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Keziah (Ward) Hughes (1767 - abt. 1812)

Keziah "Kezia, Kissiah, Kisah" Hughes formerly Ward
Born in North Carolinamap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 1786 in Burke County, North Carolina, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , and
Died about at about age 45 [location unknown]
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Biography

Marriage

Hughes, John and Keziah, 1786 - From Miscellaneous Court Papers, Civil and Criminal Cases, 1778-1790[1]
  • John X Hughes was born 1765 in Mountain Creek, Rutherford, North Carolina Colony. He was the son Thomas Hughes.
  • Kesia was born 1767 in North Carolina Colony[2]

Family

Children of Kesia and John X Hughes are:

  • Hannah Hughes was born 1790 in North Carolina, United States. She married Charles Hughes 1811 in Burke, North Carolina. He was born abt 1785 in North Carolina, United States.
  • Mary Polly Hughes was born 6 Jan 1791 in Burke, North Carolina, United States, and died 18 Feb 1883 in Squirrell Creek, Mitchell, North Carolina, United States. She married Evan Charles Hughes 18 Dec 1812 in Burke, North Carolina. He was born 21 Jun 1790 in Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States, and died 12 Apr 1841 in Rock Creek, Yancey, North Carolina, United States.
  • Elizabeth Betsy Hughes was born 1800 in Burke, North Carolina, United States, and died 1855 in Yancey, North Carolina, United States. She married Wilson Young 8 Feb 1815 in Burke, North Carolina. He was born 12 Nov 1795 in Burke, North Carolina, United States, and died Aug 1860 in Yancey, Mitchell, North Carolina, United States.
  • Alphedus Hughes was born 5 Jan 1803 in Burke, North Carolina, United States, and died 5 Oct 1878 in Webster, Missouri, United States. She married Jonas Letterman 9 Apr 1814 in Burke, North Carolina, son of John Leatherman and Catherine Zimmerman. He was born 12 Jul 1792 in Rowan, North Carolina, United States, and died 30 Mar 1862 in Webster, Missouri, United States.

Sources

  1. ↑ At the Midwest Geneology Center in Kansas. there is a book "Burke County North Carolina, Records" 1755-1821 (Including Wills Index 1784-1900) Vol IV by Edith Warren Huggins. On page 153 under Marriages from Reseach 1778-1821. (Marriages occurred prior to dates mentioned.)
  2. ↑ RootWeb

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Parks-2399 Kathie (Parks) Forbes
Nancy Ward did not have a daughter named Keziah Hughes. She had two daughters, Ka-ti (no surname) and Betsy Ward.

Please detach this woman.

posted by Kathie (Parks) Forbes
H. (Billings) C
That's correct. This story has appeared in many online trees and there is absolutely no evidence of any connection.
posted by H. (Billings) C
Raffield-8 Robin Raffield
John Hughes, Jr. and Keziah Ward were married before 1786. They were in court together as husband & wife vs. Solomon Cross in Burke, 1783.
posted by Robin Raffield

Rejected matches › Elizabeth (Ward) Martin (abt.1759-1803) › Kesiah (Ward) Lewis (1789-1844) › Keziah (Greenup) Ward (abt.1775-)

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