Brief Life History of Nathaniel
When Nathaniel Ashby was born on 15 April 1805, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Benjamin Ashby, was 28 and his mother, Mary Young, was 32. He married Susan Hammond on 30 November 1826, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 23 September 1846, in Van Buren, Iowa, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Van Buren, Iowa, United States.
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- N Ashby, "United States Census, 1840"
- Nathaniel Ashby, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Nathaniel Ashby, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
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1818
Illinois is the 21st state.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Ashby, from Old Norse askr ‘ash’ (or in one instance possibly from the Old Norse personal name Aski) + bȳ ‘farm’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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