Eleanor's Family Tree:Information about Hugh Hext
Hugh Hext (d. date unknown)
Notes for Hugh Hext:
Hugh Hext, the progenitor of the South Carolina family, came with his family from Dorsetshire, England, about 1636, and was related to the Hexts of Somersetshire.He was elected a member of the Commons House of Assembly, 1706-7, and was also appointed one of the Commissioners under the Church Acts of November 4, 1704, and November 30, 1706, who conducted the temporal affairs of all the parishes and exercised ecclesiastical jurisdiction, with full power to deprive ministers of their livings at pleasure.He died leaving eight children, two of whom were David and Hugh.
Children of Hugh Hext are:
- +David Hext, d. December 01, 1754.
- +Hugh Hext, d. November 1732.