Joshua Ashbridge

Brief Life History of Joshua

When Joshua Ashbridge was born on 17 September 1746, in Goshen Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, George Ashbridge III, was 43 and his mother, Jane Hoopes, was 40. He married Mary Ann Davis on 4 November 1773. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in East Goshen MM, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1820. He registered for military service in 1781. He died on 4 September 1820, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joshua Ashbridge
1746–1820
Mary Ann Davis
1746–1796
Marriage: 4 November 1773
Daniel Ashbridge
1774–1838
John Ashbridge
1776–
Joseph Ashbridge
1777–1847
Rebecca Ashbridge
1779–1799
Hannah Ashbridge
1780–1832
Thomas Ashbridge
1781–1850
Lydia Ashbridge
1785–1866

Sources (30)

  • Joshua Ashbridge, "United States Census, 1820"
  • Joshua Ashbridge, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Ashbridge Ashbridge, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"

World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a much altered form of the placename Askrigg in North Yorkshire, derived from Old Norse askr (Old English æsc) ‘ash tree’ + Old English hrycg ‘ridge’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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