{"id":577,"date":"2009-09-08T12:14:50","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T18:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/?page_id=577"},"modified":"2009-09-08T12:14:50","modified_gmt":"2009-09-08T18:14:50","slug":"benjamin-askew-family","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/families\/benjamin-askew-family","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Askew Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contributed by Margarette Stout<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

BENJAMIN ASKEW \u2013 1747 \u2013 1831<\/p>\n

James Henry Askew wrote in Waldo, Arkansas, November 11, 1926:<\/p>\n

\u201cMy great grandfather Benjamin Askew was born in Jones County, North Carolina in 1747. This is as far\u00a0back as I have any knowledge of the Askew family, and this was told me by my father. He remembered\u00a0his grandfather, Benjamin Askew quite well and frequently told me he was a Dutchman. Askew is English,\u00a0but you can\u2019t tell a man\u2019s nationality by his name. My great grandfather, Benjamin, was a Revolutionary\u00a0soldier and served part of his service under General Anthony Wayne. He was at one time during his\u00a0service as a soldier placed as a picket with others on the opposite side of a river from where the American\u00a0Army was camped, with orders that if the red coats came in sight to fire on them, throw their guns in the\u00a0river, and swim to the American side. Before they swam to the other side bullets of the enemy were\u00a0striking the water near them as they swam, but none were killed. On another occasion Benjamin was\u00a0with American troops who captured a British camp and a good lot of supplies, among which was a good\u00a0supply of good old Jamacia rum. My great grandfather Benjamin Askew died in Jones County, North\u00a0Carolina, in 1831. My grand-father, Jo– and my father James Edward Askew and my uncle Benjamin\u00a0Franklin Askew were at his house when he died, at the age of 84. It is a remarkable fact that B. F.\u00a0Askew, who could not have been more than six years old at this time knew that his grandfather\u2019s estate\u00a0would have to be divided and made suggestions. Later B. F. Askew became an outstanding lawyer and\u00a0Judge in Columbia County, Arkansas.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlice Ann (Mrs. Richard) Askew researched to find Benjamin Askew was born in 1747 in Bertie County,\u00a0North Carolina, the son of John Askew, born ca. 1710 in the Isle of Wight, Virginia, and died in Bertie\u00a0County, North Carolina, in 1751. John Askew\u2019s wife was Margaret (Boone?). John Askew is thought to\u00a0be the son of Nicholas and Sarah Oglethrop Askew of Isle of Wight, Virginia.<\/p>\n

\u201cBenjamin Askew was born in 1747 in Bertie County, North Carolina because Jones County was not\u00a0formed until 1778 and Lenoir County in 1791. Benjamin\u2019s father, John Askew, was in Bertie County at\u00a0the time of Benjamin\u2019s birth in 1747. Deeds and Probate of his estate establish John Askew in Bertie\u00a0County when John died by May 1751. Benjamin was four years old. We do not know when he went to\u00a0Jones County, but a first cousin, Thomas Askew, went to Jones County, North Carolina area in 1780\u00a0and Benjamin and Thomas were neighbors. In 1783 at age 36, Benjamin was yet in the forces of the\u00a0Revolution. (For membership in Daughters of the American Revolution Corinne Price and niece Helen\u00a0Aldridge used the voucher issued Benjamin Askew for Payment for service in the Revolution dated\u00a0August, 1783.) \u201cHis son, John Askew, was born 16 August, 1789. John Askew (1789) was said to be\u00a0the younger of the seven children so when Benjamin married Susannah, we do not know. The 1790\u00a0census of Jones County, Newbern District, North Carolina pp 144 lists Benjamin Asque –\u00a01 male over 16,\u00a04 males under 16,\u00a03 females.<\/p>\n

Benjamin was 43 years old and the male over 16. Josiah, Zadoch, Nathan and John were the four males\u00a0under 16. The three were wife Susannah and daughters of Susannah, Elizabeth and Peggy. One of the\u00a0children was born after 1790.<\/p>\n

\u201cThomas Asque was listed \u2013 1790 census \u2013 male over 16, 2 males under 16 and 7 females. Benjamin\u00a0and Thomas were evidently neighbors. The next information on Benjamin Askew was his will of 1811,\u00a0made son John and beloved wife Susannah Askew Executors of his last Will and Testament. He left son\u00a0John 100 acres of land north of Cabin Branch, son Josiah Askew 100 acres on South side of Cabin Branch\u00a0where Benjamin lived and 100 acres of North side of Harriies Branch. John and Josiah were told when they\u00a0took possession of land to each pay Zadich Askew 100 dollars. Benjamin left daughter Susannah Askew\u00a0one cow and calf, and one two year old heifer, and one feather bed and furniture, and to Elizabeth Hawkins\u00a0and Pegy Tilmon to have one three-year old heifer each and to my son Nathan, if ever he should come, to\u00a0have one dollar. Nathan must have taken his part when he left home. Benjamin wrote his will in 1811\u00a0when he recorded being weak in body, lived until 1831 so he recovered of a weakening illness. In 1830\u00a0census Benjamin was 83 years old. In his household 1 male listed 70-80 years old, 2 female slaves\u00a0under 10, 1 female slave 30-40 years of age. This showed Benjamin Askew living alone and being taken\u00a0care of by a slave. James Henry Askew recorded in 1926 that his great grandfather owned slaves as did\u00a0his grandfather John Askew and his father James Edward Askew. The slaves always had the same kind\u00a0of housing and living conditions as their masters. The slaves had the same medical care as masters and\u00a0slaves always were treated in a humane and kindly way.<\/p>\n

\u201cBenjamin Askew died in 1831 and with him when he died was son John Askew with sons James Edward\u00a0and Benjamin Franklin Askew, who must have lived near. After John settled the estate of his father he sold\u00a0out in North Caroina and moved with his family to Troupe County, Georgia in 1834 and in 1835 to Russell\u00a0County, Alabama.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Contributed by Margarette Stout BENJAMIN ASKEW \u2013 1747 \u2013 1831 James Henry Askew wrote in Waldo, Arkansas, November 11, 1926: \u201cMy great grandfather Benjamin Askew was born in Jones County, North Carolina in 1747. This is as far\u00a0back as I have any knowledge of the Askew family, and this was told me by my father. … Continue reading “Benjamin Askew Family”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":285,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-577","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/577\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}