Background
Aston was born in England and may have been descended from the Astons of Staffordshire.
Aston was born in England and may have been descended from the Astons of Staffordshire.
Aston represented Shirley Hundred Island for the first time from 1629 to 1630. By the time he died on April 6, 1656 he was a Lieutenant Colonel Aston was buried at the original Westover Parish Church, Charles City County, Virginia.
Aston married twice, first to a woman whose maiden name was Warbowe then to Hannah Jordan who outlived him.
Aston is buried near the original site of the Westover Church next to Theodorick Bland of Westover and near Benjamin Harrison.
He continued to be a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1631–1632, 1632–1633, 1641, 1642-1643.