Notes:

Birth:
William G. Stinson's book says "died August 16, 1796, age 67y 1m 7d. Wife of John Stinson." So that would make her birth year 1729.

Died:
Properly called Midland District in Upper Canada

Elizabeth married SAMUEL (2) SMITH, JR 8 m. 1st in 1750. SAMUEL (son of Samuel (m. Hannah Page) SMITH, 9 and Hannah (m. Samuel Smith) PAGE SMITH, 9) was born on 28 Jun 1736 in Haverhill, Essex Co, Massachusetts, United Colonies; died in 1762 in Amoskeag Falls, Manchester, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Abigail "Nabby" Neaby SMITH, 7 was born in 1753 in Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United Colonies; died in 1837 in New York, .
2. John SMITH was born in 1754 in Dunbarton, Merrimack Co, New Hampshire.
3. William SMITH was born in 1755 in New Hampshire; died on 12 May 1827 in Dunbarton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
4. Andrew Holland SMITH was born on 20 Aug 1756 in Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, ; died on 15 Dec 1842 in R gonis, New Brunswick, Canada; was buried in R gonis, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.
5. Mary SMITH was born in 1758 in Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, .
6. Thomas Holland SMITH was born in Abt. 1759 in Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, ; died after 1816 in Burton, Sunbury County, New Brunswick.
7. Samuel SMITH, III was born in 1761 in Dunbarton, Merrick County, New Hampshire; died in Aug 1822 in Geary, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada.

Elizabeth married Capt. John STINSON, m. 2nd in 1763 in Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, . Capt. (son of John STINSON and Mary HOGG) was born on 01 Jun 1739 in Dunbarton, Merrimack, New Hampshire; died on 26 July 1813 in On his homestead in Prince Edward County Ontario; was buried in Hallowell, Prince Edward County Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John STINSON was born on 02 Mar 1764 in Londonberry, New Hampshire, ; died on 6 Jan 1840 in Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada.
2. Jean STINSON was born on 06 Feb 1766 in New Hampshire, .
3. Nancy STINSON was born in Jun 1768 in Dunbarton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, ; died on 20 Mar 1799.

Richard married a daugh: of Mr. Willson WILLSON, 9 in Abt. 1728 in Ireland. a was born in Abt. 1710 in Ireland; died in in Corenerin, Clandermont, Londonderry, Northern Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Stephen, b. 25 Dec. 1675, d. 1712, 5th son of John Ash, Sheriff of Derry, 1676, and his 3rd wife , Elizabeth Holland, daughter of Capt. William Holland. Stephen is brother of Captain Thomas Ash known as the historian of the Siege of Derry, and took the name of Holland. Was " of Liffog."
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Stephen Ash, was married to Mary Edwards, daughter of Edward Edwards, Esq., of Castlegore, and aunt to Hugh Edwards, Esq., the proprietor of a valuable estate at Derg.

Stephen was bound to Mr Sam Leeson in Derry as an apprentice to the tanner trade. During his apprenticeship, he made one of the maids pregnant, and she bore him two illegitimate twins. Later, he had a son in the same way.
Some years after he left Mr. Leeson, he set up for himself in the tanner trade in Derry and married Mary Edwards. He fell into debt, and was obliged to leave his wife and children, and went to London. He got an ensign's commission in General Sanky's regiment.
He was obliged to change his name from Ashe to Holland, his mother's surname.General Notes: Extract from "The Ash MSS, written in the year 1735, by Lieut. Colonel Thomas Ash", published by Henry Tyler (1890)
Stephen, born 26 December 1675; when he came to years he was bound to Mr. Samuel Leeson, in Derry, to the tanner trade, and in his apprenticeship he got one of the maids with child; she bore him two illegitimate twins, and after his time was out he got a son the same way. Some years after he left Mr Leeson he set up for himself, and drove on the trade of tanning in Derry. In the year [??] he was married to Mary Edwards, the daughter of Edward Edwards, Esq, of Castlegore, in County Tyrone, the sister of Thomas Edwards, Esqr, and aunt to Hugh Edwards, Esq.; with her he got a considerable fortune. Soon after he was married he removed to a town named Liffoy, in the liberty of Coleraine; kept a good tanyard there for some years.
Notwithstanding the good fortune he got at his marriage, and his management, yet he failed by being in debt, and that considerably, so that he was obliged to leave his wife & children and went over to London; stayed there but for a short while, and then went to [??], where he got an ensign's comnission in General Sanky's Regt, and died at [??] in the year 1712. He has by his wife and upon his marriage was oblig'd to change his name from Ash to Holland, by his mother, that being her surname. The names of his children by his wife, Margaret Edwards, are :-
- William, dead;
- John, not married.
- Elisabeth:
- Richard.
- Edward, dead;
- Sarah, not married.
- Elisabeth, married to Mr. John Thompson, a Dissenting minister, who lives in the parish of Macosky, near Coleraine. She has a son named Edward alive, and a daughter named Elisabeth, that died young.
Richard, that married a daugh: of Mr. Willson; he had a daughter named Mary that died young, and Margaret and Stephen are now living.
James, his natural son, married Sarah M'Farland, and by her had 6 children; 4 of them are alive, James, Elisabeth, Sarah, and Margaret; they go by the name of Ash, for when James, their father was got, his father, Stephen, went by that name.
Mary, the natural daughter of Stephen, was married to George Bailie, who lives in the parish of Donaghady, and by him she had several children, all living.

Extract from "Mackenzie's Memorials of the Siege of Derry"; Introduction by W. D. Killen, D.D. (1861)
The son of John Ash and Elizabeth Holland, Stephen Ash, was married to Mary Edwards, daughter of Edward Edwards, Esq., of Castlegore, and aunt to Hugh Edwards, Esq., the proprietor of a valuable estate at Derg.

Stephen married Mary EDWARDS, daughter of Edward EDWARDS M.P. for Derry and Unknown. (Mary EDWARDS was born on 6 Mar 1681 in Templemore, Londonderry, Ireland, christened on 7 Mar 1681 in St. Columb's Cathedral, Londonderry, Ireland and died in 1731.)

Spouses/Children:
Mary EDWARDS

· Elisabeth ASH-HOLLAND+
· William ASH-HOLLAND
· John ASH-HOLLAND
· Richard ASHE+
· Edward ASH-HOLLAND
· Sarah ASHE

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Birth:
25 Dec 1675 in Lifford (Liffog), Co. Donegal, Ulster, Northern Ireland

Stephen married Mary EDWARDS, 10. Mary (daughter of Edward EDWARDS, 11 and Mary MONCREIFFE, 11) was born on 6 Mar 1681 in Londonderry, Templemore Parish, Co. Londonderry, Ulster, N. Ireland; died in 1731 in Londonderry, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

General Notes: Through a combination of studying a pedigree of the family of John Ash of Cornerrin, based on his will of 1680, and the Ash Manuscripts, compiled by Lt Colonel Thomas Ashe c.1735, it is possible to glean the following facts on the Ashe family. John Ashe of Corrnerrin was the son of Josias Ashe. In the register of St Columb's Cathedral, which dates from 1642, can be seen the baptism of S nna, daughter of Josias Ashe, on 13 December 1642. John Ashe of Corrnerrin was married three times. By his second wife Sarah, he had Captain Thomas Ashe. By his third wife Elizabeth he had George to whom he bequeathed Cornerrin, later known as Ashbrook.

In 1646, John Ashe was elected Sovereign of Belfast, having rendered 33 years of public service to the promotion of the town and the well-being of its inhabitants.

Extract from "The Town book of the Corporation of Belfast, 1613-1816" by Robert M. Young (1892)
1645: John Ash, gentleman of one of the Burgesses of the Borrough and Towne of Belfast, by lawfull presentacion from Captain Francis Meeke, Constable of the Castle of Belfast aforesaid, in the absence of the right honorable Edward Lord Viscount Chichester, upon the 24th day of June 1646, was elected and chosen in the office of Sovraigne of the said Borrough and to take the oath upon the 29th day of September next ensuing for the due execucion thereof for one whole yeare from thence to be compleat & ended according to the tyme in his Maties letters patents granted to the said Borrough lymitted.

Extract from: "A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (Vol II) by Sir Bernard Burke (1855)
ASHBROOK, in the co.of Londonderry, and province of Ulster, near the city of Londonderry, the seat of William Hamilton Ash, Esq., a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for the county. This mansion was built in 1686 by John Ash, Esq. It has a picturesque appearance and stands in a part of the country by no means deficient in acquired and natural advantages.

Extract from "The Ash MSS, written in the year 1735, by Lieut. Colonel Thomas Ash", published by Henry Tyler (1890)
John Ash, the eldest son of Josias, having buried his first wife, Thomasin, and his 2nd wife, Sarah, as is already mentioned, married his 3rd wife in 1668, in her uncle, Alderman Skipton's, house, within the liberty of Derry, Elisabeth, daughter of Capt. William Holland; by her he had 12 children; 11 of them were born in Corenerin, in the parish of Clandermont, near
Londonderry, to which place he removed after he left Killylane. The names of his and her children are Charity, Anne, Martha, Lydia, William, Stephen, George, Charity, Alexander, William, Richard, Phillis.
John Ash, the father, died, which was in November 1684.

Extract from "Index of Will Abstracts in the Genealogical Office, Dublin" by Miss P. Beryl Eustace (1948)
Ash, John, Corneren, Libs. of Derry, gent. 1684.


John married Thomasin. (Thomasin was buried in Muff, County Donegal, Ireland.). The cause of her death was Died in childbirth.

John next married Sarah WILIAMS. (Sarah WILIAMS was born circa 1639 in Killylane, Ireland and died in Jul 1668.). The cause of her death was Died in childbirth.

John next married Elizabeth HOLLAND, daughter of Captain William HOLLAND and Unknown, in 1668. (Elizabeth HOLLAND died in 1735.)

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John married Elizabeth HOLLAND, 11. Elizabeth (daughter of Capt. William HOLLAND) was born in in Ireland; died in 1735 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Mary MONCREIFFE, 11. Mary was born in 1647 in Londonderry, Templemore Parish, Co Londonderry, Ulster, N Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]