Abigail (Jackson) Hughes (1765 - 1842)

Born 3 Jan 1765 in Washington, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Hughes — married 11 Jul 1785 (to 1 Jul 1842) in ,Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Jul 1842 at age 77 in Salem, Harrison County, Virginia, United States

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Descendant of Robert Jackson of Hempstead, NY.

Biography

Several possible birth locations are offered for Abigail Jackson (1) is Washington Co., Pennsylvania, and (2) Wilkes Co., North Carolina. I have no proof records of either though the DAR accepts the Washington Co. PA location. I've also found the 1880 census of her 71 year old son Stephen which says his mother was born in Georgia. It is possible she was born in New Jersey as so many charts say; because her father William was born there. But I'm thinking most of those charts say NJ because we know that's where Edward's children were born and early researchers thought she was Edward's daughter. LATER: Also her daughter Martha says her mother was born in Georgia on the 1880 census. So this 1880 Georgia reference is a new area to look for William's marriage and birth of his children.

Conflicting info about Abigail being named Sarah Abigail and a daughter of Edward Jackson of Harrison Co., VA has been refuted in the Conflicting Data section of the Jackson website.^[1]

Marriage information was taken from image of the actual bond signed by William Jackson and Jonathan Hughes. The date is clearly 11 July 1786. The image is available in the Conflicting Data section of the above web site.

In 1786 William Jackson signs marriage bond for Abigale Jackson to Jonathan Hughes. Jonathan was born in Harrison County (W)VA; he enlisted and served in various locations during the Revolutionary War and after the war, he became an itinerant schoolmaster. He went to Wilkes County, North Carolina in 1783 and married there in 1786 to Abigail Jackson. By 1808 Jonathan and Abigail moved to his home area of Harrison County, (W)Virginia where several of their children were born, raised and married there. Jonathan and Abigail spent time in Ohio and Indiana and in 1835 went back to Harrison County "because I have children who settled there" per his pension application.

Children

• Nancy Hughes
• Anderson Hughes
• Martin L Hughes
• Rachel Hughes
• Elizabeth Hughes
• Hannah Hughes
• Leah Hughes
• Stephen Jesse Hughes
• Martha Hughes
• Dudley Hughes
• William E Hughes (possible)

Seventh Day Baptist Church

Pg 127

• May 14, 1819 Abigail Hughes, wife of Johnathan Hughes, was received into the church
• May 15, 1819 the following were received into the church - Jonathan Hughes ...

Death

Abigail (Jackson) Hughes passed away on July 1, 1842 in Harrison, West Virginia. She was buried in the Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, Virginia (now West Virginia).

• "Sister Abigail, consort of Jonathan Hughes, departed this life on July 1, 1842."

Sources

1. ↑ See conflicting data study https://web.archive.org/web/20160201193346/http://www.jacksonfamilygenealogy.com:80/pages/conflictingSarahandAbigailJackson.htm

• Find A Grave: Memorial #55441313
• Seventh Day Baptist Church -- History of Seventh Day Baptist Church