Thomas Pugh

1705 - 1797  (92 years)

• Name	Thomas Pugh
  Born	1705	Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Nov 1797	Liberty, Randolph, North Carolina, USA
  Person ID	P3444	Woelfel Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2020

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Pugh (Pugh),   b. 2 Dec 1709, Colonial Pennsylvania ,   d. 2 Nov 1794  (Age 84 years)
  Married	1729	Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Children	+ 1. Jesse Pugh,   b. 1732, Chester County, Colonial Pennsylvania ,   d. Washington County, Georgia, USA  [natural] + 2. Enoch "Jacob" Pugh,   b. 1735, Uwchlan, Chester, Colonial Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Jun 1771, Alamance County, Colonial North Carolina  (Age 36 years)  [natural] + 3. Elizabeth Pugh (Fruit),   b. 1738, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 1783, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA  (Age 45 years)  [natural]   4. Mary Pugh (Husband),   b. 1739, Chester County, Colonial Pennsylvania ,   d. 15 Jan 1765, Randolph County, Colonial North Carolina  (Age 26 years)  [natural]   5. John Pugh,   b. 1744, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Christian County, Kentucky, USA  [natural] + 6. James Pugh,   b. 9 Sep 1747, Chester County, Colonial Pennsylvania ,   d. 1810, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA  (Age 62 years)  [natural] + 7. Peninah Pugh (Walker),   b. 1754, Colonial North Carolina ,   d. Randolph County, North Carolina, USA  [natural]   8. Thomas Pugh,   b. 1758, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 1846, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA  (Age 88 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F756	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth Pugh was born on 2 December 1709 in Pennsylvania and her parents are unknown. Note: There has been much speculation as to who Elizabeth's parents may be, some have suggested that Elizabeth was the daughter of Joseph Richardson and Elizabeth Bevan, while others speculate her parents are Isaac Richardson and Catherine Gandy, and there are those who suggest Elizabeth is the daughter of Henry/Harry Pugh and Catherine Roberts. This is not correct, research has proven that none of these couples were her parents. Elizabeth married Thomas Pugh in 1729/30 in Chester Pennsylvania, they were married by magistrate. Thomas Pugh was a Quaker and because of his marriage to Elizabeth he was disowned because Elizabeth was not a Quaker. In the year 1755 Elizabeth's husband Thomas Pugh is accepted back into the Quaker faith and a few years later four of Thomas and Elizabeth's children are accepted into the faith, namely Mary, Enoch, Jesse and John. Elizabeth and the other four children, Thomas, Elizabeth, Peninah and James never joined. *It should also be noted that Enoch, Jesse and John were all disowned as well as their father Thomas Pugh who was disowned again for the second time. In the same year 1755 Thomas and Elizabeth and family moved from Pennsylvania to North Carolina where Thomas and Elizabeth lived out the rest of their lives. Elizabeth Pugh died 2 Nov 1794, aged 85 years old as stated on her headstone. Elizabeth is buried next to her husband Thomas Pugh. Two of Thomas and Elizabeth's children, Elizabeth and James along with their spouses are buried next to them. Thomas and Elizabeth had the following children: 1. Elizabeth Pugh, married John Fruit 2. Mary Pugh, married Herman Husband 3. John Pugh, married Elinor Fruit 4. James Pugh, married Jane Patterson 5. Peninah Pugh, married William Walker 6. Thomas Pugh, married Barbara Amick 7. Jesse Pugh, married Elizabeth Stewart. 8. Enoch Pugh, married Esther Worthington. Burial information Thomas & Elizabeth Pugh's daughter Elizabeth Pugh-Fruit is buried in the same row (d.1783), along with her husband, John Fruit (d.1824) as well as their son John Fruit Jr (1798). Thomas and Elizabeth Pugh's son James Pugh (d.1810) and his wife Jane Patterson Pugh are buried in the next row. The Pugh/Fruit/Campbell Cemetery is a small family cemetery located in the area of Liberty, NC. The cemetery was put on the adjoining corners of the land owned by the Pugh, Fruit, and Campbell families. Today, this land is owned by the Gilmore Plant & Bulb Company. Stop in their office and they will direct you to the cemetery. It is located in a wooded section of land, near the back of the farm. The family legend was that the Pughs of Sandy Creek, Randolph County, North Carolina, migrated down the Shenandoah Valley to North Carolina. Sources: 1. North Carolina Will Book 2 p 34 2. Randolph County Genealogy Journal V 4 Number 5 P 12-13 3. Randolph County Genealogy Newsletter Vol XIII #4 4. Visual Readings by C. Marshal Curtis 5. Visual reading by Mr. and Mrs. Wrenn and Frances Swaim “Old Abandon Cemetery” 6. Guilford County Deed Book 1, Page 108 7. Quaker meeting records for Pennsylvania and North Carolina 1681-1935 8. Pugh family reunion 1936 Bess Pugh Watson, dghtr of Ellis W. Pugh, and also Delphina Hinshaw Pugh, wife of William J. Pugh, left research notes from family facts and sources saying Elizabeth Pugh was born 2 Dec 1709. 1-pg Pugh fam/hist dist at Pugh reunion 1936