Houghton Surname Project

Mary Houghton^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}

F, #1441, b. 22 March 1660/61, d. before 1721

Father*: John Houghton b. 1624, d. 29 Apr 1684
Mother*: Beatrix (?) d. 8 Jan 1720

Family: John Harris Jr. b. 19 Jan 1676, d. 16 May 1739

Marriage*: Mary Houghton married John Harris Jr. at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 23 June 1698: JWH date for John Harris and Sarah Houghton; 1/wf; Torrey gives a Mary Houghton as wife of John Harris, but J.W. Houghton gives John Harris as husband of John Houghton the Immigrant's daughter Sarah (with 1698 date), and Mary as wife of Thomas Wilder; Torrey gives 1/wf Mary Houghton (1666-); while this is a different bd than John Houghton the Immigrant's daughter Mary, John Houghton's will of 1684 clearly gives his daughter as Mary Harris (see Burr & Gage, p. 383).
NEHGR, 105 & BT: John Harris had married Mary Houghton
NEHGR, 152: after 1684, prob. Lancaster.^{9,18,10,19,16,20,17,21}

Mary Harris+ b. c 1702, d. 1 Dec 1759
Benjamin Harris+ b. c 1704

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Mar 22, 1660/61

Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: 28, 1 mo. 1659 (Dedham records); JWH & Cutter & Pope: 3,22,1661-2^{9,10,11,12,13,4,5,14,15,16,17}

Marriage

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 23 June 1698: JWH date for John Harris and Sarah Houghton; 1/wf; Torrey gives a Mary Houghton as wife of John Harris, but J.W. Houghton gives John Harris as husband of John Houghton the Immigrant's daughter Sarah (with 1698 date), and Mary as wife of Thomas Wilder; Torrey gives 1/wf Mary Houghton (1666-); while this is a different bd than John Houghton the Immigrant's daughter Mary, John Houghton's will of 1684 clearly gives his daughter as Mary Harris (see Burr & Gage, p. 383).
NEHGR, 105 & BT: John Harris had married Mary Houghton
NEHGR, 152: after 1684, prob. Lancaster^{9,18,10,19,16,20,17,21}

Note

Jul 20, 1718

Lancaster, MA, USA, She was probably the Mary Harris who owned the covenant and
was baptized in the Lancaster church²²

Death

before 1721

Pope: alive at father's death in 1684, but not mentioned in division of mother's property in 1721; Savage: not in Thomas Wilder's 1716 will⁴

Biography

Burr & Gage, p. 394: "Mary, b. 22 Mar. 1660/1 (Dedham records); m. John Harris. She appears to have had two children, Benjamin and Mary. (In an instrument dated 19 Aug. 1740, recorded in Worchester Deeds, lib. 12, p. 504, is a recital that Benjamin Harris and Mary, wife of Philip Larkin, were heirs to land "left to them by heirship by their late honored mother Mary Harris descending to her from their late honored grandfather, John Houghton late, of Lancaster, deceased."

J.W.Houghton, Houghton Genealogy, p. 301: "m. 6,23, 1688, Thomas Wilder, b. in Dedham, Mass, 1,28,1658"

Pioneers of Mass., 1900: aft 1684, presumably died without issue before 1721, since no share of mother's estate.

D. Hand Dymond and V.I. Morgan and Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924: W.B.B.N., give John Harris as her husband.

Boston Transcript, 4/22/1908: Mary Houghton of Lancaster who married, 1668, Thomas Wilder. She was the mother of Colonel James Wilder, born 1681, who married, 1709, Abigail Gardiner (Andrew 3, Thomas 2, Thomas 1, Planter 1), Cape Ann, 1623.¹³

Research

Marriage problem: John Houghton's will gives Mary Harris as daughter; unlikely that wife of Thomas Wilder (md 1668) was Mary Houghton; probably Mary Wheeler; 2 diff. md for Thomas and Mary's ??, one in 1668 (non J.W. Houghton) and one in 1688 (J. W. Houghton); marriage problem: mar. date and bd not compatible, Mary Houghton would have been age 7 in 1668; John Houghton's will of 1684 gives Mary Harris (but his death prior to md to Wilder)

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 301 #5.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 294.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 4/22/1908, 5/20/1908.
[S156] Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts, p. 241.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 962.
[S169] Wilder, Book of Wilders I, p. 1.
[S171] Wilder, M., Book of Wilders, p. 146.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6 #3, 8.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 301.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924 #2311, WBBN.
[S53] Dymond, Genealogy of Hand Family, p. 208: Dedham Rec.
[S54] Hanson, Vital Records of Dedham, p. 186.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 30 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8.
[S96] NEHGR, Gale Ion Harris, "William and Richard Harris of the North End, John and William Harris of the South End", 152 [1998]: 345.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 282.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 346.
[S96] NEHGR, Roderick Bissell Jones, "Harrises in Boston before 1700, " 105 [1951]:245.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6, 8.
[S96] NEHGR, The Register, 174, George Harris of Concord Massuchetts, Gale Ion Harris, 174: p. 116, 2020.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, Nourse, Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Lancaster [note 19], 276.

Beatrix Houghton^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

F, #1442, b. 3 December 1665, d. after April 1725

Father*: John Houghton⁸ b. 1624, d. 29 Apr 1684
Mother*: Beatrix (?)⁸ d. 8 Jan 1720

Family: John Pope b. 1 Jul 1658, d. 1698

Marriage*: Beatrix Houghton married John Pope on Sep 20, 1683 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 1704; Torrey: also 30 Sept. (per deed of Margaret Pope, 13 Oct 1715.)^{9,21,22,11,23,24,16,4,6,25,26,20}

Susannah Pope+²¹ b. 7 Oct 1684
Margaret Pope b. c 1686
Beatrix Pope+¹¹ b. c 1686, d. 21 Apr 1772

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Dec 3, 1665

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, JWH: 12, 3, 1665; NEGHR: 10/3/1665; Lancaster VR: 3 -10mo-1665; MLM: Oct. 3, 1665^{9,8,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,4,5,18,19,20}

Marriage

Sep 20, 1683

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 1704; Torrey: also 30 Sept. (per deed of Margaret Pope, 13 Oct 1715)^{9,21,22,11,23,24,16,4,6,25,26,20}

Probate

Jun 16, 1698

Boston, MA, USA, " Beatrix Pope of Lancaster, in the County of Middlesex, Widow, & John Houghton of Lancaster yeoman & Smith Woodward of Dorchester in the county of Suffolke yeoman," gave bonds in the sum of fifty pounds, June 16, 1698, for her administration of the estate of “ her husband John Pope late of Dorchester above s^d husbandman/' “An Inventory of the lands and Estate of John Pope sumtime of Lancaster, late of Dorchester Deceased June 14th, 1698.
Apprized by John Houghton
Jonas Houghton."
On the back this is endorsed, “ Exhibited by Beatrix Pope Relict widow & admin¹* of the Estate of John Pope, late of Dorchester.”²⁷

Guardiansp

Jul 4, 1700

Guardianship #2578: Beatrix Pope, Widow of Lancaster MA, nominated, allowed, & appointed to be guardian of Susannah, Beatrix, & Margaret Pope, children by her husband John Pope of Dorchester died intestate

Living

1704

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, living as a widow with her brother²⁸

Note

Apr 20, 1704

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, a widow, was in Garrison #6 with brother John Houghton Sr.²⁹

Church

Oct 15, 1710

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Nourse, Early Rec.: Beatrix, vidua, admitted; Lancaster VR: gives a Beatrix Houghton, admitted Feb. 12, 1709-10 [her or mother?; MLM and Weis state it was her mother]^30,31,26

Death

after Apr, 1725

MA, USA, Torrey: 1700+¹¹

Biography

Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924: W.B.B.N.:
" The one omitted [from John Houghton's will] was Beatrix who, in May 1721, gave a receipt to her brothers for her share in her mother's dower. She then styled "Beatrix Pope, formerly Houghton, widow." (She married John Pope).

Burr & Gage, 1925, p. 394: "Beatrix, b. 3, 10 mo. 1665 (Lancaster records); m. 30 Sept. 1683 John Pope. They had a daughter Susannah, b. 7 Oct. 1684 (ib.), who m. Thomas Wilder and had many children, a daughter Margaret, and probably other children." [CJV: not T. Wilder], but J. Pope]

MLM: She was in the garrison of her father in 1704.^28,12,16,19

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 301 #6.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 294.
[S150] Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, II, p. 469.
[S156] Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts, p. 241.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 962.
[S174] Wyman, Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, p. 520.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6 #5, 9, 13.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 11.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 301.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 294, 315.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 593.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924 #2311, WBBN.
[S53] Dymond, Genealogy of Hand Family, p. 208.
[S80] Chandler, Houghton Genealogy, #11117.
[S96] NEHGR, Vol. 14, 1860, p. 354.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S149] Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, I, p. 469.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 30 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 9.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 282.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 15.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 294, 321.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 1931 - 2210.
[S96] NEHGR, Vol. 17, 1863, p. 70.
[S177] Baily, Early Massachusetts Marriages, p. 61.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6, 9.
[S1545] Charles Henry Pope, Hx of Dorchester Pope Family, p. 84.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 321.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 133.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 274.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 271.

Benjamin Houghton Sr^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

M, #1443, b. 25 May 1668, d. before 1721

Father*: John Houghton⁸ b. 1624, d. 29 Apr 1684
Mother*: Beatrix (?)⁸ d. 8 Jan 1720

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

May 25, 1668

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, JWH: 5, 25, 1663; Cutter: (error) May 25, 1678; BT: gives 25 May 1668 as bd of John Houghton; MLM: May 23, 1668^{9,8,10,11,12,13,14,4,5,15,16,17,18,19,20,21}

Residence

near Bolton Depot [Middlesex Probate, 16: 264]^18,21

Research

1691

FWH & JWH erroneously give this son. Boston Transcript (1907): 1691; BT (1924): 1690; FWH, JWH: 1700^12,22,23,24

Research

1696

FWH, JWH and Cutter erroneously give this son.²⁵

Research

1698

FWH, JWH and Cutter erroneously give this father and son.²⁵

Death

before 1721

Listed as deceased in 1725 Agreement of Beatrix Houghton: "d. s.p."; Weis: Mx. Prob. 16: 264;^14,18

Alert

JWH erroneously gives Benjamin, son of John, as father; J. F. Chandler gives Benjamin, son of Jonas as father; Whitecomb gives Benjamin and Zerviah; marriages: 1) 26 Oct 1768 Lancaster, Eunice Sawyer "both of Lancaster"; 2) 20 May 1773 Bolton, Sarah Wyman of Harvard 3) 22 Jun 1778 Lancaster, Mary Knight "both of Lancaster" 4) 19 Sep 1781 Lancaster, Juda Houghton "both of Bolton"^26,27,28

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 301 #7.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 316.
[S80] Chandler, Houghton Genealogy, #11118.
[S150] Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, II, p. 469.
[S156] Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts, p. 241.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 962-3.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6 #6.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 12.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 301.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 294, 316.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924 #2311, WBBN.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 9/16/1907.
[S96] NEHGR, 14 [1860]:357.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 963.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 30 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S303] Francis Everett ??? Blake History of the Town of Princeton Vol. II Genealogies, p. 153.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6.
[S917] William Sweetzer Heywood, Westminster MA History, p. 712.
[S1085] Joseph Willard, Lancaster MA Hx - Willard, p. 80.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 282.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 17.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 5/5/1924 #1754, ALCS.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 306.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 31 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S449] Esther K. Whitcomb and Dorothy O. Mayo, Bolton Soldiers and Sailors in the American Revolution, p. 37.
[S415] E-mail from John F. Chandler, 1995.
[S466] Esther Kimmens Whitcomb, About Bolton.

Sarah Houghton^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

F, #1444, b. 30 July 1672, d. before 1733

Father*: John Houghton⁸ b. 1624, d. 29 Apr 1684
Mother*: Beatrix (?)⁸ d. 8 Jan 1720

Family: Daniel Goble Jr b. 21 May 1669, d. b 1733

Marriage*: Sarah Houghton married Daniel Goble Jr on Jul 23, 1698 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Not in Lancaster VRs; J.W. Houghton: 23 Jun 1698; gives John Harris (#1532) as spouse , m. 6,23, 1698 (Torrey, p. 346, gives her sister Mary Houghton as latter's wife)

Torrey, p. 306: Daniel Goble and Sarah (Houghton); no md; Lancaster/Hanover NJ

Boykiw: cites a deed executed on 20 Sept 1734, where the Goble children inherited Lancaster land from their mother, Sarah Goble, wife of Daniel Goble (Worcester District Deeds, Book 7, p. 259).^{11,14,18,19,16,17}

Daniel Goble+ b. 19 Jul 1698, d. 1750
Judge Robert Goble+ b. 12 Jul 1700, d. 29 Mar 1783
Jonas Goble b. 27 Mar 1707, d. 20 Jun 1791
Ephraim Goble b. 7 Mar 1709/10
Jemima Goble b. Jun 1712
Thomas Goble¹⁴
Alice Goble b. 25 Dec 1715

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Jul 30, 1672

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Lancaster VR: 30.5.72; BT, Savage, & Cutter: 30 Jul 1672 (5th month); Houghton: 7,30,1672^{9,8,10,11,3,12,13,14,4,5,6,15,16,17}

Estate

Jan 17, 1694/95

Some of the John Houghton estate sold to her brothers.¹⁴

Marriage

Jul 23, 1698

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Not in Lancaster VRs; J.W. Houghton: 23 Jun 1698; gives John Harris (#1532) as spouse , m. 6,23, 1698 (Torrey, p. 346, gives her sister Mary Houghton as latter's wife)

Torrey, p. 306: Daniel Goble and Sarah (Houghton); no md; Lancaster/Hanover NJ

Boykiw: cites a deed executed on 20 Sept 1734, where the Goble children inherited Lancaster land from their mother, Sarah Goble, wife of Daniel Goble (Worcester District Deeds, Book 7, p. 259).^{11,14,18,19,16,17}

Death

before 1733

Hanover, Hunterdon (Morris), NJ, USA^14,20,16,17

Alert

Problem here: John Harris marriage & date

Biography

C.Pope, Pioneers of Mass, 1900: Presumably died < 1721, since John Harris shared her mother's estate.

Burr & Gage: p. 394, "No mention was made in this division of John Houghton's daughter Sarah, because her share in the estate had been conveyed to her brothers, John, Robert, and Jonas." [division of father's estate in 1721]... "Sarah, b. 30, 5 mo. 1672 (Lancaster records); d. before 1733; m. Daniel Goble of Lancaster, who removed to Hannover, N.J. Five sons and two daughters."...(footnote:) "They had Daniel, Robert, Jemima, Thomas, Jonas, Ephraim, and Allis, who convey "as heirs to real estate of our late honored mother, Sarah Goble, alias Sarah Houghton by our honored grandfather John deceased." (Worchester Deeds, lib. 7, p. 259, lib. 9, p. 67, lib. 6, p. 486.) Some of the John Houghton estate was sold to John, Robert, and Jonas Houghton, 17 Jan. 1694/5. Sarah Goble was then living, but she was dead before 1733."

D. Hand Dymond, Gen. of the Hand Family, p. 209: " married Daniel Goble, Jr., of Lancaster. They moved to Berkeley Co., South Carolina, then to Hanover, N.J. They had five sons and two daughters; Daniel, Robert, Jemina, Thomas, Jonas, Ephraim, and Alice. These children became heirs to real estate of their late mother, Sarah Goble, born Sarah Houghton Goble, left to her by their grandfather, John (1) Houghton, deceased. (Worcester Deeds: lib. 7, p. 259; lib. 9, p. 67; lib. 6, p. 456.) Some of the John Houghton estate was sold to John (2), Robert (2), and Jonas (2) Houghton 17 January 1694/5. Sarah (2) Houghton Goble was living then, but she died before 1733."^14,9

Research

JWH gives this marriage: 23 Jun 1698⁹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 301 #8.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 294.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924 #2311, WBBN.
[S150] Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, II, p. 469.
[S156] Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts, p. 241.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 962.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6 #7, 10.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 14.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 301.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, 317.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 306.
[S53] Dymond, Genealogy of Hand Family, p. 167, 209.
[S96] NEHGR, Vol. 14, 1860, p. 358.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 30 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 10.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 282.
[S179] Boykiw, Goble Families.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6.
[S156] Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts.

Mary Farrar^1,2,3,4

F, #1445, b. 1648, d. 9 April 1724

Father*: Jacob Farrer Sr^5,6 b. 21 Aug 1614, d. 14 Aug 1677
Mother*: Ann (?)^6,5 b. 1620

Family: Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr b. c 1650, d. 3 Feb 1736/37

Marriage*: Mary Farrar married Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr, son of John Houghton and Beatrix (?), on Jan 22, 1671/72 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Torrey: 22 Jan 1671/72; Lancaster VRs: 22 11m 1671; JWH: 1,22,1671; Clemens: 10 May 1676; NEGHR: 11/22/1671; MLM: Nov. 22, 1671/2; Nourse, Early Rec.: 11.22.1671.^{7,11,12,3,9,13,14,15,4,16,17,18,19}

John Houghton Jr.+¹¹ b. 13 Feb 1672, d. 5 Apr 1724
Jacob Houghton+¹¹ b. 17 Apr 1674, d. 12 Jul 1750
Israel Houghton²⁷ b. 1676
Henry Houghton+ b. 23 Feb 1676, d. 17 Dec 1756
Benjamin Houghton²⁷ b. 26 Feb 1678, d. bt Mar 1746 - Nov 1746
Joseph Houghton+ b. 26 Feb 1677/78, d. b Jul 1718
Mary Houghton+²⁸ b. 7 Feb 1680, d. 1 Apr 1752
Mercy Houghton+ b. 15 Mar 1681/82, d. 7 Jan 1733/34
Anna Houghton+²⁹ b. 8 May 1684, d. 3 Apr 1751
Lieut. Jonathan Houghton+²⁹ b. 20 Feb 1685, d. 8 Apr 1737
Hepsibeth Houghton+ d. 1742/43
William Houghton b. 26 Apr 1696, d. 15 Jul 1743

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

1648

Halifax, Yorkshire, England, Nourse: 1650; Keizer: Lancashire, England^7,8,3,9,6,10

Immigration

1658

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA⁵

Marriage

Jan 22, 1671/72

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Torrey: 22 Jan 1671/72; Lancaster VRs: 22 11m 1671; JWH: 1,22,1671; Clemens: 10 May 1676; NEGHR: 11/22/1671; MLM: Nov. 22, 1671/2; Nourse, Early Rec.: 11.22.1671^{7,11,12,3,9,13,14,15,4,16,17,18,19}

Will

Jun 15, 1702

New York, New York Co., NY, USA, In the name of God, Amen. June 15, 1702, in the 14 year of King William III. I, JOSEPH FARRER, of New England, mariner, being sick. All debts to be paid. I leave to my mother, Anne Siers, of Lancaster, in New England, a sufficient maintenence for life. And what is left after her death, I bequeath to my sister, Mary Houghton and her heirs. Among things mentioned in the will are: A chest containing 7 Pieces of 8, each value 6s., 9d., two small boxes, with a small gold ring with a stone in it, three pair gold buttons, three gold buckles, about a fathom length of gold wire of a fit thickness to make small hoop rings, a good Sea Quadrant, Sundry maratime books, two or three good raisors, a light fashionable Broad cloth suit, but little worse for wearing. A pair of Breeches, with silver buttons, and about œ8 in gold in one of the Pockets. I leave to my uncle, Samuel Dean, of Jamaica, on the Island of Nassau, 70 Pieces of 8, and I make him executor.
Witnesses, William Digges, Judith Barton. (Not proved.)
[NOTE.--The "Piece of 8" was a Spanish Dollar. Its value in New York currency was 8 shillings, but in New England currency its value was 6 shillings or a little more.--W. S. P.]²⁰

Deed

Mar, 1706

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, transferring Jacob Farrar's house lot to George Glazier²¹

Church

Mar 22, 1723/24

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, First Church²²

Death

Apr 9, 1724

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Lancaster VRs, 156: Apr. 9; p. 412, Gravestone: Apr 7; 76 yrs; Burr & Gage: Apr. 9^{7,23,3,9,15,4}

Burial

Old Common Burying Ground Cemetery, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, "Here lies/buried ye body/of Mrs. Mary/Houghton ye/wife of John/Houghton Esquir/who died April/ye 7 th Ano Dm 1724/and in ye 76th year/of her age"^24,25,26

Biography

JWH, p. 299: "b. in England in 1648, dau. of Jacob and Ann Farrar, who died 3,7,1724."

Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, 1884, p. 292: "Jacob Farrar came to Lancaster with an older brother John, in 1653, from Woburn. John returned thither, transferring his land allotments to Jacob, who prepared a home for his family left behind him in Lancashire, England. His wife Ann with four children - Jacob, John, Henry and Mary- joined him in 1658, bringing 168 pounds 7 shillings additional estate...After the massacre, Jacob Farrar, with his wife and daughter Mary, who had married John Houghton, junior, in 1672, fled to his relatives in Woburn, where he died Aug. 14, 1677...John Houghton purchased all the Farrar lands, A.D. 1700."

(Farrar: name first known in England from Gualkelmede Farraris, a Norman attached to William of Normandy before Conquest. Arms: Argent 6 horse shoes, pierced sabre (NEGHR))

Farrar Memories, 1853:

NEGHR [1941]: The widow, Ann Farrer, and her son-in-law, John Houghton, were executors of John Farrer's estate, divided among the widow and two surviving children (Mary and Joseph), and the children of Jacob Farrer, his son.^7,13

Research

Her descendentsa are not tagged as Haughtons

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 299 #2s.
[S80] Chandler, Houghton Genealogy, #2191.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 391.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 962.
[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: "The English Ancestry of Jacob Farrer", p. 10.
[S199] D. A. Keizer, Houghton Hx & Gen - Keizer, p. 7.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 299.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 212.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Sep. 31, 1934 - 9617.
[S36] Letter, from Charles D. Anderson, Apr 21, 2003.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 14.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 212, 321.
[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]:.
[S96] NEHGR, 14 [1860]: 359.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S199] D. A. Keizer, Houghton Hx & Gen - Keizer, p. 6, 7.
[S407] William Montgomery Clemens, Amer. Mar. Records < 1600, p. 120.
[S600] Timothy Farrar Clary, Farrar Family, p. 3.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6.
[S1260] New England Ancestors Website, online http://www.newenglandancestors.org, Tami, Chris. New York City Wills, Vol. 11. Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 1999.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 257.
[S36] Letter, to Charles J. Vella from Clifford C. Fifield, Jr., Aug. 1998: Rev. F. L. Weis Chart.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 156, 412.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 412.
[S199] D. A. Keizer, Houghton Hx & Gen - Keizer, p. 5.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 668.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 452.
[S157] Fred E. Sawyer, Sawyer Families Gen. Dict., p. 201.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 15.

John Houghton Jr.^1,2

M, #1446, b. 13 February 1672, d. 5 April 1724

Father*: Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr³ b. c 1650, d. 3 Feb 1736/37
Mother*: Mary Farrar³ b. 1648, d. 9 Apr 1724

Family 1: Mary Prescott b. 2 Feb 1669

Marriage*: John Houghton Jr. married Mary Prescott, daughter of John Prescott Jr. and Sarah Hayward, on Nov 20, 1698 at Concord, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, h/2; Mrs. Mary Goss, by Justice Minott; Torrey: Concord/Lancaster.^{1,12,13,7,14,15,16,17,11}

Family 2: Sarah Gulliver b. 26 Oct 1691, d. 21 Aug 1760

Marriage*: John Houghton Jr. married Sarah Gulliver on Jan 7, 1719/20 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by Justice John Houghton.^{23,24,7,25,11}

Elizabeth Houghton+³³ b. 1719
Sarah Houghton+ b. 1721

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Feb 13, 1672

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Lancaster VRs, Burr & Gage; & Cutter: 13, 12 mo. 1672; NEGHR, MLM: 12/13/1672^{4,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11}

Marriage

Nov 20, 1698

Concord, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, h/2; Mrs. Mary Goss, by Justice Minott; Torrey: Concord/Lancaster^{1,12,13,7,14,15,16,17,11}

Note

1708

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, John Houghton, Jr. was a licensed innholder and retailer of liquors (Middlesex Court of Sessions Records) in 1708 and 1710.^18,19

Deed

1708

NEHGR: John Jr. calls Josiah Wheeler of Lancaster his brother-in-law (Middlesex Co. Deeds, 23, 188); MLM: Notes from Samuel Stearnes, A Biog. Sketch by J.C.L.Clark: "The wife of Josiah Wheeler was Martha, Daughter of John Prescott, Jr., and Gr. Dau. of "the grandfather of Lancaster," John Prescott. This fact is established by a reference in the L. Book of Deeds: Lands to Josiah Wheeler's father in law, John Prescott, and by a deed dated loving brother in law, Josiah Wheeler, Joyner." This John Houghton was called Lieutenant, and married Mary, Dau. of John Prescott, Jr., and widow of Philip Gross [sic] ca. 1679 (V. A.E. Ford'ss Conjecture on the Historyd and Origin of Clinton, Ms., p. 54."^20,21

Office

1718

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, representative to the general court²²

Marriage

Jan 7, 1719/20

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by Justice John Houghton^{23,24,7,25,11}

Taxation

1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA²⁶

Death

Apr 5, 1724

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^{4,27,25,28,11}

Burial

Administr

Jun 16, 1724

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Administration of John's estate was granted to his widow Sarah on June 16, 1724 at Lancaster, MA and an inventory was accepted. Estate valued at 781 pounds. (Middlesex Probate #11930)^7,2,30,31

Administr

Jun 13, 1726

Lancaster, Middlesex Co., MA, USA²

Biography

Nourse, Early Records: (1704 "census", 1 adult), 152-3 (Petition of Indian damage signed by him: "John Houghton Jun 3 swine one large dwelling house* with 3 fires, belonging to him & Phillip Goss & about sixteen punds of Personall estate belonging to sd Houghton burnt in sd house." "This house was probably near or upon the site of the Rowlandson garrison, John Houghton having married Mary, widow of the elder Philip Goss, who bought the Rowlandson estate in 1687."), 178 & 195 & 206 ("left John Houghton" selected for committee), 213 ("and includes the year 1718 when lancaster elected not John Houghton, Sen., but Lieutenant John, his son."), 317 (bd: "1672 12m 13 John Houghton. John Jr. and Mary (Farrar).), 329 (list of licensed innholders and retailers of liquors: 1708), 333 (deputy of Lancaster: "There are for this period the minutes of only two of the town's representative elections; those of May, 1718, and May, 1724. These, however, are enough to prove that Lieutenant John Houghton is entitled to receive some part of the honor attibuted to his father, Justice Joh Houghton. The representative elected in 1719 was "John Houghton Jr, " and it might with some reason be inferred that the delegate of same name in 1715, 1716,1717, and 1719 was the same person, though diligent search has not been rewarded with any clue to aid decision."), 334 (deputy date list: 1718, 1719).

Burr & Gage, 1925, p. 395: "Administration on his estate was granted to his widow, Sarah, in 1724. The inventory of the estate amounted to &781. He left two children, who are mentioned, in a deed given by John (2) Houghton (2) in 1729 (Worcester Deeds, lib. 9, p. 169), as children and heirs of his (the grantor's) eldest son."

Weis: "He was an innkeeper; was in garrison at Lancaster, 1704, and during this year last a dwelling near the Rowlandson garrison house which was burned by the Indians. He was a proprietor of the additional grant, and was Representative to the General Court, 1718 and 1719. The administration of his estate was granted to his widow, Sarah, in 1724. The inventory of his estated amounted to L 781. (Worc. Deeds, 9: 169)^7,32,11

Pedigree

Citations

[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 451.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11930, FHC #397099.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 14.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 317.
[S96] NEHGR, 14 [1860]:359.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 962.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 7, 10.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 283.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 288.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 321.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 391.
[S341] Concord MA VRs, p. 46.
[S407] William Montgomery Clemens, Amer. Mar. Records < 1600, p. 120.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7, 10.
[S463] William Prescott, Prescott Memorial, p. 45.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 329.
[S956] Middlesex Co. MA Court Records, Unnumbered cards.
[S96] NEHGR, 61 [1907]: 304.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 334.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 18.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]: 71.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 10.
[S418] Henry S. Nourse, Lancastriana, p. 33.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 156, 412.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 668.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 412.
[S852] Samuel H. Folsom and William E. Rogers, Middlesex MA Probate Index, p. 249.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, p. 377.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 144.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 277.

Jacob Houghton^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

M, #1447, b. 17 April 1674, d. 12 July 1750

Father*: Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr⁸ b. c 1650, d. 3 Feb 1736/37
Mother*: Mary Farrar⁸ b. 1648, d. 9 Apr 1724

Family: Rebecca Whitcomb b. 12 Nov 1671, d. 22 Oct 1752

Marriage*: Jacob Houghton married Rebecca Whitcomb on Feb 16, 1694 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, No source appears to give correct md; internet date used.
Lancaster VR , Keizer, JWH: Dec 16, 1704; C.A. Torrey:"b 1696 (m 1704 is wrong); Lancaster"; BT:"Probably, however, the year of their marriage 1704, in Miss Charlotte Whitcomb's "Whitcomb Family in America" is too late. It apparently rests on the data furnished the Lancaster town clerk in 1825 by Henry Houghton of Putney, Vt., which is erroneous."; CJV: Houghton lineage document by Josiah Flagg, Lancaster MA town clerk, dated Jan. 20, 1826, gives date Dec.1 6, 1704; but it also gives Jacob as born in July 24 1680 based on Henry Houghton data which was erroneous.
Lineage: 1695.^{9,2,3,4,18,19,20,21,22,23}

Ensign Jacob Houghton Jr+² b. 1 Apr 1696, d. 26 Jan 1780
Benjamin Houghton Jr+³⁷ b. 1700, d. 1774
Deacon Israel Houghton+³⁷ b. c 1700, d. 29 Jun 1777
Jonathan Houghton Jr+³⁷ b. 1703, d. c 1 Jan 1740/41
Rebekah Houghton+³⁷ b. c 1709
Abigail Houghton+³⁷ b. c 1710, d. 1800
John Houghton+³⁷ b. 1712, d. 23 Oct 1769

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Apr 17, 1674

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Lancaster VRs, p. 14, Burr & Gage: 17, 2 mo. 1674; Lancaster VR, p. 125: Jul 24, 1680, s. of John and Anna [sic] Houghton [Henry Houghton of Putney VT data]; MLM: Feb. 17, 1764; FWH:1675; MLM: "second son" in father's will^{9,10,11,3,12,5,6,13,14,15,16,17}

Marriage

Feb 16, 1694

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, No source appears to give correct md; internet date used.
Lancaster VR , Keizer, JWH: Dec 16, 1704; C.A. Torrey:"b 1696 (m 1704 is wrong); Lancaster"; BT:"Probably, however, the year of their marriage 1704, in Miss Charlotte Whitcomb's "Whitcomb Family in America" is too late. It apparently rests on the data furnished the Lancaster town clerk in 1825 by Henry Houghton of Putney, Vt., which is erroneous."; CJV: Houghton lineage document by Josiah Flagg, Lancaster MA town clerk, dated Jan. 20, 1826, gives date Dec.1 6, 1704; but it also gives Jacob as born in July 24 1680 based on Henry Houghton data which was erroneous.
Lineage: 1695^{9,2,3,4,18,19,20,21,22,23}

Note

Apr 20, 1704

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, were in Josiah Whitcomb's garrison #2^24,25

Note

Mar 13, 1710/11

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, signed petitions regarding misuse of the commons and about a schoolmaster²⁶

Church

May 18, 1718

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, First Church²⁷

Taxation

1723

Lancaster/Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA^28,29,30

Court

1728

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, being chosen a selectman for Lancaster³¹

Residence

1750

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA³²

Death

Jul 12, 1750

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: "in his 77th year (Bolton records)"; BT, JWH: 1752; Bolton VR: 77 y^{9,3,4,33,5,29}

Administr

Aug 7, 1750

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, son Jacob named administrator (W.P. Case # 31006)^19,32

Administr

May 25, 1752

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Jacob's widow Rebecca granted dower.³²

Biography

Burr & Gage, p. 400: First town clerk of Bolton, MA and the administrator of his father's estate. His children are named in division of his estate (Worcester Probate).

Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, 1884, p. 143: Res. in Lancaster (Bolton), MA in 1704. Was assigned to the garrison in what was later northeast Bolton in the 1704 "census" with a household of one adult male; p. 171 (selectman, in 1710/11); 180 (on a committee); 187 (chosen as assessor); 190-191 (in 1719, chosen to lay out road); 203 (committee); 209 (1723/4, committee); 317 (birthdate).

NEGHR (79:392): He was the first town clerk of Bolton.

Lancaster VRS, p. 125, gives all generations of Jacobs of this family, and gives Jacob Houghton and Rebecca Whitcomb. Listed as if latter's bd was July 24, 1680, and parents as John Houghton and Anna Houghton. All data given by grandson Henry H. Houghton of Putney, VT.

C. Smith: "the original letters of administration granted to Jacob Houghton on the estate of his father, John Houghton..." [in possession of Simon Willard Houghton]

MLM, Weis: He was a proprietor of the additional grant, which included Leominster; was ther proprietor's clerk 1725-1742; was in the garrison at Lancaster, 1704; slectman of lancaster, 1711; memb. of First Church, Lancaster May 18, 1718. Among the signers of a petition for the session of Shabikin on Stow Leg were Jacob Houghton, Jr. of Stow. Determined opposition caused its abandonment (Harvard Hx., p. 92). John Houghton Jr. of Stow also signed. Adm. granted Jacob on the estate of his father, John Houghton, who d. Feb. 3, 1736, signed by Joseph Chandler, judge of Probate Court, dated May 12. Helped found the church in Bolton, 1741.

Bolton Historical Website: 159 Golden Run Road is the oldest known of the many farmhouses in the north part of town that once belonged to members of the Houghton family, original settlers of Lancaster. A large tract of land on Golden Run, Harvard, and Bare Hill Roads stretching north into Harvard had been owned by Houghtons since the early days of the town of Lancaster. When petitions were presented to set off new towns in the 1720's and 1730's, many of the most active proponents were the farmers in this north part of what ultimately became Bolton. At least four of the five members of the first Bolton Board of Selectmen in 1738 lived in this section of town, and three of them were Houghtons.
Bolton's first Town Clerk, Jacob Houghton, lived nearby in a house long-since demolished, and other Houghtons once ran an inn or tavern at the intersection of Golden Run and Harvard Roads that lasted for generations. The inn, in fact, which looked out over a green where musical entertainments often took place, gave the longtime name of "Fiddler's Green", or simply "the Green", to Golden Run and the east section of Green Roads.
Over the years, parcels of the huge land grants to the early settlers were divided out to provide farms for later generations. This house is believed to have been built for Henry Houghton, possibly as early as ca. 1700, and for generations was the home of a long line of his direct descendants.

History of Arkansas, p. 1184: Jacob Houghton, the son of John, was born February 17, 1672; probably married Rebecca Whitcomb; and Benjamin Houghton, their son, married Ruth Wheelock. and the issue of their union were as follows: Justice John, born July 20. 1720; Ezra. born July 29. 1722; Abijah, born September 22, 1723; Relief, born October 23. 1726; Elijah, born June 16. 1728. The latter was a “minute man’' of the Revolutionary period and a private in Colonel Benjamin Houghton s Company, Colonel John Whitcomb’s Regiment, which marched on the alarm of Paul Revere, April 19, 1775. to Cambridge. He was also a private in Colonel Asa Whitcomb’s regiment and Captain Houghton's company; was enlisted April 27. 1775. and mustered out on August 1, following. This interesting record is shown in Volume VIII, of the Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution. Following Elijah rnme Parnee Houghton, born April 14. 1730; Philemon, born June 3, 1731; Nehemiah, born October 1, 1732; Ruth, born April 3. 1734; Lemuel, born September 25. 1735; and Benjamin, born May 10. 1740.^{19,34,29,35,23}

Note

Picture of home he built in 1720 in Whitcomb.³⁶

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302 #10.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 125.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 391.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Sep. 31, 1934 - 9617.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395, 400.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 962.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7 #11, 10.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 14.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 14, 125.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 317.
[S96] NEHGR, 14 [1860]: 359.
[S199] D. A. Keizer, Houghton Hx & Gen - Keizer, p. 6.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 35 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 740.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7,10.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 283.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 10/16/1907 #9422, JCLC.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 400.
[S199] D. A. Keizer, Houghton Hx & Gen - Keizer, p. 6, 7.
[S523] Pilgrims Lineages, p. 476.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7, 10.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 289.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 133.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 143.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 171.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 271.
[S224] Henry S. Nourse, Harvard Hx - Nourse, p. 43.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 10.
[S418] Henry S. Nourse, Lancastriana, p. 32.
[S956] Middlesex Co. MA Court Records, Unnumbered cards.
[S409] Probate Records , Worcester, MA, Case 31006.
[S67] Vital Records of Bolton, p. 207.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , www.historicalcommission.town.bolton.mas.us/main/inventoryforms.html, Apr. 23, 2002.
[S466] Esther Kimmens Whitcomb, About Bolton, p. 354.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 276.

Henry Houghton^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}

M, #1448, b. 23 February 1676, d. 17 December 1756

Father*: Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr¹⁰ b. c 1650, d. 3 Feb 1736/37
Mother*: Mary Farrar b. 1648, d. 9 Apr 1724

Family 1: Abigail Barron b. 30 Jul 1680, d. 1711

Marriage*: Henry Houghton married Abigail Barron, daughter of Ellis Barron Jr and Lydia Prescott, on Jan 2, 1699/0 at Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Torrey, 1st wife; Bond: June 2, 1699-10 [sic].^{11,17,4,12,14,15,18,19,20,21,16}

Henry Houghton b. 1701, d. 1702
Henry Houghton Jr+ b. 1704, d. 23 Dec 1777
Abigail Houghton+²⁴ b. 1708, d. 28 Jan 1769
(?) Houghton³⁵ b. 1708, d. 1708
Hasadiah Houghton³⁶ b. 24 Jun 1709, d. 1711

Family 2: Hannah West b. 2 Jun 1682, d. 14 Feb 1747/48

Marriage*: Henry Houghton married Hannah West on Apr 23, 1712 at Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA, BT, 6/27: married by Dr. Cotton Mather.^{14,26,27,15,28}

Anna Houghton+ b. 1713/14
Sanderson Houghton b. 1716, d. 24 Nov 1799
Mercy Houghton b. 31 Mar 1718, d. 3 May 1764
Joseph Houghton+³⁷ b. c 14 Mar 1719, d. 27 Nov 1788
Hepsibah Houghton
Sarah Houghton^13,38
Abiah Houghton³⁹ b. 21 Mar 1725/26, d. 23 Nov 1774

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Notable

Birth

Feb 23, 1676

Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: 23 Feb. 1676 (Woburn Records); JWH, Cutter: 1675; MLM: Feb. 23, 1675^{11,4,12,13,14,15,7,8,10,16}

Marriage

Jan 2, 1699/0

Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Torrey, 1st wife; Bond: June 2, 1699-10 [sic]^{11,17,4,12,14,15,18,19,20,21,16}

Covenant

May 31, 1702

Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, USA²²

Note

Apr 20, 1704

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, were in Josiah Whitcomb's garrison #2^23,3

Covenant

1708

Watertown, MA, USA, at Mr. Gibbs's Church²⁴

Note

1711

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, a garrison, 3 family, 2 men, 0 soldier, 15 souls²⁵

Marriage

Apr 23, 1712

Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA, BT, 6/27: married by Dr. Cotton Mather^{14,26,27,15,28}

Residence

Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA, USA¹¹

Milit-Beg

between Jul, 1722 and Aug, 1722

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, for 1 week, 6 days²⁹

Taxation

1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA³⁰

Notable

They were married by Dr. Cotton Mather

Death

Dec 17, 1756

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Gravestone at Bolton: a. 90.9.11^{11,4,12,14,31,32,15,28}

Burial

Old Bolton Cemetery, Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, ae 80y 9m 11d³¹

Alert

BT:"Dr. John Wesley Houghton's Genealogy of the Houghton Family is deficient in the list of Henry's children."; CJV: problem with children, esp Joseph (note similarity of this Joseph's 4 children and those listed for Henry and Anna)¹⁴

Biography

Nourse: Res. 1704, Lancaster (Bolton), MA; Was assigned to the garrison in what was later northeast Bolton in the 1704 "census" with a household of one adult male;p. 173: In 1711, he had his own garrison with three families, including two men (15 souls in all); p. 215: During July-Aug. 1722, engaged in some military service for 1 week, 6 days.

BT: "born in Woburn, Feb. 23, 1676, while his mother, probably unaccompanied by the father, was a refugee to her father's house (Farrer) at Woburn, from the first Indian raids at Lancaster."

Stearns: He was a soldier in some of the expeditions against the Indians. The records of Srgt. Thomas Buckminster, of Framingham, show that he served in his command one week and six days.

MLM: Records of Sgt. Thos. Buckminster of Framingham show that he served under his command one week, six days. Was in the garrison of Josiah Whitcomb in Lanc. 1704; later in command of a garrison; schoolmaster of Lancaster, 1727 (Ref.: Wor. Mag., by Lincoln and Baldwin, bk. 2, p. 266). A proprietor for the additional grant.

Henry Houghton (1676-1756) was truly one of the founders of Bolton. He signed the petition that was finally successful in setting off Bolton from Lancaster, and served on the first Board of Selectmen. In 1711 his house--possibly this one--was designated as a garrison house, and in 1739 he signed the first covenant that led to the building of the first meetinghouse. He died at the age of 80, and in their later years, it appears that he and his wife, Anna (1683-1748) shared the house with their son, Joseph Houghton^{3,14,15,33,28}

Note

Confirmed YDNA: R-BY108230

Research

Only given in JWH as child of Henry Houghton and Abigail Barron³⁴

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302 #11.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 53, 273.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 143.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 391.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec 6, 1934 - 9539; Sep 27, 1934.
[S96] NEHGR, Vol. 103, 1949, p. 314.
[S150] Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, II, p. 469.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 962.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7 #12, 11.
[S876] Woburn MA VRs I, p. 124.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec 6, 1934 - 9539 CWR.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Sep 27, 1934.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec. 27, 1934 - 9539 GRTB.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 290.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 321.
[S121] Bond, Genealogies of Watertown, MA, p. 17.
[S198] Watertown MA Records II, p. 11.
[S669] American Genealogist, 19 [1942] 138.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7, 11.
[S885] Watertown MA Records IV, p. 133.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 133.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 273.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 149.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Jun 6, 1927 - 5480, JCLC.
[S61] Boston Marriages, p. 40.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 11.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 215.
[S418] Henry S. Nourse, Lancastriana, p. 33.
[S67] Vital Records of Bolton, p. 207.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 89.
[S713] Ezra S. Stearns NH State Gen. & Family Hx III, p. 1073.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 308.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 401.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 273, 401.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 25.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 283.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 53.

Joseph Houghton^1,2,3,4,5

M, #1449, b. 26 February 1677/78, d. before July 1718

Father*: Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr⁶ b. c 1650, d. 3 Feb 1736/37
Mother*: Mary Farrar b. 1648, d. 9 Apr 1724

Family: Isabella Houghton b. 6 Jun 1687

Marriage*: Joseph Houghton married Isabella Houghton, daughter of Robert Houghton and Esther Leppingwell, 1st cousins.^12,13,14,15

Joseph Houghton b. c 1706, d. b 1726
Elizabeth Houghton b. c 1708, d. b 1726
Anna Houghton+ b. c 1710
Sarah Houghton+ b. c 1712, d. 1765
Benjamin Houghton+ b. c 1715, d. b 9 Jan 1764

Biography

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Birth

Feb 26, 1677/78

Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, twin of Benjamin^{7,2,3,4,8,6,9}

Note

Apr 20, 1704

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, was in garrison #6^10,11

Marriage

1st cousins^12,13,14,15

Death

before Jul, 1718

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Wife was admx. of estate on July 8, 1718 and widow at baptism of children on Nov. 9, 1718^16,2,15

Estate

May 7, 1726

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Middlesex Probate Records; "The account of his widow, as administratrix of his estate, 7 May 1726 (M.P.), charges L40 for "bringing up of ye children and tendance of five children in times of sickness and for funeral charges for two of said children deceased in time of said sickness. In 1728 distribution of his estate was granted in Middlesex County, his widow (who had married again) receiving one-third and his three living children two-thirds of the property."²

Administr

Mar 17, 1728

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Record of Warrant for Assgnmet. of Dower and distribution.¹⁷

Biography

Burr & Gage, p. 395: "b. 26 Feb. 1678 (Woburn records); d. before Nov. 1718, when his children were baptized (Lancaster records); m. his first cousin, Isabell Houghton (3, iv)...In 1728 distribution of his estate was granted in Middlesex County, his widow (who married again) receiving one-third and his three living children two-thirds of the property."

Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, 1884: He evidently returned to Lancaster and had set up his own household near the Old Common by 1704 - he was assigned to the garrison there in the "census".

Weis: "He was taxed, 1688, for the new parsonage; was in garrison at Lancaster, March 18, 1691/2, and in 1704, was a proprietor of the additional grant."^2,15

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302 #13.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S150] Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, II, p. 469.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 962.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7 #14, 11.
[S876] Woburn MA VRs I, p. 124.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7, 11.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 283.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 133.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 144.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 397.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7, 8, 11.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 285.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 291.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 276.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, p. 378.

Benjamin Houghton^1,2,3,4,5

M, #1450, b. 26 February 1678, d. between March 1746 and November 1746

Father*: Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr^6,7 b. c 1650, d. 3 Feb 1736/37
Mother*: Mary Farrar⁶ b. 1648, d. 9 Apr 1724

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Feb 26, 1678

Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Lancaster VRs: 1678 only, no bp^{8,6,2,3,9,7,10,11}

Death

between Mar, 1746 and Nov, 1746

Burr & Gage: "In the division of the estate of his brother, William (3) Houghton, in 1746, no mention was made of Benjamin, although every other brother and sister and the heirs of deceased brothers and sisters were included in the distribution. No conveyance by Benjamin of his share is recorded, and the division was in equal. It is therefore fairly certain that Benjamin had died s.p. before 1746."; CJV: Probate of William dated Nov. 1746. But he is mentioned in Mar 1746 of his father John.^2,9

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302 #14.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S150] Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, II, p. 469.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 962.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7 #15.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 452.
[S876] Woburn MA VRs I, p. 124.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 35 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 283.

Mary Houghton^1,2,3,4,5

F, #1451, b. 7 February 1680, d. 1 April 1752

Father*: Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr^6,7 b. c 1650, d. 3 Feb 1736/37
Mother*: Mary Farrar⁶ b. 1648, d. 9 Apr 1724

Family: William Sawyer Sr. b. 2 Feb 1679/80, d. 3 Feb 1740/41

Marriage*: Mary Houghton married William Sawyer Sr., son of Capt. Thomas Sawyer Jr and Hannah Lewis, on circa 1702 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: (Worchester Deeds, lib. 3, p.126);Lancaster VR, 1890: Marriage, about 1702; was 1700 per Cutter; married before 1711 when they joined the church; Sawyer: c 1700.^2,12,13,14

Aholiab Sawyer+¹⁸ b. c 1703
Mary Sawyer b. c 1705
Hephzibah Sawyer+ b. c 1709
William Sawyer Jr.+ b. c 1711, d. 14 Jul 1794
Hannah Sawyer+ b. 1 Jul 1711
Dea. Josiah Sawyer+¹⁹ b. 13 Aug 1714, d. 3 Jul 1805
Thankful Sawyer+ b. 4 Apr 1717, d. 18 Mar 1782
Martha Sawyer b. 5 Jul 1719
David Sawyer b. 1721
Abigail Sawyer b. 1724

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Feb 7, 1680

Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, JWH & Cutter: 6/18/1668; MLM: Feb. 17, 1680^{8,2,3,6,4,9,10,11}

Marriage

circa 1702

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: (Worchester Deeds, lib. 3, p.126);Lancaster VR, 1890: Marriage, about 1702; was 1700 per Cutter; married before 1711 when they joined the church; Sawyer: c 1700^2,12,13,14

Death

Apr 1, 1752

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Bolton: age 72^15,2,6,16

Research

Sawyer: there were 4 addit. sons: Benjamin, Israel, Joseph, and Uriah, prob. died young; See Compendium Am. Gen. by Virkus, 6:491^6,17,16

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302 #15.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 396.
[S150] Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, II, p. 469.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 963.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7 #16, 12.
[S157] Fred E. Sawyer, Sawyer Families Gen. Dict., p. 201.
[S876] Woburn MA VRs I, p. 124.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302.
[S490] Woburn MA VRs II,.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7, 10.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 283.
[S157] Fred E. Sawyer, Sawyer Families Gen. Dict., p. 196, 201.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7, 12.
[S188] Virkus, Abridged Compend. of Amer. Gen. III, p. 410.
[S67] Vital Records of Bolton.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 12.
[S183] Virkus, Abr. Comp. of Amer. Gen., 6: 491.
[S157] Fred E. Sawyer, Sawyer Families Gen. Dict., p. 110, 201.
[S157] Fred E. Sawyer, Sawyer Families Gen. Dict., p. 171.

Mercy Houghton^1,2,3,4,5

F, #1452, b. 15 March 1681/82, d. 7 January 1733/34

Father*: Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr⁶ b. c 1650, d. 3 Feb 1736/37
Mother*: Mary Farrar b. 1648, d. 9 Apr 1724

Family: Ebenezer Wilder b. 23 Jun 1683, d. 25 Dec 1745

Marriage*: Mercy Houghton married Ebenezer Wilder, son of John Wilder and Hannah Atherton.^2,11

Benjamin Wilder b. 22 Apr 1711
Hepsibah Wilder b. 1 Jan 1711/12
David Wilder b. 27 Jan 1713/14
Jacob Wilder b. 1 Sep 1717, d. b 1745

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Mar 15, 1681/82

Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Burr: Lancaster records [CJV: not in VRs]^{7,2,3,4,8,6,9,10}

Marriage

^2,11

Death

Jan 7, 1733/34

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^2,9

Research

not in Lancaster VRs

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302 #16.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 396.
[S150] Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, II, p. 469.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 963.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7 #19, 12.
[S876] Woburn MA VRs I, p. 124.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 12.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 284.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7, 12.

Anna Houghton^1,2,3,4

F, #1453, b. 8 May 1684, d. 3 April 1751

Father*: Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr⁵ b. c 1650, d. 3 Feb 1736/37
Mother*: Mary Farrar⁵ b. 1648, d. 9 Apr 1724

Family: John Priest b. 1 Nov 1681, d. 29 Sep 1756

Marriage*: Anna Houghton married John Priest Burr & Gage: Worcester Deeds, lib. 4, p. 467; MLM: c. 1706.^6,2,10,11

Abigail Priest b. c 1706, d. 25 Sep 1723
Annah Priest b. 12 Sep 1708
Mary Priest+ b. 12 Sep 1708
Damaris Priest+ b. 21 Apr 1710
Rachael Priest b. 20 Dec 1713
Hepzibah Priest+ b. 8 Apr 1716, d. 24 Jan 1796
Jonathan Priest b. 9 Nov 1718
Mariah Priest+ b. 30 Jul 1721, d. 13 Jun 1754
Jonathan Priest b. c Sep 1725, d. 23 Apr 1738

Biography

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A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

May 8, 1684

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: 7 May 1684^{6,5,7,8,9,2,3,10,11}

Marriage

Burr & Gage: Worcester Deeds, lib. 4, p. 467; MLM: c. 1706^6,2,10,11

Death

Apr 3, 1751

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: in her 67th year (gravestone at Lancaster); Lancaster VRs: age 66^6,12,2,13

Burial

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA²

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302 #17.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 396.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 963.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7 #17, 12 #18.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 15.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 319.
[S80] Chandler, Houghton Genealogy, p. 11127.
[S96] NEHGR, Vol. 17, 1863, p. 70.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7, 12.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 284.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 415.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 12.

Lieut. Jonathan Houghton^1,2,3,4,5

M, #1454, b. 20 February 1685, d. 8 April 1737

Father*: Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr⁶ b. c 1650, d. 3 Feb 1736/37
Mother*: Mary Farrar⁶ b. 1648, d. 9 Apr 1724

Family: Thankful White b. 27 Mar 1689, d. c 20 Sep 1739

Marriage*: Lieut. Jonathan Houghton married Thankful White on Nov 6, 1712 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA.^{7,2,3,14,15,16}

Thankful Houghton+³⁸ b. 3 Mar 1713/14
Mary Houghton+³⁸ b. 19 Sep 1715
Keziah Houghton+³⁸ b. 31 May 1717, d. b 1763
Lieut. Jonathan Houghton+³⁸ b. 28 Mar 1719, d. 1808?
Azubah Houghton+³⁸ b. 20 Nov 1720
Rufus Houghton+³⁸ b. 9 Nov 1722, d. c 1759
Achsa Houghton+³⁸ b. 16 Jan 1724/25, d. c 1809
Ephah Houghton³⁸ b. 26 Jun 1727, d. 27 Sep 1729
Zeresh Houghton+³⁸ b. 18 Feb 1728/29
Ephah Houghton+³⁸ b. 19 Aug 1731

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Feb 20, 1685

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, JWH: 2, 20, 1885 [typo]^{7,8,9,10,11,3,4,12,13}

Marriage

Nov 6, 1712

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^{7,2,3,14,15,16}

Church

May 18, 1718

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, First Church¹⁷

Note

1718/19

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Jonathan Houghton was a licensed innholder and retailer of liquors (Middlesex Court of Sessions Records) in 1718 and 1730¹⁸

Research

Aug 17, 1721

Daughter only in JWH, MLM, Burr, Weis; not in Lancaster VRs, nor in deeds or will of father^3,16

Research

1726

child given only in JWH, MLM; no guardianships like other children and not named in will^19,20

Office

between 1726 and 1728

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, town clerk²¹

Guardiansp

Mar 5, 1728

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, after Jonathan Houghton and Joseph Sawyer both of Lancaster, posted 300 pound bond (Probate #11935 Guardian)^22,23,24,25

Note

Feb, 1728/29

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, were chosen as agents in behalf of the town to discuss breaking up Middlesex county, in Harvard, MA.²⁶

Deed

Swanzey, NH, USA, a deed indicates that Jonathan was in Swanzey, NH when he sold land in Lancaster²⁷

Will

Apr 7, 1737

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, naming "my Loving Brother Josiah White and Thankfull My Dear Wife to be Joynt Executors of this my Last Will and Testament" (W.P. #31035)^28,19

Death

Apr 8, 1737

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, JWH: 4,3,1737^7,29,3,19,30

Probate1

May 12, 1737

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Thankful, executress; tracts of land to Jonathan and Rufus [in Leominster]; 7 daughters (youngest 5 given same amount as 2 oldest)³¹

Administr

Aug 24, 1739

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA³¹

Biography

Lancaster VRs: "Jonathan Houghton, 1726 to 1728, and 1730 to 1736.--Died in office."

Lancaster Early Records, p. 176: 1716, "Then Jonathan Houghton desiers the town to Grant him Liberty to Cutt 3 or 4 hundered pine trees & draw the Turpentine, sd pines desiered ar ajoyning to Som Land of his fathers on ye west side the hiway that Leeds to Thomas Wilders."

Nourse, p. 187 & 198 (1718 and 1720 records in his handwriting), 199, 201, 205 (1722 committees), 298 (selectman), 229 (List of individuals who each killed 10 Indians as volunteer with Cap. Lovell and White; 100 lbs per scale.), 319 (bd: "1685 Feb. 20 Jonathan Houghton. John and Mary), 328 (1717 petition requesting a licence "for an Inholder in said Towne"), 329 (1718-19 license for Innholder), 332 (16 barrels of cider), 334 (1732 deputy of Lancaster), 337 (County Treasurer, 1731 to 1733), 339 (town clerk, 1726 to 1728 and 1730 to 1736. "Died in office").

J.W.Houghton, Houghton Genealogy, p. 55 [quoting Lancaster VRs]: "fourth town clerk upon his election to office in 1726";p. 302: "He was the first County Treasurer of Worcester, Mass., and settled in the homestead, on the Common near his father."

A.L. White, Descendants of John White, p. 43: "He was Town Clerk of Lancaster, from 1726 to 1728, and from 1730 to his death, Apr. 8, 1737; also representative in 1732. In 1723 he was one of the five selectman, and his name often appears on committees. His estate was settled by his widow and her brother Josiah White, Aug. 24, 1739.

Nourse, Birth, Mar Death Reg, Lanc,1890: p. 270: signed first church covenant

Lunenburg VR: Treasurer of Worcester County, Mar 6, 1731; Sept 2, 1731

NEGHR: Jno. Houghton list with those who had each killed 10 Indians, under Capt. John Lovewell, circa 1725

MLM: will in W.P. #31035

Marvin: selectman

Willard: first county treasurer

Weis: "He lived at the homestead on the Old Common, was proprietor of the additional grant, selectman of Lancaster, 1723, town clerk of Lancaster, 1726 to 1728, and from 1730 until his death in 1737. He also served as county treasurer, 1731-1733, and Representative to the General Court, 1732."

Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780: Lancaster HR 1732; selectman 1727, 28; town clerk 1726-28, 30-36; assessor 1731-35; treasurer 1732- 35; moderator 1735; lieut; M Thankful White (1689- a1731) in 1712, 11 ch; farmer. No committees.^{32,21,33,34,35,36,37,16}

Problem

Daughter? Pyrha: not given in Lancaster MA VRs, only in JWH and MLM

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302 #18.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 23.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 396.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 963.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7 #18, 13 #19.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 15.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 15, 52.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 319.
[S77] White, Genealogy of John White, I, p. 43 #47s.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]:71.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7, 13.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 284, 291.
[S249] White, Geneal. Abstr. of Revol. War II, p. 1718.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 292.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 271.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 329.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 13.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 309.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 6.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, P. 395.
[S852] Samuel H. Folsom and William E. Rogers, Middlesex MA Probate Index, p. 249.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, p. 379.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11935, FHC #397099.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 722.
[S415] E-mail from Joy Peach, Dec. 14, 2006.
[S409] Probate Records , Worcester, MA, Case 31035A.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 158.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 291.
[S409] Probate Records , Worcester, MA, Case 31035.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 55.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 176.
[S96] NEHGR, 7 [1853]:64.
[S340] Early Records of Lunenburg, MA, p. 71, 73.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 188.
[S1085] Joseph Willard, Lancaster MA Hx - Willard, p. 89.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 52.

Hepsibeth Houghton^1,2,3,4

F, #1455, d. 1742/43

Father*: Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr⁵ b. c 1650, d. 3 Feb 1736/37
Mother*: Mary Farrar b. 1648, d. 9 Apr 1724

Family: Joseph Brabrook d. 1742/43

Marriage*: Hepsibeth Houghton married Joseph Brabrook on 1715 at MA, USA, Worcester Deeds, lib. 9, p. 167.^2,7

John Brabrook b. 7 Apr 1717
Joseph Brabrook b. 7 Apr 1717
Bethesda Brabrook+² b. 11 Nov 1718, d. 20 Apr 1755
Comfort Brabrook⁹ b. 1729
William Brabrook⁹ b. 1731

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

CJV: b, 1696, given before brother William in Burr & Gage; MLM: ca. 1790 (typo for 1690)⁶

Marriage

1715

MA, USA, Worcester Deeds, lib. 9, p. 167^2,7

Church

Mar 3, 1716/17

First Church, Lancaster, MA, USA⁸

Death

1742/43

⁹

Biography

Burr & Gage: 'Youngest daughter' (Worcester Deeds, lib 2, p.536), m.. as early as 1715 Joseph Brabrook (ib., lib. 9, p. 167)²

Research

Alene Kremer: "wills of Joseph and Hepsibah (Houghton) Brabrook, and they do indeed mention two sons and a daughter, but the sons are very different. Bethesda (married to Josiah Houghton) is mention as an heir, as were two younger sons, Comfort Brabrook and William Brabrook, both minors at the time of their parents' death (1742-43). Comfort (born 1729) is called the "eldest son" and William (born 1731) is called the "second son."
Wikitree:
Houghton, and Hepsibeth Brabrook, wife of JosephBrabrook:

In a deed dated January 4, 1733 a John Houghton gave his youngest daughter Hepsibeth and her husband Joseph Brabrook several parcels of land in Lancaster: "I John Houghton of Lancaster in the County of Worcester in his majesties province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Esq for love good will I bear unto my Son in Law Joseph Braybrook and Hepsibah Brabrook my youngest daughter Wife of the said Joseph Braybrook both of Brookfield in the County and province aforesaid..." The deed also mentions "...Some Lands I have Given to my son Wm Houghton..." [4]

The writer of the deed and father of Hepsibeth appears to be Justice John Houghton. Lieutenant John Houghton, the first son of Justice John Houghton, is old enough to be the father of Hepsibeth, and he has two daughters, only one of which John W, Houghton's book has identified. However, if his date of death is correct as 1724, he could not be the John Houghton transferring land in 1733/4. The writer of the deed also mentions that he has a son Wm Houghton. If Lieut. John Houghton had no sons as the book suggests, it is further evidence that the writer of the deed is Justice John Houghton and that he is the father of Hepsibeth who married Joseph Brabrook.¹⁰

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302 #19.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 396.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 963.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7 #20, 13.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302.
[S16] CJV opinion.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 271.
[S415] E-mail from Alene Kremer, Feb 12, 2011: based on wills of Joseph and Hepzibah Brabrook.
[S415] E-mail from Alene Kremer, Feb 12, 2011.

Rebekah Houghton^1,2,3

F, #1456, b. circa 1709

Father*: Jacob Houghton⁴ b. 17 Apr 1674, d. 12 Jul 1750
Mother*: Rebecca Whitcomb b. 12 Nov 1671, d. 22 Oct 1752

Family: Deacon Joseph Moore b. 1702

Marriage*: Rebekah Houghton married Deacon Joseph Moore on Nov 17, 1726 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by John Houghton.^10,2,11,6,7

Lucy Moore¹⁶ b. 26 Mar 1727, d. 22 Aug 1740
Jacob Moore¹⁶ b. 12 Oct 1728, d. 18 Jun 1740
Tilley Moore¹⁷ b. 29 Nov 1730
Ephraim Moore¹⁸ b. 24 Dec 1732, d. 15 Jun 1740
Rebecca Moore¹⁹ b. 16 Feb 1734/35, d. 26 Jun 1740
Hannah Moore²⁰ b. 10 May 1737, d. 17 Jun 1740
Catherine Moore²¹ b. 4 Jun 1739, d. 23 Jun 1740
Lucy Moore²² b. 23 Mar 1740, d. 1 Oct 1744
Joseph Moore²³ b. 28 Mar 1743, d. 25 Oct 1746
Rebecca Moore²⁴ b. c 12 Feb 1745, d. 22 Sep 1746
Relief Moore+²⁵ b. 3 Aug 1747
Joseph Moore Jr.+²⁶ b. 6 Jun 1749
Elizabeth Moore²⁷ b. 15 Feb 1753
Calvin Moore²⁸ b. 1755

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

circa 1709

CJV estimated date; Burr & Gage: "oldest daughter"; MLM: 1714^5,6,7

Research

Nov 17, 1725

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, MLM gives marriage to Joseph Moore to Rebecca, dau. of Jacob⁸

Origin

1726

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA⁹

Marriage

Nov 17, 1726

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by John Houghton^10,2,11,6,7

Covenant

Sep 3, 1727

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA¹²

Probate

Jul 8, 1777

Rebecca & Calvin named executors¹³

Research

This marriage is not in Lancaster VRs; JWH, Burr: m. -- Moore; JWH: Rebecca m. Mr. Moore; sister Abigail, "She was 2nd wife to the Moore who m. Rebecca"^5,14

AFN

FQJ3-R0¹⁵

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302 #20.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 24, 276.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 963.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 276.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 400.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 23.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 289.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 11, 23.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 24.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]:73.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 279.
[S1481] Mrs. M. E. Woodward, DAR Library version of 1912 Houghton Gen. by JWH, p. 302: citing Moore Genealogy, p. 11.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 307.
[S13] "Ancestral File of LDS, Version 4.13", Ancestral File.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 56.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 59.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 60.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 62.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 64.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 66.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 67.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 69.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 413.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 72.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 74.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 77.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 80.

William Houghton^1,2,3,4,5,6

M, #1457, b. 26 April 1696, d. 15 July 1743

Father*: Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr b. c 1650, d. 3 Feb 1736/37
Mother*: Mary Farrar b. 1648, d. 9 Apr 1724

Family: Experience Houghton b. c 1700, d. 3 Jun 1787

Marriage*: William Houghton married Experience Houghton, daughter of James Houghton Sr. and Mary (?), on Jun 4, 1724 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by J. Prentice.^{11,2,12,3,13,14,15}

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Apr 26, 1696

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, not in Lancaster VRs; JWH, MLM, & Cutter: 1695; bd=ddcalc^7,3,4,8,9

Taxation

1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA¹⁰

Origin

1724

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA²

Marriage

Jun 4, 1724

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by J. Prentice^{11,2,12,3,13,14,15}

Note

1728

produced 113 barrels of cider in 1728, the most in Lancaster that year.¹⁶

Research

Worcester Co., MA, USA, Their estate was divided among their brothers and sisters and their issue (Worcester Probate)¹³

No Childrn

Death

Jul 15, 1743

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, JWH, MLM (and above) : 7, 15,1745; Burr & Lancaster VRs: ae 48.2.20^7,17,3,14,15

Burial

Old Common Burying Ground Cemetery, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, "As you are so were we; As we are so you will be"; ae 48.2m.20d¹⁷

Administr

Nov 4, 1746

Worcester Probate mentions all syblings except Benjamin and the heirs of deceased brothers and sisters: heirs of John Houghton, Jacob Houghton, Widow Mary Sawyer, Annah Priest wife of John Priest, heirs of Hephzibah Brabrook wife of Joseph Brabrook, heirs of Mercy Wilder wife of Ebenzer Wilder, Henry Houghton, heirs of Joseph Houghton, and heirs of Jonathan Houghton^3,18

Deed

between Dec 12, 1748 and Mar 19, 1753

"Jonathan Houghton and Rufus Houghton of Leominster, yeoman; Simon Whitcomb, yeoman and Thankful his wife; Israel Whitcomb & Azubah, his wife; Keziah Houghton, single woman; Ephraim Fairbank & Achsah his wife; Samuel Moore and Zerviah his wife; Ephah Houghton, single woman, Nathaniel Sawyer & Mary his wife, for 100 pounds paid by Zephaniah Williams sold Zephaniah "all their right in the estate of their uncle Houghton, late of Lancaster, deceased." [It took them from 1748 to 1757 to finally sign the deed. All the children and their spouses of Jonathan Houghton and Thankful White]¹⁹

Biography

Burr & Gage: "In 1746 his estate was divided among his brothers and sisters and their issue.^7,3 "

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302 #22.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 19.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 396.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 963.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, #20.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7 #21, 13.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 284.
[S418] Henry S. Nourse, Lancastriana, p. 33.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 95, 302.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]: 72.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7, 13.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 338.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 332.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 412.
[S409] Probate Records , Worcester, MA, Case 31205.
[S1321] Worcester Co. MA Deeds: 39: 237.

Esther Leppingwell^1,2,3,4,5

F, #1458, b. 16 September 1657, d. 13 January 1740/41

Family: Robert Houghton b. 28 Mar 1659, d. 7 Nov 1723

Marriage*: Esther Leppingwell married Robert Houghton, son of John Houghton and Beatrix (?), on 1682 at Woburn/Lancaster, MA, USA, Burr & Gage: "He married Esther ---... She was probably Esther Lippenwell..."; Torrey, b. 1682, Woburn/Lancaster; Houghton: 1680; not in Lancaster VR.^{6,2,10,7,5,11}

Isabel Houghton b. 6 Aug 1682, d. b 1687
Hannah Houghton¹⁷ b. 2 Nov 1683, d. 8 Jan 1737/38
Beatrix Houghton+¹⁷ b. 3 Sep 1685, d. a 12 Jan 1725?
Isabella Houghton+¹⁸ b. 6 Jun 1687
Robert Houghton Jr+ b. c 1688, d. b May 1718
Abigail Houghton+¹⁹ b. 18 Apr 1689, d. 20 Nov 1753
Eleazer Houghton+¹⁸ b. 1691, d. 20 Feb 1790
Gershom Houghton+ b. 1691, d. 3 Apr 1757
Thomas Houghton Sr+ b. b 1695
Joshua Houghton+¹⁸ b. 1695, d. bt 4 Mar 1777 - 1779
Ebenezer Houghton+¹³ b. 1699, d. 13 Oct 1723
Rachael Houghton^20,13
Mary Houghton²⁰ b. c 1701, d. 23 Oct 1726

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Sep 16, 1657

Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: "She was probably Esther Lippenwell, who was born in May 1658, daughter of Michel and Isabel Lippenwell."; Torrey: 1658; BT: May 16, 1657
BT, 1933: May 16, 1659; MLM: May, 1657/8^{6,2,7,3,5,8,9}

Marriage

1682

Woburn/Lancaster, MA, USA, Burr & Gage: "He married Esther ---... She was probably Esther Lippenwell..."; Torrey, b. 1682, Woburn/Lancaster; Houghton: 1680; not in Lancaster VR^{6,2,10,7,5,11}

Administr

Jan 23, 1724

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Cit. Retn 2d; Widow's relinquishment of right of Dower, her Declination to administer and request for appt. of Admr.^12,13

Church

between Aug 30, 1723 and 1724

First Church, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Esther Houghton, vidua,¹⁴

Death

Jan 13, 1740/41

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, in 82nd year^{6,15,2,10,7,5,16}

Burial

Old Common BG Cemetery, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 82th year¹⁵

ParentsD

Michael and Isabel Lippengwell

Boston Transcript, 1/4/1935: The Michael Leffingwell family is included in the Estes-Snow Ancestry and contains the marriage of Esther Leffingwell to Robert Houghton, with no doubt attached.¹⁶

Research

The Leffingwell family from the Munsey Hopkins Genealogy by D.O.S. Lowell¹⁶

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 300 #3s.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 391.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 1923 - 440.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 1/4/1939; 3/15/1933.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 397.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 300.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 3/15/1933, #6141 HF.
[S490] Woburn MA VRs II,.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 284.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 1935 #9617.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6, 7.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, p. 381.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11943, FHC #397099.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 171.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 413.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 15.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 453.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 55, 453.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 398.

Hannah Houghton^1,2,3

F, #1459, b. 2 November 1683, d. 8 January 1737/38

Father*: Robert Houghton⁴ b. 28 Mar 1659, d. 7 Nov 1723
Mother*: Esther Leppingwell⁴ b. 16 Sep 1657, d. 13 Jan 1740/41

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Nov 2, 1683

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, JWH: 11, 12, 1683^{5,4,6,7,2,8,9}

Research

Jan 25, 1726

Only JWH gives this marriage; not in VRs⁵

Living

1727

Unmarried (Middlesex probate)²

Death

Jan 8, 1737/38

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^10,8,11

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303 #23.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 397.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #23.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 15.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 318.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]:70.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 285.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 158.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 334.

Beatrix Houghton^1,2,3,4

F, #1460, b. 3 September 1685, d. after 12 January 1725?

Father*: Robert Houghton⁵ b. 28 Mar 1659, d. 7 Nov 1723
Mother*: Esther Leppingwell⁵ b. 16 Sep 1657, d. 13 Jan 1740/41

Family: Joseph White b. 1689, d. 1750

Marriage*: Beatrix Houghton married Joseph White on Aug 31, 1711 at Boxford, Essex Co., MA, USA, Boxford MA Vrs: HOLTON, Beatrix, and Joseph White, Aug. 31, 1711.
Apr 1728 Probate of father Robert Houghton, "Beatrix, wife of Joseph White"

JWH: Beatrix Houghton and Joseph White.^6,4,13,14,15

Jonathan White¹⁸ b. c 1712, d. 20 Apr 1795
Joseph White
John White
Abigail White
Sarah White
Mary White
Josiah White Jr.+¹⁷ d. 19 Feb 1794

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Sep 3, 1685

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, MLM: Dec. 3, 1685 (error); on p. 13, correct bd^{6,7,8,9,2,10,11}

Covenant

Feb 12, 1709/10

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, "Beatrix Houghton upon her owning the covenant"¹²

Marriage

Aug 31, 1711

Boxford, Essex Co., MA, USA, Boxford MA Vrs: HOLTON, Beatrix, and Joseph White, Aug. 31, 1711.
Apr 1728 Probate of father Robert Houghton, "Beatrix, wife of Joseph White"

JWH: Beatrix Houghton and Joseph White^6,4,13,14,15

Land Recrd

Jul 29, 1720

On 29 July 1720, Joseph White, joiner, and wife Beatrix, sold land at Salem and Boxford. The deed was signed also by Remember White, who confirmed the sale on 20 may 1721.

Death

after Jan 12, 1725?

Sutton, MA, USA, She is last known living when on 12 January 1725/6 Joseph White, and wife Beatrix, of Hutchinson's farm. near Sutton, sold land in Hutchinson's farm.¹⁶

Note

O'Leary: "Houghton Geneal" (1912 by JW Houghton, NY) gives Beatrix, b. 9,3,1685; m. Joseph White as child of Robert2 (John1) and Esther Leppingwell (John1).¹⁷

Research

same bd; but not same person

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303 #24.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 397.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #24, 13.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11943, FHC #397099.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 15.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 15, 52.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 319.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]:71.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8, 13.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 285.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 274.
[S1299] Unknown author Mayflower Families Genealogies, Vol. 13, p. 34.
[S293] Boxford MA VRs, p.157.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org).
[S415] E-mail from Michael Boyer O'Leary, July 27, 1999.
[S1044] Michael Boyer O'Leary, jul 29 1999.
[S415] E-mail from William Ashbey, Sep 28 2004.

Isabel Houghton^1,2,3,4

F, #1461, b. 6 August 1682, d. before 1687

Father*: Robert Houghton⁵ b. 28 Mar 1659, d. 7 Nov 1723
Mother*: Esther Leppingwell b. 16 Sep 1657, d. 13 Jan 1740/41

Biography

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A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Aug 6, 1682

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Weis: Woburn, MA^2,3,6,5,7

Death

before 1687

Burr & Gage: "probably d. young."; CJV: before birth of sister Isbella²

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303 #25.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 397.
[S149] Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, I, p. 469.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #22.
[S876] Woburn MA VRs I, p. 124.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 285.

Abigail Houghton^1,2,3,4,5

F, #1462, b. 18 April 1689, d. 20 November 1753

Father*: Robert Houghton⁶ b. 28 Mar 1659, d. 7 Nov 1723
Mother*: Esther Leppingwell⁶ b. 16 Sep 1657, d. 13 Jan 1740/41

Family: Amos Sawyer b. 20 Jun 1693, d. 20 Nov 1753

Marriage*: Abigail Houghton married Amos Sawyer, son of Nathaniel Sawyer and Mary Houghton?, on May 14, 1719 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by John Houghton.^{7,14,15,3,16,4,11,17,12}

Esther Sawyer b. 20 Apr 1720, d. 6 Sep 1720
Abigail Sawyer+¹⁹ b. 24 Apr 1721, d. 13 Nov 1812
Amos Sawyer b. 1 Dec 1724, d. 26 Dec 1726
Deborah Sawyer+ b. 25 Apr 1727
David Sawyer b. 29 Mar 1729
Amos Sawyer+ b. 30 Sep 1733, d. 2 Jan 1768

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Apr 18, 1689

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^{7,6,8,3,9,10,11,12}

Church

Jul 22, 1716

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, joined First Church¹³

Marriage

May 14, 1719

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by John Houghton^{7,14,15,3,16,4,11,17,12}

Death

Nov 20, 1753

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: aged 65 years, 7 months, 13 days^18,3,9,11

Burial

Old Settlers' BF Cemetery, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303 #26.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 23.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 397.
[S177] Baily, Early Massachusetts Marriages, p. 61.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #26, 13.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 55, 453.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 319.
[S157] Fred E. Sawyer, Sawyer Families Gen. Dict., p. 113.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 33 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 13.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 285.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 271.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 17, 23.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]: 71.
[S157] Fred E. Sawyer, Sawyer Families Gen. Dict., p. 113, 181.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 189a, 190.
[S10] Gravestone.
[S157] Fred E. Sawyer, Sawyer Families Gen. Dict., p. 171.

Eleazer Houghton^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}

M, #1463, b. 1691, d. 20 February 1790

Father*: Robert Houghton⁹ b. 28 Mar 1659, d. 7 Nov 1723
Mother*: Esther Leppingwell¹⁰ b. 16 Sep 1657, d. 13 Jan 1740/41

Family: Elisabeth Divoll b. 1693, d. 27 Jan 1785

Marriage*: Eleazer Houghton married Elisabeth Divoll on Mar 11, 1718/19 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by Justice John Houghton; Burr & Gage: Worcester Deeds, lib. 1, p. 173.^{11,18,19,20,5,6,21,13,15}

Robert Houghton²³ b. 12 Apr 1720, d. 7 Aug 1740
Lois Houghton+²³ b. 22 Jul 1722, d. 2 Aug 1788
Darius Houghton+³⁰ b. 20 Jan 1723/24
Miriam Houghton+²³ b. 22 Feb 1725/26, d. 25 Jul 1752
Elizabeth Houghton+³¹ b. 5 Dec 1728, d. 24 Jul 1749
Ruth Houghton+³¹ b. 30 Jun 1732, d. 27 Feb 1815
Esther Houghton³¹ b. 17 Jan 1734/35, d. 5 May 1759
Eleazer Houghton Jr.+³¹ b. 26 Aug 1737, d. 28 Dec 1826
Susannah Houghton³¹ b. 10 May 1743, d. 7 Sep 1746

Biography

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Birth

1691

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, dd calc; Middlesex Co. Probate: "third son"; JWH: 1690; Brandt: June 6, 1690/91^{11,10,5,12,13,14,15,16}

Covenant

Aug 3, 1718

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA¹⁷

Occupation

farmer, constable

Marriage

Mar 11, 1718/19

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by Justice John Houghton; Burr & Gage: Worcester Deeds, lib. 1, p. 173^{11,18,19,20,5,6,21,13,15}

Taxation

1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA²²

Land Grant

1722/23

Boylston, Worcester Co., MA, USA, were granted land by the Lancaster Proprietors in what is now northern Boylston.

Emigration

after Mar, 1726

Lunenburg, Worcester Co., MA, USA, and settled on the farm eventually owned by his great grandson Stephen Houghton²¹

Deed

Aug 28, 1758

deeding land to his son¹⁶

Communion

Jan 14, 1770

First Church, Lunenburg, MA, USA¹⁶

Communion

Jan 14, 1779

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^13,23

Will

Aug 5, 1782

"In the Name of God, Amen. this 5th day of August, 1782, I, Eleazer Houghton of Lunnenburg in the county of Worcester and state of Massachusetts, being far advanced in years but thru the goodness of God, of Sound and Disposing mind and memory, do make this my last will & testament, my body I commit to the dust to be buried in a proper manner by my extrs., and the salvation of my soul. I hope for Jesus Christ.
As to my wordly possessions, I dispose of it in the manner following... Imprimis: To my beloved wife, I give the use and enjoyment of one third part of my real and personal estate during her lifetime, and if this is not sufficient to maintain her decently, then my will is that my executor make up the deficiency, and at her death to bury her in an honorable manner at his own expense...and his heirs...2nd: to my son, Darius Houghton, I give and bequeath a lot of land lying in Fitchburg containing 70 acres, being the 4th division arising from house lot #69 which is westerly of his moll-stone, bordering land of Pratt & Baldwin...3rd, to my daughter, Lois Hastings, I give ten pounds 13 S.4 D. to be paid her by my extr. in one year after my decease. 4th, to my daughter, Ruth Stearnes, I give five shillings to be paid her at my decease. 5th: to my grand daughter, Hannah (Eastman?) 2 pounds, 13 S. 4 D. to be paid her after my decease. 6th: to my son, Eleazer Houghton, I give and bequeath the farm I now live on, all my stock, husbandry, tools, wearing attanell?, and all that I may possess, whether real or personal estate that is not already given away to other heirs, on the condition that he discharge the legacies above mentioned, pay all my just debts and financial charges, and maintain his mother, if she outlives me, in an honorablee manner, and at our decease bury us both thereby. Lastly, I constitute that my son, Eleazer, the extr. of this my last w. & T.¹³

Death

Feb 20, 1790

Lunenburg, Worcester Co., MA, USA, GS: age 99^{11,24,19,12,13,15}

Probate1

May 4, 1790

Lunenburg, Worcester Co., MA, USA, W.P. #30952^13,25

Burial

South Lunenburg Cemetery, Lunenburg, Worcester Co., MA, USA, GS: "They were born in Lancaster, and moved to Lunenburg in 1726. They lived together a married life 69 years and upward. He lived a peaceful and pious life, and never had a lawsuit in his life. By this you see we are but dust; Prepare for death and follow us."^21,16

Note

Biography

J.W.Houghton [using F. W. Houghton]: "They came to Lunenburg in the year 1726 and settled on the farm now in the possession of the family of their great grandson, Stephen. Eleazer was chosen Constable in 1738. One stone marks their graves, on which is the following inscription:
"They were born in Lancaster and moved to Lunenburg in 1726 (J.W. Houghton: born in Lunenburg in the year 1726.) They lived together a married life sixty-nine years and upwards. He lived a peaceable and quiet life, And never had a law suit in his life. By this you see we are but dust; Prepare for death and follow us."His farm is now owned by George B. Houghton, whose children are of the eigth generation."

W. Davis, Proprieters Records of the Town of Lunenburg, 1897: Held land as early as 1729 in Lunenburg (89 acres from the 3rd division of common lands, plus some other land of the 2nd division). He also obtained 70 acres in the 4th division in 1734."

Lunenburg VRs: p. 64, chosen tything man, Aug 19, 1728; p. 73, Surveyor of highways, Mar 6, 1731-2; p. 80, fence viewer, 1732-3; p. 91, same, 1735-6; p. 99, constable, 1737-8; p. 103, 106, 111,113, 122, 131, 133, 141, 148: sealer of leather, 1738-9 to 1743-4, 1746-7,1747-8, 1749-50, 1750-51; p. 162, Tything man, 1754; p. 182, surveyor of highways, 1759.

MLM: a tanner by trade. His original frame house was standing in 1907. The original farm was obtained by grant and purchase, and amounted to 270 acres. It was still in the hands of descendants in 1907.

Wor. Deeds, 1: 173

Brandt: In 1726, two years before the incorporation of the town, he and his family settled in the town of Lunenburg, MA. He was a tanner, sealer of leather, 1737-1751; tithingman, 1728-1754; highway surveyor1730-1759; hogreve in 1735 and 1736; and fence viewer in 1731. He served on many of the town's most important committees of his day. He was on the committee to seat the meeting house in 1750 and to lay out an important road in 1753. He was constable in 1738. The original farm which he acquired by grant and purchase amounted to 270 acres. His house or its frame was still standing in 1905. He was admitted to full commune in the First Church, Lunenburg, Jan 14, 1770. His will was filed 1790, Lunenburg, MA. The inscription on their gravestone reads: "They were born in Lancaster and moved to Lunenburg in 1726. They lived together a married life 69 years and upwards. He lived a peaceable and pious life, and never had a lawsuit in all his life." "By this you see we are but dust, Prepare for death and follow us." On Aug. 25, 1758 he deeded land to his son Darius Houghton.^{11,18,26,21,27,13,16,28}

Research

Lillie Brandt's Descendants of Eleazer Houghton²⁹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303 #27.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 17, 276.
[S77] White, Genealogy of John White, I, p. 85 #214s.
[S80] Chandler, Houghton Genealogy, p. 11142.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 397.
[S177] Baily, Early Massachusetts Marriages, p. 61.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #27, 14.
[S890] Lillie Brandt, Desc. of Eleazer Houghton- Brand, p. 1.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 276, 453.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 453.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 33 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 14.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 285.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 293.
[S890] Lillie Brandt, Desc. of Eleazer Houghton- Brand, p. 6.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 276.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 17.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 1911 #5.
[S96] NEHGR, Vol. 17, 1863, p. 71.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 18 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S418] Henry S. Nourse, Lancastriana, p. 33.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 53.
[S10] Gravestone.
[S409] Probate Records , Worcester Co., MA.
[S158] W. Davis, Proprieters Records of the town of Lunenburg.
[S340] Early Records of Lunenburg, MA, p. 64.
[S1550] Anita H. Aldrich, Eleazer Houghton, 12 leaves; 28 cm.
[S890] Lillie Brandt, Desc. of Eleazer Houghton- Brand.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 53, 278.
[S340] Early Records of Lunenburg, MA, p. 296.

Robert Houghton Jr^1,2,3,4,5

M, #1464, b. circa 1688, d. before May 1718

Father*: Robert Houghton b. 28 Mar 1659, d. 7 Nov 1723
Mother*: Esther Leppingwell b. 16 Sep 1657, d. 13 Jan 1740/41

Family: Deborah Wilder b. 1692, d. 7 Nov 1763

Marriage*: Robert Houghton Jr married Deborah Wilder, daughter of John Wilder and Hannah Atherton, BT, LWL: questions marriage of D. Wilder and Robert Houghton; CJV: probate records verify marriage.^11,12,4,9,13

Robert Houghton b. c 1710, d. b 1727
Esther Houghton+² b. 1712
Ebenezer Houghton+² b. 1714, d. 13 May 1790
Deborah Houghton+ b. 1717

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

circa 1688

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Middlesex Co. Probate: "eldest son" ; NEHGR & JWH: 1691; Burr & Gage, Weis: ca. 1692^6,7,8,4,9,10

Marriage

BT, LWL: questions marriage of D. Wilder and Robert Houghton; CJV: probate records verify marriage^11,12,4,9,13

Death

before May, 1718

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Wife a widow in May 1718; MLM, Burr & Gage: 1718^2,7,4,9

Administr

Jul 18, 1718

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Bond of 200 pounds (Deborah Houghton, Admx. and Jonas Houghton, husbandman both of Lancaster) ; Record of Appt; Inventory (Probate #11941 Administration)^14,15

Guardiansp

Mar 11, 1727

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Nomination of John Longley as Gdn. by Esther on Mar. 6, 1727; Request of Deborah Longley for appt. of John Longley as Gdn. for Ebenezer and Deborah; Bond of 100 pounds each by John Longley, Gdn. of Esther, Ebenezer, and Deborah; Memo and Record of Appt;
Weis: The Middlesex Probate Records mention four children, ow whom three were entrusted in 1727, to the guardianship of John Longley.^{4,16,14,15,13}

Biography

Nourse, Early Records: in 1724, committee marked out a highway to "where Robert Houghton Jr did formerly live..";
Burr & Gage, p. 397, Weis: "The Middlesex Probate Records mention four children..."; MLM: M.P. mentions 4 children; 3 were entrusted in 1727 to the guardianship of John Longley.^17,9

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303 #28.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 275.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 209, 271.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 397.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #28, 15.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Jan. 23, 1933 - 2780.
[S96] NEHGR, 1/1910, p. 38.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 15.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 285, 294.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 2/3/1933, #2780, LWL.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 1/23/1933, #2780, ETPA.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 294.
[S852] Samuel H. Folsom and William E. Rogers, Middlesex MA Probate Index, p. 249.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, p. 381.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11942, FHC #397099.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 209.

Gershom Houghton^1,2,3,4

M, #1465, b. 1691

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

1691

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Lancaster VRs, p. 453: 1691, son of "Joseph and Jane Houghton" [CJV: this would be 2 years before parent's md]
"Nourse says of the information in his Appendix; i.e., pages 451-453 "The following lists of Marriages and Births in Lancaster families, not found in preceding pages, being mostly of dates when town, county and church registers fail us, are supplementary to those of Deaths and Marriages on pages 19 and 20. They have been made up from sundry sources supposed reliable." Guess the emphasis should be on supposed.^5,3,6

AFN

L3PX-QM⁷

Research

JWH, Burr & Gage, MLM give all data (parents, mar., children, dd) for Gershom of John line, not Ralph line. Lancaster VRs gives bd only for Gershom, son of Joseph and Jane, and baptism for Gershom, son of Robert.^8,9

Research

1691

Only Nourse, Lancaster MA VRs, in appendix and MLM, Weis give this son of Joseph and Jane. Most likely actually son of Robert Houghton of John line. Same bd based on dd calc; note bd is several years earlier than their md^5,6,10

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303 #29.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 19, 272.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 398.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 7 #40.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 453.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 7.
[S13] "Ancestral File of LDS, Version 4.13", Ancestral File.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 15, 34.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 338.

Ebenezer Houghton^1,2,3,4,5

M, #1466, b. 1699, d. 13 October 1723

Father*: Robert Houghton^6,7 b. 28 Mar 1659, d. 7 Nov 1723
Mother*: Esther Leppingwell⁷ b. 16 Sep 1657, d. 13 Jan 1740/41

Family: Mary Priest b. 12 Sep 1708

Marriage*: Ebenezer Houghton married Mary Priest, daughter of John Priest and Anna Houghton, on Mar 23, 1720/21 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by J. Houghton; MLM: Mar. 23, 1721/2.^{12,13,3,14,9,4,10,15}

Capt. Cyrus Houghton+²³ b. 8 Sep 1723, d. 1819

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

1699

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, dd calc; Middlesex Co. Probate: "sixth son"; BT, JWH: 2/3/1693; GS: 24th year; Burr & Gage, Weis: in 1700, gravestone; MLM: 1700^{1,8,3,9,10,7,11}

Covenant

Aug 3, 1718

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA⁶

Marriage

Mar 23, 1720/21

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by J. Houghton; MLM: Mar. 23, 1721/2^{12,13,3,14,9,4,10,15}

Death

Oct 13, 1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^{12,16,3,17,9,10,18,15}

Burial

Old Common BG Cemetery, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 24th year¹⁶

Administr

Nov 27, 1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, inventoried (Probate #11924, Administration; Mary, Admx.)^19,20

Alert

JWH gives 2nd son, Ebenezer, b. 1753, who cannot be son of this Ebenezer, who d. 1723²¹

Research

Ebenezer and Mary Houghton given as parents only in MLM; not in Lancaster VRs; not given guardianship (as was their son Cyrus) at death of Ebenezer²²

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303 #30.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 18, 276.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 1923 - 440.
[S177] Baily, Early Massachusetts Marriages, p. 60.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #32, 16.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 276.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11943, FHC #397099.
[S10] Gravestone.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 398.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 16.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 285, 297.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 18.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]:72.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 297.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 413.
[S80] Chandler, Houghton Genealogy, p. 11928.
[S930] George Norbury Mackenzie, Colonial Families of the USA, Vol. 7.
[S852] Samuel H. Folsom and William E. Rogers, Middlesex MA Probate Index, p. 249.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11924, FHC #397099.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 310.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 16 #241, 37.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 277.

Martha Houghton^1,2

F, #1467, b. 3 February 1692/93

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Feb 3, 1692/93

MA, USA, JWH: gives 2,3 1793 (typo error for 1693), same bd as brother Ebenezer³

Alert

Not in father's probate. Chandler: No record of her marriage or death recorded in Lancaster, Harvard, or Leominster as Houghton. Not in Burr & Gage.⁴

Research

Only JWH gives as daughter.

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303 #31.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #34 [Mary].
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303.
[S415] E-mail from John F. Chandler, 1995.

Joshua Houghton^1,2,3,4,5

M, #1468, b. 1695, d. between 4 March 1777 and 1779

Father*: Robert Houghton⁶ b. 28 Mar 1659, d. 7 Nov 1723
Mother*: Esther Leppingwell⁶ b. 16 Sep 1657, d. 13 Jan 1740/41

Family 1: Elizabeth Bennett b. 9 Nov 1699, d. 2 Apr 1746

Marriage*: Joshua Houghton married Elizabeth Bennett on Apr 8, 1719 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA.^{7,13,14,15,16,3,4,17,9,12}

Jerusha Houghton+²⁸ b. 6 Jan 1719/20, d. 17 May 1812
Joshua Houghton Jr.²⁸ b. 6 May 1721, d. 6 May 1721
Saul Houghton+²⁸ b. 6 May 1722, d. 4 Nov 1814
Orphah Houghton+²⁸ b. 6 Nov 1724
Vashti Houghton+²⁹ b. 7 May 1727, d. 10 Feb 1805
Joshua Houghton Jr+³⁰ b. 29 Jul 1728
Solomon Houghton+²⁹ b. 5 Jun 1729, d. 26 Mar 1781
Tiras Houghton+³¹ b. 16 Apr 1732, d. c 1761
Hiram Houghton³² b. 6 Jun 1735, d. 25 Sep 1745

Family 2: Elisabeth Garfield

Marriage Bann: Joshua Houghton and Elisabeth Garfield declared their intentions of marriage on Oct, 1746 Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA; Joshua Houghton of Lancaster and Elisibeth Gaffel of Shrewsborough; JWH and MLM give Joshua Jr as husband.^30,33,34
Marriage*: Joshua Houghton married Elisabeth Garfield in Nov 27, 1746 and was documented at Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Joshua Houghton of Lancaster and Elisabeth Garfield; JWH and MLM give Joshua Jr as Husband.²¹

Family 3:

Stephen Goss^35,24

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

1695

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Middlesex Co. Probate: "fifth son"; Lancaster VRs: 1695 only; JWH: 6, 30, 1695^{7,6,3,8,9,10,11,12}

Marriage

Apr 8, 1719

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^{7,13,14,15,16,3,4,17,9,12}

Land Grant

1722/23

Boylston, Worcester Co., MA, USA, were granted land by the Lancaster Proprietors in what is now northern Boylston.

Note

1728

made 63 barrels of cider.¹⁸

Church

Feb 7, 1729/30

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, First Church¹⁹

Office

Jan 19, 1743

mentioned as one of the First Precinct officers chosen at the First Precinct Meeting held January 19, 1743 when the Second Parish of Shrewsbury was formed.(The Second Parish of Shrewsbury later became incorporated in 1786 to be the Town of Boylston.)

Covenant

Oct 6, 1743

Shrewsbury, MA, USA²⁰

Marriage

Nov 27, 1746

Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Joshua Houghton of Lancaster and Elisabeth Garfield; JWH and MLM give Joshua Jr as Husband²¹

Will

Mar 4, 1777

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Saul was executor (Solomon crossed out); Joshua Jr. not mentioned Burr & Gage: 1775; MLM: W. P. #31047^22,23

Death

between Mar 4, 1777 and 1779

Worcester Co., MA, USA, FWH: Jan. 13, 1740, Lancaster; Burr & Gage: bef. 1775^3,8,9

Probate1

May 3, 1779

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, W.P. Case #31047^24,25

Biography

“Joshua Houghton and his brother, Eleazar Houghton, were one of the Founding Families of what is now known as Boylston. They had been granted land by the Lancaster Proprietors in 1722/23. Joshua had married Elizabeth Bennett in Lancaster on April 8, 1719. Joshua and his family of 8 children settled in the area near 330 Linden Street. Joshua’s wife, Elizabeth (Bennett) died, and he married Elizabeth Garfield on November 27, 1746. He died in Lancaster in 1779. His son, Solomon was a notorious Tory and is believed to have built the present structure at 330 Linden Street.” [Boylston Historical Series by Bruce Filgate, pg 71]

Problem

Possibility that Elisabeth Garfield was Joshua Sr's wife, not Joshua Jr. Only JWH and MLM give her as wife of Joshua Jr.
Nancy Wilson: My husband is descended from Joshua Jr's sister Vashti Houghton. In doing her line I noticed that her father, Joshua Sr, was widowed relatively early in his life but, unlike most men of the time, there was no mention of a second marriage. His surviving children were certainly not infants but, nonetheless, he was left with children under the age of 10 and one would expect him to marry if only to provide care for these children. One reason for men not marrying, I have found, is that they 'take off' on a spirited adventure, ie go West, strike out for the gold fields, whatever. However, Joshua Sr seems to have stayed very local as evidenced by the filing of his will in Worcester. So, we are left with the inference that he remained a widower for 35- 40 years and died the widower of Elizabeth Bennett.

Meanwhile we appear to have his son marrying, Elisabeth Garfield/Gaffel, in 1746 (about 5 yrs into his father's widowhood) having no children, and this wife dying soon enough/young enough to allow him to marry a 2nd time and have a family.

Is it all possible? Absolutely. But barring proof positive, we must hold out the possibility that Joshua Sr re-married, to Elisabeth Garfield, after 5 yrs or so of being a widower.
CJV: Lancaster and Shrewsbury (just Joshua, no Sr or Jr) VRs give marriage of Joshua (not Joshua Jr) Houghton and Elizabeth Garfield/Gaffell²⁶

Research

Francis W. Houghton erroneously gives two sons of Ralph Jr: Joshua and Eleazer Houghton [ CJV: the latter is actually the son of Robert Houghton, son of John the emigrant]; FWH: later he correctly gives Joshua as son of Robert²⁷

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303 #32.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 17, 272.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 397.
[S177] Baily, Early Massachusetts Marriages, p. 61.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #29, 15.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 453.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 33 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 15.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11943, FHC #397099.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 285.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 295.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 17.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 2/5/1923 - 440.
[S96] NEHGR, 56 [1902]: 242.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]: 71.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 20 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 332.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 272.
[S96] NEHGR, 77 [1923]: 19.
[S312] Shrewsbury MA VRs, p. 153, 170.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 398.
[S681] Will: of Joshua Houghton, 1779, case 31047, Vol. 15, p. 345-6.
[S409] Probate Records , of Joshua Houghton, 1779, case 31047, Vol. 15, p. 345-6.
[S415] E-mail from Jane Woodward, 9/1998: Probate.
[S415] E-mail from Nancy Wilson, Jan 3, 2003.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 18, 20 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 54.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 57.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 310.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 60.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 62.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 31.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 33.
[S415] E-mail to Charles Vella from Jane Woodward, 9/1998: Probate.

Mary Houghton^1,2,3

F, #1469, b. circa 1701, d. 23 October 1726

Father*: Robert Houghton^4,5 b. 28 Mar 1659, d. 7 Nov 1723
Mother*: Esther Leppingwell⁴ b. 16 Sep 1657, d. 13 Jan 1740/41

Family: Daniel Albert b. 1701, d. 28 Jan 1769

Marriage*: Mary Houghton married Daniel Albert on Dec 9, 1725 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA.^8,9,4,10,11

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

circa 1701

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, dd calc; not in Lancaster VRs; JWH: 6, 30, 1695; Burr & Gage, Weis, MLM: ca. 1702^6,4,7

Marriage

Dec 9, 1725

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^8,9,4,10,11

Death

Oct 23, 1726

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 24 & 25: Lancaster VRs: in a Houghton section of the graveyard; Burr: probably s.p., in her 25th year; MLM: Oct. 13, 1723, age 23^{12,13,14,4,15,7}

Burial

Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 25th year¹⁶

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303 #33.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 24.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #33, 16.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 398.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 276.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 16.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 19.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]:73.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8, 16.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 286.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 156, 412.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 1935 #9617.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 8.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 412.

Thomas Houghton Sr^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}

M, #1470, b. before 1695

Father*: Robert Houghton b. 28 Mar 1659, d. 7 Nov 1723
Mother*: Esther Leppingwell b. 16 Sep 1657, d. 13 Jan 1740/41

Family: Joanna Joslin b. 1702, d. Jun 1792

Marriage*: Thomas Houghton Sr married Joanna Joslin on Nov 22, 1722 at Concord, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, by Justice Minott; Baily: mp and Dec 22, 1722.^{13,5,6,14,15,8,16}

Peter Houghton²⁵ b. 11 Jan 1723/24
Joannah Houghton²⁵ b. 6 Apr 1726, d. 14 Mar 1727/28
Tabitha Houghton²⁶ b. 14 Mar 1727/28, d. 14 Mar 1727/28
Esther Houghton+²⁷ b. 26 Mar 1729
Dorothy Houghton²⁸ b. 9 Nov 1732, d. 1758
Oliver Houghton+^29,24 b. 17 Mar 1734, d. 27 Apr 1790
Damaris Houghton³⁰ b. 28 May 1737
Rebeckah Houghton³¹ b. 18 Sep 1739
Thomas Houghton+^8,32 b. 4 Feb 1743/44, d. b 1778

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

before 1695

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Middlesex Co. Probate: "fourth son"; Burr: b. 1695; JWH: 12, 3, 1705; Weis: c. 1699^9,10,5,11,12

Marriage

Nov 22, 1722

Concord, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, by Justice Minott; Baily: mp and Dec 22, 1722^{13,5,6,14,15,8,16}

Taxation

1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA¹⁷

Covenant

May 4, 1729

¹⁵

Residence

Jun 2, 1734

"nigh to", Lunenburg, MA, USA¹⁸

Note

Sep 14, 1745

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, He was a founder of the First Church of¹⁹

Milit-Beg

1758

Col. Timothy Ruggles, Lake George^20,15,21

Administr

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, W.P. #31194¹⁵

Research

MLM gives dates (bd, dd) for Thomas Houghton, son James, of Ralph line, for this Thomas¹⁵

Biography

Weis: He settled on what is now the Derby Farm in the eastern part of Leominster, near "Turkey Hills," Lunenburg, about 1725, and was living there in 1737. He was the first town clerk of Leominster, 1740, was assessor, 1740, 1741, and selectman there, 1740-1741, 174?, 1745 and 1747."

John Chandler: Probably born before 1696 if he married Joanna, since he was called "Sr" at one point;

Lancaster VRs, p. 280, Senr., p. 283: lives nigh to Lunenburg^22,23

Research

Thomas3, James2, Ralph1 per VT Families [CJV: error]²⁴

Problem

This identity is incorrect

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303 #34.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 61, 57, 78, 280.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 6/6/1923 #815, Miles.
[S80] Chandler, Houghton Genealogy, p. 11149.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 398.
[S177] Baily, Early Massachusetts Marriages, p. 41.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #31, 16.
[S160] Leominster MA VRs, p. 78.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 7/16/1923.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11943, FHC #397099.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 285, 296.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 7/16/1923 #815, GAGL.
[S341] Concord MA VRs, p. 106.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 16.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 296.
[S418] Henry S. Nourse, Lancastriana, p. 33.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 283.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 296-197.
[S178] Nourse, Military Annals of Lancaster, p. 63.
[S96] NEHGR, 58: 142.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 280, 283.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 297.
[S720] Scott Andrew Bartley Vermont Families in 1791 - II, p. 18.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 53.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 56.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 58.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 60.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 61.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 64, 286.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 67.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 16, 35.