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James Hughes

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Name James Hughes Born 5 Nov 1762 Pennsylvania Gender Male Person ID I11398 Yatesville History & Genealogy Last Modified 11 Feb 2010
Family Catherine R. Prothero, b. 8 Oct 1765, South Carolina , d. 1812, Harrison, Indiana
(Age 46 years)
Married 8 Oct 1785 Children 1. John Hughes, b. 8 Jul 1786, Pennsylvania , d. 21 Nov 1863, Crawford, Indiana
(Age 77 years)
2. Mary Hughes, b. 3 Dec 1791, Pennsylvania 3. Edward Hughes, b. 17 Feb 1793, Pennsylvania 4. Nathan Hughes, b. 31 Mar 1795, Virginia , d. 1846, Harrison, Indiana
(Age 50 years)
5. James Hughes, Jr., b. 30 Apr 1797, Virginia 6. Nancy May Hughes, b. Abt 1800, Virginia 7. Evan Hughes, b. 19 Jan 1801, Virginia , d. 14 Mar 1882, Indiana
(Age 81 years)
Last Modified 11 May 2022 Family ID F1878 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - NOTE: James HUGHES, b. 5 Nov 1762 PA and married also in PA, to Catherine PROTHRO, was a Revolutionary War soldier, supposed to have been half Native American and half of Welsh Quaker descent. He had moved down into the Shenandoah Valley by the mid 1790s. His wife and children moving c. 1810 to Harrison County, IN, with a group from Kentucky, but James seems gone by then. He is mentioned in the will of Evan Prothro, written in December 1817. (Source: AliMech@aol.com Subject: [HUGHES] HUGHES-PROTHRO-DAGGS-ROBERTS Date: Thu, 1 May 2003)