When Richard Ashdown Sr. was born on 2 December 1813, in Uckfield, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Ashdown, was 30 and his mother, Mary Briant, was 26. He married Ann Burgess on 10 November 1841, in Lewes, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Mayfield, Sussex, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Farnham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died on 27 September 1902, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: William C Brown BIRTH 1838 DEATH 1838 (aged less–than 1 year) BURIAL Bountiful Memorial Park Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, USA Show Map MEMORIAL ID 99780931 · View Source
English: habitational name from Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, named in Old English with æscen ‘growing with ash trees’ + dūn ‘hill’. Perhaps also occasionally from Ashdown in Lenham, Kent.
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I William Ashdown, Sr. was born in Vikfield, Sessex Co. England in the year of 1844. My father’s parents as near as I can learn were all born in Sessex Co. England and were farmers or farm laborers. …
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