1871 census, Swimbridge, Devon:
Ashelford
James 46 b. Chittlehampton Devon
Jane 46 b. Chittlehampton
Thomas 20 b. Swimbridge
John 15 b. Swimbridge
Alfred 9 b. Swimbridge
James Ashelford, b. 1822 d. 1913, was the son of Thomas Ashelford and Grace Cooper. James m. Jane Shaddick.
Thomas Ashelford was the son of Thomas Ashelford and Betty Clements who married at Chittlehampton in 1784. This earlier Thomas was bapt. 1761 Lydeard St. Lawrence, Somerset, son of William and Sarah.
James and Jane had other children, including James Ashelford b. 1853 m. Elizabeth Owens 1872 at Swansea, Wales. Several of their children went to Connecticut, USA.
I do not have all the Chittlehampton/Swimbridge Ashelford descendants. My descent is from William and Sarah by another son who remained in Somerset.
Ruth
USA