John Ashe (general)
John Ashe, Sr. (ca. 1720 – October 24, 1781) was Speaker of the House of Burgesses in the Province of North Carolina. He was Harvard educated and fought in the North Carolina militia during the French and Indian War. During the American Revolution, he attained the rank of major general and was in charge of North Carolina militia and state troops from 1776 to 1779. He resigned from military service after the Patriot defeat at the Battle of Brier Creek in 1779. Early life John Ashe was born at Grovely, New Hanover County, North Carolina (now Brunswick County, North Carolina) on March 24, 1725. His parents were Elizabeth Swann and John Baptista Ashe. His father, born in England and settled in the Cape Fear region of the Province of North Carolina, was a member of the Governor's Council and died in 1734. John Ashe was a member of Harvard University class of 1746 but did not graduate. He settled on the northeast Cape Fear River, where he built a plantation called Gr ...
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John Ashe (other)
John Ashe may refer to: *John Ashe (minister) (1671–1735), English dissenting minister * John Ashe (of Freshford) (1597–1658), MP for Westbury *John Ashe (priest) (born 1953), Church of England priest and Archdeacon of Lynn *John Ashe (general) (c. 1720–1781), American Revolutionary War figure * John Baptista Ashe (delegate) (1748–1802), North Carolina delegate to the Continental Congress * John Baptista Ashe (representative) (1810–1857), U.S. Congressman from Tennessee * John William Ashe (1954–2016), President of the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly See also * John Ayshe, MP for Wells *John Ash (other) John Ash may refer to: * John Ash (physician) (1723–1798), British physician * John Ash (divine) (c. 1724–1779), lexicographer and minister * John Ash (Canadian politician) (1821–1886), Member of the Legislative