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- A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut with the time of their arrival in the Country and Colony their standing in Society, Place of Residence, Conition in Life , where from
Business , &c as far as is found on Record
ASHLEY, JOHN, the 3d son of David, b. in 1669; had three wives, first, Sarah Dewey, m. 1692, she d. in 1708;
he m. for his second wife, widow Mary Sheldon in 1703, she d. in 1735;
for a third wife, he m. Hannah Glover, in 1735. The second wife, widow Mary Sheldon, was the relict of Joseph Sheldon, Esq., of Suffield, (who went from Northampton ;) she was the daughter .of Joseph Whiting, of Hartford, who was the Treasurer of Connecticut, for some years. This Joseph Whiting resided a few years in Westfield, and m. Mary Pyncheon,
the only daughter of Col. John Pyncheon, of Springfield, Oct. 5, 1669; she was born Oct. 28, 1650. Mr. Whiting had by Mary Pyncheon in Westfield, Mary, b. Aug. 19, 1672, and Joseph b. 1674, who d. young.
Mr. Whiting returned to Hartford, and his wife soon after died, and he m. a daughter of Hon. John Allyn, for his second wife. This Mary Whiting, b. 1672, the grand-daughter of Col. Pyncheon, m. Joseph Sheldon, about 1694; she had a son Joseph b. in Northampton, 1695; the other children most or all of them were born in Suffield, Conn., viz: Amy, Mary, Joseph b. in 1700, (the first Joseph died,) Rachel, b. 1703; Benjamin, 1705. Joseph Sheldon d. July 2, 1708, at Boston, where he was attending the General Court as Representative of Suffield. His widow, (the grand-daughter of Col. Pyncheon,) rn. John Ashley, Esq., of Westfield. The children of John Ashley, of Westfield, by his wife, Sarah Dewey, were: Sarah, b. 1693; Hannah, 1695; John, 1697, (died young;) Moses, 1700; Ebenezer, 1702; Noah, 1704; Roger, 1705; Lydia, 1708. By his second wife, widow Mary Sheldon, he had John b. 1709, and Preserved, 1711, the latter died young. John Ashley, of Sheffield, was the only child of John Ashley, Esq., of Westfield, by his 2d wife, (Mary Sheldon,) who lived. John Ashley, Esq., who had been much employed in public business, and held many responsible places of public trust in Westfield, d. April 17, 1759, aged 89 years. Col. John Pyncheon, of Springfield, d. in 1703, but his estate, for some reason, was not fully settled until 1737. In that year there was about £8000 of his estate remaining not distributed, which consisted chiefly of land, and two-thirds of this, or £5312 was given by the Probate Court to the heirs of his son John, and one-third, or £2656 to the heirs of his grand-daughter, Mary Ashley, " alias Sheldon, alias Whiting,",(so the record reads;) of this £2656, Joseph Sheldon had a double portion, £758 ; Benjamin Sheldon, £379 ; Amy, wife of James Warriner, £379; Mary, wife of Ebenezer Hitchcock, £379; Rachel, wife of Jedediah Bliss, £379; (these were the five Sheldon children,) and John Ashley, son of Mr. John Ashley, £379; all having the same mother. This John Ashley, who afterwards settled at Sheffield, was a great-grandson of the first Robert Ashley; he was also the great-grandson of Col. John Pyncheon, of Springfield, and of William Whiting, one of the first settlers of Hartford.
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GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as ( Capt .) Joseph
DEATH: Also shown as Died Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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1668 - 1708 (40 years)