Rachel Chenoweth was the daughter of John Chenoweth and wife Eleanor.
She was the sister of Eleanor Chenoweth who married Levi4 Ashbrook and Mary
Chenoweth who married John4 Ashbrook, brothers of Absalom.
Thomas5 Ashbrook was probably named for Thomas, brother of Absalom, and Elias Ashbrook was probably named for Elias Chenoweth, brother of Rachel. Rachel Ashbrook was named for her mother Rachel Chenoweth.
Hampshire Co Virginia Deed Bk ---- April 18, 1796 ---- April 18, 1796.
| George Martin and wife Ann of Hampshire Co to John Wolford 174 acres Hampshire Co Wit: John Hanson, Jacob Emmert, Absalom Ashbrook |
Hampshire Co Virginia Will Bk ---- Written Jan. 17, 1800 ---- Proved Feb. 17, 1800.
| Will of George Reed Wife Hannah His father Jeremiah Reed gave him land. Appointed executor. Refused. Three children: William Reed, John Reed (a minor), Elizabeth Reed Executors: John Parrill and George Reed of Frederick Co. Security: John Collins. Wit: John Chenoweth, Absalom Ashbrook, Joseph C. Clutter. |
Hampshire Co Virginia Deed Bk----Sept. 16, 1800 ---- Oct. 20, 1800
| Absalom Ashbrook and wife Rachel of Hampshire Co. to Levi Ashbrook of Hampshire Co. Wit: James Dailey, Thomas McCarthy, Phil P. Wilson, Andrew Wodrow. |
In 1800 Levi3 Ashbrook, father of Absalom was deceased. In 1800 Levi4 Ashbrook, brother of Absalom, was already living in Clark County Kentucky. This deed probably refers to Levi4 unless the deed was somehow made before Levi3 died in 1794.
Hampshire Co Virginia Will Bk
| Will of John Chenoweth --- ~Written April 19, 1811 ---- Proved Sept. 14, 1812. Wife Eleanor Nine children: William (1/10 part of his grandfather's legacy), Absalom, John, James, Elias, Elizabeth Monroe, Eleanor Ashbrook, Mary Ashbrook, Rachel Ashbrook Executors: Elias Chenowith, John Monroe Security: Francis White, Joseph Nixon Wit: Abraham Cresswell, George Cole, William and Joseph Nixon, Thomas Meguire. |
Line-a-Day Book by William A. Ashbrook, p 1282
| The Conversion and Ministry of Rev. Eli Ashbrook With a Bit of Ashbrook History Written by Himself in His Nintieth Year Absalom Ashbrook married and emigrated to Pickaway County Ohio. He had three sons and three daughters and was there killed by the falling of a tree in a windstorm. |
Fairfield and Perry Counties Ohio, 1883 by Graham
| Biography of Thomas M. Ashbrook Absalom Ashbrook to Kentucky and died and family moved back to Virginia and then to Ohio. |
Ancestors of Mary Ashbrook May
| John and Absalom Ashbrook moved to Cynthiana, Kentucky and there John became a distiller. (No further reference to Absalom) |
The written records regarding Absalom Ashbrook give conflicting information. The most authentic would appear to be the record written by Eli Ashbrook, brother of Absalom, in which he states that he emigrated to Pickaway County Ohio and died there. Earlier in his "Line~a-Day Book", William A. Ashbrook had stated that John and Absalom Ashbrook remved to Cynthiana, KY where John became a big distiller. This statement most probably is the origin for the very similar statement in the book "Ancestors of Mary Ashbrook May". WiJIiam A. Ashbrook compiled the “Line-a-Day Book" over a period of time. Later he obtained a copy of the article written by Eli Ashbrook
at the age of 90 which would have been written in 1871. There is no evidence that either John or Absalom Ashbrook lived in Cynthiana which is Harrison County. Descendants of Aaron3 Ashbrook lived in Harrison County KY.
Absalom Ashbrook was still in Hampshire County VA as late as 1800 according to Hampshire County records. He does not appear on the census records of Kentucky which begin in 1810 nor does he appear on either the 1790 or 1800 tax lists of Kentucky. He does not appear on the census records of Ohio which begin in 1820. He might have accompanied his brother John to Kentucky for a few years and then moved to Ohio. Absalom Ashbrook and his brothers John and Levi all married sisters, daughters of John Chenoweth. They might have all gone to Kentucky together for that reason.
Probably Absalom Ashbrook died sometime between 1800 and 1820 in Ohio, probably Pickaway County.
Muskingum County Ohio Will Bk A----1804-1814
| Elias and Thomas Ashbrooke, minors Guardian ----Jonathan Carroll |
Elias and Thomas Ashbrook were very probably sons of Absalom Ashbrook. If true, Absalom Ashbrook died 1800-1814. He might have died in Pickaway County as Eli Ashbrook said and his widow moved to Muskingum County to live. In 1814 Muskingum joined Licking and Fairfield Counties. Thomas5 Ashbrook first appears on the 1830 Census of Licking County.
Elias Ashbrook first appears on the 1820 Census of Guernsey County which joins Muskingum County on the east. In 1830 Elias Ashbrook was in Coshocton County which joins Muskingum on the north, and in 1840 and 1850 Elias Ashbrook was back in Muskingum County. Thomas5 Ashbrook later moved to Delaware County where part of Eli Ashbrook's family lived. Solomon Ashbrook, who lived in Delaware County, must have been the son of Elias Ashbrook. He was too old to be the son of Thomas5 Ashbrook, and he does not fit as the son of any of the other sons of Levi3 Ashbrook.
LDS Library IGI Microfishe File
| Henry Dusenbury married Rachel Ashbrook July 31, 1816 Muskingum County Ohio. Seth Cannday married Poll (probably Polly) Ashbrook Dec. 2, 1821 Perry County Ohio. Married by Smith Goodin, M.G. |
These two women are very probably sisters of Elias and Thomas Ashbrook. These Ashbrooks may have lived in the part of Muskingum County that was cut off to make Perry County in 1818.