Houghton Surname Project

Fanny Booth^1,2,3

F, #1411, d. April 1803

Family: Sir Henry Hoghton Bt

Marriage*: Fanny Booth married Sir Henry Hoghton Bt, son of Philip Hoghton and Elizabeth Slater, on Jul 8, 1767 De Hoghton Pedigree I: 1766; JWH: 1776.^5,2,3

Biography

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Birth

Essex, England^4,5

Marriage

Jul 8, 1767

De Hoghton Pedigree I: 1766; JWH: 1776^5,2,3

Death

Apr, 1803

^2,3

Biography

de Hoghton Pedigree I: "dau. and co-heiress Daniel Booth of Hutton Hall, Essex, a director of the Bank of England d. 1803."
JWH: "m. 2nd, 7, 8, 1776, eldest of two daughters and co-heirs of Daniel Booth of Halton Hall, Essex."^5,3

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 40 #107s.
[S1264] De Hoghton Pedigree II Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).
[S1265] De Hoghton Pedigree I Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella):.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 139.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 40.

Sir Henry Philip Hoghton Bt^1,2

M, #1412, b. 12 June 1768, d. 27 November 1835

Family: Susannah Brooke

Marriage*: Sir Henry Philip Hoghton Bt married Susannah Brooke on Nov 13, 1797.^3,4,1,2

Biography

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Birth

Jun 12, 1768

England^3,4,1

Note

between 1795 and 1835

Hoghton Tower, Preston, Lancashire, England, 7th Baronet of Hoghton⁴

Marriage

Nov 13, 1797

^3,4,1,2

Death

Nov 27, 1835

England^3,1,2

Biography

de Hoghton Pedigree I: "M. P. for Preston 1795-1802."
de Hoghton Pedigree II: "Sir Henry Philip Hoghton, 7th Bart., M.P. for Preston, 1790-1796, and Colonel of the 3rd Royal Lancaster Militia, born 12 June, 1768, married 13 November, 1797, and died 27 November, 1835."
JWH: p. 41: "seventh Baronet...He was a member of Parliament for Preston in 1790 and 1796."; p. 32: "The next Sir Henry, also sat for Preston..."

Hoghton Tower: Member of Parliament for Preston 1795-1802.^3,4,1,2

Pedigree

Citations

[S1264] De Hoghton Pedigree II Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).
[S1265] De Hoghton Pedigree I Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella):.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 41.
[S243] Hoghton Tower, p. 7.

Susannah Brooke^1,2

F, #1413, d. 8 December 1852

Family: Sir Henry Philip Hoghton Bt

Marriage*: Susannah Brooke married Sir Henry Philip Hoghton Bt, son of Sir Henry Hoghton Bt and Fanny Booth, on Nov 13, 1797.^3,4,1,2

Biography

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Marriage

Nov 13, 1797

^3,4,1,2

Death

Dec 8, 1852

Biography

de Hoghton Pedigree I, de Hoghton Pedigree II: "Susannah, only daughter and heiress of Peter Brooke, Esq., of Astley Hall, co. Palatine of Lancaster, and relict of Thos. Townley Parker, Esq. She died 8 December, 1852."
JWH: "dau. and sole heir of Peter Brook of Astley Hall, Lancashire, and widow of Thomas Townley Parker, Esq., Guerdon Hall, in Lancashire."^3,4,2

Pedigree

Citations

[S1264] De Hoghton Pedigree II Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).
[S1265] De Hoghton Pedigree I Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella):.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 41.
[S243] Hoghton Tower, p. 7.

Major-General Daniel Hoghton^1,2

M, #1414, b. 28 August 1770, d. 16 May 1811

Biography

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Birth

Aug 28, 1770

England³

Death

May 16, 1811

Albuera, Spain^3,2

Biography

de Hoghton Pedigree I: "Fell, leading his division, at the battle of Albuera 1811. Monument in St. Paul's Cathedral."
de Hoghton Pedigree II: "Major-General Daniel Hoghton, born 28 August 1770, who fell at the battle of Albuera, 16 May, 1811, while gallantly leading his division against the enemy."
JWH: "He was a Major General in the British army, and killed at the battle of Albuera in Spain, May 16, 1811. He was unmarried. A tablet has been erected to his memory in St. Paul's Cathedral, London."

Wikepedia, 2015:
Major-General Daniel Hoghton (27 August 1770 – 16 May 1811) was a talented and experienced British Army officer who served during the Napoleonic Wars with distinction until his death during combat with the French at the Battle of Albuera in the Peninsula War. His death brought general mourning in Britain and a monument to his memory was raised in St Paul's Cathedral.

During his long career, Hoghton had fought on several West Indian islands, in India, Denmark, Portugal and Spain and had even spent a brief period standing in for a Royal Marines detachment in the Channel Fleet. A popular and able officer, Wellington was reported to have commented on his death: "I understand that it was impossible for anybody to behave better than he did . . . he actually fell waving his hat and cheering his brigade on to the charge"[1]

French Revolutionary Wars

Hoghton was born in Castle Hedingham in Essex as second son to Sir Henry Hoghton, 6th Baronet and his second wife Fanny in 1770. Raised in political circles as the son of an MP, Daniel instead chose a military career and at 23 joined the 82nd Regiment of Foot as a captain through purchase at the outbreak of the French Revolutionary War in 1793. It took some time for Hoghton to settle, moving in 1794 to the short-lived 97th Regiment of Foot and in 1795 on their disbandment joining the 67th Regiment of Foot. Whilst with the 97th, Hoghton and his troops spent some months with the Channel Fleet as makeshift marines after manning shortages necessitated the posting.[1] His father died the same year and the titles, estates and political offices passed to his elder brother Henry Philip Hoghton.

The 67th Regiment was dispatched to the West Indies in 1796 to take part in several campaigns, including serving in San Domingo during the Haitian Revolution and spending time stationed in Jamaica. The same year Hoghton was promoted to lieutenant colonel. In January 1799 Hoghton was transferred to the 88th Regiment of Foot, also known as the Connaught Rangers who were stationed in India. Hoghton took passage and met his regiment in Bombay. For unknown reasons Hoghton did not accompany his men to Egypt for the final defeat of the French army stationed there in 1801 and instead spent some years on the staff of Lord Mornington, returning to England with dispatches in 1804.[1]
Napoleonic Wars

Following his arrival in England during November 1804, Hoghton was given command of the newly raised 2nd battalion, 8th Regiment of Foot, gaining promotion to full colonel the following year. After training and preparing the regiment, Hoghton was dispatched with his troops to Denmark for participation in the Siege of Copenhagen under Sir Arthur Wellesley, whose brother Hoghton had known in India.[1] Hoghton was not heavily engaged at Copenhagen and was soon transferred to the West Indies once more, participating in the invasion and capture of Martinique in 1809. It was for this reason that Hoghton did not join Wellesley in the Iberian Peninsula until 1810, taking command of a brigade in Cadiz.[1]

On 25 July 1810, Hoghton made the jump to major-general and in September took command of the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division under Sir William Stewart, a man he had served under during the 1790s. Hoghton's first taste of action during the Peninsula War was at the Battle of Albuera, where Stewart's division was hastily deployed after a Spanish withdrawal on the right of the battleline.[1] The rapid nature of the deployment opened the division to attack by French cavalry and the 1st brigade under Colonel John Colborne was almost destroyed. Hoghton's brigade held firm however and drove off the French cavalry and then withstood an attack by the 11,000 men of the French 5th Corps, three-quarters of the brigade falling dead or wounded during the furious battle. As the attack subsided, Hoghton removed his hat to motion his men forward and as he did so was struck by a musket ball and killed instantly.[1]

Despite Hoghton's death, the brigade remained strong and withdrew from the field in good order, the action failing to produce a clear victor. Alone amongst the hundreds of men who fell from his division, Hoghton's body was retrieved in the immediate aftermath and carried to Elvas, where it was buried in the British Cemetery Elvas which is now a memorial to the 60,000 officers and men of the British and Portuguese armies who died alongside their Spanish allies in the cause of freedom and independence in the Peninsular War of 1808-1814.[2] In Britain his death was treated with sorrow and a government motion paid for a monument to his memory to be raised in St Paul's Cathedral.[1]
Notes

Hoghton, Daniel, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, E. M. Lloyd, Retrieved 26 November 2007
"The British Cemetery, Elvas Portugal". British-cemetery-elvas.org. Retrieved 2013-04-12.^3,2

Research

He was a descendant of the General Houghton, under Wellington, who was killed at the battle of Albura in the Peninsular war in 1811. The French finally withdrew.⁴

Pedigree

Citations

[S1264] De Hoghton Pedigree II Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).
[S1265] De Hoghton Pedigree I Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella):.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 41.
[S910] Unknown author, Albany Co. NY Landmarks, III:135.

Sir Henry Bold Hoghton Bt^1,2,3

M, #1415, b. 23 January 1799, d. 19 July 1862

Family 1: Dorothea Bold

Marriage*: Sir Henry Bold Hoghton Bt married Dorothea Bold on May 23, 1820.^4,2,3

Family 2: Harriet Sarah Smith

Marriage*: Sir Henry Bold Hoghton Bt married Harriet Sarah Smith on Nov 13, 1847.^2,3

Biography

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Birth

Jan 23, 1799

Walton Hall, Walton, England, JWH: 3 Jan 1799^4,2

Marriage

May 23, 1820

^4,2,3

Note

between Nov 27, 1835 and 1862

8th Baronet^5,6

Marriage

Nov 13, 1847

^2,3

Research

Fredonia, NY, USA, He kept up correspondence with Sir Henry Bold DeHoghton, who sent a self portrait to Jacob. This hung in his parlor.⁷

Death

Jul 19, 1862

England^2,3

Biography

de Hoghton Pedigree I: "Sir Henry Hoghton, 8th Bart. d. 1862. High Sheriff of Lancs., J.P., D.L., Colonel of 3rd Royal Lanaster Militia. Licensed to take surname of Bold before that of Hoghton and to bear arms of Bold quarterly with those of Hoghton. m. (1( 1820 Dorothea co-heiress and dau. Peter Patten Bold of Bold."
de Hoghton Pedigree II: "Sir Henry Hoghton, 8th Bart., High Sheriff for co. Palatine of Lancaster in 1829. He was in the Commission of the Peace, and a D. L. for the county, and sometime Colonel of the 3rd Royal Lancaster Militia, born 23 January, 1799, married, 1st, 23 May, 1820. By royal licence, dated 15 February, 1825, he was authorized to take the surname of Bold in addition to and before that of Hoghton, and to bear the arms of Bold quarterly with those of Hoghton. He married 2ndly, 13 November, 1847, and died 19 July 1862."

JWH: "Sir Henry, also sat for Preston, as did his son, another Henry, the eighth Baronet, who brought some much-needed wealth into the family by his marriage with Dorothea Bold, and who bore by license the Sir name of "Bold" in addition to, and before that of Houghton."

Hoghton Tower: High Sheriff of Lancaster, J.P., D.L., Colonel of the 3rd Royal Lancaster Militia. Licensed to take surname of Bold before that of Hoghton and to bear arms of Bold quarterly with those of Hoghton.

Bernard de Hoghton: A friend of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) author of Kubla Khan^4,5,2,3

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 41 #110.
[S1264] De Hoghton Pedigree II Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).
[S1265] De Hoghton Pedigree I Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 41.
[S243] Hoghton Tower, p. 7.
[S904] Houghton Family Records;, no page, Nov.5, 1845, letter from Roland S. Houghton to Elijah Houghton, Esq. listing Hoghton Lineage.
[S1384] Alvah Bradish, Memoirs of Doughlass Houghton, p. 2.

Dorothea Bold^1,2

F, #1416, d. 7 December 1840

Family: Sir Henry Bold Hoghton Bt

Marriage*: Dorothea Bold married Sir Henry Bold Hoghton Bt, son of Sir Henry Philip Hoghton Bt and Susannah Brooke, on May 23, 1820.^3,1,2

Biography

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Birth

Bold, Lancashire, England³

Marriage

May 23, 1820

^3,1,2

Death

Dec 7, 1840

Biography

de Hoghton Pedigree I: "Dorothea co-heiress and dau. Peter Patten Bold of Bold."
de Hoghton Pedigree II: "Dorothea, 2nd daughter and (on the death of her elder sister Mary, wife of Prince Eustace Sapieha, of Poland), eldest coheiress of the late Peter Patten Bold, of Bold, co. Palatine, Esq. She died 7 Dec., 1840 (1st wife)
JWH: "second, but eldest surviving daughter, and (by the death of her elder sister, Mary, who married Prince Eustice Sapeiah, of Poland, S. P.) sole heir of Peter Patten Bold of Bold Hall, Lancashire."³

Pedigree

Citations

[S1264] De Hoghton Pedigree II Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).
[S1265] De Hoghton Pedigree I Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 41.

Sir Henry de Hoghton Bt^1,2,3,4

M, #1417, b. 2 August 1821, d. 1876

Family 1: Louisa Josephine Sanders

Marriage*: Sir Henry de Hoghton Bt married Louisa Josephine Sanders on Aug 14, 1845.^3,4

Family 2: Aline Jervis-White-Jervis

Marriage: Sir Henry de Hoghton Bt married Aline Jervis-White-Jervis on Jul 1, 1851.^3,4

Family 3: Ellen Ann Harvey

Marriage: Sir Henry de Hoghton Bt married Ellen Ann Harvey on Sep 6, 1854.^3,4

Biography

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Birth

Aug 2, 1821

Walton, England, Walton Hall^5,3

Marriage

Aug 14, 1845

^3,4

Note

between 1862 and 1876

Hoghton Tower, Preston, Lancashire, England, 9th Baronet^2,6

Death

1876

England, JWH: 1894-1895⁵

Biography

de Hoghton Pedigree I: "Sir Henry de Hoghton, 9th Bart. d. 1876. High Sheriff of Cardigan, J.P., D.L. (Lancs. and Cardigan). Licensed to resume ancient patronymic of family by assuming the surname of de Hoghton. m. (1) 1845 Louisa Josephine dau. Joshua Sanders. Marriage dissoved by Act of Parliament 1849."
de Hoghton Pedigree II: "Sir Henry de Hoghton, 9th Baronet, of Hoghton Tower and Walton-le-Dale, co. Lancaster, in the Commission of the Peace and D. L. for cos. Lancaster and Cardigan, High Sheriff for Cardigan in 1849, and by royal licence bearing the date 6 Aug., 1862, hand the other issue of his father, Sir Henry Bold Hoghton, were authorized to resume the ancient patronymic of their family, by assuming and using the surname of De Hoghton, in lieu of that of Hoghton."
JWH: "Sir Henry the ninth Baronet, took the ancient Sir name of de Houghton in lieu of that of Houghton."

Hoghton Tower: High Sheriff of Cardigan, J.P., D.L., (Lancs and Cardigan). Licensed to resume ancient patronymic of family by assuming the surname of de Hoghton. Commenced the restoration of Hoghton Tower.

Yvone: He changed his family to Bold-Hoghton, and later still changed it to de Hoghton (by royal licence for him and his siblings on 6 Aug 1862)

Bernard de Hoghton: He supported the United States Confederacy by buying 300, 000 pounds of 7% gold cotton bonds. He received 5 interest payments before they became worthless in 1865.^7,2,8,9,3

Research

Died without a son heir; descendancy went to half brother James

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 32, 42 #112.
[S243] Hoghton Tower, p. 7.
[S1264] De Hoghton Pedigree II Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).
[S1265] De Hoghton Pedigree I Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 42.
[S244] Frank Singleton, Hoghton Tower, Lancashire, p. 17.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 32.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , Genealogy.com, post by e-mail address, Oct 11, 2002.
[S1259] Unknown author, Video,, Lecture by Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Oct 17, 2003, Seattle University, Seattle, WA.

Sir Charles de Hoghton Bt^1,2,3,4

M, #1418, b. 20 November 1823, d. 1893

Family: Florence Moyard

Marriage*: Sir Charles de Hoghton Bt married Florence Moyard.⁴

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

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Birth

Nov 20, 1823

England^5,2,3

Note

between 1876 and 1893

Hoghton Tower, Preston, Lancashire, England, 10th Baronet^2,4

Marriage

⁴

Death

1893

of tuberculosis; s.p.^6,7,4

Biography

de Hoghton Pedigree II: "late a Captain in the Army."

JWH: "Officer in the British army at the Cape of Good Hope."

Hoghton Tower: Captain in the 73rd Foot. Restorer of Estate lands and many farm buildings.^5,2,3

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 42 #113.
[S243] Hoghton Tower, p. 7.
[S1264] De Hoghton Pedigree II Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).
[S1265] De Hoghton Pedigree I Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 42.
[S244] Frank Singleton, Hoghton Tower, Lancashire, p. 24.
[S1259] Unknown author, Video,, Lecture by Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Oct 17, 2003, Seattle University, Seattle, WA.

Mary de Hoghton^1,2

F, #1419, b. 7 June 1825

Family: Lieut.-Col. John Ireland Blackburne

Marriage*: Mary de Hoghton married Lieut.-Col. John Ireland Blackburne on Nov 12, 1846.^3,2

Biography

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Birth

Jun 7, 1825

Walton, England, Walton Hall³

Marriage

Nov 12, 1846

^3,2

Pedigree

Citations

[S1264] De Hoghton Pedigree II Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).
[S1265] De Hoghton Pedigree I Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 42.

Dora de Hoghton^1,2

F, #1420, b. 12 September 1826

Family: Priestley Birch Esq.

Marriage*: Dora de Hoghton married Priestley Birch Esq. on Nov 10, 1857.^1,2

Biography

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Birth

Sep 12, 1826

England³

Marriage

Nov 10, 1857

^1,2

Note

Had issue.¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1264] De Hoghton Pedigree II Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).
[S1265] De Hoghton Pedigree I Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 42.

Richard de Hoghton^1,2

M, #1421, b. 20 May 1828, d. 1892

Biography

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Birth

May 20, 1828

London, England, JWH: 19 May 1828^3,1

Mil. Serv.

1848

JWH: "Coronet [Cornet] in her Majesty's forces in the East Indies."³

Death

1892

Pedigree

Citations

[S1264] De Hoghton Pedigree II Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).
[S1265] De Hoghton Pedigree I Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 42.

George de Hoghton^1,2

M, #1422

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 26 #39.
[S1265] De Hoghton Pedigree I Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).

Arthur de Hoghton^1,2

M, #1423

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 26 #40.
[S1265] De Hoghton Pedigree I Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).

Anna de Hoghton¹

F, #1424, b. circa 1488, d. 1524

Biography

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Birth

circa 1488

England, Age 11 when father died in 1499¹

Death

1524

s. p.²

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 26.
[S1264] De Hoghton Pedigree II Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella).

Thomas Houghton^1,2,3

M, #1425, b. 11 January 1767, d. 2 May 1846

Family: Betsy White

Marriage Bann: Thomas Houghton and Betsy White declared their intentions of marriage on Dec 1, 1785 Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA.²⁰
Marriage*: Thomas Houghton married Betsy White on Dec 21, 1785 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, JWH: 12,9, 1785.^4,9,10,7,8

Biography

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Birth

Jan 11, 1767

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 70-80 in 1840 census; White: 8 Jan 1767; JWH: 1,8,1757^4,5,6,7,8

Marriage

Dec 21, 1785

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, JWH: 12,9, 1785^4,9,10,7,8

1790 Census

1790

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 1 male 16+, 2 males under 16, 1 female¹¹

1800 Census

1800

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 9 Total: 43010-00010; 4 males, 1-9; 3 male 10-15, 1 male 26-44; 1 female 26-44¹²

1810 Census

1810

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 11 Total: 1 male <10, 3 male 10-15, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 26-44//4 female <10,1 female 26-44¹³

1820 Census

1820

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 13 Individuals: 2 male 10-16, 3 male 16-26, 3 male 26-45, 1 male 45+; 3 female 16-26, 1 female 45+¹⁴

1830 Census

1830

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 2 Total: 1 male 60 to 70 (1761-1770)// female 60 to 70 (1761-1770)¹⁵

1840 Census

1840

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 2 Total: 1 male 70 to 80 (1760-1769) // 1 female 70 to 80 (1760-1769); next door to son Cephas¹⁶

Death

May 2, 1846

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 79 y 3 m; JWH: 5,1, 1848; MLM: of morbid inflammation^17,18,6,19,8

Burial

Harvard Center Burial Ground Cemetery, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, a. 79 y. 3m.

Biography

J.W.Houghton: Fourth owner of James Houghton Garrison House, succeeding his father, Elijah, in the ownership of the Houghton House.

A.L. White, Desc'ts of John White, V II,p. 614:"They lived in Harvard, upon the old homestead, which is said to have belonged to his first ancestor, Ralph Houghton, who was the first clerk of Lancaster from 1656 to 1682, and d. in Milton, Mass, Apr. 15, 1705. James, b. about 1650, moved with his father to Lancaster in 1652; wrote his will Sept. 19,1711, mentions wife Mary, also five sons and two daughters, among them Thomas, b. in Lancaster in 1696, m. Dec. 2, 1725, Mariah, dau. of Jonathan Moor; they lived in Harvard, where he d. May 2, 1790. Elijah, b. in Harvard, June 2, 1739; m. Jan. 8, 1766, Mercy Whitney, b. Sept. 16, 1744, d. Jan. 11, 1817; he lived on the old homestead in Harvard, where he d. July 20, 1819. Mr. Thomas Houghton d. in Harvard May 1, 1846. His widow Betsey d. Feb. 27, 1860."

Vital Records of Harvard, 1917, p. 281: a. 79 y. Md. Inflammation (a. 79 y. 3 m. G.R.I.)¹⁷

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 93, 104 #197.
[S78] White, Genealogy of John White, II, p. 614 #16679s.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 13 #240, 24.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 93, 104.
[S43] Thomas W. Baldwin, Harvard MA VRs, p. 65.
[S78] White, Genealogy of John White, II, p. 614.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 13, 24.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 343.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 128.
[S43] Thomas W. Baldwin, Harvard MA VRs, p. 183.
[S1220] 1790 U.S. Federal Census , Harvard, Worcester, MA, p. 222.
[S1221] 1800 U.S. Federal Census , Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, p. 220.
[S1222] 1810 U.S. Federal Census , Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 22; Page: 800.
[S235] U.S. Census, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: M33_54; Page: 63.
[S1224] 1830 U.S. Federal Census , Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 68; Page: 90.
[S1225] 1840 U.S. Federal Census , Harvard, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; Roll: 201; Page: 102.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 104.
[S43] Thomas W. Baldwin, Harvard MA VRs, p. 281.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 24.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 144.

Cephas B. Houghton^1,2,3

M, #1426, b. 11 February 1792, d. 13 August 1881

Family: Sarah Whitney

Marriage*: Cephas B. Houghton married Sarah Whitney on Jun 24, 1819 at Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA.^8,6,9

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Feb 11, 1792

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 40-50 in 1840 census; age 58 in 1850 census; age 68 in 1860 census; age 88 in 1880 census; JWH, Nourse: Feb. 11, 1793^4,5,6,7

Marriage

Jun 24, 1819

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA^8,6,9

1820 Census

1820

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 3 Individuals: 1 male 16-26;1 female 0-10; 1 female 26-45^10,11

Office

between 1825 and 1828

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, selectman¹²

1830 Census

1830

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 5 Total: 1 male under 5 (1826-1830), 1 male 5 to 10 (1821-1825), 1 male 30 to 40 (1791-1800)// 1 female 10 to 15 (1816-1820), 1 female 30 to 40 (1791-1800)¹³

1840 Census

1840

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 6 Total: 1 male under 5 (1836-1840), 1 male 10 to 15 (1825-1830), 1 male 15 to 20 (1820-1825), 1 male 40 to 50 (1790-1799) // 1 female 5 to 10 (1830-1835), 1 female 40 to 50 (1790-1799)¹⁴

1850 Census

1850

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 58, a farmer, property value $4200; a few houses from mother Betsey and Abner and Aseneth Pollard¹⁵

1860 Census

1860

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 68, farmer; next door to son Edward; and Anna Houghton¹⁶

1870 Census

1870

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 78, a farmer, property $9000-$8000; next door to son Edward^17,18

1880 Census

1880

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 88, a retired farmer¹⁹

Death

Aug 13, 1881

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA^4,20,12

Burial

Harvard Center Burial Ground Cem, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, ae 89 Tomb 7

Biography

JWH: Fifth owner of James Houghton Garrison House.
White: They lived in Harvard.
MLM: on board of assessment 1837, 1840, 1843, 1850. Representative in the MA legislature, 1838. On committee of Evangelical Church (Congregational) March 1821.^4,21,22,23

Research

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, near Cephas and his son Edward Houghton in 1860 and 1870 census²⁴

Research

MLM gives wife and children of Cephas to this John Houghton as John Cephas Houghton⁹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 93, 116 #355.
[S78] White, Genealogy of John White, II, p. 615 #16687.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 24 #564, 45 #563.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 116.
[S43] Thomas W. Baldwin, Harvard MA VRs, p. 62.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 24, 45.
[S43] Thomas W. Baldwin, Harvard MA VRs, p. 64.
[S43] Thomas W. Baldwin, Harvard MA VRs, p. 181.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 93.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1820 US Census, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, p. 63.
[S235] U.S. Census, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: M33_54; Page: 63.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 45.
[S1224] 1830 U.S. Federal Census , Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 68; Page: 90.
[S1225] 1840 U.S. Federal Census , Harvard , Worcester Co., Massachusetts; Roll: 201; Page: 102.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_341; Page: 20; line 3, dwl 50-61.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Harvard, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; Microfilm: M653; Page: 38, line 30, dwl 286-306.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1870 US Census, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, Box 653, p. 137b, line 30, dwl 95.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_653; Page: 137B; Image: 279; Family History Library Film: 552152; line 30, dwl 95-106.
[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: T9_563; Family History Film: 1254563; Page: 249A; Enumeration District: 810; sheet 23, line 36, dwl 246-279; also sheet 25, line 26, dwl 247-279.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 72.
[S78] White, Genealogy of John White, II, p. 616.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 45.
[S224] Henry S. Nourse, Harvard Hx - Nourse, p. 246.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1870 US Census, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, Box 653, p. 137b, line 35, dwl 96-108.

Mary (?)^1,2

F, #1427, d. 13 May 1738

Family: James Houghton Sr.

Marriage*: Mary (?) married James Houghton Sr., son of Ralph Houghton and Jane (?), on circa 1685.^{3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11}

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Marriage

circa 1685

^{3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11}

Death

May 13, 1738

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Mary Houghton: This assumes this Mary was the wife of James; Torrey: 1724+^12,2

Duplicate

Research

Surname of this Mary is still unresovled:

JWH, Virkus: "dau. of Thomas and Mary (Prescott) Sawyer"; BT: but she was married to Nathaniel Wilder

Nourse: Marie, dau of Thomas and Marie Sawyer; no marriage with James

McClanahan: "The name of the wife of James Houghton is usually given as as Sawyer, without sanction or record. Her prenom was without doubt "Mary," as it is shown in James' will. But that he md. Mary, Dau. Thomas and Mary (Prescott) Sawyer is doubtful. Mary Sawyer was born in 1652 (Lan. 10) and the birth of her dau. Hannah, is fixed with reasonble certainty at 1688. Mary (Sawyer) Houghton in 1688 would have been 36 years of age, and would have born seven children after that age, a possibility of dubious possibility. None of the dates of James and Mary's children are of record, which increases the difficulties. In all probability James Houghton md. another Mary, somewhat younger than himself, and that the date for Mary Houghton, wife of James, still stands. Deed dated June 2, 1724 (Wor. Registry of Deeds, V. #44, p. 432 filed Decr. 7, 1761 (37 years later): "James Willard, for self and wife, Hannah, Edward Houghton, Experience Houghton, and John Houghton, Jr., all of Lancaster, Thomas Houghton and Ephriam Houghton, also of Lancaster, and being grantors but not signing, convey to James, son of their late father, Ralph Houghton, all their interest in Lancaster of the sd. Ralph Houghton." John Houghton, Jr., was evidently John (James2, Ralph1.) The deed contains all the names of the children of James Houghton (R1) who lived to maturity, except the eldest son, James,3, and in this deed Hannah is the wife of Jame Willard."

Richard Houghton III, 1997: "James married MARY----around 1685; her background is presently unclear, although she was probably a Willard or a Sawyer.";
"VanNoy, p. 6. Her surname has been given variously as Willard or Sawyer; there are plausible arguments for both. The Sawyers were a numerous family in the area, as were the Willards. If Mary was a Sawyer it is thought she would have been the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Prescott) Sawyer. See M. McClanahan, p. 4 [5]. J. W. Houghton, p. 91 (giving this Mary as James' wife). Supporting this supposition is the fact that one of James's sons was named Thomas. In addition, James' two sons James and Ephriam married Sawyer girls; and his younger sister Sarah married Caleb Sawyer. However, there are problems with this theory. Mary Sawyer was born in 1652 (J. W. Houghton gives the date as February 14, 1653, McClanahan as January 4, 1652); Hannah Houghton, James' daughter, was born in 1688. That would have made Mary (Sawyer) Houghton thirty-six at the birth, and a rather unbelievable fifty-three at the birth of Edward, their last child. S. Morita, apparently taking her information from J. W. Houghton, gives the name as Sawyer, see S. Moirita, p. 124; as does J. Forest, see Josephine C. Frost, Ancestors of Alden Smith Swan and His Wife Mary Althea Farwell, p. 184 (New York 1923).
I believe that a Willard background is more probable. A Samuel Willard was a witness to James' will, and his daughter Hannah married a James Willard. VanNoy, p. 6-7. A small printed family history she cites entitled Houghton Family, Including Ancestry of the Hancock Family & Some Other Descendants (1986) gives the surname as Willard. If she was a Willard, she was most likely the daughter of Samuel Willard. Samuel ws the son of Simon Willard, who moved to Lancaster in 1659 and removed to Groton in 1671. See Eugene W. Montgomery, Willard-Peabody Genealogy, p. 8-9 (Galena 1915). Simon had two daughters named Mary, but neither married a Houghton and both were born too early to have been James' wife. Samuel, as noted above, was a witness to James' will. Moreover, he moved to Union, Connecticut, in 1729; James' son Edward moved there in 1744. Samuel's children would have been the right age to have married James."; 1999: "This Mary is most often identified as either Mary Sawyer, Mary Willard, or Mary Hinckley. There are problems with all three.
MARY SAWYER
The Sawyers were a numerous family in the area, as were the Willards. If Mary was a Sawyer, it is thought she would have been the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Prescott) Sawyer. Tenuously supporting this supposition is the fact that one of James' sons was named Thomas. In addition, James' two sons James and Ephriam married Sawyer girls; and his younger sister Sarah married Caleb Sawyer. However, there are problems with this theory. Mary Sawyer was born in 1652 (J.W. Houghton gives the date as 14 February 1653, McClanahan as 4 January 1652); Hannah Houghton, James' daughter, was born in 1688. That would have made Mary (Sawyer) Houghton thirty-six at the birth, and a somewhat unbelieveable fifty-three at the birth of Edward, their last child. In addition, as another respondant to the initial query noted, "I don't think that Mary Sawyer, the daughter of Thomas Sawyer and Mary Prescott, married James Houghton. Thomas Sawyer's will and some other documents refer to his daughter Mary as Mary Wilder, which supports the proposition that Mary Sawyer married Nathaniel Wilder. In addition, Mary would have been about 20+ years older than James, which is not impossible but seems unlikely."
MARY WILLARD
A Willard background is slightly more probable. A Samuel Willard was a witness to James' will, and his daughter Hannah married a James Willard. A small printed family history entitled "Houghton Family, Including Ancestry of the Hancock Family & Some Other Descendants", gives the surname as Willard. If she was a Willard, she was most likely the daughter of Samuel Willard. Samuel was the son of Simon Willard, who moved to Lancaster in 1659 and removed to Groton in 1671. Simon had two daughters named Mary, but neither married a Houghton and both were born too early to have been James' wife. Samuel, as noted above, was a witness to James' will. Moreover, he moved to Union, Connecticut, in 1729; James' son Edward moved there in 1744. Samuel's children would have been the right age to have married James.
MARY HINCKLEY
Most Hinkley genealogies I have seen give the husband of Mary-2 Hinckley, daughter of Samuel-1 hinckley, as John/James Houghton. This Mary was baptized on 18 September 1631, and lived with her father in Scituate and then Barnstable, Mass. There are several problems with this attribution. First, no source gives any authority for concluding that this John/James Houghton is the same James Houghton. Second, given that James was born around 1650, and perhaps more importantly, Mary Hinckley would have been at least 20 years older than him."

Snow: "The Hougthon Genealogy states that James Houghton, Sr. married Mary, probably the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Prescott) Sawyer, but it has been proved that their daughter Mary married Nathaniel, son of Thomas Wilder. The error evidently occurred as Caleb Sawyer is mentioned as James Houghton's brother-in-law, but he married Sarah, sister of James Houghton, which explains the relationship."^{3,13,2,14,15,16,17,7,18,19}

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 91 #119s.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 816.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 91.
[S96] NEHGR, 105 [1951]: 65.
[S156] Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts.
[S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 4, 6.
[S670] Nora E. Snow Snow-Estes Ancestry, p. 361n.
[S932] Virkus, Abridged Compend. of Amer. Gen. III, p. 207.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 391.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 337.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 4468, Jul 29, 1937.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 158.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 314.
[S223] John Hancock, Houghton Family, including Ancestery of the Hancock Family and some other Descendants.
[S415] E-mail Richard Houghton, 1997 [son of Richard Hamilton Houghton]; May 13, 1999.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5.
[S465] Josephine C. Frost, Ancestors of Aleden Smith Swan and Hiss Wife Mary Althea Farwell, p. 184.
[S932] Virkus, Abridged Compend. of Amer. Gen. III, p. 668.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 4468, MMJ, Jul 29, 1937.

James Houghton Jr. & Sr.^1,2,3,4

M, #1428, b. 1690, d. November 1756

Family: Sarah (?)

Marriage*: James Houghton Jr. & Sr. married Sarah (?) at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Lancaster VRs: Sarah -----; NEGHR: in Lancaster about 1720; VanNoy: about 1722; MLM: Sarah Sawyer; Snow: there is no evidence for this marriage; not in Sawyer index.^{13,6,14,15,16,17,18}

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

1690

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Not in Lancaster VRs^5,6,7,8

Probate

Sep 19, 1711

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Middlesex Co., MA Probate, #11940, Ralph Houghton, 1711:
"Know all men by their presents that we James Houghton e John Houghton of Lancaster in Midd. county are hold in and firmly bound unto Mr. Foxcroft Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills and granting ? of dominion in the county of Midd. in ye sum of fifty pounds --- of curr. money of New England to be ? to sd Judge to his successors in sd office to his ? or assigns. To ? true payment we bind ? selves And each act of ?? each sd heirs executioners and administra. Jointly and Severally in the whole sealed ? sealed dated the 19th day of September Anno Dom. 1711.
The Condition of this obligation is such that if the above burden James Houghton now administrator and to his late brother Ralph Houghton late of Lancaster died intestate.
To make a true and ? inventory of all and Singular ? estate of ? sd ? both Real and personal of sd deceased ? may or have come into the hands or knowledge of sd adm. or of any ? person or persons for him. And ye same so made ? exhibit into ye Registry of ye Court of Probate for Midd. in three months next ensuing, ? well and truly administrator ye same according to ye laws of ye Province. And for those who make a true and plain account of ? sd admin: upon oath in twelve months from ? date and residing? of ye sd deceased's estate ? shall be found in ye hand of ye sd administrator upon his account of ye same being first examined and allowed by ye Judge or Judges for ye Time being of sd Court. Shall pay and deliver unto such person or persons respectively as ye sd Judge by his or ? Decree ?nant to cane shall limit and appoint, and if hereafter it shall appear as any Last Will & Testament: was made by ye sd ? and ? same ? and allowed in sd. Court. Ye sd administration being thereto required ??? delivered in ?? administration then this obligation shall be void ? Abide and Remain in full.
Signed, sealed and delivered before us.
Thomas ??sor

Mary Houghton James Houghton John Houghton
her mark his mark⁹

Administr

Sep 19, 1711

Lancaster, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Bond of 50 pounds given by brother James Houghton of Lancaster, Admr; Record of Appt; Inventory; List of Debts. (Middlesex Co. Probate #11940, Administration)^10,11,12

Marriage

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Lancaster VRs: Sarah -----; NEGHR: in Lancaster about 1720; VanNoy: about 1722; MLM: Sarah Sawyer; Snow: there is no evidence for this marriage; not in Sawyer index^{13,6,14,15,16,17,18}

Taxation

1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA¹⁹

Deed

Mar 11, 1724/25

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, "James Hougton, Sr., Edward Houghton and Ephraim, all of Lancaster, deeded their rights in lands of Ralph Houghton, either their brother or father, to Jonas Houghton of Lancaster (35 acres on the right of Ralph Houghton, 5 acres on the right of Ephraim, and 9 3/4 on the right of Edward Houghton, a totl of 49 3/4 acres.) The grantors were three sons of James, son of Ralph."; McClanahan indicates James, son of Ralph, md. Mary Willard^20,21

Church

Oct 12, 1729

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, James Houghton Senr. & Sarah his Wife²

Court

1737?

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, A James Houghton was in court in regard to a case of debt betwen J. Farnsworth vs Josiah Willard,²²

Research

1747

Milit-Beg

Apr 29, 1747

French and Indian Wars; Jul 24, 1748, the muster roll of a number of men that scouted by order of Colonel AbijahWillard gives the name of James Houghton of Lancaster, as in command (Mass. Archives XCII:144). "Endorsed these may certify that having advice from Capt. Stevens of No. 4 that a party of Indians ware Come between the Rivers. I sent out the within named James Houghton's Company. Signed Sam Willard" (Mass. Archives 92:144). The Company scouted six weeks from Jul. 24, 1748.

Weis: He served in the French and Indian Wars under Captain Abijah Willard, April 29, 1747, and as a Sergeant, July 19, 1748 to August 12, 1748, and as such commanded a Scout under Colonel Samuel Willard.^6,16,18

Death

Nov, 1756

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, James Houghton, Jr.²³

Note

Called James, Sen., to distinguish him from James, Jr., son of Jonas.²⁴

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 94 #129.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 272.
[S96] NEHGR, 105 [1951]: 64.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5 #28, 6, 8.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 94, 305.
[S96] NEHGR, 105 [1951]: 65.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5, 8.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 338, 339.
[S1508] Unknown author, "unknown short article title", http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/…
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11940, FHC #397099.
[S852] Samuel H. Folsom and William E. Rogers, Middlesex MA Probate Index, p. 249.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, p. 380.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 94.
[S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 7.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 8.
[S670] Nora E. Snow Snow-Estes Ancestry, p. 366.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 272.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 339.
[S418] Henry S. Nourse, Lancastriana, p. 33.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 305.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p.
[S956] Middlesex Co. MA Court Records, Unnumbered cards.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 324.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 338.

Ralph Houghton^1,2,3

M, #1429, d. circa 22 October 1710

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, not in Lancaster VRs; MLM: ca. 1685^4,5,6

Occupation

a mariner

Origin

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA⁷

Death

circa Oct 22, 1710

Port Royal, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada^8,9,10

Probate

Sep 19, 1711

Administr

Sep 19, 1711

Administr

Jul 11, 1712

Lancaster, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Warrant for Appraisal of Real Estate which mentions syblings: James, John, Mary, and Hannah^7,9

Biography

JWH:"Ralph, b.----. We have no record of the birth of this Ralph, but Lancaster history gives the following account. Men went from Lancaster to the spacious port of Cape Breton, in 1710, when Massachusetts sent fourteen trasnsports. The place was captured Oct. 22d, 1710. This Ralph was in that expedition He lost his life and his brother, James, administered on his estate. The amount due from the state was 5.14.11 [pounds]. There has been great difficulty in understanding the record of Ralph, the son of Ralph, and Ralph, the son of James, since both were mariners, and both lost their lives in the expedition in which they were engaged. This expedition was to Cape Breton in Nova Scotia. I have for authority for this solution Mr. Charles E. Houghton, of Baltimore, who went to Lancaster and found in the records the account of each of these expeditions."

Marvin: "The expedition to Port Royal, the spacious port of Cape Breton in 1710 when Massachusetts sent 14 transports with troops and supplies captured on 22 of Octber. How many went from Lancaster is unknown, but the one of her sons was there is evidence from the settlement of estate of Ralph Houghton. The first Ralph had a son James. This James had a son. Ralph and another son, named James. This last James was, in the year 1711, adminstrator on the estate of his brother Ralph, grandson of the first Ralph. The appraisers were Peter Joslin, Josiah White, jr., and John Houghton, jr. In the Inventory is this item. "Wages due to said Ralph Houghton; at the time of his decease, for his services in the late expedition to Port Royal, 5.14.11."

CJV: Already dead in 1711 in will of father James.

Middlesex Probate: Inventory lists "for Wages Due to Said Ralph Houghton at time of his Decease for his Services in ye Late expedition to Port Royall, 5-14-11." He owed debts to James Burbeen of Woburn, John Houghton Jr., Joseph Haven, Joseph Brabrook, et. al., of 4-3-4.^8,2,10,9

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 94 #129a.
[S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 7c.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5 #26.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 573.
[S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 7.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, p. 380.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 94.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11940, FHC #397099.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 148.
[S1508] Unknown author, "unknown short article title", http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/…
[S852] Samuel H. Folsom and William E. Rogers, Middlesex MA Probate Index, p. 249.

John Houghton^1,2

M, #1430, b. 1691, d. 1696

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

1691

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Not in Lancaster VRs^3,4,5

Death

1696

MA, USA^3,4,5

Research

Not in VRs; only in JWH & MLM

Research

JWH gives a John Houghton b. 1691 d 1698; not in Lancaster VRs; I believe this is correct bd for John Houghton b. 1697 per JWH; esp. given 1711 probate listing in which he is listed in his majority

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 94 #130.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5 #29.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 94.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 338.

Thomas Houghton^1,2,3

M, #1431, b. April 1696, d. 9 March 1764

Family: Moriah Moore

Marriage*: Thomas Houghton married Moriah Moore on Dec 2, 1725 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by John Houghton, Just. Peace; Date:both Nourses; J.W. Houghton, 12,1,1725; White: 2 Dec 1725; MLM: Dec. 2, 1723.^{4,10,2,11,12,13,6,7,14}

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Apr, 1696

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, not in Lancaster VRs; bd by calculation of burial age; JWH, Weis: year only; MLM, VanNoy: 9 Feb 1696^4,5,6,7,8

Taxation

1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA⁹

Marriage

Dec 2, 1725

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by John Houghton, Just. Peace; Date:both Nourses; J.W. Houghton, 12,1,1725; White: 2 Dec 1725; MLM: Dec. 2, 1723^{4,10,2,11,12,13,6,7,14}

Origin

1729

Still River, MA, USA¹⁵

Church

May 4, 1729

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, First Church^15,14

Residence

1736

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA¹⁶

Note

Feb 20, 1744

PETITION SUBMITTED TO THE GENERAL COURT BY THE SELECTMEN OF LEOMINSTER REQUESTING PERMISSION TO LEVY A TAX ON BOTH IMPROVED AND UNIMPROVED LANDS IN TOWN FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY, THE TOWN HAVING BEEN AT GREAT CHARGE IN BUILDING A BRIDGE AND THE MEETING HOUSE. GENERAL COURT ORDER DIRECTING THE PETITIONERS TO NOTIFY THE NON-RESIDENT PROPRIETORS BY POSTING THE PETITION IN THE TOWNS OF LEOMINSTER, LANCASTER, HARVARD, AND BOLTON, AND THEY MAKE ANSWER. CONCURRED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND COUNCIL. CONSENTED BY GOV. SHIRLEY. (SEE RESOLVES 1743-1744, C 5.) GENERAL COURT ORDER REFERRING PETITION TO NEXT SESSION AND DIRECTING THE PETITIONERS TO NOTIFY THE NON-RESIDENT PROPRIETORS AS PREVIOUSLY ORDERED. CONCURRED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND COUNCIL. CONSENTED BY GOV. SHIRLEY (SEE RESOLVES 1743-1744, C 165.) GENERAL COURT ORDER GRANTING PERMISSION TO THE ASSESSORS OF LEOMINSTER TO LEVY A TAX ON ALL LANDS FOR THE SPACE OF THREE YEARS TO BE USED FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY. CONCURRED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND COUNCIL. CONSENTED BY GOV. SHIRLEY.

CARTER, NATHANIEL     Autograph
CUSHING, THOMAS     Autograph
HOUGHTON, THOMAS     Autograph¹⁷

Will

Mar 5, 1764

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, which was allowed 27 March 1764 (W.P. Case #31195). It mentions wife Moriah, daughter Hannah Pierce, Moriah Wright decd., and grandchildren Sybel and Oliver Wright, and Elijah Houghton, executor.¹⁸

Death

Mar 9, 1764

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Harvard VR: Mar 9,1764; ae:67.11.9;JWH, p. 93: died at the age of 68 years, 4, 10, 1764; p. 94, 3, 9, 1764;White: May 2 1790^{19,20,21,11,22,23,14}

Burial

Harvard Center Burial Ground Cem, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, ae 67y 11m 9d

Biography

Nourse: p. 201, "at ye re[quest] of Thomas Houghton the was Granted by his dooe & was to Lye South of his hous..", p. 207: "for a Recompence for damage don them by hiwaies Runing through there Land Thoas Houghton three acres.."

Second to own James Houghton Garrison House.

J.W.Houghton: p. 93, "Second, Thomas Houghton, the third son of James, who married Mariah Moore, 12, 2, 1725, had one son, Elijah, and died at the age of 68 years, 4, 10, 1764. His widow survived him over 26 years."; p. 94, "He succeeded to the Houghton House built by his father, James."; p. 150: "third son";^4,24

Research

MLM gives dates (bd, dd) for Thomas Houghton, son James, of Ralph line, for this Thomas²³

Research

Weis gives 2 Thomases as son of James and Mary Houghton, one b. 1696, d.y., second b. ca. 1700²⁵

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 94 #131.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 19, 201.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5 #30, 8.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 94.
[S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 7.
[S459] Marita Houghton Savage, Dinsmore Genealogy, p. 124.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5, 8.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 338, 340.
[S418] Henry S. Nourse, Lancastriana, p. 32.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 19, 286.
[S78] White, Genealogy of John White, II, p. 614.
[S96] NEHGR, 57 [1903]: 303.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]: 73.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 340.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 272.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 286.
[S30] Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 115, p. 147.
[S409] Probate Records , Worcester, MA, Case 31195.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 93, 94.
[S43] Thomas W. Baldwin, Harvard MA VRs, p. 281.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 52.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 8.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 16.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 201.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 338.

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

M, #1432, b. 1705, d. 17 March 1777

Family: Abigail McCoy

Marriage*: Edward Houghton married Abigail McCoy on Nov 16, 1727 at Pomfret, Windham Co., CT, USA.^{6,2,13,4,14,8,9,15,11}

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

1705

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Not in Lancaster VRs; VanNoy: Harvard, MA; MLM: 1705; 1700 acccording to Baldwin Genealogy; CJV: MLM's death based on age of taxation?^{6,7,8,9,10,11}

Taxation

1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA¹²

Marriage

Nov 16, 1727

Pomfret, Windham Co., CT, USA^{6,2,13,4,14,8,9,15,11}

Deed

Feb 8, 1728/29

Pomfret, Windham Co., CT, USA, Edward's brother-in-law sold him the west half of "a Mansion House"¹⁶

Immigration

1744

Union, Tolland Co., CT, USA, Union is 12 miles northwest of Pomfret; Richard Houghton III: "McClanahan (no doubt taking his information from J. W. Houghton) says the date of the move was 1774, but this date called into serious question by the fact that his last two children were born at Union in 1745 and 1748. apparently, McClanahan gets this date from the fact that on August 14, 1774, he purchased land in Union from Samuel Bartholomew."^17,16,18

Church

1759

Full member of the Union Congregational Church

Residence

Union, CT, USA, He was a housewright¹⁵

Death

Mar 17, 1777

Union, Tolland Co., CT, USA, JWH: 17 Mar 1777, Groton MA; MLM, Woodstock CT Hx: 15 Mar 1777;^{6,17,8,19,20,18,21,11}

Burial

Mar 30, 1777

Union, Tolland Co., CT, USA⁴

Probate1

Jun 11, 1777

Union, Tolland Co., CT, USA, Edward died intestate; Woodstock Hx: letters of Adm. were issued to James Houghton, where he was referred to as Mr. Edward Houghton, Sr; VanNoy: "letters of administration were issued to his son James on the 11 June 1777. Edwards Probate Pkg File #1080 consists of 1 Bond, 1 Inventory and 1 Return to the Court. The Packet is held by the Ct State Library and is also on the Family History (LDS) microfilm #1028045."; Richard Houghton III: "...an actual examination of the contents of the packet show only a bond and a listing of the debt against the estate. It looks like the packet jacket shows the existence of the latter two documents, but under the heading "Total Documents" it simply says "1." The "1's" in front of "Inventory" and "Return to Court" appear very faint, and it may --given the total of one -- that they were entered by mistake and then erased."..."Although there is no inventory of the estate, a list of debts against it dated 19 April 1777, show debts of L1.01.00 to Archibald [Mc]Coy, L1.05.00 to his daughter Experience Houghton, and others for a total of L30.08.03."^17,8

Biography

Baldwin: "was the ancestor of the Houghtons in Connecticut."

JWH: "He lived in Lancaster until his marriage, when he removed to Pomfret, Conn. His marriage is recorded at both Lancaster and Pomfret, and the births of his children are in the town record of the latter place. He removed to Union, Conn. in 1774, having purchased land of Samuel Bartholomew on August 14th of that year. The same year he sold some land in Union to Thomas Houghton of Harvard, formerly a part of Lancaster. Edward built the first mill in that part of the country at a place in Union, later called Lawson's Mills."

VanNoy: "Edward built the first mill in Union and he also had a grist mill. Probably, the second mill was built by Archibald Coye (McCoye) who was Abigail's father. The mill that Edward built was later known as Lawsons mill."

Union was the center of a lumber industry, and Edward built the first lumber mill in the town at a place later called Lawson's Mill; it was the first of seveenteen that were built there. He also operated a grist mill. and is described in the town records as a "housewright."

Hx of Union CT, Lawson: He had both a grist mill and a saw mill; "Edward Houghton came from England (incorrect) with a brother and a cousin, Thomas, to pomfret, (CT) and thence to Union. He bought land of Samuel Bartholomew Aug. 14, 1774. He lived at the place called Lawson's Mill where he had a grist mill and saw mill. The same year, 1774, Thomas Houghton of Harvard, Mass., bought land in Union of Edward Houghton. It is supposed that they were relatives, probably cousins. Edward died March 15, 1777 aged between 70 and 80. Abigail, wife of Edward died March 30, 1777. Children: Cornelius, Jonas, James, Asa, Experience, Edward."

JWH: "He lived in Lancaster until his marriage, when he removed to Pomfret, Conn. His marriage is recorded at both Lancaster and Pomfret, and the births of his children are in the town record of the latter place. He removed to Union, Conn. in 1774, having purchased land of Samuel Bartholomew on August 14th of that year. The same year he sold some land in Union to Thomas Houghton of Harvard, formerly a part of Lancaster. Edward built the first mill in that part of the country at a place in Union, later called Lawson's Mills."

VanNoy: "Edward built the first mill in Union and he also had a grist mill. Probably, the second mill was built by Archibald Coye (McCoye) who was Abigail's father. The mill that Edward built was later known as Lawsons mill."

MLM: was a private in Capt. Carlisle's Comp. under Col. Timothy Bedell in 1776

Richard Houghton:

"Bio of Edward-3 Houghton (
Posted by Rich Houghton on June 23, 1999 at 13:16:40:
[For information on the sources for this information, see the previous posting on Ralph-1]

EDWARD-3 HOUGHTON
Edward Houghton (James-2 Ralph-1) was born in 1705 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was the youngest son of James Houghton and his wife Mary ------.
He removed to Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut, sometime prior to 1727. There he married ABIGAIL [Mc]COY on 16 November 1727. Abigail was the daughter of Archibald [Mc]Coy and Margaret Longley, and was born on 6 January 1704, in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The couple had nine children:
i James b. 13 September 1728 m. Phoebe Holt
ii Experience b. 29 December 1730 m. James Bartlett
iii Mary b. 8 May 1733 m. Daniel Hendrick
iv Cornelius b. 15 August 1735 m. Abigail Garfield
v Nehemiah b. 23 March 1737 m. Eunice Curtis
vi Edward b. 16 April 1740 m. Olive Russell
vii Asa b. 1 June 1742 m. (1) Sybil Davis
+ m. (2) Mary (Bradford) Jacobs
m. (3) Susanna A. Gardner
viii Abijah/Elijah b. 9 May 1745 m. Rebecca Adams
ix Jonas/Jonah b. 17 January 1748 m. Sarah Abbott
On 8 February 1728/9, Edward's brother-in-law William [Mc]Coy sold him the west half of "a Mansion House" located near the town Meeting House:
" To all People to whom these presents Shall Come Greetting Know Yee yt I William Maccoy of Hasnumiscom in ye County of Suffolk [Massachusetts] Housewright for and in consideration of ye sum of fifty pounds money to me in hand before ye ensealing hereof well and truly paid by Edward Houghton of Pomfrett in ye County of Windham Housewright ye recipt whereof I do Hereby acknowledge and my self therewith fully satisfied & thereof and of every part and parcel thereof Do Exonerate acquitt and Discharge him sd Edward Houghton his Heirs & execrs & admrs for Ever by these presents Have Given, Granted, Bargained, sold, alliened, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents Do freely fully and absolutely Give, Grant, Bargain, sell, alliene, convey and confirm unto him ye sd Edward Houghton his Heirs and assignes for ever a certain Mansion House being in Pomfrett in ye County of Windham near ye Meeting House in sd Pomfrett and is a part of a house my Honord Father now dwells in Vizt ye west half of sd House wt ye privilidge of ye well as also ye celler wc is under ye west end of sd House Vizt Half ye celler and half ye well and also liberty of coming to sd House from ye Highway and also liberty of Wood Yard which Land I hold by vertue of a deed from my brother John Maccoy Refference thereto being had will fully appear To Have & To Hold ye sd granted and bargained premises to all ye appurtenances privilidges and comoditties to ye same belonging or in any wise appertaining to him ye sd Edward Houghton and to his Heirs and assigns for Ever to his and their only proper use benifitt and behoof for Ever . . . .
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal Febry ye 8th anno Domini: 1728/9."
In 1744, Edward and his family moved to Union, Windham (now Tolland) County, Connecticut, about twelve miles northwest of Pomfret. At this time, Union was the center of a bustling lumber industry. Edward built the first lumber mill in the town at a place later called Lawson's Mill; it was the first of seventeen that were to be built there. Besides the lumber mill, he also operated a grist mill and is described in town records as a "housewright." On 14 August 1774, he purchased a tract of land from Samuel Bartholomew.
Edward was listed as a full member of the Union Congregational Church in 1759.
Edward died in Union on 15 March 1777 at the age of seventy-two. Abigail died only fifteen days later on 30 March, also at Union.
As Edward died intestate, letters of administration were issued to his son James on 11 June 1777. Although there is no inventory of the estate, a list of debts allowed against it dated 19 April 1777, show debts of œ1.01.00 to Archibald [Mc]Coy, œ1.05.00
to his daughter Experience Houghton, and others for a total of œ30.08.03.^{6,22,23,18,15,24} "

Research

J.W. Houghton gives different dates (bap.?) from those in the Pomfret Vital Records.

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 95 #133.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 24.
[S116] B. H. Houghton, Michigan Desc. of Noah Houghton, p. 3.
[S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 7.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5 #34, 9.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 95.
[S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 6.
[S227] Clarence Winthrop Bowen Ph.D. Woodstock CT Hx VII, p. 112.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5, 9.
[S658] Charles Candee Baldwin Baldwin Genealogy II, p. 845.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 338.
[S418] Henry S. Nourse, Lancastriana, p. 33.
[S96] NEHGR, 67 [1913]: 372.
[S225] Pomfret CT VRs I, p. 2.
[S658] Charles Candee Baldwin Baldwin Genealogy II, p. 846.
[S415] E-mail Richard Houghton, 1997 [son of Richard Hamilton Houghton].
[S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 9.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 9.
[S228] Rev. Harvey Lawson, Union CT History.
[S604] Unknown author, Union CT VRs Index.
[S36] Letter, from Hayward Sanderson Houghton II, Jul 16, 2004: Bible of Cornelius Houghton in his possession.
[S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family.
[S228] Rev. Harvey Lawson, Union CT History, p. 371.
[S415] E-mail Richard Houghton [son of Richard Hamilton Houghton], June 23, 1999.

Hannah Houghton^1,2,3,4

F, #1433, b. circa 1688, d. 20 November 1754

Family: James Willard

Marriage*: Hannah Houghton married James Willard on circa 1718.^3,2,5,9,10,7

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

circa 1688

Worcester Co., MA, USA, MLM: Lancaster, MA; not in Lancaster VRs^3,5,6,7,8

Marriage

circa 1718

^3,2,5,9,10,7

Death

Nov 20, 1754

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, a. 66^3,2,5,9,7

AFN

J63L-CM¹¹

Research

None of her dates in Lancaster VR

Research

JWH mistakenly gives this marriage^12,13

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 95 #134.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 12/23/1939, #9632 HJR.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Nov. 23, 1931 - 2570.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5 #27, 8.
[S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 7.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5-6, 8.
[S1086] Joseph Willard, Simon Willard Memory, p. 374.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 338.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5, 8.
[S853] Joseph Willard and Chas. W. Walker, Willard Genealogy, p. 33.
[S13] "Ancestral File of LDS, Version 4.13", Ancestral File.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 95.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 6.

Experience Houghton^1,2,3,4

F, #1434, b. circa 1700, d. 3 June 1787

Family 1: William Houghton

Marriage*: Experience Houghton married William Houghton, son of Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr and Mary Farrar, on Jun 4, 1724 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by J. Prentice.^{10,8,11,3,6,12,13}

Family 2: Ensign Timothy Sabin

Marriage Bann: Experience Houghton and Ensign Timothy Sabin declared their intentions of marriage on Sep 8, 1746 Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA.²⁰
Marriage*: Experience Houghton married Ensign Timothy Sabin on Oct 14, 1746 at Pomfret, Windham Co., CT, USA, his second wife, widow of William Houghton.^15,7,9,16,13

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

circa 1700

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, not in Lancaster VRs;MLM: ca. 1703 or pre;VanNoy: c 1702, Harvard MA; Sabin: 1700, in Woodstock, CT^5,6,7

Origin

circa 1724

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^8,9

Marriage

Jun 4, 1724

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by J. Prentice^{10,8,11,3,6,12,13}

Research

Worcester Co., MA, USA, Their estate was divided among their brothers and sisters and their issue (Worcester Probate)⁶

No Childrn

Communion

Nov 3, 1745

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, First Church¹⁴

Marriage

Oct 14, 1746

Pomfret, Windham Co., CT, USA, his second wife, widow of William Houghton^15,7,9,16,13

Church

Sep 23, 1750

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, dismist. "to ye first Chh. in Pomfret"¹⁷

Death

Jun 3, 1787

Pomfret, Windham Co., CT, USA, Knowles: 1789^18,19

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 95 #135.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 19, 291.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 396.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5 #31.
[S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 6.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5.
[S543] Gordon Alan Morris and Prittie Thomas J. & Dixie, Descendants of William Sabin of Rehoboth Massachusetts, p. 38.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 19.
[S96] NEHGR, 67 [1913]: 374.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 95, 302.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]: 72.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7, 13.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 338.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 291.
[S96] NEHGR, 36 [1882]: 56.
[S1088] Paul Franklin Johnson, Geneaology of Capt. John Johnson, p. 20.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 332.
[S170] Knowles, Some descendants of Ralph Houghton, p. 6.
[S472] Clarence Winthrop Bowen Ph.D. The History of Woodstock, Connecticut.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 31.

Ephraim Houghton^1,2,3,4

M, #1435, b. circa 1702, d. 15 May 1777

Family 1: Sarah Sawyer

Marriage*: Ephraim Houghton married Sarah Sawyer on Dec 15, 1726 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, JWH: 12, 10, 1725, Hannah Sawyer.^{8,9,10,11,5,12}

Family 2: Lois White

Marriage*: Ephraim Houghton married Lois White on Dec 31, 1761 at Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, widow Lois Rogers ( widow of Benj. Rogers, d. Mar. 1761); MLM: Lois Houghton nee Perus.^{17,18,19,20,21,12}

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

circa 1702

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, bd not in Lancaster VRs; AF: circa 1712; Lancaster VRs: death age 75 in 1777; Weis: c 1700^5,6

Taxation

1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA⁷

Marriage

Dec 15, 1726

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, JWH: 12, 10, 1725, Hannah Sawyer^{8,9,10,11,5,12}

Research

Sep 6, 1730

Only Weis gives a son Joseph, bapt. L., Sept 6, 1730; prob. d.y.¹²

Covenant

Sep 6, 1730

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^13,12

Church

Mar 7, 1730/31

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^14,12

Deed

Apr, 1757

Ephriam Houghton deeds to his son Joseph Houghton land in Bolton, MA both of Harvard( April 1754) Feb 2-, 1757 recorded.¹⁵

Deed

Aug 15, 1757

Worcester Co., MA, USA, giving land to his beloved son Thomas Houghton Jr of Harvard: (Worcester Co. Mass Deeds vol 40 1758-1759 page 215. Film No. at the SLC family history library is FHL 843,175): The entry reads: "I Ephraim Houghton of Harvard in the County of Worcester and Provence of the Massachusetts By in New England yeoman. For and in consideration of the love and goodwill I have for my son Thomas Houghton Jr. of said Harvard Husbandman..."; Ephraim grants Thomas Jr. 20 acres of his Homestead in Harvard Mass. The Deed was written 15 Aug 1757. The official recording date is July 3, 1758.¹⁶

Marriage

Dec 31, 1761

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, widow Lois Rogers ( widow of Benj. Rogers, d. Mar. 1761); MLM: Lois Houghton nee Perus^{17,18,19,20,21,12}

Research

Apr 24, 1763

Weis gives daughter Annis, bpt. Harvard, Apr. 24, 1763¹²

Will

May 6, 1777

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, son Elisha Houghton, named executor and "to maintain his Eldest Brother Ephraim Houghton his lives time with a comfortable Maintanance boath in Sickness and in health."; Eunice is listed as "my only Daughter"; Abigail and Sarah are not mentioned.²¹

Death

May 15, 1777

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 75^22,23

AFN

J63M-F4²⁴

Biography

A farmer who lived near Sawyer's Mill. Bear and deer were troubling his cornfield. He set a trap and caught a bear. He then went down to his cornfield around sunset. Seeing something moving in his field, he fired and killed his own son. MLM gives Ephraim as son, but Ephraim is alive at his father's will.^23,25,26

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 95 #136.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 272, 280.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5 #33, 9.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 338.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 5, 9.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 340.
[S418] Henry S. Nourse, Lancastriana, p. 33.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 95.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 24.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]: 73.
[S157] Fred E. Sawyer, Sawyer Families Gen. Dict., p. 165.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 341.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 280.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 272.
[S1258] Deed: FHL Register Deeds Office Worcester Co, MA , Vol 39 Date 1756-1758, film # 843,175, p. 46.
[S415] E-mail from Ira Terry, Oct. 1, 2002.
[S43] Thomas W. Baldwin, Harvard MA VRs, p. 182.
[S293] Boxford MA VRs, p. 158.
[S663] M.V.B. Perley, Perley Genealogy, p. 43.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 16.
[S681] Will: of Ephraim Houghton, Case 30969, Vol. 14, p. 54.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 327.
[S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 9.
[S13] "Ancestral File of LDS, Version 4.13", Ancestral File.
[S850] Amos Carter, Sawyers in America.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 189a.

Katherine Hoghton^1,2,3

F, #1436

Family: Thomas Hoghton

Marriage*: Katherine Hoghton married Thomas Hoghton, son of Thomas Hoghton and Anne Keighley.^5,2,1,3

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Origin

Pendelton, England⁴

Marriage

^5,2,1,3

Biography

Francis Houghton, in J.W. Houghton, claims that John Houghton, the Emmigrant, was their fifth son.⁶

Pedigree

Citations

[S904] Houghton Family Records;, no page, Chart by Francis W. Houghton, Apr. 8, 1869.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 46, 63 (Genealogy of Francis Walter Houghton).
[S1265] De Hoghton Pedigree I Chart;,, from Sir Bernard de Hoghton, BT, Apr 2004 (in possession of Charles J. Vella):.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 33.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 33, 69.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 69.

Beatrix (?)^1,2,3,4

F, #1437, d. 8 January 1720

Family: John Houghton

Marriage*: Beatrix (?) married John Houghton on before 1650.^{10,11,1,12,3,13,14,15,16,5}

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

England, Charles Anderson: 2 Mar 1622, Briggate, Leeds, York; Burr & Gage: circa 1625^1,5

Immigration

between 1647 and 1650

MA, USA, 1620-1650, 275, p. 1 (CJV: English Civil War: 1642-46 & 1648-51); Keizer: circa 1651-2 "with wife Beatrix and son John and Cousin Ralph Houghton with his wife Jane"; Marvin: 1653; Anderson: 1647-1658^6,7,8,9,5

Marriage

before 1650

^{10,11,1,12,3,13,14,15,16,5}

Note

between 1651 and 1658

Charles D. Anderson postulates, to explain the fact that John and Beatrix had no children from 1650 to 1659, that Beatrix stayed in England with son John, and immigrated, with Jacob Farrar's second wife Ann and her children to Lancaster MA in 1658.^5,17

Church

Oct 15, 1710

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Nourse, Early Rec.: Beatrix, vidua, admitted; Lancaster VR: gives a Beatrix Houghton, admitted Feb. 12, 1709-10 [her or mother?; MLM and Weis state it was her mother]^18,19,20

Death

Jan 8, 1720

Lancaster, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, JWH: 8 Jan 1711/12?; BT: questions this death date: "the last trace that I can find of her seemed to show that she was in the toils of paying taxes at Lancaster, when in 1685 she appears as the Widow Houghton" on the constable's list of rate-payers.";^21,22,23,3,5

Burial

Old Burial Field Cemetery, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA

Estate

Apr 4, 1725

Lancaster, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871, p. 549: probate 11929, John Houghton, 1684:

There was a quitclaim from Beatrix Pope of the estate of Beatrix Houghton and agreement of John, Robert, Jonas Houghton, John Harris and Beatrix Pope. (Middlesex Probate, #11929, Vol. 16, p. 264); No mention is made of daughter Sarah, because her share in the estate had been conveyed to her brothers, John, Robert, and Jonas Houghton. Benjamin is deceased.

"June 27, Sd. Sam'el Carter and John Prescott appearing in court..as witnesses to ye..will.. Lancaster, April, ye 4th, 1725.

Articles of an agreement Made & Concluded upon by John Houghton: Robert Houghton: Jonas Houghton: John Haris: & Beatrix Pope: all of Lancaster, In the County of Middlesex, In the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England: Concerning a Divission by us Made & agreed upon of Estate Reall & Personall: which formerly belonged to our Late Honed father John Houghton Senr fromerly of Lancaster Deceased: (that is to say) that part of sd estate which our...father by His Last Will & Testament; ordered; to be in y hand: & Improved for & to y use Benfitt & Relief of His Widows: Namely Beatrix Houghton: During her Naturall Live: & what of sd estate Should Remain after her Decease to be to their Children &: the which by our mutuall agreements is divided as follows
Imp to John Houghton the eldest Son all that piece of ye first Division Medow Lying at ye Longhill ....[description of property]
Nextly to Robert Houghton that part of the first Divission Medow called the Little Round Medow...[description of property]
also seventeen acres of Second Divission upland ( of the sixty acres called ye Park) & ten acres of the thrity at Rigbey's Brook: & thirteen pound Town Right & privileges belonging of that which share of Benjamin's Right had he survived.
Nextly to Jonas Houghton: all that part of the first Divission Medow at the three fountains that lyeth on the south side of the brook & and all that called ye Bridge: & Cranberry Medow: & one third part of the Second Divission Medow at Bare Hill.Viz all that lyes Downe ye brook below Robert's part: & joins on ye South side the brook: all on both sides sd.Brook, that is not above sett off to sd.John and Robert Houghton; also all the Remaining part of the third Divission Medow at Bever Brook & also all that part of ye first Divission Intervale Lott that lyeth on ye west-side of ye Highway& the Remaining part of ye sixty acres of Second Divission upland called the Park.Viz forty three acres; also thirteen pounds Town Right & Privileges belonging, being part of the Right Designed for Benjamin Houghton Deceased & one third part of ye thirty acres at Rigeby's Brook.
Nextly to John Harriss all the upland Houselott; where he now livith; being twenty acres & also twenty five acres of second Divission upland all lyeing adjoining to the south side of ye brook; & five acres more Lyeing adjoining upon ye west end of the House Lott (the sd. Harriss having Relinquished his whole thirty acres at Ridgeby's Brook which was given to his first wife) & also to sd. Harriss all the second Divission Intervalle at Wecapelet.
& the above named sd Beatrix Pope have Received of my three Brethren Namely John: Robert: & Jonas Houghton: the sum of thirteen pounds Money in full satisfaction for My Share of ye sd Lands & Medows & of which I have executed to them a good & sufficient Warranttee Deed, & for ye personal estate we have divided the same to each to full satisfaction: that what is above witness our Mutuall & free agreement & desire it may be accepted; as witness our...the Day above Dated
John Harris John Houghton
Beatrix Pope (her B mark) Robert Houghton
Jonas Houghton"
___________________
To All People: to whom those Presents shall Come Greeting Know yee that Beatrix Pope (formerly Houghton) of the Towne of Lancaster in the county of Middlesex, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, Widow: for & in Consideration of the sum of thirteen pounds Good & Current Money of New England to Me in hand well & truly Delivered & paid by my three Brethern Namely John Houghton, Robert Houghton & Jonas Houghton all of Lancaster affored yeoman: the receipt of which Money the said Beatrix Pope alias Houghton do by these presents Acknowledge &therewith to be fully Satisfied & paid,& in Consideration as abovesd: I the above named Beatrix Pope have Granted Bargained Sold & by these presents for Myselfe My Heirs Executors & Adminstrators do freely fully & Absolutely Grant Bargain Sell Allien Enffeoffee Convey & Confirm unto ye said John Houghton: Robert Houghton & Jonas Houghton equall Proportion to them,their Heirs Executors Adminstrators and Assigns for Ever all my Right Chtle Claim & Interest in or to afsd all my part Share portion & proportion of all & every the uplands Intervale & Medows which remaining in the hand & free use & Possession of our Late Honored Mother namely Beatrix Houghton, widow, at ye time of her Decease which Lands, Medows Lying & being in sdLancaster & the same which according to ye Last Will &Testament of our Late &Hon'ed John Houghton Deceased; were to be Divided to & amongst his children when and at such time as his aforementioned Widow Beatrix Houghton should decease. All which the Share & portion of the above mentioned Lands & Medows which of Right would Have appertained to me ye Said Beatrix Pope In Case it had been let out to me by Divission thereof. be my Right therein more or less in Quantity & quality: with all the Profits Privileges & Advantages in any Manner of way appertaining thereto or or arising therefrom: to be to them ye sd John Houghton, Robert Houghton, Jonas Houghton, to them theire Sd Heirs, executors Administrators & Assigns TO HAVE AND TO HOLD & quietly and peaceably to Possess and Enjoy the same & every part thereof in sure possession& Estate of Inheritances in fee for EVER to their Proper use benefit & behoof without any Lawfull Sett Denial eviction ejection mollesstasion Disturbance or Contradiction from or by me the sd.Beatrix Pope or any Mr heirs Assign or any other Person or Persons whomsoever: by from or under us or any of us, or in our behalfe or upon our account or Rihjt In any part of the premise Under any pretense whatsoever whereby the sd.John Houghton Robert Houghton or Jonas Houghton or any of theire Heirs or Assigns Shall or May by any Means at any time be molested in or Ejected out of all or any part of ye above bargained Lands or Medows above conveyed & for ye true & full Performance of all expressed I the said Beatrix Pope have hereunto set my hand & Sealle this fourth Day of April in the seventh yeare of the Reign of our Soveraingn Lord George of Great Britain & King Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & twenty one.
Beatrix Pope
her B mark
Signed & Sealled In presence of
Gamaliel Beaman
Jonathan Houghton

Middlesex: april ye 4th 1721
The Within Named Beatrix Pope Personally appeared & Acknowledged the within written Instrament to be Her Voluntary act & Deed before me John Houghton, Justice of the Peace.

Estate
"June 27, Sd. Sam'el Carter and John Prescott appearing in court..as witnesses to ye..will.. Lancaster, April, ye 4th, 1725.

Articles of an agreement Made & Concluded upon by John Houghton: Robert Houghton: Jonas Houghton: John Haris: & Beatrix Pope: all of Lancaster, In the County of Middlesex, In the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England:

Concerning a Divission by us Made & agreed upon of Estate Reall & Personall: which formerly belonged to our Late Honed father John Houghton Senr fromerly of Lancaster Deceased: (that is to say) that part of sd estate which our... father by His Last Will & Testament; ordered; to be in y hand: & Improved for & to y use Benfitt & Relief of His Widows: Namely Beatrix Houghton: During her Naturall Live: & what of sd estate Should Remain after her Decease to be to their Children &: the which by our mutuall agreements is divided as follows

Imp to John Houghton the eldest Son all that piece of ye first Division Medow Lying at ye Longhill ....[description of property]

Nextly to Robert Houghton that part of the first Divission Medow called the Little Round Medow...[description of property] also seventeen acres of Second Divission upland ( of the sixty acres called ye Park) & ten acres of the thrity at Rigbey's Brook: & thirteen pound Town Right & privileges belonging of that which share of Benjamin's Right had he survived.
Nextly to Jonas Houghton: all that part of the first Divission Medow at the three fountains that lyeth on the south side of the brook & and all that called ye Bridge: & Cranberry Medow: & one third part of the Second Divission Medow at Bare Hill.Viz all that lyes Downe ye brook below Robert's part: & joins on ye South side the brook: all on both sides sd.Brook, that is not above sett off to sd. John and Robert Houghton; also all the Remaining part of the third Divission Medow at Bever Brook & also all that part of ye first Divission Intervale Lott that lyeth on ye west-side of ye Highway& the Remaining part of ye sixty acres of Second Divission upland called the Park.Viz forty three acres; also thirteen pounds Town Right & Privileges belonging, being part of the Right Designed for Benjamin Houghton Deceased & one third part of ye thirty acres at Rigeby's Brook.
Nextly to John Harriss all the upland Houselott; where he now livith; being twenty acres & also twenty five acres of second Divission upland all lyeing adjoining to the south side of ye brook; & five acres more Lyeing adjoining upon ye west end of the House Lott (the sd. Harriss having Relinquished his whole thirty acres at Ridgeby's Brook which was given to his first wife) & also to sd. Harriss all the second Divission Intervalle at Wecapelet.

& the above named sd Beatrix Pope have Received of my three Brethren Namely John: Robert: & Jonas Houghton: the sum of thirteen pounds Money in full satisfaction for My Share of ye sd Lands & Medows & of which I have executed to them a good & sufficient Warranttee Deed, & for ye personal estate we have divided the same to each to full satisfaction: that what is above witness our Mutuall & free agreement & desire it may be accepted; as witness our...the Day above Dated
John Harris John Houghton
Beatrix Pope (her B mark) Robert Houghton
Jonas Houghton"

To All People: to whom those Presents shall Come Greeting Know yee that Beatrix Pope (formerly Houghton) of the Towne of Lancaster in the county of Middlesex, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, Widow: for & in Consideration of the sum of thirteen pounds Good & Current Money of New England to Me in hand well & truly Delivered & paid by my three Brethern Namely John Houghton, Robert Houghton & Jonas Houghton all of Lancaster affored yeoman: the receipt of which Money the said Beatrix Pope alias Houghton do by these presents Acknowledge &therewith to be fully Satisfied & paid,& in Consideration as abovesd: I the above named Beatrix Pope have Granted Bargained Sold & by these presents for Myselfe My Heirs Executors & Adminstrators do freely fully & Absolutely Grant Bargain Sell Allien Enffeoffee Convey & Confirm unto ye said John Houghton: Robert Houghton & Jonas Houghton equall Proportion to them,their Heirs Executors Adminstrators and Assigns for Ever all my Right Chtle Claim & Interest in or to afsd all my part Share portion & proportion of all & every the uplands Intervale & Medows which remaining in the hand & free use & Possession of our Late Honored Mother namely Beatrix Houghton, widow, at ye time of her Decease which Lands, Medows Lying & being in sd Lancaster & the same which according to ye Last Will & Testament of our Late & Hon'ed John Houghton Deceased; were to be Divided to & amongst his children when and at such time as his aforementioned Widow Beatrix Houghton should decease. All which the Share & portion of the above mentioned Lands & Medows which of Right would Have appertained to me ye Said Beatrix Pope In Case it had been let out to me by Divission thereof. be my Right therein more or less in Quantity & quality: with all the Profits Privileges & Advantages in any Manner of way appertaining thereto or or arising therefrom: to be to them ye sd John Houghton, Robert Houghton, Jonas Houghton, to them theire Sd Heirs, executors Administrators & Assigns TO HAVE AND TO HOLD & quietly and peaceably to Possess and Enjoy the same & every part thereof in sure possession& Estate of Inheritances in fee for EVER to their Proper use benefit & behoof without any Lawfull Sett Denial eviction ejection mollesstasion Disturbance or Contradiction from or by me the sd.Beatrix Pope or any Mr heirs Assign or any other Person or Persons whomsoever: by from or under us or any of us, or in our behalfe or upon our account or Rihjt In any part of the premise Under any pretense whatsoever whereby the sd.John Houghton Robert Houghton or Jonas Houghton or any of theire Heirs or Assigns Shall or May by any Means at any time be molested in or Ejected out of all or any part of ye above bargained Lands or Medows above conveyed & for ye true & full Performance of all expressed I the said Beatrix Pope have hereunto set my hand & Sealle this fourth Day of April in the seventh yeare of the Reign of our Soveraingn Lord George of Great Britain & King Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & twenty one.[4] Beatrix Pope

her B mark
Signed & Sealled In presence of
Gamaliel Beaman
Jonathan Houghton^{24,25,26,12,27,16,28,29,30}

Biography

Burr & Gage, p. 393: "Wyman, in his Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, states that Benjamin Bosworth of Hull married Beatrix Houghton, who died 8 Jan. 1711/12, ae. 89, and it has been supposed that she was the widow of John Houghton. But Judge Samuel Sewall wrote in his Diary: "Sixth day Jan. 1711 Mrs. Benj. Bosworth is buried Aged 89 years. Her first husband's name was Joslin by whom she had her daughter," etc. Nourse, in his Annals of Lancaster, p. 321, gives this entry: "1671: 9, 16 Benj. Bosworth and widow Beatrice Joslin [married]." But in 1671 John Houghton was living. There is, therefore, no evidence of the marriage of his widow."

J.W. Houghton, p. 297: "died Jan. 8, 1711-12. After her husband's death she married Benjamin Bosworth." [error]
Not found in Lancaster Vital Records

Pope: Her widow's portion was divided among the children 1721 Apr 4.

Brandt: Articles of Agreement dated Apr 4, 1721^21,3

Research

MLM gives name as Beatrix Joselyn, but cites no source¹⁶

Research

no such marriage, see Burr and Gage^4,3,1

AFN

B6CC-8R

Pedigree

Citations

[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 393.
[S150] Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, II, p. 469.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 962.
[S174] Wyman, Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, p. 520.
[S36] Letter, from Charles D. Anderson, Apr 21, 2003.
[S199] D. A. Keizer, Houghton Hx & Gen - Keizer, p. 5.
[S514] P. William Filby (Ed.) and with Mary K. Meyer, Passenger & Immigr. Lists, p. 959.
[S624] Frank R. Holmes, NE Ancestral Heads, p. cxxiv.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 740.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 72.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 391.
[S156] Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts, p. 241.
[S199] D. A. Keizer, Houghton Hx & Gen - Keizer, p. 6.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 30 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S415] E-mail from Roger Peterson, Oct. 17, 1999.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6.
[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: "The English Ancestry of Jacob Farrer", p. 7, 9.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 274.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 271.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6, 9.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 297.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Feb. 21, 1935 - 9617.
[S164] Little, Gen. and Family History of Maine, II, p. 900.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924 #2311, WBBN.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 1935.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11928, FHC #397099.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, p. 377.
[S890] Lillie Brandt, Desc. of Eleazer Houghton- Brand, p. 3-4.
[S1508] Unknown author, "unknown short article title", Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871, p. 549: probate 11929, John Houghton, 1684: https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/…

Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}

M, #1438, b. circa 1650, d. 3 February 1736/37

Family 1: Mary Farrar

Marriage*: Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr married Mary Farrar, daughter of Jacob Farrer Sr and Ann (?), on Jan 22, 1671/72 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Torrey: 22 Jan 1671/72; Lancaster VRs: 22 11m 1671; JWH: 1,22,1671; Clemens: 10 May 1676; NEGHR: 11/22/1671; MLM: Nov. 22, 1671/2; Nourse, Early Rec.: 11.22.1671.^{11,17,18,4,19,20,21,22,7,23,24,25,14}

Family 2: Hannah Atherton

Marriage*: Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr married Hannah Atherton on Jan 27, 1724/25 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, John Houghton Senr. & Hannah Wilder; by ye Rev. Mr. John Prentice; Torrey: m/2 John Houghton 1725.^{47,48,49,50,51,52,7,53}

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

circa 1650

dd calc; CJV: Not in Dedham VRs; JWH: "according to tradition, born in England in 1650 and came to America with his parents the same year. A later report says that he was born in Dedham, Mass., which for many reasons seems more probable."; Willard, Keizer: England; MLM: B. Ca. 1650 (He was B. c 1648, acc. to Ancestors of Charles D. Bigelow and wife, Eunice Ann Howe, by Frist, p. 46); FWH: 1650; Marvin: born a year or two before his parents left the old country; Willard: c. 1850-1851, England^{11,4,12,13,14,15,16}

Marriage

Jan 22, 1671/72

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Torrey: 22 Jan 1671/72; Lancaster VRs: 22 11m 1671; JWH: 1,22,1671; Clemens: 10 May 1676; NEGHR: 11/22/1671; MLM: Nov. 22, 1671/2; Nourse, Early Rec.: 11.22.1671^{11,17,18,4,19,20,21,22,7,23,24,25,14}

Note

Mar 11, 1675/76

signed the "Humble Petition of the distressed people of Lancaster" to the government for assistance²⁶

Probate1

Oct 2, 1677

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, "Adminstraccon is granted to Ann Farrer and John Houghton on the estate of Jacob Farrer deced. And ye Ann presented an Inventory of the said estate on oath." Vol. 3, p. 194²⁷

Estate

Mar 27, 1682

Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, "John Houghton admstrator to the estate of jacob ffarrer late of Lancaster deced, as priniciple, & John Seir of Woburn as his surety do acknowledge themselves to stand bound in ye penall sume of One hundred & fifty pounds sterl. by them to be forfeited & payd joyntly & severally to the Frer of the Coun. On Condiccon that said John Houghton shall truly admster upon the estate of the said Jacob ffarrer, and respond the same to the order of the Coun Court for Midd. when called thereunto. Before Tho: Danforth
John houghton John E. Seire his mark"²⁸

Deed

Oct 6, 1697

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, The sons of his son Jacob, when they came of age, united in a deed of all the real estate inherited from their grandfather Jacob to their uncle, John Houghton; Keizer: John Houghton purchased all the Farrar lands in 1700^29,14,30

Land Recrd

Jun 18, 1698

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, on p. 193; from C. Lewis et al. (12-175)³¹

Deed

Jun 26, 1701

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Nourse: "The land thus petitioned for, had been bought and bonded more than a year before. The original petition has not been found. A copy of the Bond made by John Houghton is among the papers of Joseph Willard. Esq.

"Know all me by these presents, that I, George Tahanto, Indian Sagamore, for and in consideration of what money, namely, twelve pounds, was formely paid to Sholan, my uncle, sometime sagamore of Nashuah, for the purchase of said township, and also forty six shillings formerly paid by Insigne John Moore and John Houghton of said Nashuah to James Wiser, alias Quenepenett, now deceased, but especially for and in consideration of eighteen pounds paid part, and the rest secured to be paid, by John Houghton and Nathaniel Wilder, their heirs, executors and assigns forever, a certain tract of land on the west side of the westward line of Nashuah township, adjoining to said line, and butts southerly for the most part of Nashuah river, bearing westerly towards Wachusett Hills, and runs northerly as far as Nashuah township, and which lands and meadows, be it more or less, to be to the said Insigne John Morre, John Houghton, and Nathaniel Wilder their heirs and assignes, to have and to hold forever. And I the said George Tahanto, do hereby promise and engage to procure an order from the honored General Court, for their allowance and confirmation of the sale of said lands as aforesaid, and also that I will show and mark out the bounds of said land in convenient time, not exceeding four months, and also to make such deeds and conveyances, as may be necessary for the confirmation of the premises, and that also I the said George Tahanto do by these presents fully ratify and confirm, all & every, the said township of Nashuah alias Lancaster to the inhabitants and proprietors thereof according as it was formerly granted to them or their ancestors by my uncle Sholan, and laid out to them by Ensign Thomas Noyes, and confirmed by the Hon. General Court. for the performance of all the abovesaid, I, the said George Tahanto have set my hand and seal, this twenty sixth day of June, in the 13th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, William the Third over England, &c. King, Anno Domini, 1701.
George Tahanto his 0 mark, Mary Aunsocaumg her ) mark

Signed and sealed in presence of
Johnwonsquon his ) mark
John Aquitticus his l mark
Peter Puckataugh his P mark
Jonathan Wilder
John Guild"

Smith: original deed of the township signed by George Tehanto, Indian Sagamore, and six chiefs (in possession of Simon Willard Houghton)^32,33

Living

1704

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, living as a widow with her brother³⁴

Note

Oct 25, 1704

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, wrote a petition after the Indian attack of Jul 31, 1704, noting individual's losses, including of 3 swine, 1 large dwelling belonging to John Jr. and Phillip Goss and 16 pounds in personal estate, and 1 ox of Jonas Houghton

PETITION SUBMITTED TO THE GENERAL COURT BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF LANCASTER REQUESTING AN ABATEMENT OF TAXES, HAVING LOST THEIR MEETING HOUSE AND MINISTER IN THE RECENT WAR. GENERAL COURT RESOLVE DIRECTING THAT THE TOWN OF LANCASTER BE PAID FORTY POUNDS TOWARD BUILDING A NEW MEETING HOUSE ONCE THEY HAVE ERECTED A FRAME AND HAVE PAID THE TAXES ALREADY LEVIED UPON THEM. CONCURRED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND COUNCIL. (SEE PAGES 365-365A.) ADDINGTON, ISAAC Autograph CONVERSE, JAMES Autograph DUDLEY, JOSEPH HOUGHTON, JOHN Autograph
HOUGHTON, JONAS Autograph^35,36,37

Land Recrd

Sep 20, 1706

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, on p. 194; from J. Houghton (14-115) (CJV: assumed this is Justice John Houghton)³⁸

Church

Mar 29, 1708

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, to the First Church, as one of 7 male members^39,40

Court

1712

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, for a petition to be an innholder in Lancaster and in a separate petition for a schoolmaster for Lancaster⁴¹

Taxation

1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA⁴²

Will

Dec 24, 1723

Lancaster, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, A Nuncupative will filed by his brother John and Inventory was listed. (Middlesex Co. Probate #11943, Will); "Tools for Joinery work" valued at 2.12.04 pounds^43,44,45,46

Marriage

Jan 27, 1724/25

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, John Houghton Senr. & Hannah Wilder; by ye Rev. Mr. John Prentice; Torrey: m/2 John Houghton 1725^{47,48,49,50,51,52,7,53}

Office

Oct 10, 1729

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Justice of the Peace⁵⁴

Deed

Jan 4, 1733

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

Note

Nov 14, 1734

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, "Att. a Church meeting at the house of John Houghton Esqr. Alexander Scott and his Wife upon the reading of their Testimonial from the pastor of a Church in Ireland were allowed by the Brethren present the Privilege of occasional Communion with us in all ordinances upon their Submitting to Discipline and walking orderly whilst their abode shall be among us."⁵⁵

Death

Feb 3, 1736/37

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Bolton Town Records: 87 years; Boston Obits: John Houghton, Esq., a. 86 y., left 7 living chn; Boston dispatch Feb 15: leaving 7 children, 54 grandchildren and 73 greatgranchildren^{11,56,4,19,57,22,7,58,59,60,61}

Obituary

Feb 14, 1736/37

Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA, Boston Evening Post⁶²

Administr

Aug 16, 1737

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Jacob Houghton gave his bond and was approved as administrator of the estate. (Worcester Probate, Case # 31019); C. Smith: "original letters of administration granted to Jacob Houghton on the estate of his father...signed by Joseph Chandler, judge of probate"^32,63

Administr

Jan 24, 1737/38

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, his estate was inventoried. He died intestate.⁶³

Burial

Feb 3, 1737/38

Old Common Burying Ground Cemetery, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, "Here lies buried/ye body of/John Houghton/Esquir, as you/are so were we/as we are /so will you be/who died Feb/ye 3rd Anno Dominy/i1736-7 in ye 87 th yr/of his age."; CJV: Aug. 2002 visit: Memorial to John and John Jr.^64,58,65,61

Administr

Feb 5, 1739

"The account of Jonathan Houghton attorney to his father Jacob Houghton, administrator, on the estate of John Houghton late of Lancaster ... 605 pounds, 5 schillings, 7 pence (with 184 pounds owed to others), Jonathan Houghton, attorney to account."⁶³

Biography

Willard, 1826: "He was quite young when his parents moved to Lancasterr. From 1693 to 1724, inclusive, he represented the town fourteen years in the general court. For a long time after the town was rebuilt he appears to have been the only magistrate in the place. He was quite celebrated in the neighborhood, as a man of weight and influence, and was a very skillful conveyancer. In this business he had great employment. He gave the land for the second meeting house. His dwelling house was on the south side of the old common, a little to the south west of Mr. Faulkner's. Three ancient pear trees planted by himself stand in front of the site of his house. During the last twelve years of his life he was blind."

Marvin, p. 182: town record: "Granted 80 acres to John Houghton for serving as clerk and making of of rales lying above the Red Spring, if bound out of the stated common."; p. 740, "He seems to have been the only magistrate in the town for many years after the rebuilding. During nearly a generation he was a leading man, not only in the town, but in all the region. According to Mr. Willard, who, as a lawyer, had a special means of knowing, he was a very skillful conveyancer, and had much employment in that business. The land for the meeting-house, as stated in a former chapter, was given by him. He was the leader in the movement which took the place of meeting from the spot where the first and second houses stood, to the Old Common. Fifty years ago "three aged pear trees, planted by himself, stood in front of the site of his house." All traces of the house and trees are gone. He was afflicted with blindness in his old age."

Nourse, Early Records, p. 108 (signer of petition, March 11 1675/6), 122 (inquest committee for a drowning), 125-128 (town clerk signatures, 1691 committee), 131 (Letter to Gov. William Phipps on behalf of Lancaster, 1694), 136-7 (1697 letter to Boston Gen. Assembly), 138-9 (Bond made by John Houghton paying Indians, 1701), 144 (1704 "census", 1 adult), 151 (1704 letter about Indians), 157-8 (1706 letter, selectman), 158-160 (1706 letter), 163, 169-70 (1708 Lancaster church covenant: one of 7 male members of church), 171 (1710 selectman, letter), 175 (1715 letter), 179 (committee), 183 (John Houghton, Esq.), 187 (referred to as "Senior", town clerk, 1718-19), 198 (chosen town clerk, 1720/21), 202 (chosen selectman, and clerk for next year) 203 (Justice Houghton), 206 (1723, J.H., Esq.), 223 (letter), 257 ("John Houghton and wife Mary [Farrar] transferred the above house lot (of Jacob Farrah) to George Glazier in March 1706."), 294 ("John, born about 1650"), 312-313 ("The birth records...The book bears evidence of having been begun by John Houghton, but probably not before 1718.."), 321 (marriage: "1671 11m 22 John Houghton, Jr., and Mary Farrar."), 328 (clerk, 1690; selectman, 1717), 329 (Licensed inholders and retailers of liquors, 1709-10, 1711-17), 330 ("Justice John Houghton lived upon Bridecake Plain, opposite the State Industrial School grounds. His sons John and Jonathan resided in the same neighborhood. A letter from the pen of the veteran town clerk gives us a glimpse of Lancaster and its tavern in 1715."; sold rum, very little cider; letter of 1715: "..were it not that I am concerned with writing of Deeds & Bonds & other Publique Concerns of ye Town affaires, which Occasion Persons often to come to my House, in order to signing & Issuing such things, I should not be willing to be concerned with a Licence; for what Drinks I sell I do it as cheap as at Boston..."), 333 ("In sixteen years, between 1689 and 1725, the name John Houghton appears recorded in the manuscript records of the general court as deputy from Lancaster. In two only of there (1721 and 1724) is a distinguishing title, "Esq.," added. The credit of this long service has heretofore been given, without question, solely to Justice Houghton." (son in 1719)), 333 (deputy dates listed: 1692, 1693, 1697, 1705), 334 ( deputy dates: 1706, 1708, 1711, 1712, 1715-17, 1721, 1724), 339 (Clerks of Lancaster: "John Houghton (son of first John) 1686 to 1725,--40 years.) p. 211-212: "But the signature of John Houghton, later known as Justice Houghton, who succeeded Cyprian Steevens as clerk of the writs, is found attached to records of lands, petitions to the court, and other public documents, as town clerk, for nearly every year from 1685 to 1724, a period of forty years. Less than half a dozen town-meeting records in his distinct chirography have been preserved to our day, and in oly three of these are elections of a clerk noted. In 1719, 1721, and 1722 not only was John Houghton, Esquire, chosen clerk, but moderator, selectman or assessor as well. He is the first named as schoolmaster in any records of the town. Joseph Willard, Esquire, states that he represented the town for fourteen years in the legislature, but omits the years 1690 and 1692 when John Houghton was undoubtedly one of the two deputies sent, and includes the year 1718 when Lancaster elected not John Houghton, Sen., but Lieutenant John, his son. We find the title Justice given him as early as 1718, though the date of his commission is put down in the civil list 1729. Perhaps Justice Houghton might have been appointed the first judge of the Worcester County Court of Common Pleas in 1731, instead of his younger neighbor, Joseph ilderr, but for his growing blindness. Although then eighty years of age, his mental and physical vigor were little impaired. John Houghton was the son of John and Beatrix, who in 1653 set up their roof tree somewhere near Dean's, now Goodridge Brook. Not far away on the south side of the Narroww Lane, lived Jacob Farrar whose only daughter, Mary, must have been John's nearest playmate. February 22, 1672, when John was about twenty-one, and Mary twenty-three years of age, she became his wife. Their home, at least after the massacre of 1676, was on the Old Common as it is now called, though then and long after known as Bride Cake Plain. Their house stood on the south side of the highway opposite the grounds of the State Industrial School. After fifty-two years of married life, the wife died April 7, 1724, and January 27, 1725, John Houghton, at the age of seveny-five, married Hannah Wilder, aged seventy-two. The Boston Evening Post for Monday, February 14, 1737, thus briefly records his death: Lancaster, Februrary 8th, 1736-7 On the 3d Instant died died here (after a few Day's Indisposition) John Houshton, Esq: in the 87th Year of his Age. He was a sensible, religious, peaceable and useful Man. He was serviceable (in several Capacities) for many Years among us. A constant and devout attender on all the Ordinances and Worship of God in his House. Tho' his Eyes were dim some Years before his Dath, yet his Bodily Strength and Intellectual Powers remained with him to an uncommon Degree. He hath left behind him a sorrowful Widow in the 84th. Year of her Age, under bodily Blindness, and who hath been confined to her Bed for more than three Years past: Also a numerous Offspring. There are now living of his Children 7, of his Grandchildren 54, and of his Great Grand Children 73, in all 134.";
p. 294: "The oldest son, John, became the most prominent citizen of Lancaster in his day, for many years serving in various town offices, and as representative, and justice."

Lancaster VR: p. 18-20 lists multiple marriages he officiated at as justice of the peace; p. 125 "The following entry is made at the request of Henry Houghton one of the posterity of John Houghton Esqr. who died in Lancaster February 3, 1736-7. Is by tradition from his ancestors, that John Houghton with his wife fled from England to America, to enjoy their Religion: They being the parents of the said John Houghton Esquire, who came with them in his infancy., Entered by me Josiah Flagg, town clerk (~1825)."; p. 270: in 1708 signed the church covenant with 8 others

Keizer (1896): "John jr, born in England in 1650 became the most prominent man of his day in Lancaster, he represented the town in the General Court from 1693 to 1724 inclusive. He was commonly called justice Houghton and for a long time after the town was built was the only magistrate in the place. He was quite celebrated in this neighborhood as a man of weight and influence, and was a very skillful conveyancer. Three ancient pear trees planted by himself stand in front of the site of his house. During the last twelve years of his life he was blind. He died February 3rd, 1737 in the 87th year of his age. The epitaphs on his tomb stone and that of his wife are as follows:
Here lies buried | ye body of | John Houghton | esquir, as you | are so ware we | as we are so | you will be | who died February | ye 3rd anno dominy | 1736-7 and | in ye 87th year | of his age.

I - J.W.Houghton, Houghton Genealogy, 1912, p. 299-300: "John Houghton, Jr.,
according to tradition, born in England in 1650 and came to America with his parents the same year. A later report says that he was born in Dedham, Mass., which for many reasons seems more probable. He married 1,22, 1671, Mary Farrar, b. in England in 1648, dau. of Jacob and Ann Farrar, who died 4,7 1724. John died 2.3, 1737, aged 86 years. After the massacre of 1675, they, with wife's parents, fled to Woburn, Mass., where Jacob d. 8, 14, 1677. In the year 1700 John bought the lands formerly owned by his father-in-law. On the division of his father's estate, he retained the homestead on the Common and gave the land for a meeting house there, and he was leader of the movement which took the place of meeting from the spot where the first and second churches stood, to the common. The important petitions to the legislature sent from the town in the time of Queen Ann's war were signed by him and his brother, Jonas. He was an expert penman and during nearly a generation was a leading man in Lancaster and vicinity. Between the years 1693 and 1724 he was delegate to the general court for fourteen years, and seems to have been the only magistrate in town for many years after the rebuilding. He was commonly called Justice Houghton. He was quite celebrated as a man of weight and influence and was a very skillful conveyancer and writer of legal papers. At the age of seventy-five he married, 2nd, Hannah Wilder, who was then seventy-two years old. In 1704 he had command of a garrison house on the east side of the river Nashua in Lancaster. He was blind the last twelve years of his life.The epitaphs on his wife's and his own tombstones which still stand in the cemetery, read as follows:
"Here lies the body of Mrs. mary Houghton, ye wife of John Houghton Esquire, who died April the 7th, Ano dm 1724 and in the 76th year of her age. Here lies the body of John Houghton Esquire, As you are now so were we, as we are now so you will be: Who died February 3d, anno dominy 1737, and in the 86th year of his age."
Many of his descendants are still living in the vicinity of Lancaster. We may add in passing that the oldest date (1684) now to be found, is that over the grave of the first John Houghton of Lancaster. The practice of marking graves by inscribed headstones probably did not begin until after the massacre in 1676, and resettlement therof."

Burr & Gage, p. 394: "John (2) Houghton (John (1)), of Lancaster, born about 1650, died 3 Feb 1736/7, in his 87th year (gravestone at Lancaster) (Cf. also the Boston Evening Post of 14 Feb. 1736/7) He married first 22, 11 mo. 1671, Mary Farrar, who died 9 (or 7, according to her gravestone) Apr. 1724, in her 76th year; and secondly, 27 Jan. 1724/5 Mrs. Hannah (Atherton) Wilder, who survived him and died 4 Jan. 1737/8...(Lancaster Records). This John Houghton was a noted figure in the history of Lancaster, where he was known as "Esquire" or "Justice" and served the town repeatedly as moderator, selectman, assessor, schoolmaster, representative to the General Court, town clerk, and clerk of the writs."

NEGHR (6:320): "He signed the petition for tax relief of 1675-6 Mar 11 from the burned-out residents of Lancaster."

Lancaster VR: "Was assigned to the garrison near the Old Common in the "census" of 1704 with a household including his widowed sister Beatrix."

Lancaster VR: p. 412: "Here lies buried ye body of John Houghton Esquir, As you are so are we, As we are so you will be, who died Februrary ye 3d anno Dominy 1736/7 and in ye 87th year of his age."

Cutter: "was born in Dedham, died February 3, 1737, aged eighty-six years. During King Philip's war, after the massacre, he, his wife and her parents fled to Worburn, Massachuseets, where Jacob Farrar, he father, died August 14, 1677, and in 1700 John bought his fathe-in-law's lands. In the division of his father's estate, he kept the homestead on the Common and gave land for a meeting-house there. He and his brother Jonas signed the petitions from the town to the legislature during Queen Anne's war. He was a fine penman, and was a prominent man in Lancaster. For fourteen years, between 1693 and 1724, he was deputy to the general court and he was often called Justice Houghton. He was a skilled conveyancer and writer of legal papers. In 1704 he commanded a garrison house on the east side of Nashua river, in Lancaster. For the last twelve years of his life he was blind. He married (first) January 22, 1671, Mary Farrar, born in england in 1648, died April 7, 1724.

Keizer: blind in the last 12 years of his life

MLM, p. 6: "In the division of his father's estate John retained the homestead on the common and gave the land for the meeting house. He was a leader of the movement which took the place of meeting - the spot where the first and second churches stood on the commons...for the convenience of the last side.
He was in the garrison of Lawrence Waters during King Philip's War of 1675/6, and that of Captain Thomas Wilder in 1704, but had his own garrison house in 1711.
P. 70, of The Story of Colonial Lancaster, by Marion Fuller Safford, pr. 1937: John Houghton, Jr., a son of John Houghton, who set up his home here in 1753; md. Mary Farrar, who lived in "Narrow Lane." They set up housekeeping on Bridecake Plain on the south side of the road opposite the present grounds of the State Industrial School. Lt. Houghton was a conveyancer, innkeeper, justice, selectman and served as town clerk for ten years. P. 71; A training field to "lie common" was secured in 1718. It covered three acres by the highway near Justice Houghton's barn. This field lay to the east of the church, opposite what is now the State Industrial School. No deed was issued by mischance. and an heir of the man from whom it was purchased refused to give the town a deed to it, and the common ceased to be, and began to be referred as "the Old Common. P. 90: An important person, who might have been appointed the first justice of the court of Common Pleas in 1731, except for his age and growing blindness. After fifty-two years of married life, becoming a widower, he md. (2), Hannah Wilder, aged 72 years. Boston Post obit: now living: 7 children, 54 grandchildren, 73 great grandchildren, in all, 134, etc.
In 1731, aged 80 years, mentally alert and physically fit - had been T. C. for 40 years; was moderator, slectman and assessor at various times. His penmanship was careful and distinct, as became the earliest schoolmaster. (Hist. of Harvard, Nourse, p. 86) (Hist. of Lancaster, Mass. by Marvin, pp. 59-73-137-140-169, 722, etc.)"

HRI, p. 60: "Monday, Feb. 4, 1716, John Houghton Sen. desires the town would let him have the In? above the Red Spring which was formerly...to Daniel Gains to make up his In? lot, the said Houghton having purchased said Gain's second division In?... Benjamin Baily upon the right of John Houghton and John Booker. Robert Houghton granted proposition of John Houghton referring to Gaines In?."; p. 63, in 1716, 80 acres of land was granted to John Houghton for serving as clerk and making of rates lying above the Red Spring.

Early Records of Lancaster, p. 213:
Boston Evening Post for Monday, Feb. 14, 1737, obituary: "Lancaster, February 8th, 1736-7 On the 3d Instant died here (after a few Day's Indisposition) John Houghton, Esq: in the 87th Year of his age. He was a sensible, religious, peaceable and useful man. He was serviceable (in several Capacities) for many years among us. A constant and devout attender on all the Ordinances and Worship of God in his House. Tho' his Eyes were dim some Years before his Death, yet his Bodily strength and Intellectual Powers remained with him to an uncommon Degree. He hath left behind him a sorrowful Widow in the 84th year of her Age, under bodily blindness, and who hath been confined to her B ed for more than three Years past; Also a numerous offspring. There are now living of his children seven, of his grandchildren 54 and of his Great Grand Children, 73, in all 134."

Subject: John Houghton
Source: The Early Records of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1725
Edited by Henry S. Nourse, A.M. Lancaster, 1884
p.212
John Houghton was the son of John and Beatrix Houghton. On the south side of the Narrow Lane, lived Jacob Farrar whose only daughter, Mary,
must have been John's nearest playmate. February 22, 1672, when John was about twenty-one and Mary Farrar twenty-three years of age, she
became his wife. Their home, at least after the massacre of 1676, was on the Old Common as it is now called, though then and long after known
as Bride Cake Plain. Their house stood on the south side of the highway opposite the grounds of the State Industrial School. After fifty
two years of married life, the wife died April 7, 1724, and January 27, 1725, John Houghton at the age of seventy-five, married Hannah Wilder,
aged seventy-two. The Boston Evening Post for Monday, February 14, 1737 thus briefly records his death:

Lancaster, February 8th 1736/7
"On the 3d Instant died here (after a few Day's Indisposition) John Houghton, Esq: in the 87th Year of his age. He was a sensible, religious,
peaceable and useful man. He was serviceable (in several Capacities) for many years among us. A constant and devout attender
on all the Ordinances and Worship of God in his House. Tho' his Eyes were dim some Years before his Death, yet his Bodily strength and
Intellectual Powers remained with him to an uncommon Degree. He hath left behind him a sorrowful Widow in the 84th year of her Age, under
bodily blindness, and who hath been confined to her Bed for more than three Years past: Also a numerous offspring. There are now living of
his children seven, of his grandchildren 54 and of his Great Grand Children, 73 - in all 134."

Subject: The Lands of John Houghton at Lancaster
Source: Early Records of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1725 by Henry S. Nourse, A.M. Lancaster: 1884 p.293-294

John Houghton came from England in the Abigail, 1635, being then a mere boy. A rude slate stone in the old yard records his death April 29, 1684. His wife's name was Beatrix. Although he signed the covenant in 1653, it is doubtful if he came here to reside for several years, as
the records of his children's births are not found as of Lancaster until that of Beatrix, his daughter, in 1665.

In his will he mentions his "seven children." They were: John Houghton Jr. b. about 1650; Robert Houghton b. 1658; Jonas Houghton b. ____;
Mary Houghton b. ____; Beatrix Houghton b. 1665; Benjamin Houghton b. 1668; Sarah Houghton b. 1672.

During the desertion of the town the family sought refuge in Charlestown (MA). At the re-settlement the sons established new homes
east of the river, upon Bridecake Plain, now known as the Old Common.

The intrusion of so fanciful a baptismal name as Beatrix among the otherwise rigidly scriptural designations of the family, denotes perhaps an
imaginative tendency in some member of it, and this found freer scope in the naming of real estate acquired. Thus we find in John Houghton's various parcels of land, "Rosemary meadow," "Horse Swamp," "Houghton park," "Cranberry meadow," "The Meadow of the three
fountains," "Job's corner conveniency," and "Tobacco Pipe Meadow."

The daughter Beatrix married John Pope, Sept 20, 1683. The oldest son, John became the most prominent citizen of Lancaster in his day, for
many years serving in various town offices, and as representative and justice.

THE LANDS OF JOHN HOUGHTON
p.293
his house Lott
his house Lott where upon he hath built and planted Lyeth on the north side of Deans Brook bounded Southerly by the said Brook and northerly
by the Lott of Richard Wheeler and easterly it buts upon the mill path and westerly it buts upon sum Land of his own that is part of his
second devision and it Lyeth for twenty acors be it more or Less.

his entervail Lott
His entervail Lott is on the east side of Penicook River and is bounded easterly by the entervail Swamp a highway of two Rods and half runs
through it to go to the meadows and to Groton and that part of it that Lyeth on the east side the path buts southerly by sum land of James
Butler and northerly it buts upon a high way that Goes into Goodman Wateres little round Meadow that Way Lying betwen it and sum Land of
John More now in the possession of Jeremiah Rogers and the other part of it that Lyeth on the west side the path is bounded southerly by sum
entervail Land of Goodman Wateres runing with a Corner up into the bent of the River and it buts northardly with an angle upon Goodman White his feild so called both percels of entervail Lyeth for his Lott and for twenty acors be it more or less.

Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 7

I. John, b. circa 1650, in England; d. 3d February, 1736-1737; m. 22d January, 1671, Mary FARRAR, b. 1648, d. 1724, dau. of Jacob FARRAR, of Lancaster, b. in England circa 1634, he son of Jacob Farrar, who was killed by the Indians, 22d August, 1675; was known widely as Justice HOUGHTON; represented Lancaster, 1690, and many years after New Charter.

Frederick L. Weis's Lancaster Families:
"2. Justice JOHN HOUGHTON, Esquire, (John 1), was born about 1650 and he died at Lancaster, February 3, 1736/7, aged 87 years (Grave Stone). He married, first, at Lancaster, January 22, 1671/2, Mary Farrar, born about 1648, died at Lancaster, April 9, 1724, aged 76 years (April 7 - Grave Stone), the daughter of Jacob and Ann Farrar. He married, second, at Lancaster, January 27, 1724/5, Mrs. Hanah (Atherton) Wilder, born at Lancaster, January 10, 1657/8, died at Lancaster, January 4, 1737/8, the daughte of James and Hannah Atherton, and the widow of Lieutenant John Wilder.
Squire Houghton was taxed 1688, for the new parsonage, was in garrison, March 18, 1691/2, and was a proprietor of the additional grant, the deed of which was made to him and others, and has been cut into the back of his present grave stone in the old settler's burial field.
He was a noted figure figure in Lancaster's history, being known as Justice Houghton. He was the most prominent citizen of the town in his day. He served as moderator, magistrate, judge and justice of the peace, selectman, assessor, schoolmaster, town clerk, 1685-2725 (40 years), clerk of the writs, proprietary clerk of Lancaster lands, before 1716, moderator of the Proprietors of the Additional Grant, 1716-1725, and clerk of the Proprietors of the Additional Grant, 1716-1725. He also served as Representative ot the General Court, 1692-1693, 1697, 1705-1706, 1708, 1711-1712, 1715-1717, 1721 and 1724.
He lived at the Old Common and gave the land for the burying ground and for the Third Meeting House of the First Church. John Houghton was admitted to the First Church in Lancaster, 1708. She [sic] owned the covenant of the First Church and was baptized as an adult, November 28, 1708. Mrs. Hannah (Atherton) (Wilder) Houghton owned the covenant of the First Church and was baptized as an adult, February 4, 1727/8. Mary (Farrar) Houghton was admitted to the First Church, March 22, 1723/4.
An obituary of Justice Houghton was published in the Boston Evening Post, February 14, 1736/7."

JWH, p. 302: JWH gives two additional children not in VRs: Beatrix and Rebecca (who married Joseph Moore; actually daug. of Robert Houghton)

Deed filed by John Houghton in 1733/4, copy obtained from the Worcester, Massachusetts County Courthouse: In a deed dated January 4, 1733 John Houghton gave his youngest daughter Hepsibeth and her husband Joseph Brabrook several parcels of land in Lancaster: "I John Houghton of Lancaster in the County of Worcester in his majesties province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Esq for love good will I bear unto my Son in Law Joseph Braybrook and Hepsibah brabrook my youngest daughter Wife of the said Joseph Braybrook both of Brookfield in the County and province aforesaid..." The deed also mentions "...Some Lands I have Given to my son Wm Houghton..." [2]

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

History of Arkansas, p. 1184 (ancestor of Jeffrey A. Houghton): "The Houghton lineage shows the family to have been among the early Colonial one» of Massachusetts Bay, its immigrant ancestor having arrived on American soil only about a third of a century following the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Kook. John Houghton, of Lancaster, England, came to Lancaster. Massachusetts, in 1633, and died then in 1684, and the most ancient of the headstones in the cemetery of that old New England town bears his honored name. We know that his wife’s Christian name was Beatrice and that their sons were Benjamin, William, Robert and John, Jr. The last, born just before the family departed for.“the land of promise.” is said to have possessed the accomplishment rather rare in those days of being a fine penman. He became a leading man in his region, was for fourteen years a delegate to the Ueneral Court and for many years he seems to have been the only magistrate of his town, while his tenure of theoffice of town clerk covered a period of no lea» than forty years. He was a skilled conveyancer in the transferring of title bv deed and Otherwise and the land upon which the third church was erected in 1706 was donated by him. He was instrumental in the removal of the meeting houses from their former locations to the old common. He lost his sight before his death, on February 3, 1737, when past seventy- six years of age. and he was buried in the cemetery on the old common. This epitaph is chiseled upon his headstone: “Here lies buried the lody of John Houghton Esquire. As you are so were we. As we are so will you he. Who died February ye anno dom. 1736-7 and in the 87th year of his age.”^{11,66,22,7,58,67,68,69,70,62}

Research

Only JWH gives this parentage; and Sawyer erroneously gives her as married to Elias Sawyer^71,72

Research

Only JWH and Cutter give this parentage; not in probate of William Houghton, son of John, who listened all syblings.⁷²

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 299 #2.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 14, 19.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 211, 294.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 391.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 393.
[S150] Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, II, p. 469.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 962.
[S174] Wyman, Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, p. 520.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6 #1.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 282.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 299.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 393, 394.
[S199] D. A. Keizer, Houghton Hx & Gen - Keizer, p. 5, 6.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 30 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S1085] Joseph Willard, Lancaster MA Hx - Willard, p. 80.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 14.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 212, 321.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Sep. 31, 1934 - 9617.
[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]:.
[S96] NEHGR, 14 [1860]: 359.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S199] D. A. Keizer, Houghton Hx & Gen - Keizer, p. 6, 7.
[S407] William Montgomery Clemens, Amer. Mar. Records < 1600, p. 120.
[S600] Timothy Farrar Clary, Farrar Family, p. 3.
[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: "The English Ancestry of Jacob Farrer", p. 10.
[S954] Mrs. Alice G. Busiel, Middlesex Probate Records - Busiel, p. 145.
[S954] Mrs. Alice G. Busiel, Middlesex Probate Records - Busiel, p. 147.
[S199] D. A. Keizer, Houghton Hx & Gen - Keizer, p. 7.
[S1085] Joseph Willard, Lancaster MA Hx - Willard, p. 28.
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[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 138-9.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 321.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 133/7.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 152.
[S30] Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 113, p. 363; RESOLVES 1704-1705, C 96.
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[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 170.
[S956] Middlesex Co. MA Court Records, Unnumbered cards.
[S418] Henry S. Nourse, Lancastriana, p. 33.
[S852] Samuel H. Folsom and William E. Rogers, Middlesex MA Probate Index, p. 249.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, p. 381.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11943, FHC #397099.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org).
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 19.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 212.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 816.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 2/3/1933, #2780, LWL.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]: 72.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394, 397.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 294.
[S657] William Henry Whitmore, MA Civil List, p. 136.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 283.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 156, 412.
[S95] Newspaper, Boston Evening Post, Feb. 14, 1737.
[S199] D. A. Keizer, Houghton Hx & Gen - Keizer, p. 5.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 740.
[S626] Unknown compiler, Boston Obituaries Index, Vol. II, p. 540.
[S1085] Joseph Willard, Lancaster MA Hx - Willard, p. 89.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 283.
[S409] Probate Records , Worcester, MA, Case 31019.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 412.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 668.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 211-12, 294.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 182, 740.
[S874] Holbrook, Lancaster MA VRs, Micrhofiche, M37L25, 1647-1905, fiche #20, Proprieter's records, p. 60-63.
[S1085] Joseph Willard, Lancaster MA Hx - Willard, p. 80, 88.
[S930] George Norbury Mackenzie, Colonial Families of the USA, Vol. 7.
[S157] Fred E. Sawyer, Sawyer Families Gen. Dict., p. 131.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302.

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

M, #1439, b. 28 March 1659, d. 7 November 1723

Family: Esther Leppingwell

Marriage*: Robert Houghton married Esther Leppingwell on 1682 at Woburn/Lancaster, MA, USA, Burr & Gage: "He married Esther ---... She was probably Esther Lippenwell..."; Torrey, b. 1682, Woburn/Lancaster; Houghton: 1680; not in Lancaster VR.^{9,2,19,11,3,20}

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Mar 28, 1659

Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: 28, 1 mo. 1659 (Dedham records); JWH: 3,28,1658; Lancaster VRs: 1698; Cutter: March 28, 1658; Pope: 28 (1) 1659; MLM: Jan. 28, 1659; FWH: 1658^{9,10,2,11,12,8,13,5,14,15,16,17,18}

Marriage

1682

Woburn/Lancaster, MA, USA, Burr & Gage: "He married Esther ---... She was probably Esther Lippenwell..."; Torrey, b. 1682, Woburn/Lancaster; Houghton: 1680; not in Lancaster VR^{9,2,19,11,3,20}

Court

1699/0

A Robert Houghton, age 40, was deposed in court.²¹

Note

Apr 20, 1704

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, was in Garrison #6 with John Houghton Sr.^22,23

Taxation

1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA²⁴

Death

Nov 7, 1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: 7 Nov. 1723, in his 65th year (gravestone at Lancaster); MLM: Nov. 17^{9,25,2,11,26,3,27,28}

Burial

Old Common Burying Ground Cemetery, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 65 years^25,28

Will

Dec 24, 1723

Administr

Jan 22, 1723/24

Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Judge of probate approved nuncupative will of Robert Houghton.³¹

Administr

Jan 23, 1724

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Cit. Retn 2d; Widow's relinquishment of right of Dower, her Declination to administer and request for appt. of Admr.^30,31

Administr

Mar 10, 1724

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Bond of 200 pounds by Gershom Houghton of Lancaster, Admr; Record of appt.^30,31

Administr

Apr 19, 1728

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, "All concerned have signified that they are content. Thomas Houghton of Lancaster husbandman became bound in...to pay to the other Children their Several proportions. Joshua of said Towne husbandman Surety. Said Joshua in the Sum of 100 (pounds). Said Thomas Surety. Deacon John Langly of Groton Guardian and in behalf of thee Children of Robert became bound in the Sum of 100. Amos Saywer of Lancaster Cordwainer Surety. Interest in Each to be 6 percent to begin in thee first of April Last part to be paid within one Year.
Several of the Children and Guardians being now present are content and think it reasonable that Robert Should be considered as Advanced by his Father no moree than 18 (pounds) in personal Estate. It is So Ordered...And whereas Esther the Widow of the decs has quitted her Interest in the Homestead the Improvement whereof was given to her during her Life in Consideration that Sd home shall pay to her Annually 30 / all the Children and Guardians have Agreed that it should be left to said Joshua it is prized in the Return of the Committee he to become bound to pay bake to the rest of the Children their Equall Shares thereof at decease of Said Widow. Accordingly he this day became bound in the sum of 200. John Priest of Lancaster husbandman Surety. to be paid within one year after the decease of said Widow...It remains that Gershom and Eleazer do come into Bonds as above and on the 23 day of august following accordingly came Gershom Houghton of Lancaster husbandman and gave Bond in 100 (pounds). Eleazer Houghton of Turkey hill alias Luningberg and Cordwainer hereby and said Eleazer gave also Bond in 100 (pounds)..."
Children listed: Robert, Gershom, Eleazer, Thomas, Joshua, Eleanor; Isabella, wife of Sam Rogers; Beatrix, wife of Joseph Priest; Abigail, wife of Amos Sawyer; Hannah, Rachel³¹

Biography

Nourse, Early Records, p. 144 : (helped to refound town after massacre; 1704 "census", 2 adults), 179 (committee), 294 (bd: "Robert, 1658"); p. 164: "Robert Houghton was probably chief architect and builder [of church]; the town voting him twelve acres of land "for work don by him at the meeting house," and twenty-five acres "for making the pulpit."

Burr & Gage, p. 397: "From the will of Robert Houghton (Middlesex Probate records), the settlement of his estate (ib.), and the records of various towns, his children appear to have been as given below. (order of births uncertain)"

J.W.Houghton, Houghton Genealogy, p. 300: "Resided in Woburn for a time after the town of Lancaster was destroyed; settled finally, after his father's death, on what is now called "The Acre" now in Clinton, Mass. Robert and his sister, Beatrix Pope, were in the garrison, mentioned heretofore as under the command of their brother John, as were also John's sons, Joseph and John. This garrison was on the north side of the Old Common, near the center of the Industrial School buildings. The family suffered a great deal from the Indian raid, July 31, 1704. John Houghton made the report of the losses. His son, John, lost three swine, one large dwelling house with three firs, belonging to him and Phillip Ross, and about 16 pounds of personal estate. Brother Jonas lost one ox. A petition signed by John and Jonas Houghton, bearing date November 13,1704, was presented to the General Court, which "Showeth that the distressed inhabitants of Lancaster, being under the awful rebuke of God's hand in the manifest tokens of his displeasure towards us," etc., stating in particular that many had sustained losses and some were almost ruined as to their estate and that their meeting house was destroyed by fire. They continue in these words, "The late awful stoke of God's hand in the last week, in the loss of our revered minister who was very worthy and desirable (Rev. Mr. Gardner) whose loss is ready to sink our spirits -- and having formerly one minister slain by stroke; the poor people felt the need of help." The petition asks that the tax of 86 pounds be remited."

D. Hand Dymond, Gen. of the Hand Family, p. 209: "Some of the John Houghton estate was sold to ...Robert (2)..Houghton 17 January 1694/5."

Savage "Robert, Woburn, had Isabel, b. 6 Aug. 1682; but I kn. no more. Perhaps he was s. of John, and may have rem."

Hurd: "They were the progenitors of most of Berlin's Houghtons."

Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 7

Robert Houghton of Lancaster; b. 28th March, 1658, at Dedham; d. 7th November, 1723; was an architect and builder and served in King Philip's War, 1675-1676; m. 1680, Esther Leffingwell of Woburn, b. 1657, d. 13th January, 1741, dau. of Michael Leffingwell.

Weis: "Robert Houghton returned to Lancaster after King Philip's War, and settled in that part of Lancaster now called the "Acre" in Clinton. He was taxed in 1688, for the new parsonage; was in garrison at Lancaster, March 18, 1691/2, and again in 1704. He was a proprietor of the additonal grant, builder of the Third Meeting House of the First Church in Lancaster, 1708, and he received 25 acres of land for "building the pulpit."

Brandt: He was a soldier in King Phillip's War. After the war he returned to Lancaster MA. and settled in that part of Lancaster now called the Acre in Clinton. He was a proprietor in the Additional Grant (Leominister). He built the Third Meeting House of the First Church in 1708. For building the pulpit he received 25 acres of land. He died intestate Nov 7, 1723. His nocupative will made Nov 4, 1723, during his last illness, provided for the benefit of his wife and the disposal of his personal estate.^{9,23,3,33,34,35}

Research

Only JWH gives as daughter.

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 300 #3.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 391.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 397.
[S149] Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, I, p. 469.
[S156] Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts, p. 241.
[S174] Wyman, Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, p. 520.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6 #2, 7.
[S54] Hanson, Vital Records of Dedham, p. 186.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 300.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 294.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 3/15/1933, #6141 HF.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924 #2311, WBBN.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394, 397.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 962.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 30,33 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 282.
[S1509] Unknown author, "unknown short article title", Vol. 19, Sept 1986; p. 222.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 1935 #9617.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6, 7.
[S1260] New England Ancestors Website, online http://www.newenglandancestors.org, Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, comp. Middlesex County, Massachusetts Deponents, 1649-1700. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-. Original data: Index to the Deponent Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts. Columbia Point, MA: Massachusetts Archives, 1930-.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 133.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 144.
[S418] Henry S. Nourse, Lancastriana, p. 33.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 413.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 7/19/1909.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 668.
[S852] Samuel H. Folsom and William E. Rogers, Middlesex MA Probate Index, p. 249.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, p. 381.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11943, FHC #397099.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org).
[S489] D. Hamilton Hurd, Worcester Co. MA Hx I, 2: 388.
[S930] George Norbury Mackenzie, Colonial Families of the USA, Vol. 7.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 284-285.

Jonas Houghton^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11}

M, #1440, b. April 1663, d. 20 September 1723

Family 1: Mary Burbeen

Marriage*: Jonas Houghton married Mary Burbeen on Feb 15, 1680/81 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Torrey: 16 Feb 1681, 1680/1; Woburn, Lancaster; Clemens: Woburn, MA.^{12,2,23,4,5,14,24,25,26,27,8,28,17,29,22,30,21}

Family 2: Sarah (?)

Marriage*: Jonas Houghton married Sarah (?) at Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Middlesex Probate; widow at his death; MLM: ca. 1720.^{24,27,18,36,21}

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Apr, 1663

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Lancaster VRs, Burr & Gage: from gravestone dd calc; J.W. Houghton, Little, Cutter: 1660^{12,13,14,15,16,7,8,9,17,18,19,20,21}

Occupation

farmer; surveyor

Origin

1681

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^2,22

Marriage

Feb 15, 1680/81

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Torrey: 16 Feb 1681, 1680/1; Woburn, Lancaster; Clemens: Woburn, MA^{12,2,23,4,5,14,24,25,26,27,8,28,17,29,22,30,21}

Note

Apr 20, 1704

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, was in garrison #6 with John Houghton Sr^31,32

Note

Nov 2, 1704

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Between 1697 and 1705 Lancaster MA had no delegate to the house of deputies. A petition was sent, Oct 25, 1704, to remit the tax of 86 people because of the damage due to Indian raids. "sheweth that the distressed inhabitants of Lancaster being under the awful rebukes of God's hand in the manifest tokens of his displeasure towards us, in permitting those barbarous heathen to be such a scourge to us...", citing many sustained losses and the burning of the meeting house. Signed by John and Jonas Houghton. It was granted.^33,34

Land Recrd

Sep 20, 1706

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, on p. 194; from J. Houghton (14-115) (CJV: assumed this is Justice John Houghton)³⁵

Marriage

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Middlesex Probate; widow at his death; MLM: ca. 1720^{24,27,18,36,21}

Church

Apr 9, 1721

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, First Church³⁷

Taxation

1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA³⁸

Death

Sep 20, 1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Lancaster VRs: aged 60 years, 5 months;JWH: 9/26/1723^{12,39,4,25,40,14,24,41,27,28,18}

Burial

Old Common BG Cemetery, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, gravestone: ae 60y 5m

Here lyes ye Body
of Mr Jonas
Houghton; Who
Died Sept. 20th, 1723
Aged 60 Years & 5 Mo.^13,14,21

Estate

Nov 8, 1723

Lancaster, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Bond of 300 pounds by Jonas Houghton Jr., admr; Inventory of Oct. 29, 1723; Articles of Agreement, on 29 Oct 1723, of Sarah Houghton, widow, relict of Jonas Houghton, who quitclaims the estate to Jonas Houghton Jr., Benjamin Houghton, Stephen Hougton, Richard Wilds, Jemimah Houghton, Gamaliel Beman, Ephraim Sawyer, and Dorcas Houghton, and it was recorded by John Houghton, Justice of the Peace (Probate #11933, Administration; Vol. 17, pp. 23, 24, 2522, 339, 448); BT:Oct. 29, 1723, "Josiah, deceased, who left posthumous child, Stephen"; "Dorcas Coomer (this last name perhaps incorrect, very illegible)^{14,24,42,43,36}"

Research

1723

Administr

Jan 22, 1723/24

Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Judge of probate approved nuncupative will of Robert Houghton.⁴⁴

Estate

Apr 24, 1726

Lancaster, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Division of estate of Jonas Houghton (valued at 1014 pounds) names Jonas Houghton, the eldest son, James Houghton the fourth son, Benjamin the second son, Daniel the third son, Josiah Houghon son of Josiah Houghton deceased the fifth son, James Houghton, Stephen Houghton the youngest son (the home place)

BT, WBBN: 26 Apr 1726;BT, GAGL: June 17, 1726, "vide No. 11,933 document 27 in Middlesex Probate Records."; Jonas Jr, administrator; "the posthumous child of Josiah was called Josiah"^24,14,36

Administr

May 4, 1726

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, it lists James, Benjamin, Daniel, Josiah, "Josiah's son", Stephen, Mary, Jemima, Eunice Sarah, Dorcas, Jonas, James, and Benjamin³⁶

Biography

JWH: "They were married while staying in Woburn, on account of the trouble with the Indians. After his father's death he settled in Bolton, on his father's land on Vaughn's Hill. He served in Queen Ann's War. In 1719, Jonas "measured," showing that he was a surveyor as well as a farmer. he was an active and influential citizen."

Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, 1884, p. 144 (Was assigned to the garrison near the Old Common in the 1704 "census" in Lancaster with a household of two adult males), 151 (lost one ox in 1704 to Indians); letter signed), 179 (this may be his son, not him: "apointed Jonas Houghton Ju. to be the servaier.."), 189 ("proposall of Jonas Houghton and voted to give him five shilling pwe day for mesoring the ye Stated Common..."), 190 "John Wilder Jonas Houghton & Jacob Houghton being Chosen and appointed a Commity to lay out the waies frin tge Randevou tree to the medows.."; the Rendezous tree was in Harvard), 209-211 (committee), 294 (3rd child of John, Sr.), 318 (children's bds; wife=Mary Burbeen), 321 (marriage: "1681 February 15 Jonas Houghton and Mary Berbeane of Woburn"), 328 (selectman),

In Queen Ann's War.

Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924: W.B.B.N.: "We will follow but the son Jonas. This name, plainly legible to anyone familiar with old script, has been variously translated as Josias, Josiah, etc. he married at Lancaster, Feb. 15, 1681, mary Burbean of Woburn. His widow at his death was Sarah. Jonas died at lancaster, Sept. 20, 1723. An agreement of the heirs drawn up Oct 29, 1723 states that the family consisted of: Sarah, widow and children: Jonas, Benjamin, Daniel, James, Josiah, deceased, who left posthumous child, Stephen; Mary, wife of Gamaliel Beamans; Sarah, wife of Francis Richardson; Dorcas Coomer (this last name perhaps incorrect, very illegible); Eunice, wife of Ephraim Sawyer; Ruth, wife of Richard Wilder, and Jemima, unmarried."

Boston Transcript, 11/17/1924: G.A.G.L.: Jonas Houghton, Jr., was appointed administrator of his estate, and the various heirs mentioned are: Jonas, the
eldest son, Benjamin, Daniel, James, Josiah, a posthumous son of Josiah, deceased, Stephen, Mary, the wife of Gamaliel Beman; Sarah, the wife of Francis Richardson; Dorcas, the wife of Ebenezer Polley; Eunice the wife of Ephraim Sawyer; Ruth the wife of Richard Wilder; Jemimah, the wife of Samuel Carter. The names of the foregoing children and heirs are given in the division of real estate June 17, 1726 --vide No.11,933 document 27 in Middlesex Probate Records.

Cutter: "After his father's death he settled in Bolton, Massachusetts, on his father's land on Vaughn's Hill. He served in Queen Ann's war. He was a surveyor and a farmer, and an active citizen."

MLM, Weis: They settled on Vaughn's hill, part of Lancaster, now Bolton. Indian fighter, surveyor, farmer, influential citizen. Taxed in 1688 for the new parsonage. Was in the garrison at Lancaster , Mar. 18, 1691/2, and a proprietor of the additional grant. Served in Queen Anne's War; Lost an ox when the Indians raided Lancaster, 1704.^{12,24,45,28,21}

Research

Chandler: "Observe that the Lancaster VR have "Josiah" son of "Josiah" and Mary born 1682 "Jul" 2! I'd say that one original record has to be the source of both of these people. [CJV: John's sons Jonas and Josiah] This takes the pressure off the seeming double identity of Jonas[2]'s son Josiah[3], whose gravestone extrapolates to a birth date in 1698 Oct."⁴⁶

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 301 #4.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 15.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 294.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 391.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 3/3/1915 #4550.
[S80] Chandler, Houghton Genealogy, #11115.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394, 398.
[S164] Little, Gen. and Family History of Maine, p. 900.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 962.
[S174] Wyman, Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, p. 520.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6 #4, 8.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 301.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 412.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/17/1924, #2311 GAGL.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 10/27/1924.
[S53] Dymond, Genealogy of Hand Family, p. 208: GS.
[S177] Baily, Early Massachusetts Marriages, p. 61.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 30 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 282.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 286.
[S499] Woburn MA VRs III, p. 135.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 321.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924 #2311, WBBN.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 5/5/1924 #1754, ALCS.
[S96] NEHGR, Vol. 17, 1863, p. 70.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 398.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 693.
[S407] William Montgomery Clemens, Amer. Mar. Records < 1600, p. 36.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6, 8.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 133.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 144.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 140.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 151.
[S1387] Www.familysearch.org, online www.familysearch.org, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/…
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11933, FHC #397099.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 270-1.
[S418] Henry S. Nourse, Lancastriana, p. 33.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 156, 412.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 3/3/1915, 10/27/1924.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 8.
[S852] Samuel H. Folsom and William E. Rogers, Middlesex MA Probate Index, p. 249.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, p. 378.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11943, FHC #397099.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S415] E-mail from John F. Chandler, Aug. 7, 1999.