Elizabeth T. Sawyer

F, #30931, b. circa 1829

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Birthcirca 1829
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Harriet Matilda Sawyer

F, #30932, b. 6 July 1831, d. 28 September 1886

Family: James Nelson Caldwell b. 18 Aug 1825, d. 28 Sep 1897

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BirthJul 6, 1831Northfield, MA, USA
MarriageAug 15, 1854Northfield, MA, USA
DeathSep 28, 1886Northfield, MA, USA, consumption, age 55
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S36] Letter, to Charles J. Vella from Robert Caldwell, May, 1998.

James Nelson Caldwell

M, #30933, b. 18 August 1825, d. 28 September 1897

Family: Harriet Matilda Sawyer b. 6 Jul 1831, d. 28 Sep 1886

Biography

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BirthAug 18, 1825West Northfield, MA, USA
MarriageAug 15, 1854Northfield, MA, USA
DeathSep 28, 1897Windsor, Windsor Co., VT, USA
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S36] Letter, to Charles J. Vella from Robert Caldwell, May, 1998.

Marian Elizabeth Holden1

F, #30940, b. 11 March 1908, d. 17 March 2005

Family: Hayward Sanderson Houghton b. 6 Mar 1906, d. 18 May 1991

Biography

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BirthMar 11, 1908Hartford, CT, USA, age 32 in 1940 census2
Graduation1929Smith College, Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA, USA
MarriageSep 20, 1930Hartford, CT, USA1,2
1940 Census1940Arlington, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, age 34, bank teller3
ResidenceArlington, MA, USA1
Gen. Soc.1944NEGHS1
LivingFeb 12, 2004Hockessin, DE, USA2
DeathMar 17, 2005Hockessin, New Castle Co., DE, USA4
ParentsDWilliam Cross Holden and Elizabeth Mabel Fogg, of Maine2
BurialLakeview Cemetery, Casco Village, Cumberland Co., ME, USA, in Holden plot4
BiographyShe did the genealogy of her family.5
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S96] NEHGR, 98 [1944]: 145.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Hayward S. Houghton II, Feb 12, 2004.
  3. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T627_1601; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 9-27.
  4. [S415] E-mail from Hayward S. (Sandy) Houghton II, Ju5, 2005ne.
  5. [S415] E-mail from his brother, William Andrew Houghton, 1/25/2010.
  6. [S415] E-mail from Hayward Sanderson Houghton II, Feb 6, 2004: Birth Certificate.
  7. [S415] E-mail from Hayward Sanderson Houghton II, Feb 6, 2004.

Emily Houghton1

F, #30946

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ChurchMar 1, 1818West Church, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA1
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Citations

  1. [S96] NEHGR, 94 [1940]: 39.

Christopher Houghton1

M, #30949

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Residence1780Colrain, MA, USA;he took farm from the government and cleared the land and built a log house. He built a house in 1806 [which was in the family until at least 1941; was home of Mr. and Mrs. William Bardwell for 40 years and then their daughter, Mrs. William Stacey, and her husband.]2
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Citations

  1. [S96] NEHGR, 96 [1942]: "From Homesteads to Cellar Holes on Catamount Hill, Colrain, Mass.", 61.
  2. [S96] NEHGR, 96 [1942]: 61.

Luella Houghton1,2,3,4,5

F, #30950, b. 29 January 1879, d. 2 February 1945

Family: Ralph Pringle b. 15 Oct 1872, d. 7 Apr 1924

Biography

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BirthJan 29, 1879Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., CT, USA, at home of maternal grandparents; age 1 in 1880 census; Jan. 1878, age 21 in 1900 census1,4,6,5
Graduation1898Lasell Seminary (Jr. College), Auburndale, Middlesex Co., MA, USA7
MarriageSep 26, 1905Red Oak, IA, USA2,6,4
AuthorApr 15, 1938Red Oak, IA, USA, She wrote a 32 page Houghton genealogy of her family, "We Houghtons and our beloved Shed-Members"; dedicated to son Donald Pringle3,8
CorrespondDec 25, 1938Edith added some additional information to the original text.9
Residencecirca 1942Red Oak, IA, USA2,10,11
Gen. Soc.1942NEGHS2
DeathFeb 2, 1945Red Oak, IA, USA12
BurialEvergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, IA, USA13
Research1938We Houghton
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S28] DAR Lineage Book, V. 20.
  2. [S96] NEHGR, 96 [1942]: 161.
  3. [S415] E-mail from Annabel Lantz Pina, June 5, 1999.
  4. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 162.
  5. [S235] U.S. Census, 1900 Soundex, Red Oak, Montgomery Co., IA, Box 60, Vol. 55, E.D. 114, Sh. 15, Ln. 62.
  6. [S873] Luella Houghton Pringle, We Houghtons - L. Pringle, p. 7.
  7. [S873] Luella Houghton Pringle, We Houghtons - L. Pringle, p. 11.
  8. [S873] Luella Houghton Pringle, We Houghtons - L. Pringle, p. 1.
  9. [S36] Letter, from Luella H. Pringle to her sister Edith Houghton Heckert.
  10. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 125.
  11. [S873] Luella Houghton Pringle, We Houghtons - L. Pringle, p. 15.
  12. [S873] Luella Houghton Pringle, We Houghtons - L. Pringle, p. 7, 20.
  13. [S873] Luella Houghton Pringle, We Houghtons - L. Pringle, p. 20.

Ralph Pringle1

M, #30951, b. 15 October 1872, d. 7 April 1924

Family: Luella Houghton b. 29 Jan 1879, d. 2 Feb 1945

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BirthOct 15, 1872Pana, IL, USA2
OccupationRed Oak, IA, USA, a lawyer3
MarriageSep 26, 1905Red Oak, IA, USA1,2,3
DeathApr 7, 1924Red Oak, IA, USA2
BurialEvergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, IA, USA4
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S96] NEHGR, 96 [1942]: 161.
  2. [S873] Luella Houghton Pringle, We Houghtons - L. Pringle, p. 7.
  3. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 162.
  4. [S873] Luella Houghton Pringle, We Houghtons - L. Pringle, p. 20.

Mary Adeline Houghton1

F, #30952, b. 14 October 1813, d. 2 December 1894

Family: Levi Smith Harrington b. 24 Apr 1808, d. 30 Sep 1873

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BirthOct 14, 1813Kirby, Caledonia, VT, USA, Harrington: Westminster, VT; Kirby Town Records: Kirby, VT2,1
MarriageMar 29, 1836Kirby, Caledonia Co., VT, USA, age 233,4
DeathDec 2, 1894Guildhall, Essex Co., VT, USA2
BurialNorth Kirby-Brookside Cemetery, Kirby, VT, USA
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1074] Town Records: Kirby, Caledonia Co., VT, Book 1, p. 117; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Don Harrington, May 19, 2002.
  3. [S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.
  4. [S1074] Town Records: Kirby, Caledonia Co., Putney, VT, Book 2, p. 24; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.

Levi Smith Harrington1,2

M, #30953, b. 24 April 1808, d. 30 September 1873

Family: Mary Adeline Houghton b. 14 Oct 1813, d. 2 Dec 1894

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BirthApr 24, 1808Danville, Caledonia Co., VT, USA1,2
Marriage1st wife: Ruth Harrington (1797 - 1834)*
MarriageMar 29, 1836Kirby, Caledonia Co., VT, USA, age 231,3
ResidenceKirby, NH, USA
DeathSep 30, 1873Kirby, Caledonia Co., VT, USA, GS gives 18751,2
BiographyHarrington: The Kirby Records state that Levi Harrington was born in Danville, Vermont. As a boy, he lived with his father in Kirby. Proof that he married the widow of Amos Colburn is found in the probate of that estate. In 1830 the widow Ruth Colburn was appointed guardian of her six minor children. On 18Ap1832 Isaiah Carpenter was appointed guardian of these same children because the 'former guardian having married and thereby become incapable of performing said trust'. The same day Ruth Colburn, as executrix of the estate of Amos Colburn, sold to Levi Harrington the land and buildings that Amos Colburn of Lebanon, NH. had bought 13S1813. On 20 Apr 1832, Levi S. Harrington acknowledged this sale 'for Ruth my Wife'. Levi sold the Colburn estate in Waterford 5Je1832 but was still living in Waterford on 29N1832 when he bought land in Kirby of his brother Antipas. Soon after, he moved back to Kirby and settled on a farm located in 'Mud Hollow'. Here he lived until his death. His name appears in the Kirby land records at least once each 10 years; the last time, 19Ag1873, when he and his wife Mary deeded the home place to their son Myron O. Harrington, who sold it 10D1873. The house, said to have been built by Levi was still standing in Nov 1939 although unoccupied for several years. Jeffrey says, 'In the early settlement of Kirby, there were many men and women who were prominent in its development, the families of whom are gone from us and we are unable to write a suitable sketch of their work. Among these are Ebenezer Damon, Josiah Joslin, Levi Harrington, Benjamin Nutter and others, all of whom represented Kirby in the Legislature of this State'. In 1832 Levi owned pew No. 11 in the Congregational Meeting House in Kirby. This church was organized in 1812 but had no regular pastor until 1824 when Rev. Luther Wood joined and preached until old age prevented. In 1828 the church erected a comfortable house of worship which had 45 members in 1840. About this time, a new church was organized in East St. Johnsbury, to which a part of the Kirby members transferred their membership, leaving the Kirby church in feeble condition. The building was repaired in 1885 and the next year had 27 members. Levi Harrington died in Kirby in 1873 at the age of 65 and is buried in the Kirby cemetery. A marble stone gives the date and age and the dates of the death of both wives. The St. Johnsbury Caledonian of 3 Oct1873 has the following obituary: 'In Kirby, 30S.,Levis S. Harrington, aged65. A great sufferer gone to rest in the bosom of his Savior'. His widow Adeline died in 1894, aged 81y.10m.18d., Guildhall, Vt.
REF. - Waterford and Kirby, Vt. Town records. Successful Vermonters, - William H. Jeffrey. Gazeteer of Caledonia and Essex Counties, - Hamilton Child.2
BurialNorth Kirby-Brookside Cemetery, Kirby, VT, USA
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Citations

  1. [S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Don Harrington, May 19, 2002.
  3. [S1074] Town Records: Kirby, Caledonia Co., Putney, VT, Book 2, p. 24; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.

Rev. Myron Oscar Harrington1

M, #30954, b. 6 January 1844, d. 17 December 1921

Family: Mary Electa Smith b. 13 Jun 1849, d. 5 Dec 1937

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BirthJan 6, 1844Kirby, Caledonia Co., VT, USA, NEHGR: 18421
MarriageSep 28, 1877Sunderland, Franklin Co., MA, USA1,2
DeathDec 17, 1921Jordan Valley, OR, USA1,2
BurialCaldwell, ID, USA2
BiographyHarrington: Myron O. Harrington spent his early years on his father's farm in Kirby, Vt. On 7N1847, when only 13 years old, He witnessed a deed for his father. He graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1865, from Amherst College in 1869 and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1872. He was Principal of Danvers (Mass.) High School for the year 1872-73 and was of Danvers on 22Mr1873 when he paid a note of $500 to Nathan S. and Mary E. H. Butterfield of Burlington, Vt. He taught school with his wife in Tougaloo University, Mississippi, and held Pastorates in Kidder, Missouri from 1880 to 1883; in Stewartsville, Mo.1883 to 85; in Mound City, Kansas,1885 to 1886; and in Russell, Kansas. He lived in Topeka, Kansas from 1886 to 92; in Kansa City, Mo. from 1893 to 1903, and then moved back to Topeka. In 1918 he went to Jordan Valley, Oregon to live with his eldest son Murray and died there in 1921. He is buried in Caldwell, Idaho. His widow Mary moved from Topeka, Kansas to Los Angeles, Ca. in 1928 and died there in 1937. Her son Murray was with her the last year or two of her life. She was buried in a crypt in Pacific Crest Cemetery, El Nido, Los Angeles, Ca. On 26 Oct1948 her remains were transferred to the Caldwell, Id. Cemetery, beside her husband.
REF. - Kirby, Vt., Land records and Family Records.2
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Citations

  1. [S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Don Harrington, May 19, 2002.

Mary Electa Smith1

F, #30955, b. 13 June 1849, d. 5 December 1937

Family: Rev. Myron Oscar Harrington b. 6 Jan 1844, d. 17 Dec 1921

Biography

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BirthJun 13, 1849Sunderland, Franklin Co., MA, USA2
MarriageSep 28, 1877Sunderland, Franklin Co., MA, USA1,2
DeathDec 5, 1937Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA, USA2
BurialOct 26, 1948Caldwell, ID, USA2
ParentsDJohn Smith and Electa Gray2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Don Harrington, May 19, 2002.

Anna Nellie Harrington1

F, #30956, b. 24 February 1886, d. 23 September 1945

Family: Frederick Chester Warner b. 9 Nov 1886, d. 19 Feb 1983

Biography

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BirthFeb 24, 1886Mound City, KS, USA1
Graduation1905Amherst High School, Amherst, Hampshire Co., MA, USA1
Occupationbetween 1910 and 1914Washburn College, Topeka, KS, USA, librarian1
MarriageJun 21, 1914Topeka, KS, USA1
Gen. Soc.Jan 6, 1942NEGHS; also DAR, and president of the Gray Family Assoc.1
ResidenceWakefield, MA, USA1
DeathSep 23, 1945Stoneham, MA, USA1
ChurchWakefield, MA, USA, First Congregational Church1
NoteAnna inititated the idea and did much of the research on the Harrington ancestry, that was later completed by her husband, Frederick Warner, in Boston, MA, in 1949.
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Citations

  1. [S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.

Frederick Chester Warner1

M, #30957, b. 9 November 1886, d. 19 February 1983

Family: Anna Nellie Harrington b. 24 Feb 1886, d. 23 Sep 1945

Biography

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BirthNov 9, 1886Sunderland, Franklin Co., MA, USA2
Residencecirca 1914Sunderland, MA, USA1
MarriageJun 21, 1914Topeka, KS, USA1
DeathFeb 19, 1983Amherst, Hampshire Co., MA, USA2
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Citations

  1. [S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Don Harrington, May 14, 2002.

Samuel Merton Warner1

M, #30958, b. 19 February 1916

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BirthFeb 19, 1916Norwich, New London Co., VT, USA2
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Citations

  1. [S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Don Harrington, May 14, 2002.

Freda Jean Warner1

F, #30959, b. 18 August 1917

Biography

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BirthAug 18, 1917Norwich, New London Co., CT, USA2
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Citations

  1. [S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Don Harrington, May 14, 2002.

Albert Chester Warner1

M, #30960, b. 11 April 1920, d. 29 August 1938

Biography

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BirthApr 11, 1920Providence, RI, USA2
DeathAug 29, 1938Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA2
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.
  2. [S415] E-mail from Don Harrington, May 14, 2002.