Nat Gould

James Askey -1708

James Askey married Hester (maiden surname unknown).

They lived in Ashover in Derbyshire, and had the following children:

Elizabeth Askey. Her birth date is unknown, but she died in 1666. She was buried at Ashover on 26 August 1666.

Joan Askey. She was born in 1667, and was baptised at Ashover on 2 September 1667.

Anne Askey. She was born in 1669, and was baptised at Ashover on 28 November 1669. She may have been married to Charles Newbold at Chesterfield on 5 January 1698.

James Askey. He was baptised at Ashover on 9 April 1672. His wife was named Elizabeth and they lived at Pilsley near North Wingfield in Derbyshire.

Luke Askey. He was born in 1677, and was baptised on 1 November 1677 at North Wingfield. He married Penelope Eyre on 21 October 1711 at Morton in Derbyshire. She died in 1725, and was buried at Morton on 6 July 1725. Luke Askey died in 1745, and was buried at Morton on 6 July 1745.

Their father James Askey died in 1708, and was buried on 15 August 1708 at Pilsley.

The earlier history of the Askey family is obscure. Robert Asquey was recorded in the Hardwick Hall accounts working there as a stonemason in the sixteenth century.

An Askey family lived nearby at Sookholme, close to Warsop in Nottinghamshire. They were a yeoman family of considerable means whose property was eventually acquired by the Fitzherberts of Tissington in Derbyshire. Their archives specifically refer to the Askey Estate (Derbyshire Record Office D239 M/T 1178-1185).

It has not been possible to establish for certain where the Askey family originated. Possibly they migrated over centuries from the northeast. The journey of Richard Askey in the eighteenth century from Ashover to Mapleton wouild be an example of such migration.

As late as the 1880s the surname Askey was still concentrated in northeast England, as shown in the accompanying map based on the returns in the General Register Office.

Intriguingly the long island that shelters the port of Bergen in Norway is called Askøy.