Then, one of them gets involved in the shipping trade, described as "seafaring," and makes his home in Barbados. His 18 year old son arrives in Connecticut about 1660, sows some wild oats, and eventually raises a family, only to die in a yellow fever epidemic, along with most of his children.
Two generations later, another Ashcraft is tried for murder, is acqiutted, yet feels compelled to relocate to Virginia, where his future becomes entwined with "Indian Problems." Indeed, one of the man's sons is eventually killed by Indians in one of the last skirmishes in Kentucky.
Coonrod Walters, John C. Walters and Jediah Ashcraft are all described as "Indian Fighters": it is nearly an occupation.
The links from several of this document's names lead to my Ancestry Document, where you can read about the folks, navigate up and down the generations with the numbered llinks, or return here by linking back through the same name.