James and Joan (Price) Pugh, Thomas Pugh, Sr. and James' brother David
Traditional genealogy tells us that James Pugh (1665-1724) came to America abt. 1682 with his brother David Pugh (1662-1737).James married Joan Price in 1692 and David married Joan’s sister, Katherine Price, in 1698.The close association of James and David has been documented and records are available.I have seen accounts that James and David’s father, Evan Pugh (--?--, 1704) followed his sons to America in 1698.I do not know what documentation exists for this statement.
Thomas Pugh, Sr. (1703-1794) of Randolph County, NC has been known as the youngest son of James and Joan (Price) Pugh for decades (possibly centuries) in the genealogical community.There is no strong paper trail evidence that can be found in modern times to prove this relationship.There is quite a bit of circumstantial evidence but nothing that provides a solid link from James to Thomas, Sr.
Thomas Pugh, Sr. and Elizabeth Richardson are responsible for a huge number of living Pughs today as well as many individuals of other surnames.We are fortunate to have three direct male representatives of James Pugh in the Pugh Surname DNA Project.Two of the three descend from different sons of Elijah and Ruth (Julian) Pugh.The third participant is one of our success stories.He descends from the Jacob Pugh (1767-1835) who married Dorcas Glasgow and ended up in Marion County, IN.Some genealogists had surmised that Jacob was the son of Enoch Pugh and Ester (--?--) and the grandson of Thomas Pugh, Sr. and Elizabeth Richardson.Other theories also exist for Jacob.
All three of these participants match DNA, basically proving the genealogy of the three branches back to Thomas Pugh, Sr.We do not have any representatives of James and Joan (Price) Pugh’s other sons in our Project.Therefore, we cannot establish the connection of Thomas Pugh, Sr. to James and Joan with DNA, proving traditional genealogy.
Our two participants who descend from David and Katherine (Price) Pugh match each other’s DNA.They descend from different sons of Captain Jonathan Pugh (1751-1788) and Elizabeth Rogers.Through their match, we have proved the traditional genealogy of these two branches back to Captain Jonathan Pugh.Captain Jonathan was the son of Joseph Pugh, Esq. (1706-1778) and Mary Metcalf and the grandson of David and Katherine (Price) Pugh.We do not have representatives of other branches of this line (other sons or grandsons of David and Katherine) in our Project.Therefore, we cannot yet establish the connection of Captain Jonathan to David and Katherine using DNA.
Unfortunately, our three James and Joan (Price) Pugh representatives do not match DNA with our David and Katherine (Price) Pugh representatives.In fact, genetic calculations have determined that the two lineages represented in our Project do not share a common ancestor within the past 20,000 to 30,000 years.This is long before the use of surnames.
Our current results tell us that we have some issues with the traditional genealogy of James, David and Thomas, Sr.It tells us that either James and David were not really brothers (sons of the same father) or that the Thomas, Sr. who resided in Randolph County, NC was not the son of James and Joan.We are in desperate need of direct male representatives of the other sons of James and Joan (Price) Pugh and the other sons and/or grandsons of David and Katherine (Price) Pugh.You can view our results at:
http://tinyurl.com/4ft7j6http://tinyurl.com/4ft7j6
If you know of any Pugh males that can help us resolve this issue please let them know about what we are trying to accomplish.
Thank you for your interest in Pugh genealogy,
Jeff Pugh
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