Person:Thomas Hughes (33)
Thomas Henry Hughes
b.Abt 1717 Pennsylvania
d.4 May 1778 Lewis, Virginia, USA
Parents and Siblings
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m. 12 Nov 1713
  1. Sudnah 'Sudrah' Hughes1714 -
  2. Thomas Henry HughesAbt 1717 - 1778
  3. William Hewes, IV1718 - 1753
  4. Sarah Hughes1727 -
  5. Hugh HughesAbt 1728 - 1763
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1743
  1. Sudna HughesAbt 1743 - 1829
  2. Charles HughesAbt 1745 - Abt 1764
  3. Deborah HughesAbt 1746 - Abt 1813
  4. Sarah HughesAbt 1748 - 1821
  5. Jesse David HughesAbt 1750 - 1829
  6. Jonathan Hughes1753 - 1845
  7. Lt. Thomas Hughes, Jr.1754 - 1837
  8. James Hughes1756 - 1825
  9. Elias HughesAbt 1757 - 1844
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Facts and Events
Name[3] Thomas Henry Hughes
Gender Male
Birth[3] Abt 1717 Pennsylvania[source = OLT, needs verification]
Marriage Abt 1743 to Mary Susanna Baker
Property[3] 2 Apr 1750 Frederick, Virginia, United StatesGeorge Washington surveyed a tract of land on Cascapehon River for Thomas Hughes
Property[3] 18 Nov 1752 Hampshire, Virginia (later West Virginia)Land grant - 419ac near Lick Branch of Cascapehon River
Residence[3] Abt 1755 Augusta, Virginia (later Harrison, West Virginia)moved with family
Property[3] 12 Feb 1759 Hampshire, Virginia (later West Virginia)conveyed 200ac to Henry Fry
Property[3] 8 Jun 1761 Hampshire, Virginia (later West Virginia)conveyed 219ac to Henry Fry
Residence[3] Abt 1773 Augusta, Virginia (later Harrison, West Virginia)settled on Hacker's Creek
Death? 4 May 1778 Lewis, Virginia, USA
Alt Death[3] 4 May 1778 killed by Indians in Monongalia, Virginia

Thomas Hughes was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

  • H-230: Thomas Hughs of Frederick County, 419 acres in said County. Surv. Mr. George Washington. On Great Cacapehon. 18 Nov. 1752. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 64].
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Records in Virginia

  • Northern Neck Land Grant; H-440: Hugh Hughs of Frederick County, 480 acres in said County. Surv. Mr. George Washington. On Great Cacapehon, adj. Thomas Hughs. 4 May 1754. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 75]. (Note: Hugh Hughes was a brother of Thomas).
  • Northern Neck Land Grant; H-557: Hugh Hughs of Hampshire County, 480 acres in said County. Surv. Mr. George Washington. On Great Cacapon, adj. Thomas Hughs. 11 Nov. 1754. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 80]
  • Northern Neck Land Grant; M-103: Henry Fry of Hampshire County, 213 acres on Great Cacapehon in said County. Surv. Mr. John Mauzy. Adj. Hugh Hughs, Thomas Hughs. 30 Dec. 1762. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 148]
References
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    http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhardy/stump/crecords.htm

    In the section "Hughes Family Notebook" of Genealogies by Miss Minnie McWhorter* the following ascendant Hughes lineage is given:
    Sarah Hughes married Col. Michael Stump
    Thomas Hughes Sr. d. April 1778 m. Mary Baker
    Thos. Hewes Quaker d.1735 m.("out of meeting") Mary Tedrick
    Wm. Hughes Jr. m. 1689 Sarah Bezer dau. of Edward Bezer
    Wm. Hughes d. 1698 N.J. m. Deborah ____
    Validation of the lineage is beyond the purpose and scope of this writing. However, inquiries containing the names of Sarah and father Thomas Hughes Sr. were sent to the state

    *Courtesy of the West Virginia University Library, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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    [cos1776 20130713 note: link is dead]

  2.   Edward Tanner, in West Virginia Pioneers website.

    [cos1776 20130713 note: citation moved from body of text to citation box. It is not clear what information on this page is coming from this source (?).]

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Thomas Henry Hughes, in Hackerscreek.com.

    Thomas Henry Hughes, a son of William and Sudna Hughes, was born in
    Augusta or Frederick County VA about 1717 and was killed by Indians near
    Hacker's Creek, Harrison County VA May 4, 1778. He married Susannah
    Baker about 1738 in Chester County, PA. Susannah, a daughter of Robert
    and Susannah (Packer) Baker, was born in 1725 in Chester County, PA and
    died after 1780 in Sycamore Lick Run, Harrison County.
    George Washington's "Journal of my Journey Over the Mountain 1747-1748" Page 91 states: April 2,1750,"Then survey'd for Thomas Hughes a certain tract of waste & ungrand land situate in Frederick County & on Cascapehon(river)& bound as followeth beginning at red oak & white oak at the foot of a steep mountain run thence N'25W' One Hundred and Seventy,4 poles to an Elm and red Oak saplins thence N;45'W' Three Hundred and Forty",etc.
    Thomas moved with his family to present day Hampshire County WV about 1750. His grant for 419 acres of land "...near Lick Branch of the Great Cacapon..." is dated November 18, 1752. Thomas moved to present day Harrison County WV about 1755. He conveyed his Hampshire county land to Henry Fry in two parcels, 200 acres February 12, 1759 and the remaining June 8, 1761. The family settled on Hacker's Creek about 1773. Various reports list Thomas as having seven to 15
    children.
    A 1774 payroll list of Harrison County VA soldiers who served in Captain William Lowther’s VA militia company in Lord Dunmore’s War credits Thomas with 132 days service.
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    [cos1776 note: Harrison county was not formed until 1784, therefore the place of Hughes death was still in Monongalia county, Virginia.]

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