The Winterthur Library
The Joseph Downs Collection of
Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur
Museum
5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur,
Delaware 19735
Telephone:
302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW
OF THE COLLECTION
Creator: Ashton Family
Title: Papers
Dates: 1760-1876, bulk 1790-1804
Call
No.:
Acc.
No.: 62x60, 93x51, and others (see detailed
description)
Quantity: 2 boxes and 1 folder (ca. 400
items)
Location: 15 K 4 and Map Case 3, drawer 1
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Several generations of the Ashton family are represented
in these papers, and as names repeat down through the generations, the members
of the family have not been properly sorted because of the limited genealogical
resources available at this repository.
Although the oldest generation had been reported to be Isaac Ashton (d.
1809) and Elizabeth Reynolds, the Isaac Ashton who died in 1809 left a will,
wherein he does not mention his wife’s name and mentions only children Jonathan
and Mary. It is believed that this Isaac
Ashton is not part of the family represented by the papers in this collection.
The progenitor of the generations herein represented
seems to be the house carpenter John Ashton.
A family tree lists his life dates as 1738-1800 and his wife as Mary
Fenton (1742-1808). His sons, Isaac (d.
1818 in Haverford) and Samuel Ashton (d. 1837), were both cabinetmakers in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, although they had also worked with their father in
the building trade. The peak of the sons’
furniture business appears to have been from 1790 to 1800. The Ashtons were also involved in retailing
and joint real estate ventures, including maintaining and operating farms.
The cabinetmakers are reported to have had a brother John
Ashton (1768-1855), who married Rebecca Scull (1777-1850). He may have been the tailor John Ashton. Among John’s children was son Samuel, who was
listed as a clothier in the 1850 census.
Cabinetmaker Isaac Ashton was married to a woman named
Elizabeth. They eventually retired to a
farm in Haverford township, Delaware County, probably around 1809. She belonged to the Haverford Friends
Meeting, and was still alive in February 1826.
It is not clear if she is the Elizabeth Ashton who died in Haverford in February
1830. The John Ashton who was an
administrator of Isaac’s estate in 1818 may have been a brother. (Isaac Ashton died intestate.) One family tree listed his children as
Elizabeth, Isaac M., Mary, Samuel F., and Thomas, but these names have not been
confirmed.
Cabinetmaker Samuel Ashton (1773-1837) married Catherine
L. Reynolds, the daughter of John and Catherine Reynolds. (After John Reynolds
died, Catherine Kuhn married widower John Kuhn in 1804.) A document pertaining to the settlement of
Catherine Kuhn’s estate lists these children for Catherine Reynolds Ashton:
Isaac S., John R., Samuel R., Augustus S., Albert B., Alfred R., and Adolfus H.
(who became a doctor).
It is not clear if the John Ashton identified as a
tailor in one document was the same John Ashton who served as a ship’s
mate. Nor is it clear where either of
these Johns fits into the family tree, although the tailor is believed to be
the brother of the cabinetmakers Isaac and Samuel.
It is also not clear who was the father of Phebe Ashton
Reynolds (married 1792, died 1804).
Bills for her funeral were sent to Samuel Ashton, so he may have been
her father, although a family tree listed her father as John Ashton (born 1768).
SCOPE
AND CONTENT
The collection, consisting of both business and family
papers, documents the activities of the Ashton family of Philadelphia,
including father John's carpentry business, the cabinetmaking activities of
brothers Isaac and Samuel, and other family members and activities, from 1708
to 1876. The business papers consist of
account books, daybooks, accounts, bills, receipts, and orders. Those relating to the cabinetmaking business
of Samuel Ashton provide information on the relationship between journeymen and
masters. These include boarding records
and information on what was produced by whom, wages earned and spent, furniture
forms, clientele, woods used, and sources of supplies. The records further demonstrate how the
crafts of carpentry, coach making, and cabinetmaking would overlap.
Among the legal documents are indentures for
apprentices, papers regarding law suits that involved Isaac and John Ashton,
building contracts, promissory notes, and records of bankruptcy
proceedings. The estate records feature
inventories of the estate of Joseph Ashton (1708) and Isaac Ashton (1818) and
administrative papers for the estate of Samuel Ashton (1849) and Catherine Kuhn
(1831). Papers relating to real estate
include receipts for payment of ground rent, mortgages, deeds, and leases. Household accounts mention taxes paid,
measurements for carpentry work, and purchases of shoes, boots, food, and
sundry items. Finally, the letters
concern improvements to property owned by the Ashtons, real estate
transactions, and family matters for the Ashton, Kuhn, and Reynolds families.
A large portion of the collection was acquired in
1962. Miscellaneous material relating to
the family obtained in subsequent years has been incorporated with the original
accession. In 1993, another significant
acquisition of Ashton material, complementing items already in the collection,
was added.
ORGANIZATION
The collection has been organized into 6 series:
business papers, legal documents, estate records, real estate, household
accounts, and letters. Within each
series, the papers are arranged chronologically.
LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS
The
materials are in English.
RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
Collection
is open to the public. Copyright
restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Accession
62x60: purchased from Earl E. Moore.
Accession
70x63:
Accession
93x51: purchased from Steve Resnick.
Others:
purchased from various sources.
RELATED
MATERIAL:
Thesis
based on this collection: Heckscher, Morrison H. The
Organization and Practice of
Samuel
Ashton’s account book, accession 62x60.2, mentions George Ritter as working for
him. George Ritter was a cabinetmaker
and undertaker in Philadelphia; his account books are Fol. 419 at this
repository.
ACCESS
POINTS
People:
Ashton family.
Kuhn
family.
Reynolds
family.
Ashton,
Catherine Louisa Reynolds.
Ashton,
Isaac, died 1818.
Ashton,
John, house carpenter.
Ashton,
Joseph, d. 1708.
Ashton,
Phebe.
Ashton,
Samuel, circa 1773-1837.
Ashton,
Thomas B.
Reynolds,
John N., circa 1780-
Topics:
Freemasons.
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows.
Apprentices.
Business
records -
Carpentry.
Clothing
and dress.
Decedents'
estates - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Dwellings
-
Dyes
and dyeing – Equipment and supplies.
Family
– Correspondence.
Furniture
industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Furniture
- Prices.
Furniture
making.
Furniture
- Repairing.
Hardware.
Home
economics - Accounting -
House
construction - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Inventories
of decedents' estates - Pennsylvania – Delaware County.
Inventories
of decedents' estates - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Journey
workers - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Lumber
trade.
Manners
and customs.
Real
property, Exchange of - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Rent charges.
Shoes.
Tools.
Wages - Furniture workers.
Accounts.
Account
books.
Bills
of sale.
Deeds.
Estate
inventories.
Estate
records.
Financial
records.
Indentures.
Land
surveys.
Leases.
Legal
documents.
Letters.
Marriage
certificates.
Purchase
orders.
Receipts.
Tax
records.
Wills.
Cabinetmakers.
Carpenters.
Furniture
makers.
Tailors.
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location:
15 K 4 and Map Case 3, drawer 1
Series I: Business
papers
Box 1:
Folder 1: 62x60.6 note
from Charles Logan to John Ashton about accounts with William Logan and Richard
Plummer, Oct. 28, 1771
62x60.7 bill, Samuel Wilkinson to Isaac
Ashton, January 2, 1774, for brass work for harness, saddle trees, shingles for
Charles Burton, etc.
62x60.8 bill to John Briggs, 1775, for making
gate, cider mill, boards, etc., and sawing by Robert Lougherdy
62x60.9 bill or receipt to John Ashton, 1776,
for boarding Lizzy and children
62x60.10 bill to John Ashton, 1776, on account
of Elizabeth Ashton, with other notes
62x60.11 “John Ashton please to pay the
executors of Francis Smedley,” signed Thos. Cookson,
Folder 2: 62x60.1a-d Account book, 1777-1794, recording purchases of furniture,
charges against workmen, furniture made and mended, etc.; also sawing boards
and scantling, and erecting buildings. The names John, Isaac, and Samuel Ashton
appear in this volume, with accounts settled by John Ashton and Isaac Ashton.
[index to volume is appended to this finding aid]
Folder 3: 62x60.26 Measurer's evaluation for carpentry work done by John Ashton
for Philip Newhouse, signed by Samuel Jones,
Folder 4: 63x12 Account book, 1791-1795, attributed
to Samuel Ashton; recording people making furniture for him and
"partnership accounts" with Pennel Beale. (Beale’s name also appears in 62x60.1)
[list of names found in volume is appended to this finding aid]
Folder 5: 62x60.45-81 Isaac Ashton, Miscellaneous accounts, 1791-1799, primarily for furniture
or building materials.
[list of names found in accounts is appended to this finding aid]
Folder 6: 62x60.109-.126 Miscellaneous accounts, 1791-1799 pertaining to joint
members of the Ashton family or to unidentified members. Includes a multi-page list of customers and
what furniture was made for them.
Folder 7: 62x60.82-.90 John Ashton,
Miscellaneous accounts, 1792-1796, mostly pertaining to lumber. One account refers to John’s sons Isaac and
Samuel. A leaf from an account book has
a tailor’s accounts on one side and furniture accounts on the other.
Folder 8: 62x60.138-.143 Orders for furniture, coffins, etc., 1793-1797.
Folder 9: 63x77.1-.12 Isaac and Samuel Ashton, bills and orders, for harness, boards
and scantling, furniture, hats, linen, etc. ; also a printed notice from the
debtor Melchor Dexter(?), 1794-1799.
Folder 10: 62x60.127-.135 Orders for furniture addressed to Isaac Ashton: bureaus,
dining table, bedstead, 1794-1797.
Folder 11: 64x58 Samuel Ashton, bill to George Wall for card
tables, desk, mending a cradle, etc.,
64x59 Isaac Ashton, Bill to Abner Bartleson for
furniture: bedsteads, tables, desk,
93x51.16 Bill to Edward Garrigues from Isaac
Ashton for furniture: table, bureau, desk, etc., June 1794.
93x51.17 Isaac Ashton [spelled Austen], receipt
from Steward & Knight for 2000 plastering lath,
93x51.3 Isaac Ashton, list of furniture:
mahogany bureau, dining table, breakfast table,
93x51.1 Isaac Ashton, bill to Benjamin
Newport for breakfast and dining table, bedstead, etc.,
93x51.5 Isaac Ashton, bill from John Silvers
for payment for a judgment, 1798.
Folder 12: 62x60.171 Measurement of carpentry work done by John Ashton for the
widow Clark,
Folder 13: 62x60.147-.150 Orders and promises to pay Isaac Ashton, 1795-1797.
Folder 14: 62x60.92-.108 Samuel Ashton,
Miscellaneous accounts, 1795-1799, primarily for building materials or repairing
furniture. Also includes a bill for
hardware and a quire of patent glass paper, from James Hutton.
Folder 15: 62x60.2 Samuel
Ashton, Account book, 1795-1803, showing charges against workmen and furniture
produced, etc. Includes a description of
a clock case, but no charges associated with it.
The
page 2 opening includes 2 sketches of men, one of whom is smoking a cigarette
or cigar. Also on this page is a note
about George Ritter, Esq. giving a speech; the man smoking is perhaps supposed
to represent Ritter. (This Ritter is a
different person from the Ritter who worked for Ashton.)
On
another page is found a labor agreement between Samuel Ashton and Samuel Davis;
this is signed by Phebe Reynolds as well, witnessed by Isaac Ashton, and is
dated March 5, 1798. On other pages are
recorded the weeks which Davis worked and charges against him for board and
clothing. Other boarders and workers are
also recorded in the volume, including George Ritter (see Fol. 419 in this
repository).
[index to volume
is appended to this finding aid]
Folder 16: 62x60.136 Order for furniture for Lewis Dickerson, Enoch Crowell to John
Ashton, also signed by Samuel Ashton, May 1797.
62x60.137 Bill for one mahogany breakfast table for
John Flanigan, signed by Samuel Ashton,
72x151 Receipt
for desk, cradle, and bedstead purchased from Samuel Ashton by John Holt,
75x299.2 Receipt to Isaac Ashton from Joseph
Hudell for lumber, 1800.
Folder 17: 62x160.175-.187 Samuel Ashton, Accounts, 1800-1804, for making and
93x51.15 repairing furniture. Also bills to Ashton for hardware and
textiles. Includes records of work done
for Ashton by various journeymen. Also
includes bills for funeral of Phebe Reynolds, 1804.
Folder 18: 62x60.191 Samuel Ashton (?), Day book, recording furniture repairs,
charges for putting up bedsteads, labor, etc. July-Dec. 1801.
70x63 Samuel Ashton (?), Day book, recording
furniture making and repairs. Such
furniture types as bedsteads, chairs, coffins, and tables are mentioned. He took down and put up bedsteads, lengthened
cornices, made brackets and yardsticks, put rockers on a chair, and mended a
washing machine.
The
last two pages of the volume contain a poem.
"Guaging mens. Ashton, brush" is written on back cover.
[note:
this item was once separately cataloged as Doc. 509 and was attributed to Isaac
S. Ashton, whose name is written in the volume, along with names of Thomas
Young, Samuel Davis, and John Reynolds.
However, it is now believed to have been kept by Samuel Ashton. His son Isaac S. Ashton was too young to have
been the keeper of this volume, and the Philadelphia city directory for the
time does not list another Isaac Ashton.]
Folder 19: 62x60.188-190 Isaac
Ashton, Accounts, 1800-1804.
Folder 20: 62x60.332,
.334, .336, .338, .340, .344, .347, .350-.351,
Miscellaneous business
papers: bills for furniture and other goods, details of house construction,
carpentry work, etc. no date. Variously
addressed to John, Isaac, and Samuel Ashton.
93x51.2 Receipt for furniture (card table, canopied
bedstead, and breakfast table), “the furniture by John Carr,” signed by Peter
Graves [or Groves], Jr. n.d.
Series II: Legal
documents
Folder 21: 62x60.12-.14 Promissory notes involving John Ashton, 1770-1771, 1777. Other names on notes: George Dillon, James
Murdaugh, Josiah Lewis, Thos. Cookson, and Richard Morris (of Willistown, a
mason; his note records that John Ashton also lived in Willistown)
Folder 22: 62x60.17 Power
of attorney, Elizabeth Ashton to her brother, John Ashton, both of Willistown,
for him to receive money from Hannah Beates (also known as Hannah Yerkes, of
Philadelphia), March 27, 1776. Elizabeth
notes that the money is from the estate of her father Isaac Ashton. Elizabeth signed with her mark.
Folder 23: 62x60.31 Marriage
certificate, William Reynolds to Phebe Ashton, Feb. 26 [or 20], 1792, signed by
Protestant minister Henry Helmuth, document signed on March 3, 1792.
[Although
Helmuth clearly wrote the groom’s name as Reynolds, other sources indicate that
the groom’s name was Reinhold or Reinholds, and that he was a doctor.]
Folder 24: 62x60.44 Indenture. Otto James, son of Thomas James (deceased) of
Woodshaven, New Jersey, apprenticed to Isaac Ashton, Sept. 21, 1792. Samuel James signed as Otto’s “next friend.” On a printed form.
Folder 25: 62x60.163-164 Building
contracts, Isaac Ashton with Jacob Vogdes, and John Ashton (house carpenter of
Philadelphia) with Michael Crouse, 1794-1795.
Folder 26: 62x60.37-.38 Lawsuits involving John Ashton, 1794-1796:
.37 George Mangold v. John Ashton, Sept.
1794, including court costs;
.38 Samuel P. Griffiths v. Thomas Waters,
June 1796, bill of costs addressed to John Ashton.
Folder 27: 62x60.32-.36 Lawsuits involving Isaac Ashton, 1796-1799:
.32
Jacob Mitchell v. Isaac Ashton, Sept. 1796;
.33 John Folwell v. Isaac Ashton, March 1797;
.34 John Crawford v. Thomas Waters, receipt
from Isaac Ashton, April, 1797;
.35 John
Stowers v. John Sepplee, receipt from Isaac Ashton,
.36 Samuel
Gano (innkeeper, Philadelphia) and Isaac Ashton (cabinetmaker, Philadelphia) v.
Henry Rees, May 1799. Replevin bond,
listing many household items. Printed
form
Folder 28: 62x60.41 Garwood
& Forbes v. the schooner Genet,
owned by John Ashton, tailor, and Samuel Ashton, cabinetmaker, Nov. 1796. [see also acc. 93x51.7]
62x60.40 Protest made by Benjamin Phillips
against Isaac Ashton, John Ashton, and Paul Beck, Jr.,
Folder 29: 93x51.7 Indemnifying
bond, Samuel and Isaac Ashton to John Baker, sheriff, Sept. 1797. In case of Joseph Garwood and Arthur Forbes
against John Ashton. Printed form. [see also acc. 62x60.41]
93x51.21 Agreement between Enoch Crowell,
captain of the ship Jennet and Samuel
Ashton that John Ashton will serve as a mate on the ship Jennet, Jan. 27, 1797.
Folder 30: 62x60.144 permission given to Isaac Ashton to sell goods, signature
illegible, 1799. On back: credits of
Mrs. Wills at a store, for flour, sugar, coffee, etc.
62x60.145 Notice of bankruptcy, Henry Kinsley to
Isaac Ashton, June 24, 1799. Printed form.
62x60.146 Notice of bankruptcy, Wm. Paine to Isaac
Ashton,
62x60.195 Notice of bankruptcy, Joseph English to
Isaac Ashton,
62x60.196 Notice of bankruptcy, Henry King to
Samuel Ashton,
75x299.1 Printed notice of a meeting of
creditors, Richard Winter to Isaac Ashton, 1800. Printed form, sold by Thomas Condie.
Folder 31: 62x60.197-.198 Promissory notes, Hugh McCowen to Samuel Ashton, 1801.
Folder 32: 93x51.4, .8 Assignments of Thomas Overton's patent rights to Isaac Ashton,
1801. Overton lived in
62x60.203 Release from a patent claim, Frederick
Lewis Goch of New York City, in favor of Isaac Ashton, 1804. Has to do with the method of raising and
hanging windows without weights or springs.
Folder 33: 93x51.12 Bond
and warrant, Isaac Ashton (recently moved to Delaware County) to Samuel Ashton,
July 12, 1802. Printed form.
Folder 34: 62x60.213-.214 Summons from the estate of John Couchy (executors:
Geraldus Stockdale, John McCara, and Alexander Steel) against Samuel and John
Ashton, yeomen, 1811. Printed forms.
Folder 35: 62x60.210 Isaac Smith received a note from John Ashton, Joseph Wilson,
and Cornelius Corson in favor of Isaac Ashton,
62x60.211 letter, Isaac Smith, Cape May, to George
Reece, Philadelphia, requesting Reece to tell Mr. Ashton that he has been unable
to collect the money from Joseph Wilson and Cornelius Corson,
62x60.212 judgment about notes of Hannah Haskel(?
or Hacket) for money owed to Samuel Ashton, signed by Isaac A. Reynolds and
Catherine L. Ashton, 1813.
Folder 36: 93x51.10 Indenture
of apprenticeship, Samuel A. Reynolds, aged 17, to Alexander Turnbull,
cabinetmaker, June 17, 1817. Signed by
Samuel Ashton, an uncle acting as guardian to Reynolds. Printed form.
Folder 37: 62x60.263 Power of Attorney, John Barnet to act for Samuel Ashton, 1822. Barnet was a husbandman in New Castle County,
Delaware. Ashton lived in the Southwark
district of Philadelphia, but had a farm in Appoquinimink Hundred in New Castle
County, adjoining that of Robert Taylor.
62x60.264 Power of attorney granted to Samuel
Ashton, cabinetmaker in Southwark, to act for Isaac M. Ashton, hatter in
Philadelphia, and the heirs of Isaac Ashton, April 28, 1832. Mentions the property in Appoquinimink
Hundred, which had been purchased by Isaac and Samuel Ashton from Joshua C.
Parke.
Folder 38: 62x60.280 letter, John Ashton,
62x60.281 three certificates from three different
courts stating that no unsatisfied judgments against Isaac S., Albert B.,
Alfred R., or Adolphus Ashton had been found, May 1852. All printed forms.
62x60.282 note to the brothers Ashton about renting
a house to Mr. McHenry, sent by Leml. Bery[?], April 11, 1857.
62x60.283 private memorandum of A.B. Ashton,
1857. Lists names and amounts of debits
and credits.
62x60.284 bond of indemnity, Luther C. Edmunds,
painter, to William Kennedy, grocer, both in Philadelphia, against work done
and materials furnished for two houses on Jackson St. above
62x60.285 certificate of membership for Isaac S.
Ashton in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 1876. Printed form with illustrations and red seal;
printed by W, H. Dougal, Georgetown, D.C.
62x60.286 certificate of membership for Albert B.
Ashton as a Master Mason, Oct. 26, A.L. 5844.
In English and French. Printed
form with illustrations, with seal of Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.
Folder 39: 76x50.2 Promissory
note. Adolphus H. Ashton with John R.
and Isaac S. Ashton, estate administrators, 1849. About the estate of cabinetmaker Samuel
Ashton.
Folder 40: 62x60.337 Summons to John Ashton, signed by Thomas Wynn and Thomas
Waters, no date, but probably circa 1796.
62x60.270 Note, Jno. Purdon to Samuel Ashton,
Philadelphia, March 22, 1833. Insists
that Ashton pay his ground rent.
Another,
later hand wrote several names , a list of livestock, and did some mathematical
computations.
62x60.271 release of liens to Isaac S. Ashton and
Hamlet Pearson, both of Southwark, house carpenters, signed by several men who
had worked on a house in Moyamensing, such as the plumber, painter, and
bricklayer, or who had supplied materials for a house, December 6, 1839.
Series III: Estate
records
Folder 41: Ph-688 Inventory of the personal estate of
Joseph Ashton, yeoman of Dublin township, Philadelphia, 1708. It included a maid servant and a Negro boy.
Joseph
Ashton’s relationship to the rest of the Ashtons is unknown. He lived 1654-1708, and the Joseph Ashton who
signed the inventory was probably his son, who lived 1682-1751.
Folder 42: 62x60.204-.206 Inventory of the estate of Isaac Ashton, 1818. Includes wearing apparel, furniture, household
goods, livestock, farm tools. (incomplete)
Elizabeth
Ashton of Haverford township; John
Ashton, gentleman of Philadelphia; Samuel Ashton, cabinetmaker of Philadelphia;
and George Bevan of Haverford township were involved with settling Isaac
Ashton’s estate. Presumably Elizabeth
was the widow. The 1818 Philadelphia
city directory lists two John Ashtons: a tailor and a cooper.
Folder 43: 62x60.232 List of fees paid by John Ashton, executor of the estate of
Isaac Ashton, to the sheriff of New Castle County, Delaware, recorded April 13,
1829.
Folder 44: 62x60.329-.330 Will and division of the estate of Catherine Kuhn, 1831. Lists heirs as Catherine Ashton and the
children of sons David Reynolds (Catharine, Rebecca, and Christian) and John
Reynolds (Rebecca, Ann, and Catherine). The
names of the Ashton children are also listed: Isaac, John, Samuel, Augustus,
Albert, Alfred, and Adolfus.
Folder 45: 62x60.277-.279 Administrative papers, estate of
Samuel Ashton, 1849. Alfred R.,
Augustus S., and Samuel R. Ashton acknowledge satisfaction with settlement of
their father’s estate, taken care of by Isaac S. and John R. Ashton.
(.278 is in oversize folder)
Series IV: Real
estate
Folder 1: 62x60.15 "A Draught Tract of Land called Barley Corn situated on
the Waters of Gravel Run adjoining Land granted to Ruben Haines … now in
62x60.16 "The Draught of a Tract of Land
called Great Zantzinger situated in Penns Township, Northumberland County,”
surveyed for Conrad Hefeling (spellings vary) by Wm. Maclay, March 28, 1774.
Folder 2: 76x471 Bill for ground rent payable by John
Ashton to Jacob Stinemetz, 1787. (On
reverse: Bill to Mr. Valey from Thomas Fisher for milk.)
Folder 3: 62x60.27-.28 Lease (2 copies), widow Abigail Griffitts to Francis Douglass
[also found spelled Douglas],
bricklayer, April 15, 1789.
Folder 4: 62x60.162 Deed to property on
Folder 5: 62x60.152-.155 Bonds. John Jack, physician,
to Samuel Ashton, Dec. 1, 1797. One of
the documents mentions land in Georgia and in Bedford County,
Pennsylvania. All documents are signed
by Isaac Ashton and George A. Baker.
Printed
forms, printed by Godfrey Deshong for George A. Baker.
Folder 6: 62x60.39 Samuel Ashton v. John Jack; receipt for a purchase of house
and lot on
Folder 7: 62x60.156 article of agreement between Paul Custard of
62x60.157 indenture for property, Paul Custard and
Nancy Douglas of Worcester, Montgomery County, to Isaac Ashton, carpenter of
Philadelphia; Abigail Griffitts and bricklayer Francis Douglas also mentioned;
May 28, 1791.
On
back: Isaac Ashton assigns his interest in the property to his brother Samuel
Ashton,
[in oversized folder]
62x60.158 indenture for lease, made between widow Abigail
Griffitts and Thomas Waters, laborer, June 15, 1796.
62x60.159 agreement between Isaac Ashton,
cabinetmaker, and Thomas Waters, laborer, about property on
62x60.160 lease, widow Abigail Griffitts to Thomas
Waters, June 15, 1796. Same as .158 above,
but with added notes.
62x60.161 note signed by Richard Robinson,
promising to convey a tract of land in Berks County to Isaac Ashton, March 20,
1799.
Folder 8: 62x60.199 Lease of property in Southwark, William Shippen, gentleman of
Germantown, to Isaac Ashton, July 10, 1801.
62x60.200 Lease of property in Southwark, Edward
Shippen, esquire, to Isaac Ashton, July 23, 1801.
62x60.201 Mortgage, William Playford, yeoman of
Philadelphia, to John Conchy (or Couchy), gentleman of Southwark, with receipts
for cash paid by Samuel Ashton, 1801-1802.
Folder 9: 93x51.6 Mortgage, Isaac Ashton of Delaware County, to Samuel
Ashton, for house and lot in Southwark, July 12, 1802.
Printed
form, printed by James Humphreys
93x51.19 Mortgage, Samuel Ashton to John Lawson,
mariner of the Northern Liberties, for house and lot in Southwark, May 10, 1804.
Printed
form. Open with care as the document is
torn along fold lines.
Folder 10: 62x60.215 Bill of sale from John Deals, yeoman of
Delaware County, to Isaac Ashton, gentleman of Delaware County, selling stock,
farming utensils, implements of husbandry, household goods, and kitchen
furniture, Haverford township, February 20, 1816. List of the goods is included: cows, plow,
harness, tools, crops, furniture, etc.
[
in oversized folder]
62x60.216 Lease indenture between Isaac Ashton and
John Dales [signed Daels], yeoman, tenant under Ashton, Haverford township,
March 10, 1810
[in
oversized folder]
62x60.217 Lease indenture between Isaac Ashton and
William Eppright and Simon Litzenberg, yeomen, tenants under Ashton, Haverford
township, January 1, 1817
[in
oversized folder]
62x60.218 Lease indenture between Isaac Ashton and
William Eppright and Samuel White, yeomen, tenants under Ashton, Haverford
township, March 8, 1817. [in oversized folder]
62x60.219 Lease
from Samuel Ashton to John Pike and John Dent, dyers of Philadelphia, for a
building fitted out as a dyeing manufactory, Dec. 20, 1810. Describes some of the equipment: copper
boilers, furnaces, screw press, cutting knife and block, etc.
62x60.220 agreement between S. Ashton and Mr.
Schott about renting a lot with house and stables on Arch
62x60.221 lease, Samuel Ashton to John Mortimer,
June 10, 1811. Also signed by Charlotte
Mortimer.
62x60.222 Wm. Compson’s note about renting a dye
house on
62x60.223 John Mortimer informs Samuel Ashton that
he is leaving his house on August 25 next, note written
62x60.224 letter, David Rose, Tinicum, to Samuel
Ashton,
Two
ships drawn in pencil on address label.
62x60.225 lease from Samuel Ashton to Thomas Carr
of Ridley township, Delaware County, for a plantation in Ridley township, April
1, 1814. Includes an inventory of
equipment and livestock included in the lease: wagons, carts, planes, harrows,
sedan chair, horses, cattle, sheep.
62x60.226 notice of sale of real estate of the late
Thomas Parke in Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, sale to be
held in Smyrna, Kent County, on June 9, 1814.
[see also 93x51.20]
62x60.227 indenture of mortgage, Samuel Ashton to
Mary Hood, for property on
Printed
form. [in oversized folder]
62x60.228 note, John Wilson to Samuel Ashton,
62x60.229 bill of sale from Hannah Hacket to Samuel
Ashton, for real estate and household goods in Appoquinimink County, New Castle
County, Delaware. Includes list of the
household goods: furniture, pots and pans, wheel barrow, etc. [in
oversized folder]
62x60.230 articles of agreement between Edward
Burnet of Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, and Isaac, John,
and Samuel Ashton, about stocking a store and cutting timber, March 18, 1816. [see also 62x60.209]
62x60.231 lease, Samuel Ashton to George and
Benjamin Bevan, yeomen of Delaware County, for plantation in Haverford
township, April 1, 1818. [see also
93x51.22]
Folder 11: 93x51.20 Agreement, Joshua C. Parke, merchant of
Philadelphia, with Isaac Ashton, yeoman of Haverford township, and Samuel
Ashton, cabinetmaker of Philadelphia, January 19, 1815, for land in New Castle
County, Delaware. The land formerly
belonged to Dr. Thomas Parke (who was deceased). Document is in two pieces. [see also 62x60.226]
93x51.22 Lease, Samuel Ashton to George and
Benjamin Bevan, yeomen of Delaware County, for plantation in Haverford
township, April 1, 1818. [see also
62x60.231]
76x50.1 Lease. Samuel Ashton to Mary Lust, widow, and Philip
Ridebaugh, blacksmith of Philadelphia, for a house on North Seventh St.,
Folder 12: 62x60.236 Lease, Samuel Ashton to George Bevan, yeoman of Delaware
County, for plantation in Haverford township, for one year, April 1, 1820.
62x60.237 lease from Samuel Ashton to John Clayton,
yeoman of State of Delaware, April 1, 1821, for land in Haverford Township,
Delaware County.
62x60.238 lease from Samuel Ashton to John Clayton,
, yeoman of State of Delaware,
62x60.239 beginnings of a description of a tract of
land in Northumberland County; receipts for cash received in 1821-1822; and the
beginnings of a sign reading “This House to Let.”
62x60.240 lease from Samuel Ashton to John Barnet, husbandman
of Appoquinimink Hundred, New Castle County, August 15, 1822, for land in New Castle
County.
62x60.241 lease from Samuel Ashton to John Barnet, husbandman
of Appoquinimink Hundred,
62x60.242 text for an advertisement of a farm to
let in Haverford township, signed S. Ashton, March 18, 1822(?). On reverse: terms of lease, written in
pencil.
62x60.243 note, J. Thnox[?], [?] Darley[?], to
Samuel Ashton about renting a farm, [month illegible] 5, 1823. J. mentions a son Charles. Also, he uses the Quaker “thee.”
62x60.244 note, Jos. Roberts, New Castle, to John
Ashton, Philadelphia, July 11, 1823, asking for a lien on Appoquinimink Hundred
property in New Castle County belonging to the estate of Isaac Ashton.
62x60.245 letter, Robert McMullin,
62x60.246 agreement between Charles Bunker and
Tobias M. Durney, both of Southwark,
62x60.247 lease, Samuel Ashton to Lithgow Towns,
lottery broker,
62x60.248 lease from Samuel Ashton to Francis J.
[or I.] Robinson,
62x60.249 advertisement for renting a farm in
Haverford township, n.d. Briefly
describes the house and farm buildings.
Folder 13: 62x60.233-.235 Receipts for ground rent paid by Samuel Ashton, 1822-
93x51.18 1828, signed by Eliza J.
Shippen and Will I. Watson.
Folder 14: 62x60.343 Plot plan on
62x60.345 Rental agreement for a house owned by
Samuel Ashton, to be rented by Catharine, Rebecca, and Mary Price, March [rest
of date torn off].
62x60.335 directions to a piece of property, or a
verbal survey (no plat map included), sent to John Ashton and Daniel Beck(?) of
Sunbury, no date.
62x60.333 draft of a note from Isaac Ashton about
purchasing a piece of property he had seen advertised, no date.
On reverse:
charges for a sideboard, written in pencil, with separate costs for tapering
legs, oiling and polishing, veneer, etc., given.
Series V: Household
accounts
Folder 15: 62x60.3-.5 Accounts, unidentified member of the Ashton family with Mary
Muligan, Jacob Doughty, Sarah Cliff and Robert Lowremore, and Charles Logan,
1763 for sundry items, snuff, etc.
Folder 16: 62x60.21-.25 Accounts for household items purchased by John and Isaac Ashton
from Thos. Cookson, Adam Zantzinger, and unknown persons, 1780-1788, for
sawing, labor, knives and forks, razors, shoe and knee buckles, snuff, buttons,
hats, needles, combs, etc. John Ashton
bought items in large quantities from Adam Zantzinger, probably for store stock
rather than personal use.
Folder 17: 62x60.18-.20 John Ashton, carpenter, Tax bills, 1787-1789.
62x60.42-.43 John Ashton, Tax bills, 1789-1793. (On .42, the surname is given as Austen.)
Folder 18: 62x60.165-.170 Measurements of carpenter's work done for Isaac and Samuel
Ashton's house, 1795-1798. Work done by
David Jones, Richard Robeson, Jacob Vougdill(?), Jacob Teniff, and Isaac
Davis. The measurements were completed
by William Garrigues, S. [illegible], Joseph Clarke, Gideon H. Wells, and David
Evans.
62x60.172-.173 Measurements of carpenter's work done
for Samuel Ashton's houses, 1795. The
work was done by Jesse Jones and Samuel Brock.
The measurement was done by William Garrigues. One house was on
75x298.1 Measurement of carpenter's work done by
Robert Dodge for Isaac Ashton at Samuel Ashton's house on
Folder 19: 93x51.13 Isaac
Ashton, bill from Zane & Chapman for sundries, 1797.
93x51.11,
.14 Samuel Ashton, receipts for payments
on account with Cocks & Co.,
signed
by John Ashton, 1798.
Folder 20: 62x60.91 "An
appraisement of wearing apparel deposited by Eli Vallett," signed by John
Carr(?), Martha Fenton, and Rebecca Ashton,
62x60.287 Note about money owed to William Reynolds
by William B. Johnson,
Folder 21: 62x60.192-.194 Mr. Ashton, Accounts for shoes, boots, and sundry items,
1800.
Folder 22: 62x160.174 Isaac Ashton (? Isaac is
written on the back cover), Blotter, 1800-1802.
Features accounts for bushels of foodstuff, butter, coffee, tea,
etc. Several pages are devoted to
purchases made by Samuel Ashton.
Folder 23: 75x298.2 Receipt,
sent to Samuel Ashton from Jacob Roset for Phebe Reynolds, deceased, for fabric
and gloves,
85x26.7 Note, Elijah Chestain(?) to Isaac
Ashton, to supply 1200 shakes, 100 gum hubs, and 1 pair of steps(?), in exchange for one chair(?),
62x60.207-.209 Accounts to John, Samuel and Isaac
Ashton for furniture and sundry items, 1815-1819. Bills addressed to J. C. Parke, unknown person, and Edward
Burnet. [for Burnet, see also 62x60.230]
Folder 24: 62x60.265-.269 Miscellaneous receipts pertaining to Samuel Ashton, 1830,
1832, 1836. Signatures include E.J.
Shippen, Wm. I. Watson, Thomas Rawlins, Levi Rawling, and John Barnes.
Folder 25: 62x60.331,
.339, .341, .342 Accounts, no date,
including one with a blacksmith.
Series VI: Letters
Folder 26: 62x60.29 letter,
Adam Zantzinger,
62x60.30 letter, Adam Zantzinger,
62x60.202 Unsigned letter to Henry Knox in the
Folder 27: 62x60.288 Letter, John N. Reynolds, Lazaretto [
62x60.289 Letter, John N. Reynolds, Lazaretto [
62x60.290 Letter, John N. Reynolds, Lazaretto [
62x60.291 Letter (not finished), [Catherine L.
Reynolds],
Also
includes a note, in another hand, about Milly Green agreeing to call for cloth
to be washed for Sunday next.
62x60.292 Letter, John N. Reynolds, Nantes,
[France], to mother Catherine L. Kuhn, in care of John Kuhn, Philadelphia,
September 16, 1807. Detained in
62x60.293 Letter, John N. Reynolds, off Cape
Henlopen [Delaware], to mother Catherine L. Kuhn, in care of John Kuhn,
Philadelphia, June 6, 1809. Commends to
her love and care his fiancée Margaret.
Try to persuade her to make her visit to the countryside a short one.
62x60.294 Letter, John N. Reynolds, Liverpool, [
62x60.295 Letter, John N. Reynolds,
Folder 28: 62x60.296 letter, Catherine L. Reynolds, [
62x60.297 letter, Catherine L. Reynolds, [
62x60.298 letter, Catherine L. Reynolds, no place,
to mother Catherine Kuhn,
62x60.299 letter, Catherine L. Reynolds,
62x60.300 letter, Catherine L. Reynolds, no place [
62x60.301 letter, Catherine L. Reynolds, no place [
62x60.302 letter, Catherine L. Ashton,
62x60.303 letter, Catherine L. Reynolds, no place [
62x60.304 letter to mother Catherine Kuhn, care of
Capt. David Reynolds,
62x60.305 letter, Margaret Reynolds,
62x60.306 letter, D.A. Reynolds, Demarari [i.e.
Demarara,
62x60.307 letter, Ann Bayton,
Folder 29: 62x60.309 letter, Rebecca Reynolds,
62x60.326 letter, Mary Kuhn, Baltimore, to mother
Catherine Kuhn,
62x60.314 letter, George Reynolds,
62x60.313 letter, George Reynolds,
62x60.325 letter, Mary Kuhn, Baltimore, to mother
Catherine Kuhn,
62x60.312 letter, Geo. Reynolds,
62x60.310 letter, Ann Cruse,
62x60.324 letter, Mary Kuhn, Baltimore, to mother
Catherine Kuhn,
62x60.327 letter, Collin Reynolds,
62x60.323 letter, Catherine Reynolds,
62x60.322 letter, Catherine Ann Reynolds,
62x60.321 letter, Catherine Ann Reynolds,
62x60.311 letter, D.A. Reynolds,
62x60.316 letter, Catherine Ann Reynolds,
62x60.308 letter, Rebecca Reynolds,
62x60.320 letter, Catherine Ann Reynolds,
62x60.317 letter, C. A. Reynolds,
62x60.318 letter, Catherine A. Reynolds,
62x60.319 letter, C. A. Reynolds,
62x60.315 part of letter, Geo. Reynolds, to
Catherine Kuhn,
62x60.328 statement about Sarah Clayton Reynolds
Evans: she was married to Archibald Reynolds, a tailor, around 1780, and he
deserted her in 1807. After she heard of
Archibald’s death, she then married Edward Evans. Catherine Kuhn, widow of John
Reynolds, testified to the marriage of Archibald and Sarah.
Folder 30: 62x60.250 note, Jno. Boyd, Northumberland [County,
62x60.251 letter, M. King,
62x60.252 letter, M. King,
62x60.255 letter, Samuel and Catherine L. Ashton,
62x60.253 partial
note, no signature,
62x60.256 letter, Samuel F. Ashton,
62x60.254 note, James Knox, Upper Darby, to Samuel
Ashton,
62x60.258 note, James Knox, Haverford, to Samuel
Ashton,
62x60.259 note, James Knox, Haverford, to Samuel
Ashton,
62x60.260 letter, M. King, [
62x60.257 note, E. Darlington,
62x60.261 letter, Thos. B. Ashton,
62x60.262 letter,
Thos. B. Ashton,
93x51.9 note, Samuel F. Ashton , no place, to
uncle Samuel Ashton Philadelphia,
Folder 31: 62x60.275 Letter to Mr. Ashton, recording the deaths of Mary Shade; her
grandson Samuel Ashton (in his 5th year, son of Isaac A. [for
Ashton?] and Elizabeth Reynolds); and Isaac A. Reynolds, cabinetmaker, all of
malignant cholera in
62x60.276 Letter for recommendation, C.P. Fessenden
for Albert Ashton,
Folder 32: 62x60.272 letter, Thomas B. Ashton, Putnam, [Ohio?], to uncle Samuel Ashton,
[note:
Thomas B. Ashton was listed as a landscape and genre painter in 1835; as a
partner in Ashton & Browning, dealers in artists’ materials in
Philadelphia, until 1844; Ashton then spent some time in Europe.]
62x60.273 letter, S. Ashton, Cantwells Bridge, [now
Odessa, Delaware] to wife Catherine [nee Reynolds], Philadelphia, May 7,
1832. Business is delaying him in that
place. Sends love to all.
62x60.274 Harriet Bicking, no place, to cousins,
addressed to Catherine L. Ashton,
Folder 33: 62x60.346 part of a letter, Rebeckah, no place, to
Phebe Ashton, “present,” no date.
62x60.352 “copy of a letter sent to John Ashton,
Sr., in reply to his request for an interview,” about a dispute over how Ashton
handled his nephews’ accounts in settling their father’s estate [see also
62x60.280];
on
back: agreement between Albert Ashton and A. Dewald about Ashton working as a
clerk in Dewald’s store.
62x60.348 memorial to John Frederick Bicking, born
March 29, 1730 in Germany, died November 4, 1809.
62x60.349 memorial to Mary Catharine, wife of John
Frederick Bicking, born August 31, 1732 in Germany, died November 30, 1782.
Sent
to Aunt Kune [i.e. Kuhn] in
Index to Isaac
Ashton account book, acc. 62x60.1, Col. 263, Series I, Box 1, folder 2
Agle,
Jacob 48
Allen,
James 12
Ashton,
Isaac 1, [5,6?], 7, [8?], 9, [10?],
[12, 14?], 16-18, 20, 22-24, 26, 28, 29, 32, 34, 36, 43, 45, 50, 60, 69, 70, 74
Ashton,
John 17, 18, [19?], 20, 38, 78
Ashton,
Phebe 22
Ashton,
Samuel 17, [19?]
Atkinson 1, 52
(also spelled Atkison)
Atkison
- see Atkinson
Baale,
Pennel - see Beale
Bale,
Pennel - see Beale
Balle,
Pennel - see Beale
Barns 51
Barns,
Stephen 46, 62, 81
Batterson,
Samuel 4
Beal
- see Beale
Beal,
Pennel - see Beale
Beale 9, 60
(also spelled Beal)
Beale,
Pennel or Pennell 33, 34, 36, 78
(also spelled Baale, Bale, Balle, Beal)
Benson,
Isaac 37
Black,
Ednd. 38
Bogar, Labin
[53], 57
Boltis 49
Briggs 14
Briggs,
Samuel 1, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 25, 64
Bringhurst,
Esral 16
Bringhurst,
Jeral 56
Brinkley,
Thomas 20
Briton,
John 23
Brock,
Sarah 16, 21
Brooks,
William 9
Brown 72
Brown,
Matthew 68
Canady 2, 5
Canady,
John 45
Carlile,
George 32
Charls 5, 71
Cimber,
Jessie 59
Cocks 19
Cokson,
Joseph 2
Commot 75
Commott,
Jonathan - see Comot
Comot,
Jonathan 38, 59, 71
(also spelled Commott, Comott)
Comott,
Jonathan - see Comot
Corsa,
James 49, 51, 53
Costick,
James 49
Crealley,
John - see Creely
Creely,
John 54, 72
(also spelled Crealley)
Cryson,
Jarimiah 31
David 30, 40
Davis,
Samuel 55, 65, 75-77, 81, 83
Davison 67
Davison,
Con. 15
Davison,
Robart [33?], 80
Delaforest 38
Dick,
Samuel 68
Dicakson,
Larin? 1
(see also
Dickinson,
Laurance F. 10
Eastwick,
Charls 7
Eckfelt,
Adam 51, 66
Egley?,
Jacob 67
Egner,
John 55
Ellod,
John 70
Emlen,
Samuel 14
Ervin 60
Evans 7
Evanees,
Mark - see Evanes
Evanes,
Mark 1, 7
(also spelled Evanees)
Evens,
David 59
Evin 65
Fauris 50, 66
Fernant 35, 56
Finly,
James 24
Flemon,
Samuel 30
Francies,
Thomas 43
Frankland,
John - see
Franklin,
John 71, 82
(also
spelled Frankland)
Frith,
Andrew 22
Gahagan 79
Gardan,
William 79
Garden 66, 79
Gargus,
William 34
Garret,
Isaac 6
Garret,
Samuel 4
Geenman,
James - see Greenman
George,
William 30
Gibson 6, 7
Gideon 70
Gohagan,
James 54, 82
Gorge 57
Gorge,
Mathew 51
Greeman,
James? - see Greenman
Greenman,
James 26, 27
(also spelled Geenman, Greeman)
Gregory,
John 82
Griffith,
Abel 17, 18, 20
Griffith,
George 32, 62, 63, 72, 74, 84
Grogon,
John 79
Hagner 54
Hains 60
Hains,
Hentzsinger 71
Herbert 59
Hervey,
Cuffe 14
Heston 11
Hilzer 56
Hoge
or Hodg 73
Holaway,
Thomas - see Holoway
Holoway,
Thomas 31, 51
(also spelled Holaway)
Homasoll 56
Homassel?,
Charls 76
Hoops,
Joshua 2, [18?]
Humphries,
Whitehed or Whitehead 12, 14
(also spelled Humphre)
Humphre,
Whitehead - see Humphries
Inskeep?,
John 16
James,
Otto 61, 74, 75?
Jeremiah 1
John? 26
Johnson 53, 67
Johnson,
Wilm. 44
Jones 1, 17, 18
Jones,
Samuel 1
Jonson,
Thomas 20
Jonson,
William 44
Kensel,
Philip 37
Kensley,
Henry 46
King,
Dan 64
King,
Daniel 55
King,
Tobias 20
Kintzer,
John 60
Knox 58, 59
Larence,
Philip - see
Lawrence,
Philip 25, [29?]
(also spelled Larence)
Leach? 55
Leavy 51
Lecouterile,
Lewis 50
Lewis,
Lawyer? 13
Liucuto?,
Lewis 51
Lowerry,
William 38
Loyd,
Nicklas 23
Lum[e]n 4
Lumen?,
John A. 60
Mairs 17
Mairs,
William 18
Man,
Michel 36
McCormack,
John 79, 82, 84
McGargogan,
Naomi 24
McRaneey,
Jacob 47
McRoyel,
Jacob 71
Megrygary 24
Miars 20
Miller 56
Miller,
John 50, 57
Minchee,
Jacb? 38
Mires 43
Mires,
Henry 19
Mitcheltree,
James 3
Mitcheltree,
John 3
Molly 64
Moris,
John 37
Morley,
Richard 24
Morton,
Mathias 7
Nayson 20
Newhouse 1, 7
Painter,
John (Capt.?) 64
Pery,
Robart 48
Peters,
Isaac 15
Point,
John 68
(also spelled Poynt)
Powel,
Benjamin 10
Poynt,
John - see Point
Quicksal 20
Quicksal,
Jaramiah 16
Read
- see Reed
Randolph,
Daniel 15
Reed 47,
48
(also spelled Read)
Reynolds,
William 55
Richardson,
Jos. 12
Ritter 76
Ross 54
Sam? 71, 75, 76
Sandiford 53, 64
Sandiford,
Roland 64
Santzinger,
Addam 9
[probably supposed to be Zantzinger]
Sawyer 71
Sawyer,
William 30
Shankland 83
Shankland,
Charls 73, 80
Shesler,
David 39
Shetsbery,
David 45
Shetterla,
David - see Shetterley
Shetterley,
David 47, 52, 57, 69, 70
(also spelled Shetterla)
Shrowdy,
Jacob 24, 27, 43
(also spelled Srowdy)
Silvers,
John 49, 51, 53
Simons? 32
Sims,
Henry (Hanry, Hannary) 28, 27, 42
Sinickson 17, 18
(also sp. Sinnickson)
Sinickson,
Thos. 17
Sinnickson
- see Sinickson
Smawley,
Benjamin 3
Smedley,
George 8
Smith 36, 60, [19?]
Smith,
Peter 6, 29, 40, 43, 67, 80
Smith,
Thomas 8, 9, 11, 41, 42, 60, 67, 80
Sprowgal,
John 35
Srowdy,
Jacob - see Shrowdy
Stonematz,
Jacob 18
Stout 5
Stuard,
William 3
Stutszinbough 1
Swain 35
Swain
& Co. 50
Taylor,
Andrew 29
Tennis,
John 4
Thomson 17
Tomson, Thos.
18
Towns
73
Vance,
James 31, 32
Vannoss 44
Venebles,
William 72
Vince(?)
Jacob 9
Ward,
Jes, Jess, or Jesse [4, 5, 12-14, 16?],
64
Waters, 5
Webster 61
Wescot 42
West 32
West,
John 15
West,
Thomas 15
Whitaker,
Asa 28, 29, 32
(also spelled Whitiker, Whiteker)
Whiteker,
Asa - see Whitaker
Whitiker,
Asa - see Whitaker
Wier? 34
Wiles,
Cornal? 16
Williamson 1
Williamson,
Ralph 1, 6
Willis
& McDowell 72
Wilson
& Sandiford 53
Wollason 16, 26
Wood 2
Wood,
Joseph 5, [22?]
Yernal,
Amos 10
Index to Samuel
Ashton account book, 62x60.2, Col. 263, Series I, Box 1, folder 15
Adams,
John 1, 3, 23, 24
(also spelled Addams)
Addams,
John - see
Alcorn,
George 59, 60
Alcorn,
Martha 51, 52
Alderman? 11
Ashton
& Co. 11
Ashton
& Wall 1, 9, 11, 15
Ashton,
Isaac 36
Ashton,
John 7, 15, 25, 26, 28, 45, 51, 53, 59, 65, 73, 77
Ashton,
S. 28
Ashton,
Samuel 2, 4, 34-36, 43, 45, 46, 46a, 47, 56, 57, 62, 70, 71, 77, 81
Barns,
Edward 56, 65
Bartleson 3
Benners,
Sebasten 53, 54
Boyle 11
Boyla,
Thomas 11
Briggs 7
Brock 16
Brock,
Samuel 9
Brotherley,
Feredreck 54
(see also Brotherline, Fredrick)
Brotherline,
Fredrick 53, 54
(see also Brotherley, Feredreek)
Burkit?
25
Chambers
25
Chateman
77
Davis,
Samuel 1, 36-40, 45, 46
Dodge,
Robart 13
Dorsey,
John 37
Eddleman 21
Ellis,
Enos 55
Elton,
George 19, 20
Elton,
Thomas 7, 8, 19, 20
Evin
39
Fenton,
Paths 33
Finger,
David 67, 68
Forhors?,
Harey? 75
Fox 31
Fox,
John 27, 29, 30, 34
Gahan?,
Geo. 11
Gillen 75
Gohagan 11
Gohagan,
James 17, 18, 69, 70
(also spelled Gohagen)
Gohagen,
James - see Gohagan
Gorden 51
Gorden,
James - see Gordon
Gordon,
James 52, 61-64
(also spelled Gorden)
Hammer,
Abel 79
Harding 75
Hawkens 65
Helt?,
John 34
Howel,
Charles - see Howell
Howel,
S. 75
Howel,
Samuel - see Howell
Howell,
Charles 56, 77, 80
(also spelled Howel)
Howell,
Samuel 41, 42, 47, 48, 71, 72
(also spelled Howel)
Hugle,
William 35
Isaac? 9
Jacobs? 16
Jenent?
(schooner) 28
(also spelled Jinnings)
John? 61, 63
Jones,
David 15, [16]
Judicatory
Society 4
Kaftman 3
Lauer,
George P. 77
(see also Lower)
Laur,
George - see Lower
Laware,
Gorge - see Lower
Lowar,
George - see Lower
Lower,
George 57, 58, 73, 74, 77, 78, 82
(also spelled Laur, Laware, Lowar)
Marley 71
McNight,
George 43, 44, 49, 50
Millar,
John - see Miller
Miller,
John 47, 48
(also spelled Millar)
Moffet,
George 43, 50
Morning
Cronnicle and the evening 81
Nace 75
Nap,
Thomas 75, 76
Nok
or Noke 7
North 75
North,
Charles 9
Ogel,
Howard 59, 60
Palmer 11, 21
Percey? 61
Pidgeon,
Edmund 4, 31, 33
(also spelled Pydegeon, Pydgon)
Plots,
John 75
Polly,
Deane 77
Pydegeon,
Edmund - see Pidgeon
Pydgon,
Edmund - see Pidgeon
Rees 67
Reeves,
James 69
Reynolds,
Phebe 36
Richards,
Jarad 13
Ritter,
George 4, 75-77
Robinson 34
Robinson,
Richard 13
Ruleman 73
Samma? 23
Shash? 12
Sherriden 64
Silvers,
John 3, 4
Simmerman
& Pydgon 25
Simmerman,
Jacob 28
Spencer,
John 11
Steward,
James 43
Stiner,
Jacob 5, 6
Sureman 73
(also spelled Sweaden)
Sweaden,
Richard - see
Thomas 72
Thomas,
Heben 57, 58
Vance,
James 71
Vantz 71
(see also Vance)
Wallas,
John - see Wallis
Wallis,
John 67, 68, 70
(also spelled Wallas, Wallos)
Wallos,
John - see Wallis
Wiles
33, 34
Wiles,
Conrod 25, 29, 61
(also spelled Wils)
Willcox 46a
William,
James 50
Williams 72
Williamson,
Robart 43
Wills,
C. 73
(see also Wiles)
Wils,
Conrod - see Wiles
Wolf? 25
Yeatman 64
Yong,
Cpt. 65
Zane,
Isaac 17
List of names
found in miscellaneous accounts of Isaac Ashton, acc. 62x60.45-.81,
Arnat
Ashton,
Isaac
Aston,
John
Beale,
Pennel
Bilstaid(?)
Alex.
Crawford(?)
John
Crowell,
Enoch
Cysor
Duffield,
Abraham
Dunlap,
Henry
Eckfelt,
Adam
Epley,
Henry
Erwin,
Samuel
Flint(?)
John
Garrigues,
Edward
George,
Thomas
Germain(?)
John .61
Hoffman,
J.
Homaselle,
Charles
Keyser,
Peter, & Co.
Kinsel
– see Kinsley
Kinsley,
Philip
Knorr,
Jacob
Lees,
Sam.
Lewis,
Isaac
Lewis,
Sarah
Lohra(?)
&
Marshall,
John
Morris,
John
Newhouse,
Philip
Preston,
William
Sandiford,
Rowland
Shetterley,
David
Snyder,
William
Vallette(?)
Elia
Waters,
Thomas
Wilson,
Catherine
Wilson,
George
Winter,
Richard
Zane
& Chapman
Zane,
Isaac
List of names
found in account book of Samuel Ashton, acc. 63x12,
Ashton
(Isaac? Samuel?)
Bale
– see Beale
Beale,
Pennel
Britton,
John
Cimber,
Jesse
Davis,
Samuel
Eastwick,
Charles
Fritz,
Andrew
King,
Tobias
Kinsely,
Henry
Knox,
Henry
Ross,
Hugh
Sims,
Henry
Sprozal,
John
Taylor,
Andrew