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Henry ASHFIELD

Henry ASHFIELD

Male 1716 - 1780  (64 years)

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  • Name Henry ASHFIELD 
    Born 25 Feb 1716  Whitney St. Mary, Oxforshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID 9F9R-MBL 
    _UID 54338EA81D364B93A81500E2B02BD9BBFC3B 
    Died 25 Nov 1780  Wrightsborough, Columbia, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20712  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2022 

    Father Henry ASHFIELD,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Marth,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F536727988  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dorothy FREDERICK,   b. Abt 1725, Georgia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1787, Green County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Married Abt 1740  Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth ASHFIELD,   b. Abt 1750, White Plains, Hancock, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1830, White Plains, Green County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years)
     2. Frederick ASHFIELD,   b. 1775, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1821, Putman County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F9862  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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

  • Sources 
    1. [S1031] John Howell, John Howell.