West Virginia Pioneers
Family: William Parsons Hughes / Mary Sidney Withers (F2442)
m. Abt 1713-
Father | Male
William Parsons Hughes
Born Between 1690 and 1699 Hampshire County, WV 
Died Abt 9 Jun 1767 Hampshire County, WV 
Buried Married Abt 1713 Father Thomas Hughes | F5375 Group Sheet Mother Rachel Sudna [Hughes] | F5375 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Male
Hugh Hughes
Born Abt 1715 Chester Co, PA 
Died 1763 Hampshire County, WV 
Buried Spouse Susanna Carpenter? | F5266 Married
Child 2 | Male
Thomas Hughes
Born Between 1717 and 1727 Dist. of W. Augusta Co., VA 
Died 4 May 1778 Hackers Creek, Harrison Co, Va 
Buried Spouse Susannah [Mary ?] Baker | F1438 Married 1741
Child 3 | Male
William Hughes
Born 1719 Chester Co, PA 
Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Mary [Hughes], [widow Swallow] | F5265 Married
Child 5 | Female
Mary Hughes
Born Abt 1723 Chester Co, PA 
Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Mr Anderson | F5267 Married
Child 6 | Female
Sudna Hughes
Born Abt 1725 Chester Co, PA 
Died Abt 1793 Randolph County, West Virginia, USA 
Buried Spouse Solomon Carpenter | F2208 Married
Child 7 | Female
Sarah Hughes
Born Abt 1727 Chester Co, PA 
Died Yes, date unknown Buried Spouse Mr Baker | F5268 Married
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Notes
"The Hughes Family from Virginia to Oregon" by Patty Barthell Myers, San Antonio Texas, 1999:
William could be the son of Jesse Hughes of Powhatan and Hughes Creek, VA. Could be grandson of Hugh Hughes.
Bought land from Lord Fairfax - 400 acres located on the Great Cacapon.
William's will in Hampshire Co, VA is dated 12/30/1762, probated 6/9/1767, names children but not wife:
sons Hugh, Thomas, William, Evan, Ellis
daughters Mary Anderson, Sudrah Carpenter, Sarah Baker
exec: son Ellis and John Waite
