When Mercy Ashley was born on 5 October 1708, in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Abraham Ashley, was 26 and her mother, Susanna White, was 26. She married William Ashley on 12 February 1732, in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died before 31 May 1746, and was buried in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
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English: habitational name from any of numerous places (especially in southern and central England) named Ashley, from Old English æsc ‘ash’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Americanized form of French Canadian Asselin 2.
In some cases also an Americanized form of German Eschler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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