Ashley, David
David ASHLEY (1642 - 1718) and Hannah GLOVER (1646 - 1722)
my 8g-grandparents
David ASHLEY was born on 3 Jun 1642 in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, son of Robert and Mary ASHLEY. David ASHLEY died 8 Dec 1718 in Westfield, MA, age 70. He married Hannah GLOVER on 24 Nov 1663 New Haven, Colony of New Haven. The gravestones in the Westfield cemetery are hard to decipher, but it appears that Hannah died in 1722, at age 76. [AG, p. 23] So she was born about 1646.
Hannah was the daughter of Henry and Helena GLOVER, of New Haven. [HMB, Vol. II, p. 521] He was 21 and she was about 17 when they married. They settled first is Springfield, where their 1st and possibly 2nd child were born. In 1667 they were among the earliest settlers in Westfield, just 7 or 8 miles west of Springfield. They had 11 children, and lived the rest of their lives in Westfield.
In 1669, with Joseph WHITING, he had a grant of land on Sacket’s Creek for a mill. In 1672 and 1690 he was chosen Constable of Westfield. He was Selectman 8 times; in 1690, Highway Surveyor, and the first Town Clerk in 1693. [JHL, Vol. I, p. 99]
"David was the ancestor of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan and Clint Eastwood." [DA]
Descendants of David and Hannah
1 David ASHLEY b: 03 Jun 1642 in Springfield, d: 08 Dec 1718 in Westfield
+ Hannah GLOVER b: 1646, m: 24 Nov 1663 in New Haven, CT, d: 1722 in Westfield
......2 Samuel ASHLEY b: 26 Oct 1664 in Springfield, d: 1722 in Westfield
...... + Sarah KELLOGG b: 27 Aug 1666 in Hadley, MA, m: 27 Apr 1686 in Hadley, MA, d: 30 Jan 1729 in Westfield
......2 Deacon David ASHLEY b: 10 Mar 1666/67 in Westfield or Springfield, d: 07 Aug 1744 in Westfield
...... + Mary DEWEY b: 28 Jan 1668 in Northampton, MA, m: 11 Jul 1688 in Westfield, d: 13 Dec 1757 in Westfield
......2 Capt. John ASHLEY b: 27 Jun 1669 in Westfield, d: 10 Apr 1759 in Westfield
...... + Sarah DEWEY b: 28 Mar 1672 in Westfield, m: 08 Sep 1692 in Westfield, d: 30 Mar 1708 in Westfield
...... + Mary WHITING b: 19 Aug 1672 in Westfield, m: 20 Jan 1708/09 in Westfield, d: 13 Mar 1735 in Westfield
...... + Hannah GLOVER b: 27 Dec 1693 in Springfield, m: Nov 1735 (same maiden name as his mother?)
......2 Joseph ASHLEY b: 31 Jul 1671 in Westfield, d: 25 Feb 1706 in Westfield
...... + Abigail DEWEY b: 14 Feb 1681 in Westfield, m: 12 Apr 1699 in Westfield, d: 20 Dec 1747 in Westfield
......2 Sarah ASHLEY b: 10 Sep 1673 in Westfield
...... + Thomas INGERSOLL m: 22 Jul 1692
......2 Mary ASHLEY b: 26 Dec 1675 in Westfield, d: 19 Jul 1676 in Westfield
......2 Hannah ASHLEY b: 26 Dec 1675 in Westfield
...... + Nathaniel EGGLESTON m: 13 Sep 1694
......2 Lieut. Jonathan ASHLEY b: 21 Jun 1678 in Westfield, d: 18 Sep 1749 in Westfield
...... + Abigail STEBBINS b: 13 Aug 1683 in Springfield, d: 06 Apr 1752 in Westfield
......2 Abigail ASHLEY b: 27 Apr 1681 in Westfield
...... + Nathaniel LEWIS m: 25 Nov 1699
......2 Mary ASHLEY b: 03 Mar 1682/83 in Westfield
...... + Benjamin STEBBINS m: 21 Dec 1709
......2 Rebecca ASHLEY b: 30 May 1685 in Westfield
...... + Samuel DEWEY b: 25 Jun 1670 in Westfield, m: Abt. 1714, d: 11 May 1734 in Sheffield, Berkshire, MA
Sources
[DA] Settler & Leader in a New Colonial Town — David Ashley
[HMB] The first century of the history of Springfield; the official records from 1636 to 1736, with an historical review and biographical mention of the founders (1898) by Henry Martyn Burt, Vol I Vol II
[JHL] Westfield and its historic influences, 1669-1919; the life of an early town, with a survey of events in New England and bordering regions to which it was related in colonial and revolutionary times (1922) by John Hoyt Lockwood Vol I Vol II
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