'Assheton4'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Ashton of Bradway, Ashton of Hathersedge, Ashton (Asheton) of Shepley, Ashton of Stony Middleton, Ashton of Whiteley Wood
Flower shows that the following family's coat of arms was quartered, 2 quarters being for Shepley and the others being for Ashton as follows: 'Argent, a mullet sable, a crescent for difference'. | |||||||||||||||
Geffrey Assheton or Asheton | |||||||||||||||
m. _ Manners (dau of Thomas Manners of Shipley (Shepley)) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Thomas Asheton of Shepley | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Bagshawe (dau of _ Bagshawe of The Ridge) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Henry Asheton of Shepley | ||||||||||||||
m. Anne Marlande (dau of James Marlande of Rochedale) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Thomas Ashton of Shepley | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Tatton (dau of John Tatton of Wythingshawe, widow of Thomas Bradbourne of Chester & Bradborn) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Robert Ashton of Shepley | ||||||||||||||
m1. _ Ashmalle | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Thomas Ashton of Shepley (d 1624) | ||||||||||||||
m. Alice Sandford (dau of Robert Sandford of family of Sandford) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Robert Ashton of Shepley (b c1604, a 09.1664) | ||||||||||||||
m. Jane Walker (dau of William Walker of Asheton) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | John Ashton (b c1630, a 091.1664) | ||||||||||||||
m. Sarah Lever (dau of William Lever of Kersall) | |||||||||||||||
(a)+ | issue (a 09.1664) - Thomas (b c1655), John, Elizabeth, Jane, Anne | ||||||||||||||
(ii) | Lidia Ashton | ||||||||||||||
m. John Lomax of Ryton | |||||||||||||||
(iii) | Frances Ashton | ||||||||||||||
m. Robert Constantine (clerk) | |||||||||||||||
(iv)+ | other issue - Robert, Jane | ||||||||||||||
(B) | Jane Ashton | ||||||||||||||
m. Thomas Heywood of Duckenfield | |||||||||||||||
(C) | Elizabeth Ashton | ||||||||||||||
m. Charles Walker of Drylesden | |||||||||||||||
ii. | Richard Ashton | ||||||||||||||
iii. | Robert Ashton the first mentioned by FMG (vol 2), identified as brother of Thomas of Shepley | ||||||||||||||
a. | George Ashton of Shepley (b c1505?, d c1585?) | ||||||||||||||
m. Margaret or Mary Turner (dau of John Turner of Mottram) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Robert Ashton of Stony Middleton, Derbyshire (b c1576, d c1636) | ||||||||||||||
The following is partly supported by 'Hallamshire: The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield' (Joseph Hunter, 1819, 'Pedigree of Ashton of Whiteley-wood', p208). | |||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth Teales of Totley | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Robert Ashton of Stony Middleton, Sheriff (b c1608, bur 37.06.1687) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Joan Sharp (dau of Francis Sharp) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Robert Ashton of Bradway in Norton (b c1631, d 09.02.1716) | ||||||||||||||
m. (04.02.1653) Dorothy Wood (b 1636, d 21.03.1721, dau of Robert Wood of Monk Bretton) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Robert Ashton of Bradway & Scotter (Lincolnshire) (bpt 18.01.1656-7, d(vp) 02.07.1706) | ||||||||||||||
m. Sarah Williamson (b c1665, d 26.03.1739, dau/coheir of Thomas Williamson (son of Sir Richard) by Sarah Salmon) | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | Salmon Ashton of Doncaster (b c1701, d 04.10.1785) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (24.04.1732) Catherine Holliday (b c1700, d 27.11.1757) | |||||||||||||||
((A))+ | issue - Jane (b 1734-5, d 01.02.1738), Sarah (b c1743, d 28.11.1746) | ||||||||||||||
m2. Elizabeth (b 1729-30, d 10.02.1785) | |||||||||||||||
((2)) | Charles Ashton of Scotter | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Woodhead of Thornhill | |||||||||||||||
((A)) | Charles Ashton | ||||||||||||||
((3)) | ?? Ashton | ||||||||||||||
((A)) | Ann Ashton (b c1740, d unm 09.11.1787) | ||||||||||||||
((4)) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Johnson | |||||||||||||||
((5))+ | other issue - Robert (dsp), Dorothy (b c1698, d unm bur 24.09.1719) | ||||||||||||||
(b) | Jane Ashton (b c1646, bur 31.03.1745) | ||||||||||||||
m. (10.07.1675) Robert Wainwright of Middle Woodhall (Middlewood Hall in Darfield) (bpt 03.05.1649, d 11.09.1683) | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | Dorothy Wainwright (a 1744) | ||||||||||||||
m. William Green of Middlewood & Liversedge | |||||||||||||||
((2)) | Jane Wainwright (b 1679) | ||||||||||||||
m. Edward Goodwin of Rawmarsh | |||||||||||||||
((3)) | Sarah Wainwright (bpt 07.06.1681, d c1731) | ||||||||||||||
m. William Greenwood (a 1712, rector of Darfield) | |||||||||||||||
(c) | Dorothy Ashton (bpt 31.10.1667) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1694) Henry Bright of Wherlow | |||||||||||||||
(d) | Rachel Ashton (b 01.11.1658, d 04.07.1718) | ||||||||||||||
m. (02.05.1689) John Newham of Whittington & Staveley (son of William of Elvaston & Inkersal) | |||||||||||||||
(e)+ | other issue - George (b 01.02.1660-1), John (bpt 07.05.1663), Charles (bpt 25.03/05.1665, a 1744, Mastervof St. John's College, Cambridge), Joseph of London (b 23.09.1670, a 1744), Benjamin (bpt 16.09.1672), Alexander (bpt 22.05.1677, bur 29.01.1694-5), Cornelius (bpt 11.03.1674-5), Joan (bpt 17.03.1680-1) | ||||||||||||||
(ii) | Alexander Ashton of Whiteley Wood, Sheffield (bur 18.05.1682) | ||||||||||||||
The following is supported by FMG (Continuation ('Hunter's Pedigrees', 1936), 'Ashton-Hill-Jelley or Gilly', p8+). | |||||||||||||||
m. (18.05.1659) Ann Dale (dau/coheir of Thomas Dale of Whiteley Wood, widow of Thomas Wastern of Mosborough) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Robert Ashton of Whiteley Wood (bpt 19.04.1666) | ||||||||||||||
m. Mary Hall (bpt 10.01.1666-7, a 1717, dau of Robert Hall or Hill of Stumper-low) | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | Sarah Ashton (bpt 13.12.1688) | ||||||||||||||
m. Robert Alisbrook of Hollings | |||||||||||||||
((2)) | Elizabeth Ashton (bpt 15.12.1691, bur 26.12.1694) | ||||||||||||||
(b) | Elizabeth Ashton (bpt 19.04.1660) | ||||||||||||||
m. (23.12.1681) John Bright | |||||||||||||||
(c)+ | other issue - Thomas (bpt 21.05.1670, bur 06.07.1671), Rebecca (a 1688), Alice (a 1688) | ||||||||||||||
m2. (13.05.1635) Frances Fern (dau of John Fern of Hartington) | |||||||||||||||
(iii) | Anne Ashton | ||||||||||||||
m3. (24.09.1640) Alice Kirk (dau of Godfrey Kirk of Bakewell) | |||||||||||||||
(iv) | Joseph Ashton (b c1646, dvp 1667) | ||||||||||||||
m. Ann Hopkinson (dau of Tobias Hopkinson of Bonsal) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Robert or Joseph Ashton (d young) | ||||||||||||||
(v) | Corenluius Ashton | ||||||||||||||
(vi) | Samuel Ashton of Stony Middleton (a 02.1688) | ||||||||||||||
(vii) | Benjamin Ashton of Hathersedge (b 1650, d 12.02.1716) | ||||||||||||||
m. Christiana Turner (b 1650, d 25.06.1703, dau of Christopher Turner of York) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Alicia Maria Ashton (b c1682, d 1719) | ||||||||||||||
m. Charles Bagshaw of Ridge | |||||||||||||||
(b) | Christiana Ashton (b c1687, a 1707) | ||||||||||||||
m. William Spencer of Cannon Hall | |||||||||||||||
(c)+ | other issue (d unm) - Benjamin of Hathersedge (b 1684, d 25.12.1725), Robert of Hathersaedge (b 1677, d 24.08.1717), Philip (d infant), Philip (d infant), Joseph (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
(viii) | Sarah Ashton | ||||||||||||||
m. Edward Downes of Shrigley (b 1662, a 1744) | |||||||||||||||
(B) | Margaret Ashton | ||||||||||||||
m. Thomas White of Stony Middleton | |||||||||||||||
m2. Katherine Tompson of Ashton-under-Line (sic) | |||||||||||||||
b.+ | other issue - Richard, Jane, Agnes, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
ii.+ | other issue - Richard, Robert | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Visitation (Flower, Lancashire, 1567, 'Ashton of Shepley'), Visitation (Dugdale, Lancashire, 1664-5, 'Ashton of Shepley'), FMG (vol 2, MS199, 'Ashton', p460+)
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