James Hughes

1762 -

• 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	27 Nov 2021
  Family ID	F1878	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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)