Robert Hough

Brief Life History of Robert

When Robert Hough was born from 1765 to 1770, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joseph Hough Jr, was 40 and his mother, Mary Carrell Tompkins, was 31. He married Frances Marsh about 1785, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died in 1810, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Hough
1765–1810
Rachael Hopkins
1777–1834
Marriage: 29 March 1804
Carey Hough
1789–
James Corey Hough
1799–1805
Mary Hough
1804–1871
Samuel Hopkins Hough
1806–1859
Robert Hough Jr
1808–1868
Salem Hough Grafton
1808–1884

Sources (3)

  • Robt Hough, "United States Census, 1800"
  • Maryland, Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-VWS5-1?cc=1803986&wc=SNYM-T3D%3A146536701%2C148186001
  • Location of Will of Robert Hough

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.

1780

Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire and Cheshire): from Middle English hoʒ, Old English hōh ‘heel, spur of land, ridge’. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived by such a feature, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Hough in Cheshire. This name has the same origin as Howe : Hough is from the nominative case (Old English hōh), while Howe from the dative singular. See also Howes .

Irish: variant of Haugh .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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