Houghton Surname Project

Tabitha Houghton^1,2,3

F, #4381, b. 2 September 1788, d. 9 May 1817

Father*: Nehemiah Houghton^3,4 b. 9 Jul 1767, d. 10 Oct 1854
Mother*: Lydia Dodge³ b. 30 Aug 1764, d. 30 Oct 1826

Family: Asa Sweetland b. 26 Dec 1784, d. 9 May 1867

Marriage*: Tabitha Houghton married Asa Sweetland on Sep 20, 1805 at Vernon, VT, USA, age 17; MLM: 9 May 1817 [CJV: md].^5,6,8,4

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Sep 2, 1788

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, MLM, p. 63: Winchester, NH^5,6,7,3

Marriage

Sep 20, 1805

Vernon, VT, USA, age 17; MLM: 9 May 1817 [CJV: md]^5,6,8,4

Immigration

1815

Batavia, Genesee Co., NY, USA, JWH: "In the fall of 1815 they moved to Batavia, N.Y., to make a home for her two brothers, Nehemiah and Asa, who had bought a tract of land in that township.⁵ "

Death

May 9, 1817

Batavia, Genesee Co., NY, USA, died of cancer^5,6,8

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 123 #455.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 32 #900, 63.
[S1074] Town Records: Vernon, VT, Book 1, p. 518; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
[S1074] Town Records: Vernon, VT, Book 1, p. 736; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 123.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 32, 63.
[S653] John Barber White, Barber Genealogy, p. 510.
[S653] John Barber White, Barber Genealogy, p. 511.

Nehemiah Houghton Jr., Esq.^1,2,3,4,5

M, #4382, b. 2 February 1791, d. 10 August 1855

Father*: Nehemiah Houghton⁵ b. 9 Jul 1767, d. 10 Oct 1854
Mother*: Lydia Dodge b. 30 Aug 1764, d. 30 Oct 1826

Family 1: Calista Clark b. 25 Mar 1803, d. 25 Apr 1825

Marriage*: Nehemiah Houghton Jr., Esq. married Calista Clark w/1.^6,10,7,11,4

Abigail Houghton+ b. 6 Jan 1821, d. 28 Nov 1853
Harriet Houghton+ b. 16 Jan 1824, d. 18 Mar 1905

Family 2: Sabrina Thayer b. Mar 1794, d. 12 Mar 1874

Marriage*: Nehemiah Houghton Jr., Esq. married Sabrina Thayer w/2.^6,8,14,15

Lydia Pamelia Houghton b. 29 Aug 1826
Edward Fitch Houghton+¹⁵ b. 30 Sep 1831
John Henry Houghton¹⁵ b. 9 Jan 1834, d. 20 Jul 1854
Calista Houghton+¹⁵ b. 14 Dec 1836, d. 3 Apr 1894

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Feb 2, 1791

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, age 58 in 1850 census; age "54" in 1855 census^6,7,8,9

Immigration

circa 1812

Batavia, Genesee Co., NY, USA⁶

Marriage

w/1^6,10,7,11,4

1820 Census

1820

Batavia, Genesee Co., NY, USA, 2 Individuals: 1 male 26-45; 1 female 16-26; next door to brother Asa^12,13

Marriage

w/2^6,8,14,15

1830 Census

1830

Avon, Livingston Co., NY, USA, 8 Total: 1 male under 5 (1826-1830), 1 male 30 to 40 (1791-1800), 1 male 60 to 70 (1761-1770)// 1 female under 5 (1826-1830), 1 female 5 to 10 (1821-1825), 2 female 15 to 20 (1811-1815), 1 female 20 to 30 (1801-1810)

1840 Census

1840

Leicester, Livingston Co., NY, USA, 5 Total: 2 male 5 to 10 (1830-1835), 1 male 40 to 50 (1790-1799) // 1 female 15 to 20 (1820-1825), 1 female 40 to 50 (1790-1799)¹⁶

1850 Census

1850

Avon, Livingston Co., NY, USA, age 58, landlord, property $10,000¹⁵

1855 Census

1855

Avon, Livingston Co., NY, USA, age "54", landlord; and 6 servants; house value $10,000¹⁷

Death

Aug 10, 1855

Avon Springs, Livingston Co., NY, USA^6,8,14

Biography

JWH: "When about 21 years old he went to Batavia, NY, and engaged in school teaching. Returning home about a year later, he persuaded his brother, Asa, to return to Batavia with him, and he also taught school awhile, when the brothers bought a tract of partially improved land and began farming in company. This work not proving to Nehemiah's taste, he sold his interest to his brother and later went to Avon Springs, a noted watering place, and built and carried on a large hotel and boarding house in which he continued until his death. He was a man of intelligence, integrity, very genteel in manner, but with a dignity and reserve that very few were able to penetrate, notwithstanding he was kind and sympathetic when occasion seemed to justify."⁶

Research

NY, USA

Occupation

a teacher; farmer; hotel and boarding house propreiter

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124 #456.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 59:259.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 32 #901, 63.
[S593] Western New York VRs, p. 116.
[S1074] Town Records: Vernon, VT, Book 1, p. 581; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 32, 63.
[S653] John Barber White, Barber Genealogy, p. 511.
[S1074] Town Records: Vernon, VT, Book 1, p. 581; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 59: 259.
[S1116] Lois Barris, Fredonia NY Censor Death Notices 1819-1899, p. 282.
[S1223] 1820 U.S. Federal Census , Batavia, Genesee Co., NY, p. 21.
[S1223] 1820 U.S. Federal Census , Batavia, Genesee, New York; Roll: M33_72; Page: 21.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 63.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Avon, Livingston Co., NY, Box 524, p. 312, line 31, dwl 120.
[S1225] 1840 U.S. Federal Census , Leicester, Livingston, New York; Roll: 294; Page: 160.
[S1516] 1855 State Census , New York, State Census, 1855 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

Lydia Houghton^1,2,3

F, #4383, b. 9 April 1793, d. 12 July 1825

Father*: Nehemiah Houghton³ b. 9 Jul 1767, d. 10 Oct 1854
Mother*: Lydia Dodge b. 30 Aug 1764, d. 30 Oct 1826

Family: Zachariah Goss b. 27 Apr 1790

Marriage*: Lydia Houghton married Zachariah Goss on Feb 12, 1816 at Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, JWH, MLM, Barber: 1815.^4,6,7,8

Lydia Belara Goss+ b. 19 May 1817, d. b 1907
Harriet Calista Goss+⁹ b. 1820, d. 12 Sep 1856
Mary Ann Goss+ b. 15 Feb 1822, d. 4 Mar 1872
Nehemiah Goss

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Apr 9, 1793

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, MLM: Winchester, NH^4,5,6,3

Marriage

Feb 12, 1816

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, JWH, MLM, Barber: 1815^4,6,7,8

Death

Jul 12, 1825

Chazy, Clinton Co., NY, USA, JWH: Crassy; MLM: Cressy^4,6,7

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124 #457.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 32 #902, 64.
[S1074] Town Records: Vernon, Windham Co., VT, Book 1, p. 531; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 32, 64.
[S653] John Barber White, Barber Genealogy, p. 511.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 64.
[S1074] Town Records: Vernon, Windham Co., VT, Vol. 1, p. 724; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-2112, Index to Brattleboro VRs, Marriages.
[S653] John Barber White, Barber Genealogy, p. 512.

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

M, #4384, b. 1 September 1795, d. 10 September 1875

Father*: Nehemiah Houghton⁶ b. 9 Jul 1767, d. 10 Oct 1854
Mother*: Lydia Dodge b. 30 Aug 1764, d. 30 Oct 1826

Family 1: Tamzin Bigelow d. 17 Sep 1829

Marriage*: Asa Houghton married Tamzin Bigelow on May 16, 1816.^7,8,10

Edwin Wells Houghton+ b. 18 Mar 1817, d. 11 Feb 1907
George Wellington Houghton+ b. 17 Oct 1818, d. 17 Jul 1905
Asa Willard Houghton+ b. 12 May 1820, d. 23 May 1865
Luther Wallace Houghton+ b. 23 Jan 1823, d. 27 Jul 1911
Mary M. Houghton+ b. 5 Mar 1825, d. 22 Apr 1910
Alta M. Houghton+ b. 12 Aug 1827, d. 23 Jul 1906
Zenas Houghton b. 6 May 1829, d. 27 Sep 1829

Family 2: Clarissa Cole b. 27 Aug 1798, d. 17 Mar 1881

Marriage*: Asa Houghton married Clarissa Cole on Mar 21, 1832 at Richfield, NY, USA, w/2; DAR: 1831; MLM: Mar. 31, 1832.^13,3,10,14

Ellen A. Houghton¹⁶ b. 2 Mar 1832, d. 30 Apr 1870
Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D.+¹⁶ b. 24 Nov 1834, d. 25 Feb 1924
Harriet Clarissa Houghton^16,19 b. 11 Apr 1837, d. 16 Dec 1873
Julia Tamzin Houghton+¹⁹ b. 21 Mar 1839, d. 18 Feb 1920

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Sep 1, 1795

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, age 54, VT, in 1850 census; age 65 in 1860 census; age 74, VT, in 1870 census^7,8,9,6

Marriage

May 16, 1816

^7,8,10

1820 Census

1820

Batavia, Genesee Co., NY, USA, 7 Individuals: 3 male 0-10, 1 male 10-16, 1 male 16-26, 2 female 16-26¹¹

1830 Census

1830

Batavia, Genesee Co., NY, USA, 8 Total: 2 male 5 to 10 (1821-1825), 2 male 10 to 15 (1816-1820), 1 male 15 to 20 (1811-1815), 1 male 30 to 40 (1791-1800)// 1 female under 5 (1826-1830), 1 female 5 to 10 (1821-1825)¹²

Marriage

Mar 21, 1832

Richfield, NY, USA, w/2; DAR: 1831; MLM: Mar. 31, 1832^13,3,10,14

1840 Census

1840

Spencer, Medina Co., OH, USA, 12 Total: 1 male under 5 (1836-1840), 2 male 15 to 20 (1820-1825), 2 male 20 to 30 (1810-1819), 1 male 40 to 50 (1790-1799) // 2 female under 5 (1836-1840), 1 female 5 to 10 (1830-1835), 2 female 10 to 15 (1825-1830), 1 female 40 to 50 (1790-1799)¹⁵

1850 Census

1850

Spencer, Medina Co., OH, USA, age 54, farmer¹⁶

1860 Census

1860

Middleburg, Cuyahoga Co., OH, USA, age 65, none¹⁷

1870 Census

1870

Wellington, Lorain Co., OH, USA, age 74, a farmer, personal property $4000¹⁸

Death

Sep 10, 1875

Wellington, Lorain, OH, USA, at home of his son J. W. Houghton^7,10,14

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124 #458.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 108: 86.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 149: 170.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 32 #903, 64.
[S308] Donald E. Gradeless, Rev. Lineages IL SAR, p. 140.
[S1074] Town Records: Vernon, Windham Co., VT, Book 1, p. 531: VT Division of Records, Middelesex, VT, F-30270.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 32, 64.
[S653] John Barber White, Barber Genealogy, p. 511.
[S653] John Barber White, Barber Genealogy, p. 512.
[S1223] 1820 U.S. Federal Census , Batavia, Genesee, New York; Roll: M33_72; Page: 21.
[S1224] 1830 U.S. Federal Census , Batavia, Genesee, New York; Roll: 90; Page: 334.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 125.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 64.
[S1225] 1840 U.S. Federal Census , Spencer, Medina, Ohio; Roll: 412; Page: 177.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Spencer, Medina, Ohio; Roll: M432_709; Page: 427; line 23, dwl 1668-1674.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Middleburg, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: M653_954; Page: 0; line 30, dwl 1818-1047.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Wellington, Lorain Co., OH, Reel 1235, p. 689, line 19, dwl 62-63.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Washington, Lucas, Ohio; Roll: M653_1003; Page: 10; line 26, dwl 143-132.

Major Alba Houghton^1,2,3

M, #4385, b. 22 August 1797, d. 24 May 1872

Father*: Nehemiah Houghton⁴ b. 9 Jul 1767, d. 10 Oct 1854
Mother*: Lydia Dodge⁵ b. 30 Aug 1764, d. 30 Oct 1826

Family: Thankful Stebbins b. 15 Feb 1801, d. 7 Oct 1884

Marriage*: Major Alba Houghton married Thankful Stebbins on Feb 5, 1822 at Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA.^{6,9,8,10,11,12}

Harriet Houghton+²² b. 12 Feb 1824, d. 23 Apr 1891
Charles Chandler Houghton+²² b. 25 Apr 1825, d. 6 Mar 1901
Samuel Beech Houghton+²³ b. 23 Dec 1827, d. 21 Mar 1897
Alba Houghton Jr.+¹⁵ b. 16 Aug 1829, d. 23 Jun 1894
Calista Thankful Houghton¹⁵ b. 11 Jul 1831, d. Nov 1884
Lydia Elvira Houghton+¹⁵ b. 6 Jan 1834, d. 27 May 1872
Mary L. Houghton+¹⁵ b. 29 Oct 1836, d. 18 Apr 1908
Isabelle Houghton+¹⁵ b. 12 Mar 1838, d. 10 Oct 1903
Sarah Houghton+¹⁵ b. 20 Sep 1842

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Aug 22, 1797

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, age 53 in 1850 census; age 64 in 1860 census; age 73 in 1870 census^6,7,8,4

Marriage

Feb 5, 1822

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA^{6,9,8,10,11,12}

1830 Census

1830

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, 6 Total: 3 male under 5 (1826-1830), 1 male 30 to 40 (1791-1800)// 1 female 5 to 10 (1821-1825), 1 female 30 to 40 (1791-1800)¹³

Immigration

circa 1832

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA⁶

1840 Census

1840

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, 10 Total: 3 male 10 to 15 (1825-1830), 1 male 40 to 50 (1790-1799) // 2 female under 5 (1836-1840), 2 female 5 to 10 (1830-1835), 1 female 15 to 20 (1820-1825), 1 female 30 to 40 (1800-1809)¹⁴

1850 Census

1850

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, age 58, a farmer^15,16

1860 Census

1860

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, age 64, a farmer, property $3000-1217¹⁷

1870 Census

1870

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, age 73, a farmer, property $3500-$1500^18,19

Death

May 24, 1872

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, age 74 y 9 m, of Bright's disease; MLM: May 24, 1882/3^6,8,20,5

Burial

Vernon Cemetery, Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, Tyler Cemetery²¹

Biography

JWH: "He d. 5,24,1872, the first death in a family of eleven children. It was said by Dr. Cyrus Washburn of Vernon, who had married 453 couples, that they were the handsomest he had ever married. He bought a farm in Canaan, about 1828, where he was elected Major of a regiment of militia. Later he returned to Vernon, built on the west side of his father's farm in 1832, where he spent the remainder of his days. His wife, who was living with one of her children at the time, died in Worcester, Mass., and was buried at Vernon, Vt."

Townsend: 'Alba Houghton Vernon, VT m Thankful Stebbins Had S. B., C.C., p. 304-44' (see Child's Hist. Gazateer of Vt., p. 304)^6,2

Research

next door in 1840 census

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 127 #459.
[S148] C.D. Townsend, Index of Gazetter of Windham Co., Vermont, p. 94.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 32 #904, 65.
[S1074] Town Records: Vernon, VT, Book 1, p. 531: VT Division of Records, Middelesex, VT, , F-30270.
[S1074] Town Records: Vernon, VT, p. 1303: VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30546, VT VRs 1871-1904.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 127.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 32, 65.
[S653] John Barber White, Barber Genealogy, p. 512.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 32.
[S695] Ralph Stebbins Greenlee and Robert Lemuel Greenlee Stebbins Genealogy, p. 328.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 110.
[S1074] Town Records: Vernon, VT, Book 4, p. 30: VT Division of Records, Middelesex, VT, , F-30270.
[S1224] 1830 U.S. Federal Census , Vernon, Windham, Vermont; Roll: 186; Page: 47.
[S1225] 1840 U.S. Federal Census , Vernon, Windham, Vermont; Roll: 547; Page: 57.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Vernon, Windham, Vermont; Roll: M432_929; Page: 102; line 6, dwl 86-91.
[S752] VT 1850 Census Index, p. 117.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1860 US Census, Vernon, Windham Co., VT, Roll 1325, p. 448, line 17, dwl 1399-1547.
[S549] A Surname Guide to the Heads of Families and Landownerss of Windham County, Vermont in the year 1870, p. 72.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Vernon, Windham Co., VT, Box 1627, p. 150, line 18, dwl 120-135.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 65.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1850 US Census, Vernon, Windham Co., VT, Box 929, p. 102.
[S1074] Town Records: Vernon, VT, p. 658; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.

Sarah Houghton^1,2

F, #4386, b. 6 February 1800, d. 6 August 1865

Father*: Nehemiah Houghton¹ b. 9 Jul 1767, d. 10 Oct 1854
Mother*: Lydia Dodge b. 30 Aug 1764, d. 30 Oct 1826

Family: Royal Tyler b. 15 Sep 1797

Marriage*: Sarah Houghton married Royal Tyler on Apr 16, 1817 at Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT, USA.^3,4,7,2
Divorce*: Sarah Houghton and Royal Tyler were divorced on Feb 18, 1833.⁷

Ruth M. Tyler b. 15 Mar 1822, d. 9 Jan 1827
Nehemiah Tyler b. 6 Apr 1824, d. 29 Dec 1826
Asa Tyler+ b. 18 May 1826, d. 27 Apr 1883
Mary Mariah Tyler+ b. 8 Apr 1828, d. 20 Apr 1902

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Feb 6, 1800

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA^3,4,5,1

Residence

Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT, USA⁶

Marriage

Apr 16, 1817

Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT, USA^3,4,7,2

Divorce

Feb 18, 1833

⁷

Biography

died "of consumption. The disease was slow in its progress and the morning of the day she died she made her toilet and sat at the table for breakfast with the family."³

Death

Aug 6, 1865

JWH, MLM: Aug. 6, 1864^3,7,6

Pedigree

Citations

[S1074] Town Records: Vernon, VT, Book 1, p. 531; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
[S1074] Town Records: Brattleboro, VT; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 127.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 32, 66.
[S653] John Barber White, Barber Genealogy, p. 511, 513.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 66.
[S653] John Barber White, Barber Genealogy, p. 513.

Curtis Houghton^1,2,3

M, #4387, b. 30 March 1802, d. 20 August 1889

Father*: Nehemiah Houghton³ b. 9 Jul 1767, d. 10 Oct 1854
Mother*: Lydia Dodge b. 30 Aug 1764, d. 30 Oct 1826

Family: Eliza Tyler b. 15 May 1806, d. 16 Jun 1886

Marriage*: Curtis Houghton married Eliza Tyler on Jun 28, 1825 at Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., NH, USA.^4,7,5,8,9

Louisa Houghton⁸ b. 24 Jan 1828, d. 16 Feb 1828
Mary Houghton+ b. 7 Apr 1829, d. 10 Jan 1894
Louisa N. Houghton+ b. 19 Sep 1830, d. 20 Apr 1910
Sarah Jane Houghton+¹⁷ b. 12 Oct 1832
Henry Curtis Houghton⁸ b. 27 Jul 1834, d. 13 Dec 1839
Lucinda Houghton+¹¹ b. 12 Oct 1835
Harriet Houghton b. 11 Sep 1837, d. 23 May 1848
Edwin Houghton+¹¹ b. 1 Aug 1839, d. 6 Oct 1901
Lydia Alvira Houghton+¹¹ b. 23 Aug 1841
Henry Scott Houghton+¹⁸ b. 30 Aug 1849, d. 2 Dec 1901

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Mar 30, 1802

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, age 48 in 1850 census; age 58, MA, in 1860 census; age 68 in 1870 census; age 78 in 1880 census; JWH, MLM: Mar 30, 1806^4,5,6,3

Occupation

a carriage maker; farmer; and founder of Houghton Pottery plant

Marriage

Jun 28, 1825

Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., NH, USA^4,7,5,8,9

Immigration

1833

Dalton, Wayne, OH, USA, 1830 given as well¹⁰

1850 Census

1850

Sugar Creek, Wayne Co., OH, USA, age 48, a potter, property $1500; and F. Dresch, 34, potter, Germany¹¹

1860 Census

1860

Sugar Creek, Wayne Co., OH, USA, age 58, potter¹²

1870 Census

1870

Sugar Creek, Wayne Co., OH, USA, age 68, a farmer, property $3000-500¹³

1880 Census

1880

Dalton, Wayne Co., OH, USA, age 78, a farmer¹⁴

Death

Aug 20, 1889

Dalton, Wayne, OH, USA, JWH, MLM: Jun 16, 1884; also 1889; Alice Houghton Malone gives 8/2/1889^4,7,8,15

Burial

Dalton Cemetery, Dalton, Wayne Co., OH, USA

Biography

JWH: "They began their married life working his father's farm in Vernon. In 1830 he came to Dalton, Wayne Co., O., and the following year bought a lot with a house partly inclosed for $135, which he completed, and in which he continued to reside until his death in 1889. He began as a carriage maker, and later went into the the manufacture of stone ware, and still later bought a few acres of land and went to farming on a small scale which he continued the remainder of his active life. He was quiet, reserved, industrious and of unblemished Christian character."

Founded "pot shop" as he called it, according to Georgia Helen Freet, his great granddaughter.

The Canton Daily News, Canton OH, June 19, 1927 article [V.I. Morgan, Houghton Genealogy, p. 580-589]: "Same Family Owns Oldest Pottery, History of Baking Clay Clings to Houghton Clan for the Past Four Generations...- by Maud M. Howells: "...there came to Dalton, a little village on the border line between Stark and Wayne counties, young Curtis Houghton, who had been a potter by trade in his native state of Vermont. He had lived near the famous Bennington potteries and had learned the art of fashoning many quaint utensils from clay. The older settlers of Dalton told him of the rich clay deposits which the Indians had used to fashion their jars and pipes. He dug into the earth and with the first clay he found he made with his hand an earthenware jar. He did not bake it in the sun as the Indians did but piled up bricks into a kiln, built a fire in it and baked his pottery. That early pottery has been in operation ever since 1842 and it has been operated by a son or grandson of the pioneer potter."^4,16

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 127 #461.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 32 #906, 66.
[S1074] Town Records: Vernon, Windham Co., VT, Book 1, p. 531: VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 127.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 32, 66.
[S653] John Barber White, Barber Genealogy, p. 511, 514.
[S36] Letter, from Alyce Houghton Malone to Barbara Marie Houghton, May 4, 1991.
[S653] John Barber White, Barber Genealogy, p. 514.
[S415] E-mail from Ruth Turner, Sep. 4, 2006.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 127, 193.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Sugar Creek, Wayne, Ohio; Roll: M432_739; Page: 59b; line 14, dwl 107-107.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Sugar Creek, Wayne, Ohio; Roll: M653_1050; Page: 104; Sheet 207, line 27, dwl 1454-1482.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Sugar Creek, Wayne Co., OH, Reel 1281, P. 350, Ln. 22, dwl 316-312.
[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Dalton, Wayne, Ohio; Roll: T9_1077; Family History Film: 1255077; Page: 314B; Enumeration District: 236;.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 66.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 580.
[S1074] Town Records: Vernon, VT, Book 1, p. 488; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1870 US Federal Census, Sugar Creek, Wayne Co., OH, Reel 1281, P. 350, Ln. 22, dwl 316-312.

Harriet Houghton^1,2,3,4

F, #4388, b. 6 March 1805, d. 5 January 1864

Father*: Nehemiah Houghton^5,4 b. 9 Jul 1767, d. 10 Oct 1854
Mother*: Lydia Dodge⁵ b. 30 Aug 1764, d. 30 Oct 1826

Family: John Stebbins b. 15 Jan 1794, d. 12 Aug 1875

Marriage*: Harriet Houghton married John Stebbins on Jul 17, 1825 at Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, Nims Family: Jul 12; VT Gazetteer Index: v. pt. 2, 288; JWH, MLM: Jul 19.^{6,7,9,10,5,3,11}

Alonzo Stebbins+¹⁵ b. 20 Apr 1826, d. b 1911
Lorenzo Stebbins b. 15 Nov 1827
John Stebbins Jr.+¹⁵ b. 10 Mar 1829, d. 12 Sep 1872
Harriet Stebbins+¹⁵ b. 5 Aug 1830, d. 1907
Calista Stebbins b. 29 Jun 1832, d. 23 Oct 1882
Alfred Stebbins+ b. 4 Sep 1834, d. 25 Nov 1901
Melissa Stebbins+ b. 29 Jul 1837
Lydia Houghton Stebbins+¹⁶ b. 14 Jul 1839

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Mar 6, 1805

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, MLM: Batavia, NY^6,7,8,5,3,4

Residence

Sutton, Caledonia Co., VT, USA, VT Gazetteer Index: v. pt. 3, 51⁹

Marriage

Jul 17, 1825

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, Nims Family: Jul 12; VT Gazetteer Index: v. pt. 2, 288; JWH, MLM: Jul 19^{6,7,9,10,5,3,11}

Death

Jan 5, 1864

Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, Nims Family: Jan. 15^{6,12,10,5,3,13}

Biography

JWH: "She was a woman of fine personal presence, great dignity and strength of character, amiable in disposition, prudent and industrious...Her husband wrote after her death, 'She suffered the most excruciating pain, apparently too severe for human nature to endure, and yet she bore it all with patient resignation and Christian fortitude.' Her obituary notice, among other things, said, 'Mrs. Stebbins was a sincere Christian, a woman of much excellence of character, a faithful wife, a kind and affectionate mother, and was highly respected and esteemed by a large circle of friends for her purity of life, amiable deportment, mild and agreeable manners, sweetness of disposition and great moral worth."¹⁴

Burial

Stebbins Cemetery, Vernon, Windham Co., VT, USA¹³

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 127 #462.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 32 #907, 66.
[S1004] Unknown author, Nims Family, p. 115.
[S1074] Town Records: Vernon, Windham Co., VT, Book 1, p. 581; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
[S695] Ralph Stebbins Greenlee and Robert Lemuel Greenlee Stebbins Genealogy, p. 508.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 127.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 32, 66.
[S653] John Barber White, Barber Genealogy, p. 511, 514.
[S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 467.
[S653] John Barber White, Barber Genealogy, p. 514.
[S1074] Town Records: Vernon, Windham Co., VT, Book 4, p. 512; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 66.
[S1074] Town Records: Vernon, Windham Co., VT; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 127-128.
[S696] Ralph Stebbins Greenlee and Robert Lemuel Greenlee Stebbins Genealogy, p. 800.
[S696] Ralph Stebbins Greenlee and Robert Lemuel Greenlee Stebbins Genealogy, p. 802.

Asa Sweetland^1,2

M, #4389, b. 26 December 1784, d. 9 May 1867

Family 1: Tabitha Houghton b. 2 Sep 1788, d. 9 May 1817

Marriage*: Asa Sweetland married Tabitha Houghton, daughter of Nehemiah Houghton and Lydia Dodge, on Sep 20, 1805 at Vernon, VT, USA, age 17; MLM: 9 May 1817 [CJV: md].^3,5,6,2

Family 2:

Lucretia Sweetland d. b 1910
Prussia Sweetland d. b 1910
Lewis Sweetland d. b 1910
Asa Sweetland d. b 1910
Laban Sweetland d. b 1910
Joseph Sweetland d. b 1910

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Dec 26, 1784

West Northfield, Franklin Co., MA, USA^3,4

Marriage

Sep 20, 1805

Vernon, VT, USA, age 17; MLM: 9 May 1817 [CJV: md]^3,5,6,2

Immigration

circa 1817

Little Valley, Cattaraugus, NY, USA³

Death

May 9, 1867

Little Valley, Cattaraugus, NY, USA, Barber: Mar 8, 1867^3,6,4

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 123 #455s.
[S1074] Town Records: Vernon, VT, Book 1, p. 736; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 123.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 63.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 32, 63.
[S653] John Barber White, Barber Genealogy, p. 511.

Lucretia Sweetland^1,2

F, #4390, d. before 1910

Father*: Asa Sweetland b. 26 Dec 1784, d. 9 May 1867

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Death

before 1910

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124, 178 #920.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 63 #1931.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124, 178.

Prussia Sweetland^1,2

F, #4391, d. before 1910

Father*: Asa Sweetland b. 26 Dec 1784, d. 9 May 1867

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Death

before 1910

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124, 178 #921.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 63 #1932.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124, 178.

Lewis Sweetland^1,2

M, #4392, d. before 1910

Father*: Asa Sweetland b. 26 Dec 1784, d. 9 May 1867

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Death

before 1910

Biography

JWH: "We had a slight acquantance with Lewis, who was a Methodist preacher, and a man of pleasing personality, a fine speaker and of more than ordinary talent."; p. 178, "A Methodist preacher; an effective and eloquent speaker."³

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124, 178 #922.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 63 #1933.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124, 178.

Asa Sweetland^1,2

M, #4393, d. before 1910

Father*: Asa Sweetland b. 26 Dec 1784, d. 9 May 1867

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Death

before 1910

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124, 178 #923.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 63 #1934.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124, 178.

Laban Sweetland^1,2

M, #4394, d. before 1910

Father*: Asa Sweetland b. 26 Dec 1784, d. 9 May 1867

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Death

before 1910

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124, 178 #924.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 63 #1935.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124, 178.

Joseph Sweetland^1,2

M, #4395, d. before 1910

Father*: Asa Sweetland b. 26 Dec 1784, d. 9 May 1867

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Death

before 1910

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124, 178 #925.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 63 #1936.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124, 178.

Calista Clark^1,2

F, #4396, b. 25 March 1803, d. 25 April 1825

Family: Nehemiah Houghton Jr., Esq. b. 2 Feb 1791, d. 10 Aug 1855

Marriage: Calista Clark married Nehemiah Houghton Jr., Esq., son of Nehemiah Houghton and Lydia Dodge, w/1.^3,8,9,7,6

Abigail Houghton+ b. 6 Jan 1821, d. 28 Nov 1853
Harriet Houghton+ b. 16 Jan 1824, d. 18 Mar 1905

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Mar 25, 1803

^3,4,5

Residence

Oak Orchard, NY, USA⁴

Death

Apr 25, 1825

Oak Orchard, NY, USA, 23 years^3,6,4,5,7

Obituary

May 11, 1825

Fredonia, NY, USA, in the Fredonia Censor

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124 #456s.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 59, p. 259.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124.
[S653] John Barber White, Barber Genealogy, p. 511.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 63.
[S593] Western New York VRs, p. 116.
[S1116] Lois Barris, Fredonia NY Censor Death Notices 1819-1899, p. 282.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 59: 259.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 32, 63.

Sabrina Thayer¹

F, #4397, b. March 1794, d. 12 March 1874

Family: Nehemiah Houghton Jr., Esq. b. 2 Feb 1791, d. 10 Aug 1855

Marriage*: Sabrina Thayer married Nehemiah Houghton Jr., Esq., son of Nehemiah Houghton and Lydia Dodge, w/2.^2,5,3,4

Lydia Pamelia Houghton b. 29 Aug 1826
Edward Fitch Houghton+⁴ b. 30 Sep 1831
John Henry Houghton⁴ b. 9 Jan 1834, d. 20 Jul 1854
Calista Houghton+⁴ b. 14 Dec 1836, d. 3 Apr 1894

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Mar, 1794

MA, USA, age 56, MA, in 1850 census; age "46" in 1855 census; age 63, MA, in 1860 census; age 74 in 1870 census; JWH, MLM: Mar 1796; 1880 census of son Edward gives bp as VT^2,3,4

Marriage

w/2^2,5,3,4

1850 Census

1850

Avon, Livingston Co., NY, USA, age 58, landlord, property $10,000⁴

1855 Census

1855

Avon, Livingston Co., NY, USA, age "54", landlord; and 6 servants; house value $10,000⁶

1860 Census

1860

Dubuque, Dubuque Co., IA, USA, age 63⁷

Death

Mar 12, 1874

^2,5,3

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124 #456s, 179.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 124.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 63.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Avon, Livingston Co., NY, Box 524, p. 312, line 31, dwl 120.
[S653] John Barber White, Barber Genealogy, p. 511.
[S1516] 1855 State Census , New York, State Census, 1855 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.