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FIRST GENERATION
1. Jonathan WILLIAMS was born in Aug 1780 in Deerfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts. He died on 27 Feb 1781 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.
He was buried in Old Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.
Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Ground at Deerfield, Mass. Copied by C. Alice
Baker and Emma L. Coleman, published by The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial
Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1924. p. 44.
Williams, 1781
In Memory of
Jonathan Son to
Wm Williams Esqr
and Mrs Dorothy
Williams who died
Feby 27th 1781 Aged
6 Months

SECOND GENERATION
2. William WILLIAMS was born on 10 Jun 1734 in Hadley, Hampshire,
Massachusetts. He died on 1 Mar 1808 in Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts.

History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall &
Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 48
of Hatfield, Mass. He was married to Dorothy ASHLEY on 21 Dec 1763 in
Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.

3. Dorothy ASHLEY was born on 5 Aug 1743 in Deerfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts. William WILLIAMS and Dorothy ASHLEY had the following
children:
1 i. Jonathan WILLIAMS.

THIRD GENERATION
4. Col. Israel WILLIAMS was born on 30 Nov 1709 in Hatfield, Hampshire,
Massachusetts. He died on 9 Jan 1788 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall &
Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 378
A very prominent man in his day; for an account of military operations see
chapters on French and Indian wars; for his experience as a Tory see Rev.
chapter.

Genealogies of Hadley Families, Embracing the Early Settlers of the Towns of
Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, Compiled Sylvester Judd,
published in 1905. p. 161.
Died from having broken his skull by falling down his cellar stairs. He
was married to Sarah CHESTER.

5. Sarah CHESTER died on 18 Sep 1770 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
Col. Israel WILLIAMS and Sarah CHESTER had the following children:
i. John WILLIAMS was born on 26 May 1732 in Hadley, Hampshire,
Massachusetts. He died on 7 Nov 1751. Genealogies of Hadley Families,
Embracing the Early Settlers of the Towns of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst
and Granby, Compiled Sylvester Judd, published in 1905. p. 161.
Grad. H.C. 1751.
2 ii. William WILLIAMS.
iii. Israel WILLIAMS was born about 1744 in Hadley, Hampshire,
Massachusetts. He died on 11 Apr 1823.
iv. Eunice WILLIAMS.
v. Jerusha WILLIAMS was born on 18 Jul 1747. She died on 30 Apr
1821 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts. She was buried in Howland Cemetery,
Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts.
vi. Elizabeth (Betsey) WILLIAMS was born in 1751. She died on 7 Mar
1786 in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts. She was buried in Howland Cemetery,
Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts. History of The Town of Sunderland,
Massachusetts, by John Montague Smith, prepared by Henry W. Taft & Abbie T.
Montague. Press of E. A. Hall & Co., Greenfield, Mass., 1899. p. 584.
of West Springfield, Mass.

Vital Records of Conway, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, published by the New
England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass. 1943. p. 127.
of Hatfield, Mass. - 1780
vii. Lucretia WILLIAMS was born in 1753. She died in 1834.

6. Rev. Jonathan ASHLEY was born on 11 Nov 1712 in Westfield, Hampden,
Massachusetts. He died on 28 Aug 1780 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.
He was buried in Old Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.
Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Ground at Deerfield, Mass. Copied by C. Alice
Baker and Emma L. Coleman, published by The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial
Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1924. p. 8.
Ashley, 1780
In Memory of Rev
Jonathan Ashley
who died August 28,
1780, in the 68 Year of
his Age, & 48 of his Min-
istry, leaving a Name dear
to his Friends & A'quaintan'e
for his social kind & pleas-
ing Deportment, in particu-
lar for his Zeal in the Cause
of Christianity, which united
with Superior Knowledge & a
ready Utterance of
Moral & Divine Truth ren-
dered him a shining light
in the Station, where God
had placed him

S. Jonathan and Abigail (Stebbins).

History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall &
Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 48
Graduated Yale College, 1730; was for a while a teacher in Suffield; was
settled here in the ministry Nov 8, 1732; he took an active and influential
part in the Jonathan Edwards controversy, being opposed to Edwards, who was
his cousin; two of his sermons preached in Edwards' pulpit at Northampton
were published; Edwards described him at this period as "a young gentleman of
liberal education and notable abilities; a fluent speaker; a man of lax
principles in religion, falling in, in some essential things, with the
Armenians, and is very bold and open in it." Edwards was in a position to
judge Mr. Ashley, for he had felt the force of his blows, and had combated
his liberalizing views with all his power.

Genealogies of Hadley Families, Embracing the Early Settlers of the Towns of
Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, Compiled Sylvester Judd,
published in 1905. p. 161.
of Deerfield, Mass.

Vital Records of Deerfield, Mass. to the Year 1850, Compiled by Thomas W.
Baldwin, Published by The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston,
Mass., 1926. p. 276.
Cole, Cato (son of Jenney Cole), died 19 Nov 1825 (a. 87 y.), a Negro man,
resident in family of Col. Thomas W. Ashley and formerly servant of Rev.
Jonathan Ashley.
Cole, Jenny, died 1 Sep 1808, negro servant of Rev. Jonathan Ashley.

Vital Records of Deerfield, Mass. to the Year 1850, Compiled by Thomas W.
Baldwin, Published by The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston,
Mass., 1926. p. 259.
Pastor of the Church, died in 68th year and 48th year of his ministry.
He was married to Dorothy WILLIAMS about 1736.

7. Dorothy WILLIAMS was born on 20 Jun 1713 in Hatfield, Hampshire,
Massachusetts. She died on 20 Sep 1808 in Deerfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts. She was buried in Old Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts. Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Ground at Deerfield, Mass. Copied
by C. Alice Baker and Emma L. Coleman, published by The Pocumtuck Valley
Memorial Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1924. p. 8.
Ashley, 1808
In Memory of the
Wd Dorothy Ashely
Relict of the Rev.
Jonathan Ashley,
An agreeable com-
panion, an Affectio-
nate Mother & the
Christians Friend,
who died Sept. 20,
1808 aged 95
Years.

Dau. of Rev. William Williams of
Hatfield and Christian (Stoddard). Rev. Jonathan ASHLEY and Dorothy
WILLIAMS had the following children:
i. William ASHLEY was born on 1 Jul 1737 in Deerfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts. He died on 17 Mar 1738 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.
He was buried in Old Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.
Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Ground at Deerfield, Mass. Copied by C. Alice
Baker and Emma L. Coleman, published by The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial
Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1924. p. 7.
Ashley, 1738
William the
Son of ye Rev'd
Mr. Jonathan &
Mrs. Dorothy
Ashley wo dyed
March ye 17 1738
Aged 9 Months.
ii. Jonathan ASHLEY was born on 6 Jan 1738/39 in Deerfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts. He died on 30 May 1787 in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts.
He was buried in Old Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.
Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Ground at Deerfield, Mass. Copied by C. Alice
Baker and Emma L. Coleman, published by The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial
Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1924. p. 8.
Ashely, 1787
To Perpetuate
the Memory of
Jonathan
Ashley Esqr
who died May 30th
1787 in ye 49th Year
of his Age.

Friends so well
embraced at Heart
Nought but Death
(The fourth line has been covered
by resetting the stone).

Atorys, s. of Rev. Jona. His wife,
Tirzah, was dau. of David Field,
an ardent patriot.

Vanished Pioneer Homes and Families of Shelburne, Massachusetts, by Leila
Stone Bardwell. Published by the Shelburne Historical Society, 1974. p. 70.
Jason Cady, innkeeper on the Albany Road, Shelburne's south end in 1780 and
1781, sold his farm October 21, 1782 to Jonathan Ashley who was an innkeeper
in 1784 and 1785. The following description of Jonathan Ashley, Junior (1739
- 1787) is taken from "The Revered Jonathan Ashley House," by Amelia F.
Miller.
"...it is not true always that persons are wrong because ye multitude
are against them...."worte Jonathan Ashley, Esquire to his younger
brother, Elihu, in 1769.
Eighteen years later these words could have well served as an epitaph for
Parson Ashley's oldest son, Jonathan Ashley, Junior, whose uncompromising
loyalty to the King of England cost him first his physical health, his mental
energies and his home, and ultimately his life. Graduated from Yale in 1758
at twenty. Studied Law. Married Tirza Field. Son William died in infancy.
Five daughters. Home threatened by a mob. elected by a Tory majority town
clerk and Treasurer 1781. Act passed forbidding persons to vote or hold town
office who had not taken the Oath of Allegiance. As a result of this
election he was taken to the Suffolk County jail. On March 27, 1781 he
petitioned for release from jail. At the time he had a wife and four
daughters, the oldest being only seven years of age. Release eventually
granted. Health never recovered. The year after his release he bought a farm
in Shelburne where he died on May 30, 1787, age forty-eight.

History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall &
Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 49
Graduated Yale College, 1758; lawyer, with large practice; was a Tory, in
consequence of which he got into trouble. Ater the Rev. he lived in
Shelburne; was there in 1785-6; sold his house here in 1786.

Vanished Pioneer Homes and Families of Shelburne, Massachusetts, by Leila
Stone Bardwell. Published by the Shelburne Historical Society, 1974. p. 2a
6 children born in Deerfield, Mass.
iii. William ASHLEY was born on 11 Feb 1740/41 in Deerfield,
Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 28 Sep 1742 in Deerfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts. He was buried in Old Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts. Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Ground at Deerfield, Mass. Copied
by C. Alice Baker and Emma L. Coleman, published by The Pocumtuck Valley
Memorial Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1924. p. 7.
Ashley, 1742
William ye Son
of ye Rev'd Mr.
Jonathan & Mrs.
Dorothy Ashley
who dyed Sept
the 28 1742
Aged 17 months.
3 iv. Dorothy ASHLEY.
v. Elizabeth (Betsey) ASHLEY was born on 9 Jun 1745 in Deerfield,
Franklin, Massachusetts. She died on 14 Jan 1808 in Deerfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts. She was buried in Old Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts. Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Ground at Deerfield, Mass. Copied
by C. Alice Baker and Emma L. Coleman, published by The Pocumtuck Valley
Memorial Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1924. p. 21.
Dickinson, 1808
To perpetuate the
Remembrance of Mrs.
Elisabeth, Consort of
David Dickinson Esqr,
who died Jany 14th
1808, aged 62, Years.

Mortals, how few among our Race,
Have given this Thought its Weight,
That on this feeting Mome't hands,
Our everlasting State.
vi. Solomon ASHLEY was born on 13 Sep 1747 in Deerfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts. He died on 23 Jun 1748 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.
He was buried in Old Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.
Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Ground at Deerfield, Mass. Copied by C. Alice
Baker and Emma L. Coleman, published by The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial
Association, Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1924. p. 8.
Ashley, 1748
In Memory of Solomon
Son of the Revd Mr.
Jonathan Ashely &
Mrs. Dorothy his wife
Born Sept ye 13th 1747
Died June ye 23rd 1748

vii. Elihu ASHLEY was born on 12 Aug 1750 in Deerfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts. He died on 14 Mar 1817 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.
History of Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall
& Co., Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 49
Studied medicine with Dr. Thomas Williams at Deerfield, practiced in
Worthington 1774-5; on the death of Dr. Williams he returned and succeeded to
his office and practice; resided later on the old homestead.
viii. Solomon ASHLEY was born on 25 May 1754 in Deerfield,
Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 14 Jan 1823 in Deerfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts. Vital Records of Deerfield, Mass. to the Year 1850, Compiled
by Thomas W. Baldwin, Published by The New England Historic Genealogical
Society, Boston, Mass., 1926. p. 260.
Drowned in the Connecticut River near Col. John Wilson's. History of
Deerfield, Volume II, by George Sheldon, Published by E. A. Hall & Co.,
Greenfield, MA, 1896. p. 48
Potter and gravestone cutter; had shop on Boyden lot; and on the Catlin lot
now owned by Cyrus Brown; in 1774 he was living in Hinsdale, N.H. He never
married and was drowned at Great River.
ix. Clarissa ASHLEY was born on 1 Dec 1757 in Deerfield, Franklin,
Massachusetts.

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