Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania - Hughes

(and some Deweeses)

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Marriages
      from: Pennsylvania marriages prior to 1790; names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued in the Province of Pennsylvania, previous to 1790. (Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1968 )
"Reprinted from Pennsylvania Archives, series 2, volume 2, 1890."
      1743, Nov — Dewees, Henry - no wife named
      1769 Nov 15 Dewees, William - Sarah Waters
      1744 Jan – Hughes, William
      1744 Sep – Hughes, Elias & Rebecca Wright
      1745 Jan – Hughes, Morgan
      1746 Sep – Hughes, Robert & Eve Price
      1747 March – Hugh, Jonathan & Eleanor McClellan
      1747 Dec – Hughes, Isaac & Rebecca Heine
I have no idea why there is this huge gap - it isn't a copying mistake.  I did forget to look for Hewes - ???
      1760 Aug 26 Hughes, James & Margaret McNealy
      1760 Nov 21 Hughes, William & Susanna May
      1761 Oct 1 Hughes, Ellis & Margaret Anderson
      1763 Aug 20 Hughes, Martha & John Mathew
      1764 March 2 Hughes, William & Maria Shunberger
      1764 Apr 9 Hugg, Sarah & Joseph Ellis
      1764 Aug 1 Hughes, Isabella & Robert Walker
      1764 Aug 29 Hughes, David & Elizabeth McCarnon
      1764 Sep 10 Hughes, Garnet & Ann Margaret Gotchill
      1765 May 1 Hughes, Ruth & Lindsay Coats
      1766 Nov 28 Hughes, Jane & Samuel Boone
      1766 Dec 4 Hughs,Matthew & Jane Rogers
      1767 May 16 Hughes, Richard & Hannah Aburn
      1767 June 11 Hughes, John, jun & Margaret Paschall
      1767 Nov 12 Hughes, Mary & Thomas Wood
      1768 Jan 21 Hughes, Enoch & Bathsheba Marshall
      1768 June 2? Hughes, Elizabeth & John North
      1768 June 10 Hughes, Judith & Joseph Prichard
      1770 Jan 31 Hughes, Elias & Sarah Gilbert
      1770 Apr 14 Hugh, Nicholas & Ann Roberts
      1770 May 17 Hughes, Aaron & Mary Pancoast
      1770 June 4 Hughes, Jacob & Sarah Richards
      1771 May 4 Hughes, William & Mary Callwellin
      1771 May 17 Hughes, Elizabeth & Thomas Jones
      1773 March 29 Hughes, Mary & William Wilson
      1773 Nov 24 Hughes, Jacob & Ann Lawrence
      1774 May 25 Hughes, Alexander & Margaret Levering
      1774 Aug 16 Hugg, John & Sarah West
      1775 Feb 28 Hughes, Jemima & Samuel Gill

Early Marriage Records of Pennsylvania Churches. (Miami, Fla: RT & MC Williams, 1965)
Christ Church Philadelphia
      1756 Sep 2 - Dewee Catherine - Timothy Aldridge
      1800 July 12 Dewees, William - Mary Britton
      1802 Apr 8 Dewees, William - Mary Lorain
      1805 Dec 10 Dewees, William - Eleanor Britton
      1806 May 21 Dewees, Sylvia - Tobias Barrett
      1709 Aug 15 Hughes, John - Margaret Pule
      1709 Nov 15 Hughes, Margaret - Timothy Howell
      1712 Apr 2 Hughes, Mary - George Pugh
      1713 March 26 Hughes, Sidney - Thomas Roberts
      1717 May 4 Hughes, Rees - Mary Jones
      1720 Nov 17 Hughs, Margaret - Benjamin Jones
      1720 Dec 21 Hughs, Mary - Isaac Seely
      1722 Feb 2 Hughes, Charles - Margaret Sutton
      1722 Nov 17 Hughs, James - Mary Pain
      1723 July 8 Hughs, Eleanor - John Kelly
      1728 July 7 Hughes, Walter - Ann Phillips
      1728 Sept 16 Hugh, Mary - Wm Atkinson
      1729 March 10 Hughes, Robert - Ann Ellis
      1730 Oct 30 Hughs, Edward - Ann Zanes
      1736 Feb 28 Hughes, Richard - Martha McDonald
      1736 Sept 16 Hughes, Bryan - Mary Whartonby
      1738 Oct 5 Hughes, George - Rebecca Hall
      1740 Feb 24 Hughes, Owen - Mary Brain
      1742 March 1 Hugh, David - Catherine Boon
      1745 Jan 13 Hugh, Morgan - Ann Stephens
      1746 Sept 6 Hughes, Elias - Rebecca Wright
      1748 Dec 6 Hughes, Isaac - Lydia Weldon
      1754 May 18 Hughes, Hugh - Mary Morris
      1758 Dec 23 Hughes, Thomas - Ann Peterson
      1760 Nov 22 Hughes, William - Susannah May
      1764 Aug 29 Hughs, David - Elizabeth McCarnon
      1765 Apr 13 Hughs, Ruth - Lindsay Coats
      1766 Dec 4 Hughs, Matthew - Jane Rogers
      1767 June 11 Hughes, John jr - Margaret Paschal
      1767 Nov 12 Hughes, Mary - Thomas Wood
      1768 Jan 9 Hughes, Elizabeth - John North
      1768 Jan 21 Hughes, Enoch - Beersheba Marshal
      1768 June 11 Hughes, Judith - Joseph Pritchard
      1770 June 4 Hughes, Jacob - Sarah Richards
      1771 May 4 Hughes, William - Mary Calwellin
      1772 March 19 Hughes, Ann - John Robinson
      1774 Aug 28 Hughes, John - Cath. Bergenhoff
      1779 March 26 Hughes, Kitty - Samuel Bonnell
      1782 Aug 5 Hughes, John - Eliz. Archibald
      1794 June 19 Hughes, Joseph - Elizabeth Crotto
      1796 Oct 19 Hughes, Mary - Miles McLeveen
      1801 March 31 Hughes, Rachel - William Lukins Potts
First Presbyterian, Philadelphia
      1725 July 16 Huges, Anne - James Rollen . . . N. J.
      1725 Dec 17 Huges, Sarah - Timothy Rain . . . P . L .
      1735 Nov 24 Hugh, Eliz - John Stone . . . L
      1736 Oct 9 Hughes, Prudence - Henry Grinnoway
      1736 Oct 18 Hughs, John - Sarah Emery . . . L
      1740 Nov 21 Hughes, John - Dorcas Stockdale
      1742 Feb 19 Hughs, Blanch - Patrick McCormich . . . L
      1742 Feb 26 Hughs, Roger - Eunice Griffith
      1743 Oct 8 Hughes, Margaret - Thomas Bowell
      1743 Nov 16 Hughes, Mary - Samuel Richardson
      1743 Nov 25 Hughes, John - Eliz Thomas . . . L
      1744 Oct 5 Hughs, Martha - William Parson . . . L
      1745 Feb 8 Hugh Mary - Philip David
      1746 July 6 Hughes, Robert - Eve Price . . . L
Old Swedes “Gloria Dei”
      1755 March 2 Hughes, Elizabeth - Joseph Watkince
      1755 Aug 23 Hughs, Mary - Daniel Walkins
      1759 April 1 Hughs, Mary - John McCoy
      1766 Jan 17 Hughes, Henry - Ann Craley
      1767 March 31 Hugh, Hugh - Elizabeth Canaday
      1767 May 16 Hughes, Richard - Hannah Aburn
      1767 Aug 17 Hughs, James - Mary Martin
      1773 Jan 18 Hughes, Prudence - John Ruth
      1776 Aug 6 Hughes, Mathew - Elizabeth Edwards
      1777 Nov 22 Hugh, Hugh - Sarah Parson
      1778 Jan 11 Hughes, Judith - John Power
      1778 May 29 Hughs, James - Mary Farmouth
      1778 Sept 20 Hughes, Margaret - James McDonalds
      1780 Feb 8 Hughes, John - Mary Cahill
      1790 Oct 20 Hughs, James - Elenore Macbride
      1790 Oct 23 Hugh, Rachel - William Scott
      1792 June 28 Hughs, Lydia - George Fisher
      1793 June 8 Hughes, Margery - Johnson McClanichen
      1795 Jan 11 Hughs, Rebecca - Thomas McCoughley
      1795 Jan 22 Hugh, Sarah - Lawrence Deurbreec
      1798 July 5 Hugh, Rebecca - John Dowl
      1799 Aug 18 Hughes, Henry - Mary Walter
      1800 May 9 Hughes, Ann - Jasper Carter
German Reformed, Philadelphia
      1781 Feb 13 Hughes, Jane - Griffith Owen
      1784 Aug 21 Hughes, Uriah - Phoebe Rennard
      1784 Nov 18 Hughes, Caleb - Mary Haerth
      1786 Nov 17 Hughes, Garret - Susanna Chamberlein
      1802 Apr 8 Hughs, Mary - Sam’l Ketlay
First Baptist
      1770 Apr 15 Hugh, Robert - Elizabeth Cress
      1792 Feb 9 - Dewees, Hannah - John Biggs
      1792 Dec 31 Hughes, Martha - James Pritchard
      1795 Jan 15 Hughes, Margaret - John Wheeler
      1796 Oct 23 Hughes, Levi - Rebecca Thompson
Presbyterian Church - Abingdon, Montgomery Co
      1743 Nov 3 Dewees William - Rachel Huste

Births
      from: Humphrey, John T. Pennsylvania births, Philadelphia County. (Washington, D.C. (P.O. Box 15190, Washington 20003) : Humphrey Publications, 1994-)
Partial Contents: [1] 1644-1765 -- [2] 1766-1780.
Contains information extracted from records of: Gloria Dei (Old Swedes or Wicaco) Church, Philadelphia Friends Monthly Meeting, Christ Church, First and Second Presbyterian churches, Pennypack Baptist Church (Lower Dublin Township), First Moravian Church, St. Michael's Lutheran Church (Philadelphia), First Reformed Church (Philadelphia), St. Michael's Lutheran Church (Germantown), German Reformed Church (Germantown), St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Trinity Episcopal Church (Oxford Township), First Baptist Church (Philadelphia), and Friends Monthly Meeting (Pine and Orange Sts., Philadelphia)
I don't know why I have no births from the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting - there were Hugheses there - but  I did photocopy the pages with Hughes and Hughs and there are none from the Phila. MM.

Church Records
Quaker records
      from: Watring, Anna Miller. Early Quaker records of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Westminster, Md. : Family Line Publications, 1997-)
      1751 Feb 26 - William Hughes - minutes of meeting - testimony against William
      1754 July 29 - Rachel Hughes - cert rec’d from Salem MM
      1755 March 10 - Charles Hughes - cert removal to North Carolina
      1756 Dec 31 - Martha Jackson, late Hughes, disowned for marrying out
      1757 Oct 28 - Caleb Hughes - cert removal to MM at Haddonfield - in order to proceed in marriage
      1763 Dec 28 - Amy Hughes - cert received from Westbury Long Island - w/o William
      p. 153 date? - Margaret Hugh, late Paschal, prefers to join with her husband & is no longer in fellowship with us.
      1769 Oct 27 - Amy Hughs admitted to Friends Almshouse
      1771 Feb 27 - Amy Hughes jr - from Exeter
      1771 Dec 31 - Rachel Dewees - cert removal - removed to settle with husband from Gwynedd
      1772 Oct 6 Amey Hughes of Philadelphia d/o William late of Exeter & Amey his wife - m Joel Lewis of Philadelphia, hatter
      1773 Jan 29 - Eleanor Hugh - cert removal to Exeter MM
      1773 Apr 23 - Isaac Hugh s/o Enoch age 4y 5m d&buried - Northern Dist
      1773 Aug 24 - Rachel Dewees cert rec’d from Gwynedd (minutes)
      1774 Feb 17 - child of Enoch Hews d a 3y
      1774 Apr 9 - child of Nicholas Hugh d
      1777 Aug 29 - Amy Hughes - cert of removal to Wilmington MM
      1778 Oct 14 - Robert Hugh d - a 64
      1793 Nov 1 - Ellis Hughes d - a 23
      1794 Dec 3 - child of Caleb Hugh d a ~5y
      p. 282 date? - Jane Hughes m James Hutchinson s/o John & Margaret b 11 May 1794, d 30 Oct 1893??? SDist

Christ Church     
      from: Hildeburn, Charles R. Baptisms and burials from the records of Christ Church, Philadelphia, 1709-1760. ( Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1982)
          "Excerpted and reprinted from the Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, volumes I-VII, 1877-1883 (Burials), volumes XII-XVII, 1888-1893 (Baptisms)"--T.p. verso. "Records of Christ Church, Philadelphia. Baptisms, 1709-1760" (p. 1-109) published separately ca. 1894.
Baptisms
    1709 June 26 - Hughes, Ann d Hugh & Sarah 1mo
    1711 Aug 1 - Hughs, John s Hugh & Sarah 3wks 3dys
    1711 Sep 1 - Hughs, Joan d. John & Margaret 4wks
    1729 June 4 - Hughs, John s. John & Ann
    1731 March 2 - Hughs, Koath s. Walter & Anne 2mos
    1739 Sep 21 - Hughs, Daniel s. Bryan & Mary 1yr 6mos
    1751 Jan 18 - Hughes, Catharine d. John & Sarah June 29 1750
    1751 Dec 19 - Hughes, James s. John & Sarah Nov 29 1751
Burials
    1726/7 Feb 11 - Hughes, Hugh sailor
    1730 Dept 28 - Hughs, John, son of Walter
    1732 July 5- - Hughes, Elizabeth, dau. of Hannah
    1734 July 27 - Hughes, Ruth
    1735 April 11 - Hughes, Hugh. Poor.
    1739 Sept 29 - Hughes, Edward, son of Bryan
    1743 Nov 19 - Hughes, Patience
    1746 Aug 4 - Hughes, Elizabeth, wife of Robert
    1748 Oct 2 - Hughes, Eve, wife of Robert
    1749 July 4 - Hughes, Charles
    1752 Jan 17 - Hughes, James, son of John
    1757 Feb 7 - Hughes, —, wife of Edward
    1758 June 5 - Hughs, Sarah, dau. of William
    1759 Dec 19 - Hughs, Samuel
Clark, Edward L. A record of the inscriptions on the tablets and gravestones in the burial-grounds of Christ Church, Philadelphia. (Publisher: Philadelphia : Collins, Printer, 1864)
p. 422  Hughes Edmond Martin s/o Daniel & Marg? D. 11 Aug 1811 - 18m 27d - poem
                         Jane - d/o James & Mary d 31 July 1802 a 21y 11m
p. 178 Sacred to the memory of Mary Hughes who departed this life July 7th 1812, aged 29y 5m - poem
p. 255 Samuel Man only & beloved son of James Healey Hughes, an eminent planter in St. Croix d of small pox
                      Dec 18, 1759 aged 16
p. 425 Sacred to the memory of William Hughes who departed this life 8 march 1810 aged 33
p. 546 Deweese Emma L 25 Sep 1823 - 15 May 1827
           Mrs Martha w/o William d 12 Jan 1801 age 25
                 Lorain - no date
p. 547 Deweese, Hannah d/o Thomas & Hannah d 30 July 1777 - 9m, 9d

Wills
      from: Abstracts of Philadelphia County wills. (Westminster, Md. : Family Line Publications, 1995-)
Spine title: Wills of Philadelphia County.  (in 10 vols - I only looked at the early ones)
Volume 1 (1682-1726)
p. 6 - will of John Edward AP 16 Aug 1683 - 8 Feb 1683/4 bk 3, p. 270
                servant Mary Hughes
p. 62 - John H wit to Thomas Musgrave late of Halifax, Yorkshire 1 Aug 1699 - 25 July 1701 - B 120
p. 105 - Hugh H wit to Joseph Coeker Philadelphia sawyer 30 Jan 1707/8 22 July 1708 C122
p. 112 - friend Edward H - will of Joshua Tittery, Philadelphia, potter forgot to write down date
p. 122 - Charles H exec for Thomas Evans, Upper Providence, Chester, carpenter
                        10 Sep 1710 3 Oct 1710 C217 mentions friend Elizabeth Meals
p. 134 - Charles Hughes 9 Dec 1711 8 May 1712 C 295
           wife Rebecca
           children Frances, John, Rebecca, Ann
           exec - wife and Rees Ahedward
           wit - Rees Ahedward and Edward Rees
p. 139 - Owen H wit to Patrick Fleming, Philadelphia, retailer - dates unreadable, C?
p. 156 - John Hughes of George’s Creek - beneficiary? of Joshue Nichols, Philadelphia, merchant 24 Oct 1715 - D.36
p. 161 - Ellis Hughes - East Town, Chester 11 Jan 1715/6 13 July 1716 D53
           John Lewis and Rees who are in Great Britain
           friend William John Adams
           friends Bridget Ellis, Elizabeth Ellis, Rachel Ellis
           landlady Lydia Ellis
           Thomas Godfrey and Isaac Tho mentioned
           Overseers: Benjamin Humphrey, Newland (Rowland) Ellis, jr
           exec friend John Ellis
           wit Newland (Rowland) Elllis, [Benj Humphrey? notes bad]
p. 168 - servant Richard H mentioned - will of Edward Pearsall, Radnor Twp, Chester, tailor
                  26 June 1717 28 Aug 1717 D77
p. 185 - Edward Hughes - East Town, Chester 11 Dec 1716 14 May 1720 D155
           wife Mary
           ch: Evan, Morgan, Margaret, Mary, Sarah, Elinor, Catherine
           gch: Mary, David, Elizabeth, children of John David and Catherine (Hughs) David
           exec - son Evan, friend William Davies of Radnor, gentlemen
           tutors & guardians - brother Morgan H, b/law Philip David, friend Thomas Edwards
           wit - Hugh Howell, David Thomas, Thomas Edwards
p. 194 - Edward Hughes - Philadelphia, potter 18 June 1721 30 June 1721 D194
           ch - Mary Sely, Edward
           exec - wife Ann, s/law Isaac Sely
           wit - Richard Redman, Thomas Treese, Saml Hastings
p. 181 - John H wit to William Roberts, Blickly, Phila Co, husbandman
           8 Sep 1707 12 Oct 1719 D134
p. 209 - John Edward , Upper Merion, Phila Co, laborer 11 Sep 1723 30 Oct 1723 D372
                cousins; Mary w/o Thomas Rees, Blandina w/o Jonathan Miller
                friends Jenkin David of Radnor, Richard Bevin
                mother Grace Morgan
                sisters Jane and Margaret Edwards in Wales
                exec. John David
                wit Hugh Hughes, Jenkin David, John German
p. 223 Richard H wit to John Langworthy, Radnor Twp, Chester, yeoman
                      17 Jan 1725/6 26 Jan 1725/6 D441
Volume 2 (1726-1747)
p. 4 - Evan H wit Edward Parry 12mo 8 1726/7 11 Mar 1726 E22
p. 36 - William H wit William Fincher, Bristol Prov. Of PA, cooper
                 12 May 1731/2 4 Aug 1731 E169
p. 57 - Rowland H trustee for Owen Thomas, Sulford, Phila Co 6mo 7, 1733/4 E254
p. 66 - Rev Griffith H mentioned - Hugh Jones, Robinson, Lancaster Co
                   17 Sep 1734/5 30 Nov 1734 E307
p. 67 - Rev Griffith H guardian to (heirs of?) William Evans, Tredyfin, Chester, yeoman
                   25 Sep 1734/5 4 Jan 1734 E314
p. 71 - Evan H wit (and apprentice) to Isaac Morris, Fairhill, city of Phila, merchant
                   17 Jan 1731/2 16 June 1735 - codicil 4 Aug 1734/5 (Evan wit to that too)
p. 74 - George H trustee for Griffith Jenkin, Trefeddyfrin, Chester, yeoman
                    6 Dec 1734/5 7 Feb 1735
p. 83 - John Hughs - Merion, Phila Co 2 Jan 1736 12 Feb 1736 F27
              wife and exec - Sarah
              f/law Morgan Herbert
              trustees - Joseph Roberts, Griffith Lewellin
              wit - Griffith Lewellin, William Lloyd, Maurice Lewellin
p. 95 - Thomas H (and Mathias Rittenhouse) wit to Anne Bate, Worcester Twp, Phila Co, widow
                   10 Mar 1732 28 Mar 1739 F109
p. 117 - Ann Whartnally, Phila Co, widow of William 16 Oct 1738 16 Nov 1741 F256
               ch. John, William, Robert, Ann (Pratt) Mary Hughes, Elizabeth, Susanna
               grson William Pratt
               exec Ann Pratt
               wit Thomas Roberts, Leanor Roberts
p. 119 - Ellis H trustee for Thomas Rees 8mo 22, 1741 28 Jan 1741/2 F274
                proved at Tulpehocken
p. 155 - Charles H wit for John Knowles innholder 15 Apr 1745 26 Apr 1745 G189
p. 158 - Seargt H wit for Henry Bell, Amity 4 Mar 1748 5 Apr 1748 G225
p. 170 - John H trustee for Evan Harry, Merion, yeoman 2 July 1748 17 Sep G319
p. 196 - Thomas H wit for Robert Philips, farmer, Lancaster Co 26 Aug 1746 10 Mar 1746 H227
p. 199 - cousin John H guardian for John Miles, Bristol, Phila Co, cordwainer
                      2 Apr 1747 15 June H257
p. 207 - Thomas Hughes Philadelphia 7mo 8, 1747 19 Oct H408
                father Rowland exec wife Susannah ch Atkinson and Ellin
                guardians & overseers - f/law William Atkinson, br Ellis H,
                cousins David Humphrey and Thomas Evans jr
                wit Robert Roberts, David Evan, Jacob Jones
p. 208 - John Roberts, Merion, Phila Co, yeoman 1 Sep 1747 3 Nov H420
               niece Elizabeth d/o Robert Roberts
               execs wife Margaret, son Hugh
               trustees - brothers Joseph & Edward
               wit Joseph Roberts, Richard H, Griffith Lewellin
Volume 3 (1748-1763)  there are lots more than these
p. 5 Catherine Williams - Montgomery, Phila Co widow - 7 Oct 1745/6 - 21 Jan 1748 J48
           nephew Griffith Hugh
           cousins David Hugh & wife Jane
p. 6 Badam Davies - Merion, Phila Co, sawyer 18 Aug 1747/8 - 6 Feb 1748 J57
        cousins Hugh John, Ruth & Envets Hughes
        ex John H (also wit)
p. 55 Rowland Hugh - Gwynedd, Phila Co, yeoman 27 March 1752/3 - 14 Apr 1752 J 531
           wife Ellin ch Ellis & Jane Lea
           grandch Atkins Hugh, Jane Roberts
           cousin Thomas Evans jr
           b/law Owen Evans
           ex Ellis H
           overseers Owen Evans, Thos Evans jr
           wit Robert Roberts, Davd Humphrey, Jacob Jones, Jno Evans
p. 106 Hugh Hughes city of Phila gentleman - 1 May 1756 - 20 July 1756 K436
           wife Mary ch Hugh (New York), John, Sarah (Dehaven), William
           grandson Hugh Dehaven s/law Peter Dehaven
p. 117 Mary Hugh of Chester Co, widow - 21 Apr 1756 - 14 June 1757 K540
           ch. Elizabeth (Joseph Watkin)
               Mary (Daniel Watkin)
           ex Elizabeth
           wit Gosport Seink, William John , James Davis
p. ? - Jesse Morgan, Whitpain, Phila Co 4mo 13, 1757 Sept 14, 1757 L1
                    wife Mary ch Priscillah, Mary, Dorothy
                    brother Edward
                    nephew Morgan Morgan
                    cousins Owen H, Isaac H, William Morris
                    uncles Benjamin and Edward H
                    trustees Edward H, Edward Morgan, William Moris
                    ex. Mary Morgan
p. 143 Robert Hugh, Gwynedd, Phila Co - 23 Jan 1759 - 24 March 1759 L234
           ch David, Mary, Jane, William, Ellis
           trustees Thomas Evans, Evan Jones
           ex David H
           wit John Jones, Jon Jenkins, Evan Jones
Volume 4 (1763-1784)
p. 19 - Humphrey Hughs, Guynedd, Phila Co 5 Dec 1764 19 Dec 1764
               wife Cathrine
               ch Keziah, Martha, Elizabeth, Hannah, Charity, Sarah, Cathrine, Mary, Rebecca
               ex. Uriah H, Frances Wilges
               wit Eliezer Willliam, Elijah Anderson
p. ? - Edward Hughes, Phila Co, yeoman 22 Oct 1764 2 May 1769 O366
              ch Owen (exec), Elizabeth, Ann, Isaac
              wit John Evans, John Ambler
p. ? - John Hughes, collector of His Majesty’s Customs at Charles Town, SC,
               late of Province of PA - 1 Jan 1772 - signed in Charles Town SC - 24 Apr 1772
               wife Sarah
               ch John, Isaac, Hugh, Ruth Cotes, John, Catharine Britner
p. ? - John Hughes, lower Merion, Phila Co 17 Nov 1773 - 1 Dec
               mother Sara
               ch Martha, Rebecca
               sisters Ruth Coats, Catherine Pritner
               sister/law Hannah Hollingsworth
               brothers Isaac, Hugh
               f/law Stephen Paschal
               housekeeper Margaret Palmer
               nephew John H
               exec - Sarah H, Stephen Paschal
p. ? - Sarah Hughes, Philadelphia, widow 11 Oct 1774 - 17 Nov
            ch Catherine Brittner, Hugh, Isaac, Ruth Coats
            grandch John s/o Isaac, Martha & Rebecca s/o dec. son John
             exec - Hugh H and Isaac H
Philadelphia County Wills 1682 - 1819 - from Ancestry
1758 Sept 13 - pr 27 Sep 1768 - Gwynn Rees, relict of Evan Rees
        ch Mary - servant lad Thomas Webb
        monthly meeting of Quakers at Merion - Radnor Church in Chester Co
        friends John Hughes esq of Phila, Evan Davis of Radnor, William Currie and William Godfrey of Tredyrin
1791 Nov 23 - pr 1795 Apr 2 - William Hughes res. Philadelphia, Phila Co - carpenter WBX:220
         children: Mary w/o Thomas Allen
                      Benjamin
                      John
          grandchild: William s/o Benjamin
                    ex. Benjamin H, Charles Jervis
forgot to put date - Martha Hughes res. Philadelphia, Phila Co - spinster WBX 444
         only d/o John Hughes late of Merion Co of Phila
         cousins: Martha Blankley d/o late father’s sister Catharine Prider
          “ John, Anthony, Isaac Prider, children of Catharine P.
          “ Jane, d/o Joshua Humphreys, grandmother’s brother
           Frances, Ann, Martha ch of Henry Paschall
           Thomas, Jonathan sons/o late uncle Stephen Paschall jr
           Mary Paschall and Henry, children of Aunt Hanna
           friends: Frances w/o John Hollingsworth
                      Mary Slack
                      Elizabeth Lowdon
           Aunt Hannah Hollingsworth
           ex. Aunt Hannah, Uncle Levi Hollingsworth, cousin Rachel Hollingsworth
1817 Jan 21 - pr 25 Jan 1817 - Thomas Hughes innkeeper - Kensington, Phila Co 6:550
           dau Susan - she to pay my granddaughter Rachel Coats $500 at time of marriage
           ex. Dau Susan, friends Richard Johns and John Saylor, farmer

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