William Ashley
1709 - Bef 1783 (74 years)
1. William Ashley was born on 12 Dec 1708/1709 in Rochester, Plymouth County, MA (son of Joseph Ashley and Elizabeth Percival); died before 23 Dec 1783 in Freetown, Bristol County, MA. William married Mercy Ashley on 12 Feb 1732/1733 in Rochester, Plymouth County, MA. Mercy (daughter of Abraham Ashley and Susanna White) was born on 5 Oct 1708 in Rochester, Plymouth County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Abraham Ashley
- Jephthah Ashley was born in 1743.
William married Elizabeth Macomber on 31 May 1746 in Tiverton, Newport County, RI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Noah Ashley was born about 1757 in Freetown, Bristol County, MA; died on 23 Aug 1839 in Fall River, Bristol County, MA; was buried in Rounseville cemetery, Freetown, Bristol County, MA.
2. Joseph Ashley was born about 1675 (son of William Ashley and Elizabeth Batson); died about 1754 in Rochester, Plymouth County, MA. Joseph married Elizabeth Percival on 25 Aug 1704 in Falmouth, Barnstable County, MA. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir James Percival and Mary Rainsford) was born on 10 Sep 1675 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Elizabeth Percival was born on 10 Sep 1675 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA (daughter of Sir James Percival and Mary Rainsford). Children:
- Thomas Ashley was born on 21 Feb 1703/1704 in Rochester, Plymouth County, MA; died before 24 May 1762 in Rochester, Plymouth County, MA.
- Jethro Ashley was born on 11 Jan 1706/1707 in Rochester, Plymouth County, MA.
- 1. William Ashley was born on 12 Dec 1708/1709 in Rochester, Plymouth County, MA; died before 23 Dec 1783 in Freetown, Bristol County, MA.
- Elizabeth Ashley was born on 4 Jan 1709/1710 in Rochester, Plymouth County, MA; died on 24 Oct 1742 in Harpswell, Cumberland County, ME.
- Abraham Ashley was born about 1713 in Rochester, Plymouth County, MA; died before 1783 in Freetown, Bristol County, MA.
- Mary Ashley was born on 12 Mar 1718/1719 in Rochester, Plymouth County, MA; died on 6 Nov 1778.
- Joseph Ashley was born before 1723 in Rochester, Plymouth County, MA; died about 1778.
Generation: 3
4. William Ashley William married Elizabeth Batson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Elizabeth Batson Children:
- 2. Joseph Ashley was born about 1675; died about 1754 in Rochester, Plymouth County, MA.
6. Sir James Percival was born about 1630 in England; died in 1691 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA. James married Mary Rainsford in June 1671 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA. Mary (daughter of Deacon Edward Rainsford and Mary) was born on 1 Jun 1632 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA; died on 12 Apr 1694 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Mary Rainsford was born on 1 Jun 1632 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA (daughter of Deacon Edward Rainsford and Mary); died on 12 Apr 1694 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA. Children:
- James Percival was born on 18 Jan 1671 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA; died in 1728 in East Haddam, Middlesex County, CT.
- 3. Elizabeth Percival was born on 10 Sep 1675 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA.
- Mary Percival was born about 1677 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA.
- John Percival was born in 1680 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA; died in 1738.
Generation: 4
14. Deacon Edward Rainsford was born about Sep 1609 in Staverton, Northamptonshire, England (son of Robert Raynsford, Esq. and Mary Kirton); died on 16 Aug 1680 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA. Edward married Mary about 1630. Mary died in Jun 1632 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Mary died in Jun 1632 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA. Children:
- 7. Mary Rainsford was born on 1 Jun 1632 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA; died on 12 Apr 1694 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA.
- Mary Rainsford was born on 1 Jun 1632 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA; died on 12 Apr 1694 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA.
- Josiah Rainsford died in Sep 1632 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA.