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Ashley was considered a surname style name at the time. [8] In the 1980s the name had a rise in popularity attributed to the female soap opera character Ashley Abbott who emerged on the still-running TV series The Young and the Restless in 1982. [9] Spelling variants of the name such as Ashlee, Ashleigh, and Ashlie are also in use. [10] [11]
Rebecca Kellogg Ashley (December 22, 1695 [1] – August 1757) was an English child captured by allied French, Canadian militia, Iroquois, and Algonquin soldiers in the 1704 Deerfield Raid. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Deerfield attack was part of the decade-long Queen Anne's War (the 1702-1713 War of Spanish Succession on the Continent).
James Mitchell Ashley (November 14, 1824 – September 16, 1896) was an American politician and abolitionist.A member of the Republican Party, Ashley served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio during the American Civil War, where he became a leader of the Radical Republicans and pushed for passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, ending slavery in the United States.
Then you can’t go wrong with baby girl names that mean “warrior” — in any language. Whether you go literal with a name meaning “soldier” or angle broader and give your girl a moniker ...
Ashley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alicia Ashley (born 1967), Jamaican-American boxer, former WBC world champion; April Ashley (1935–2021), English model outed as a transgender woman; Bernard Ashley (businessman) (1926–2009), British businessman and engineer, husband of Laura Ashley
Ashley is a place name derived from the Old English words æsċ (“ash”) and lēah (“meadow”). It may refer to: It may refer to: People and fictional characters
'The Ashley Madison Affair,' an ABC and Hulu documentary, details the infamous infidelity dating app hack in 2015. See the celebrities caught using the app.
During the Yamasee War (1715–17), the Kiawah fought with the English against the Yamasee, Creek, Cherokee, Catawba, and other nations seeking revenge for abuse by traders. [2] The Kiawah gave a present to the Province of South Carolina in 1717. [6] The British colonial government granted land to the south of the Combahee River to a Kiawah ...