First Generation

JOHN ASLETT (abt 1614 - 1671) of Andover

Parents: Unknown

John was born about 1614. He deposed that he was 50 in 1664. [Ref] He died on 6 Jun 1671 in Andover. [Ref][Ref does not give the year] John Aslett married Rebecca Ayer on 8 Oct 1648 in Newbury. [Ref says "probably"][Ref]

John was a servant to William Bellingham in 1650. [Ref] In 1663 he was constable in Andover. [Ref 3;118]

Robert Lewis sued John Aslett of Rowley for a debt at the 29 (1) 1642 Court in Salem. [Ref] The 27 Apr 1665 court at Ipswich delayed John Cale and William Niff of Newbury's presentment for taking John's horse. [Ref]

John signed his will on 15 May 1671. He left bequests to his wife Rebecca, his son John and he left each of his daughters £20. [Ref]

Children of John Aslett and Rebecca Ayer:

1. Hannah Aslett married Unknown Brown. [Ref]
2. Rebecca Aslett was born on 6 May 1652 in Andover. She married Timothy Johnson.
3. Mary Aslett was born on 24 Apr 1654 in Andover. [Ref 2;121] She died on 12 Aug 1747. [Ref] She married Samuel Fry on 20 Nov 1671 in Andover. [Ref]
4. John Aslett was born on 16 Feb 1656 in Andover. [Ref][Ref 2;121] He married Mary Osgood on 8 Jul 1680 in Andover. [Ref][Ref does not give the location] She died in 1740. [Ref]
5. Sarah Aslett was born on 14 Jan 1658 in Andover. [Ref 2;121]
6. Ruth Aslett was born on 8 Aug 1660. [Ref]
7. Sarah Aslett was born on 14 Aug 1662. [Ref] She married Unknown Cole. [Ref]
8. Elizabeth Aslett was born on 26 May 1666 in Andover. [Ref] She died there on 15 Mar 1667. [Ref][Ref 3;467][Ref]
9. Samuel Aslett was born on 20 Dec 1669 in Andover. [Ref] He died there on 20 Dec 1669. [Ref][Ref]

There was a John Aslett who was 50 in 1644. [Ref]

Second Generation

REBECCA ASLETT (b. 1652)

Parents: John Aslett and Rebecca Ayer

Rebecca was born on 6 May 1652 in Andover. [Ref] She married Timothy Johnson on 15 Dec 1674 in Andover. [Ref][Ref]

References

Boltwood, Lucius Manlius, trans., "Deaths in the Town of Andover," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2, 1847, 377-381.

Coffin, Joshua, "Early Settlers of Essex and Old Norfolk," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6, 1851, 205-6.

Dow, George Francis, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Essex Institute, 1911.

Editors, "Ayer Genealogy," Essex Antiquarian 4, 1900.

No author, "Notes to Pedigree of Frye," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 8, 1854, 227.

Vital records of Andover, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Topsfield, Topsfield Historical Society, 1912.

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.