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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



22, 1898; detailed as acting assistant quar- 

 termaster, A. A. commissary of subsis- 

 tence, and A. A. ordinance officer ; served 

 in camps at Fernandina, Florida, and Hunts- 

 ville, Alabama ; mustered out October 22, 

 1898. 



Mr. Hough is or has been a member of 

 the following organizations : Society of Co- 

 lonial Wars (by descent from Richard 

 Hough, Thomas Janney and other early 

 Bucks countians) ; Sons of the Revolution 

 (by descent from Isaac Hough of the 

 Bucks County Associators) ; Historical 

 Society of Pennsylvania, and local historical 

 societies of Bucks county, Montgomery 

 county, Pennsylvania, and Harford county, 

 Maryland ; Genealogical Society of Penn- 

 sylvania (historian and member board of di- 

 rectors) ; American Catholic Historical So- 

 ciety of Philadelphia ; Friends' Historical 

 Society (England) ; Society of Chemical 

 Industry (Great Britain) ; Franklin Insti- 

 tute of the State of Pennsylvania ; ]\Ierion 

 Cricket Club of Haverford, Pennsylvania ; 

 and Markham Club of Philadelphia. 



ANCESTRY OF BENJAMIN HOUGH, 

 OF WARRINGTON. 



Joseph Hough, youngest son of Richard 

 and Margery (Clowes) Hough, a sketch 

 of whose life and distinguished services 

 is given in the preceding pages, was born 

 in Lower Makefield, Bucks county, Pennsyl- 

 vania, September 19, 1693, and died in 

 Warwick township, now Doylestown, May 

 10) '^773- By the will of his father he inherit- 

 ed the Warwick plantation, originally taken 

 up by his grandfather, John Clows, and pur- 

 chased by his father in 1702. It comprised 

 841 acres as shown by a survey when di- 

 vided between his two sons Joseph and John 

 by deeds dated May 2, 1761, and lay on 

 "both sides of the Neshaminy, on the lower 

 line of the present township of Doyles- 

 town, extending from the Bristol road to 

 Houghville, or "The Turk." It was divided 

 almost equally between the two sons in 

 1761, the Neshaminy being the dividing 

 line for about one-third of the distance. 

 John getting the end next Houghville, and 

 Joseph the western end. Joseph Hough, 

 Sr., married "out of meeting," his wife 

 being Elizabeth West, daughter of Nathan- 

 iel and Elizabeth (Dungan) West, and 

 granddaughter of the Rev. Thomas Dun- 

 gan, who came from Rhode Island to Bucks 

 county in 1683, and of Nathaniel West, of 

 Rhode Island. Nathaniel West, Jr., was 

 living at the time of the marriage of his 

 daughter, on the Rodman tract, adjoining 

 the Hough farm, which would imply that 

 Joseph Hough had taken up his residence 

 in Warwick prior to his marriage. A Jo- 

 seph Hough was dealt with at Falls Meet- 

 ing for marrying out of unity May 9, 1726, 

 but whether Joseph of Warwick, or Joseph 

 Hough, son of John and Hannah, who was 

 about the same age, cannot be ascertained 

 from the records. He evidently retained 



a nominal membership, as his son Joseph 

 was considered a member at Buckingham at 

 the time of his marriage in 1756. The 

 children of Joseph and Elizabeth (West) 

 Hough, were as follows : 



1. Sarah, married James Radcliffe. son 

 of Edward and Phebe (Baker) Radcliffe, 

 and grandson of James Radcliffe, the 

 preacher, and of Henry Baker, whose dis- 

 tinguished services have been previously 

 referred to. 



2. Martha, born 1728, died 1785, married 

 William Evans, son of Lewis Evans, a 

 trooper in the battle of Boyne. For their 

 children, see "Fox, EUicott & Evans Fami- 

 lies," Chas. W. Evans, Buffalo, N. Y., 1882. 

 Four married Ellicots. 



3. Mary, married Samuel Gourley, of 

 Wrightstown, Bucks county. 



4. Rebecca, married (first) a George, and 

 (second) Samuel Williams, of Gwynedd. 



5. Joseph, born 1730, died January 6, 1818. 



6. John Hough, second son of Jeseph 

 and Elizabeth (West) Hough, lived on the 

 414 acre tract conveyed to him by his father 

 in 1761, as before recited, in Warwick 

 township. Was probably not a member of 

 the Society of Friends, though he adhered 

 to their principles. His name appears on 

 the roll of "Non-Associators" in 1775. He 

 married, October 31, 1767, at St. Michael's 

 and Zion Church, Philadelphia, Ruth Will- 

 iams, and' had issue five children, viz: Jo- 

 seph, who married Eleanor Miller, who 

 after his death married John Meredith ; 

 Thomas married (first) Ann Mathews, 

 and (second). Lydia (Mathews) Drake, 

 her sister: John, married Rebecca Thomp-. 

 son ; Mary, married Robert Walker of War- 

 rington; and Charlotte, died January 14, 

 1 81 5, married John Meredith, who after 

 her death married her brother's widow, 

 Eleanor (Miller) Hough. John Thompson 

 Hough, the wealthy inventor and manufact- 

 urer of safes, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, is a 

 descendant of John and Rebecca (Thomp- 

 son) Hough. 



7. Margery Hough, married Hugh Shaw. 



8. Elizabeth Hough, married Robert 

 Tompkins. 



9. Hannah Hough, died April 18, 1819, 

 married Simon Meredith, an uncle to John", 

 who married Charlotte, daughter of John 

 Hough. A grandson of Simon and Han- 

 nah married Rebecca, daughter of Joseph 

 Hough ; see below. 



5. Joseph Hough, Jr.. eldest son of Jo- 

 seph and Elizabeth (West) Hough, born 

 1730, lived on the 420 acres conveyed to him 

 by his father in Warwick. He was a -mem- 

 ber of the Society of Friends and was dis- 

 owned for marrying out of meeting in 1756, 

 but continued to adhere to their principles 

 and was a "Non-Associator" in 1775. He 

 married, in November, 1756. Mary Tomp- 

 kins, daughter of Robert Tompkins, Esq., 

 of Warrington. She died August 8, 181 1, 

 at the age of seventy-five years. They had 

 issue: i. Joseph, died 1796, married Re- 

 becca Radcliffe, daughter of John and Re- 

 becca (West) Radcliffe, niece of his aunt 



