Families of Ashton (by Roade), Northamptonshire,England


William Clarke-839 [Parents] was christened on 31 Jul 1791 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He was buried on 27 Feb 1866 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He married Lucy Lawrence-1250 on 25 Nov 1816 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/19, numbers not used here. (It is not certain that this record is for the same person as those that follow).

MARRIAGE from parish records, NRO ref 17p/4, no.165.

CENSUS 1841 Upper End, Ashton, FHL film 0438873 Enumerator 2, page 8, folio 7. Born in county, age 50, an ag. lab.

CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 329 page 10, no 35. Age 59. an ag. lab.

CENSUS 1861 Ashton village, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 14 page 8, no 40. Age 69, a pauper, formerly an ag.lab. a widower.

BURIAL from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/9 no. 430. aged 74.

Lucy Lawrence-1250 [Parents] was christened on 17 Jan 1796 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She was buried on 27 Jan 1850 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She married William Clarke-839 on 25 Nov 1816 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/19, no numbers here.

MARRIAGE from parish records, NRO ref 17p/4, no.1650 Listed here as Luce.

CENSUS 1841 Upper End, Ashton, FHL film 0438873 Enumerator 2, page 8, folio 7. Born in county, age 45.

BURIAL from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p9, no.312, aged 54.

They had the following children:

  M i James Clark-245
  M ii George Clarke-919
  M iii Joseph Clarke-1251
  F iv Hannah Clarke-840 was born about 1824 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She was christened on 25 Dec 1826 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from parish records, NRO ref 17p/3 no. 149.

CENSUS 1841 Upper End, Ashton, FHL film 0438873 Enumerator 2, page 8, folio 7. Born in county, age 15.

CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 329 page 10, no 35. Agee 26, an unmarried lace maker.

CENSUS 1861 Ashton village, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 14 page 8, no 40. Age 36 a lace maker living with her widowed father.
  M v Bennett Clarke-153
  F vi Charlotte Clarke-1040
  F vii Sarah Clarke-1041

Smith-3043 [Parents] was born about 1700 in , , England. He married Rebecca-2993.

KNOWN from record of his wife murdering his mother.

Rebecca-2993 was born about 1700 in , , England. She married Smith-3043.

KNOWN only from note on mother's burial record that she was murdered in her sleep by her daughter-in-law Rebecca. Date of birth an estimate.


Henry Webb-843 [Parents] was born about 1834 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He was christened on 19 Feb 1837 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He married Harriett Whiting-844 on 13 Jul 1857 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/3, no. 260.

CENSUS 1841 The Lane, Ashton, FHL film 0438873 Enumerator 2, page 2. Born in county, age 6.

MARRIAGE Ashton Parish Records NRO ref 17p/119, no 77, full age, bachelor, labourer.

CENSUS 1861 Ashton village, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 14 page 8, no 42. Age 26, a carter.

Harriett Whiting-844 [Parents] was born about 1840 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She was christened on 11 Jul 1841 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She married Henry Webb-843 on 13 Jul 1857 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Ashton parish records, NRO ref 17p/3, no. 327.

CENSUS 1841 Upper End, Ashton, FHL film 0438873 Enumerator 2, page 8, folio 7. Born in county, age ?weeks.

CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 329 page 10, no 36. Age 9, a lace maker.

MARRIAGE Ashton Parish Records NRO ref 17p/119, no.77. age 16, spinster.

CENSUS 1861 Ashton village, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 14 page 8, no 42. Age 20, living with husband.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary Anne Webb-845 was born about 1859 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She was christened on 27 May 1860 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/3, no. 499.

CENSUS 1861 Ashton village, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 14 page 8, no 42. Age 1.
  M ii George Thomas Webb-1832 was born in Feb 1863. He was christened on 10 Apr 1863 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He was buried on 14 Apr 1863 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH from age at death.

BAPTISM from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/3, no. 523.

BURIAL from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/9, no. 409, aged 10 weeks.

William Cook-846 [Parents] was born about 1808 in , , England. He was buried on 24 Oct 1876 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He married Mary Ann Masters-847 on 25 Dec 1858 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH date set from age at death.

KNOWN from wife and daughter in 1861 census, possibly not dead as wife appears not to be a widow.

REMARRIAGE (1858) from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/119, no. 85, a widower of full age, a carrier of Ashton.

BURIAL from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/9 no.511, aged 68. Of Ashton.

Mary Ann Masters-847 [Parents] was born about 1800 in Diddington, Bedfordshire, England. She married William Cook-846 on 25 Dec 1858 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

Other marriages:
Whiting, Thomas
Ward, John

CENSUS 1841 Upper End, Ashton, FHL film 0438873 Enumerator 2, page 8, folio 7. Not born in county, age 40.

MARRIAGE (1849) from parish records NRO ref. 17p/119, no 49, aged 49, named as widow Whiting of Ashton, but she signed her name as Ann Whiting.

CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 329 page 10, no 36. Age 50, a lace maker.

MARRIAGE (1858) from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/119, no. 85, a widow of Ashton of full age.

CENSUS 1861 Ashton village, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 14 page 8, no 42. Age 60 a lace maker, with her son-in-law's family, though not mother of wife. Married so husband probably elsewhere. Listed as Mary A.


Thomas Geary-714 [Parents] was christened on 18 May 1788 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He was buried on 6 May 1844 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He married Sarah-2476 before 1812.

Other marriages:
Whitmell, Jane

BAPTISM from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/19, no numbers here.

MARRIAGE (1811) from Ashton parish records, NRO ref 17p/4, no. 149.

CENSUS 1841 Upper End, Ashton, FHL film 0438873 Enumerator 2, page 11, folio 9. Born in county, age50, an ag. lab.

BURIAL from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/9, no. 258, aged 55.

NOTE the link to daughter Susannah is through the name of her father and William and Charlotte as witnesses at her wedding.

NOTE his spouse was a widow in 1851, and he was deceased at his son's marriage in Oct 1851. However, at his daughter Caroline's marriage in 1852 this is not stated, but he is listed as a labourer. It is possible that two people are involved here. I have also linked the father of the first Mary Ann (who died aged one) to the husband of Jane Whitmell and assumed that Sarah was his first wife and Jane his second. Again this could be two or three Thomases that I have linked in error, but I believe that there was only one Thomas.

NOTE the second Mary Ann is in the family from the name of her father at her marriage. He was a labourer in 1839. If I am correct in assuming that he was the father of Mary Ann then he was a butcher at some stage like his father.

Sarah-2476 was born before 1795 in , , England. She married Thomas Geary-714 before 1812.

KNOWN only from the death of her daughter.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary Ann Geary-2477 was born about 1812 in , , England. She was buried on 30 Jan 1813 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BURIAL from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/9, no.1, aged 1.

George Webb-76 [Parents] was born on 15 Jul 1830 in Ashton, Northamtonshire, England. He was christened on 25 Jul 1830 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He died on 27 Jun 1904 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He was buried on 30 Jun 1904 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He married Ann Brown-92 on 5 May 1851 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH date on gravestone (see below).

BAPTISM from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/3, no. 187.

CENSUS 1841 Upper End, Ashton, FHL film 0438873 Enumerator 2, page 9, folio 8. Born in county, age 10.

MARRIAGE Ashton Parish Records NRO ref 17p/119, no 56, aged 20, a bachelor.

CENSUS 1861 Ashton, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 16 page 12, no 62. Age 31 , an ag.lab.

CENSUS 1871 Ashton, FHL film 838793 Enumerator 2, folio 58 page 8, no 44, Carville's Yard. Age 40, a railway labourer.

CENSUS index 1881. A cottage in Ashton, FHL film 1341370, PRO ref,RG11, Folio 11, Page 4. Age 60, a railway labourer.

CENSUS 1891 Ashton, FHL filem6096299 RG12/1189, Enumerator 2, folio 9 page 2, no 13, at Hillyers Cottages, age 60, a railway platelayer.

CENSUS 1901 of Ashton, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1413, enumerator 2, folio 13, page 5, schedule 30, in the Cottages in the centre of the village, age 70, bricklayer's labourer.

DEATH from gravestone as recorded in the NFHS booklet, grave no.119.

BURIAL from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p9, no.661, aged 73. He was the village barber in his spare time. There is a note in the margin by the vicar "He said, I couldn't listen to your sermon for watching at your 'air it was so long".

NOTE The Scrapbook of Ashton records on page 13 col.2, says he was a barber in his spare time (hence the comment at burial) and also a fiddler for special occassions such as Ashton Feast.

Ann Brown-92 [Parents] was born on 23 Mar 1830 in Stoke Golding, Buckinghamshire.England. She died on 17 Mar 1908 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She was buried on 21 Mar 1908 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She married George Webb-76 on 5 May 1851 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BIRTH from gravestone (see death below).

MARRIAGE Ashton Parish Records NRO ref 17p/119, no 56, aged 22, a spinster of Hartwell.

CENSUS 1861 Ashton, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 16 page 12, no 62. Age 32, birthplace listed as Hartwell.

CENSUS 1871 Ashton, FHL film 838793 Enumerator 2, folio 58 page 8, no 44, Carville's Yard. Age 41, a lace maker, birthplace Stoke Golding.

CENSUS index 1881. A cottage in Ashton, FHL film 1341370, PRO ref,RG11, Folio 11, Page 4. Age 61, (this obviously should be 51) Birthplace given as Ashton.

CENSUS 1891 Ashton, FHL filem6096299 RG12/1189, Enumerator 2, folio 9 page 2, no 13, at Hillyers Cottages, age 61. A lacemaker. Birthplace given as Stoke Golding, Bucks.

CENSUS 1901 of Ashton, Northamptonshire, PRO ref RG13/1413, enumerator 2, folio 13, page 5, schedule 30, in the Cottages in the centre of the village, age 71, a lace maker.

DEATH from gravestone as recorded in the NFHS booklet, grave no.119, where added to name of husband.

BURIAL from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p9, no.675, died of cancer aged 77 (understated compared to census ages), a widow. Note says died 7th - see 661 (which was burial of George Webb).

They had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth Webb-765
  M ii William Webb-897 was born about 1853 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He was christened on 14 May 1854 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/3, no. 449.

CENSUS 1861 Ashton, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 16 page 12, no 62. Age 7.

Ann Peasnall or Lawrence-696 [Parents] was born about 1800 in Hartwell, Northamptonshire, England. She was christened on 1 Jun 1800 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She was buried on 24 Dec 1875 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She was not married.

Other marriages:
Penn, James

BAPTISM from Ashton parish records, NRO ref 17p/19, no numbers here. She is shown as Ann Peasnall, the daughter of Martha, however the data matches that of Ann Lawrence as her mother married Charles Lawrence three months after she was baptised. It is not clear whether Charles was her father, or whether he adopted her when he married her mother.

MARRIAGE from parish records NRO ref. 17p/119, no 5. A spinster of full age.

CENSUS 1841 Upper End, Ashton, FHL film 0438873 Enumerator 2, page 9, folio 8. Born in county, age 40.

CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 330 page 11, no 41. Age 59.

CENSUS 1861 Ashton village, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 14 page 9, no 46. Age 61, a widow and pauper. Surname spelled Peyn here.

CENSUS 1871 Ashton, FHL film 838793 Enumerator 2, folio 59 page 10, no 54, on the third main road in the village. Age 71, a pauper and a widow, with her daughter's family living with her.

BURIAL from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. p17/9, no 504. Aged 75, listed as Ann Penn

She had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth Robbins Lawrence-244

John Fearn-240 [Parents] was born about 1813 in Ashton, Northamtonshire, England. He was christened on 17 Oct 1813 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He died before 1899. He married Martha Bingham-855 on 23 Dec 1832 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

Other marriages:
Stimpson, Ann

BAPTISM from parish records. NRO ref.17p/3 no.5.

MARRIAGE from Roade Parish Records, NRO ref. 281p/6, no. 157., a bachelor and labourer of Ashton.

CENSUS 1841 Upper End, Ashton, FHL film 0438873 Enumerator 2, page 9, folio 8. Born in county, age 25, an ag. lab.

CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 330 page 11, no 42. Age 37, an ag. lab.

CENSUS 1861 Ashton village, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 14 page 9, no 47. Age 46

MARRIAGE from parish records. NRO ref. 3p/119 no.101, aged 49 in 1862, widower, labourer.

CENSUS 1871 Ashton, FHL film 838793 Enumerator 2, folio 59 page 11, no 55, on the third main road in the village. Age 57, an ag.lab. Name spelled Fearn here.

CENSUS index 1881 in a cottage at Ashton, FHL film 1341370, PROP ref.RG11, piece 1537, folio 14, page 10. Age 67. A labourer. Surname spelled Fern here.

DEATH from remarriage of his widow at Roade.

Martha Bingham-855 was born about 1810 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. She was buried on 14 Aug 1862 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She married John Fearn-240 on 23 Dec 1832 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

MARRIAGE from Roade Parish Records, NRO ref. 281p/6, no. 157, listed as of the parish of Roade, not listed as spinster or widow.

CENSUS 1841 Upper End, Ashton, FHL film 0438873 Enumerator 2, page 9, folio 8. Born in county, age 30.

CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 330 page 11, no 42. Age 40, a lace maker.

CENSUS 1861 Ashton village, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 14 page 9, no 47. Age 50.

BURIAL from Ashton parish records, NRO ref 17p/9, no. 401, aged 52.


Robinson-856 was born about 1775 in , , England. He died before 1861. He married Elizabeth-857.

DEATH date from his wife a widow in 1861.

Elizabeth-857 was born about 1879 in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, England. She married Robinson-856.

CENSUS 1861 Ashton village, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 14 page 9, no 50. Age 81, a pauper, as head of house with her grand-daughter's family..


Joseph Campion-1595 [Parents] was born about 1803 in , Northamptonshire, England. He died before 1871. He married Elizabeth Cook-1345 on 27 Jan 1846 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

MARRIAGE from parish records, NRO ref 17p/119, no. 36, a widower farmer of Roade aged 43.

DEATH from his widow in Roade in 1871.

NOTE see Roade file for records of descendants.

Elizabeth Cook-1345 [Parents] was born about 1803 in , Northamptonshire, England. She was christened on 13 Feb 1803 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She died on 21 Mar 1872 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England. She was buried on 27 Mar 1872 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She married Joseph Campion-1595 on 27 Jan 1846 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

Other marriages:
Ashby, Stephen

BAPTISM from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/19, no numbers used.

MARRIAGE (1831) from Parish Records, NRO ref 17p/8, no. 3, spinster of the parish.

CENSUS 1841 Lodge Farm, Ashton, FHL film 0438873 Enumerator 2, page 16, folio 11. Born in county, age 35. May not be his wife, but probable from age of children.

MARRIAGE (1846) from parish records, NRO ref 17p/119, no.36, age 43, widow of Ashton.

DEATH from gravestone (no 19 in NFHS booklet), aged 69, it states she died at Roade.

BURIAL from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/9 no.481, aged 69, listed as of Roade.

NOTE see Roade for records of grandchildren.

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