John Hughes Law Stationer, Inner Temple Lane, The Temple, London, ENGLAND

THE STARTING POINT ON RESEARCHING MY ANCESTOR

JOHN HUGHES Circa 1704 – 1776

John Hughes Inner Temple, London, Stationer was residing at Westerham in the County of Kent when he wrote his will on the 8th April 1775 leaving money and bank notes to his wife Elizabeth up to £50 pounds and leaving his sons Morris Hughes and Thomas Hughes all of his bank annuities interest and dividends (to pay his wife €80 pounds per year for life and to his daughter Sarah £15 pounds per year for life plus €1000 pds). He gives to his sons Morris and Thomas all of his estate and interest in the shop and chambers situated in the Inner Temple Lane London provided annuities are paid to his wife and daughter Sarah. Probate was declared on the 8th September 1776 by the oaths of Morris Hughes and Thomas Hughes sons of the deceased granted all goods and chattels and credits of the deceased having been sworn to administer.

Parents of JOHN HUGHES

This is difficult to assess. Possible: Richard Hughes and Elizebeth Morris who married 4 November 1699 at St Chads Shrewsbury. Richard Hughes was the Stewards Man to the Honorable Temple Society – one must have a connection to live/work in The temple, London. Richard Hughes died in 1734 and is buried on 1st September 1734 Temple Churchyard. Elizebeth his wife died 3rd August and was buried the same day in the temple Churchyard in 1735. However, family links make this probable.

Children of Richard Hughes & Elizebeth Morris:

Jane Hughes 1694

Thomas Hughes 1694

Mary Hughes 1697

Richard Hughes 1699

Mary Hughes 1700 20 Nov & 24 Nov St Chad Shrewsbury

Elizabeth Hughes (1701 21) Born December 1701 St Mary Shrewsbury. Married 10th August 1701 at St Chad Shrewsbury Samuel Hulme/ Holme (1698) son of Thomas Hulme, alderman of Stockport, Cheshire.

Richard Hughes 1702

John Hughes 1704

Ann Hughes 1707

Thomas Hughes 1708

Martha Hughes 1709

Morris Hughes 1713

There is an alternative option : Parents: Morris Hughes (1675 – 1729/30) and Sarah – Morris a glover from London. Son John Hughes born in 1704 baptised at St Andrew, Holborn London. Will does not confirm that his son is a stationer but he has set him up in a trade. Will only mentions one son.

John Hughes was buried in the Temple Church, Churchyard, London, England 25th September 1776. His wife Elizabeth was buried in the Temple Church, Churchyard, London, England 27th April 1777 dying in Newington Butts, Surrey, England the same month.

John Hughes married an Elizabeth Roberts 23 May 1727 St Martin in the Fields, London Westminster, England. Possible wife. Not proven. Other possibilities: Elizabeth Fitzer 1725 Aldersgate John Hughes of St Dunstan; Elizabeth Jones 1725 Shropshire; Elizabeth Dalton Stafford 1727

Children born to John Hughes and Elizabeth;

Sarah Hughes: Birth 13 October 1728 Baptized 27 October 1728 Temple Church of England, London, England. Alive and living at home with her mother in 1776 – spinster 38 years.

Dorothy Hughes Birth 28 December 1729 Baptized 28 December 1729 Temple Church of England, London, England Died between 1729 - 1736

Morris Hughes:

Baptized: 30 May 1731 Temple Church of England, London, England

Admitted to Temple Parliament on November 16, 1764

Address: Ground Chamber, Hare Court, Inner Temple Lane

Died: 1809 Colne, Lancashire; Formerly of the Inner Temple London,

Stationer Inner Lane, Temple London

Leaves estate to Catherine Smith wife of John Smith of Colne Lancashire Joseph Walsh attorney for Catherine Smith at probate.

Thomas Hughes:

Born 23 September 1733; Baptized 23 September 1733 Temple Church of England, London, England

Stationer 2 Inner Temple Lane The Temple, London; (Thomas Bridges Hughes – Pleader 2 Pump Court, The Temple ??? 1811)

(Business with Joseph Walsh, Benjamin Walsh apprentice???????? Francis Walsh printer married Ann Hughes daughter John Hughes and sister of Thomas)

Died: 1813 Dalston, St John, Hackney, Middlesex; Probate 28 August 1813 at St John Hackney

Leaves majority of his estate to Mrs. Ann Parkinson – niece-in-law and executors Thomas and John Parkinson.

John Hughes Born 6th August 1732; Baptized 6 August 1732 Temple Church of England, London, England

(Probable Father of Richard Hughes Esq 1754 – 1816 married Sophia Patten 1760 – 1790- and then Sally Remnant (1763 – 1841) Partner Charles North Hunt husband of John Hughes granddaughter Mary Hughes Place)

Elizabeth Hughes (1734 – circa 1774):

Baptized 29 September 1734 The Temple Church, London, England

Marriage: John Roberts (1725 – 1754) 27 March 1740 St Oswald, Oswestry, Shropshire, England

John Roberts from Wrexham, Wales.

Marriage: Edward Holme (1721 – 1756) (widow and widower) 26 January 1755 Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, England. Edward Holme from Carlisle Cumberland, England

Died 1756 Buried 15 November 1756 St George Hanover Square, London, England

Birth of son: Edward Holme Esq (1756 – 1791)

Residence: Elm Court, Middle Temple, The Temple, London

Buried: 9th April 1791 Temple Inner Vault, London

Will leaves to father’s brother Thomas Holme Esq deceased passes to daughter – daughter Anna Maria Holme married Rev. Charles Charleton; Griffith White married to Mary Roberts – late Uncle

Marriage: Thomas Place (1735 – circa 1811) in 1759 St Brides, Fleet Street, London

Children: Elizabeth Place (1762); Mary Hughes Place (1763);Thomas Place (1766), Samuel Holme Place (1768)

Dorothy Hughes (1736 -1815)

Born 28th October 1736; Baptized 28 October 1736 Temple Church, The Temple London, England.

Ann Hughes: (1741 – 1803)

Birth: about 1741

Baptized 3 August 1741 St Dunstan in the West, London, England

Married Joseph Wells 25 January 1763 St Botolph Without Bishopsgate, City of London, England

Married: Francis Walsh 12 July 1770, St Sepulchre, Holborn, London England

Died: 1803 St Thomas Hackney, Middlesex, England

Children:

John Walsh, Ann Walsh, Sarah Walsh, Joseph Walsh (1777 – 1845), Mr Benjamin Walsh (1778 – 1856), Thomas Walsh.

Jesse Hughes (1746 – 1764)

Born 28 August 1746 Baptised 28 August 1746 Temple Church, The Temple London, England.

Buried:12 June 1764 Temple Church, Churchyard, The Temple London, England. Aged 17 years.

Son of John Hughes Stationer.

Research is ongoing particulalry the link with the Walsh family who were in partnership in The Temple for many years.

Francis Walsh (1741 - 1810) married Anne Hughes (1741 - 1803)