I tried to send the following response to Helen Graves <hgraves@psin.com> but the message came back "failed mail" Hopefully Helen will see this on the Ashby List and get back to me. Patricia Curran - Chambersburg, PA ---------- Hi Helen, > > I descend from Thompson Ashby, b-1773 (son of Thomas Ashby and Mary Ann > McCullough), who married Letitia Van Meter, b-2 Apr 1772, so we are > cousins. > Thompson and Letitia Van Meter were married 8 Feb 1791 (Nelson Co. > Marriages). Issue of Thompson and Letitia Van Meter Ashby: > 1. Mary (Polly) b-12-18-1791 d-1- -1874 Montgomery Co., IN. Married John > Harrison 1-28-1809 Shelby Co., Ky. > 2. Nancy b-9-24-1793 Hardin Co.,Ky d-5-19-1883 Clark Co., Iowa. Married > Eli Harrison 9-1-1814. > 3. Abraham b-3-26-1795 Hardin Co., Ky d-9-1-1845 Lagoda, IN. Married > Betsy Bohannon 5-21-1816 Shelbyville, Ky. > 4. Silas b-1-4-1799 Hardin Co., Ky. d-1-28-1856 Montgomeryh Co., IN. > Married 11-2-1819 Nancy Redford. > 5. Bladen b-9-16-1803 Hardin Co., Ky. d-10-5-1850 Montgomery Co., IN. > Married Frankie Panitt or Francis Priett. > 6. Milton b-1801 Hardin Co., Ky. d-10-5-1882 Clark Co., Iowa. Married > Susan Gabon 2-3-1825. > 7. Thompson Jr. b-12-2-1805 Hardin Co., Ky. d-12-29-1881 Rich Hill, Bats > Co., Mo. Married Susan Kile 8-12-1828. > 8. Elizabeth b-1809 d-7-22-1847 Montgomery Co., In. Married George E. > Kile 1-3-1828. > 9. James Harvey (direct ancestor) b-31 Oct 1810 Boone Co., Ky d-21 Dec > 1874 Princeton, Platte Co., Kan. Married 1st Martha Ann Kyle who died > 1840. Married 2nd Narcissa Davidson 10 Feb 1841. (Narcissa Davidson is my > direct ancestor). > 10. Letitia Van Meter b-1-12-1813 Hardin Co., Ky. d-1-21-1844 Scott Co., > Mo. Married William D. Swank. > > References: Family names and dates have been varified from certified copy > at DAR under Abraham Van Meter, Virginia and Kentucky with data on Ashby > Family. > 1850 census Clark Township, Montgomery Co., In. > Early Kentucky Marriages 1785-1851. > Montgomery County Indiana History, pages 1186-1187. > The Ashby Book, Descendants of Robert Ashby of Virginia, Vol., 2 by Lee > Fleming Reese. M.A. 1978. > > Best wishes, > > Cousin Patricia Curran (Pat) - Chambersburg, Pa.