Genealogy of Thomas Ash of Durham New Hampshire

A genealogy of the Ash family of Durham New Hampshire as extracted from the History of Durham New Hampshire and other sources.

Thomas Ash witnessed a deed in Boston 2 (12) 1652. Thomas Ash, perhaps the same, signed a petition from Dover, N. H., in 1689. He lived near the head of Johnson’s Creek. He married (1) Hannah Chesley, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth, (2) Widow Mary Rollins, or Rawlins. His will, 1718, names wife, Mary, son, Thomas, daughter, Hannah Pierce, to whom he gave five shillings, and “other daughters.” Hannah married Benjamin Pierce ^[1]Benjamin Pierce (Joseph3, Anthony2, John1) was born in Watertown, Mass., 25 March 1677. He removed to Dover and there married (1) 7 Sept. 1705. Elizabeth Hall, (2) 30 May 1714, Hannah, daughter of … Continue reading 30 May 1714.

Thomas Ash, Jr., had wife Eleanor. She and children, Mary, Thomas, Judith and Benjamin were baptized in Dover 26 March 1736. In 1743 Thomas Ash and “Eliinor,” his wife, sold to John Gage 25 acres with house, orchard, etc., on road from Dover to Cochecho Point. Judith Ash married John Ellis, 20 Dec. 1752.

Eleanor Ash married in Somersworth, about 1763, William Whitehouse, Jr. Benjamin Ash signed a petition from Lebanon, Me., in 1757.

Widow Mary Ash and Judith, her daughter, were baptized 28 Sept. 1718.