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Thomas Hughes Sr. (1749 - 1823)

Major Thomas Hughes Sr.
Born in Jefferson, Loudoun County, Virginiamap
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Son of and
Brother of
Husband of — married 20 Feb 1770 in Green, Forest, Pennsylvaniamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , , , and
Died at age 73 in Jefferson, Greene, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

Thomas Hughes house was a participating safe house in the Underground Railroad<http://www.co.greene.pa.us/secured/gc2/history/Underground-rr2013Oct12.pdf /> Thomas Hughes home can be found in Jefferson, Pa. http://www.co.greene.pa.us/secured/gc2/brochures/pdf/Historical%20Greene%20Co%20Brochure%202015.pdf.

Name

Thomas /Hughes/ Major[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Birth

05 MAY 1749
Louden, Virginia, United States.[7]

Residence

1820
Greene, Pennsylvania, United States[8]
1810
Jefferson, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States[9]
1800
Jefferson, Greene, Pennsylvania[10]
1790
Washington, Pennsylvania, United States[11]

Death

04 FEB 1823
Jefferson, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States[12]

Timeline

1749

5 May - "Birth of Thomas Hughes". His parents were Felix Hughes(~26) and Cynthia (Kaighn) Hughes(~21).[13]

1770

20 February - "Marriage of Thomas Hughes(21) and Elizabeth Swan(18)".[13][14]

1771

2 November - "Birth of Elizabeth Hughes". Her parents were Thomas Hughes(22) and Elizabeth Swan(20)".[13][14]

1774

7 May - "Birth of John Hughes". His parents were Thomas Hughes(25) and Elizabeth Swan(23)".[13][14]

1776

10 December - "Birth of Mary Hughes". Her parents were Thomas Hughes(27) and Elizabeth Swan(25)".[13][14]

1779

27 January - "Birth of Sarah Hughes". Her parents were Thomas Hughes(29) and Elizabeth Swan(27)".[13][14]

1781

11 May - "Birth of Martha Hughes". Her parents were Thomas Hughes(32) and Elizabeth Swan(30)".[13][14]

1783

18 February - "Birth of Thomas Hughes". His parents were Thomas Hughes(33) and Elizabeth Swan(31)".[13][14]

1785

2 September - "Birth of Ann Hughes". Her parents were Thomas Hughes(36) and Elizabeth Swan(34)".[13][14]

1788

19 January - "Birth of James Hughes". His parents were Thomas Hughes(38) and Elizabeth Swan(36)".[13][14]

1790

Unknown Date - "United States Census", Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.[15] (See "Research Notes" about the expected names match listed here)
Free White Male(15+) - Thomas Hughes(~41), Head
Free White Male(15+) - John Hughes(~16)
Free White Male(<15) - Thomas Hughes(~7)
Free White Male(<15) - James Hughes(~2)
Free White Female - Elizabeth Swan(~39)
Free White Female - Mary Hughes(~14)
Free White Female - Sarah Hughes(~11)
Free White Female - Martha Hughes(~9)
Free White Female - Ann Hughes(~5)
Slave - ?
Slave - ?
Slave - ?
19 December - "Birth of Luca Hughes". His parents were Thomas Hughes(41) and Elizabeth Swan(39)".[13][14]

1793

23 April - "Birth of Remembrance Hughes". His parents were Thomas Hughes(43) and Elizabeth Swan(42)".[13][14]

1794

20 October - "Major Thomas Hughes Resigned", 1st Sub Legion, United States Military.[16]

179?

18 November - "Birth of Catharine Hughes". Her parents were Thomas Hughes(~45) and Elizabeth Swan(~43)".[13][14] (Note: The year of birth is partially illegible in the family bible)

1823

24 January - "Last Will of Thomas Hughes Esq.", Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States.[17]
Elizabeth Hughes, wife
John Manning
Elizabeth Manning, daughter
Remembrance Hughes, son
John Hughes, son, executor
Thomas Hughes, son, executor
James Hughes, son
Mary Lindsey, daughter
Sarah Rosberry, daughter
Patty Oneil, daughter
Catharine Heller, daughter
Anne Curl, daughter
Jane the black woman
Danl Ferrel, a man of color
Thomas Fletcher Esq, witness
Wm. McHollister, witness
William S. Hays, register
4 February - "Death of Maj Thomas Hughes(73)", Jefferson, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. He was buried at Jefferson Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Jefferson, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States.[18]
Felix Hughes(1723–1805) father
Elizabeth (Swan) Hughes(1751–1825) spouse
Elizabeth (Hughes) Manning(1771–1822) daughter
John Hughes(1774–1844) son
Mary (Hughes) Lindsey(1776–1855) daughter
Sarah (Hughes) Roseberry(1779–1858) daughter
Martha (Hughes) O'Neil(1781–1857) daughter
Thomas Hughes(1784–1867) son
Nancy Ann (Hughes) Curl(1785–1836) daughter
James Hughes(1788–1861) son
Lucas Hughes(1790–1792) son
Remembrance Hughes(1793–1856) son
Catharine (Hughes) Hiller(1794–1842) daughter

Research Notes

From the Swan-Hughes Family Bible records and the Probate records, we have a fairly good understanding of the family of Thomas Hughes and the birth dates of his children. There are a number of Thomas Hughes households listed in the C1790 for Washington, Pennsylvania but only one seems to fit such a large family. Incidentally, that Thomas Hughes is listed adjacent to two other Huges families both James Hughes, one of which is noted as a (Black Family). The other James Hughes household is likely Thomas' brother, James Kaighn Hughes(abt.1750-bef.1825). From the good expected family match and the note in this biography, "Thomas Hughes house was a participating safe house in the Underground Railroad", it seems likely to me that this C1790 is the correct one for this profile. Using this information, we can likely also identify later census records for the Thomas Hughes household. Source context often provides important clues.

Sources

  1. ↑ Source: #S46 Page: Year: 1810; Census Place: Jefferson, Greene, Pennsylvania; Roll: 49; Page: 96; Family History Number: 0193675; Image: 00057. Data: Text: Residence date: 1810 CONT Residence place: Jefferson, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States
  2. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Year: 1800; Census Place: Jefferson, Greene, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Page: ; Image: . Data: Text: Residence date: 1800 CONT Residence place: Jefferson, Greene, Pennsylvania
  3. ↑ Source: #S48 Data: Text: Birth date: 5 May 1749 CONT Birth place: CONT Death date: 4 Feb 1823 CONT Death place: CONT Residence date: CONT Residence place: United States
  4. ↑ Source: #S65 Page: Ancestry Family Trees
  5. ↑ Source: #S67 Page: Year: 1790; Census Place: , Washington, Pennsylvania; Roll: ; Image: Data: Text: Residence date: 1790 CONT Residence place: Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
  6. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Year: 1820; Census Place: , Greene, Pennsylvania; Roll: M33_98; Page: ; Image: . Data: Text: Residence date: 1820 CONT Residence place: Greene, Pennsylvania, United States
  7. ↑ Source: #S48
  8. ↑ Source: #S45 Page: Year: 1820; Census Place: , Greene, Pennsylvania; Roll: M33_98;
  9. ↑ Source: #S46 Page: Year: 1810; Census Place: Jefferson, Greene, Pennsylvania; Roll: 49; Page: 96; Family History Number: 0193675; Image: 00057. Data: Text: Residence date: 1810 CONT Residence place: Jefferson, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States
  10. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Year: 1800; Census Place: Jefferson, Greene, Pennsylvania
  11. ↑ Source: #S67 Page: Year: 1790; Census Place: , Washington, Pennsylvania
  12. ↑ Source: #S48
  13. ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 Thomas Hughes entries, Swan-Hughes Family Bible Records with transcript and annotations; item nos. HUGH-AN001-0001 - HUGH-AN001-0021, Swan-Hughes Collection, shared by Merry (Vaughan) Dunn and Thomas Stephen Neel; Greene (Pennsylvania) Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com), images online, (https://hub.catalogit.app/4150/folder/entry/8d7a75f0-9fdb-11ec-ad2e-6d26d2b95491). With gratitude to Gist Wylie, FSFT user who originally shared the links above to John Swan profile LZJQ-Y7R in Mar 2022.
  14. ↑ 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 Thomas Hughes mentions, "The Tenmile Country and It's Pioneer Families", Leckey, Howard L., ; A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley. Closson Press, Apollo, Pennsylvania. 1993. (https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=UM7gBFLDzvkC&pg=GBS.PA168&printsec=frontcover), page 169.
  15. ↑ Thomas Hughes household, "1790 United States Census", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK5-1XN : Thu Jul 20 18:16:55 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas Hughes, 1790.
  16. ↑ Major Thomas Hughes Resignation, "Register of the Army of the United States, November 1, 1796", The HathiTrust Digital Library, (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/rul.39030021147519?urlappend=%3Bseq=12%3Bownerid=117693508-16), accessed 27 August 2023.
  17. ↑ Will of Thomas Hughes Esq, "Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L991-Z79M?cc=1999196&wc=9PMX-T38%3A268494001%2C268539201 : 3 July 2014), Greene > Wills 1796-1862 vol 1-3 > image 156 of 615; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.
  18. ↑ Maj. Thomas Hughes Memorial, "Find a Grave", database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12710197/thomas-hughes: accessed 27 August 2023), memorial page for Maj Thomas Hughes (5 May 1749–4 Feb 1823), Find A Grave: Memorial #12710197, citing Jefferson Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Jefferson, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Mike Beard (contributor 46772843).
  • Source: S67 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1790 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Gro; Repository: #R1
  • Source: S2 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1800 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Second Census of the United States, 1800. (NARA microfilm publication M32, 52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Grou; Repository: #R1 Repository: R1 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
  • Source: S46 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1810 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. Nationa; Repository: #R1
  • Source: S45 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1820 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record G; Repository: #R1
  • Source: S48 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls; Repository: #R1




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Lee-5956 Robin Lee
Hughes-3564 and Hughes-3137 appear to represent the same person because: same dates, same parents (merges proposed)
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Hughes-4470 and Hughes-3137 appear to represent the same person because: same dates, same family
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