Joseph Ashe

Joseph Ashe

Joseph Ashe
Person	Joseph Ashe
Title
First name	Joseph
Middle name(s)
Last name	Ashe
Suffix	Esquire
Spouse of
Widow of
Occupation	Merchant
Secondary shorebased occupation
Mariner occupation
Associated with ship(s)
Training	Not apprentice
Is apprentice of
Was apprentice of
Had apprentice(s)
Citizen	Unknown
Literacy	Signature
Has opening text	Joseph Ash
Has signoff text	Joseph Ashe
Signoff image	(Invalid transcription image)
Language skills	English language
Has interpreter
Birth street
Birth parish
Birth town
Birth county
Birth province
Birth country
Res street
Res parish	Saint Bartholomew by the Exchange
Res town	London
Res county
Res province
Res country	England
Birth year	1620
Marriage year
Death year	1686
Probate date	April 21, 1686
First deposition age	35
Primary sources
Act book start page(s)
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Allegation start page(s)
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Deposition start page(s)	HCA 13/70 f.119v Annotate
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Deposition date(s)	Sep 5 1654
How complete is this biography?
Has infobox completed	Yes
Has synthesis completed	No
Has HCA evidence completed	No
Has source comment completed	No
Ship classification
Type of ship	N/A
Silver Ship litigation in 1650s
Role in Silver Ship litigation	None

Biographical synthesis

Joseph Ashe (alt. Ash) (b. ca. 1620; d. ?). Merchant.

Resident in 1655 in the parish of Saint Bartholomew by the Exchange.

Possibly related to Jonathan Ash, residing at ffanchurch streete, London, in 1662, and his brother Edward Ash, also residing in 1652 in London.

Evidence from High Court of Admiralty

May 1652

Thirty-one year old Jonathan Ash, merchant of London, dwelling in ffanchurch streete, deposed on May 30th 1652. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Edward Ash in "The claime of Edward Ash of London merchant for eighteen cases of speckled sope and 14 of white taken in the Liesda". Jonathan Ash identifies Edward Ash as his brother.

September 1655

Thirty-five year old Joseph Ashe deposed on September 5th 1655 in the High Court of Admiralty. He was examined on an allegation on behalf of Arnold Leon in the case of "The clayme of Arnold Leon for his goods in the shipp called the Sphera Mundi taken by some ship or shipps in the immediate service of this Commonwealth".

Comment on sources

1659

C 10/52/11 Elizabeth Ash, widow, John Ash, Edward Ash, Joseph Ash, Samuel Ash, Benjamin Ash and Jonathan Ash v James Ash: personal estate of John Ash, deceased, of Freshford, Somerset. 1659

1664

C 10/82/2 Sir Robert Abdy baronet, Sir Thomas Rich baronet, Sir James Madiford baronet, Sir Joseph Ash baronet, Sir Thomas Bludworth knight and others v Sir George Oxenden knight, Sir Martin Noel knight, Thomas Atkins, Elizabeth Dallison and others: money matters, Middx. 1664.

1674

C 6/220/4 Short title: Ash v Ash. Plaintiffs: Mary Ash. Defendants: Sir Joseph Ash, John Ash, John Ash, Stephen Odearne, Mary Odearne his wife, Edmund Webb and others. Subject: money matters, Somerset. Document type: four answers. SFP. 1674

1686

PROB 11/382/428 Will of Sir Joseph Ash of Twickenham, Middlesex 21 April 1686