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Name: Jeffersen Ashley
Gender: Male
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Death Date: 11 Nov 1874
Death Place: Freetown, Massachusetts
Age: 73
Birth Date: 1801
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Father's Name: Abram Ashley
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Mother's Name: Hannah Ashley
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03765-4
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film Number: 1993524
Reference ID: P 33 L 18
'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch : 10 December 2014
Biography
Jefferson Ashley, was a son of Deacon Abraham Ashley, and grandson of William Ashley. Their home was in Freetown, where they owned land. Abraham Ashley married (first) Phebe Taber and (second) Hannah Crapo.
Jefferson Ashley was a landowner and farmer in Freetown, where he lived all his life. His wife, Hope Collins, was a daughter of Richard Collins, granddaughter of Jonathan Collins, and great-granddaughter of Thomas Collins.
They were married in 1831 and had four children:
1. Olive C. b. 1831, d. 1924, married Capt. Marcus W. Taber, and had three children: Edward G., a civil engineer of Spokane, Wash.; Charles B., a civil engineer in Forsyth, Mont.; and Jessie, who died young. Captain Taber died in September, 1904, in New Bedford.
2. Elizabeth Edminster, b. 1833, d. 1919, married Capt. Hudson Winslow.
3. Sarah C. b. 1835, d. 1866, unmarried.
4. Lovisa W., b. 1840, d. 1916, unmarried.
“Representative men and old families of southeastern Massachusetts : containing
Birth — 1801
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