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Mary Elizabeth Hughes 1654 – 1740 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 May 1654

Birth Location: Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, United States of America

Death Date: 19 Sep 1740

Death Location: Hanover, Hanover County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: Capt Hughs

Mother: Nicketti Powhatan

Spouse(s): *Nathaniel Davis

Children(s): Nathaniel Davis, Susanna Williams, Martha Davis

According to available records, Mary Elizabeth Hughes was born in 1654 in Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, United States of America, the child of Capt John Ryes (Trader) Hughs and Nicketti Mangopeesomon Powhatan. Following those early years, Mary Elizabeth Hughes married *Nathaniel Robert Davis, and their family grew to include Nathaniel II Robert The Black Davis, Susanna Williams and Martha Hannah Davis. In the later years of life, Mary Elizabeth Hughes died in 1740 in Hanover, Hanover County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Parents

Capt Hughs
1620 – 1718
Birth Location: Rector Beaumaris, Anglesey County, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
CH
Nicketti Powhatan
1625 – 1720
Birth Location: Tsenacomoca, Werowocomoco, Virginia, USA
NP

Spouses(s)

*Nathaniel Davis
1650 – 1710
Birth Location: Jamestown, James, Virginia, USA
*D

Children(s)

Nathaniel Davis
1676 – 1771
Birth Location: Hanover, New Kent, Virginia, USA
ND
Susanna Williams
1684 – 1740
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States of America
SW
Martha Davis
1702 – 1765
Birth Location: Amherst County, Virginia, United States of America
MD

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 16 May 1654
    Event Place: Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 19 Sep 1740
    Event Place: Hanover, Hanover County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991, Geneanet Community Trees Index, Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 26 Oct 1740
    Event Place: St. Chad, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

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