John Baptiste Ashe, Major General

John Baptiste Ashe, Major General

Male 1725 - 1781  (56 years)


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  • Name John Baptiste Ashe 
    Title Major General 
    Birth 24 Mar 1725  Brunswick, North Carolina, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Special SAR Patriot #: P-104959 
    FSID LVV7-1CD 
    Burial 1781  John Sampson Cemetery, Clinton, Sampson, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 24 Oct 1781  Sampson, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I44139  footsteps
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2025 

    Father John Baptista Ashe,   b. 25 Sep 1695, Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, or Teffont Evias, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1734, Cape Fear, Craven, North Carolina, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Lillington Swann,   b. 26 Jun 1699, Perquimans, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1729, Cape Fear, Chatham, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 29 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1719  Bath, North Carolina, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F24511  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Rebecca Moore,   b. 1726, New Hanover, North Carolina, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1769, Brunswick, North Carolina, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Marriage Green Hill Plantation, NE Cape Fear River, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Ashe,   b. 1760, Brunswick, Horry, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1788, Waccamaw, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F24282  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 


    • SAR Patriot #: P-104959
      State of Service: NC Qualifying Service: Major General / Patriotic Service DAR #: A003388

      Birth: 1720 / Brunswick / NC
      Death: 24 Oct 1781 / Sampson / NC

      Qualifying Service Description:
      MEM OF PROV. CONGRESS & MEM OF COMM OF SAFETY

      Additional References:
      Grave Registry form. National Society Sons of the American Revolution (SAR); The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011; “Biographical History of North Carolina from the colonial times to the present” by Samuel A’Court Ashe (1906)e

      Spouse: Rebecca Moore
      Children: Elizabeth Maria; Harriet;

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