When Edward Ashcraft was born on 26 November 1753, in New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Ashcraft V, was 29 and his mother, Mary Burch, was 31. He married Sarah Strickland on 25 May 1783, in New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in New London, Connecticut, United States in 1790 and Preston, Chenango, New York, United States in 1810. He died on 19 July 1819, in Preston, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Chesterfield, Montville, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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