Robert (of Thomas) Ashby

Abt 1773 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Robert (of Thomas) Ashby  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1773	Accomack Co, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Est Settmt Fathers	29 Jun 1795	Accomack Co, Virginia   [2]
  	In obedience to an order of Accomack Court dated July 1794 we the subscribers appraised and inventoried the estate of Thomas Ashby which contained about 2 pages of inventory totaling £43.19.00. Signed: James Ashby Junr. Witt: John Spiers, Kendall Beech & Ezekiel Beech. Returned to Court June the 29th 1795 and ordered to be recorded. In obedience to an order of Accomack Court dated May 1795 we the subscribers have audited and settled the administrator's accounts on the estate of Thomas Ashby. James Ashby administrator Dr. to the account of the amount of sales: £43.19.00. Contry-Credit: Allowed the administrator £4.10.00; Lawyer's advice £0.7.6; Kendall Beech for appraising & auditing £0.3.0; Ezekiel Beech for appraising the estate £0.3.9; John Spiers auditing the estate £0.3.9; widow's divisional part £12.17.00; James Ashby's divisional part £2.17.1½; Jessey Ashby's divisional part £2.17.1½; Robert Ashby's divisional part £2.17.1½; Peggy Ashby's divisional part £2.17.1½; Susanna Ashby's divisional part £2.17.1½; Thomas Ashby's divisional part £2.17.1½; George Ashby's divisional part £2.17.1; George Ashby's divisional part £2.17.1; William Ashby's divisional part £2.17.1; Benjamin Ashby's divisional part £2.17.1; totaling £43.19.00. Signed: James Ashby Junr. Witt: John Spiers & Kendol Beech. Returned to Court June 29th 1795 and ordered to be recorded.
  Est Settmt Mothers	28 Oct 1800	Accomack Co, Virginia   [3, 4]
  	James Ashby Junr Extr of Susana Pen dec'd. To the esteate Dr - Amount of sales of personal estate £66.8.11½; amount of the (land) sale £151.0.0; total of the two £217.8.11½; amount of the credits £38.9.9; the neat estate £178.19.2½. The credits of £38.9.9 included £4.0.0 cash paid to each of the following for their legacies: George Ashby, Susana Ashby, Wm. Ashby & Benjamin Ashby. The following were part of the final settlement: Jesse Ashby's part of his mother's estate £22.7.4¾; Robt. Ashby's part £22.7.4¾; Peggy Dowty's part £22.7.4¾; Thos. Ashby's part £22.7.4¾; Susana Ashby's part £22.7.4¾; George Ashby's part £22.7.4¾; William Ashby's part £22.7.4¾; Benjamin Ashby's part £22.7.4¾ totaling £178.19.2½. In obedience to an order of the Accomack Court dated September 1800, we the subscribers have audited & settled the estate of Susana Pen dec'd as far as the Extr hath laid before us. Signed: John B. Upshur & Custis Wills. Recorded 28 Oct 1800.
  Will - Cousins	23 Mar 1816	Accomack Co, Virginia   [1]
  	He was shown as a cousin Robert Ashby, along with Peggy Doughty and William Ashby, in the will of Weskit Elliott.
  Will - Brothers	5 Jul 1835	Accomack Co, Virginia   [5]
  	In his will James Ashby Sr. named siblings Robert Ashby, George Ashby's son & daughter Albert & Mary, Thomas Ashby, William Ashby, Peggy Doughty and Benjamin Ashby and a niece Sukey Conner.
  Record ID	53212
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I53212	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Thomas (of Rachel) Ashby,   b. 1744, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 29 Jul 1794, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 50 years)
  Mother	Susanna Beach,   b. Abt 1748, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 5 Jul 1799, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 51 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1767  [6]
  Family ID	F16497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah 'Sally' Oldham,   b. Abt 1770, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	29 Oct 1816	Accomack Co, Virginia   [7]
  	William R. Custis was security on the M.L.B. of Robert Ashby and Sally Poulson, widow of William.
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F30560	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 191 (will of Weskit Elliott), 688. [S84] Acc Co Wills&c 1794-96, p. 185 (inventory, appraisal & settlement of the estate of Thomas Ashby), 84. [S240] Accomack Co, VA, Court Orders, 1800-04, p. 84 (settlement of the estate of Susana Pen dec'd), 240. [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 422 (settlement of Susana Pen), 688. [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 14 (will of James Ashby Sr.), 688. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 787 (Tract A47), 572. [S558] Turman, Nora Miller, Accomack Co, VA, Marriages, 1776-1854, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1994), 558.