Caleb Hughes (1703 - abt. 1799)

Born 1703 in Marion, Pennsylvania

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Died about 1799 at about age 96 in SC. USA

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Biography

Caleb was a Friend (Quaker)

Caleb was the son of David Hughes and Martha Lewis. ^[1]

Caleb appears in the Quaker Meeting Minutes several times between 1739 and 1745 as follows:

• Caleb had married outside the Unity of Friends by a priest (16 Feb 1739, Nottingham Monthly Meeting, Chester, Pennsylvania)
• Caleb sent a paper to the meeting regarding the friend condemning his marriage (19 Apr 1740, Nottingham Monthly Meeting, Chester, Pennsylvania)
• Members were assigned to speak to Caleb who was not present at the meeting. (19 Jan 1744 Nottingham Monthly Meeting, Chester, Pennsylvania)
• Members were assigned to speak to Caleb who was not present at the meeting. (16 Feb 1744, Nottingham Monthly Meeting, Chester, Pennsylvania)
• It was reported that Caleb was spoken to and Caleb had informed the member that he was about to remove to Carolina. It was determined that Caleb should appear or otherwise give satisfaction for his misbehavior. (16 Mar 1745, Nottingham Monthly Meeting, Chester, Pennsylvania)
• Testimony would be had at the next monthly meeting against Caleb. (20 Apr 1745, Nottingham Monthly Meeting, Chester, Pennsylvania)
• Testimony was prepared against Caleb disowning him being a member of the Society. This was approved and signed and report would be made at a public meeting. (15 Jun 1745, Nottingham Monthly Meeting, Chester, Pennsylvania)
• The testimony against Caleb was read. (17 Aug 1745, Nottingham Monthly Meeting, Chester, Pennsylvania)^[2]

Research Notes

1. Is this Caleb Hughes actually the son of David Hughs and Martha Lewis?
   1. It is established that David and Martha had a son named Caleb who was born in 1703.
   2. According to this profile their son, Caleb, lived until 1799. He would have been 96 years of age at his death. Does a source exist confirming his date of death and he was the same Caleb born to David and Martha?
2. According to this profile Caleb was married to Mary Jones.
   1. Does a source exist to confirm the name of Caleb's wife? His marriage is confirmed in the Quaker Meeting Minutes but they do not contain the name of his wife, only he married outside the Society of Friends.
3. There were at least two or more Caleb Hughes residing in South Carolina at the same time and two of them died in 1799 leaving a Will. Neither of which appear to be Caleb Hughes on this profile.
   1. Caleb Hughes of Indian Fields, Edisto River died before 3 Jan 1799 when his will was proved in court. His wife, Mary, qualified as executor. His children were: Jonathan, Elizabeth, Thomas, William, Mary and Ann. The information for his son, Thomas, is different from that of the son, Thomas, attached to this profile.
   2. Another Caleb Hughes of District of Charleston in South Carolina died between 19 Feb 1799 and 5 Apr 1799, when his will was proved in court. His wife was named Mary and his children were: Hanah, Dianah and David Isaac S. Hughes. His will was witnessed by Margaret Rumph and Margaret Byrd and James Preston Applebry qualified as executor.^[3] This Will is not the same Caleb Hughes reflected on this profile.
4. A 1790 census record is commonly associated with this Caleb Hughes. Confirmation is required to confirm this is the correct Caleb for that record.

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Welsh founders of Pennsylvania [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data:Glenn, Thomas Allen,. Welsh founders of Pennsylvania. Oxford: Fox, Jones and Co., 1911-1913.
2. ↑ Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Baltimore Yearly Meeting Minutes, Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
3. ↑ Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868, Wills v. 27 1793-1800, Charleston County (South Carolina), Probate Judge, Salt Lake City, Utah, Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1959, Film 194703, Image 199, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-VQQ7-4G?i=198&cc=1919417&cat=243885

• South Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890

South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980