Researching Rebecca Ashley
Dig into the past of Rebecca Ashley using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5011 people with the Ashley surname? In that year Ashley was ranked number 850 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Rebecca means "tied" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Rebecca Ashley on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Rebecca Ashley in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Ashley ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Rebecca Ashley and the Ashley Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Ashley Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Ashley family tree.
Search Parish Records for Rebecca Ashley at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Rebecca Ashley using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Rebecca Ashley.
Research the Ashley surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Ashley Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 7159 people with the Ashley surname in the UK? Ashley is now ranked number 835 for popularity in the UK. |
Ashley Family Tree Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Look at the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Rebecca Ashley.
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Ashley Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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| Did you know that there are currently 48612 people with the Ashley surname in the USA? Ashley is ranked number 141 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Ashley Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Rebecca Ashley. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Rebecca Ashley
Rebecca Kellogg Ashley
Rebecca Kellogg Ashley (December 22, 1695 – August 1757) was an English child captured by allied French, Canadian militia, Iroquois, and Algonquin soldiers in the 1704 Deerfield Raid. The Deerfield attack was part of the decade-long Queen Anne's War (the 1702-1713 War of Spanish Succession on the Continent). Rebecca was eight years old. Eunice Williams was captured in this same raid, as was her father, John Williams who wrote about his captive experience in The Redeemed Captive. Like Eunice and several other children from Deerfield, Rebecca Kellogg was adopted by Haudenosaunee Mohawks in the town of Kahnawake. She married and she raised children.
Unlike Eunice, Rebecca Kellogg returned to British colonial territory as an older woman. She married Ben Ashley and she translated for several Congregational missionaries in Indian missions, including Jonathan Edwards at the Stockbridge Indian Mission. Edwards expressed in many letters his admiration of her faith and of her interpretation skills. Although she had left Kahnawake, she often lived with the Haudenosaunee and identified as a member of the Mohawk. Rebecca Kellogg Ashley died in 1757 with the Oneida Haudenosaunee in Oquaga, New York. She did not leave any writings that are known but her life is visible in the writings of the missionaries with whom she worked. Gideon Hawley wrote that the Haudenosaunee "greatly lamented" her death.
Source: Rebecca Kellogg Ashley, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Ashley
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