Joseph ASHTON
1682 - 1751 (69 years)-
Photos 
The Carpenter
by Franz Mortelmans (1849) ... Joseph Jr. was also a carpenter and his shop may have contained the rudimentary implements in this painting.1698 DEED p. 2 1698 DEED p. 1
The deed for 500 acres was issued by Robert Fairman, Penn's agent, to Joseph Ashton Jr., dated 1698 but not filed until 1766. In 1703, Joseph Ashton Sr. purchased the land from his son, and Granville Leach makes the point that "Joseph Jr was 'of age'." The untoward emphasis on Jr's age in 1703 compels us to ask how old he was in 1698 when he purchased the land? Besides confirming Joseph Jr's birthdate as 1683, the phrase may infer that Joseph Jr. was serving as a front for his father in this land transfer--at age 16, he could buy/sell land and renege on such transactions, for nothing in the law prevented minors from buying land. His father, Joseph Sr., had incurred Penn's disgust over the building of a road in 1701 and may have fallen in disfavor with Penn's agent, Fairman. Therefore, he set up his son to be the purchaser, and five years later, a "statute of limitations," per se, bought it back from him. In 1708, when Sr. died, he gave the land back to his son: "I give & bequeath unto Joseph my Eldest Son 250 acres of Land . . . upon the same that I purchased." Joseph's eldest son was to inherit the remaining 250 acres upon coming of age.Joseph Ashton, Grantor to John Holme, Grantee
GTRE Book Vol 7 p. 454 http://philadox.phila.gov/phillyhistoricalindex/index.html
(partial transcription with appreciation to Karen Kotlarchik)
This indenture made the sixth day of January in the twelfth year of the reign of our sovereign Lady Ann Queen of Great Britain etc and in the year of our Lord 1713 between Joseph Asheton of Lower Dublin Township in the county of Phila in the province of Penna carpenter Hannah his wife of the one part and John Holme of the sd township miller of the other part.
Whereas Wm Penn proprietary & governor of the sd province by a certain patent under his hand & seal of the province for the consideration therein mentioned did grant & convey unto Robert Turner purchaser a certain tract of land called by the name of Wheatland situate in the sd county beginning at a corner marked white oak standing by the land of Saml Claridge thence north west by land then vacant one hundred sixty seven perches to a corner marked red oak thence south near by land of Joseph Fisher four hundred & eighty perches to a marked white oak thence south east one hundred sixty seven perches to a marked stake thence north east by the land of Saml Claridge four hundred & eighty perches to the first mentioned white oak containing five hundred acres to hold to him the sd Robert Turner his heirs an assigns forever yielding & paying therefore unto the sd prop his heirs & successors upon the first day of the first month in every year one English silver six pence or value thereof in coin currant as in & by the sd recited patent being date the 4th month 1684 recorded in the rolls office at Phila the 29th 5th mo. 1684 may appear.
And whereas by one indenture bearing date the 25th of the first month 169_ made between the sd Robert Turner of the one part and sd Joseph Asheton by the name of Joseph Ashton Jr of the aforesd county & province yeoman of the other part he the sd Robert Turner for the consideration therein mentioned did grant & convey unto the sd Joseph Ashton all that the sd tract of land by the bounds thereof as in the sd indenture mentioned situate & limited as aforesd containing five hundred acres (were the same more or less) to hold to him the sd Joseph Ashton his heirs & assigns forever under the yearly rent aforesd as in & by the sd recited indenture acknowledged in open court at Phila the 9th day of the 4th mo 16__ relation being thereunto had may more at large appear and
Whereas the sd Joseph Ashton by a certain inde__ment written on the back side of the last recited indenture for the consideration therein mentioned did grant unto Joseph Ashton Sen late of Dublin Township aforesd yeoman decd father of the sd Joseph Ashton party hereto the sd five hundred of land to hold to him the sd Joseph Ashton Sen his heirs & assigns forever as __ & by the sd recited indenture bearing date the tenth day of December 1703 & likewise acknowledged in court relation being thereunto had may appear.
Documents 
ID: I2662 1798 Deed Progenitor's will : Joseph Ashton
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Name Joseph ASHTON Born 1682 Gender Male _AMTID 232003296386:1030:51595523 _COLOR 3 _UID AF67D36040FA41BDAC35EF0A0C78CA4DF668 Died 1751 Person ID I1216 Extended-Family-Tree-v2 Last Modified 27 Nov 2019
Father Joseph ASHTON, b. 1654, d. 1708 (Age 54 years) Family ID F540 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Children 1. Hannah ASHTON, b. 1694, d. 1779 (Age 85 years) Last Modified 4 Jan 2020 Family ID F539 Group Sheet | Family Chart