At "age 56 yrs." WILLIAM A. BLOXTON I died 16 JAN 1864 of "bellious/bilious fever" (old term for either typhoid fever, malaria, hepatitis or elevated temperature and bile emesis) in Stafford County, VA.

LAST WILL & TESTAMENT (attached here as a photo)
indicates death was three years earlier than Death Certificate date of Jan 16, 1864
(before Dec. 18th, 1861):
Page 38 -
Stafford County Court, Dec. 18th, 1861 -
The last will and testament of William Bloxton, decd. (deceased), was this day proved in Court
by the oaths of the Witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, H. A. Conway, Clk (Clerk)
If William Ashby Bloxton I WAS "56" years old at death, his birth year would be 1805. The birth year of his first wife, Lucy Clift Bloxton, was 1810; she died on May 27, 1846, at age 42, in Stafford County of a hemorrhage exactly two months after her fourth son, Alexander Edwin Bloxton, was born.

WILLIAM ASHBY BLOXTON I was the son of
ABRAHAM BLOXTON (b. ca 1776, Charles County, Maryland -
d. ca 1813, Stafford County, Virginia, age: 37)
& CATHERINE "KITTY" BLOXTON (b. ca 1776-1784 - d. after 1820). They appear on the 1810 census for Stafford County, VA, with six children--three sons and three daughters.

William Ashby Bloxton I
was a "Farmer of 10,000 acres"
Born circa 1808, Stafford County, VA

In 1829, W.A. BLOXTON I married his 1st wife:
LUCY CLIFT, daughter of FIELDING CLIFT & ELIZABETH ELKINS CLIFT.
LUCY CLIFT was born circa 1805-1810 in Stafford County, VA.
She died on May 27, 1846. They had four sons.

Circa 1846, W.A. BLOXTON I married his
2nd wife: MARY ELIZABETH BURTON
(JUN 1823 - 17 MAY 1906)
They had seven children.
(Their first son was conceived ca. Sept 1847, so they were married between then and Lucy Clift Bloxton's death on May 27, 1846.)

WAB's two oldest sons stayed on the farm with him; his two youngest sons were apparently raised by Lucy's parents, Fielding Clift, and/or brother, Arthur F. Clift, and the Packards:

After his mother died in 1846, when WAB III was age 2,
William Ashby Bloxton III (age 6) was on the 1850 Census staying in the home of Fielding Clift, age 76 (his mother's father).
William A. Bloxton III (age 16) was on the 1860 Census living with his mother's brother, Arthur F. (Marion) Clift, age 44, and working as a laborer.

1850 Census, Stafford County, VA
William Ashby Bloxham/Bloxton I 46
Mary Elizabeth (Burton) Bloxham/Bloxton 25
THOMAS L. Bloxham/Bloxton 15
ALBERT Bloxham/Bloxton 11
Robert Jefferson Bloxham/Bloxton 2
Gabriella Bloxham/Bloxton 0

1850 Census, Glenmore Farm, Stafford, VA
Arba R Packard 31
Frances R Packard 32
ALEXANDER E. BLOXTON 4
George Gollyhorn 21

1860 Census, Fredericksburg,
St Georges Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia
Arba Randall Packard 40 MA #15124309
Frances Rebecca (ELKINS) Packard 42 #15133334
ALEXANDER BLOXTON 14
Wm Bush 10 Mulatto, VA

​At "age 56 yrs." WILLIAM A. BLOXTON I died 16 JAN 1864 of "bellious/bilious fever" (old term for either typhoid fever, malaria, hepatitis or elevated temperature and bile emesis) in Stafford County, VA.

William's older brother was:
SAMUEL B. BLOXTON

OUR THREE SAMUEL BLOXTON ANCESTORS:
WILLIAM ASHBY BLOXTON I's GRANDFATHER (Joseph's brother):

1. Samuel Blockstone/Bloxton, Sr. (1757-1805)
is the father of
Abraham Bloxton (WILLIAM ASHBY BLOXTON I's FATHER), Henry Bloxton and:

2. Capt. Samuel Bloxton (1783-1817)
War of 1812 with his brother, Henry Bloxton (born ca 1785 or after).

WILLIAM ASHBY BLOXTON I's OLDER BROTHER:

3. Samuel B. Bloxton (1795 - )
was the son of Samuel Bloxton, Sr.'s son,
Abraham Bloxton (ca 1776-ca 1813).

LAST WILL & TESTAMENT (attached as a photo)
indicates death was three years earlier than Death Certificate date of Jan 16, 1864 (before Dec. 18th, 1861):
Page 38 -

I, William Bloxton, of the County of Stafford and State of Virginia do make this my last will and testament in manner and some following Viz; Item 1st I give to my Sons Thomas, William and Alexander five dollars each; Item 2nd, all the residue of my property, both real and personal, I give to my wife, Mary Elizabeth Bloxton, during her life or so long as she remains a widow; and at the death or marriage of my said wife, I give all said property to my children by my last marriage, and to my son, Albert by my former marriage, to be equally divided between them except that my son, Albert, is to have no part or interest in my slaves; and lastly I do hereby constitute and appoint my wife, Mary Elizabeth Bloxton, Executrix of this, my last will and testament, and in the event of the death of my said wife, before my youngest child by her becomes of age, I desire that the Court of Stafford County shall appoint some competent person to take charge of my property and hold it together for the benefit of my children by my last wife, and my son, Albert, as above mentioned, till my youngest child shall have arrived at lawful age. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this 1st day of October 1858.
WILLIAM BLOXTON (Seal)
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged by the testator in our presence, both of us being present at the same time. L. B. Rose, T. H. Hewell.

Stafford County Court, Dec. 18th, 1861 - The last will and testament of William Bloxton, decd. (deceased), was this day proved in Court by the oaths of the Witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded.
Teste, H. A. Conway, Clk (Clerk)