......born 18 February 1733-4 in Westfield, Mass.; died 18 June 1776 in Westfield; married 6 May 1762 in Westfield, Rhoda Sackett, daughter of Eliakim and Thirsday (Fowler) Sackett, born 21 Dec 1740 in Westfield; died 25 September 1810 in Westfield. (She was received into full communion in Westfield Church 4 Au. 1783)
Joseph Ashley seems to have been a farmer and to have spent all his life in Westfield. He lived near Little River. (His will, dated 10 June 1776, proved 7 Jan 1777, mentions his wife Rhoda, mother Mercy Noble, and six children. [Hampsh. Co. Prob. Rec., vol.12, p. 224] Inventory, [Hampsh. Co. Prob. Rec. vol. 13, p. 146]
Children Born in Westfield
i. James, b. 23 Feb 1763; enlisted in the Revolution for three months service in Capt. Levi Ely's company in the Third Hampshire Regiment, Co. John Moseley, and was killed at
the battle of Stone Arabia on 19 Oct 1780. He was unmarried. [ Mass. Rev. Rolls, vol. 18, p. 256, and vol. 42, p. 135]
ii Roger, b. 6 Feb 1765
iii. Rhoda, b. 20 Jan 1767; m. 5 Feb 1792, Seth Miller of Marlborough, Vt. and Fort Ann, N.Y.
iv. Stephen, b. 12 Apr 1769
v. Peletiah, b. 19 Apr 1771 [Pelly in West. T. and Ch. Rec.]
vi. Eli, b. 30 Oct 1773 Quality: 4
