Book excerpt: Charles Evans Hughes was born in New York in 1862. His father was a minister and they lived in various states along the mid Atlantic coast during his youth. Most of his father's family remained in Wales while his mother's family were early settlers of New York. Charles married Ellen Antoinette Carter and they had 4 children. Charles served as governor of New York and a U.S. Supreme Court Justice until 1941. This record details many of his ancestral lines and family relationships both in America and Wales. Descendants now live throughout the United States and elsewhere.