Houghton Surname Project

Mary M. Brown¹

F, #57271

Father*: Hecter Brown¹
Mother*: Lucrecia Spencer¹ b. 1810

Family: (?) Brown

Marriage*: Mary M. Brown married (?) Brown.²

Lottie Brown²

Biography

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Birth

Marriage

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.
[S36] Letter, from Gary M. Green, Dec. 11, 2003: Descendants of Ithamar Spencer and Caroline M. Houghton (from Gary L. Heinmiller).

Caroline Brown¹

F, #57272

Father*: Hecter Brown¹
Mother*: Lucrecia Spencer¹ b. 1810

Family:

Fred (?)²

Biography

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Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.
[S36] Letter, from Gary M. Green, Dec. 11, 2003: Descendants of Ithamar Spencer and Caroline M. Houghton (from Gary L. Heinmiller).

David Porter Chapman¹

M, #57273, b. 1840

Father*: Uriah Chapman¹ b. bt 1807 - 1808, d. 1 Feb 1869
Mother*: Mariah Spencer¹ b. 24 Jan 1811, d. 24 Oct 1880

Family: Jane Wilbur

Marriage*: David Porter Chapman married Jane Wilbur.²

Biography

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Birth

1840

Marriage

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.
[S36] Letter, from Gary M. Green, Dec. 11, 2003: Descendants of Ithamar Spencer and Caroline M. Houghton (from Gary L. Heinmiller).

Leroy S. Chapman¹

M, #57274, b. 1850, d. 1853

Father*: Uriah Chapman¹ b. bt 1807 - 1808, d. 1 Feb 1869
Mother*: Mariah Spencer¹ b. 24 Jan 1811, d. 24 Oct 1880

Biography

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Birth

1850

Death

1853

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Rufus Watson Chapman¹

M, #57275, b. 1854

Father*: Uriah Chapman¹ b. bt 1807 - 1808, d. 1 Feb 1869
Mother*: Mariah Spencer¹ b. 24 Jan 1811, d. 24 Oct 1880

Family:

Biography

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Birth

1854

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.
[S36] Letter, from Gary M. Green, Dec. 11, 2003: Descendants of Ithamar Spencer and Caroline M. Houghton (from Gary L. Heinmiller).

Rufus W. Chapman¹

M, #57276, b. 3 December 1854

Father*: Uriah Chapman¹ b. bt 1807 - 1808, d. 1 Feb 1869
Mother*: Mariah Spencer¹ b. 24 Jan 1811, d. 24 Oct 1880

Biography

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Birth

Dec 3, 1854

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Elijah Spencer

M, #57277

Father*: Simeon Spencer b. 12 Dec 1813, d. 2 Aug 1879
Mother*: Anna Wait b. 6 Jan 1818, d. 3 Feb 1841

Biography

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Birth

Death

in infancy

Pedigree

Ida A. Spencer¹

F, #57278, b. between 1857 and 1858

Father*: Simeon Spencer¹ b. 12 Dec 1813, d. 2 Aug 1879
Mother*: Emeline Ladu¹ b. 28 Sep 1818, d. 21 May 1913

Family: Rufus K. Teller

Marriage*: Ida A. Spencer married Rufus K. Teller.²

Biography

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Birth

between 1857 and 1858

Marriage

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.
[S36] Letter, from Gary M. Green, Dec. 11, 2003: Descendants of Ithamar Spencer and Caroline M. Houghton (from Gary L. Heinmiller).

Stella D. Spencer¹

F, #57279, b. 1859, d. 1923

Father*: Simeon Spencer¹ b. 12 Dec 1813, d. 2 Aug 1879
Mother*: Emeline Ladu¹ b. 28 Sep 1818, d. 21 May 1913

Family: Frederick A. Halsey

Marriage*: Stella D. Spencer married Frederick A. Halsey.²

Biography

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Birth

1859

Marriage

Death

1923

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.
[S36] Letter, from Gary M. Green, Dec. 11, 2003: Descendants of Ithamar Spencer and Caroline M. Houghton (from Gary L. Heinmiller).

Philinda Wait^1,2

F, #57280, b. 1839

Father*: Abijah Wait¹ b. 17 Jan 1812, d. 1882
Mother*: Jane Spencer¹ b. 1816, d. 23 Feb 1895

Family: Ira Truman

Marriage*: Philinda Wait married Ira Truman on 1859.²

Ira Truman+² b. 1861
George Truman²
Fred Truman+² b. 1868

Biography

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Birth

1839

Marriage

1859

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.
[S36] Letter, from Gary M. Green, Dec. 11, 2003: Descendants of Ithamar Spencer and Caroline M. Houghton (from Gary L. Heinmiller).

Annie Wait¹

F, #57281, b. 5 September 1841, d. 18 November 1853

Father*: Abijah Wait¹ b. 17 Jan 1812, d. 1882
Mother*: Jane Spencer¹ b. 1816, d. 23 Feb 1895

Biography

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Birth

Sep 5, 1841

Death

Nov 18, 1853

Unadilla, Otsego Co., NY, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Armenia Spencer Wait¹

F, #57282, b. 1842

Father*: Abijah Wait¹ b. 17 Jan 1812, d. 1882
Mother*: Jane Spencer¹ b. 1816, d. 23 Feb 1895

Family: Albert Youngs

Marriage*: Armenia Spencer Wait married Albert Youngs on 1861.²

Rheno? Youngs² b. 1862
Philinda Youngs+² b. 1864

Biography

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Birth

1842

Marriage

1861

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.
[S36] Letter, from Gary M. Green, Dec. 11, 2003: Descendants of Ithamar Spencer and Caroline M. Houghton (from Gary L. Heinmiller).

Sarah Waite¹

F, #57283, b. 22 July 1844

Father*: Abijah Wait¹ b. 17 Jan 1812, d. 1882
Mother*: Jane Spencer¹ b. 1816, d. 23 Feb 1895

Family: William Hoit

Marriage*: Sarah Waite married William Hoit on Jan 15, 1879.¹

Biography

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Birth

Jul 22, 1844

Marriage

Jan 15, 1879

Residence

Walton, Delaware Co., NY, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

William Hoit¹

M, #57284

Family: Sarah Waite b. 22 Jul 1844

Marriage*: William Hoit married Sarah Waite, daughter of Abijah Wait and Jane Spencer, on Jan 15, 1879.¹

Biography

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Marriage

Jan 15, 1879

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Mary (Marie C.) Waite¹

F, #57285, b. 7 January 1846

Father*: Abijah Wait¹ b. 17 Jan 1812, d. 1882
Mother*: Jane Spencer¹ b. 1816, d. 23 Feb 1895

Family: Homer Dilinan

Mar 1*: Mary (Marie C.) Waite first married Homer Dilinan.¹

Biography

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Birth

Jan 7, 1846

Mar 1

Residence

Unadilla, Otsego Co., NY, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Homer Dilinan¹

M, #57286

Family: Mary (Marie C.) Waite b. 7 Jan 1846

Mar 1*: Homer Dilinan first married Mary (Marie C.) Waite.¹

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Mar 1

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Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

John Gates¹

M, #57287

Family: Mary (Marie C.) Waite b. 7 Jan 1846

Mar 2*: His second marriage was to Mary (Marie C.) Waite on Jan 17, 1872.¹

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Mar 2

Jan 17, 1872

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Charles Otis Gates¹

M, #57288, b. 14 October 1852, d. 8 May 1906

Father*: Rev. Charles Henry Gates¹ b. 23 Aug 1826, d. 12 Dec 1914
Mother*: Mary H. Hobbs¹

Family: Elizabeth K. Hoagland b. 30 Sep 1858, d. 24 Aug 1927

Marriage*: Charles Otis Gates married Elizabeth K. Hoagland on Jun 7, 1887 at Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, USA.²

Hoagland Gates+¹ b. 14 Aug 1891, d. 17 Jan 1944

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Birth

Oct 14, 1852

Oscaloosa, IA, USA²

Marriage

Jun 7, 1887

Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, USA²

Death

May 8, 1906

New York, New York Co., NY, USA²

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Anne Gates Copley, Oct. 25, 2001.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Anne Gates Copley, Oct. 27, 2001.

Hoagland Gates¹

M, #57289, b. 14 August 1891, d. 17 January 1944

Father*: Charles Otis Gates¹ b. 14 Oct 1852, d. 8 May 1906
Mother*: Elizabeth K. Hoagland² b. 30 Sep 1858, d. 24 Aug 1927

Family: Margaret Chalfant Mackey b. 24 Dec 1890, d. 29 Dec 1981

Marriage*: Hoagland Gates married Margaret Chalfant Mackey on Mar 6, 1920 at Chester Co., PA, USA.²

Anne Elinor Gates¹ b. 14 Sep 1921

Biography

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Birth

Aug 14, 1891

Port Chester, NY, USA²

Marriage

Mar 6, 1920

Chester Co., PA, USA²

Death

Jan 17, 1944

Asheville, Buncombe Co., NC, USA²

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Anne Gates Copley, Oct. 25, 2001.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Anne Gates Copley, Oct. 27, 2001.

Anne Elinor Gates¹

F, #57290, b. 14 September 1921

Father*: Hoagland Gates¹ b. 14 Aug 1891, d. 17 Jan 1944
Mother*: Margaret Chalfant Mackey² b. 24 Dec 1890, d. 29 Dec 1981

Family: Harold Eugene Copley

Marriage*: Anne Elinor Gates married Harold Eugene Copley on Dec 11, 1943 at San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX, USA.^1,2

Biography

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Birth

Sep 14, 1921

Philadelphia Co., PA, USA²

Marriage

Dec 11, 1943

San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX, USA^1,2

Note

2 children and 4 grandchildren

Address

Oct 25, 2001

1610 Yeatmans Mill Rd., Newark, DE, USA, agcopley@magpage.com¹

Research

2010

Dear Dr. Vella,

I found your Houghton web site while searching for information about Hoagland Gates (1891-1944). I am not related to Mr. Gates, but per a history of the Sherwood family written in the early 1940s, at that time Mr. Gates owned a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland called Auctill, which was the family's ancestral home place. Through your site, I was able to discover that Mr. Gates had a daughter, Anne Gates (Mrs. Copley) of Newark, Delaware. I found some posts I think she wrote on genealogy message boards, the last one being in 2003. I wrote an email to her, but it was just returned as undeliverable. I wonder if you know Mrs. Copley personally, and if she is still living?

I am attaching a copy of the letter I wrote to Mrs. Copley. I am hoping you might be able to forward it to her, or perhaps to her children. From the information I found on line, I suspect Hoagland Gates' mother died at Auctill, and he was living there in 1917, though he apparently bought another plantation in 1928. I'd think it likely that his daughter would have photographs of the place, and might be able to tell me if it is still standing.

Best Regards,

John Field Pankow
_______________________________

Email sent to AGCopley@magpage.com on 26 July 2010, returned as undeliverable:

Dear Mrs, Copley,

I saw where you'd made some genealogy postings on the Genforum web site, and wonder if you are perhaps related to Hoagland Gates (1891-1944).

I am searching for information on Mr. Gates because, per a history of the Sherwood family written in the early 1940s, he owned a plantation called Auctill in Talbot County, Maryland, the Sherwood's ancestral home place. I've found information on line about another plantation Mr. Gates owned, Broadlands in Cecil County, Maryland. This is not Auctill.

Per a family tree I found on line, Mr. Gates' mother, Elizabeth Hoagland (Mrs. Charles) Gates, died in Talbot Co., Maryland in 1927. I also found where Hoagland Gates filled out a World War One registration in Talbot Co. in 1917, but I don't find him or his mother on the 1920 census there.

The reason I am interested in learning more about Auctill is that my fifth great grandfather, Daniel Sherwood III (1749-1838), was born there. He and his wife, Frances Linthicum (1749-1806), sold Auctill to Matthias (Matthew) Tilghman in 1778, and came to North Carolina.

My line of descent from the Sherwood family goes as follows:

Francis Sherwood, was in Maryland by 1646
Hugh Sherwood (c.1632-1710/11) & Mary Brooke (c. 1636-1707)
Daniel Sherwood I (1668-1738) & Mary Hopkins (1672-1746) m. 1689
Daniel Sherwood II (1709-1767) & Elizabeth Rice (1709-?) m. 1745
Daniel Sherwood III (1749-1838) & Frances Linthicum (1749-1806) m. 1768
Eleanor Sherwood (1776-1859) & Jeremiah Field (c.1764-1830) m. circa 1793
Elswick Sherwood Field (1808-1867) & Guilianna Lindsay (1807-1885) m. 1831
John Andrew Field (1846-1883) & Mary Adeline Wilkinson (1846-1906) m. 1865
Ernest Marion Field (1866-1902) & Mary Rhetta Bell (1862-1947) m. 1888
John Levi Field (1899-1963) & Eunice Virginia Stearns (1906-1983) m. 1929
Joanna Field & Kenneth O. Pankow, m. 1962
John Field Pankow...that's me.

I don't know whether Daniel II or Daniel I built Auctill. Hugh built a plantation called Crooked Intention (Still standing) when he first came to Maryland in the 1660s, and later lived and died at Huntington (I think it is still standing, but now called Wheatlands, and has been considerably altered.)

I would be most grateful for any information you could give me.

Best Regards,

John Field Pankow
Biltmore Forest, NC

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Anne Gates Copley, Oct. 25, 2001.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Anne Gates Copley, Oct. 27, 2001.

Harold Eugene Copley^1,2

M, #57291

Family: Anne Elinor Gates b. 14 Sep 1921

Marriage*: Harold Eugene Copley married Anne Elinor Gates, daughter of Hoagland Gates and Margaret Chalfant Mackey, on Dec 11, 1943 at San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX, USA.^1,2

Biography

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Marriage

Dec 11, 1943

San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX, USA^1,2

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Anne Gates Copley, Oct. 25, 2001.
[S601] Family Group Sheet, from Anne Gates Copley, Oct. 27, 2001.

Elizabeth Fowler¹

F, #57292, d. 1854

Family: Thomas Knight Houghton b. 2 Feb 1829, d. 15 Sep 1903

Marriage*: Elizabeth Fowler married Thomas Knight Houghton, son of John Houghton and Rachel Logan, on Dec 28, 1852 at South Bend, IN, USA.¹

Biography

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Marriage

Dec 28, 1852

South Bend, IN, USA¹

Death

1854

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Viola at e-mail address.
[S415] E-mail from Viola, e-mail address.

John S. Waite¹

M, #57293, b. 21 March 1850, d. 24 November 1853

Father*: Abijah Wait¹ b. 17 Jan 1812, d. 1882
Mother*: Jane Spencer¹ b. 1816, d. 23 Feb 1895

Biography

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Birth

Mar 21, 1850

Death

Nov 24, 1853

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Emma Waite¹

F, #57294

Father*: Abijah Wait¹ b. 17 Jan 1812, d. 1882
Mother*: Jane Spencer¹ b. 1816, d. 23 Feb 1895

Biography

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Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Marietta Waite¹

F, #57295, b. 30 August 1847

Father*: Abijah Wait¹ b. 17 Jan 1812, d. 1882
Mother*: Jane Spencer¹ b. 1816, d. 23 Feb 1895

Family: Charles H. Delevan

Marriage*: Marietta Waite married Charles H. Delevan on Mar 26, 1873.¹

Biography

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Birth

Aug 30, 1847

Marriage

Mar 26, 1873

Residence

Sidney, NY, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Charles H. Delevan¹

M, #57296

Family: Marietta Waite b. 30 Aug 1847

Marriage*: Charles H. Delevan married Marietta Waite, daughter of Abijah Wait and Jane Spencer, on Mar 26, 1873.¹

Biography

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Marriage

Mar 26, 1873

Residence

Sidney, NY, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Samuel Henry Eells¹

M, #57297

Father*: Deacon Horace B. Eells¹ b. 22 May 1818, d. 1898
Mother*: Armenia Spencer¹ b. 17 Jan 1820, d. 1911

Biography

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Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Evaly M. Eells¹

F, #57298

Father*: Deacon Horace B. Eells¹ b. 22 May 1818, d. 1898
Mother*: Armenia Spencer¹ b. 17 Jan 1820, d. 1911

Biography

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Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Erastus Mills¹

M, #57299

Family: Adelina Spencer b. 4 Feb 1824, d. 30 Jan 1859

Marriage*: Erastus Mills married Adelina Spencer, daughter of Ithamar Amos Spencer and Caroline Matilda Houghton, on Oct 29, 1851.¹

Biography

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Marriage

Oct 29, 1851

Residence

1870

Unadilla, Otsego Co., NY, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.

Alice P. Mills¹

F, #57300

Father*: Erastus Mills¹
Mother*: Adelina Spencer¹ b. 4 Feb 1824, d. 30 Jan 1859

Biography

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Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Gary L. Heinmiller, Apr. 15, 2000.