Jemima Ashburn

  General Notes:

The 1850 Federal Census for Nansemond Co., VA records Jemima Ashburn (8) living with her parents, Elisha (52) and Rebecca (30) Ashburn and siblings Jefferson (19), Peter (17), Margaret (14), Henry (12), Barsha (6), Joseph (4). All family members are listed as born in Nansemond Co., VA. Elisha is listed as a farmer with real estate valued at $2,000.

The 1860 Federal Census for the Lower Parish of Nansemond Co., VA, Suffolk P. O., records Jamima Ashburn (18) living with her parents, Elisha (62) and Rebecca (38) Ashburn and siblings Margaret (21), Henry (20), Barbara (16), Joseph (12), Mary A. (11), Robert (9), and Francis (7 - male). All family members are listed as born in VA. Elisha is listed as a farmer with real estate valued at $1,500 and a personal estate at $15,000.

By 1870 Elisha has died and the wealth of the family has drastically changed: The 1870 Federal Census for Chuckatuck, Nansemond Co., VA, Suffolk P. O., records Rebecca Ashburn (49) as head of household with children Joseph P. (21), Mary A. (18), Robert W. (16), Francis N. (14 - male), and Buck (10). Rebecca is listed as Keeping House with real estate valued at $1,000 and a personal estate at $215.

See notes on her husband, Joseph James Cutchin, for 1880 census facts.

Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917
Name: Jemima Critchins (sic) Cutchins [Jemima Ashburn]
Birth Date: abt 1841
Birth Place: Isle of Wight County
Death Date: 13 Dec 1887
Death Place: Isle of Wight, Virginia
Death Age: 46
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Gender: Female
Father Name: Elisha Ashburn
Spouse Name: J. J. Critchins
FHL Film Number: 2048575

Jemima married Joseph James Cutchin, son of Bartholomew Cutchin and Elizabeth Taylor / Tallough, on 5 Mar 1873. (Joseph James Cutchin was born on 25 Jan 1830 in Isle of Wight Co., VA, died on 23 Nov 1899 in Isle of Wight Co., VA and was buried in Cutchin Cemetery, Wash Hole Rd., Nansemond Co., VA.)