William is the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Percival) Ashley. His wife Mercy is the daughter of Abraham and Susanna (White) Ashley. Abraham and Joseph are brothers, making William and Mercy cousins.
William first married in Rochester Massachusetts on February 12, 1732/3, his first cousin Mercy Ashley.
~~~ Their children born in Freetown ~~~
Abraham Ashley 1743 ~ 1824
Jeptha Ashley 1745 ~ 1777
After the death of Mercy, William married Elizabeth Macomber on May 31, 1746 in Tiverton, Newport, RI. She is the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Williams) Macomber and widow of William Rounseville who died 1744.
~~~ Their children born in Freetown ~~~
Micah Ashley 1748 ~ 1805
Abiah Ashley 1751 ~ 1843
Noah Ashley 1755 ~ 1839
On November 4, 1736 he purchased from Joseph Cook of Portsmouth Rhode Island, lot #4, which was "a five and thirty acre lot" in the Pocasset Purchase for "ye sum of forty pounds curent money of New England".
Referring to the "Ancient Plan drawn on Parchment, loaned to the City Engineer of Fall River by Jerome C. Borden on May 29, 1888 and other plans, records and documents of the City Engineer's Department, Attest: Walter E.
Noble, Deputy City Engineer, "we find this to be a tract about 1/8 mile wide beginning at Ashley Corner (the present Route 18 at Ann Records Lane) and extending east for about 3/4 of a mile. Bristol N.D. Reg. of Deed's 31-40 days in part "bounded westerly by lands left for a highway". Ann Records Lane was apparently near the middle of the lot. Less than a month later he buys lot #3, which was the next lot north of his first purchase and contained about the same amount of land.
During the next 47 years he makes 8 more purchases eventually acquiring 310 acres for a total price of 550 pounds New England money and 203 "Spanish Milled Dollars". Included in one of these deeds is "two-thirds of a saw mill". (Bristol N.D. Reg. Deeds)
William was one of the signers of the petition to Governor Shirley on October 24, 1744 seeking to incorporate the Third or North Parish of Rochester which was later headed by the Reverend Thomas West. His application and those of John Barden and Stephen Andros were excepted because they were "belonging to ye town of Freetown". (Hurd's History of Plymouth Co. 975-979). As the only church in the area until 1793, it was probably the church of the Ashley's. It stood on the east side of Braley Hill Road, just south of the Old Parish Cemetery.
Freetown records page 15 dated September 1, 1763, "Then made choice of Robert Hillard and William Ashley petit juriours for ye second Tuesday of September 1763".
Book 2 page 95. Town meeting, Monday December 14, 1772. "Voted to choose an agent to appear before ye court of General Sessions of ye Peace next holden at Taunton for ye County aforesaid to answer to a presentation of a grand jury then and there to be heard and tried before said court for said town not keeping ye highway near ye William Ashley's house in repair."
On March 19, 1764 William Ashley was made constable for New Freetown. On September 23rd 1771 he was a juryman for the Superior Court and on the 12th of December 1768 Mr. Philip Hathaway, as deputy sheriff, made two "Executions", one against Benjamin Chase and the other against William Ashley "Detective Constable" 20 pound 18 shillings, two pence.
.. Reference "The Old Colony Ashley's, the descendants of Abraham and Joseph Ashley of Rochester Massachusetts."
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William first married in Rochester Massachusetts on February 12, 1732/3, his first cousin Mercy Ashley.
~~~ Their children born in Freetown ~~~
Abraham Ashley 1743 ~ 1824
Jeptha Ashley 1745 ~ 1777
After the death of Mercy, William married Elizabeth Macomber on May 31, 1746 in Tiverton, Newport, RI. She is the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Williams) Macomber and widow of William Rounseville who died 1744.
~~~ Their children born in Freetown ~~~
Micah Ashley 1748 ~ 1805
Abiah Ashley 1751 ~ 1843
Noah Ashley 1755 ~ 1839
On November 4, 1736 he purchased from Joseph Cook of Portsmouth Rhode Island, lot #4, which was "a five and thirty acre lot" in the Pocasset Purchase for "ye sum of forty pounds curent money of New England".
Referring to the "Ancient Plan drawn on Parchment, loaned to the City Engineer of Fall River by Jerome C. Borden on May 29, 1888 and other plans, records and documents of the City Engineer's Department, Attest: Walter E.
Noble, Deputy City Engineer, "we find this to be a tract about 1/8 mile wide beginning at Ashley Corner (the present Route 18 at Ann Records Lane) and extending east for about 3/4 of a mile. Bristol N.D. Reg. of Deed's 31-40 days in part "bounded westerly by lands left for a highway". Ann Records Lane was apparently near the middle of the lot. Less than a month later he buys lot #3, which was the next lot north of his first purchase and contained about the same amount of land.
During the next 47 years he makes 8 more purchases eventually acquiring 310 acres for a total price of 550 pounds New England money and 203 "Spanish Milled Dollars". Included in one of these deeds is "two-thirds of a saw mill". (Bristol N.D. Reg. Deeds)
William was one of the signers of the petition to Governor Shirley on October 24, 1744 seeking to incorporate the Third or North Parish of Rochester which was later headed by the Reverend Thomas West. His application and those of John Barden and Stephen Andros were excepted because they were "belonging to ye town of Freetown". (Hurd's History of Plymouth Co. 975-979). As the only church in the area until 1793, it was probably the church of the Ashley's. It stood on the east side of Braley Hill Road, just south of the Old Parish Cemetery.
Freetown records page 15 dated September 1, 1763, "Then made choice of Robert Hillard and William Ashley petit juriours for ye second Tuesday of September 1763".
Book 2 page 95. Town meeting, Monday December 14, 1772. "Voted to choose an agent to appear before ye court of General Sessions of ye Peace next holden at Taunton for ye County aforesaid to answer to a presentation of a grand jury then and there to be heard and tried before said court for said town not keeping ye highway near ye William Ashley's house in repair."
On March 19, 1764 William Ashley was made constable for New Freetown. On September 23rd 1771 he was a juryman for the Superior Court and on the 12th of December 1768 Mr. Philip Hathaway, as deputy sheriff, made two "Executions", one against Benjamin Chase and the other against William Ashley "Detective Constable" 20 pound 18 shillings, two pence.
.. Reference "The Old Colony Ashley's, the descendants of Abraham and Joseph Ashley of Rochester Massachusetts."
All above information researched extensively and provided by goose
William is the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Percival) Ashley. His wife Mercy is the daughter of Abraham and Susanna (White) Ashley. Abraham and Joseph are brothers, making William and Mercy cousins.
William first married in Rochester Massachusetts on February 12, 1732/3, his first cousin Mercy Ashley.
~~~ Their children born in Freetown ~~~
Abraham Ashley 1743 ~ 1824
Jeptha Ashley 1745 ~ 1777
After the death of Mercy, William married Elizabeth Macomber on May 31, 1746 in Tiverton, Newport, RI. She is the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Williams) Macomber and widow of William Rounseville who died 1744.
~~~ Their children born in Freetown ~~~
Micah Ashley 1748 ~ 1805
Abiah Ashley 1751 ~ 1843
Noah Ashley 1755 ~ 1839
On November 4, 1736 he purchased from Joseph Cook of Portsmouth Rhode Island, lot #4, which was "a five and thirty acre lot" in the Pocasset Purchase for "ye sum of forty pounds curent money of New England".
Referring to the "Ancient Plan drawn on Parchment, loaned to the City Engineer of Fall River by Jerome C. Borden on May 29, 1888 and other plans, records and documents of the City Engineer's Department, Attest: Walter E.
Noble, Deputy City Engineer, "we find this to be a tract about 1/8 mile wide beginning at Ashley Corner (the present Route 18 at Ann Records Lane) and extending east for about 3/4 of a mile. Bristol N.D. Reg. of Deed's 31-40 days in part "bounded westerly by lands left for a highway". Ann Records Lane was apparently near the middle of the lot. Less than a month later he buys lot #3, which was the next lot north of his first purchase and contained about the same amount of land.
During the next 47 years he makes 8 more purchases eventually acquiring 310 acres for a total price of 550 pounds New England money and 203 "Spanish Milled Dollars". Included in one of these deeds is "two-thirds of a saw mill". (Bristol N.D. Reg. Deeds)
William was one of the signers of the petition to Governor Shirley on October 24, 1744 seeking to incorporate the Third or North Parish of Rochester which was later headed by the Reverend Thomas West. His application and those of John Barden and Stephen Andros were excepted because they were "belonging to ye town of Freetown". (Hurd's History of Plymouth Co. 975-979). As the only church in the area until 1793, it was probably the church of the Ashley's. It stood on the east side of Braley Hill Road, just south of the Old Parish Cemetery.
Freetown records page 15 dated September 1, 1763, "Then made choice of Robert Hillard and William Ashley petit juriours for ye second Tuesday of September 1763".
Book 2 page 95. Town meeting, Monday December 14, 1772. "Voted to choose an agent to appear before ye court of General Sessions of ye Peace next holden at Taunton for ye County aforesaid to answer to a presentation of a grand jury then and there to be heard and tried before said court for said town not keeping ye highway near ye William Ashley's house in repair."
On March 19, 1764 William Ashley was made constable for New Freetown. On September 23rd 1771 he was a juryman for the Superior Court and on the 12th of December 1768 Mr. Philip Hathaway, as deputy sheriff, made two "Executions", one against Benjamin Chase and the other against William Ashley "Detective Constable" 20 pound 18 shillings, two pence.
.. Reference "The Old Colony Ashley's, the descendants of Abraham and Joseph Ashley of Rochester Massachusetts."
All above information researched extensively and provided by goose
William first married in Rochester Massachusetts on February 12, 1732/3, his first cousin Mercy Ashley.
~~~ Their children born in Freetown ~~~
Abraham Ashley 1743 ~ 1824
Jeptha Ashley 1745 ~ 1777
After the death of Mercy, William married Elizabeth Macomber on May 31, 1746 in Tiverton, Newport, RI. She is the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Williams) Macomber and widow of William Rounseville who died 1744.
~~~ Their children born in Freetown ~~~
Micah Ashley 1748 ~ 1805
Abiah Ashley 1751 ~ 1843
Noah Ashley 1755 ~ 1839
On November 4, 1736 he purchased from Joseph Cook of Portsmouth Rhode Island, lot #4, which was "a five and thirty acre lot" in the Pocasset Purchase for "ye sum of forty pounds curent money of New England".
Referring to the "Ancient Plan drawn on Parchment, loaned to the City Engineer of Fall River by Jerome C. Borden on May 29, 1888 and other plans, records and documents of the City Engineer's Department, Attest: Walter E.
Noble, Deputy City Engineer, "we find this to be a tract about 1/8 mile wide beginning at Ashley Corner (the present Route 18 at Ann Records Lane) and extending east for about 3/4 of a mile. Bristol N.D. Reg. of Deed's 31-40 days in part "bounded westerly by lands left for a highway". Ann Records Lane was apparently near the middle of the lot. Less than a month later he buys lot #3, which was the next lot north of his first purchase and contained about the same amount of land.
During the next 47 years he makes 8 more purchases eventually acquiring 310 acres for a total price of 550 pounds New England money and 203 "Spanish Milled Dollars". Included in one of these deeds is "two-thirds of a saw mill". (Bristol N.D. Reg. Deeds)
William was one of the signers of the petition to Governor Shirley on October 24, 1744 seeking to incorporate the Third or North Parish of Rochester which was later headed by the Reverend Thomas West. His application and those of John Barden and Stephen Andros were excepted because they were "belonging to ye town of Freetown". (Hurd's History of Plymouth Co. 975-979). As the only church in the area until 1793, it was probably the church of the Ashley's. It stood on the east side of Braley Hill Road, just south of the Old Parish Cemetery.
Freetown records page 15 dated September 1, 1763, "Then made choice of Robert Hillard and William Ashley petit juriours for ye second Tuesday of September 1763".
Book 2 page 95. Town meeting, Monday December 14, 1772. "Voted to choose an agent to appear before ye court of General Sessions of ye Peace next holden at Taunton for ye County aforesaid to answer to a presentation of a grand jury then and there to be heard and tried before said court for said town not keeping ye highway near ye William Ashley's house in repair."
On March 19, 1764 William Ashley was made constable for New Freetown. On September 23rd 1771 he was a juryman for the Superior Court and on the 12th of December 1768 Mr. Philip Hathaway, as deputy sheriff, made two "Executions", one against Benjamin Chase and the other against William Ashley "Detective Constable" 20 pound 18 shillings, two pence.
.. Reference "The Old Colony Ashley's, the descendants of Abraham and Joseph Ashley of Rochester Massachusetts."
All above information researched extensively and provided by goose
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