Brief Life History of Jonas
Jonas Hughes was born on 12 June 1715, in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States as the son of Jonathan Hughes. He married Experience Marcy on 24 December 1747, in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 10 September 1752, in his hometown, at the age of 37.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Jonas Hughes - Government record: Death record or certificate: death: 10 September 1752; Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, United States
- Jonas Hughes, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Jonas in entry for Sarah Hughes, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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English and Welsh: variant of Hugh with genitival or excrescent -s.
Irish and Scottish: adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic surnames based on the personal name Aodh ‘fire’, for example Ó hAodha, Mac Aodha; see McCoy and compare McHugh .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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