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About John Hume, Sr.
A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of ENSIGN. DAR Ancestor #: A059670
The HUME family in America has very significant genealogical research available. They trace their heritage through Scottish nobility to English royalty. George Hume, the primary American progenitor, was born into well connected nobility at Weederburn Castle along the highland coast of Scotland. The family was fiercely Scottish and loyal to the Stuart line. They took part in the Jacobite resistance in 1715 to restore the Stuart claim on the throne of England after the death of Anne. The British parliament insisted on cousins from Germany (George I, House of Hanover) rather than a return to a Catholic crown. The Hume's came out the wrong side of history and lost their lands, prominence, and even were imprisoned after the rebellion. George Hume was released from political imprisonment and allowed to go to Virginia (first working on a slave ship to pay off his debt to society until a member of the Dandridge family bought his freedom). George Hume 'The Immigrant' first appears in Virginia records around 1723.
In Virginia, he regained much of his prominence as a wealthy land owner and highly educated civil servant. Perhaps his greatest claim to fame was a young apprentice surveyor he groomed by the name of George Washington. We know George & Elizabeth (Proctor) Hume had 6 sons who went on to prosperous and noteworthy lives themselves, several with prominent roles in the American Revolution (particularly naval) and the early development of the nation and westward expansion. It is here that we get stuck with the tale of a second John Hume, said to be the son of George "The Immigrant" Hume. documented in the British navy on the HMS South Seas. Both John Hume's are listed as separate official Ancestors with the DAR.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hume-154
(1) Hume married Elizabeth Banks and went over the mountains into Kentucky after the war where he began a large extended family expanding throughout the Ohio valley and beyond. The DAR, perhaps the most reliable source has his birthplace listed in Culpepper County, VA and pretty much substantiates his relationship. John Robert Hume's 1903 book about the Hume family documents this John as George Hume ( the Immigrant)s' grandson. The problem with this solution in that the dates and DAR documented revolutionary service would not match up, so it's a push. (2) John Hume shows up in Boston Harbor around 1766 and marries local Helinor Manson on December 31, 1766 (recorded). The story is his Uncle James has gotten his nephew in to the British Navy defending the colonial coast on the HMS South Sea Castle from illegal trade by foreign powers.. He then finds himself an "indian" for one night in 1773 called the Boston Tea Party. Shortly after the war, his growing family move to become early settlers in the Waterville,ME area where his daughter, Nellie, marries Reuben Simpson, 4th GrGf of Rebekah Staples Baird. Dr. John Robert Hume, a respected genealogical author insists he also was a son of George and Elizabeth Hume but the relationship is disputed and the Kentucky Hume family insist their John Hume is the right one.It should be noted that the DAR does not recognize a birthplace for (2) John Hume.
So, to the best interpretation of my research, both John Hume's definitely existed. (1) John Hume was the son of George('The Immigrant") and Elizabeth (Proctor) Hume. John Hume(2) likely was in the British navy and had a strong connection with the Virginia family possibly as a second son named John, more likely as a illegimate son of Georg Hume. We do know the John left Virginia at age 13 and never returned. He would have had the means to do that had he chosen. John lived to be close to 90. The entire story remains buried in the past. There are still layers to uncover especially the ones intended to be buried.
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John Hume, Sr.'s Timeline
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February 4, 1732
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Culpeper County, Virginia
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October 1755
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Culpeper County, Virginia, United States
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1766
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1767
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Winslow, Kennebec County, ME, United States
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1770
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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1770
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1773
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1774
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Massachusetts, United States
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1780
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