Hannah (Worthington) Hough (abt. 1660 - bef. 1736)

Born about 14 Oct 1660 in Hough, Wilmslow, Macclesfield Hundred, Cheshire England [uncertain]

Wife of John Hough — married 19 Oct 1680 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England

Descendants

Died before 1736 before about age 75 in Middletown Bucks Co., Pennsylvania

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Hannah was a Friend (Quaker)

Hannah (Worthington) Hough was a part of William Penn's Pennsylvania Settlers community.

Research Notes

Initially the maiden name of Hannah who md John HOUGH of Cheshire Co., England. had been Dr. Granville HOUGH speculated that Hannah's father may have been Francis Rossell and has been used until a recently uncovered marriage record appeared for John Hough to a Hannah Worthington as a dau of Isaacke Worthington of The Hough, Macclesfield Hundred, Cheshire, England. The strongest proof is that a 1682 couple of the same place and dates with a child born1682 is recorded in Cheshire Co., England records and fit well.

Biography

Evaluation of evidence:

John HOUGH facts: Came to Bucks Co., PA from Wilmslow, Cheshire, England with his wife Hannah and a son, John, about two years old in Sept. 1683.

Hannah WORTHINGTON Facts: At Saint Bartholomew's Church, Cheshire, England, on 19 October 1680 was married John Hough to Hannah Worthington of "the Hough" hamlet of Wilmslow Parish, Cheshire Co., England. Her husband is now considered the same John Hough of Middletown, Bucks, who died in January 1732.

Francis ROSSELL Facts: Francis came to Bucks County with Richard HOUGH as an indentured servant in 1683, the same year as John Hough. His dau, Joan/Jane came with him md (1) Michael HUFF and (2) Thomas BROCK. Francis ROSSELL bequeathed to Joan Brock and "her HUFF children" by Michael Hough and also bequeathed land to the unnamed children of John and Hannah HOUGH. The Land bequest was finalized in 1712 to the Hough children - but these records are said to have been destroyed by natural events:

• The record of the Board of Property to which the HOUGH children had to bring their case reportedly agreed that the land had been surveyed for ROSSELL and that his executor, Samuel Carpenter had given the children a deed for the property; yet ~ they found no proof that a grant or warrant had ever been issued or that payment had been made the Proprietor. [Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. 19, Pp 527-528]. However, the Board accepted the case but required the children to pay the interest [?capital gains] which amounted to 60£. The Thomas JANNEY profile in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography explains that "the first Books of Deeds in the Pennsylvania Record Office were damaged before copies were made and records of many early patents are utterly obliterated." Additionally, "Falls MM records 1683-1687 were lost and some missing from 1694.

The facts evidence a familial link of the wife of John Hough of Middletown, to Hannah Worthington but there is also evidence there was some familial link with the Rossell family.

Abstracted Will of Francis Rossell by Granville W. Hough 1995 p 35, Abstracts of Wills, Bucks Co, PA, 1685-1795.

1694, Philadelphia Will Book A:288, Francis Rossell will of 10/5/1694, pr 1/1/1695. The contents of this will have been used to claim that Francis Rossel also had a dau Hannah, who md John HOUGH. The will only named two relatives, and all its provisions are shown here in order to establish what can be said about it. "... To my sister Jane, wife of WELLS, Surgeon [corrected} of London, 20 pounds.... Also I leave to Jone, the wife of Thomas BROCK, 5 pounds... Also I give to her daughter, Mary Huff, my young mare...Also I give to John Tonns, 30 pounds... Also, I give to Deborah, the wife of John CRONN?, a large brass pott with a patch on it... Also, I give to my servant William SMITH 100 acres of land out of my tract of 500 acres of land which I bought from William LUNDY... Also I give unto the children of John HOUGH, to be equally divided between them, 400 acres of land which I bought from William Penn in England... Also I give unto the poor of ye persons called Quakers...10 pounds... I also give unto the sons of Sam Burgess, to be equally divided between them, 200 acres of land, part of the 500 acres before mentioned... I give unto Phineas Pemberton the sum of five pounds... * give unto Ralph Brown? of Bucks County, 200 acres of the land remaining of the 500 acres aforementioned... last, I appoint... Samuel Carpenter to beh the sole executor...5 day of 8 mo called October, 1684. Francis Rossell made his mark, and Isaiah Labany, Lovett Lavallos, and Susannah Collins witnesses. Added: "It is further my mind and will to give and bequeath unto Richard Wilson four pounds, and the remainder of my personal estate... to Sam Carpenter." Witnesses proved the will 1 Jan 1694/95.

Sources

Marriage, Baptismal and Burial Records of Saint Bartholomew's Church, of Wilmslow Parish, Cheshire, England, FHL British Film 2106692

--- Baptism of Hannah Worthington 14 Oct 1660, dau of Isaacke Worthngton de Hough" (de Hough refers to the community of Hough)

--- Marriage of John Hough and Hannah Worthington 19 Oct 1680

Will of Francis Rossell, Book A:Page 288 Bucks Co. PA

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to William W. "Bill" Hough for discovering the marriage record of John and Hannah.

References

• Hough, Granville W., Michael and Joan Hough of England and PA, unpub., 16 Apr 1995.

• Hough, Oliver Louis, Hough in Bucks County, PA 1683-1850; p. 80-86, 1976

• First hand research, entered by Barbara Roesch