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Family History – A Look At My Direct Ashton Family Line

The Search for My Ashton Family Ancestors When my wife and I first started doing serious research on our family trees, Ancestry was in it’s infancy. One of the best places to do research was through the Church of the Latter Day Saints (LDS). The nearest LDS Research Center was in Cherry Hill, so off we went. At the time, records were not online. First you looked up what you wanted on microfiche. Then,while they had some records at the Center, others you had to order from Salt Lake City! Anyway, I started with both my parents surnames- Karn and Ashton. I had little luck with Karn, but when I searched the Ashton surname one stood out-John Sherrington Ashton! That’s my grandfather’s name. Finding the Original John Sherrington Ashton The John Sherrington Ashton listed on the microfiche turned out the be my 3rd great-grandfather. The record was the baptismal record from Holbeach in Lincolnshire England. The baptismal record listed his parents as Thomas Ashton and Mary. Here’s a copy of the record. Help from an Ashton cousin leads to John’s Grandfather James A little while later, I made contact with a Paul Ashton, who was descended from Thomas‘s brother Edward. He provided information that Thomas and Edward were two of the sons of James Ashton and Ann Done. Thomas was born in Buslingthorpe in Lincolnshire in 1791. According to information sent to me by Paul Ashton, James Ashton was renting 161 acres on the Revesby Eatate in 1791 and is…

DNA and Ancestry.com Help Uncover Ashton Ancestors

The longer I go without writing a new post the harder it becomes to write one. One reason is that so much has been happening I really don’t know where to start.so at e I’ll just start where I left off. My last post was about my family genealogy. At the end of the last post I wrote that I would tell you how DNA helped me discover some new cousins. So here goes… DNA and the Daughters of John Sherrington Ashton and Mary Warwick My great-grandfather John Sherrington Ashton III married Mary E Warwick in April of 1881. For many years, I thought that they had five children. Recently, though I discovered they actually had six! Mary Catherine Ashton was their first child. She was born in 1882. Son Edward was born in 1883, he was followed by William in 1884. Blanche was born in 1886 and Horace in 1889. Those were the five children that I had discovered through my genealogy research. My mother only knew William or “Uncle Bill” as she knew him. She often would tell my that he lived out in Pennsylvania near the Devon horse show. Alice Matilda Ashton John and Mary’s last child was Alice Matilda who was born in 1890. While I knew about Mary and had her listed in my tree, I did not know about Alice until I was notified of an extremely high 3rd to 4th cousin match with a James Smith from New York. When my wife and…

Ashton Family History: John Sherrington Ashtons II and III

John Sherrington Ashton Jr.(1837-1864) John Sherrington Ashton III (1858-1937) So where should we start my tale about the Ashton family. How about with a quick story about the start of my genealogical research. My first experience with genealogy was when I went with my mother in law to the Trenton Archives for the first time. The only thing that I remember about that day is that I found the death certificate for my great-great grandfather. The second John. Sherrington Ashton. THe Death of John Sherrington Ashton II The family story I had always heard was he was coming off of the ferry in Beverly had a fight and someone stabbed and killed him with his own sword. When I found the death certificate that day the cause of death was listed as “knife wound in chest”. So potentially at least part of the story was true. He was stabbed and killed. Many years later, when my wife and I started our major genealogy research, I discovered another tidbit about his death. Beverly Monument Cemetery records show John was originally buried in the Larzalere cemetery in Bensalem Pennsylvania. Based on that fact I believe it’s logical to think that he was killed in Pennsylvania. That fact may support the story, he was killed while getting off of Dunks ferry. While I have searched I have never been able to find any newspaper articles about John’s death. John and New Jersey’s 23rd Regiment John was twenty-seven at the time of his death. During the Civil war, he…