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Where did the French Hughes family come from? What is the French Hughes family crest and coat of arms? When did the Hughes family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Hughes family history?

The surname Hughes is a name whose history dates far back into the mists of Medieval France to a region once known as Britanny. It is a name for a the Germanic personal name Hugo, which itself comes from the Old German word hug, which means intelligence.

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One can encounter great variation in the spelling of French surnames; in part, as spelling, and the spelling names was not yet standardized during the early development of the written French language. Later, there was much branching and movement of families, and spellings would change according to region. Variations of the name Hughes include Hugues, de Hugues, Hughues, Hougues, Houghues, Ugues, Huggues and many more.

First found in Languedoc, where the family has held a family seat since very early times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hughes research. Another 276 words(20 lines of text) covering the years 1090, 1612, and 1695 are included under the topic Early Hughes History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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French settlers came early to North American, following in the wake of the explorers, and creating New France. Quebec City, founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain is said to have been the first American site founded as a permanent settlement, rather than as just a commercial outpost. But emigration was slow, in 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 French people in Quebec, and by 1663, when the region was officially made The Royal Colony of New France, by Louis XIV, there still only around 500 settlers. Over 2,000 would arrive during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. Youths of 18 took fourteen-year-old girls for their wives. The fur trade was developed and attracted immigrants, both noble and commoner from France. By 1675, there were around 7000 French in the colony, and by that same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. Despite the loss of the Colony to England, the French people flourished in Lower Canada. Among settlers to North America of the Hughes surname were

Hughes Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Richard Hughes settled in Virginia in 1634
  • Joshua Hughes, who landed in Roxbury, Mass in 1634
  • Lewes Hughes, aged 19, landed in Barbados in 1635
  • Griffith Hughes, aged 24, landed in Virginia in 1635
  • Jo Hughes, aged 30, arrived in Virginia in 1635


Hughes Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Valentine Hughes, who arrived in Virginia in 1703
  • Richard Hughes settled in Georgia with his wife and five sons in 1733
  • Joseph Hughes, who landed in Georgia in 1738
  • Lucy Hughes, who arrived in Maryland in 1740
  • Thomas Hughes settled in Georgia in 1744


Hughes Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Andrew Hughes, aged 35, landed in New Castle or Philadelphia in 1805
  • Jane Hughes, who landed in America in 1805
  • Lawrence Hughes, who landed in America in 1809
  • Jas Hughes, who landed in New Jersey in 1811
  • Herman Hughes, aged 30, landed in New York in 1812


Hughes Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century


  • Henry P Hughes, who landed in Arkansas in 1900

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  • Charles E Hughes (1862-1948), one time Governor of New York state and later American secretary of state to Warren G. Harding
  • James Mercer Langston Hughes (1902-1967), American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and newspaper columnist. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance
  • Barnard Aloysius Kiernan Hughes (1915-2006), American actor of theater and film
  • Howard Robard Hughes (1905-1976), pioneering American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer. He was widely known as a playboy and one of the wealthiest people in the world
  • Second Lieutenant Lloyd Herbert Hughes (1921-1843), awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1943
  • John Hughes Jr. (1950-2009), American film director, producer and writer, maker of some of the most successful comedy films of the 1980s and 1990s, including National Lampoon's Vacation, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Breakfast Club
  • Hatcher Hughes (1881-1945), American playwright awarded the 1924 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
  • Arthur Hughes (1830-1915), English Pre-Raphaelite Painter
  • David Edward Hughes (1831-1900), English inventor of the carbon microphone which was essential to the development of the telephone
  • Richard Arthur Warren Hughes (1900-1976), Welsh playwright, poet, short story writer, novelist, and vice president of the Welsh National Theatre from 1924 to 1936

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  • The Families of Benjamin (1816-1903) [and] Margaret Evans (1825-1879) Hughes and Evan (1808-1877) [and] Jane Davies (1817-1858) James by David Wendell Hughes.
  • Genealogy of Chadwick, King, and Allied Families: McKee, Callahan, Hughs/Hughes, Mock, Roberts, Langston by Darline Chadwick Smith.
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  1. Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. Print.
  2. Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
  3. Vaillancourt, Emile. La Conquete du Canada par les Normands. Biographie de la premiere generation Normande du Canada. Montreal: G. Ducharme, 1930. Print.
  4. Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  5. Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
  6. Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
  7. Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
  8. Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg: L.S. Hart, 1886. Print.
  9. Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
  10. D'Hozier Charles. Armorial Général de France. Paris: Dillon, 1875. Print.
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