Brief Life History of John
When John Hughes was born on 18 November 1710, in Cilcain, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, John Hughes, was 46 and his mother, Jane Davies, was 36.
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Sources (2)
- Johannes Hughes, "Wales, Flintshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Hughes - christening: 26 November 1710; Cilcain, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom
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World Events (2)
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
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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