Philip Ashton | |
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| Born | 1702 |
| Died | 1746 (aged 43–44) Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Known for | Castaway who lived on an uninhabited island for 16 months |
Philip Ashton (1702—1746) was a castaway on then-uninhabited Roatán island in the Gulf of Honduras for 16 months in 1723/1724. His memoirs about his solitary stay were published in book form in Boston in 1725. While some people believed it was a novel in the style of Robinson Crusoe (1719), Ashton's book was the account of a genuine experience. He was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts in 1702 and married twice.[1]