Joseph was born in 1738, in New Hampshire. He was the son of Joseph Ashley and Anna Dewey. He moved, with his family, at about age 9 to Sunderland, Massachusetts. He was a farmer and a Blacksmith. He married Ruth Billings in 1763, in Sunderland. He was a Tori, and when the sentiments of the Revolution increased, he moved to New York, in around 1774, to avoid the strife. He died during the Revolutionary War.
New Hampshire Birth Records, 1631-1920; Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; North America Family Histories, 1500-2000; New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011
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