John Ash
1744–
Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
The Life of John
John Ash was born in 1744, in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. He married Mary Chambers in 1769, in Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died in Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Family Time Line
John Ash
1744–
Mary Chambers
1743–
Marriage: 1769
John Ash
1770–
Mary Ash
1775–
Ann Ash
1775–1871
Spouse & Children
1744–Male
1743–Female
MARRIAGE
1769
Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
1769
Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
World Events (5)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 57
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 64
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
Age 71
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
1 English: from Middle English asche ‘ash tree’ (Old English æsc), hence a topographic name for someone living by an ash tree or a habitational name from any of the many places in southern and central England named with this word (Derbyshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Kent, Surrey, Shropshire, Somerset, and elsewhere).2 In New England, Ash is commonly found for French Dufresne , with the same meaning.3 Jewish (Ashkenazic): from an acronym for Yiddish AltSHul ( see Altschul ) or AyznSHtot ( see Eisenstadt ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (2)
- John Ash, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- John Ash, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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