Families of Ashton (by Roade), Northamptonshire,England


William Jones-1871 [Parents] was born about 1834 in , , England. He married Betsy Jones-319 on 5 May 1892 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

MARRIAGE from Ashton parish records, NRO ref 17p/119, no. 178, a 58 year old widowed blacksmith of Roade.

NOTE see Roade for more details.

Betsy Jones-319 [Parents] was born about 1832 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She was christened on 25 Nov 1832 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She was buried on 11 Jan 1913 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She married William Jones-1871 on 5 May 1892 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

Other marriages:
Wickens, Smith

BAPTISM from parish records, NRO ref.17p/3, no. 216.

CENSUS 1841 The Green, Ashton, FHL film 0438873 Enumerator 2, page 5, folio 6. Born in county, age 8, listed here as Elizabeth.

CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 328 page 7, no 25. Age 18, a lace maker.

MARRIAGE (1858) from parish records, NRO ref 17p/119, no. 82, a spinster of full age of Ashton.

CENSUS 1881 on CD. At Foundry Row, Passenham, Northampton, England Source:FHL Film 1341370 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1537 Folio 66 Page 12. Age 48.

MARRIAGE (1892) from Ashton parish records, NRO ref 17p/119, no. 178, a 59 year old widow a shopkeeper of Ashton.

BURIAL from Ashton Parish Records, NRO ref 17p/9, no 696, aged 80. Had been living at Roade.

NOTE see also her record in Roade.


John Jones-1872 was christened on 9 Aug 1807 in Roade, Northamptonshire, England.

KNOWN from remarriage of his son, he is also a blacksmith.

NOTE see Roade for more details.

He had the following children:

  M i William Jones-1871

William Wilkins-1762 was born in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. He was christened on 6 Oct 1805 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England. He was buried on 21 Apr 1854 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. He married Mary Jane Mills-811.

Other marriages:
, Sarah

BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/11. numbers are not given in this register.

CENSUS 1841 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 438873, page 8. Age 30, occupation agricultural labourer, born in county.

CENSUS 1851 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 087691, page 10 no. 46 Age 43, Occupation agricultural labourer.

BURIAL Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/12 no.725 age 48.

NOTE he is the step-child of Mary (see census in 1851), so who his mother actually is, is not sure.

NOTE see Stoke Bruerne file for ancestors etc.

Mary Jane Mills-811 [Parents] was christened on 21 Feb 1844 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She was buried on 14 Feb 1868 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She married William Wilkins-1762.

Other marriages:
Wilkins, William

BAPTISM from parish records, NRO ref.17p/3 no.357, middle name here.

CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 329 page 9, no 34. Age 7.

CENSUS 1861 Ashtonwillage, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 12 page 5, no 20. Age 17 a lace maker.

MARRIAGE from Ashton parish records, NRO ref 17p/119, no. 112, a spinster of full age of Ashton.

BAPTISM from parish records, NRO ref.17p/9 no.451, middle name here also.


William Wilkins-19 [Parents] was born on 6 Feb 1842 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England. He was christened on 6 Mar 1842 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England. He married Mary Jane Mills-811 on 21 May 1866 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

Other marriages:
Stimpson, Sarah

CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.711.

CENSUS 1851 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 087691, page 10 no. 46 Age 9.

CENSUS 1861 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 542722, page 12 no.62 Age 19, Occupation agricultural labourer, unmarried.

MARRIAGE (1866) from Ashton parish records, NRO ref 17p/119, no. 112. A bachelor of full age, a labourer of Stoke Bruerne.

CENSUS 1871 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 838792, page 17 no.91 Age 28, Occupation agricultural labourer, a widower living with mother.

MARRIAGE (1872) from parish records, NRO ref. 17p/119, no. 128, a 30 year old widow, a labourer of Stoke Bruerne. Brothers married sisters.

CENSUS 1881 on CD at Cottage, Ashton In Potterspury, Northampton, England. Source:FHL Film 1341370 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1537 Folio 10 Page 2. Age 39, a labourer.

NOTE see Stoke Bruerne file for his parents etc.

Mary Jane Mills-811 [Parents] was christened on 21 Feb 1844 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She was buried on 14 Feb 1868 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She married William Wilkins-19 on 21 May 1866 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

Other marriages:
Wilkins, William

BAPTISM from parish records, NRO ref.17p/3 no.357, middle name here.

CENSUS 1851 Ashton, FHL film 0087692 Enumerator 14, folio 329 page 9, no 34. Age 7.

CENSUS 1861 Ashtonwillage, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 12 page 5, no 20. Age 17 a lace maker.

MARRIAGE from Ashton parish records, NRO ref 17p/119, no. 112, a spinster of full age of Ashton.

BAPTISM from parish records, NRO ref.17p/9 no.451, middle name here also.

They had the following children:

  M i Joseph William Wilkins-2388 was christened on 4 Nov 1866 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p/3, no.542.

Thomas Williams-1873 was born before 1804 in , , England.

KNOWN from marriage of his son, they were both carpenters. See Stoke Bruerne file for additional information.

He had the following children:

  M i Valentine Williams-1874

Valentine Williams-1874 [Parents] was born about 1822 in , , England. He married Sarah Elizabeth Hodgkins-1204 on 10 Aug 1848 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

MARRIAGE from Ashton parish records, NRO ref 17p/119, no. 46, a 26 year old bachelor carpenter of Ashton.

CENSUS 1851 Whitstable, Kent, enumerator 3c folios 494-511. Age 29, a carpenter of Stoke bruerne, head of house. (information from Sandy Hall via email Apr 2002)

NOTE see Stoke Bruerne for baptism and 1841 census entry and parents.

Sarah Elizabeth Hodgkins-1204 [Parents] was born about 1826 in , , England. She was christened on 17 Jul 1826 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She married Valentine Williams-1874 on 10 Aug 1848 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Parish Records, NRO ref 17p/3, no.142.

CENSUS 1841 The Lane, Ashton, FHL film 0438873 Enumerator 2, page 2. Born in county, age 14.

MARRIAGE from Ashton parish records, NRO ref 17p/119, no. 46, a 22 year old spinster of Ashton.

CENSUS 1851 Whitstable, Kent, enumerator 3c folios 494-511. Age 25, wife, of Ashton. (information from Sandy Hall via email Apr 2002)


William Wise-1876 [Parents] was born about 1819 in , , England. He married Susannah Wise-1875 on 22 Jan 1844 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

MARRIAGE from Ashton parish records, NRO ref 17p/119, no. 28, a 25 year old bachelor, a carpenter of Bloxham, Oxfordshire.

NOTE information thanks to Dorcas Hendershott (e-mail January 2002) she says that he later became a farmer and innkeeper at Tadmarton, Oxofrdshire.

Susannah Wise-1875 [Parents] was born about 1823 in , , England. She was buried on 7 Apr 1857 in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England. She married William Wise-1876 on 22 Jan 1844 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

MARRIAGE from Ashton parish records, NRO ref 17p/119, no. 28, a 21 year old spinster of Ashton.

BURIAL information thanks to Dorcas Hendershott (e-mail January 2002). Aged 35.

They had the following children:

  M i John Elias Wise-1878 was christened on 31 Mar 1844 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Ashton parish records, NRO ref 17p/3, no. 359, of Blosham, Oxfordshire, possibly born there or with his grandparents in Ashton.
  M ii Walter William Wise-1016 was christened on 10 Aug 1845 in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England.

BAPTISM information thanks to Dorcas Hendershott (e-mail January 2002).
  M iii Levi Eli Wise-3425 was christened on 23 Oct 1848 in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England. He died on 11 Aug 1850 in Tadmarton, Oxfordshire, England. He was buried on 15 Aug 1850 in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England.

NOTE all information thanks to Dorcas Hendershott (e-mail January 2002).
  M iv George Thomas Wise-3426 was born in 1850 in Tadmarton, Oxfordshire, England.

NOTE information thanks to Dorcas Hendershott (e-mail January 2002).

John Wise-1877 was christened on 20 Sep 1783 in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England. He died on 31 May 1870 in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England. He was buried on 3 Jun 1870 in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England. He married Mary Hartwell-3427 on 11 May 1818 in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England.

KNOWN first from marriage of his son, he was a farmer. Extra information thanks to Dorcas Hendershott (e-mail January 2002). from 1819 to 1833 he was a shepeherd. She has also supplied details of his father and other children.

Mary Hartwell-3427 was born about 1790 in , , England. She died on 17 Sep 1882 in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England. She was buried on 20 Sep 1882 in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England. She married John Wise-1877 on 11 May 1818 in Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England.

NOTE information thanks to Dorcas Hendershott (e-mail January 2002). Birth from age of 92 at death.

They had the following children:

  M i William Wise-1876

Henry Britten-1519 was born before 1755 in , , England. He married Mary Gray-1840 on 17 Sep 1793 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

Other marriages:
Cook, Elizabeth

MARRIAGE from parish records, NRO ref 17p/4, no.44, spelled Britton here.

MARRIAGE from parish records, NRO ref 17p/4, no.98, widower, spelled Britten here.

NOTE in 1795 at baptism of son, recorded as labourer.

Mary Gray-1840 was born before 1775 in , , England. She was buried on 19 Jun 1796 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. She married Henry Britten-1519 on 17 Sep 1793 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

MARRIAGE from parish records, NRO ref 17p/4, no.98. Possibly older than indicated here as marrying a widower.

BURIAL from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p19, numbers not given here. wife of Henry. Four days after her son.

They had the following children:

  M i Thomas Brittin-1989 was christened on 5 Jun 1794 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He was buried in Dec 1794 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p19, numbers not given here.

BURIAL from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p19, numbers not given here. Day off edge of page.
  M ii John Brittain-1985 was christened on 3 Aug 1795 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England. He was buried on 15 May 1796 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

BAPTISM from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p19, numbers not given here.

BURIAL from Ashton parish records, NRO ref. 17p19, numbers not given here.

George Edwin Cook-250 [Parents] was born about 1859 in Ashton, Northamtonshire, England. He married Sarah Elizabeth Dew-1437 on 13 Feb 1882 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1861 Ashton village, FHL film 0542722 Enumerator 2, folio 14 page 8, no 43. Age 1.

CENSUS 1871 Ashton, FHL film 838793 Enumerator 2, folio 59 page 10, no 51, on the third main road in the village. Age 11, a scholar (the age is crossed through and could also be 1, but 11 fits with the next census). Listed as grand-son of William.

CENSUS index 1881 in a cottage at Ashton, FHL film 1341370, PROP ref.RG11, piece 1537, folio 14, page 10. Age 21, an agr. labourer, unmarried.

MARRIAGE from parish records, NRO ref 17p/119, no.158, a 22 year old bachelor, a labourer of As.hton, named George Edwin Cook here.

CENSUS 1891 of Roade, Northamptonshire, LDS ref 6096303 Enumerator 4, Folio 44, page 2, household 12, aged 31, a labourer.

Sarah Elizabeth Dew-1437 [Parents] was born about 1850 in Eydon, Northamptonshire, England. She married George Edwin Cook-250 on 13 Feb 1882 in Ashton, Northamptonshire, England.

MARRIAGE from parish records, NRO ref 17p/119, no.158, a 32 year old spinster of Ashton.

CENSUS 1891 of Roade, Northamptonshire, LDS ref 6096303 Enumerator 4, Folio 44, page 2, household 12, aged 41, born Eydon.

NOTE one child listed in 1891 - see Roade.

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