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Jonathan HUGHES

Jonathan HUGHES

Male 1753 - 1849  (96 years)

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  • Name Jonathan HUGHES 
    Born 25 Mar 1753  Hampshire Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Ensign, Revolutionary War  [1] 
    Occupation itinerant school teacher  [3] 
    Residence 1840  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 7 Sep 1849  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Death date on headstone (placed by the DAR in 1925) is 1845. But multiple SAR applications state his death date as Sep 7 1849.
    Buried Eddy Cemetery, Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I39025  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Jul 2017 

    Father Thomas HUGHES,   b. CA 1717, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1778  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Mother Mary BAKER 
    Family ID F11102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abagail JACKSON,   b. 1765,   d. 1 Jul 1842, Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [4, 5] 
    Married Jul 1786  Wilkes Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. Nancy HUGHES,   b. 1787,   d. 1840, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
    +2. Frances "Rebecca" HUGHES,   b. CA 1791, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Dudley HUGHES,   b. 1795, Wilkes Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1821, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
    +4. Martin L. HUGHES,   b. CA 1796, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1864  (Age ~ 68 years)
    +5. Rachel HUGHES,   b. 2 May 1797, Wilkes Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1843  (Age 46 years)
    +6. Leah HUGHES,   b. 1806,   d. Bef Dec 1865  (Age 59 years)
    +7. Hannah HUGHES,   b. CA 1806, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1871, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years)
    +8. Martha HUGHES,   b. 6 Apr 1809,   d. 21 Mar 1893  (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F15562  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2539] Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Ancestry.com), Alphonso Duff, National No. 98980, State No. 1203.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    4. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 19.

    5. [S2539] Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Ancestry.com).