Captain of 2nd Virginia Rangers and served under Colonel George Washington during the Indian campaign and at Braddock's defeat. For his services in the French and Indian wars he was granted large tracts of land in Kentucky, 2,000 acres of this were in Woodford County, where his descendants settled several years later.
During the French and Indian war there was a siege at present day Fort Ashby, West Virginia. In 1756 John Ashby was out of the fort at that location and was attacked by Indians and made a remarkable escape to the fort. The fort was named for him Fort Ashby.
It was during this period, the French and Indian Wars, that the infamous Dec 1755 letter from George WASHINGTON was sent to Capt. John ASHBY (2nd Company of Rangers), dressing him down for the "great irregularities" in his camp, including both the "... misbehaviour of your Wife; who I am told sows sedition among the men, and is chief of every mutiny..." and the selling of rum by John's brother-in-law, Joseph Combs (George Washington Papers, 1755 John Ashby Letter).
By 1770, Capt. John ASHBY had removed to Fauquier Co, VA (Rent Roll) and in May of 1773, John ASHBY was cited for illegal liquor sales. According to Ashby Researcher Andrea Kent this was the same John ASHBY who m Jane Combs. Andrea adds, from unsourced notes: "A British officer captured at Yorktown wrote of his 1781 visit to the Ashby inn and spoke to a woman who matches Jane's description. In their conversation, she said that she would treat him kindly, as her mother was born in England."
During the French and Indian war there was a siege at present day Fort Ashby, West Virginia. In 1756 John Ashby was out of the fort at that location and was attacked by Indians and made a remarkable escape to the fort. The fort was named for him Fort Ashby.
It was during this period, the French and Indian Wars, that the infamous Dec 1755 letter from George WASHINGTON was sent to Capt. John ASHBY (2nd Company of Rangers), dressing him down for the "great irregularities" in his camp, including both the "... misbehaviour of your Wife; who I am told sows sedition among the men, and is chief of every mutiny..." and the selling of rum by John's brother-in-law, Joseph Combs (George Washington Papers, 1755 John Ashby Letter).
By 1770, Capt. John ASHBY had removed to Fauquier Co, VA (Rent Roll) and in May of 1773, John ASHBY was cited for illegal liquor sales. According to Ashby Researcher Andrea Kent this was the same John ASHBY who m Jane Combs. Andrea adds, from unsourced notes: "A British officer captured at Yorktown wrote of his 1781 visit to the Ashby inn and spoke to a woman who matches Jane's description. In their conversation, she said that she would treat him kindly, as her mother was born in England."
Captain of 2nd Virginia Rangers and served under Colonel George Washington during the Indian campaign and at Braddock's defeat. For his services in the French and Indian wars he was granted large tracts of land in Kentucky, 2,000 acres of this were in Woodford County, where his descendants settled several years later.
During the French and Indian war there was a siege at present day Fort Ashby, West Virginia. In 1756 John Ashby was out of the fort at that location and was attacked by Indians and made a remarkable escape to the fort. The fort was named for him Fort Ashby.
It was during this period, the French and Indian Wars, that the infamous Dec 1755 letter from George WASHINGTON was sent to Capt. John ASHBY (2nd Company of Rangers), dressing him down for the "great irregularities" in his camp, including both the "... misbehaviour of your Wife; who I am told sows sedition among the men, and is chief of every mutiny..." and the selling of rum by John's brother-in-law, Joseph Combs (George Washington Papers, 1755 John Ashby Letter).
By 1770, Capt. John ASHBY had removed to Fauquier Co, VA (Rent Roll) and in May of 1773, John ASHBY was cited for illegal liquor sales. According to Ashby Researcher Andrea Kent this was the same John ASHBY who m Jane Combs. Andrea adds, from unsourced notes: "A British officer captured at Yorktown wrote of his 1781 visit to the Ashby inn and spoke to a woman who matches Jane's description. In their conversation, she said that she would treat him kindly, as her mother was born in England."
During the French and Indian war there was a siege at present day Fort Ashby, West Virginia. In 1756 John Ashby was out of the fort at that location and was attacked by Indians and made a remarkable escape to the fort. The fort was named for him Fort Ashby.
It was during this period, the French and Indian Wars, that the infamous Dec 1755 letter from George WASHINGTON was sent to Capt. John ASHBY (2nd Company of Rangers), dressing him down for the "great irregularities" in his camp, including both the "... misbehaviour of your Wife; who I am told sows sedition among the men, and is chief of every mutiny..." and the selling of rum by John's brother-in-law, Joseph Combs (George Washington Papers, 1755 John Ashby Letter).
By 1770, Capt. John ASHBY had removed to Fauquier Co, VA (Rent Roll) and in May of 1773, John ASHBY was cited for illegal liquor sales. According to Ashby Researcher Andrea Kent this was the same John ASHBY who m Jane Combs. Andrea adds, from unsourced notes: "A British officer captured at Yorktown wrote of his 1781 visit to the Ashby inn and spoke to a woman who matches Jane's description. In their conversation, she said that she would treat him kindly, as her mother was born in England."
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