Regis Gough (abt. 1805 - abt. 1888)

Born about 1805 in Maryland, USA

Descendants

Died about 19 Jul 1888 at about age 83 in Saint Inigoes, St. Mary's, Maryland, USA

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Biography

Regis was born about 1805. He passed away about 1888.

He was married to Maria and had three children:

1. William Henry (b.1835)
2. Joseph (b.1835)
3. Elizabeth (b.1837)

In 1870, the couple was living in District 1, St. Mary's, Maryland. Their daughter, Elizabeth, and her son and husband, were living with them.^[1] The household included:

• Reages Gough Male 65 Maryland
• Maria Gough Female 65 Maryland
• Nelson Morgan Male 35 Maryland
• Elizabeth Morgan Female 33 Maryland
• John Morgan Male 9 Maryland

By 1880, Regis was widowed and his son and his family, as well as a cousin, were living with him in Saint Inigoes, St Mary's, Maryland.^[2] Rages Gough Self Male 76 Maryland, United States Gough Gough Son Male 35 Maryland, United States Charlott Gough Wife Female 31 Maryland, United States Annie Gough Daughter Female 5 Maryland, United States Gintie Gough Daughter Female 2 Maryland, United States Dealy Carter Cousin Female 9 Maryland, United States

Who Are GU272?

In 1838, the Maryland Jesuits sold more than 300 enslaved people to sugar plantations in southern Louisiana, in order to rescue Georgetown University from bankruptcy. In all, the Jesuits sold 314 men, women and children over a 5-year period stretching from 1838 to 1843. Today, these enslaved people are known collectively as the “GU272 Ancestors.” Genealogists have identified many of the original people who were sold, along with 8,425 of their descendants, living and dead.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN32-WKQ : 19 March 2020), Reages Gough, 1870.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNQY-TM4 : 15 August 2017), Rages Gough, Saint Inigoes, St Mary's, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district ED 135, sheet 7A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,514.

• GU272 Descendants, 1785-2000. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2019). https://trees.americanancestors.org/#!/tree/35406/people/2C0-98WK-NX6M