Ashby Family

Sgt. John Ashby (1769-1843)

Born 6 Oct 1769, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, son or Robert Ashby (1743-1783) and Elizabeth Yardley (1744-1783).

Died after June 1843, Bathurst Township, Lanark County, Bathurst District, Upper Canada

Married Susanna Payne, 19 Apr 1795, Parish Church of Bartlow, Bartlow, Cambridge, England

Married Dorothy Preston, nee ?, 6 Jan 1813, Quebec City, Lower Canada

Married Susanna or Susan Andrews, 26 Feb 1816, Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Quebec, Lower Canada. Susanna was a widow of William Shields, married 7 Apr 1800 in Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England and widow of Samuel Bird, married 7 Mar 1808 in the Anglican Cathedral Holy Trinity Church, Quebec, Lower Canada.