Hi everybody,
As things as wet and rainy here in west London, and quiet on the list, perhaps I could
ask if anyone has any ideas for avenues of research for my Hughes family of Carmarthen?
My great-great-great grandfather Charles Henry Hughes b 1807 d 1879 was borough treasurer
and Land Tax Commissioner and a solicitor in Carmarthen. He had seven children with Ann
Jones but never appears to have married her, although he is living with the children from
1861 and appears to have taken responsibility for them. I have asked before whether
anyone could help me to understand this, as it seems a very unusual arrangement. Both Ann
Jones and Charles Henry Hughes are shown as unmarried on all the censuses they appear on,
and the birth certificate for my great-great grandmother, Maria Elizabeth Hughes b 1838
(alias Jones) shows no father on the birth certificate which is in the name of Jones. She
was already being called Maria Hughes three years later on the 1841 census, however.
Since I last asked about this on the list I have collected a lot more information about
the family. I discovered that Charles Henry Hughes had two brothers, John and David
Walter Hughes, and both of them had children out of wedlock. Both also acknowledged the
children and made arrangements for them financially in their wills. His sister Sophia
Hughes married Lewis Morris, and their son Lewis Morris was a barrister and poet who
became Sir Lewis Morris but had to be prevailed upon to marry his common law wife after
they had had several children. It seems extraordinary.
There should be a lot of information about John Hughes, father of Charles Henry, David
Walter et al, as he had made his fortune as a drysalter and was Mayor of Carmarthen
several times, but apart from the fact that he died in 1829, married Sarah Spence and was
always described as "merchant" I know very little about him. There is a London
Gazette entry for a sale of effects which intrigues me, as it was published in 1859, some
nine years after the death of David Walter Hughes in 1850, which lists a number of
properties including a warehouse, a house on Quay Street and a farm called Pencelly Issa
among other things. The entry says that the sale is the result of an order from the High
Court of chancery in the case of Philips v Morris. I'm not sure how I go about
finding out what this was about.
If anyone can suggest other avenues of research, anything to explain the common law wives,
or any place I might find more information for John Hughes, I'd be very grateful.
Fee Berry
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From: UKGenealogy [Pauline] <genuk3(a)melita.com>
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Sent: Thursday, 10 May 2012, 10:39
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Hi John
well, its very hot here at the moment!!! Only going to get hotter....
Glad you are well there, hear its raining though.
regards
Pauline
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hi Pauline I think its the weather ,chuckle chuckle
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