Thomas Hughes

  Birth Notes:

Information from Andrew Malcolm Hughes. Also confirmed by Bill Hughes/Mirren McLeod

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Carpenter. ³⁶

Thomas married Elizabeth Green on 5 Nov 1772 in Layham Suffolk [St. Andrew's].¹⁵ (Elizabeth Green was born about 1750 in Semer Suffolk ³⁶.)

  Marriage Notes:

As well as the listed children there may also be Susannah Hughes, born 1789-94, Layham. She married William Scarf(e) in Hadleigh on 6 Oct 1840 - Cosford district, Dec qtr 1840 (12/653). She died in Hadleigh on 18 Nov 1898 after having 12 children.

From the Cosford Database:

William SCARFE was born about 1799. He died before 31 May 1824 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England. He was buried on 31 May 1824 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England. His age is entered on the burial record as 25. He was married to Susannah HUGHES on 12 Oct 1819 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England. Children were: William SCARFE, John SCARFE, Susan SCARFE.

William SCARFE was born before 16 Apr 1820 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England. He was baptised on 16 Apr 1820 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England. Parents: William SCARFE and Susannah HUGHES.

John SCARFE was born before 13 Jan 1822 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England. He was baptised on 13 Jan 1822 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England. Parents: William SCARFE and Susannah HUGHES.

Susan SCARFE was born in 1824 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England. She was baptised on 10 Oct 1824 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England. She was a Laundress in 1881 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England. Parents: William SCARFE and Susannah HUGHES. She was married to Samuel GANT on 6 Oct 1840 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England. Children were: Mary Ann GANT, Jane GANT , William GANT, Eliza Ann GANT, Ellen Betsey GANT, Emily GANT, William GANT, Robert GANT, Elizabeth Jane GANT, Emma Anne GANT, Walter GANT, Harry GANT,James Frederick GANT, Ada Sarah GANT, Elizabeth Sarah GANT.

I have no details of Susan’s two brothers apart from their baptisms.