Person:Daniel Ashcraft (3)
Daniel Ashcraft
b.14 Aug 1698 Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States
d.9 Oct 1755 Lost Creek, Harrison, Virginia, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 12 Sep 1690
  1. John Ashcraft1696 - 1745
  2. Daniel Ashcraft1698 - 1755
  3. Ephraim Ashcraft1701 -
  4. Jedediah Ashcraft1703/04 - Bef 1772
  5. Mary Ashcraft1705 -
  6. Uriah Ashcraft1708 - Abt 1791
  7. Hannah Ashcraft1708 - Abt 1710
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1723
  1. Ephraim AshcraftAbt 1724 - 1791
  2. Richard Ashcraft
  3. Jediah AshcraftAbt 1735 - 1794
  4. Daniel Ashcroft1736 - 1774
  5. Ichabod AshcraftAbt 1737 - Bet 1803 & 1804
  6. John Ashcraft1737 - 1832
  7. Jacob Ashcraft
  8. Elizabeth Ashcroft1739 -
  9. Richard Ashcraft (3)Abt 1740 - 1792
  10. Felix Ashcraft
  11. Rachel Ashcroft1741 -
  12. Margaret Ashcroft1743 -
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Facts and Events
Name Daniel Ashcraft
Gender Male
Birth[1] 14 Aug 1698 Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States
Alt Birth[3] 1700 Northern England
Other[2] Est 1721 Migration - Left Connecticut because of hard feelings over his killing of an Indian in Groton.
Marriage Abt 1723 to Elizabeth Lewis
Emigration[3] 1728 Settled in Point Pleasant, now in W. Va.England to America
Alt Marriage 1735 to Elizabeth Lewis
Other? Est 1753 Migration - Moved to Sleepy Creek, Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia)
Death? 9 Oct 1755 Lost Creek, Harrison, Virginia, United StatesKilled by Indians
Alt Death[2] 1774 Berkeley, Charles City, Virginia, United States

From Hempstead's Diary:

Sunday, June 12, 1720. I was on Jry of inquest upon ye Indian which died last night of ye wound he rec'd of Daniel Ashcraft on Thursday last on his forehead with a stone.
Friday, Sept 10. Daniel Ashcraft brought in not guilty.

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10 May 1732: Sold 220 A. to William Allen in Wrightstown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

24 Oct 1737: Sold 120 A. to James Dean in Wrightstown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

[Note: No record has been located of Daniel purchasing the land he later sold.]

7 Jan 1738: Daniel witnessed the will of Mary Strawhan of Bethlehem (though he was still living in Bucks County).

References
  1. ↑ Stonington Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    1:92.

    ASHCRAFT, Daniell, s. John, b. Aug. 14, 1698

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Neal, Martha Ashcraft. The Ashcraft Family: Descendants of Daniel Ashcraft. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1994)
    p. 7, 21, 22, 23.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Genealogical Department, Queries, K-'40. (a). Ashcraft-Lewis, in National Historical Magazine. (Washington D.C.: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution)
    Vol LXXIV, no. 11, pg. 56, Nov 1940.
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