John Hough (abt. 1740 - 1809)

Born about 1740 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Williams) Hough — married 31 Oct 1767 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 1809 at about age 69 in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

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John was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

John Hough (c. 1740 - 1809) was the son of Joseph Hough Sr. and Elizabeth West.

On 31 Oct 1767 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, John "Huff" married Ruth WILLIAMS^[1].

He was a member of the non-Associators in 1775.

Thomas Meredith's parents, John and Charlotte Hough, in a will probated in 1809, wherein Charlotte's father, John Hough, named his son-in-law John Meredith, executor of his estate (Bucks Wills 1796-1825 87).

Thomas' s mother Charlotte Hough descended from a Quaker family who had immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1683. In fact, her great grandfather had been a friend of William Penn.

In birth records for Chester County, a John Meredith is listed as being born to Simon and Dinah Meredith. In fact, two John Merediths are registered to these parents--one in 1761 and one in 1776. Not only did Simon and Dinah have two Johns, but also two Graces and two Marys (Pennsylvania Births 135). Apparently, they were so determined to have a son John and a daughter Grace=names given to honor grandparents=that when the first name-bearer died, a subsequent child was given the same name. The second and surviving John was born in 1776, which would make him nineteen when Thomas was born, not an unreasonable age to father a first child. And Simon, a family name, seems a likely name for John's father.

According to the same record, a Simon Meredith was born in 1729 to a John and Grace Meredith. There was no Chester County record of the birth of this elder John Meredith, but ifhe was a father in 1729 and ifhe was the son of the Simon who immigrated in 1708, this John Meredith was probably born in Wales (Pennsylvania Births 136). 6

Children:

1. Joseph Hough (b. c. 1768 - d. 117 will) married c. 1789 Eleanor Miller , no children
2. Thomas Hough (b. c. 1769 - d. 1827 will) married (1) 1 Ann Matthews d. 1823' (2) c. 124 Lydia Matthews did of Andrew Drake, no children
3. John Hough (b. c. 1771 - d. 1819) married c. 1800 Rebecca Thompson
4. Mary Hough b. c. 1773 married Robert Walker
5. Charlotte (Hough) Meredith (1775 PA - Jan 1815, buried New Britain Baptist Church Cemetery, New Britain, Bucks County, Pennsylvania^[2])

Burial^[3]: Slate Hill Burial Ground. Bucks County, Pennsylvania. MEMORIAL ID 106410452

Sources

1. ↑ "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V26Y-WC8 : 11 February 2018), John Huff and Ruth Williams, 31 Oct 1767; citing Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 823,996.
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28851701/charlotte-meredith
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106410452/john-hough

See Also:

• O. L. Hough, Hough in Bucks Co, PA, p 160

• Max Huff, JOSEPH AND ELIZABETH HOUGH OF PA, 1 Aug 1992: