| 1. | Henry ASHFIELD was born on 25 Feb 1716 in Whitney St. Mary, Oxforshire, England (son of Henry ASHFIELD and Marth); died on 25 Nov 1780 in Wrightsborough, Columbia, Georgia. Other Events:
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Notes:
Henry Ashfield was a peacefull Quaker and did not support the American War for Independence.
Documents:
Ashfield, Henry
Town Lot #70, Wrightsboro, St. Paul Parish; 350 acres, Wrightsboro
Township, St. Paul Parish, bounded on the southwest by
Joseph Maddock.
Granted July 3, 1770 Grant Book I, page 114
LAND GRANTS IN WRIGHTSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP UP UNTIL FEBRUARY 1769
HENRY ASHFIELD 350
Maddock, Joseph
Town Lot #66, Wrightsboro, St. Paul Parish; 300 acres, Wrightsboro
Township, St. Paul Parish, bounded on the northeast by
Henry Ashfield, southwest by John Oliver.
Dennis, Abraham
Town Lot #29, Wrightsboro, St. Paul Parish; 300 acres, Wrightsboro
Township, St. Paul Parish, bounded on the west by land
granted Henry Ashfield and vacant land, east by land granted
Cornelius Cochrane and vacant land, on all other sides by
vacant land.
Granted July 3, 1770 Grant Book I, page 122
Town Lots in Wrightsborough Town granted. Aug 1770 Lot Holders: Thomas Ansley #28; Henry Ashfield #70; Richard Austin #3; George Beck #59; John Carson #95; Joel Cloud #9 Cornelius Cochrane #78; Stephen Day #61; Abraham Dennis #29; Jacob Dennis #19; John Dennis #16 John Dover #74; Benjamin Dunn #75 Edward Eckles #96; Wm. Elam #25; James Emitt #26; Wm. Farmer #21; James Hart #76; Peter Hart #1; Samuel Hart #52; James Hill #49; John Hill #47; Wm. Hixon #30; John Hodgin #85; Ambrose Holliday #88; Joseph Hollingsworth #57; John Howard #45; John Hunter #15; Absolom Jackson #17; Benjamin Jackson #51; Isaac Jackson #89; Thomas Jackson #31.
WRIGHTSBOROUGH was on Town Creek, 16 miles from Appling, in McDuffie Co., Ga. On July 3, 1770, the general assembly of Georgia granted to Joseph Maddock (or Mattock) and Jonathan Still a tract of 40,000 acres of land in St. Paul's Parish, to be held in trust for the Quakers. Here they began their town, which they named for Sir James Wright, governor of the colony.
Revolutionary Papers Connected with the History of Columbia
We, the inhabitants of the town of Wrightsborough and places adjacent, understanding that fourteen persons have drawn up several resolutions respecting the disputes between Great Britian and the town of Boston, concerning the destroying of a quantity of tea, the property of the East India company, and have published them as the act of the Province, and which we look upon as a great imposition, having no knowledge of them till after they were passed: therefore we do, in this public manner, deny passing any concering them, and disapprove of them altogether, such proceedings as a few acting for the whole without their knowledge, we apprehend being contrary to the rights and privileges of every British subject.
Signed: John Oliver, J. P., John Stubbs, Isaac Vernon, Josias Pewgate, John Jones, Thomas Watson, Sen., David Baldwin, Henry Ashfield, Samuel Hart, Alexander Ottery, Jesse Margan, Ellis Haines, Aaron McCarter, Stephen Bigshop, Abram Louders, James Oliver........................
Historical Collections of Georgia
Henry married Dorothy FREDERICK about 1740 in Georgia. Dorothy was born about 1725 in Georgia, British Colonial America; died in 1787 in Green County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Elizabeth ASHFIELD was born about 1750 in White Plains, Hancock, Georgia; died on 10 May 1830 in White Plains, Green County, Georgia.
- Frederick ASHFIELD was born in 1775 in South Carolina; died in 1821 in Putman County, Georgia.
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1716 - 1780 (64 years)