Descendants of David Pugh (1774-1852)
The Pugh Surname DNA
Project is providing us with incredible insight into connections previously
unknown and long established connections that we now know are in error. With only 60 participants, are already very close
to completing the foundation for assembly of the Pugh DNA forest that grew out
of Colonial America. We are also
learning important things about Pugh lines that came to America in more recent
times. We have a small group of
participants who represent lines outside of America and hope to increase
International participation in the Project to further connect the Pugh lines
that have spread around the globe.
The information
presented on these pages is, in some areas, speculative and is by no means complete. We have relied heavily on Internet sources in
compiling the data and have received much information from many genealogists
and family historians. We are most
grateful to all of those who have done the research and shared it with the
world so that we may continue to sort out this tangled collection of
individuals. To advance Pugh genealogy
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knowledgeable, willing and able to offer advice and to help correct the
information presented here. Please view
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Generation No. 1
1. DAVID4
PUGH (JONATHAN3,
JOSEPH2, DAVID1) was born 03 Oct 1774
in Shenandoah, Virginia, USA; Near Woodstock, Dunmore, CO, VA, and died 10 Oct
1852 in Carter, Tennessee, USA; Buffalo River.
He married RACHEL BOGART 25 May 1796 in Washington, Tennessee, USA, daughter
of SAMUEL BOGART and CATHERINE RANGE.
She was born 14 Oct 1776 in Vandalia, Fayette, Illinois, USA, and died
Nov 1853 in Coles, Illinois, USA.
Children of DAVID PUGH and
RACHEL BOGART are:
2. i. SUSANNAH5 PUGH, b. 1797, Carter, Tennessee, USA; d. Feb
1864, Missouri, USA.
3. ii. JONATHAN PUGH, b. 14 Jan 1800; d. 02 May 1861, Warren, Illinois,
USA.
iii. CATHERINE PUGH, b. 18 Dec 1801.
4. iv. SARAH PUGH, b. 03 Sep 1803; d. 07 Nov 1865, Illinois, USA.
v. SAMUEL PUGH, b. 13 Sep 1805; m. SARAH GRAY, 02 Mar 1830,
Washington, Tennessee, USA.
5. vi. WILLIAM PUGH, b. 1808, Carter, Tennessee, USA; d. May 1880,
Okolona, Carter, Tennessee, USA.
vii. RACHEL PUGH,
b. 05 Mar 1809; d. Illinois, USA; m. RICHARD GRAY, 1828, Carter, Tennessee,
USA; d. Illinois, USA.
viii. ELLENDER PUGH,
b. 27 Jan 1811; d. Illinois, USA; m. HUMPHREYS WEST, 15 Sep 1828, Carter,
Tennessee, USA; b. 25 Nov 1800, Grainger, Tennessee, USA; d. Illinois, USA.
6. ix. DAVID
PUGH, b. 07 Jan 1813.
x. REBECCA
(POLLY) PUGH, b. 27 Aug 1814; d. Illinois, USA.
xi. ELIZA PUGH, b. 23 Apr 1816; m. A. L. WILLIAMS, 1839.
xii. SOLOMON PUGH,
b. 22 Jan 1821; d. Illinois, USA; m. NANCY WILLIAMS, 15 Aug 1839, Carter,
Tennessee, USA; d. Illinois, USA.
xiii. ELENOR PUGH, b. 1822, Carter, Tennessee, USA.
Generation No. 2
2. SUSANNAH5
PUGH (DAVID4, JONATHAN3, JOSEPH2,
DAVID1)
was born 1797 in Carter, Tennessee, USA, and died Feb 1864 in Missouri,
USA. She married (1) WILLIAM WRIGHT 01
Feb 1816 in Carter, Tennessee, USA. He was born 27 Feb 1795 in Carter, Tennessee,
USA, and died 25 Dec 1823 in Madison City, Ill.
She married (2) VALENTINE B. NAVE 17 Mar 1831. He was born 1808 in Tennessee, USA.
Children of SUSANNAH PUGH
and WILLIAM WRIGHT are:
i. DAVID THOMAS6 WRIGHT, b. 06 Jan 1817, Carter,
Tennessee, USA.
ii. ELLENOR
B WRIGHT, b. 16 Feb 1819, Carter, Tennessee, USA; d. 22 Mar 1819.
iii. THOMAS
JEFFERSON WRIGHT, b. 11 Oct 1820, Carter, Tennessee, USA.
iv. JONATHAN
PUGH WRIGHT, b. 15 Nov 1822, Carter, Tennessee, USA; d. 01 Jul 1873, Illinois,
USA.
Children of SUSANNAH PUGH
and VALENTINE NAVE are:
v. ANDREW JACKSON6
NAVE.
vi. GEORGE
W NAVE, b. 1836, Carter, Tennessee, USA.
vii. CATHERINE
NAVE, b. 1837, Carter, Tennessee, USA.
3. JONATHAN5
PUGH (DAVID4, JONATHAN3, JOSEPH2,
DAVID1)
was born 14 Jan 1800, and died 02 May 1861 in Warren, Illinois, USA. He married MINERVA TIPTON 17 Dec 1822 in
Carter, Knox, Tennessee, USA, daughter of JOHN TIPTON and ELIZABETH SNAPP. She was born 22 Jan 1807 in Carter,
Tennessee, USA, and died 10 May 1885 in Alexis, Mercer, Illinois, USA.
Children of JONATHAN PUGH
and MINERVA TIPTON are:
i. WILLIAM W6 PUGH, b. 1829, Carter, Tennessee, USA.
ii. JAMES
LAFAYETTE PUGH, b. 1830; d. 11 Sep 1905, Iowa, USA.
iii. SAMUEL TIPTON PUGH, b. 02 Aug 1830, Carter, Tennessee, USA; d. 10
Aug 1863, Blountville, Sullivan, Tennessee, USA.
iv. ELKANAH
DULANEY PUGH, b. 1833; d. 16 May 1916.
v. RACHEL E. PUGH, b. 1835; d. 1880.
vi. MARIAN
J. PUGH, b. 1837.
vii. EMALINE PUGH, b. 1839; d. 09 Dec 1891, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois,
USA.
viii. EDMUND
MADISON PUGH, b. 26 Oct 1842, Tennessee, USA; d. 01 Apr 1866.
4. SARAH5
PUGH (DAVID4, JONATHAN3, JOSEPH2,
DAVID1)
was born 03 Sep 1803, and died 07 Nov 1865 in Illinois, USA. She married TENNESSEE T. NAVE 1830 in Carter,
Tennessee, USA.
He was born 26 Sep 1809 in Carter, Tennessee, USA, and died 24 Jan 1885.
Children of SARAH PUGH and
TENNESSEE NAVE are:
i. DAVID PUGH6 NAVE, b. 02 Dec 1832, Carter, Tennessee,
USA; d. 16 Feb 1910, Fayette, Illinois, USA.
ii. MARY
CAREY NAVE, b. 14 Dec 1835; d. 02 Jul 1842.
iii. RACHEL
P NAVE, b. 13 Apr 1838; d. 25 Apr 1860.
iv. HENRY
T NAVE, b. 10 Jan 1841, Tennessee, USA.
v. CATHERINE
NAVE, b. 20 Jul 1849, Illinois, USA; d. 1881.
5. WILLIAM5
PUGH (DAVID4, JONATHAN3, JOSEPH2,
DAVID1)
was born 1808 in Carter, Tennessee, USA, and died May 1880 in Okolona, Carter,
Tennessee, USA. He married (1) MARY
PRICE 15 Sep 1833 in Washington, Tennessee, USA. She died 1860 in Carter, Tennessee, USA. He married (2)
HESTER A. COMBS 03 Mar 1868 in Carter, Tennessee, USA. She was born 1837.
Children of WILLIAM PUGH and
MARY PRICE are:
i. RACHEL6 PUGH, b. 1836.
ii. ZACHARIAH
TAYLOR PUGH, b. May 1848, Tennessee, USA; d. 02 Jun 1933, Carter, Tennessee,
USA.
iii. DAVID PUGH, b. 1852.
iv. NANCY
C PUGH, b. 1857.
Child of WILLIAM PUGH and
HESTER COMBS is:
v. EMANA6
PUGH, b. 1859.
6. DAVID5
PUGH (DAVID4, JONATHAN3, JOSEPH2,
DAVID1)
was born 07 Jan 1813. He married (1)
MARY TAYLOR 20 Sep 1833 in Carter, Tennessee, USA. He married (2) ELIZABETH HUNT 13 Aug 1835
in Carter, Tennessee, USA. She was born
1820 in Washington, Tennessee, USA.
Child of DAVID PUGH and MARY
TAYLOR is:
i. MARTHA ANN REYNOLDS6
PUGH.
Children of DAVID PUGH and
ELIZABETH HUNT are:
ii. MARY6
PUGH, b. 1836, Carter, Tennessee, USA.
iii. MARTHA PUGH, b. 1837, Carter, Tennessee, USA.
iv. CATHERINE PUGH, b. 1839, Carter, Tennessee, USA.
v. DAVID PUGH, b. 1843, Carter, Tennessee, USA.
vi. JOHN PUGH, b. 1846, Carter, Tennessee, USA.
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