Richard Hough and Margery Clowes

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Husband Richard Hough ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1660 - England
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           Died: 25 Mar 1705 - Pennsylvania 2 3
 Cause of Death: Drowning
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         Father: Edward Hough (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 31 Mar 1684 2 3

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Wife Margery Clowes ²

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            AKA: Margery Clows,3 Margery Cowes 2
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           Died: Abt 1719-1720
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         Father: John Clowes (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Mary Hough ^{2 3}

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         Spouse: William Atkinson (      -      ) 2 3
           Marr: 6 Apr 1704 3

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2 F Sarah Hough ^{2 3}

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         Spouse: Isaac Atkinson (      -      ) 2 3
           Marr: 23 Apr 1708 3

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3 M Richard Hough ^{2 3}

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         Spouse: Hester Brown (      -      ) 2 3
           Marr: 1711 or 1712 3

         Spouse: Deborah Gumley (      -      ) 2 3

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4 M John Hough ^{2 3}

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           Born: 18 Jul 1693 2 3
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Taylor (      -      ) 2 3
           Marr: 11 Nov 1718 2 3

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5 M Joseph Hough ^{2 3}

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           Born: 17 Aug 1695 3 4
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           Died: 10 May 1773 3 4
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         Spouse: Elizabeth West (      -      ) 3 4

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General Notes: Husband - Richard Hough

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He was a Quaker and an intimate friend of William Penn, and came originally from Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.
He met his future wife on shipboard on the way over to America and they were married a year later.

They came from Gosworth, Cheshire, England, on the ship, "Endeavor" of London, July 29, 1683. They settled in Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Provincial Councillor, 1693-1700, and member of Assembly eight terms, between 1684 and 1704.

He came to Philadelphia in the ship "Endeavor," of London, arriving July 29, 1683, bringing with him four servants or dependents. He settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he took up two tracts of land fronting on the Delaware river. He built a stone house on the lower tract near where Morrisville now stands. Here six generations of the eldest male branch lived, part of the land remaining in their possession until 1850. He took active part in all the early affairs of the county\emdash social, political and religious. He belonged to the Falls Meeting of the Society of Friends, his house being one of the meeting places before the Falls meeting house was built. The first marriage on Falls records was that of Richard Hough to Margery Clows, 1st mo. 17, 1683-1684. He was one of the jury that made the first official division of Bucks County; represented Bucks County in the provincial assembly, 1684-88-90-97-99-1700-03-04. In 1693 and 1700 he was a member of the provincial council. He was one of the justices of Bucks County. He was drowned in the Delaware river, on his way home from Philadelphia.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 645.

2 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 254.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 646.

4 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 255.