Biographical Sketch of George ASHBRIDGE (1881); Chester County, PA

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Candace Roth 
<clroth1229@earthlink.net>.

Copyright.  All Rights Reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm
*********************************************************

From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881);

pg. 465
 
  "ASHBRIDGE, George, arrived at Philadelphia 5,5,1698, and in 1701 was living 
in Edgemont.  He married, 8,23,1701, at Providence Meeting, Mary Malin, of Upper 
Providence, by whom he had issue:  1. John, b. 6,1,1702; m. 8,12,1732, Hannah 
Davies.  2. George, b. 12,19,1703-4; d. 3,6,1773; m. 8,21,1730 Jane Hoopes.  3. 
Jonathan, b. 9,25,1705.  4. Mary, b. 11,10,1710; m. Amos Yarnall.  5, Elizabeth 
b. 12,6,1708-9; m. John Sharpless.  6. Aaron, b. 12,25,1712-3; m. 2,21,1737, 
Sarah Davies, and again, 9,4,1746, Elizabeth Sullivan, a widow.  He was a 
prominent citizen, and his last wife a noted minister among Friends.  7. Hannah, 
b. 2,26,1715; m. Joshua Hoopes.  8. Phebe, b. 8,26,1717; m. Richard Thomas and 
William Trimble.  9. Lydia, b. 11,22,1717-20; m. Ellis Davies.  10. Joseph, b. 
5,9,1723; m. Priscilla Davis, 4,8,1749.  Mary Ashbridge, the mother of these, d. 
2,15,1728, and George m. again, 1,6,1729-30, Margaret Paschall, widow, and soon 
after removed from Goshen to Chester, where he died in 1748.
  The children of John and Hannah Ashbridge were Jane, Jonathan, Elizabeth, 
John, Amos, Hannah, David, and Aaron.  The father died 5,21,1747, and his widow 
in 1771."