Ens. Jonathan Hughes

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of ENSIGN. DAR Ancestor # A059204

Ens. Jonathan Hughes

• BIRTH 25 Mar 1753 Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA
• DEATH Sep 1845 (aged 92) (The d/o/d on his gravestone is 1845 but micofilm of his pension payments record his last payment was made in 1849).
• BURIAL Eddy Cemetery Miletus, Doddridge County, West Virginia,

Some research gives his father as Thomas Hughes,(possible) brother of Hugh Hughes, and his wife Susannah. Both Hugh and Susannah's wills mention a son named Jonathan. But he shows on DAR records as son of Hugh Hughes and his wife Susannah X.

Notes

Jonathan Hughes was born in Hampshire County VA (WV) March 25, 1753 and died near Salem, Harrison county VA (WV) in September 1849.

Veteran of American Revoluntary War ,enlisted in Greenbrier County ,WVA as a Minuteman.

Served under Captain John Cook and Lieutenant William Gillilan D and was sent to Ellis Fort.

In 1777 he served under Captain Hamilton's Company.

In 1778 he was sent to Hampshire County ,WVA and joined Captain George Bell's Regiment in 1779.

Successful application for : Veteran pension in Gallia County ,Ohio dated March 19,1834

Jonathan was an itinerant school teacher and was teaching in Gallia County , Ohio when he was 90 years old... Pension File #S9591 detail military service

Jonathan married Vercetta about 1781. This marriage didn't last, and he married Sarah Abigail Jackson in Wilkes county North Carolina in 1785. Sarah was born in New Jersey in 1765 and died in Harrison county VA (WV) Jul 1, 1842.

Family

Married 1) Vercetta 2) Abigail Jackson

Children of Vercetta and Jonathan Hughes:

1. Mary “Polly” Hughes, 1773-aft 1860. Married Jacob Trumbo. (Listed at DAR)

Children of Abigail Jackson and Jonathan Hughes:

From https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Jonathan_Hughes_%286%29

1. Anderson Hamilton Hughes, Abt 1790 - 1874. Married 1) Permilia Mathews 2) Delilah Cress
2. Dudley Hughes, 1795–1821. Married Asenath Davis.
3. Rebecca Hughes, Abt 1792 -. Married 1) Samuel Childers 2) William Roach
4. Martin Hughes, Bet 1792 & - 1864. Married Anna Davis.
5. Nancy Hughes, Est 1795 –1841. Married Elias Stutler.
6. Rachel Hughes, 1797–1843. Married William Flint Davis.
7. Jackson Hughes, 1799 - Aft 1884. Married Lavina Ash.
8. Hannah Hughes, Abt 1805 - 1871. Married 1) Adam Ash 2) William Lloyd Davis.
9. Leah Hughes, Abt 1806 - 1886. Married Robert Stutler.
10. Stephen Jesse Hughes 1808–1882. Married Mary Westfall.
11. Martha Hughes, 1809 - 1893. Married William B. Davis.
12. Aaron Hughes. Married Lucy X. (Listed at DAR)
13. (possibly) William Hughes, 1810-1890. (Listed at Wikitree)

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Biography

The following paragraphs were copied from Don Norman's files at Hacker Creek Pioneer Descendants website:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/HUGHES/WILLIAM.htm

"Jonathan was a veteran of the American Revolution. His successful application for a veteran's pension in Gallia County, OH was dated March 19, 1834. Excerpts from his pension file, S9591, detail his military service. He enlisted in Greenbrier County VA as a Minuteman in June 1774, under Captain John Cook and Lieutenant William Gilliland and was sent to Ellis Fort at the "Little Levels". He continued there until the spring of 1777, when he was attached to Captain Hamilton's company and stationed at Jamor Rennix's for three months. In the spring of 1778, he went to Hampshire County VA and in October 1779 joined Captain George Bell's Company of Colonel Posten's Regiment and was promoted to Ensign and served a tour of three months. In 1780, he served a further tour of duty under the same officers. After the war, Jonathan was an itinerant schoolmaster and was teaching in Gallia County, OH when he was 90. He went to Wilkes County North Carolina in 1783, to South Carolina in 1790, to Georgia in 1791, to Greenbrier County VA in January 1792 and to Harrison County in 1808. On January 28, 1829, he was in Gallia County, OH. In 1833, he spent four months in Jefferson county, Indiana. On July 7, 1835, Jonathan applied for a transfer of pension from the OH roll to VA, as he had "...returned to Harrison County, where my children live." - See more at: http://www.quiltedfamilytrees.com/getperson.php?personID=I20261&tre...

References

• https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/default.cfm...
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32242033
• https://www.quiltedfamilytrees.com/getperson.php?personID=I20261&tr...
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50158601/thomas-hughes Some research gives his father as Thomas Hughes, brother of Hugh Hughes and his wife Susannah Carpenter. Both Hugh and Susannah's wills mention a son named Jonathan.
• Updated from WikiTree Genealogy via daughter Martha Davis (born Hughes) by SmartCopy: Sep 27 2015, 10:04:55 UTC
• http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hcpd/norman/HUGHES/WILLIAM.htm
• [Parks.FTW]
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/User:Janiejac/Jonathan_Hughes_and_Abi...
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Jonathan_Hughes_%286%29 Cites

1. Hughes Jonathan and Jackson Abigail - Marriage Bond 11 Jul 1786.
2. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots.
3. Virginia Census, 1607-1890, database at ancestry.com. (http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3578&enc=1).
4. Pensioners List
5. Research of Paula Mellor, email June 2005.
6. DAR 466912 L. Stutler.
7. Lieut Jonathan Hughes, in Find A Grave.
8. Membership of Hughes family, in Seventh Day Baptist Church, Salem, Harrison, Virginia (now West Virginia) https://archive.org/details/historyofseven00rand/page/127. May 15, 1819 "The following were received into the church... Jonathan Hughes