John (Ashton), Scarborough, b. c. 1638; refugee at Newcastle in 1676, at Marblehead in 1690; living 1714. … Three wives, 1st a dau. of Andrew Alger, who d. s.p.; 2d Susannah Foxwell, dau. of Mr. Richard and Susannah (Bonython) Foxwell, mother of all the ch. and d. at Newcastle; 3d, 30 July 1691, Mary (Edgecomb), widow of George Page, dau. of Nicholas and Wilmot (Randall) Edgecomb, who joined the Marblehead church in 1728 and deposed aged ± 83 in 1730. Ch. Susannah, m. at Marblehead 14 Oct. 1684 Robert Codner; d.s.p. Mary, m. at Scarb. 23 Feb. 1687 Daniel Libby. Samuel, fisherman, m. 15 July 1686 Mary Sandin. 6 ch. Elizabeth, bap. 11 Dec. 1687, m. Nicholas Merritt, who d. at Marblehead in 1736. 10 ch. Philip, shoreman, m. 20 Nov. 1701 Sarah Hendly. 2 ch. Philip Jr. in 1725 printed Ashton's Memorial, Strange Adventures of Philip Ashton, Taken by Pirates. This narrative mentions (his cousins) Joseph Libbee, who saved him from drowning, and Benj. Ashton. Joseph, b. 1678, d. 22 Aug. 1725. (Gravestone at Marbl.); m. 1st 4 Aug. 1700 Mary Page, 2d 25 Jan. 1713-4 Mary (Dutch) Page, widow prob. of Christopher, dau. of Hezekiah Dutch, who surv. him. 5+4 ch.
