Bio: John Hughes :Ashland, Grafton Co, New Hampshire From Gazetteer of Grafton County, NH 1709-1886 -Ashland Compiled & published by Hamilton Child 1886 John Hughes was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, was at the battle of Bennington, and was a farmer in Rockingham county, N. H. He married Mehitabel Buzzel, and reared a family of eight children. His son Barnett married Jane Wilson, of Windham, and reared a family of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters. Barnett, Jr., married twice, first, Martha L. Clark, of Franklin, N. H., who bore him seven children, and second, Esther J., daughter of Samuel S. and Adis (Drew) Baker, and has had born to him one child, Lucy Ashland, who was the first child born in this town. **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. Submitted by: Rick Giirtman rickman@worldpath.net Date: January 6, 2001 ****************************************************************************