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Henry Ashington

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth19.9.1729 - Deal CSORN
First Known Service4.1.1749/50CSORN
FatherRobert Ashington (1700-1734)ref:719
MotherElizabeth Gammon (1707-?)ref:719
WifeJane Cattral - Married 17.5.1784 - Alverstoke, St Mary, Southampton ADM 6
DaughterElizabethPROB11
SisterMary (1724-?)ref:719
BrotherRobert Ashington (1727-1765)ref:719
BrotherJohn (1730-)ref:719
Last Known Service1.12.1797CSORN
Date of Death24.1.1807ADM 6
Will Probated16.4.1807, PROB 11/1458/238

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
4.1.1749/5025.11.1750
Somerset (68) 1748-1778
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant's Servant ADM 107/5/18		ADM 107/5
26.11.175021.7.1751
Vulture (14) 1744-1761
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Able Seaman ADM 107/5/18		ADM 107/5
22.7.175116.1.1751/52
Vulture (14) 1744-1761
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Midshipman ADM 107/5/18		ADM 107/5
17.1.1751/5216.7.1753
Ferret (14) 1743-1757
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Midshipman ADM 107/5/18		ADM 107/5
20.2.175516.4.1757
Barfleur (80) 1755-1783
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1764 Renamed "Barfleur Hulk"
, Master's Mate ADM 107/5/18		ADM 107/5
17.4.17575.12.1757
Invincible (74) 1747-1758
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Master's Mate ADM 107/5/18		ADM 107/5
8.175710.1757Louisbourg Expedition 
5.12.1757 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/5/18RNLPC
14.12.1757 LieutenantCSORN
14.12.175729.1.1759
Lightning (14) 1746-1762
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
1755 Renamed "Lightning"
, Lieutenant ADM 6/18/462		ADM 6/18
6.6.175827.7.1758The Siege of Louisbourg 
29.1.175914.3.1760
Rochester (50) 1749-1770
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lieutenant ADM 6/19/27		ADM 6/19
20.11.1759 Battle of Quiberon Bay 
14.3.17601.5.1762
Rochester (50) 1749-1770
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/19/146		ADM 6/19
7.1.176210.2.1762Operations against Martinique 
1.5.176229.11.1762
Marlborough (68) 1756-1762
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lieutenant ADM 6/19/467
Issued by
George PocockBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1766
, East Indies
Confirmed 3.3.1763		ADM 6/19
6.6.176213.8.1762Operations against Havana 
11.6.176230.7.1762Siege of El Morro 
27.10.177028.10.1773
Boyne (68) 1766-1783
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/20/306		ADM 6/20
11.9.177730.6.1780
Cornwall (74) 1761-1780
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/21/312		ADM 6/21
6.7.1779 Battle of Grenada 
17.4.1780 Battle of Martinique 
15.5.1780 Action of March 15 1780 
19.5.1780 Action of March 19 1780 
3.10.178027.11.1780
Lioness (26) 1777-1783
British 26 Gun
Unrated Storeship
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/178		ADM 106
27.11.178022.8.1781
Mars 1759-1784
British unarmed
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
1.12.1797 Superannuated CommanderCSORN
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