John Hughes and Sarah Wiley
Husband John Hughes 1 2 3
Born: Abt 1750 - New Jersey Christened: Died: 18 Sep 1815 or 15 Sep 1818 - Amwell Twp, Washington Co, PA 1 3 4 Buried: - Van Kirk Cemetery, Amwell Twp, Washington Co, PA
Father: Barnabas Hughes ( - ) 3 5 Mother:
Marriage: 1786 3 5
Wife Sarah Wiley 3 6
Born: Christened: Died: - Washington Co, PA Buried: - Van Kirk Cemetery, Amwell Twp, Washington Co, PA
Children
1 M Samuel Hughes 2 7
Born: 23 Jan 1786 - Amwell Twp, Washington Co, PA 8 Christened: Died: 2 Oct 1862 - Iowa 9 Buried:Spouse: Mary Workman (1786-Abt 1856) 8 10
2 F Mary Ann "Annie" Hughes 1 3 11
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Gabriel Blakeney ( - ) 1
3 M Thomas Hughes 3 10 11
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
4 M James Hughes 1 3 11
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Mary Lacock ( - ) 1 12
5 M Barnabas Hughes 10 13
Born: - Amwell Twp, Washington Co, PA Christened: Died: - Amwell Twp, Washington Co, PA Buried:Spouse: Annie Van Kirk ( - ) 14
6 M John Hughes 3 10 11
Born: Christened: Died: - Washington, Washington Co, PA Buried:
7 F Isabelle Hughes 3 12
AKA: Isabella Hughes 14 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - John Hughes
He was a native of New Jersey, born of Irish ancestry, and when a young man moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he enlisted in the Continental army; in July, 1775, his company was formed, with eight others, into a battalion of riflemen. He participated in the disastrous expedition to Canada under the command of Col. Arnold, and was present at the attack on Quebec. He remained in the army to the close of the struggle, rising from the ranks to captain. After the war he came to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he subsequently (in 1784) bought a tract of land on what is known as Hughes' branch of Ten-Mile creek. In 1802 he purchased a lot on Main street, Washington, and in 1809 two lots on Maiden street. He was a carpenter by trade, which he followed at Washington for a considerable period from 1784, and also at Ten-Mile creek. For some fourteen years he was captain of a company that guarded the Surveying Corps. On retiring from active life, he settled in Amwell township, where he died.
In 1770, he moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and after a few years entered the Continental Army under Capt. Hendricks. The company was formed with eight other companies into a battalion in July, 1775, and placed in command of Col. William Thompson. They encamped at Cambridge, August 13, 1775, and in the month of September, his company with others left for Canada under command of Col. Benedict Arnold and took part in the attack upon Quebec. After this expedition Hughes was promoted to the rank of captain and remained in the army during the remainder of the war, being present at the battles of Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth. [TCHWWC, 1244]
At the conclusion of the Revolutionary War he married and came to Washington County, Pennsylvania, with Timothy Ryan. They purchased large tracts of land on Fish creek (now in Greene County), patented to them in August, 1786; Mr. Hughes purchased Ryan's interest same year. During the year 1793 Mr. Hughes bought land on north branch of Ten-Mile creek, where he kept a store for about nine years, and in 1802 he removed to the town of Washington, where he continued in the store business. After several years he returned to his land or farm in Amwell township, where he died.
He was a native of Ireland, came to the United States when a young man, and participated in the Revolutionary war in the capacity of captain. [CBRWC, 1126]
John Hughes was of Irish ancestry and a native of New Jersey, and in his youth removed to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he entered the Continental army under Capt. Hendricks. The company in which he was placed was formed with eight others into a battalion of riflemen in July, 1775, and placed in command of Col. William Thompson. A New York paper of that date says that between the 28th of July and August 2d, "The riflemen under command of Capts. Smith, Lowdon, Doudel, Chambers, Nagel, Miller, and Hendricks passed through New Windsor (a few miles north of West Point), in the New York government, on their way to Boston." They arrived in camp at Cambridge Aug. 13, 1775. In the month of September of that year Capt. Hendrick's company, with others, left for Canada under the command of Col. Arnold, and were in the attack upon Quebec. Mr. Hughes rose from the ranks to a captaincy. He remained with the army during the war, and was present at the battles of Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. After the war he removed to Washington County with Timothy Ryan. Together they purchased warrants for several large tracts of land on Fish Creek, now in Greene County, to which they received patents in August, 1785, and in 1786 he purchased Ryan's interest. John Hughes purchased a warrant for a tract of land on the 18th of October, 1784, of Albert Simonson on what is known as Hughes' branch of Ten-Mile Creek, adjoining James Tucker. This was surveyed to him as "Green Spring" on the 2d of March, 1785. An account book of his, later in possession of his great-grandson, Workman Hughes, recorder of Washington County, extended from Oct. 13, 1784, to 1816. There is a space of nine years before the account is again taken up, and it is probable that the store was kept at Ten-Mile during that time.
In 1802, Mr. Hughes purchased a lot adjoining No. 18 on Main Street, in Washington, of Joseph Day, and in 1809 two lots on Maiden Street of Archibald Kerr. He was a hatter by trade, and opened a store in Washington. The accounts were kept in the book commencing in 1784. In later years he returned to Amwell township, where he died Sept. 15, 1818, in the sixty-eighth year of his age. He was buried with military honors by the companies of Capt. McCluney, of Washington, and Capt. Lacock's rifle rangers, of Amwell township. [HWC 1882, 656]
1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 656.
2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 466, 1126.
3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1244.
4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 466, 510.
5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 510.
6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 510, 1126.
7 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 484, 657.
8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 466.
9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 469.
10 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 657.
11 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 513, 1126.
12 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 513.
13 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 536, 1126.
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—, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1126.
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