Benjamin Ashby: Ken & Melissa's Family History Site

1776 - 1841 (65 years)

Generation: 1

Benjamin Ashby was born on 6 Sep 1776 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (son of Jonathan Ashby and Lydia Kimball); died on 20 Sep 1841.

Benjamin married Mary Young on 20 Sep 1797. Mary (daughter of Joseph Young and Elizabeth) was born about 1780 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died about 1821. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Nathaniel Ashby was born on 15 Apr 1805 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died in Sep 1846 in Bonaparte, , Iowa.

Generation: 2

Jonathan Ashby was born in 1746 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (son of Jonathan Ashby and Mary Dean); died on 15 Nov 1797 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

Jonathan married Lydia Kimball on 1 Dec 1768. Lydia (daughter of Thomas Kimball and Hannah Porter) was christened on 16 Oct 1748 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 8 Jul 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia Kimball was christened on 16 Oct 1748 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (daughter of Thomas Kimball and Hannah Porter); died on 8 Jul 1793.

Children:

1. Benjamin Ashby was born on 6 Sep 1776 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 20 Sep 1841.

Generation: 3

4.	Jonathan Ashby was christened on 21 Jul 1717 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (son of Jonathan Ashby and Jemima Felt); died in Dec 1782 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Jonathan married Mary Dean on 19 Apr 1739. Mary was born in in Salem, , Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Dean was born in in Salem, , Massachusetts.

Notes:

First wife of Jonathan Ashby.

Children:

2. Jonathan Ashby was born in 1746 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 15 Nov 1797 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

6. Thomas Kimball
Thomas married Hannah Porter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7.
Hannah Porter
Children:

3. Lydia Kimball was christened on 16 Oct 1748 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 8 Jul 1793.

Generation: 4

Jonathan Ashby was born on 28 Sep 1694 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (son of Benjamin Ashby and Johannah Hill); died on 22 Jan 1729/1730.

Notes:

Shipwright.

Sources: "Ashby Ancestry,Something of the Origin of the Name and Family, Family
Pedigree, Story of Nathaniel and Susan Hammond Ashby, Autobiography of
Benjamin Ashby", edited and arranged by Robert L. Ashby, American
Fork, Utah, published by Stringham Ashby Stevens, Salt Lake City,
Utah, February, 1941.

Jonathan married Jemima Felt on 17 Nov 1715. Jemima (daughter of George Felt and Jemima Bonfield) was born on 19 Feb 1696 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 23 Nov 1789. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jemima Felt was born on 19 Feb 1696 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (daughter of George Felt and Jemima Bonfield); died on 23 Nov 1789.

Notes:

of Salem.

Died at age 93.

Children:

George Ashby
4. Jonathan Ashby was christened on 21 Jul 1717 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died in Dec 1782 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.