Jesse Hough (abt. 1765 - abt. 1820)

Born about 1765 in Wilkes Co., North Carolina

Ancestors

Descendants

Biography

Jesse (c 1765 – prob. before 1820) in 1786 md Ruth HASKETT, a non-Quaker, and was dismissed from Deep River MM on 4 Sep 1786 for marrying out of unity.

Clues to commonalities from NC

In 1790, Jesse HOOF lived in Randolph Co, NC and has not be easily identified in later censuses. He may have died in1810 or moved to IN with his sons about 1811. The sons settled at Falling Timbers on Fourteen Mile Creek in Clark Co., IN which separated a portion to create Scott County later.

Tradition says Jesse and Ruth had 20 children all of whom lived to adulthood but this is not confirmed; it is also possible he md (2) Ruth DAVIS. Some chn do seem to incl Anna, Daniel, Abel, John, David and Alex, (the last two poss. duplicates of Daniel and Abel). Some of these descendants moved to Clark, Scott and Jennings Co., IN. ^[1]

Children of Jesse and Ruth (Haskett) Hough

Daniel Hough (c1789 NC- ) is recorded as a soldier in the War of 1812 with the 2nd Regiment of IN Inf. Volunteers although a later pension or payment was denied. He served along with his brother, Abel. He may have md Polly SILVER. His one known son is :

#Hough-Daniel Lambert HOUGH (1833 IN-1915 Jennings Co., IN) md Nackey DIXON according to Daniel's death record^[2].

John Hough (c1790 Randolph Co., NC – ) on 27 Apr 1809 he md Nancy RIDGE and moved to Clark Co., IN thence to Scott Co., IN. Chn incl; Emsley, Lawson, Alfred, Mahala and possibly Sarah Jane (or Sarah Ann) and Lavinia.

Abel Hough (32 Jul 1791 Randolph Co., NC – 11 Dec 1874 Lexington, Scott Co., IN) md in August 1816 at Charleston, Clark Co., IN Anna HOOKER (22 May 1801 IN – 21 May 1883 IN), dau of Robert and Jemima (HASKET) HOOKER. He served in the War of 1812 under Cols. ROBERTSON and BARTHOLOMEW for which he received bounty land. He appears in Scott Co., IN from 1820 to 1860 and Anna in 1870. Their chn incl: Elizabeth Ann; Mary "Polly"; Rebecca; Jermira; Calvin; Alfred, who died from wounds at Missionary Ridge, TN; Seralda or Lurililla (c 1737 IN-); Mariah; and Alexander (1842 IN-1925) md in 1867 Samantha PATTISON and lived in Scott Co, IN.

HOUGH lineage should be Jesse and Ruth (Haskett) of NC > Daniel Huff (aka Hough) and (2) Ann (Pike) of Bucks Co., PA and Burlington, NJ > Daniel and Elizabeth (Dudley) of Bucks Co., PA > John and Hannah (Worthington) Hough of Hough, Wilmslow, Macclesfield 100, Cheshire, England and Middletown Twp., Bucks Co., PA

Sources

1. ↑ Hough Granville W., 1992-5 update of 1976 Bicentennial Series of Hough and Huff Families of the U.S., Courtesy Trustees for Granville W. Hough and collaborator Max Huff
2. ↑ IN, Jennings Co. Biggers Twp., Cert. #77 (pr. 79)

• 2015 Updated research by Breece-42