| Note | | Houghton Name Variants and Meaning:
Ancestry.com: Houghton name meaning
English: habitational name from any of the various places so called. The majority, with examples in at least fourteen counties, get the name from Old English hoh ‘ridge’, ‘spur’ (literally ‘heel’) + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. Haughton in Nottinghamshire also has this origin, and may have contributed to the surname. A smaller group of Houghtons, with examples in Lancashire and South Yorkshire, have as their first element Old English halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’. In the case of isolated examples in Devon and East Yorkshire, the first elements appear to be unattested Old English personal names or bynames, of which the forms approximate to Huhha and Hofa respectively, but the meanings are unknown.
Dict. of Surnames:
Houghton English: habitation name from any of the various places so called. The majority, which examples in at least fourteen counties, get the name from OE hoh ridge, spur... + tun enclosure, settlement... Haughton in Notts. also has this origin, and may have contributed to the surname. A smaller group of Houghtons, with examples in Lancs. and W Yorks., have as their first element OE halh nook, recess...In the case of isolated examples in Devon and E Yorks., the first elements appear to be OE peronal names or bynames of which the forms approximate to *Huhha and *Hofa respectively, but the meanings are unkown
Keizer, p. 86:
"It would seem that the name Houghton originated in Lancashire, though some writers on the subject say that the original of the name came to England "with William the Conqueror." The latter is a "stock" phrase used by many who are really not entitled to use it, and much to the detriment of the few who prove themselves worthy, in a genealogical way, of the honor by the actual achievements of their illustrious ancestors.
Houghton seems of Anglo-Saxon origin, and composed of two words, signifying "high town," some writers say. In the German language "high" is written "hoch," and pronounced "hok"; in the present English word we find "hough" pronounced "hok," meaning the lower part of the thigh; in the present English surname "hough" is pronounced "huff." A century after the Norman conquest we find the name written Hocton, and later Hoton, Hooton, Haughton, and Hoghton. In the Anglo-Saxon we find the word "hough" pronounced "hok" and "ho," meaning the heel or the hough. In the present ancient and noble house of Houghton, of lancashire, the name is pronounced "Hoton;" "ton," on Anglo-Saxon has various meanings; in French meaning fashion. Town, in A.-S., is pronounced "tun," meaning inclosure, garden house, village, town; in Icelandic "tun," in German "zun," etc. We also find the name written Howton, pronounced "Hawton," and also spelt in the latter way. However, the name is said to have originated from the name of the lands originally owned by their early possessors in Lanchashire, from which county the family spread all over the world, and to-day we find villages, towns, etc., named; Little Houghton, Great Houghton, Houghton Tower, several Houghton Halls, Houghton Park, Houghton Regis, Houghton Conquest, Houghton Green, Houghton-in-the-Dale, Houghton Woods, Houghton Streets, etc., in Lancashire, Bedfordshire, Northampton, Huntingdon, Norfolk, Northumberland, Westmoreland, Hants, etc."
E. MacLysaght, The Surnames of Ireland: Haughton: The English Quaker toponymic, quite common in Ireland...
MLM: Houghton, Hoctonan, De Houton, Hoctun, De Hocton, DeHoughton, Hothon, Houston, Hoghton, Hutton; also, Hoctun, Houghtona, Hoketun, Broughton, Haughton, etc. are forms of Haluch. Med. English "Halch", a town of the meadows; Old English "Hoh", spur of hill or ridge. A striking feature of township is steep hill or short ridge on which Hoghton tower stood 500 feet above sea level. "we state that the name Houghton originally "De Hocton" is supposedly derived from the Anglo Saxon word Hocton or Hoctune, signifying "High town" or "high place" and was taken from one of the manors of of family in Lancashire England."
Mas. Soldiers and Sailors, Vol. 8, p. 296: "Houghton, ---.[This name also appears under the form of Haten, Haughton, Haughton, Hoaton, Hoatton, Hoghton, Hogton, Holten, Holton, Hooton, Horton, Hoten, Hotton, Hottoon, Houghten, Houghtn, Hougten, Hougton, Hougtoon, Houlton, Houton, Hughton, Moulton.]
Many Haughtons in CT; as well as Horton occly
Name variants: Houghton, Haughton, Houton, Houten, Hooten, Hooton, Hauton, Heuton, Hawton, Hewton (Horton, Hutton)
Name variants per Mass. Soldiers and Sailers: Houghton, Haten, Haughton, Haugton, Hoaton, Hoatton, oghton, Hogton, Holten, Holton, Hooton, Horton, Hoten, Hoton, Hotton, Hottoon, Houghten, Houghtn, Hougten, Hougton, Hougtton, Houlton, Houton, Hughton, Houlton
Majority of spellings with "gh" tend to be from northeast states; spellings without "gh" tend to be from MD and VA
Hawton surname originated around Stoke Climsland, Cornwall, England (per R. Aubrey Howton of Orillia, ON, Canada)
Houghton Arms: Silver 3 bars and in chief 2 piercel molets sable on the first bar a crescent for difference
(Crest: A bull's head erased silver the horns spirally silver and sable)
NEGHR: 1954, 33
Memoir of Hon. Joshua Henshaw
NEGHR, V 22 1868, p. 115: Evan Houghton of Lancashire
NE Heads: surname from a town in Lancashire England, from the Saxon hoag or hock, high & ton, a hill, castle or town
Old English, Hoh (or how) is a projecting ridge or heel of high-land which sticks out onto more level ground. Joined to ton, hoh gives us such names as Hooton, Hutton and Houghton (Place-names of the English People, p. 69 by M.J.C. Meiklejohn, Meiklejohn & Son Ltd, London, 1929)
Winslow Homer the American painter (1836-1910) painted "Scene at Houghton Farms circa 1878", a watercolor of 2 children
Ken Voget:
In a nutshell: Most of the original surnames were written with "De", this being placed after the Christian names & followed bythe name of the place from which the bearer had come. Thus th name Houghton, originally DeHocton, signifying "Hightown" or "High Place" and was taken from one of the manors of the family in Lancashire, Eng, remarkable for it lofty situation. The possessor of this estate, Willius DeHocton, or sometimes written, Willus Dominus DeHocton, assumed the name of this manor about the year 1140. He was the first to bear it and probably rorm him have descended the Houghtons of today. He married the widow of Geoffry de Favarre and the fusion of these two families brought about the"Houghton" line which began as "DeHocton". The "De" was omitted about the year 1458 by Sir Henry or, by his son Sir William Hoghton about the year 1483. The name came down without further change until about the middle oof the seventeenth century and it is claimed by some that Ralph Houghton introduced the "u" into his name upon his settlement in America. Contrary to all of this, I have a record of a Thomas Houghton, born about 1433 and all of his descendents were also Houghton, so when actually did the name of "Houghton" come into being? Don't we have fun???
This interesting surname is dual nationality, English and Irish. In England it is recorded in the spellings of Hougham, Houghton, Haughton, Hottam, and Howton, and is a locational surname from any of the various places called Houghton, Haughton, and Hougham. These village names translate from the Olde English pre 7th Century "hoh" meaning ridge or spur of land, with "tun", a fenced enclosure or settlement, hence "settlement on the spur of a hill". A small group of Houghtons in Lancashire and West Yorkshire have as their first element the Olde English "halh" meaning nook, recess. Early examples of the surname recordings include such as: John de Haleghton in Yorkshire in the Hundred rolls of the year 1273, and Alexander de Houhton of Cambridgeshire, also in 1273. Robert de Hotham was recorded in Yorkshire in 1295 and Johannes Hothum also in Yorkshire in the Poll Tax rolls of 1379. Christopher Houghton, aged 19 yrs., who embarked from London on the ship "Thomas and John" bound for Virginia in July 1635, was one of the earliest settlers in America. In Ireland the surname can be found with the English spellings as above and also with other spellings which may be Irish or English. These include Haugh, Hough, Haughton, Haugean, Haugen, Haugin and Haugon. The origination with these names may be from the pre 10th century Gaelic 'O hEachtain, meaning 'the descendant of the son of the pleasant one' or similar. Over the centuries surnames in every country have continued to "develop", often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
Recorded as Haughan, the rare Haughin, Haughian, and Haughhan, and most often Haughton, this is a multi national and confusing surname. It can be either English, Scottish or Irish and is found in all three countries and in all spellings! It is said that Haughton was originally English and locational from several places called Haughton in the counties of Cheshire, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Shropshire and Staffordshire. If so it derives from the pre 7th century word halh, meaning a nook or valley, and '-tun', a village or settlement. Haughton in Nottinghamshire appears in the famous Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Hoctun'. The Haughan's, Haughin's, Haughian's or Haughton's in Ireland may be the descendants of English settlers, or of Gaelic ancestry, and therefore Irish or Scottish. If so the original form was probably O' hEachain or MacEachan, meaning the male descendant (O') or son (Mac) of Eachan, an 8th century saint. Early examples of recordings include Desmond Haughton, who was ghranted sixteen hundred acres in South Wexford in the year 1600, Richard Haughhan was christened at St. Giles Cripplegate, city of London, on November 23rd 1629, whilst Mary Haughin or Haughlin aged 15, given as being a spinster, was a passenger on the ship Reliance of Liverpool. This ship left Liverpool bound for New York on May 6th 1846, and may have picked her up in Ireland. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Edward Haughhan who married Elizabeth Anthony, at St. Dunstan's Stepney, on November 7th 1574. This was during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1st , known as 'Good Queen Bess', 1558-1603. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was sometimes known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
Per Jane Houghton of England: The name, Houghton, is very common in Lancashire, England.
Pronunciation in north HOE-ten, i.e. Arthur Houghton, Jr.
Census spelling discovered by CJV: Haughton, Hoaghton, Hoghton, Holden, Hooden, Hooten, Hooton, Hoten, Hoton, Hotlen, Hotten, Hotton, Hottoughton, Houghlan, Houghlon, Houghtan, Houghten, Houghtern, Houghtin, Houghting, Houghtolin, Houghton, Hougtotn, Houghtten, Houghtting, Houghtten, Hougthen, Hougthn, Hougton, Houhton, Houten, Houtin, Houton, Howton
Ancestry.com: English: habitational name from any of the various places so called. The majority, with examples in at least fourteen counties, get the name from Old English hoh ‘ridge’, ‘spur’ (literally ‘heel’) + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. Haughton in Nottinghamshire also has this origin, and may have contributed to the surname. A smaller group of Houghtons, with examples in Lancashire and South Yorkshire, have as their first element Old English halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’. In the case of isolated examples in Devon and East Yorkshire, the first elements appear to be unattested Old English personal names or bynames, of which the forms approximate to Huhha and Hofa respectively, but the meanings are unknown.
http://www.haughton.net:
Origins of the Haughton Name
The Ancient Chronicles of England reveal the early records of the name Haughton as a Norman surname which ranks as one of the oldest. The history of the name is closely interwoven into the majestic tapestry which is an intrinsic part of the history of Britain. In-depth research by skilled analysts into ancient manuscripts such as the Domesday Book (compiled in 1086 by William the Conquerer), the Ragman Rolls, the Wace Poem, the Honour Roll of the Battel Abbey, the Curia Regis, Pipe Rolls, the Falaise Roll, Tax Records, baptismals, family genealogies, local parish and church records show the first record of the name Haughton was found in Cheshire where they were seated from very ancient times. They were granted the lands of Houghton in Cheshire by King William the Conqueror for their timely assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D. Many alternate spellings were found in the archives researched, typically linked to a common root, usually one of the Norman Nobles at the Battle of Hastings. Although the name Haughton occured in many references, from time to time the surname included Haughton, Houghton, Hoctor, Hector, and these changes in spelling frequently occured even between father and son. Scribes recorded and spelled the name as it sounded. Typically a person would be born with one spelling, married with another, and buried with a headstone which showed another. All three spellings related to the same person. Sometimes preferences for different spelling variations either resulted from a branch preference, religious affiliation, or sometimes nationalistic statements. The family name Haughton is believed to be descended originally from the Norman race, frequently but mistakenly assumed to be of French origin. They were more accurately of Viking origin. The Vikings landed in the Orkneys and Northern Scotland about the year 870 A.D., under their King, Stirgud the Stout, Thorfinn Rollo, His descendant landed in Northern France about the year 940 A.D. The French King, Charles the Simple, after Rollo laid siege to Paris, finally conceded defeat and granted Northern France to Rollo. Rollo became the first Duke of Normandy, the territory of the north men. Rollo married Charles' daughter and became a convert to Christianity. Duke William, who invaded and defeated England in 1066, was descended from the first Duke Rollo of Normandy. Duke William took a cencus of most of England in 1086 and recorded it in the Domesday Book. A family name capable of being traced back to this manuscript, or to Hastings, was a signal honour for most families during the middle ages, and even to this day. The surname Haughton emerged as a notable family name in the County of Cheshire where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity, seated with manor and estates in that Shire. They were descended from Ethelred (Fitz Renfrid), third son of Ivan de Taillebois, a Norman Baron from Angevin in Normandy who accompanied Duke William at Hastings. Ivan was Baron of Kendall in Westmoreland and was said to be related to William the conqueror. Ivan died in 1114 A.D. The Houghtons were recorded as being seated at Haughton just outside Birkenhead in Cheshire from about the year 1130. Junior branches later moved across the Mersey to Lancashire and to Beckbury in the county of Salop. Houghton Hall is at Market Weighton in Yorkshire, now occupied by the Langdales. Houghton in the hole or Houghton in the Dale is five miles from Wells in Norfolk. They flourished on their estates for several centuries and intermarried with the distinguished families of that area. Notable amongst the family at this time was Haughton of Cheshire. The surname Haughton contributed much to local politics and in the affairs of England or Scotland. During the 11th and 12th centuries, many of these Norman families moved north to Scotland. Later, in the 16th,17th, and 18th centuries, England was ravaged by religious and political conflict. The Monarchy, the Church, and Parliament fought for supremacy. Religious elements vied for control, the State Church, the Roman Church and the Reform Church all, in their time, made demands on rich and poor alike. They broke the spirit of men and many turned from religion, or alternatively, renewed their faith, pursuing with vigour and ferocity, the letter of the ecclesiastical law. Many families were freely "encouraged" to migrate to Ireland, or to the "colonies". Non believers or dissidents were banished, sometimes even hanged. The settlers in Ireland became known as the "adventurers for land in Ireland". They undertook to keep the protestant faith. In Ireland, they settled in Tipperary and adopted the names Haughan and Hoctor which later became confused with Hector, all of which are synonyms for the name in Ireland. The democratic attitudes of the New World spread like wildfire. Many migrated aboard the fleet of sailing ships known as the "white sails". The stormy Atlantic, small pox, dysentery cholera, and typhoid took their toll on the settlers and many of these tiny, overcrowded ships arrived with only 60 or 70 percent of their passenger list. The migration or banishment to the New World continued, some voluntarily from Ireland, but mostly directly from England or Scotland, their home territories. Some Clansand families even moved to the European continent. In North America, migrants which could be considered a kinsman of the family name Haughton, or variable spellings of that same family name included Gerard Haughton, settled in the Barbados in 1639, Thomas Haughton, settled in Virginia in 1635, and well as Robert Haughton in the same year. From the port of arrival many settlers joined the wagon trains westward. During the American War of Independence, some declared their loyalty to the crown and moved northward into Canada and became known as the United Empire Loyalists. There were many notables of this name Haughton, Daniel Haughton, Aerospace Executive; Dr. Sidney Haughton. In the process of researching this distinguished family name we also traced the most ancient grant of Arms from the branches which developed their own Arms. The most ancient grant of a Coat of Arms found was: Black with three silver bars. The crest is: A Bulls head. The ancient family motto for this distinguished name is: "Malgre le tort" ("Despite the wrong").
Kindly supplied by Wilda Haughton Kiland.
http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org:
1881 England distribution of Houghton surname: Warrington, Preston, Northampton, Cambridge, Southampton, Blackburn, Bolton, Crewe, Liverpool
Frequency 1881 1998
Frequency 10458 14203
Rank Order 420 399
Occurrences per million names 387 381
Geographical Spread Statistics
Great Britain top area (1881) Warrington
Great Britain top area (1998) Wigan
Great Britain top area index * 656
Great Britain top postal town St Helens
Number of UK gazetteer entries 8
County of gazetteer entry More than one area
Australia top state Northern Territory
Australia top state index * 152
Australia top standard statistical division Upper Murray, NSW
New Zealand top province Waikato
New Zealand top province index * 183
United States top state Vermont
United States top state index * 596
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Haughton,' or 'Halghton,' but found in a variety of forms; compare Greenhalgh or Ridehalgh, both North-English surnames, variants of which are Greenough and Riddeough. We also find Featherstonhalgh for Feathcrstonhaugh. There are endless towns, villages, hamlets, and small localities bearing the name of Haughton or Houghton in England; v. Halgh and Haugh.
John de Haleghton, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Alexander de Houhton, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Richard de Howton, Lincolnshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
William de Halghton, Northumberland, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
Matilda de Halghton, huswyf, webster, 1370: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Willelmus de Halghton, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Thomas Houghton, of Houghton, 1621: Wills at Chester.
Ellen Houghton, of Houghton, widow, 1647: ibid.
— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley
(English) belonging to Houghton = the Hough Farm or Estate [v. under Hough, and + Old English tún] Adam de Hochton.—Cal. Inq. P.M., A.D. 1257.
There has been some confusion with Haughton, q.v.
One or two of the Houghtons (e.g. in cos. Leic. and Norf.) have the redundant suffix ‘-on-the-Hill.’
— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison
Place name in Northern England.
— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal
(English) One who came from Houghton (homestead on the spur of a hill), the name of various places in England.
— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith
Parishes and places in cos. Lancaster, Cumberland, Hunts, Hants, York, Northampton, Northumb., Norfolk, Bedford, Durham, Dorset, Leicester, &c.
— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
Local. A town in Lancashire, England. Saxon, from hoog, or hoch, high, and ton, a hill, castle, or town.
— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur
A location name in Bedfordshire, Durham., Lancashire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire.
— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber
The Houghtons are most numerous in Lancashire, though they have been established in several other counties, the name being evidently a place - name. One of the principal stocks of the Lancashire Houghtons is that of Little Pendleton, which dates back to the 15th century (W. W.)
— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
DNA test information
Houghton Demographics
Average Male Houghton Height
177.24 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 264 (2014)
Average Female Houghton Height
162.25 cm
Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 52 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Houghton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Houghton Come From? nationality or country of origin
Houghton is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Houghton? popularity and diffusion
Houghton is the 12,222nd most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 157,911 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 47 percent of Houghton are found; 46 percent are found in Northern Europe and 46 percent are found in British Isles. Houghton is also the 721,694th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 152 people.
The last name Houghton is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 20,083 people, or 1 in 2,774. In England it is primarily found in: Greater Manchester, where 10 percent are found, Merseyside, where 8 percent are found and Lancashire, where 8 percent are found. Other than England this surname occurs in 79 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.
Houghton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Houghton has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Houghton surname rose 194 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 329 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 934 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 798 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 285 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Houghton Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Houghton last name is predominantly Anglican (37%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Houghton surname are 12.74% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.51% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Houghton earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 24.93% less than the national average, earning 259,812 kr per year; in Peru they earn 121.12% more than the national average, earning S/. 42,865 per year; in South Africa they earn 28.12% more than the national average, earning R 304,452 per year; in Colombia they earn 22.07% more than the national average, earning $27,713,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.41% more than the national average, earning $46,777 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.22% more than the national average, earning $54,761 CAD per year.Houghton Reference & Research
Houghton FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
| Research | | The History of Houghton Surname Research (C)
Dr. Douglass Houghton (1810-1845):
Michigan geologist who compiled an unpublished list of English Houghtons circa 1825.
Joseph Willard (1798-1865):
Topographical and historical sketches of the town of Lancaster 1826, (Lancaster MA):
First to erroneously report John and Ralph Houghton of Lancaster MA as "cousins". A theory disproved by current DNA evidence.
Houghton Association (1846-1868):
The original Houghton Association was created circa 1846 and lasted until 1855. It was then reorganized in 1868 and later dissolved circa 1870. The purpose of the association was to collect information relative to unclaimed Houghton property in England, reported to belong to the Houghton family in America. Clearly a get rich scheme. There were three meetings of the Houghton Association: one at Winchendon, MA, on Apr. 21, 1868, one at Groton, June 3, 1869 and at Milton, June 5, 1869. Columbus Smith spoke at two of them. About 220 Members paid $5 in 1868 to join the Houghton association hoping to receive $200 in any recovered property. Fisher Rice, agent of the Association, interviewed Judge Jacob Houghton, who refused to join, but gave him an introduction to Sir Henry Bold Hoghton Bt in England. While John Wesley Houghton mentions it's history in his genealogy, he had nothing to do with the Association.
Fisher M. Rice (1847):
The Houghton Association: report of the agent to England.
Imprint: New York: Jared W. Bell, printer, 1848.
Francis W. Houghton (1835-1911) :
Houghton Memorial, 1869 Compiled descendants of Jason and Caty Houghton, of the Ralph Houghton line
Columbus Smith (1869): Report to the Houghton Association, 1869 (author; relied heavily on Francis W. Houghton's data; he wrote 8 other family surname reports)
Josiah Houghton (1800-1861):
Wrote a genealogy of John Houghton of Lancaster MA, after supposedly spending a fortune in getting family records and history to enable him to claim and secure property in England.
Rev. Royal and Cecelia Houghton (1868):
Wrote a diary that contains information about their Houghton family.
David Anthony Keizer(1857-):
History and Genealogy of the Houghton Family, the descendants of Capt. Timothy Houghton who emigrated to Nova Scotia: 1896
John Wesley Houghton in his 1912 Houghton Genealogy, Almira White in her White Genealogy, as well as Marshall McClanahan in his 1957 Houghton genealogies, all used the data first compiled by David A. Keizer in his 1896 genealogy of the Canadian descendants of Capt. Timothy Houghton of Massachusetts. Keizer noted that he had read H. S. Nourse's Early Records of Lancaster, MA, as well as his Lancaster MA BMD Records, and his Military Annals of Lancaster MA. He also read J. Willard's Sketches of Lancaster MA of 1826. He erroneously believed John Houghton the Emigrant of Lancaster MA was the John, age 4/40 of the "Abigail".
(1852 individuals included)
Henry Stedman Nourse (1831-1903):
Early Records of Lancaster MA (1884)
Lancaster MA VRs (1890)
Lancasteria (1900)
Includes many early Houghton vital records; He was a John Houghton of Lancaster, MA descendant.
Almira Larkin White (1900):
Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts, 3 volumes,1900-1905
Compiled many early Houghtons
Caroline Keyes Houghton Squires (1852-):
The Houghton Family by Thaddeus William Harris: Handwritten genealogy copied from manuscripts belonging to Mrs Caroline K. Houghton Squires, daughter of Simon W. Houghton to whom these papers originally belonged.
Daniel Merrick Wheeler (1846-):
He wrote a genealogy of the Whitingham VT Houghtons: 1903
John Barber White (1909):
Descendants of John Barber of Worcester, Mass., 1714-1909, 1909
Includes a number of early Ralph Houghton descendants
Dr. John Wesley Houghton (1834-1924):
Houghton Genealogy. Descendants of Ralph and John Houghton, 1912
The first major published Houghton genealogy. Very few place references; compiled from Houghtons sending him data; no citations. Many errors. But an outstanding job for a pre-computer age genealogist. While he reported the English Houghtons, he disavowed the "Ralph is Radcliffe of English De Hoghton ancestry theory". He was a Ralph Houghton descendant.
J. W. Houghton obviously used Francis W. Houghton's material (esp. British ancestry) of 1869
(8350 individuals included)
Dr. Arthur Wellington Clark (1850-):
Author of an unpublished genealogy of the Houghton Family circa 1900; Dr. JWH offered to co-author the Houghton Genealogy with him; critical of JWH, lists corrections
John Calvin Lawrence Clark (1871):
A famous New England historian; he researched the Houghtons with Dr. Harris A. Houghton.
Annie Lane Burr and Thomas Hovey Gage (1925):
John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass., and some of his descendants, 1925 (first and only NEGHR publication of a Houghton line)
Dr. Harris Ayers Houghton (1874-1946):
Houghton researcher before 1930 (used many county histories).
His work is in the Chicago SAR Library. McClanahan attributes his genealogy of the Houghton family as being "from early Harris Ayres Houghton data", as well as stating "Possibly Dr. Frederic L. Weis used his data in his Early Families of Lancaster, Mass."
Clarence Winthrop Bowen, Ph.D. (1852-):
History of Woodstock, CT, c 1930
Lists some Houghton lines in Connecticut
Luella Houghton (1879-1945):
She wrote a 32 page Houghton genealogy of her family, "We Houghtons and our beloved Shed-Members", 1938
Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis (1941):
Early Families of Lancaster MA, 1941
Compiled 7 generations of John Houghton descendants (40 pages) and several generations of Ralph Houghton (7 pages); no citations; relied heavily on Burr and Hovey; appears to have used Nourse's Lancaster MA VRs data.
William DeLoss Love II (1888- ):
Descendants of Capt. William Houghton and Marilla Clay, 1953.
Vivian Imogene Morgan Uran (1891-1970):
Houghton Genealogy, 1954 A Ralph Houghton descendant, through her mother, Lydia May Houghton. She wrote a 500 page compilation of her Houghton ancestry to Ralph Houghton. (She was the author's wife Marilyn's grandmother; Her genealogy started the author's interest in Houghton research).
Norman Wiley Carpenter (1921-1959):
He compiled a genealogy of the descendants of Elijah Houghton in 1955.
Marshall Loring McClanahan (1904-1990):
John & Beatrix (Joselyn) Houghton of Lancaster, Massachusetts, & some of their Descendants, c. 1957
Ralph and Jane (Stowe) Houghton of Lancaster, Massachusetts, & some Descendants.
Second major Houghton genealogies, unpublished manuscript; One of the first to use vital record citations; clearly duplicated JWH and Weis, used Harris A Houghton; but multiple typos of dates; many misquoting of pages in VRs citations. He clearly read Rev. Royal Houghton's diary.
(Ralph line, 3204 individuals), (John line , 5364 individuals) (total, 8568 individuals)
Rosamond Nadine VanNoy (1922- ):
A Houghton Family from Ralph Houghton of Lancaster MA., 1652 to Rosamond Houghton VanNoy of Conover, WI, 1992:
A genealogy of the Broome Co. NY Houghtons, descendants of Otis Houghton
(includes 217 individuals)
Barbara Marie Houghton, L. M. Griggs, Vanchie P. Houghton, J. Smith, B. Williams (1933- ):
The Michigan Descendants of Noah Houghton including Noah's Ancestry in America, 1994
(includes 1012 Individuals)
A solid work of genealogical research of the Houghton's of Michigan.
Scott Bartley (c 1995):
Vermont Families in 1791, 1995: VT Houghtons based on McClanahan.
Howard Baker Houghton, Jr. (1922-1999):
Our Houghton Heritage, 1995
The major Houghton genealogy of the descendants of John Houghton of New Jersey
(includes about 240 individuals)
Dr. Carolyn Houghton Chapman (1938- ):
She compiled the descendants of John Hart Houghton, of the NJ Houghtons, 1997
(includes 66 individuals)
William Wells Houghton, Jr (1934-):
He helped compile the descendants of Reuben Houghton of Canada and IA, 1997
(includes 164 individuals)
Nicholas John Schroeder (1979-):
He compiled the descendants of Nathaniel Houghton, Jr, 2000
Edward S. Houghton (1905-):
He compiled the descendants of Silas Houghton, 2001. His nephew Richard William Houghton compiled the data into a gedcom.
(includes 57 individuals)
Jeffrey Whealdon Bryant (1957- ):
He compiled the descendants of Alfred Haughton of England, 2002
(includes 629 individuals)
Jeffrey Lynn Haughton (1944-):
He is the major current compiler of Haughton genealogical data, 2003
Deryl Wayne Houghton (1941-):
He helped compile the descendants of Joseph Houghton of MI, 2003
(includes 402 individuals); also a website
Christopher A. Houghten (1972-):
He compiled the descendants of Thomas Houghten of England, 2004
(includes 557 individuals)
Marjorie Virginia Houghten Schulkins (1925-):
She separately compiled the descendants of Thomas Houghten of England, 2004
(includes 557 individuals); some differences from Chris Houghten's data
Byril Samuel Sutton (1949-):
He helped compile some of the descendants of Elijah Houghton of VA, 2006
(includes 1239 individuals)
William Douglas Houghton (1951-):
The Memoirs of Orton Clifton Houghton. 2009
An excellent brief memoir of late 19th century rural America and a Houghton inventor.
Houghton Ancestors: A 1,000 Year Historical Adventure. 2010. 241 p
While he states that that "This is the most comprehensive and factually accurate book ever written about Houghtons.", it is based on the 1912 Houghton Genealogy data focusing on the early English Houghtons, and his own family, the descendants of William Houghton of Wisconsin. He again restates and accepts the "Ralph and John are cousins" and the "John & Ralph Houghton of Lancaster were on the Abigail" theories. But it is interesting reading about some interesting Houghtons and he does have great pictures. (includes 118 Houghtons)
Dr. Charles J. Vella, Ph.D. (1944- ):
Houghton Surname Project, 1994-2011
Houghton DNA Project
First Houghton researcher to consistently use primary sources; first review and compilation of all of the U.S. census data for Houghton surname listings, and first to compile a DNA analysis of the American Houghton lines. Largest Houghton database ever compiled. The beneficiary of 100s of Houghton researchers who supplied him data.
(includes 87,802 total individuals; 49023 Houghton surname individuals; 72,962 total Houghtons and descendants; 3925 Haughtons)10
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