William James HUGHES
Internet IGI (Dec 2005)
Religious Marriages in Halifax,Nova Scotia (FHL#971.622/H1 K22p)
Burial Records of Halifax,Nova Scotia (FHL#971.622/H1 V3o)
Ancestral File - Version 4.19 - nil
Internet IGI 2006, (Jun)
NOTES: William James Hughes' father was a master shipwright
NOTES: Provo Featherstone Hughes was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Marriage record of Provo Featherstone Hughes lists his wife as Elizabeth Tysick. Christening record of son, Provo William Hughes, lists his mother as Elizabeth Ferguson
He married Ann Richards . Ann Richards was born at of Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia 1750 .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Ann Loader Hughes
christened 27 Jun 1780.
Jane Hughes
christened 26 Feb 1782.
William James Hughes
christened 22 Aug 1783.
Unity Hughes
born 1785.
Provo Featherstone Hughes
born 8 Mar 1786.
Unity Sophia Martha Hughes
christened 29 Nov 1788.
George Andrews Hughes
born 8 Feb 1790.
Thomas Hughes
born 10 Apr 1791.
William James Hughes died 18 Mar 1813 at Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia .
Ann Richards died 9 Jan 1812 at Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia .