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The ASHFORD Family of C18th/C19th Birmingham

origin of family name from a place, either of local origin or towns/villages of that name

Seeking parents of Mary Ann ASHFORD born c1796 who married gunmaker Joseph Alexander SANDERS on 5.12.1814, at Edgbaston, St Bartholomew.  Her mother or sister named Elizabeth ASHFORD - a marriage witness.

I am seeking related ASHFORDs in the Edgbaston area. Several generations known.

If Elizabeth ASHFORD, above, is her mother, her parents could be Thomas & Elizabeth below. The reason for not finding their marriage in Birmingham could be explained by the following story provided by Pat KLEMM in Melbourne, Australia:

A Thomas ASHFORD n. 21.3.1762 = Elizabeth NANCE (widow) in 1.1785, both of St. Martins, a tiny island in the Scilly group. There are two known children: Phillis ASHFORD (1786) & Thomas ASHFORD (n. 7.11.1787), from whom the KLEMMs are descended.

The Ashford Family Tree was compiled by William ROWETT, Chaplin of the Isle of Scilly in 1971, in which no deaths for the family are found. It is possible the couple and their children moved to Birmingham after 1787, and Mary Ann & possibly other children were born there. To support this, possible C19th Birmingham marriages of Phillis (from c1804) & Thomas (from c1805) are sought. 

Interestingly, a GG aunt of the KLEMMs, Catharine ASHFORD, stocking knitter, moved to Birmingham in the 1860's (m. Samuel JONES), perhaps because some ASHFORD relatives were already there. Further links between the Isles of Scilly & Birmingham ASHFORD families will be sought if this link proves valid.

All known families around that time have been recorded but no links (parents or siblings) yet established. Possible parents as Mary Ann:

Thomas & Elizabeth ASHFORD      c. 31.7.1797 St Martin*

Thomas & Martha ASHFORD         c. 20.4.1802 St Philip

Richard & Mary ASHFORD            c. 6.6.1805 St Philip

as Mary only (note LDS marriage reference is for Mary only):

Joseph & Elizabeth ASHFORD      c. 18.9.1792 Meeting Ho., Moor Street Unitarian

Joseph & Sarah ASHFORD           c. 11.6.1792 St Philip

Thomas & Mary ASHFORD           c. 13.1.1791 St Philip

Richard & Ann ASHFORD             c. 30.9.1789 St Philip

St Bartholomew's P C, Edgbaston 1790-1819. No ASHFORD baptisms, or late baptisms 1838-50.

At St Mary's, Whittall Street, in 1794 only entry for 18th August, Edwin s/o William & Mary ASHFORD.

St Philip's Birmingham, Register of Marriages 1715-1800 inclusive:

29.12.1717         Francis LEATON & Sarah ASHFORD 

25.12.1718         John ASHFORD & Elizabeth BUCKLEY

18.2.1719           Thomas ASHFORD & Mary ASHFORD

15.11.1722         John WOODCOCK & Hannah ASHFORD

26.1.1722/23      Thomas HOWE & Mary ASHFORD

31.1.1722/23      James ARCH (of Solihull) & Eleanor ASHFORD (of Tanworth)

22.9.1723           Humphrey ASHFORD & Mary NICHOLLS

16.11.1724         William BATE & Mary ASHFORD

31.12.1724         Thomas HORTON & Mary ASHFORD

2.7.1727             Abraham ASHFORD & Mary BATE

1.7.1731             John ASHFORD & Ann NEWEY

28.7.1732           Humphrey ASHFORD & Ann HODGETTS

20.7.1733           David ASHFORD & Mary BIRD

11.11.1736         Thomas MADELEY & Mary ASHFORD

12.6.1743           Helham BRITTLE & Ann ASHFORD

22.7.1745           Thomas ASHFORD & Prudence MOOR

2.10.1745           Joseph WOODWARD & Ann ASHFORD

2.4.1746             James HALLOMAN & Susanna ASHFORD

1.5.1746             Thomas BINGHAM & Mary ASHFORD

25.8.1746           Thomas ASHFORD & Sarah HATTON

22.4.1747           William ASHFORD & Mary COOK

26.12.1747         Joseph ASHFORD & Mary SMITH

31.1.1757           Abraham ASHFORD & Mary INSULL

4.12.1758           William ASHFORD & Catherine WATWOOD

2.5.1761             Richard ASHFORD & Ann WARD

12.10.1761         Thomas HARRISON & Esther ASHFORD

29.9.1763           Joseph ASHFORD & Ann SMALLWOOD

3.10.1763           Richard ASHFORD & Frances GETLIFF

3.12.1764           Edward CHISWELL & Ann ASHFORD

30.6.1765           Isaac ASHFORD & Mary STARTIN

29.6.1767           Thomas TOMPSON & Kittey ASHFORD

21.7.1767           Thomas THOMPSON & Catherine ASHFORD

22.8.1768           Samuel STANIER & Mary ASHFORD

13.7.1772           Antony PRIEST & Ann ASHFORD

5.9.1773             William COLECLOUGH & Susanna ASHFORD

17.4.1775          James ASHFORD & Ann TONKS

8.1.1776            Morris ASHFORD & Hannah CLAY

25.2.1781          John ASHFORD & Mary PAYTON

19.6.1782          Thomas ATTWOOD and Hannah ASHFORD

25.12.1782        Thomas ASHFORD & Mary SMITH

1.8.1786            Charles ASHFORD & Elizabeth MALIN

13.4.1795          Stephen ELWELL & Ann ASHFORD

24.10.1796        George WARD & Mary ASHFORD

St. Martin’s burials:

John ASHFORD s/o William & Elizabeth ASHFORD of Deritend 9.12.1824 (3 ½)

Charles ASHFORD of Deritend 20.4.1830 (31)

Elizabeth ASHFORD d/o Joseph & Ann ASHFORD of Deritend 16.2.1834 (14 months)

Mary ASHFORD w/o William ASHFORD of Deritend 6.10.1834 (33)

Samuel ASHFORD of Deritend 1.1.1835 (43)

Henry ASHFORD s/o Samuel & Catherine ASHFORD of Deritend 25.11.1835 (6)

Catherine ASHFORD of Deritend 5.11.1837 (45)

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