Leander Hughes Sr. (1700 - 1775)

Born 1700 in Colony of Virginia

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Died 24 Mar 1775 at about age 75 in Littleton Parrish, Cumberland, Colony of Virginia

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Hughes family of Virginia descend from Roderic the Great. Bulwer, in "Harold", the last of the Saxon kings, carries us somewhat into a knowledge of the ancient Britons, who, after the Saxon invasion, settled largely in Wales. Many valuable footnotes given from English chronicles are found in "Harold." Roderic the Great, perhaps the most famous of the ancient Britains of whom we have knowledge, governed all Wales. Possibly twenty sub-kings knett nt his throne (see pages 352, 355.) Roderic the Great "came of a race of heroes, whose line transcended by ages all the other royalies of the North."

About 1700 there appeared in Virginia three brothers, Orlando, Leander and William Hughes, from Wales. Orlando and Leander had land grants in Powhatan and Goochland counties, near Richmond. She speaks of Colonel Archelaus Hughes of the Revolution "who married Mary Dalton of the old Virginia family (see Dalton)," and says that his father's name was Leander. ^[1]

-Following info is from the book "The Hughes Family and Connections" by WJL Hughes^[2]

Our family, as the name indicates, is of Welsh origin. From the most reliable traditions of the family, it appears that Leander Hughes was born in Cumberland County, Virginia, about, or a very little after, the year 1700. Leander's father, whose first name I have not succeeded in obtaining, was a native of Wales, and migrated to Virginia, probably some time prior to the year 1700.

Leander appears to have bequeathed his name as a patronymic to his descendants; for from his day there has been a constant stream of Leanders all along down the line. We often find in the same family a son named Leander and a daughter with the abbreviated name of Lea, and some times a daughter with the full name of Leander.

I do not know whether or not Leander had any brothers or sisters, nor the name of his wife, nor what children were born to him, except two sons, Powell and Stephen. I know not which of the two was the older. It appears that they were born and reared in Cumberland County Virginia, but that at some time in the early part of their lives, they moved to Prince Edward County, Va and settled side by side, both on Rack Island Creek, Powell above and Stephen below, where they spent the remainder of their lives, reared their families and died.

Powell and Stephen both served in the American army in the Revolutionary War, and Stephen was wounded in some one of the battles in which he was engaged.

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Leander was born in 1715. He passed away in 1775.

Sources

1. ↑ Mrs. Harriett D. Pitman, "Americans of Gentle Birth and Their Ancestors." On page 81, Vol. II,
2. ↑ The Hughes Family and Connections, by W.J.L Hughes Owensboro, Kentucky 1911

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Acknowledgements

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