Joseph Hughes (1753 - 1837)

Born 22 Sep 1753 in Baltimore, Maryland

Husband of Sarah (Swan) Hughes — married 1775 in Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 7 Feb 1837 at age 83 in Estill, Howard, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Joseph Hughes was born September 23, 1753, in Maryland and died February 7, 1837, in Estill, Howard county, Missouri. Joseph married Sarah Swan, daughter of John Swan and Elizabeth (Lucas) Swan. Joseph and Sarah are buried in Mount Pleasant cemetery, in New Franklin, Howard county, Missouri. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49808156/Joseph-Hughes

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Researchers Notes

Note N206&nbsp

belive brother william married swan sister, martha

father may have been from wales

served in rev war and settled in the old Red Stone Fort, PA where john was born (now brownsville)

1779 moved to KY, Bryant’s Station and the Jessamine County (after Indian trouble subsided)

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The Tenmile Country And Its Pioneer Families - Page 179

He was a soldier with Captain William Harrod on the Clark Expedition.

Received a pension for his war services. Was a member of the party that

included John Swan, Jr., on the fatal flat boat journey to Kentucky. He

is buried in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery near Glasgow, Missouri.

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possibly son: joseph swan who married cassandra price (sister-in-law?)

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forum: I would like to e-mail you regarding the Thomas Hughes family. My gggg grandmother was Priscilla Hughes who married Newman T. Mitchell Sept. 4, 1828 in Howard County, Missouri. On a monument over her grave in Boone County, MO, her father's name is given as Thomas Hughes and her birth date as Sept. 16, 1804 in Kentucky. I recently found some information on the John & Jemima Hughes family which left Maryland for SW Pennsylvania in 1769? and settled in an area adjacent to Fort Pitt (became Pittsburgh). While there two of their six sons: Joseph & William married daughters of Major John & Elizabeth (Lucas) Swan - Joseph married Sarah in 1775 and William married Martha in 1783. In 1783, Joseph & his family decided to join a number of Swan relatives who were going down the Ohio River to Kentucky; William & Martha decided to join the group. In Kentucky, they settled first at Maysville, then went to Jessamine County where they remained until 1816/1821. Supposedly, ten children were born to them in Kentucky in addition to two (Elizabeth & John) born in Pennsylvania. In 1816, Joseph & William decided again to move their families, this time to Howard County, Missouri. I found a list of Joseph & Sarah Hughes children: Elizabeth March 15,1776; John November 26,1777; Thomas Dec. 10, 1779; Samuel Aug. 28, 1782; Merrit 1785; Richard 1787; Joseph Jr. 1789; Charles Sep. 21,1793; William 1794; and James 1796. I don't know how accurate this information is, but am hoping that the Thomas born in 1779 is the Thomas - father of Priscilla Hughes. I don't know the name of Priscilla's mother orany of her siblings names. Can you verify the accuracy of my information or add to what I know about the Thomas Hughes family?

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The other two sons names I have for John & Jemima Hughes are James & John (b. abt 1753). I found the information at Rootsweb #101233 - Contact: Elaine King Kubinski at clainekubinski@@cs.com; also at Rootsweb #1538188891 - Contact: Cathy Honan at woofnjoe@@aol.com. The latter listed Joseph & Sarah Hughes children - which did include Sarah & Jemina's names (I missed them in my original post to you). I know that Rootsweb postings can be full of errors, but they have often given me a starting point (county names of where they may have lived; dates & names) from which I can start looking for documents to verify the information.

Record ID Number: MH:N230

PRIN MH:I861

Note N207&nbsp

The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families

by

Howard L. Leckey

pps. 373-375.

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Nathaniel Hughes is thought to have been a descendant of John Hughes, born in Wales, who came to

America and settled in Maryland. Before the end of the Revolution, Nathaniel Hughes with his brothers,

Joseph, William, and Rolland Hughes, removed to the Tenmile Country, where they preformed service

in the ranks of the Frontiersmen. Joseph Hughes, while in the Army at Fort Pitt, married Sarah, daughter

of John and Elizabeth (Lucas) Swan. William Hughes married her sister, Martha Swan. Both families removed

first to Kentucky and then to Howard County, Missouri, where they were living in 1817, when William wrote

an informative letter to Colonel Charles Swan, whom he called "Brother." He inquired about his "old

brother Nate," and tells of his brother, Joseph, also living in Missouri. In April 1834, Joseph Hughes

obtained a pension in Howard County.

The letter also asks about his Brother Tom Hughes, meaning Thomas Hughes of Jefferson, in which case he

means his brother-in-law. Photostat of this letteris in our possession. Joseph and Roland (also spelled

Rollin) both served under Captain William Harrod on the Clark Expedition. Records also disclose that

Rollin Hughes and wife, Susannah, were baptized at Muddy Creek, when Goshen Baptist Church met at that

place on October 27, 1787. He had warranted a tract of land called "Richmond" on October 17, 1785,

located near the mouth of Coal Lick, next to the land of James Eagon. He and wife, Susannah, sold their

warrant to Nathaniel Dunham and on February 14, 1789, took letters of dismission from Goshen. Rollin

Hughes and wife settled in Indiana or Illinois.

Nathaniel Hughes was living across the Tenmile from his brother Rollin's land, when he served in

Captain James Archer's Militia Company. He had this tract of land warranted to him, under

the name of "Mount Pleasant" on February 6, 1788. He appears to have been married twice as a deed

made in 1795 shows a wife, Leah, then in his will made in Greene County, where it was probated June 19,

1817, he refers to his wife, Rebecca. The land referred to in the deed of March 5, 1795, was sold

to Solomon Eagon. The Census of 1790, suggests that he had four sons and three daughters born before

1790, and since guardians were appointed for some of his children in 1817, there is reason to

believe he had children by both marriages. (WB. 1, pp. 179.)

The following record had been reconstructed from Orphan Court and will record and lacks absolute

confirmation. On the whole we think it is correct in most cases. Without a record of the family of

Rollin Hughes, there may be a chance for error. We are especially aware of a John Hughes, who died about

1821, leaving a wife, Phoebe Polk, and two sons, John Hughes, who married Catherine Hunnell, and

Richard Hughes, who married Margaret Hunnell. His widow then married Isaac Higgins. (WB. 1.pp. 213) This

family may fit in the family of Nathaniel Hughes, through one of the elder sons.

Children of Nathaniel Hughes

1. Richard Hughes, married Mary, daughter of Barnet Rinehart,

Sr. The name of Richard Hughes is found in the Franklin

Township tax lists from 1809 until 1826. No certain record

is found for his family, but it seems most likely he was the

father of Barnet Hughes, born about 1795, as this man is

sometimes taxed for the same piece of property as is taxed

to Richard Hughes.

Children of Richard and Mary (Rinehart) Hughes?

1. Barnet Hughes, born 1795-97, died in Knox County, Ohio,

in 1841, married Sarah Gettys, born June 27, 1798, also

died in Knox County, Ohio. Barnet Hughes married a

second time.

Children of Barnet and Sarah (Gettys) Hughes

1. John Hughes.

2. James Hughes.

3. Mary Hughes.

4. Sarah Hughes.

5. Elizabeth Hughes.

2. Nathan Hughes,

died in Knox County in 1839, married Isabella Grimes. Nathan Hughes was but 27 years of age

when he died. His widow died in October 1869, aged 61

years.

Children of Nathan and Isabella (Grimes) Hughes

1. William G. Hughes.

2. David H. Hughes.

3. William N. Hughes.

3. Thomas Hughes.

4. Hiram Hughes.

5. John Hughes.

2. Joseph Hughes.

3. Nathan (iel) Hughes, Jr., born 1785, died November 28, 1854,

married Nancy Shearin, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Miller)

Shearin, born 1791, died April 17, 1843. Both are buried in

the old cemetery in East Waynesburg. Nathaniel Hughes, Jr.,

estate in O.C. Docket 4, pp. 2 December 1854.

Children of Nathan and Nancy (Shearin) Hughes

1. Andrew Hughes, born November 1, 1810, married Hannah

Crayne, born April 4, 1815.

2. Nathan Hughes, married Margaret Rinehart, daughter of

Samuel S. and Mary (Zook) Rinehart. She was born Oct-

ober 12, 1842. (O.C. Docket 3, pp. 317.)

Children of Nathan and Margaret (Rinehart) Hughes

1. H.H. Hughes.

2. Frank Hughes.

3. Bessie Hughes, married ______ Hoge.

4. Mary Hughes, married ______ Maxwell.

3. Sarah Hughes, married Dawson McClelland, son of Asa and

Catherine (Brown) McClelland.

4. William Hughes, married Jane _____, died before his

father. (O.C. Docket 4, pp. 1 December 1854.)

Minor children of William and Jane Hughes

(John Young, Guardian)

1. John Hughes.

2. Thomas J. Hughes.

3. William Porter Hughes.

4. Elizabeth Hughes.

5. Rebecca Hughes.

5. Caleb Hughes.

6. Hiram Hughes, married Sarah Ann Burke. (O.C. Docket 3,

pp. 428.)

Minor children of Hiram and Sarah Ann (Burke) Hughes

(Charles Black, Guardian)

1. James M. Hughes.

2. Mary C. Hughes.

3. William S. Hughes.

4. Nancy Hughes.

7. Lucy Hughes, married James Connely.

8. John Hughes, married Bessima ______, (O.C. Docket 3,

pp. 285 September 1852.)

children of John and Bessima Hughes

1. Rebecca Jane Hughes, married _____ Filby.

2. Sarah Elizabeth Hughes, married James Piatt.

3. John Thomas Hughes.

4. William Spencer Hughes.

5. Arabella Hughes.

6. Nathan Griffith Hughes.

7. Lucy F. Hughes, married _______ Babbitt.

8. Nancy Hughes, married George Connely.

4. Sarah Hughes.

5. Elizabeth Hughes, married ____ Bell.

6. Jemima Hughes, married _____ Harbert. On September 21, 1805,

Sarah Harbert and Thomas Hughes took out letters in the

estate of Samuel Harbert.

7. James Hughes.

8. John Hughes, a minor child over 14 years of age and under 21

years at the time of the death of Nathaniel Hughes. Richard

Ankrom was appointed his guardian in 1817 (O.C. Docket 1,

pp 1120.) On March 2, 1847, letters were taken out in the

estate of John Hughes. (Estate No. 1254 Greene County.) His

wife was Louise Strawn, daughter of Isaiah and Susannah

(Rinehart) Strawn. John Ankrom and Armstron Pater served as

guardians for their minor children. (O.C. Docket 3, pp. 27

September 1847.)

Children of John and Louisa (Strawn) Hughes.

1. Elizabeth Hughes.

2. John R. Hughes.

3. Mary Hughes.

4. Ellis Hughes.

5. Eleanor Hughes.

6. Isaiah Hughes.

7. Sarah Hughes.

8. Susannah Hughes.

9. William Hughes, minor over 12 years of age in 1817, Richard

Morris appointed guardian.

10. Susannah Hughes.

Record ID Number: MH:N231

PRIN MH:I861

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Genia DeZonia for creating WikiTree profile Hughes-3808 through the import of Genia Elizabeth DeZonia GEDCOM file.GED on Jul 6, 2013