1.Francis1Pugh was born Abt. 1630 in Wales, and died in Virginia.
Notes for Francis Pugh:
The son of a Welsh squire who lived at "Glendower Hall", Francis emigrated, with brothers Daniel and Thomas, to Jamestown, Virginia in 1666. Francis, the eldest, settled near Suffolk, Va. in Nansemond Co. and built a "commodius" brick (imported from England) residence he christened "Jericho". Daniel Pugh and his family moved to SC. Thomas and family moved to West Va. and the Ohio region.
From the E.W. Pugh collection, circa 1884 , he states:
"... it is implicitly believed by the older members of the famiy that the name was originally 'ap Hugh'
(Welsh),.. 'son of Hugh', eventually corrupted into the English name Pugh .. the older members also believe that we descended from SIr Owen Glendower through a son of his, Hugh Glendower"
Child of Francis Pugh is:
