When Deborah Ashley was born in 1749, her father, Abraham Ashley, was 34, and her mother, Rebecca Whitridge, was 32. [1]She married Benjamin Heath on December 13, 1771, in Freetown,[2] Massachusetts. They had seven children in 14 years. She died in 1826 having lived a long life of 77 years, and was buried in Salem, Maine. [3]
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↑ Online Resource, Source Citation
Description Section: Vol I Source Information Ancestry.com. Representative men and old families of southeastern Massachusetts [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Representative men and old families of southeastern Massachusetts : containing historical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families.. Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1912. Source Description. Abraham Ashley family. https://ancstry.me/2lYazZ8.
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Abraham Ashley family
↑ Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Ancestry.com, Name: Deborah Ashley
Gender: Female
Spouse: Benjamin Heath
Marriage Date: 13 Dec 1771
City: Freetown
County: Bristol
Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 1993524. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7853&h=21201&indiv=try.
↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com, Name: Deborah Heath
Birth Date: 1749
Death Date: 1826
Cemetery: Mount Abram Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Salem, Franklin County, Maine, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Spouse: Benjamin Heath
Children: Benjamin Heath
Betsey Heath Lowell
John Heath
Lydia Heath. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=8510006&indiv=try. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50302619/deborah-heath
Online Resource, Source CitationDescription Section: Vol I Ancestry.com. Representative men and old families of southeastern Massachusetts [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Representative men and old families of southeastern Massachusetts : containing historical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families.. Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1912. Source Description. Abraham Ashley family. https://ancstry.me/2lYazZ8.
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