Thomas Nelson Hughes and Sarah Higgs married 4 Oct 1829 and/or Alfred Hughes (b. 1833) and Mary Potts (b.c1835) married 11 Aug 1852.
David
David, my great grandfather's name was Thomas Nelson Hughes. I have not been able to find his parents and was googling his name when I came across your post. Maybe a connection? All we know about him was that he went to Tennesse from Virginia. He was born 11 Apr 1842 and had a brother named Rice. He said he was Welsh and had an accent. He married Amanda Eller.
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Re: Lye Waste « Reply #49 on: Saturday 01 August 09 16:54 UTC (UK) »
Pam,
Welcome to Roots Chat.
There's me thinking that there couldn't be a second Thomas Nelson Hughes (must be something to do with Trafalgar?). Unfortunately, this TNH was born in around 1806 in Clent, Worcestershire as was the rest of the family.
This family seems to have a number of Thomas Hughs's in it, it's one of the most common names I can find, the Nelson bit came off one of the children's birth certificates.
I don't know whether you have access to Ancestry or not but there's a reference to a photograph of a Thomas Hughes (b. 1842) taken around 1906 in New York?
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Re: Lye Waste « Reply #50 on: Sunday 02 August 09 00:35 UTC (UK) »
I thought the same about there being another Thomas Nelson Hughes and that was why I posted. Thought maybe my TNH might have been related and named after yours. Guess Thomas Nelson Hughes isn't as a unique name as we both thought. Oh well... back to search. Thank you any way and thanks for the nice welcome. I've attached a photo of my TNH.