Matthias Hughes (abt. 1636 - aft. 1702)

Born about 1636 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Husband of Sarah (Unknown) Hughes — married before 1694 in St James Parish, Anna Arundel, Maryland

Descendants

Died after 21 Jan 1702 after about age 66 in St James Parish, Anna Arundel, Province of Maryland

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Biography

Disputed Origins

There is no evidence that he was son of John Rice Hughes and Nicati/Nicketti Powhatan. They've been detached. Please discuss origins in attached G2G thread.

Life in Maryland

Matthias Hughes came to Maryland as a servant at some time before 1667. He appears in Gus Skordas' "Early Settlers of Maryland."^[1] There is a notation of "service by 1667" indicating that Matthias came to Maryland as a servant, but was eligible for a grant of 50 acres at the end of his term of service.

In 1679 Matthias obtained for "a valuable consideration" 155 acres of land known as Poplar Ridge.^[2] This was not the only land he owned as he sold another parcel in 1694, with wife Sarah releasing her dower rights.^[3]

According to Find-a-grave his date of death is 21 Jan 1702 (no tombstone shown), but records of St. James Parish state that he was buried in St. James Parish Episcopal Cemetery, Lothian, Anne Arundel Co., MD, on Jan. 28, 1702. ^[4],^[5]

The Maryland Calendar of Wills 1703-1713 abstracts his will, dated 21 Jan 1702:

• To son Samuel and to son John at majority, "Paw Paw Ridge" equally.
• To daus. Sarah and Margaret personalty.
• Sarah Little executrix to have charge of son John during his minority.
• Test: Thos. Trott, Alex. Caddle, Jno. Beacher.^[6]

Acknowledgements

Thank you, Kathryn Parks, for research related to this profile (and incorporated into the biography above).

Sources

1. ↑ Maryland Archives on-line, earlysettlers.msa.maryland.gov/
2. ↑ Abstracts of Land Records, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Vol. 1, ed. Rosemary Dodd, Patricia Russell, The Anne Arundel Genealogical Society, Pasadena, MD. pp. 137-138
3. ↑ A.A. Land records, pp. 110-111
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #50701095
5. ↑ Anne Arundel County Church Records of the 17th and 18th Centuries, transcribed by F. Edward Wright, Willow Bend Books, Westminster, MD. 2000, p. 154
6. ↑ Cotton and Henry, "The Maryland Calendar of Wills: Wills from 1703 to 1713. Kahn and Pollock, Pub. Maryland, 1907. Image of the will is available on Ancestry.

See also:

• Pogue Website Mathias and Sarah Hughes
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SB1N-6JH : accessed 2017-04-25), entry for Mathias /Hughes/.