Marriages | Births (some deaths as well) | Wills
Paul, Frederic G. Berks County, Pennsylvania marriages, 1730-1800. (Reading, Pa. : H P Pub., c1986 <c1987 >)
1747 Apr 10 - Hughes, Samuel s/o Ellis, Exeter - Elizabeth Willits
1755 Dec 10 - Hushes, Samuel s/o Ellis, Exeter - Margaret May
1766 Dec 9 - Hughes, Jane - Samuel Boone - Rev Johan Andr. Krug
1774 Sep 6 - Hughes, William, Exeter - Mary Cleaver, Amity
1778 Aug 14 - Hughes, Samuel s/o Edward, Amity - Mary Penrose d/o Richard, Robeson
1779 Nov 3 - Hughes, Evan, s/o Evan, Windosr - Ann Stephens d/o Richard, Brunswick
1782 May 16 - Hughes, Sarah, Exeter - Jesse Lee
1788 Nov 7 - Hughes, Thomas, so. Samuel & Margaret, Exeter - Sarah Bonsall d/o Edward & Hannah, Caernavon
date? Hughes, Rowland, s/o Edward & Elizabeth, Catawissa - Susanna Lee d/o John & Jane, Exeter
date? Hughes, Samuel, s/o Edward & Elizabeth, Catawissa - Rebeckah Starr d/o Moses & Margery, Catawissa
1794 Feb 20 - Hughes, Levi- Phoebe Carpenter - Rev Philip Pauli
1794 Apr 20 - Hughes, Elias, Maidencreek - Sophie Hagen - Rev Philip Pauli
1795 June 9 - Hughes, Elizabeth, d/o Edward, Catawissa - Moses Starr s/o Moses & Catherine, Catawissa
1795 Sep 8 - Hughes, Nancy - John Monford - Robeson
1797 May 12 - Hughes, Margaret d/o Samuel, Exeter - Thomas Jackson s/o Ephraim & Nancy, Robeson
1797 Aug 15 - Hughes, Mary - James Hardesty - Maidencreek
1800 May 7 - Hughes, Thomas s/o Ellis & Hannah, Philadelphia - Alice Tomlinson d/o Willliam & Ann, Bern
date? Hughs, Job s/o William, Brusnwick - Eleanor Lee d/o Thomas & Eleanor, Oley
1787 Mar 20 - Dewees, Dewy - John Dechert - Cumru
1788 Sep 2 - Dewees, Samuel, Cumru - Elizabeth Etzel d/o Andreas, Cumru - Rev Carl Fred. Wildbohn?
1790 Sep 6 - Dewees, Margaret - Philipp Jock - Robeson - Rev William Boos
1794 Apr 1 - Dewees. Joseph, Heidelburg - Elizabeth Wagele - Rev Boos
Humphrey, John T. Pennsylvania births, Berks County.(Washington, D.C. : Humphrey Publications, 1997-)
Paul, Frederic G. Berks County, Pennsylvania, births, 1705-1800. Reading, Pa. : HP Pub., c1988-
The list for Hughes is pretty much the same as Humphrey's list, but it does include this for Deweeses:
St Gabriel’s Episcopal, Douglasville
Deweese, Cornelius 22 Mar 1731 Garret & Mary
William Jan 1753 Garret & Mary
John 2 Feb 1753 Cornelius & Elizabeth
Elizabeth 1755 Cornelius & Elizabeth
Garret and Mary Deweese were the parents of Henry who married Elizabeth Hughes; Cornelius is Garret's son, Henry's brother.
Society of Friends. Exeter Monthly Meeting.Quaker records : Exeter Monthly Meeting, Berks Co., Pa. births and deaths 1759--1816 (Spokane, Wash. : McNeill Enterprises, 1984])
- this is nicely arranged by family groups, but not indexed. I was getting tired, and already had most of the births from other sources. But I should look at it again, for the people the Hugheses married.
Children of George Hughes and Martha his wife:
Mary Hughes b 1766 7mo 15
Hannah 1768 5mo 28
Deaths: Anna H —
Martha 1778 6mo 16
Mary 1784 10mo 6
Martha, wife of George - Daughter of James and Mary Boone - d 1798 5mo 28
Buried Catanisey (Catawissa?)?
Children of Job Hughes and Esther his wife
Levi b 1770 5mo 22
Children of Job Hughes and Eleanor his 2nd wife
Rachel b 1777 2mo 15
Sarah 1778 10mo 6
Abigal 1780 10mo 9
Amos 1782 9mo 11
Samuel 1785 2mo 4
Amy 1787 12mo 16
Job 1790 1mo 17
Joel 1792 2mo 14
Deaths of the same:
Esther Hughes, wife of Job Hughes deceased
Job Hughes Jr d 1793 10mo 9
Children of William Hughes and Mary his wife:
Jeremiah b 1775 8mo 9
Mary 1778 2mo 17
Elizabeth 1780 7mo 3
Child of Thomas Hughes of Maiden Creek and Alice his wife:
Ann b 21 12mo 1802
Children of Thomas Hughes and Sarah his wife
Sarah Hughes, wife of Thos Hughes was b 9.8.1767
Margaret b 1789 8mo 7
Edward 1791 2mo 4
William 1792 8mo 15
Jane 1794 9mo 19
Edward B 1796 12mo 19
Hanna B 1798 12mo 22
Samuel 1800 3mo 29
Thomas G 1802 3mo 16
Hannah G 1804 6mo 30
Children of Thomas Hughes and Sarah L., his 2nd wife
Sarah Ann b 1810 5mo 29
Meredith b 1811 10mo 26
William E 1813 5mo 4
Death of the same
William Hughes departed this life - 1795 2mo 13
Edward 1795 3mo 13
Hannah B 1799 5mo 24
Sarah, mother of the above named children - 1806 4mo 15 - 38.7.7
Thomas, father of the aforenamed children - 1813 8mo 28 -
buried at Exeter - 53.1.1.
Sarah A 1817 2?th mo 25
Edward B 1827 3mo 3
Children of Samuel and Lydia Hughes
Thomas 1791 2mo 26
Ellis 1792 10mo 4
James 1795 1mo 12
Sarah 1796 7mo 27
Rachel 1798 4mo 20
Jesse 1800 5mo 29
Israel 1802 3mo 20
Death of the same
Thomas 1795 2mo 2
Child of William and Deborah Dewees:
Sarah b 1815 9mo 25
Listed with the family of Richard and Dorothy Stephens:
Ann Hughes d. 1839 10mo 31
Children of Evan and Ann Hughes of Windsor Twp, Berks Co., PA:
Hannah 1780 8mo 4
Evan 1782 8mo 24
John 1784 10mo 22
Stephen 1786 10mo 9
George 1788 10mo 22
Evan (2nd) 1791 2mo 13
Ann 1793 10mo 8
Deaths of the same
Evan (1st) d 1791 2mo 2
Evan, father of said children, 1828 10mo 13
Ann, mother, 1839 10mo 31 (she must have been Ann Stephens)
Martin, Jacob. Abstracts of Berks County wills / based on the abstracts of Jacob Martin and John P. Smith. (Westminster, Md. (Rear 63 E. Main St., Westminster 21157): Family Line Publications, 1993-)
p. 1. George Boone, Exeter 18 Nov 1753 24 Dec
son William - s side of Tulpehocken ½ mills
Hezekiah - n side of Tulpehocken ½ mills
Josiah - sawmill in Robeson
Jeremiah - Amity plantation
daus Mary, Deborah, Dinah £50 each
grch George & Jane Hughes, ch. of dear dau Hannah £25 each when of age
wife not named
ex sons
wit Joseph Boone, John & Edward Hughes, Edward Drury
These would have been the children of John and Hannah (see Exeter Monthly Meeting Births)
p. 29 - Potts, Thomas, Colebrookdale - 20 Apr 1762 - 26 Apr 1762
exec. friend William Dewees sr esq of Whitemarsh
p. 35 Hugh, Ellis, formerly Oley, now Exeter. 1764 Jan 5 - 1764 Jany 27
Provides for wife Jane.
To son Samuel, plantation, sawmill, etx. whereon he lived in Exeter (described) containing 162 acres 54 per. Also Sewells History and other books and all cattle, farming utensils.
To son Edward, plantation, etx. whereon he lives (described) containing 96 acres 38 per.
To grandson George Hugh, son of John decd, plantation etc. whereon son John lately lived (described) containing 52 acres 22 per.
To dau Margaret, wife of Samuel Lee, 5 shillings having been advanced. (Samuel's will below)
Son in law Samuel Lee, sons Samuel and Edward Exrs.
Codicil same date gives to son William 5 shillings and revokes legacy of land to grandson George Hugh and gives it to all the children of son John, viz., George, Jane, Eleanor and Sarah allowing George 2 shares.
Letters to Saml. and Edward Hugh.
Wit: Jesse Willits, Wm Boone, James Starr, Abel Thomas.
See Exeter Monthly Meetings Births
p. 59 - Hughes, Evan, Windsor - 27 July 1767
admin to Rebecca Hughes, the widow
This, I think, must be the father of the Evan (married to Ann) listed in the Exeter Monthly Meeting Births.
p. 62 - Hughes, Jonathan -Maiden Creek - 16 July 1768 - 9 Aug 1768 - V2 #46
non-cupative will
“Being crushed by the sudden fall of a tree under which he had taken shelter in a storm on the 12th of July last past in the afternoon” desires Owen H & Joseph Penrose to dispose of all his effects and to divide the proceeds between his three children, viz Elizabeth, Abigail and Jonathan
p. 65 - John Willits - 25 Feb 1769 - 20 Mar v2, p. 59
Job Hughes, wit Ellis Hughes exec
p. 74 - Elizabeth Bell, widow, Amity - 31 Aug 1769 - 24 Apr 1771 - 2. 90
daus Mary Henton, Elizabeth Devese, Margaret Gregory £5 each
son Charles Bell £4
granddaughter Elizabeth Jones, d/o son Peter Jones articles mentioned
gd Elizabeth Devese “‘
gd Bridget Jones d/o son Mounce Jones “
gd Dorcas Gregory “
gd Perse Henton “
mentions son Jonathan
exec son Mounce Jones, wit John Kirlin, Thos. Moses and Elias Dagley
p. 75 - Mary Wright, spinster, Maiden Creek 21 Jan 1771 - 29 apr 1771 - 2.92
to mother all wearing apparel
sister Hannah, wife of Thomas Hughes £125
to Hannah’s son Ellis Hughes £70 when 21
if sister has more children, the £70 to be divided among them
ex. step-father John Hutton, wit Thomas Wright, Sibilla Wright, Richard Penrose
p. 78 - William Boone, Exeter - 23 May 1768 - 16 Dec 1771 - 2.91
Edward and George Hughes wits.
P. 97 - Owen Hugh - Union 13 Oct 1774
adm to Hannah Hughes the widow
p. 141 - Thomas Paine, Berks Co - 30 Oct 1781 - 7 Nov 1781 - b. 20
to dau. Sally Dewees £30
to son William Paine £3 and to his son Edward Paine
to son Samuel Web and his son William
to son Thomas Web
p. 144 - James Hutton, Maiden Creek - 15 Apr 1780 - 2 Mar 1782 - B.30
exec brother in law Owen Hugh and Mordecai Lee
p. 151 Potts, Anna, wife of David, Douglas - 27 Mar 1775 - 4 Oct 1782 B45
to my husband David Potts £750, it being the whole of my jointure which was settled on me shortly before our marriage.
Ex David Potts wit Samuel Robeson, Martha Hughes, and Jno. Ellis
-----Potts, David jr, Douglas 5 Oct 1782 - 14 Nov 1782 B 46
All estate real and personal to be sold. And proceeds applied fo use of my 2 daus Ruth and Martha Potts, and divided when they are 18.
To Anna dau of John Ellis £50 at 18
To Rebecca wife of Saml Beird, 1 ton of Bar Iron
In case of death of daus, the estate to go to my sister Rebecca wife of Samuel Beird and Rebecca dau of Thos. Dewers, in equal shares
ex Saml. Potts Wit Thos. Walker, Wm Taylor
Codicil gives to Jesse Dewers son of Thomas £50 at 21
and £50 to martha Hughes, for her care and attention while she has lived with me
p. 160 - Higs, Peter, Robeson - 13 Aug 1783 - 4 Oct 1783
children Hannah Dewees
p. 165 - Richard Stephens, Brunswick - 11 Sep 1781 - 25 Mar 1784 - B.112
dau Ann Hughes
exec son in law Evan Hughes
see Exeter Monthly Meeting Births
v.2 (Actually, I think I got these online - the dates are right for them to be v. 2 of this work, but I don't normally capitalize last names, so I maybe copied them from a Rootsweb file???)
Lee, John, Exeter.
October 11, 1795. Codicil April 26, 1801. July 22, 1802, and September 2, 1802.
Provides for wife Anne.
To son Mordecai the plantation whereon he and I now live in Exeter containing 200 acres.
To son Isaac a tract of land in Earl and Oley containing 52 acres 54 perches. Also a tract in District Township containing 521/2 acres.
To son-in-law John HUGHES and Eleanor his wife plantation whereon they now live in Northumberland County containing 284 acres 52 perches.
To son Nathan plantation whereon he now lives in Northumerland County as the same was surveyed off to him by Hezekiah BOONE, containing 434 acres 151 perches.
To son-in-law Rowland HUGHES and Susanna his wife 45 acres formerly included in the above tract and also a contiguous tract of 188 A., altogether 2331/2 acres, being plantation whereon they now live.
To son-in-law Henry BERREL and wife Ann, Plantation whereon they now live in Northumberland County containing 143 3/4 acres.
To Kezia LEE dau. of said Ann BERREL, tract of land in Northumberland County containing 521/2 acres.
To grandson John LEE, son of Jesse deceased, tract of land in said county containing 223 acres, subject to payment of £150 to his sisters Eleanor, Martha and Esther as they arrive at age of 21.
To grandson Mordecai, son of Jesse LEE deceased, tract in said County containing 177 acres, he paying to his sister Ann £50 when she is 21.
To dau-in-law Sarah LEE tract of said county containing 61 acres 146 perches.
---Codicil of April 26, 1801 mentions that wife Anna is now deceased and gives articles bequeathed to her to her brother Robert EDWARDS, sister Mary ROBINSON and nephew Mordecai DAVIS.
---Codicil of July 22, 1802 mentions that dau. Ann BERREL is now deceased and revokes the devise to her and gives it to Kezia COHOE wife of Aly COHOE.
Exrs: Sons Isaac and Nathan.
Wits: Thomas CHERRINGTON, Thomas HUGHES and Samuel HUGHES.
I'm not sure about John Hughes, but Rowland Hughes is identified in the marriage listing as the son of Edward and Elizabeth of Catawissa. I suspect Edward and Elizabeth are the ones in the Exeter Monthly Meeting lists, and their other sons are John, Thomas, Samuel, Joseph, Edward, Benjamin.
Rowland Hughes s/o Edward and Elizabeth, Catawissa m Susannah Lee d/o John & Jane, Exeter
John Hughes
Sarah Hughes, Exeter m Jesse Lee 1782 May 16
Lee, Samuel, Exeter. April 26, 1799 - April 5, 1802.
Provides for wife Margaret. (Hugh - daughter of Ellis, will above)
To son Thomas £3 he having been advanced.
Dau. Hannah BOONE £50.
Dau. Rachel CHERINGTON and dau. Esther FINCHER £50 each.
Dau. Mary DEWEESE my plantation in Wyoming Township, Northumberland County containing about 160 acres being the same whereon she now lives.
To dau. Jane EVANS £50.
To sister Esther LEE the house on my land wherein she now lives during life. To youngest son John my plantation in Amity whereon he now lives, containing 150 acres.
To 2nd son Ellis remainder of land in Exeter and Amity whereon I live, containing 170 acres.
Exrs: Sons Ellis and John.
Wits: Thomas HUGHES and Samuel HUGHES.
Mary Lee married Owen Deweese, s/o Cornelius and Margaret Richards Deweese - nephew of Garret Deweese and therefore cousin of the Henry Deweese who married Elizabeth Hughes.
v. 3 -
p. 64 - Thomas H wit to Ann Penrose, Maiden Creek - 3 May 1807 - 7 Sep 1807
p. 115 Hughes, Owen - Maiden Creek - 27 Apr 1809, codicil 11 May 1812 - prob 2 Oct 1812
to sister Elizabeth, widow of Mordecai Harris £20
to Abigail Millard, d/o Jonathan H. Deceased £50
to Jonathan Benjamin and Isaac s/o Abigail £20 - I’m not sure of this one
to nephew Joseph H, niece Joyce H, children of brother Hudson H deceased £100
to brother Edward £100 if living, if deceased to his children
to Hugh and Michael, sons of Uncle Morgan H
and to children of my friend Joseph Penrose, jr £120 as follows
Isaac £30 Mary Penrose w/o Ellis Lee £30, Robert Reed and sister Mary w/o Mordecai Lee £30
to the four children of Joseph Penrose, jr, viz Mary w/o Frances Wright
Sarah w/o Edward Wilkinson
Margaret
Samuel £30 each
to stepdaughter Sarah Wily £200, being a dower bequeathed to my late wife Mary by husband John Wily
to Jane w/o John Bush, d/o brother Jonathan deceased £290
to the use and support of Friends School at West Town Chester County, £300
to Mary w/o Mordecai Wright and d/o Penrose and Sary Wily my plantation whereon I live in Maiden Creek 222 acres - also tenement and tract of land in Alsace 135 acres - she paying £1000 to her brother John Wily
to the said John Wily a tract in Alsace 85 acres
remainder to Mary Wright
exrs friends Samuel Lee of Oley & Jesse Willits
Codicil reduces legacies to schools to £200
wit Thomas Cherrington, Ellis Lee, John Lee
Williams, Richard T. and Mildred C. Williams. Index of Berks County, Pennsylvania; wills and administration records, 1752-1850. (Danboro, Pa., 1973.)
I am not sure that this is where these come from - I need to recheck
1779 Apr 8 - 1787 May 18 - Edward Hughes, Union
son Israel 2 bonds
son Owen’s ch. (Isaac & Ann) 5 shillings each
son Edward, daus Margaret, Mary, Ann - £200 in bonds on son Owen’s estate, and remainder of estate
sons/law William Thomas, James Roberts
1780 May 29 - 1791 May 26 - Thomas Lee, Oley - br/law Owen Hughes, exec
1788 Dec 15 - John Wily, Virginia - adm to friend Owen Hughes
Boone, James Exeter 12 July 1785 Sept 17
4 daus Ann Lincoln (Abraham), Mary Lee (Thomas), Martha Hughes (George), Rachel Wilkinson
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