Burdett Ashton

Ashton was a member of the Virginia Ratifying Convention in 1788 and a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1799 to 1800.^[1]

Ashton was married three times.^[1] On December 19, 1768, Ashton was married to Anne "Nancy" Washington (1752–1777), a daughter of Augustine Washington Jr. and Anne (née Aylett) Washington. Nancy's father was the elder half-brother of George Washington.^[4][5][6] Before her death on June 3, 1777, they were the parents of four children, only one of whom lived to marry:

• Sarah Washington Ashton (1769–1820), who married Nicholas Battalle Fitzhugh in 1788; he later served as Judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia from 1803 to 1814.^[1]
• Charles Augustine Ashton (1770–1800), who died unmarried.^[1]
• Burdett Ashton (1773–1812), who died unmarried.^[1]
• Ann Ashton (b. 1773), who died unmarried.^[1]

After Nancy's death in 1777, he married Sarah Blair (1758–1780), a daughter of Capt. James Blair of Northumberland County, on December 3, 1778. Before her death on November 11, 1780, they were the parents of:^[1]

• Sarah Keene Ashton (b. 1779), who married Col. Charles Stuart, a son of John Stuart and Frances (née Alexander) Stuart and brother to U.S. Representative Philip Stuart.^[1]
• Margaret Blair Ashton (1780–1781), who died in infancy.^[1]

After Sarah's death in 1780, he married Mary Keene (1762–c. 1835), daughter of Capt. Newton Keene on February 18, 1783. Together, they were the parents of three children:^[1]

• John Newton Ashton (b. 1784), who married Louisa Ann Ashton, a daughter of Charles Ashton in c. 1810. After her death in 1825, he married Ann Maria Ashton, a daughter of Maj. John Ashton.^[1]
• Hannah Butler Ashton (1785–1860), who married Capt. George Hunter Terrett of Fairfax County.^[1]
• Mary Ashton (b. 1787), who married Jacob Wray Stuart of King George County in 1808.^[1]

Ashton died on March 8, 1814.^[1]