmund Ashby:
Inherited the Quenby manor from his brother John upon John's death in 1428.
Child of Edmund Ashby is:
256 i. Thomas Ashby, born Bef. 1416 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England; died
Abt. 1488 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England; married Catherine Hesilrige 1442-1443.
514. William Hesilrige, born in Nosely, Leicestershire, England. He married 515.
Elizabeth Stanton.
515. Elizabeth Stanton. She was the daughter of 1030. Thomas Stanton.
Child of William Hesilrige and Elizabeth Stanton is:
257 i. Catherine Hesilrige, married Thomas Ashby 1442-1443.
1024. Thomas Ashby, born Abt. 1340 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England; died Bef.
August 24, 1416 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England. He was the son of 2048. William de Ashby
and 2049. Margaret Wolsencote. He married 1025. Alice ?.
1025. Alice ?.
Notes for Thomas Ashby:
Inherited the manor of Quenby between 1346 and 1365. In 1365 the family of Geoffry de Floville
conducted a raid against the merchant establishment of Thomas and William Ashby at Melton
Mowbray and "with force and arms, to wit, swords, bows and arrows, broke the close,...,and took
and carried away their goods and chattles, viz., cloth, linen, wools, brazen, and wooden vessels
and firewood to the value of 100 shillings there found, and did other enormities against the
peace, by which they are damaged 10 pounds."
In the subsequent suit the Ashby's recovered the value.
Thomas Ashby was elected a coroner in the lat 1370's and arraised so many complaints through
his corruption that he was ordered removed by King Richard. Thomas was eventually
imprisoned in the Tower of London for a time.
Children of Thomas Ashby and Alice ? are:
512 i. Edmund Ashby, born Aft. 1377 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England; died
Bef. 1437.
ii. Richard Ashby, died Bef. 1416.
iii. John Ashby, died Bef. 1428.
iv. Alice Ashby, died Aft. 1377.
v. Sidonia Ashby, married Thomas Gretham.
1030. Thomas Stanton, born in Stanton Harold, Leicestershire, England.
Child of Thomas Stanton is:
515 i. Elizabeth Stanton, married William Hesilrige.
2048. William de Ashby, born Abt. 1300 in Melton Mowbray, England; died Bef. 1365
in Leicestershire, England. He was the son of 4096. Robert de Ashby. He married 2049.
Margaret Wolsencote.
2049. Margaret Wolsencote.
Notes for William de Ashby:
William purchased a messuage, 4 virgates of land (120 acres) and 5 shillings, six pence rent in
Quenby from John and Matilda de Wilughby who was the heiress of a family calling itself "de
Quenby" and had recieved that land as a dowry. Between 1327 and 1332 William de Ashby
acquired the manor of Quenby. By 1338 the manor made up about 450 acres.
Children of William de Ashby and Margaret Wolsencote are:
1024 i. Thomas Ashby, born Abt. 1340 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England; died
Bef. August 24, 1416 in Quenby, Leicestershire, England; married Alice ?.
ii. William Ashby.
iii. Robert Ashby.
iv. John Ashby.
4096. Robert de Ashby, born in Leicestershire, England; died in Leicestershire, England.
He was the son of 8192. Robert de Ashby and 8193. Margaret Hymayns.
Notes for Robert de Ashby:
Merchant in Melton Mowbray
Children of Robert de Ashby are:
2048 i. William de Ashby, born Abt. 1300 in Melton Mowbray, England; died
Bef. 1365 in Leicestershire, England; married Margaret Wolsencote.
ii. Robert de Ashby.
8192. Robert de Ashby, born in Leicestershire, England; died in Leicestershire, England.
He was the son of 16384. William de Ashby and 16385. Joan ?. He married 8193. Margaret
Hymayns.
8193. Margaret Hymayns. She was the daughter of 16386. Roger Hymayns.
Notes for Robert de Ashby:
after his father was arrested for murder he was made the ward of Ralph son of Nicholas Ashby
and the Prior of Norton.
Merchant in Melton Mowbray.
Children of Robert de Ashby and Margaret Hymayns are:
4096 i. Robert de Ashby, born in Leicestershire, England; died in Leicestershire,
England.
ii. Joan de Ashby, married Alan de Sancto Claro.
16384. William de Ashby, died 1248 in Leicestershire, England. He married 16385.
Joan ?.
16385. Joan ?.
Notes for William de Ashby:
The Ashby family predecessors reputedly came to England with William the Conqueror.
a man named Sassfrid supposedly founded the family of Ashby about 1086,
Philip, son of Sassfrid
son Robert de Esseby
son William de Esseby
son Robert de Esseby (circa 1213)
sons William, Nicholas and Philip de Esseby
Ralph (crica 1235, son of Nicholas de Esseby)
The William of this record was the son of a William Ashby but as his son is recorded to have
been made the ward of Ralph son of Nicholas we can assume that this William is a cousin of the
group above.
William was a vassal of Nigel de Mowbray and is recorded as performing military service for
him and paying fees for the land he held.
In 1231 William de Ashby was convicted of the felonious murder of a man named Hugh le Rus
and his estates were forfeited to the crown. His minor son Robert was made ward to Ralph
Ashby a son of Nicholas Ashby. William was outlawed but then later pardoned (apparently at or
near his death) in 1248 by King Henry III, And in 1248 King Henry III ordered that Joan recieve
specified lands as her dower after the death of William.
Children of William de Ashby and Joan ? are:
8192 i. Robert de Ashby, born in Leicestershire, England; died in Leicestershire,
England; married Margaret Hymayns.
ii. Joan de Ashby, married ? de Bedeworth.
16386. Roger Hymayns.
Child of Roger Hymayns is:
8193 i. Margaret Hymayns, married Robert de Ashby.
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