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[ASHH621] George Ash m. [WANS622] Jane Wansley
. [ASHH631] George Ash m3. [BEMO632] Anne Beaumont
. . [ASHH642] Harriot Ash m. [WODD641] William Wood

8. [ASHH621] George Ash (born c.1700), married (at Leeds, St. Peter, 3rd May 1726) [WANS622] Jane Wansley, of Armley. The way in which the entry was made in the register could be misleading. It probably means Jane (only) was of Armley. George (a yeoman) and Jane appear to have had only one child:

7. [ASHH631] George (baptised at Whitkirk, 14th October 1733), married 3. Anne Beaumont, see later.

There was a John Ash (tailor) who had one child born at Whitkirk, St. Mary, (baptised there, 18th December 1726), who may have been a relative. This John appears to have moved to Leeds, where he had further children, mostly born in Briggate, between 1732 and 1749.

7. [ASHH631] George Ash (born 1733), married 1. (at Leeds, St. Peter, 16th July 1753) Mary Chadwick, of Town. They had four children born at Leeds and baptised at Leeds, St. Peter, as follows:

Nancy (born in Boar Lane, 20th November 1754, baptised 25th December 1754);
George (born in Briggate, 14th January 1758, baptised 23rd February 1758);
Mary (born in Briggate, 22nd July 1760, baptised 4th September 1760);
Betty (born in Briggate, 13th December 1762, baptised 13th January 1763).

Mary presumably died, and afterwards George married 2. (by licence, at Leeds, St. Peter, 19th April 1769, witnessed by Jno. and Betty Jackson) Ann Wilson.

John Jackson (of the parish of Rotherham) married (by licence, at Leeds, St. Peter, 5th February 1764) Betty Naylor. John Jackson was born in Kirkgate (19th February 1733-34), the son of Turner Jackson of Kirkgate who married (at Beeston Chapel, 25th August 1720) Grace Parkinson. This tends to confirm that George Ash and John Jackson were contemporaries.

The family apparently moved from Briggate to Beeston in the early part of 1772. They had two children born in Briggate and baptised at Leeds, St. Peter, as follows:

John (born 18th June 1770, baptised 26th June 1770), "son of George" died "near the bridge", and was buried at Leeds, St. Peter, (23rd January 1772);
Ann Maria (born 1st February 1772, baptised 27th March 1772). "Ann" died at Beeston and was buried there (26th June 1772).

--- (wife of George), died at Briggate (buried at Leeds, St. Peter, 11th June 1773). Afterwards, George Ash (farmer, of Leeds, age 39) married 3. (by licence, at Calverley, 24th February 1774, witnessed by John Beaumont) [BEMO632] Anne Beaumont (of Calverley, age 25). They had six children born and baptised at Beeston as follows:

Elizabeth (baptised 23rd March 1775), apparently married (at Tong, 23rd September 1793) Anthony Knowles. However, Anthony Knowles married (at Leeds, St. Peter, 29th May 1796) Martha Anderson, yet there in no trace of his wife Elizabeth dying between these dates;
Frances (baptised 28th June 1776);
6. [ASHH642] Harriet (baptised 14th August 1777), married William Wood, see later;
John (born 23rd November 1778, baptised 11th January 1779);
William Rodney (born 16th June 1782, baptised 9th September 1782);
Joseph (baptised 20th June 1784).

George was referred to in the parish register as "Mr. George Ash" when Elizabeth, Frances and William Rodney were baptised, and also when Ann Maria was buried.

Afterwards George and Ann (apparently) went to Doncaster (around 1788), where he was an innkeeper. They had one further child:

George (baptised at Doncaster, St. George, 19th August 1789).

George (innkeeper) died at Doncaster (31st December 1791, buried at St. George, 3rd January 1792). Ann died at Doncaster also (buried at Doncaster, St. George, 8th April 1796). Her entry in the Burial register includes the comment: " ... widow late George Ash, publican, age not known, decline, ...". There was a monumental inscription at St. George's church to George, noted in 1986 when the stones were all transcribed, but since removed. This read:

Here

lieth the body

of GEORGE ASH

who departed this life

Dec 31st 179...

Aged ...3 years

He would have been aged 58.

6. [ASHH642] Harriet Ash (born 1777, daughter of George), married (at Leeds, St. Peter, 24th December 1794) [WODD641] William Wood (born 1776, see WOOD). Note that when Harriot died (age 22, of fever) in Leeds, she was buried at Beeston Chapel (29th July 1798), at which date both her parents were deceased, and apparently buried at Doncaster.