Related to the Burt family above (Isaac Burt married Alice Ashdown in 1815 at Hellingly). It is my hope that the Ashdown line will eventually go back to Rotherfield and show a (distant) connection to the Ashdowns there who stood firm in their beliefs and in 1557-58 were burnt at the stake for heresy.
The Ashdowns appear to have a long history of religious non-conformity and a number of them converted to Mormonism in the 1850s and emigrated to the USA making the overland trip to Salt Lake City. There are many of their descendants in the USA today.
The Ashdowns appear to have a long history of religious non-conformity and a number of them converted to Mormonism in the 1850s and emigrated to the USA making the overland trip to Salt Lake City. There are many of their descendants in the USA today.
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