Burdett Ashton
Burdet Ashton of Chestnut Hill, was a planter and politician in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
Early life
Ashton was born on November 21, 1747 at Chestnut Hill, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was a son of Charles Ashton III and Sarah Butler. Among his siblings was younger brother, Lawrence Ashton, who married Hannah Gibbons Dade.His paternal grandparents were Charles Ashton and Ann Ashton.
Career
Ashton was a member of the Virginia Ratifying Convention in 1788 and a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1799 to 1800.Personal life
Ashton was married three times. On December 19, 1768, Ashton was married to Anne "Nancy" Washington, a daughter of Washington Jr.">Washington family">Washington Jr. and Anne Washington. Nancy's father was the elder half-brother of George Washington. Before her death on June 3, 1777, they were the parents of four children, only one of whom lived to marry:- Sarah Washington Ashton, who married Nicholas Battalle Fitzhugh in 1788; he later served as Judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia from 1803 to 1814.
- Charles Augustine Ashton, who died unmarried.
- Burdett Ashton, who died unmarried.
- Ann Ashton, who died unmarried.
- Sarah Keene Ashton, who married Col. Charles Stuart, a son of John Stuart and Frances Stuart and brother to U.S. Representative Philip Stuart.
- Margaret Blair Ashton, who died in infancy.
- John Newton Ashton, who married Louisa Ann Ashton, a daughter of Charles Ashton in. After her death in 1825, he married Ann Maria Ashton, a daughter of Maj. John Ashton.
- Hannah Butler Ashton, who married Capt. George Hunter Terrett of Fairfax County.
- Mary Ashton, who married Jacob Wray Stuart of King George County in 1808.