. History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches. ndred and fifty-five thousand one hundred andforty-four dollars. Biographical Sketch, EZEKIEL Hughes was the descendant of an ancient andhonorable family in the parish of Llanbrynmair, Mont-gomeryshire, North Wales, Great Britain. The first ofhis ancestors was Evan ap Owen Each, who died in1680. His son, Hugh Evan ap Owen, died in 1720, andwas succeeded by his eldest son Edward, who, accordingto the Welch custom, took for his surname the givennarne of his father, and henceforth the name of Hughesbe
. History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches. ndred and fifty-five thousand one hundred andforty-four dollars. Biographical Sketch, EZEKIEL Hughes was the descendant of an ancient andhonorable family in the parish of Llanbrynmair, Mont-gomeryshire, North Wales, Great Britain. The first ofhis ancestors was Evan ap Owen Each, who died in1680. His son, Hugh Evan ap Owen, died in 1720, andwas succeeded by his eldest son Edward, who, accordingto the Welch custom, took for his surname the givennarne of his father, and henceforth the name of Hughesbecame the surname of the family. Edward Hugheswas succeeded by his eldest son, Richard, born in 1700,and he by his son, William, born in 1725, and he by hisson, Richard, who married Mary Jones, of Pen-y-bout,in the same parish. They had three children: William,Ezekiel, and Martha. The family, for over two hundred * There ^vas another town in Hamilton county, bearing the name ofElizabeth, laid oiT in 1847 by Daniel Reeder; but we are unable to lo-cate it in any of the EZEKIEL HUGHES. HISTORY OF HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO. 41 years, had lived on a large farm called Cum CarneddUchaf, leased from Sir Watkin William Wynne, the greatland proprietor in North Wales. The family ownedthree farms in the same parish; but the leasehold was sovaluable that, for all these years and to this day, they havelived on a rented farm. In accord with the rights of primo-geniture, William, the eldest son, became, at the death ofhis father, in 1807, owner of the real estate, and continuedon the leasehold. Ezekiel Hughes was born August 22,1767. His father gave him a good education, sendinghim to Shrewsbury, where a good school was found,that he might acquire the English language. At the ageof eighteen he was apprenticed to learn watch and clockmaking at Machynlleth. His venerable father en-couraged him to visit the United States with the view ofselecting and purchasing a large tract of land for hi
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