Ashley was the son of Nathan Bowen and Sarah Ashley of Marblehead, Mass. His mother died when he was a young adolescent, and he went off to sea shortly thereafter. He was a mariner for many years, and was married first in 1758 to Dorothy Chadwick. Within a few years after his marriage, he gave up the sea, and became a rigger in the town of Marblehead. Dorothy died in 1771, and the same year he married Mary Shaw. She died in 1781, and the following year he married Hannah Graves.
Ashley kept extensive journals during his time at sea, and late in life he sat down to write his autobiography. He is the first mariner in the United States to do so. This autobiography was edited by Daniel Vickers and published in 2006.
Ashley has no existing tombstone, but that he is buried here is found in Vickers, p. 140: "He was interred in a spot chosen by himself in the New M.H. ground, with his kindred, but so as to rise and face St. Michael's Church."
Ashley kept extensive journals during his time at sea, and late in life he sat down to write his autobiography. He is the first mariner in the United States to do so. This autobiography was edited by Daniel Vickers and published in 2006.
Ashley has no existing tombstone, but that he is buried here is found in Vickers, p. 140: "He was interred in a spot chosen by himself in the New M.H. ground, with his kindred, but so as to rise and face St. Michael's Church."
Ashley was the son of Nathan Bowen and Sarah Ashley of Marblehead, Mass. His mother died when he was a young adolescent, and he went off to sea shortly thereafter. He was a mariner for many years, and was married first in 1758 to Dorothy Chadwick. Within a few years after his marriage, he gave up the sea, and became a rigger in the town of Marblehead. Dorothy died in 1771, and the same year he married Mary Shaw. She died in 1781, and the following year he married Hannah Graves.
Ashley kept extensive journals during his time at sea, and late in life he sat down to write his autobiography. He is the first mariner in the United States to do so. This autobiography was edited by Daniel Vickers and published in 2006.
Ashley has no existing tombstone, but that he is buried here is found in Vickers, p. 140: "He was interred in a spot chosen by himself in the New M.H. ground, with his kindred, but so as to rise and face St. Michael's Church."
Ashley kept extensive journals during his time at sea, and late in life he sat down to write his autobiography. He is the first mariner in the United States to do so. This autobiography was edited by Daniel Vickers and published in 2006.
Ashley has no existing tombstone, but that he is buried here is found in Vickers, p. 140: "He was interred in a spot chosen by himself in the New M.H. ground, with his kindred, but so as to rise and face St. Michael's Church."
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