Individual Details
James Ashton
(1603 - Aft 1682)
James was born in St. Alban's Parish Hertfordshire, England. The Ashton family is written up in the 1903 Nov 23 Boston Evening Transcript Genealogy Section. The Ashtons through marriages and civil involvements are tied to many early American families. This James Ashton was an older child of James and Alice Ashton. He is frequently mixed up with other James Ashtons. This James didn't marry and lived most of his New England life in Providence. He was connected to the Arnold, Whipple and Angell families.
Events
| Birth | 1603 | Hertfordshire, England | |||
| Baptism | March 4, 1603 | Saint Albans Parish, Hertfordshire, England | |||
| Arrival | Bef 1648 | New England | |||
| Civil | December, 1648 | Land grant |  | ||
| Civil | May 31, 1666 | Providence, British America | | ||
| Residence | April, 1676 | Providence, British America | | ||
| Civil | October 27, 1682 |  | | ||
| Death | Aft 1682 | Providence, British America |
Families
| Father | James Ashton (1580 - 1650) |
| Mother | Alice Unknown Ashton (1583 - 1643) |
| Sibling | Mary Marie Ashton (1605 - 1659) |
| Sibling | Alice Ashton (1617 - 1694) |
Notes
Civil
Nephew Eleazer requests land near his uncle James Ashton.Endnotes
1. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 15 page 21.
2. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 3 page 101.
3. Smith, Dean Crawford, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910, NEHGS Boston 1992, Page 189.
4. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 17 page 8.