Henry ASHFIELD

1716 - 1780  (64 years)

• Name	Henry ASHFIELD
  Birth	25 Feb 1716	Whitney St. Mary, Oxforshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
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  _UID	54338EA81D364B93A81500E2B02BD9BBFC3B
  Death	25 Nov 1780	Wrightsborough, Columbia, Georgia
  Person ID	I20712	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	Henry ASHFIELD   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Marth   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F536727988	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy FREDERICK,   b. Abt 1725, Georgia, British Colonial America d. 1787, Green County, Georgia (Age ~ 62 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1740	Georgia
  Children	1. Elizabeth ASHFIELD,   b. Abt 1750, White Plains, Hancock, Georgia d. 10 May 1830, White Plains, Green County, Georgia (Age ~ 80 years)   2. Frederick ASHFIELD,   b. 1775, South Carolina d. 1821, Putman County, Georgia (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F9862	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Henry Ashfield was a peacefull Quaker and did not support the American War for Independence. Documents: Ashfield, Henry Town Lot #70, Wrightsboro, St. Paul Parish; 350 acres, Wrightsboro Township, St. Paul Parish, bounded on the southwest by Joseph Maddock. Granted July 3, 1770 Grant Book I, page 114 LAND GRANTS IN WRIGHTSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP UP UNTIL FEBRUARY 1769 HENRY ASHFIELD 350 Maddock, Joseph Town Lot #66, Wrightsboro, St. Paul Parish; 300 acres, Wrightsboro Township, St. Paul Parish, bounded on the northeast by Henry Ashfield, southwest by John Oliver. Dennis, Abraham Town Lot #29, Wrightsboro, St. Paul Parish; 300 acres, Wrightsboro Township, St. Paul Parish, bounded on the west by land granted Henry Ashfield and vacant land, east by land granted Cornelius Cochrane and vacant land, on all other sides by vacant land. Granted July 3, 1770 Grant Book I, page 122 Town Lots in Wrightsborough Town granted. Aug 1770 Lot Holders: Thomas Ansley #28; Henry Ashfield #70; Richard Austin #3; George Beck #59; John Carson #95; Joel Cloud #9 Cornelius Cochrane #78; Stephen Day #61; Abraham Dennis #29; Jacob Dennis #19; John Dennis #16 John Dover #74; Benjamin Dunn #75 Edward Eckles #96; Wm. Elam #25; James Emitt #26; Wm. Farmer #21; James Hart #76; Peter Hart #1; Samuel Hart #52; James Hill #49; John Hill #47; Wm. Hixon #30; John Hodgin #85; Ambrose Holliday #88; Joseph Hollingsworth #57; John Howard #45; John Hunter #15; Absolom Jackson #17; Benjamin Jackson #51; Isaac Jackson #89; Thomas Jackson #31. WRIGHTSBOROUGH was on Town Creek, 16 miles from Appling, in McDuffie Co., Ga. On July 3, 1770, the general assembly of Georgia granted to Joseph Maddock (or Mattock) and Jonathan Still a tract of 40,000 acres of land in St. Paul's Parish, to be held in trust for the Quakers. Here they began their town, which they named for Sir James Wright, governor of the colony. Revolutionary Papers Connected with the History of Columbia We, the inhabitants of the town of Wrightsborough and places adjacent, understanding that fourteen persons have drawn up several resolutions respecting the disputes between Great Britian and the town of Boston, concerning the destroying of a quantity of tea, the property of the East India company, and have published them as the act of the Province, and which we look upon as a great imposition, having no knowledge of them till after they were passed: therefore we do, in this public manner, deny passing any concering them, and disapprove of them altogether, such proceedings as a few acting for the whole without their knowledge, we apprehend being contrary to the rights and privileges of every British subject. Signed: John Oliver, J. P., John Stubbs, Isaac Vernon, Josias Pewgate, John Jones, Thomas Watson, Sen., David Baldwin, Henry Ashfield, Samuel Hart, Alexander Ottery, Jesse Margan, Ellis Haines, Aaron McCarter, Stephen Bigshop, Abram Louders, James Oliver........................ Historical Collections of Georgia

  
  

• Sources

  [S1031] John Howell, John Howell.