think Mary is more likely to be the mother
1841 Bridge St, Cefn Coch, Llanrhaiadr HO107/1435/6 folio 42 pg 11
Robert Hughes 45 carrier
Mary 40
Mary 4
John 7 weeks
all born in county
baptism in Llanrahaiadr for Mary 15 Jan 1837 dau of Robert Hughes, carrier, and Mary.
Possible marriage same parish 24 Sept 1836 for Robert Hughes, widower, and Mary Jones, spinster. He signed, she marked, witnesses Edward Humphreys & Ellis Humphreys.