Robert Hughes (abt. 1650 - 1733)

Born about 1650 in La Rochelle-Normande, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France

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Died 28 Jun 1733 at about age 83 in Hughes Creek, Powhatan, Virginia

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Biography

Contested Name

I don't recall how the name "Jesse" got (erroneously, I believe) in these early Hughes, but it was Robert Hughes that was the husband of Sarah Tarleton.Sarah's will is posted in Deed Book 1, p. 188:Will of Sarah Hughes of St. James Parish, Henrico County, dated 8 January 1723, proved 19 May 1730: 1) son Stephen 2) son Robert 3) Ashford Hughes 4) daughter Sarah Atkinson 5) daughter Elizabeth Liles 6) daughter Mary Hughes 7) son Isaac Hughes 8) granddaughter Elizabeth Cannon

Her husband was Robert Hughes, b. c1650, d. abt 1720, Henrico Co., VA.At that time, Henrico extended below the James River.Later, Goochland (formed from Henrico 1728) took over that territory and was on both sides of the James River.In 1749 Cumberland Co. was formed from Goochland (the part south of the James River) and took in the land that is now Powhatan Co. (which was formed in 1777 from Cumberland).The area where Robert Hughes lived is now Powhatan Co., VA and his home place was on Hughes Creek, a short creek just east of US 522.

The Robert Hughes family were Quakers.There are numerous references to Robert, Sarah, and some of their children in the Henrico County Friends Meeting Records shortly before 1700 up until about 1711 when Robert (who owned land, and probably lived in what is now Hanover Co., VA near Mechanicsville)moved his family south of the James River.

Marriage

about 1691

Husband: Jesse Hughes

Wife: Sarah Tarleton

Child: Robert Hughes

Child: Stephen Hughes

Child: Ashford Hughes

Child: Sarah Hughes

Child: Elizabeth Hughes

Child: Mary Tarleton Hughes

Child: Isaac Hughes

Child: Martha Hughes

Child: Jesse Hughes

1698, Henrico, Virginia, USA

1. JESSE1 HUGHES

Notes for JESSE HUGHES:

This Jesse Hughes is identified as the patriarch of the Powhatan County, VA Hughes in the Genealogy of Judge Robert W. Hughes - Powhatan County, VA posted on Rootsweb.com by Mike Hughes from Virginia Historical Magazine:

Jesse Hughes, a Huguenot emigrant, who came to Virginia with his wife about 1675 to 1700, took up the plantation in Powhatan County, VA. (then part of Goochland County, VA) on the south side of James River, called afterwards, and this day, the Hughes Creek Plantation, giving the family name to a bold stream flowing into the James. The tradition concerning Jesse Hughes, the emigrant, is that he escaped from Rochelle, France, at the age of 14, in an open boat disguised and alone, and was fortunate enough to reach England. After remaining here some years and marrying there, the two came to Virginia, and settled across the James River from Manakin Town, where a large company of Huguenots had settled on lands granted them by the English Crown.

Robert was born about 1650. He passed away about 1720.

Sources

• Christ Church Parish, Virginia Deaths 1653-1812, John Hughes death date 12 Mar 1735

• Christ Church Parish, Virginia Marriages 1653-1812

• The History of Upshur County, West Virginia: From Its Earliest Exploration ...By William Bernard Cutright

Acknowledgements

• The WikiTree ID Hughes-515 was created through the import of Weaver.ged on 03 January 2011. Source citation: S404.
• The WikiTree profile Hughes-957 was created through the import of Paula's family 5-28-2011.GED on May 29, 2011 by Paula Marksman. Source citations were S20 and S3. The profile also had "unattached" user ID F0BA8A3A-2C45-456F-97D1-BF60F1FD38E9 and record ID number MH:12284, as well as a Note: G2.
• Forrest Mullins’ statement of the Quaker relationships

CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants: Volume Two 1666-1695

"Henrico County, Virginia, Deeds 1706-1737"

"Colonial Wills of Henrico County, Virginia, Part Two 1737-1781 with Addenda (revised)," Abstracted and compiled by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III

Henrico MM, HUGES; W.W. Hinshaw, vol VI