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Excerpts from "Ashbys, Reids and Allied Families"

From page 21:

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gave me the following extracts from a story of the Colletts and Ashbys, written by her father, James B. Nickerson, who was a grandson of Silas and Sarah Collett Ashby. This was as he remembered his grandmother telling it, for his grandfather died before his grandmother left Kentucky. The story follows, in part:

The Silas Ashby Tradition

"Sarah [Collett] Ashby was the daughter of Moses Collett, born Nov. 17, 1718. He lived in Virginia, probably Madison County. She was the youngest of eight children. She and her brothers John and Aaron, packed their small belongings on their horses, and started across the mountains, seeking a new home in Kentucky. Fortunately, they encountered no hostile Indians. They landed at a station or fort founded by Daniel Boone. Shortly after arriving in Kentucky, Aaron Collett was wounded by the Indians and he died Aug. 16, 1785. In Boone's Station, Sarah met a young white-haired man, named Silas Ashby. He was six feet two inches tall, and could outrun and outjump any Indian. He was from Maryland (family from Virginia) and was also seeking a new home in Kentucky. They were married April 21, 1789. There is no record of Grandfather Ashby's history."

"Our grandmother Ashby was a noble woman, of whom we her descendants, may be justly proud. Grandmother's oldest son, Hankerson, went with the Kentucky troops into the war of 1812. He was in the battle of the River Raisin in Michigan." (This Hankerson is our ancestor, great-grandfather of Samuel Ashby.)

Silas Ashby Family*

  1. Silas Ashby b June, 1765, d Sept. 24, 1806, buried near Shelbyville, Ky. m Sarah Collett b 1766, d 1824, buried near Wilmington, Ohio. They were married April 21, 1789, in Lincoln County, Kentucky. (These are the great-great-grandparents of Samuel Ashby, who married Ida Mary Reid.)
    1. Hankinson, b April 11, 1791; m Edith Pollard, 1810; d 1828 in Kentucky.
    2. Anna, b Oct. 10, 1792; m Henry Pollard, 1810, in Kentucky.

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* Mrs. H. H. Smith, of New Burlington, Ohio, and Mrs. Edw. Inwood and Mrs. E. E. Terrell, of Wilmington, Ohio, descendants of Silas Ashby, have been working to gather family records; also Mrs. Roy G. Williams, of Versailles, Ky., has been very helpful.

From pages 42-43:

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She is the granddaughter of Martha Ashby, who married Clark Nickerson.

John P. Collett, of Indianapolis, has traced the Collett line back to England in the Sixteenth Century, and it is included here, although it does not agree with the traditions in the Sarah [Collett] Ashby family.

  1. John Collett, merchant of London and Little Gidding, England; b 1578; d 1659; m Susanna Ferrar 1600, also of Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire, England. She was b 1580; d Oct. 9, 1657.
    1. James Collett, Middle Temple, England, and Virginia, U.S.A.
    2. Anna Collett, associated with her sister Mary in bookbinding, Little Gidding, England.
    3. Nicholas Collett, merchant, London, England.
    4. Hester Collett m Francis Kestian.
    5. Edward Collett, goldsmith, London, England.
    6. Elizabeth Collett m (first) Benj. Woodnoth; (second) John Goldsmith.
    7. Richard Collett b 1602; d 1668, Baltimore, Md.
    8. John Collett b 1604; d 1669, Baltimore, Md.; left England 1650; m 1639. Will witnesses John and Geo. Goldsmith.
      1. John b 1642; d 1673 (unmarried).
      2. George b 1655.
      3. Samuel b 1640; m 1672; d.1706;
        1. David Collett b 1673; m 1700.
          1. Daniel b July 3, 1701; d June 15, 1784; m (first) Ruth; (second) Susanna McKenly, who d 1801.
            1. * Moses b 1725; d 1802; m Jan. 12, 1745, Elizabeth Wyle, sister of Ester Wyle, wife of John Stevenson.
            2. Elizabeth b 1727; m Martin Murphy Dec. 15, 1754.
            3. Sampson.
            4. Jemima.
            5. Mark.
            6. William.
            7. Rachel.
            8. Stephen.
          2. Ruth b 1703.
          3. Moses b 1705.
      4. Mary b 1645; m Geo. Goldsmith, will probated July 20, 1666.
    9. Margaret Collett m Thomas Laggat.
    10. Joyce Collett m Edw. Wallis Sawtry, Huntingdonshire, England.
    11. Rev. Ferrar Collett b Cambridge, England; d 1679.
    12. Judith Collett m Rev. Solomon Mapletoft.
    13. Mary Collett b 1623; Conducted a bookbindery at Little Gidding, England.
    14. Susanna Collett m (first) Rev. Joshua Mapletoft; (second) James Chedley.
      * The above Moses Collett's children are given:
      1. Stephen b May, 1746; d Maryland.
      2. Rachel b 1748; m John Kilpatrick, Baltimore, Md.
      3. Daniel b 1752; d 1835 in Ohio. (He brought his sister, Sarah Collett Ashby, to Ohio after her husband's death.)
      4. Moses b 1750; d 1836, Maryland.
      5. Elizabeth Collett b 1754; m John Teague, Baltimore, Md.
      6. John b 1760; d Jan. 22, 1834; buried Terre Haute, Ind.; m Elizabeth Stevenson, daughter of Robt. Stevenson, of Maryland.
      7. Isaac Collett b 1762; d 1780, Maryland.
      8. Aaron b 1763; d 1785, Kentucky.
      9. Sarah b 1765; d 1824, Ohio; m Silas Ashby, April 21, 1789, in Kentucky.

(Note: John D. Collett and his son John P. Collett, of Indianapolis, are descendants of the above John Collett, who married Elizabeth Stevenson. John P. Collett is a friend of Samuel R. Ashby and was his roommate at Harvard. The Indianapolis Colletts have their line in full to the present, and the Colletts in Ohio also have their line in full. In Maryland land records there is record of a survey for Richard Collett of 700 acres, called Collettstown, Sept. 15, 1659.)

(There are some handwritten notes on these pages that I have difficulty in reading. I will attempt to get the information on this later.)

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