When Samuel Askew was born on 31 December 1780, in Cranford St Andrew, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Askew, was 33 and his mother, Susannah Glover, was 32. He married Ann Panter on 28 October 1802, in Cranford St Andrew, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in St Leonard's Church, Clarendon Park, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851.
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English (northern): habitational name from a place in North Yorkshire named Aiskew, from Old Norse eik ‘oak’ + skógr ‘wood’, or possibly from another minor place in northern England likewise named with the same elements, such as Aiskew in Marrick (North Yorkshire) or the lost Aykescof in Preese (Lancashire). Compare Ayscue , Esco , Eskew , and Haskew .
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