Rash's Surname Index
Notes for John ASHMEAD
John Ashmead, founder of the Ashmead family in Pennsylvania, was born in Cheltenham, county of Gloucester, England, October 14, 1648, and married there, October 14, 1677, Mary, daughter of William Conner, of Cheltenham. Having, in connection with his brother-in-law Toby Leech, purchased a large tract of land of William Penn, both he and Leech and their respective families came to Pennsylvania, 1682. The land was laid out in what became Cheltenham township, Philadelphia, now Montgomery county, named for the English home of the Ashmeads, and there John Ashmead took up his residence. He died there December 21, 1688, as the result of an accident, and his wife Mary, survived the shock of his death but one day.
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