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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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1675 - 1712 (36 years)