Ancestors of Rachel Michele Rose


Generation No. 10


648. Henry Harding, born Abt. 1675 in England?; died January 1736/37 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia. He married 649. Ann Belcher Abt. 1707 in Northumberland, Virginia.

649. Ann Belcher, died September 13, 1754 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia.

Notes for Henry Harding:
Virgina Northern Neck LandGrants 1694-1742: Book 2, Page 190

John Longworth of Westmoreland County 130 Acres adjacent to William HARDING, Mrs. Catherine Brent, being part of a 1004 Acre Patent to Richard Sleman, dec'd. 9 September 1695.

Book 2, Page 191
Samuel Winston of Northumberland County 150 Acres adjacent to Philip Norgatt, Thomas HARDING, near a Branch of Mattopany, and John Bird. Said land is supposed to be part of 650 Acres granted to Timothy Green, 24 July 1663, but survey found it to be propietor's land. 18 September 1695.

Book 5, Page 60
Henry HARDING of Stafford County 564 Acres in said county. Warant 30 November 1713. Mr. Thomas Hooper surveyor. On Acquia Creek adjacent to Robert Carter's. Esq., Daniel Crosby. 4 February 1714/15.

Book 5, Page 211
Valentine Peyton of Stafford County 771 Acrees on Board Run of Ouaquan River in Stafford County adjacent to Henry HARDING. Warant 19 April 1715. Survey by Mr. Thomas Hooper 15 October 1715, 15 November 1715 (Map is included in book) Peyton refused to pay 17 February 1721/22.

Book A, Page 155
Henry HARDING of Stafford County 978 Acres in Said County on Acquia adjacent to Robert Carter Esq., Daniel Crosby, George Crosby, HARDING'S Line. 20 May 1725.

Book B, Page 169
John Preston of Stafford County 275 Acres on Acquia adjacent to Col. Carter, Henry HARDING, William Bethell, Robert Carter Esq. 8 February 1728/29.

Book C, Page 66
John Savage of Stafford County Surveyor of 1000 Acres of land in Stafford County on Acquia Branches adjacent his own land and Col. William Robinson, Neil MacCormick, William Bethel, John Preston, Henry HARDING, Toby Wood on the path to Michael Dermot's. 11 August 1730.



Children of Henry Harding and Ann Belcher are:
i. Charles Harding, married Rachel.
ii. George Harding, died Bef. February 06, 1768 in Stafford, Virginia; married Jane Bunbury December 03, 1740 in Saint Paul's Parrish, Stafford, Virginia.
Notes for George Harding:
Estate of George Harding was filed in Halifax, Virginia in 1768.


324 iii. Henry Harding, born Abt. 1714 in Stafford, Virginia; died Abt. November 1779 in Shenandoah, Virginia; married Wilmuth George Bef. October 16, 1736 in Stafford?, Virginia.


650. Nicholas George, died Abt. December 16, 1736 in Stafford, Virginia. He was the son of 1300. Nicholas George. He married 651. Martha.

651. Martha, born Abt. 1703.

Notes for Nicholas George:




Children of Nicholas George and Martha are:
i. Nicolas George.
ii. William George.
325 iii. Wilmuth George, born Abt. 1725 in Stafford?,Virginia; died Abt. 1795 in Shenandoah, Virginia; married Henry Harding Bef. October 16, 1736 in Stafford?, Virginia.
iv. Lewis George, born April 16, 1727 in Saint Paul's Parrish, Stafford, Virginia.


652. Thomas Ashby, born Abt. 1680; died 1752 in Frederick, Virginia. He married 653. Rose.

653. Rose, died Aft. August 04, 1752.

Notes for Thomas Ashby:
The following is taken from The Ashby Book, 1976 by Lee Flemming Reese.

Frederick County, Virginia; Will Book 2; Will of Thomas ASHBY dated April 2, 1752; proved August 4, 1752

" In the name of God Amen-- I, Thomas ASHBY of Frederick County being very sick...

Item I give unto my son Thomas ASHBY one shilling sterling- to have no other part of my estate whatsoever.

Secondly I give and bequeath unto my son Benjamin ASHBY all the land or parcell of land at Goose Creek whereon Enoch BERRY now lives, to him my said son and his heirs forever..

Thirdly I give and bequeath unto my son HENRY ASHBY [father of Nancy Ann (ASHBY) HARDIN] all that land or part of land whereon he now lives, which now laid opposit a part of James GUIN dec'd, from my other land unto my said son and his heirs forever. But if the said Henry should die without issue and said land to fall to my son Stephen and his heirs forever.

Fourthly I give and bequeath unto my son Stephen ASHBY after his mother's death all this tract or part of land whereon I now live and which was also laid off and divided by the said GUIN as afore- to my son and his heirs forever, but if said son Stephen should die without issue that then the said lott or tract of land is to fall to my son Henry ASHBY and his heirs forever.

Fifthly I give unto my daughter Elizabeth HARDIN one shilling sterling, and that she have no other part of my estate.

Sixthly I give unto my daughter Sarah ASHBY one shilling sterling.

Seventhly I give unto my daughter Rose ASHBY one shilling sterling.

Eightly I give unto my daughter Ann ASHBY one shilling sterling.

Ninethly I give and bequeath unto my cousin Reuben BERRY [moved to Union & Hopkins, Kentucky with Thomas ASHBY'S children] one cow and calf to be delivered to him at the age of 21.

Tenthly I give unto my cousin Ann BERRY one cow and calf to be delivered to her at the age of 18 or on the day of her marriage.

Eleventhly It is my desire that if the land whereon John HARDEN now lives and on which I now have mortgage, if there should be forfeited that one of my executors, namely my son Robert ASHBY, shall sell the same and pay unto my daughters Sarah and Rose five pounds to each of them and the remainder to be equally divided between my loving wife Rose ASHBY, my son Stephen and my daughter Ann and in case the money paid according to the terms thereof that then my son Robert shall divide and pay the same as that I gave in the case of the land now sold.

Twelfth I give and bequeath to my loving wife Rose ASHBY my house I bought from John ASHBY also two mares and colts to be at her own disposal and as for the rest of my moveable estate to have the same during her widowhood but if she should marry that then she is to have no more than a third part of such moveable estate and then the remainder to be equally divided by my executors between my son Stephan and my daughter Ann.

Lastly I nominate and appoint my dutiful loving sons Robert, John, and Henry executors of this my last Will and Testament and in testimoney that this is my last will and testament I have here unto set my hand and seal this sixth day of April one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two.

Thomas ASHBY his seal

Signed, sealed, and ackknowledged before and in the prescence of us:
James CATLETT, Francis HOWELL, Peter WOLF.

At a court held for Frederic County on the 4th Tuesday of August 1752 the last will and testament of Thomas ASHBY dec'd was presented into court by Robert ASHBY and Henry ASHBY the executors and being proven by the oaths of James CATLETT and Peter WOLF, etc... granted them for obtaining probate in due form.
Teste: J. WOOD C[lerk] of C[ourt]"

Know all men by these presents that we, Robert ASHBY, John ASHBY, and Henry ASHBY, Samuel EARLE, John HASEY are held and personally bound unto Geo. Wm. FAIRFAX the first Justice in the Commission of the Peace of Frederick County and in behalf and to the sole use and behoof of the Justices of the said county and thier successors in the union of five hundred pounds to be paid to the said Geo. Wm. FAIRFAX his executors, adms.

History of the Lower Shenandoah Valley, J.E. Norris
" Thomas ASHBY was in the Colonial Wars. He was in Stafford County near Paris in or about 1710. That part of Virginia is called the Northern Neck and is now Fauquier County, having the name changed in 1759. A land grant gave Thomas ASHBY 370 acres lying across the Junction with Cracked [Crooked?] Run and in what was then Prince William County. [see Northern neck Grants -Book E-p 494] 108 acres on Bent Branch [Book F, p 292]. These two sites cover the present village of Delaplane, Virginia."

Early Settlers in Clarke County East of the Blue Ridge, Clarke County Historical Association: "The ASHBY tract was the home of Thomas ASHBY for whom ASHBY'S GAP was named and of Captain John ASHBY [son of Thomas], famous in the frontier warfare and a leading citizen of Old Frederick County, Virginia. Thomas ASHBY's home was near the river about three miles below HOWELL's Run."


Children of Thomas Ashby and Rose are:
i. John Ashby, died 1789.
ii. Robert Ashby, died February 27, 1792.
iii. Benjamin Ashby, born Abt. 1707.
iv. Stephen Ashby, born Abt. 1710; died Aft. May 19, 1797.
v. Thomas Jr Ashby, born 1714; died 1797.
326 vi. Henry Ashby, born Abt. 1716 in Hampshire, Virginia; died 1798 in Herrodsburg, Mercer, Kentucky; married Ellenor Bounds Aft. 1752 in Virginia.
vii. Elizabeth Ashby, born 1720.
viii. Sarah Ashby, born 1722.
ix. Rose Ashby, born 1724.
x. Ann Ashby, born 1726.

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• Married: BEF 1714

1. Charles HARDING b: 1716 in ,Stafford,Va.
2. Henry HARDING b: ABT 1720 in , Stafford, Va.
3. George HARDING b: ABT 1718 in ,Stafford,Va.