Born ‎1575 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, died ‎May 1651 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England‎, 75 or 76 years, buried ‎ Saint Alban's Cathedral
Note: the birth year is a rough approximation based on his first child being baptized in 1603/4. He was buried here 27 May 1651.
James Ashton married c. 1603 Alice _______, b. say 1583, living in 1620. They had the following children baptized at St. Alban's:
* James, bapt. 4 March 1603/4, living in 1687, m. Alice _______ and had a son Thomas bapt 18 April 1630. James was in Providence by 11 Feb 1641/2 when he witnessed a memo of William Arnold to Thomas Olney. He was a Providence commissioner for several
years between 1650 and 1663. James was taxed 1s 1d on 1 Sep 1687. His son, James, was of Monmouth, NJ in 1700.
* Mary (Marie), bapt. 25 Aug 1605, m. St. Alban's 16 Sep 1629 Thomas OLNEY, b. c. 1599 (aged 35 on 2 April 1635), d. Providence 1682. On 2 April 1635, shoemaker Thomas Olney, aged 35; Marie Olney, aged 30; Tho Olney, aged 3, and Epenetus Olney, aged 1
were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Planter. They had a certificate of conformity from St. Albans in Hertfordshire. They were first of Salem where Thomas became a freeman in 1636 (implying church membership), but on 12 March
1637/8 "Thom One" was one of eight men ordered to appear in court, if not removed by next court. Of the eight, four were from Salem, and all four were soon thereafter found in Providence. Besides Olney, the other three were Roger Williams (who had left
in 1635), John Throckmorton and Stukely Westcott. Olney held many offices in Providence, and made many real estate transactions. He was assumed to be living on 5 June 1682 when his son was called Thomas Olney, Jr., but his inventory was dated 9 Oct
1682. Mary and Thomas had seven known children born from 1631/2 to c. 1649.
* John, bapt. 7 June 1607
* Martha, bapt. 12 march 1608/9, m. St. Alban's 16 Dec 1635 Thomas REDMAN
* Alice, bapt. 10 Feb 1610/1, bur. St. Alban's 27 July 1613
* Elizabeth, bapt. 7 March 1612/3, bur. St. Alban's 3 Sep 1616
* Daniel, bapt. 2 April 1615, m. St. Alban's 30 Jan 1639/40 Dorothy STONE, and had dau. Marie bapt. 26 Dec 1640. A Daniel Ashton was bur. St. Alban's 10 Dec 1640.
* Alice, bapt. 1 Feb 1617/8, d. 1695, m. c. 1641 Thomas ANGELL, b. c. 1618, d. 1694.
* Sarah, bapt. 23 Feb 1619/20.
Sources: TAG 10:88-90; 20:228; 21:206; GM 5:302-8 (for Olney)

Born ‎1583 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, died ‎before 22 May 1643 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England‎, at most 60 years, buried ‎22 May 1643 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England