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There is no evidence that he was son of John Rice Hughes and Nicati/Nicketti Powhatan. They've been detached. Please discuss origins in attached G2G thread.
Matthias Hughes came to Maryland as a servant at some time before 1667. He appears in Gus Skordas' "Early Settlers of Maryland."[1] There is a notation of "service by 1667" indicating that Matthias came to Maryland as a servant, but was eligible for a grant of 50 acres at the end of his term of service.
In 1679 Matthias obtained for "a valuable consideration" 155 acres of land known as Poplar Ridge.[2] This was not the only land he owned as he sold another parcel in 1694, with wife Sarah releasing her dower rights.[3]
According to Find-a-grave his date of death is 21 Jan 1702 (no tombstone shown), but records of St. James Parish state that he was buried in St. James Parish Episcopal Cemetery, Lothian, Anne Arundel Co., MD, on Jan. 28, 1702. [4],[5]
The Maryland Calendar of Wills 1703-1713 abstracts his will, dated 21 Jan 1702:
Thank you, Kathryn Parks, for research related to this profile (and incorporated into the biography above).
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