wife of Abner Ashley
age 59
Mother of Mary Cressey Ashley was Sarah Ingersoll (1702-1758). Unable to locate grave of her father, Lt. Daniel Cressey (1698-1748), a shoemaker. He was a member of Rogers' Rangers in 1745 and served in the war between France and England at the fall of Louisbourg.
The diary of Benjamin Cressy states that he learned from a letter written to Mary "Polly" Cressy Ashley by her father, Daniel, stating that "he had got money enough to buy the farm joining his and that he should be home at such a time."
In 1748, the next news the family got was that his property partner, British Lt. James Hadley, had shot and killed Daniel, took his money, and fled to England.
Sarah was left a widow with nine children to raise. She moved to Hampton, CT and later died at the home of one of her daughters; bur. North Cemetery, Hampton, CT.
age 59
Mother of Mary Cressey Ashley was Sarah Ingersoll (1702-1758). Unable to locate grave of her father, Lt. Daniel Cressey (1698-1748), a shoemaker. He was a member of Rogers' Rangers in 1745 and served in the war between France and England at the fall of Louisbourg.
The diary of Benjamin Cressy states that he learned from a letter written to Mary "Polly" Cressy Ashley by her father, Daniel, stating that "he had got money enough to buy the farm joining his and that he should be home at such a time."
In 1748, the next news the family got was that his property partner, British Lt. James Hadley, had shot and killed Daniel, took his money, and fled to England.
Sarah was left a widow with nine children to raise. She moved to Hampton, CT and later died at the home of one of her daughters; bur. North Cemetery, Hampton, CT.
wife of Abner Ashley
age 59
Mother of Mary Cressey Ashley was Sarah Ingersoll (1702-1758). Unable to locate grave of her father, Lt. Daniel Cressey (1698-1748), a shoemaker. He was a member of Rogers' Rangers in 1745 and served in the war between France and England at the fall of Louisbourg.
The diary of Benjamin Cressy states that he learned from a letter written to Mary "Polly" Cressy Ashley by her father, Daniel, stating that "he had got money enough to buy the farm joining his and that he should be home at such a time."
In 1748, the next news the family got was that his property partner, British Lt. James Hadley, had shot and killed Daniel, took his money, and fled to England.
Sarah was left a widow with nine children to raise. She moved to Hampton, CT and later died at the home of one of her daughters; bur. North Cemetery, Hampton, CT.
age 59
Mother of Mary Cressey Ashley was Sarah Ingersoll (1702-1758). Unable to locate grave of her father, Lt. Daniel Cressey (1698-1748), a shoemaker. He was a member of Rogers' Rangers in 1745 and served in the war between France and England at the fall of Louisbourg.
The diary of Benjamin Cressy states that he learned from a letter written to Mary "Polly" Cressy Ashley by her father, Daniel, stating that "he had got money enough to buy the farm joining his and that he should be home at such a time."
In 1748, the next news the family got was that his property partner, British Lt. James Hadley, had shot and killed Daniel, took his money, and fled to England.
Sarah was left a widow with nine children to raise. She moved to Hampton, CT and later died at the home of one of her daughters; bur. North Cemetery, Hampton, CT.
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