Richard ASH [variant spelling: ASH, ASHE] was son of John ASH [the Agent], 1649-1704, and of his wife, Mary BATT, 1667-1712, daughter of Reverend Samuel BATT, 1639-1684, and of his wife, Mary --, died circa 1690.

Richard ASH was a Captain in the militia.

He served two brief terms in the Commons House in South Carolina. He won a special election in the St. John Colleton Parish and qualified on January 23, 1747 for the Fifteenth Royal Assembly, (1746-1747). He was re-elected to the Sixteenth Royal Assembly (1747) representing St. John Colleton County, and the parish also elected him to the Seventeenth Royal Assembly (1748) but he declined to serve.

Ash's plantation, primarily a rice plantation, (also called ASH Plantation, Pon Pon Plantation, owned by Joseph ASHE in 1711 (68 slaves), willed to Richard Cochran ASH 1790 numbering 500 acres land) located on Hope Creek, a branch of the Edisto River in St. Bartholomew's Parish, (Colleton County) was worked by 37 slaves.

Richard ASH married first, Mary COCHRAN, daughter of James COCHRAN and of his wife, Mary RUSSELL. To this marriage, these children are known:

son, Joseph ASH, 1725-1765 ; 'eldest son of Mary [COCHRAN] ASH; Will of Joseph ASH dated 24 Sep 1765. Proved 23 May 1766. THE EXCOMMUNICATION OF JOSEPH ASH. The case of Joseph ASH is recorded in the volume of Records of the Court of Ordinary 1764-1771.

son, Richard Cochran ASH, born January 7, 1724-March 21, 1770, buried Circular Congregational Church Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina ; md. December 12, 1757, St. Phillip Episcopal Church, Charleston, S.C., Nancy Ann ASHE, - daughter of Algernon Sidney ASHE and of his wife, Elisabeth LAMBWRIGHT;

son, Cato ASH, born 1728; md. Sarah - ; died intestate, 1757;

son, John ASHE, 1731-1785; md. December 22, 1763, St. Andrew's Parish, Berkeley County, South Carolina, Grace CODNER. "John Ash & Grace Codner, Spinster, married December 22, 1763, by Rev. Martyn." Children include: Charles Codner ASHE, - md. Miss -- GOFF, and had William and Mary ASHE; John ASHE, md. married Margaret DeVEAUX; Richard ASHE, md. his deceased brother's wife, Margaret De VEAUX ASHE.

son, James Cochran ASHE, 1734-1757, died on his Toogoodoo Plantation; md. Ann -- ; Will of James Ash dated 6 Feb 1757. Proved 10 Feb 1757. Had infant son, John Cochran ASHE;

son, Samuel ASH, = ;

daughter, Mary ASH, - d. 1757 [childbirth] ;

daughter, Elizabeth ASH, - ;

Richard ASH married second in 1739, Martha LARDENT, - ; to this marriage eight children are known:

son, William ASH, born August 5, 1739 - ;

daughter, Martha ASH, born June 10, 1741 - ;

daughter, Portia ASH, born August 14, 1743- ; md. Kinsey BURDEN, Mrs. Portia** Burden, Mother of the following children was Born the 13th day of August Anno Dom. 1743: Theodore Ashe Burden was born the 13th day of July Anno Dom: 1770; Mary Burden was born then died yongue; Richard Ashe Burden was born the 22d of August A.D. 1773; Kinsey Burden was born the 15th day of August A.D. 1775; Martha Burden died young; Mary Burden was born the 10th of November A.D. 1780; Thomas Burden was born 19th day of March A.D. 1782. The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine; Vol. 26, No. 3. July 1925.

daughter, Theodora ASH, born August 25, 1745- ;

daughter, Anna Maria ASH, born October 1757, St. Phillip's Parish, Charleston, S.C. - ;

dauhter, Eadith ASH, born March 7, 1749- ;

son, Algernon ASH, born October 25, 1753- ;

daughter, Priscilla ASH, born July 20, 1757, - ; md. February 20, 1777, St. Phillip Episcopal Church, Charleston, S.C., John JERVIS - ; Jervis and Ash -- Feb. 20th, 1777, John Jervis & Priscilla Ash, spinster, were married, per License. Register of St.Philip's Parish, Charles Town, or Charleston, S.C., 1754-1810

Theodora, Portia and Priscilla survived their faither.

Richard ASH died between August 10, 1765 when he signed his will and July 4, 1766 when it was proved.

"Will of Richard Ash dated 20 Aug 1765. Proved 4 July 1766.
Mrs. Martha Ash*, Mother to the following Children was born the 11th Day of March 1717.
1. William Ash her Son was born the 5th Day of August, Anno Dom 1739
2. Martha Ash her Daughter was born the 10th Day of June 1741.
3. Portia Ash was born the 13th Day of August Anno Dom 1743.
4. Theodora Ash was born the 25th Day August Anno Dom 1745.
5. Anna Maria Ash was Born the ? Day of October Anno Dom 1747.
6. Eadith Ash was Born the 7th Day of March Anno Dom 1749/50.
7. Algernon Ash was Born the 25th Day of October Anno Dom 1753.
8. Priscilla Ash was Born the 20th Day of July Anno Dom, 1757.
The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine; Vol. 26, No. 3". July 1925.
*Martha was the second wife of Capt. Richard Ash of Colleton, who made his will 20 Aug., 1765, proved 4 July, 1766, mentions Sons Joseph, Richard Cochran Ash, and John Ash, daus. Portia, Theodora and Priscilla.