====== John Ashton ======
**1776-?1858**\\ 
//([[ashton_john_1747|John]] - [[ashton_john_1708|John]] - [[ashton_john|John]])//

John ASHTON was baptised 18 Jan 1776, Houghton with Wyton, Huntingdonshire.\\ 
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He was a carpenter.\\ 
{{ ::johnashtonappr1797.png |John Ashton apprentice 1797 - Master Thomas Wight}}
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From Huntingdonshire, he moved to Walthan Abbey in Essex.\\ 
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Below: Poll Books of Huntingdon, showing John being resident in Essex, yet having freehold property (House & Land) in Houghton.\\ 
{{ ::johnashtonpollyear1807.png |Poll Book 1807: John Ashton}}\\ 
{{ ::johnashtonpollyear1830.png |Poll Book 1830: John Ashton}}
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He was still alive in 1851 when recorded in the census as a widower.\\ 
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==== Marriage & Children ====

He appears to have married [[allpress_elizabeth_1780|Elizabeth ALLPRESS]]((As well as Allpress, I am also looking into the surname Ricketts)), although I have yet to locate details.
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=== Child of John Ashton and Elizabeth: ===
  - [[ashton_mary_ann_ricketts_1806|Mary Ann Ricketts ASHTON]], baptised 18 May 1806 - Waltham Holy Cross, Essex >>

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Eleven years after his daughter's birth and first wife's death, he married **Mary Barfield** 22 Jan 1817, Waltham Holy Cross, Essex. Mary died some time between the 1841 census and that of 1851.\\ 
{{::johnashtonmarybarfieldmarr1817w.png?direct|Marriage of John Ashton, widower, and Mary Barfield, 1817}}
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=== Children of John Ashton and Mary: ===
  - Ann ASHTON, baptised 07 Dec 1817 - Waltham Holy Cross, Essex	
  - Sarah ASHTON, baptised 30 Apr 1820 - Waltham Holy Cross, Essex
  - John ASHTON, baptised 02 Jun 1822 - Waltham Holy Cross, Essex
  - Henry ASHTON, baptised 10 Oct 1824 - Waltham Holy Cross, Essex	
  - Elizabeth ASHTON, baptised 15 Apr 1827 - Waltham Holy Cross, Essex