His parents | |
 | Jacob ROUGHT
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 | Susanna (ROUGHT)
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| Margaret BUCK |
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Susquehanna Co Probate records
06-256 11 Jul 1889
James Rought d 11 Feb 1891
Lenox sons James A
John A
Hiram L
William H(enry)
Daniel L
Edmund M
Milo W
Daughter Mathey Ann Bell
Wife (ex) Margaret
From: KRought114@aol.com
Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 00:23:40 -0400 (EDT)
I have some information on Henry Rought:
First, the Henry Rought who was the son of Leonard Rought and Desire Thomas
was born in 1838. I do not think he is the same Henry you are interested in.
I found an 1880 census record of a Henry W. Rought, born c. 1843 in Pa.,
married to a Sarah J. (last name unknown) who was born c. 1847 in PA .....
I also have another record, source unknown (I didn't keep good records when I
first started, but I have learned since), that shows a William H. Rought,
born 10/1842 in PA married to a Sarah J. (last name unknown) born 02/1847 in
PA. They were located in Mt. Pleasant Twp., Wayne Co., PA. This might have
been from the 1920 census but I can't be sure.
...
the information
that came from Garford Williams was that probate papers existed in Montrose
for James Rought and Margaret Buck. "Their children were listed as John
Andrew Rought, Hiram Leroy Rought, William Henry Rought, Daniel Lafayette
Rought, Mary Julia Rought, James ALbert Rought, Edmond Mores Rought, Martha
Ann Rought, and Milo Western Rought." This was from an article that Garford
wrote for the Nicholson Trail Examiner in 1976.
More on the story about the three brothers:
Although family tradition has it that three brothers came over together from
Germany through Philadelphia, I was unable to find any shipping record for
them under Rought or Raught. Among the early Roughts I have found are Daniel
Rought (1790 census in New London, CT which was a port of entry into the U.S.
at that time), Henry Rought (in the Dauphin County militia in PA in 1794) and
George, Leonard and Jacob (the three brothers of lore?). As you can see,
there appear to have been more than three. A possibility regarding the port
of entry is that they may have come in through Connecticut and sent down to
Pennsylvania as part of the Pennamite Wars (a territory dispute between CT
and PA that was not resolved until the very early 1800's. Essentially both
states rushed settlers to northern PA in an attempt to claim that area.
Don't ask me why NY wasn't involved .)
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