Welcome, Christopher Weedall -- hope you enjoy the list - we're pretty active. The Ware middle name intriqued me as we have a Weir (which is spelled a dozen different ways including the Ware) -- I got excited thinking they may have come from Nelson Co KY but they were in Campbell which isn't very close. Shucks - so much for my great idea. Of course, the land records if he was a farmer would confirm him being here and possibly tell where they came from. There may be a marriage affidavit that would confirm a relationship when the daughter married here and there may be a probate record if the daughter stayed here or he died here before the others went north. He may have left a will also, other than that I can't think of anything that would help. I checked the Guardian dockets and although there were Hughes early on not hi family. Interesting time frame to be here and such a short time frame, as well. I do wonder about Susannah -- the only Amos Andrews I found up there was 20 years younger than she. I wondered if they had a daughter Susannah? On 10/25/2010 12:31 AM, Christopher Weedall wrote: > Dear Fellow Researchers, > > I am fairly new to the list and thought I should say hello. So, Hello! > > Now that all the formalities are out of the way, I would like to > inquire if any of you has been researching a Hughes/Hughs family? > There is a particular family that I have had a difficult tracing. > They came from Kentucky and lived in Montgomery county for about 10-15 > years before moving northward into Lake/Porter/LaPorte counties. The > time frame was from about 1827 until about 1840. > > The parents were Willis Hughes/Hughs and Susannah May. The former > being born about 1790-1794 and latter being born about 1796. Willis' > birthplace is unknown, but Susannah's birthplace was Nelson county, > Kentucky. > > They had five children that I am aware of. But I believe the number > could very well be more. The children born in Kentucky were Nancy B., > Ellen, Mildred Jane, and Gabriel Burr. An additional son, John Ware, > was born in Montgomery county, Indiana in 1837. > > The family seemed to come around the same time as Susannah's father > and brother, Allen May Sr. and Allen May Jr. However, at some point > between 1837 and 1842, Willis Hughes/Hughes seems to have moved > northward to Lake, Porter, or LaPorte county...or possible another > county between those listed and Montgomery county. Here, the trail > goes cold. > > All of the children appear in 1851 in either Lake or Porter counties. > The girls have married by this time. One daughter, Nancy B. Hughes > was married in Montgomery county prior to moving northward with the > family. However, the two known sons, Gabriel Burr and John Ware, were > too young and appear to be living in either an orphanage or guardian's > home. > > Susannah (nee May) Hughes appears to have remarried an Amos Andrews in > Porter county in 1842. Sometime between then and 1850, she appears to > have died. > > Because Willis and Susannah lived for sometime in Montgomery county, I > am trying to find more clues as to where they died and were buried. I > really do not know if it was in Montgomery, Lake, Porter, LaPorte, or > some other county. But, precisely because they lived in Montgomery > county for some time, I thought that some other Montgomery county > researchers may be familiar with this family. > > As an added note, the family appears to have their surname spelled in > Montgomery county usually as Hughs (without the E), but as Hughes in > most other places. > > To sum up the family, below is a quick list of the individuals from > the family and their (approximate) birth and death dates: > > birth death > Willis Hughes (1790 - 1794) – (1837 - 1842) > Susanah May (1796 - 1800) – (1842 - 1850) > Nancy B. Hughes 1822 – 1900 > Ellen Hughes 1825 – 1866 > Mildred Jane Hughes 1829 – 1898 > Gabriel Burr Hughes 1829 – ?? > John Ware Hughes 1837 – 1907 > > > I hope this is enough information. If you have any questions or > information, please feel free to contact me. Thank you very much! > > Regards, > Chris Weedall > > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >