I descend from Thomas ASHBY who married Mary Ann McCULLOUGH 1751 (Ref: Overwharton Parish Records, Stafford Co., VA) via their daughter Mary Ann who married Jesse RUDE 1770-1773. Do not have date nor place, but Jesse Rude was a married taxpayer on 1773 tax list of Springhill twp in Old Westmoreland Co., PA, which was located in southwest PA. Mary Ann was married to Jesse Rude by 1775 as she was baptized as an adult to become a member of the Great Bethel Baptist Church which was located near Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA. In church records, both Mary Ann Rude and her brother Bladen Ashby attended the same church meeting. It is possible that Jesse Rude moved his wife/children to his 400 acre land warrant in what was then Jefferson Co., KY, which became Nelson Co. Mary Ann was the sister of Elizabeth, Hankerson, Bladen, Thompson, and Silas Ashby. Hankerson Ashby was killed by Indians in August 1780. It appears he never married; he was awarded land in KY posthumously. This land on Shot Pouch Creek was inherited by Bladen (guess because as his eldest brother Bladen would be Hankerson's heir at law). Jesse and Mary Ann Rude named their first son Hankerson, which was my ancestor. The names Hankerson, Thompson, and Ashby Rude are carried down for generations in my Rude line. Is there anyone on the ASHBY list who descends from this same Ashby line -- i.e. Bladen, Thompson, Silas? Please let me know who you are and your descent. Would like to compare and share Ashby info. -- Helen Graves