Thomas ASHBY
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwseries.html#S The Diaries of George Washington Vol. 1 ÒTuesday 12th. We set of from Capt. Hites in order to go over Wms. Gap about 20 Miles and after Riding about 20 Miles we had 20 to go for we had lost ourselves & got up as High as Ashbys Bent. We did get over Wms. Gap that Night and as low as Wm. Wests in Fairfax County 18 Miles from the Top of the Ridge. This day see a Rattled Snake the first we had seen in all our Journey.Ó Williams' Gap was a pass through the Blue Ridge Mountains on a line east from Winchester. It was later known as Snickers' Gap. Ashby's Bent, or Ashby's Gap, is a pass into the Shenandoah Valley through the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was presumably named for Thomas Ashby, father of John and Thomas Ashby, who settled in the area in the 1740s.
b. Haddanfield, New Jersey?
He married Mary Ann McColloch 14 Nov 1751 at Stafford Co, Virginia . Mary Ann McColloch was born at Gloucester Co, Nj, Usa Apr 1730 daughter of Samuel McColloch and Elizabeth Ward .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Mary Ann Ashby
born Jul 1752.
Elizabeth Ashby
born Nov 1754.
Hankerson Ashby
born Feb 1757.
Bladen Ashby
born Abt 1759.
Silas Ashby
born Abt 1765.
Thompson Ashby
born Abt 1768.
Thomas Ashby died 1783 at Harpers Ferry, Jefferson Co, Va, Usa .