Is anyone familiar with the Ashton Families? There evidently were 2 different Ashton families in the mid-19th century in Richland Co. My grgrgrandparents settled in Franklin Twp. in 1834 --Francis and Elizabeth MacKinder Ashton. Among their children were a Charles and a John. I found their marriages in the Richland Co. book on early marriages., names verified by a cousin who has the history of the family. They all migrated to Hardin Co. in the 1850's Then there were listed another marriage of a Charles and of a John, not members of my Ashton family. Perhaps they were not of Richland Co., but married women from the county. Their wives were Nancy Mclaughlin m. Charles in 1845, and John m. Nancy Nickerson in 1859, not second marriages. Any help would be appreciated in sorting this out. Ann Atherton, Huron Co.