Person:Ellis Hughes (6)

2. Ellis Hugh (Hughes)</b> was born on 10 Jan 1687 in Caernarvon, Conway, Wales and died on 11 Jan 1764 in Oley Twp., Berks Co., Pennsylvania, at age 77. Death Notes: alt source: Gwynedd Twp, Montgomery Co, PA General Notes: from: <http://www.toysrbob.com/ellis.html> Ellis was born in Wales in 1687 and was either 12 or 13 years old when he traveled with his family on the Robert and Elizabeth to Pennsylvania. Ellis was John Hugh's third child, following Jane (1683) and Rowland (1685). Ellis married Jane Foulke in August 1713 while still living at Gwynedd. Jane Foulke, who was three years older than Ellis, came from the same area (Gwynedd) of Wales and also had migrated on the 1698 voyage of the Robert and Elizabeth. (8) Ellis and Jane had seven children. The third, a daughter, apparently died at birth and remained un-named. Ellis died in 1764 at age 76 or 77 and Jane followed two years later at age 81. In the Oley Valley, Ellis clearly made his living by farming and operating his sawmill, but he appears to have been more prominent for his leadership role in the local Exeter Society of Friends. Records indicate that Ellis was instrumental in the success of the Society of Friend's Exeter Meeting (located in Oley Valley) during the middle 18th century. He was characterized as the most prominent minister, or "Weightiest Friend" in Quaker terms. His memorialist wrote of him that he embodied the Quaker ideal of charity, commitment, and effort. A many-paragraphed commemoration in Quaker records uses phrases such as "good example," "meek and loving," "instructively cheerful," "affectionate husband," "tender parent," and "kind master." At the same time, he was "...a lover of good order in the church, and well knew the dangerous tendency of undue liberty." This referred to the Quaker code that held members to account for misconduct. Ellis, for example probably participated in deliberations regarding one of his own sons, William, who was dismissed from Exeter Meeting membership in 1754, after three disciplinary episodes due to his excessive proclivity to drink. That Ellis Hughes was the "Weightiest Friend" meant, in my judgment, that he was an important leader in the Exeter Friends, Oley Valley, Pennsylvania community during the apex of Quaker influence in Pennsylvania and in America. At the time , religion was almost indistinguishable from government. Ellis took ill, according to Quaker records, at the 1764 funeral of his son (and our next ancestor), John, and died eleven days later. Quaker records list them both as being buried in the Exeter Meeting burial ground. Ellis married <b>Jane Foulke , daughter of Edward Foulke and Ellin (Eleanor) Hugh , on 15 Jun 1713 in Gwynedd, Montgomery Co, Pennsylvania. Jane was born on 10 Jan 1684 in Merionethshire, Wales and died on 7 Aug 1766 in Oley Twp., Berks Co., Pennsylvania, at age 82. General Notes: Religion: Elder of Exeter Friends Meeting for 30 years Children from this marriage were: M i. John Hughs was born on 19 Mar 1714 in Exeter Twp, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania and died in 1766 in Exeter, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, at age 52. John married Hannah Boone on 30 Oct 1742 in Exeter MM, Pennsylvania. Hannah was born on 20 Sep 1718. John next married (name unknown) in 1748 in Pennsylvania. M ii. William Hughs was born on 16 Dec 1716 in Exeter Twp, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania and died on 16 May 1776 in Philadelphia Co., PA, at age 59. William married Amy Willits on 1 Apr 1738. M iii. Rowland Hughs was born on 8 Mar 1720 in Exeter Twp, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania and died on 20 Feb 1738 in Oley Twp., Berks Co., Pennsylvania, at age 17. 3 M iv. Samuel Hughs</b> was born on 10 May 1722 in Exeter Twp, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania and died on 8 Jul 1796 in Berks Co, Pennsylvania, at age 74. M v. <b>Edward Hughs was born on 26 Apr 1724 in Exeter Twp, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania and died on 8 Jul 1791, at age 67. Edward married (name unknown). F vi. Margaret Hughs was born on 14 Feb 1726 in Exeter Twp, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania and died in 1810 in Oley Twp., Berks Co., Pennsylvania, at age 84. Margaret married (name unknown).

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Brøderbund Software, Inc. World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1 (8). (Release date: November 29, 1995)
   Tree #3604.

   Date of Import: May 31, 2001

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} DeWees, Sarah M.FTW.

   Date of Import: May 31, 2001

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} HODGKISS-DEWEES.FTW.

   Date of Import: Mar 22, 2003

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).
5.   Internet Resources.
6.   Geni.com: (not a reliable primary source).

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