Houghton Surname Project

Thomas Wilder¹

M, #1501

Family: Susannah Pope

Marriage*: Thomas Wilder married Susannah Pope, daughter of John Pope and Beatrix Houghton.^2,1,3

Biography

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Marriage

^2,1,3

Children+

Many children¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 1931 - 2210.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 9.

Margaret Pope¹

F, #1502, b. circa 1686

Biography

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Birth

circa 1686

Deed

Oct 3, 1715

A History of the Dorchester Pope Family. 1634-1888: With Sketches of Other ...By Charles Henry Pope: "Margaret Pope, daughter of John3, made a deed of land in Lancaster, Oct. 13, 1715.²

Pedigree

Citations

[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S1545] Charles Henry Pope, Hx of Dorchester Pope Family, p. 84.

Daniel Goble Jr¹

M, #1503, b. 21 May 1669, d. before 1733

Family: Sarah Houghton

Marriage*: Daniel Goble Jr married Sarah Houghton, daughter of John Houghton and Beatrix (?), on Jul 23, 1698 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Not in Lancaster VRs; J.W. Houghton: 23 Jun 1698; gives John Harris (#1532) as spouse , m. 6,23, 1698 (Torrey, p. 346, gives her sister Mary Houghton as latter's wife)

Torrey, p. 306: Daniel Goble and Sarah (Houghton); no md; Lancaster/Hanover NJ

Boykiw: cites a deed executed on 20 Sept 1734, where the Goble children inherited Lancaster land from their mother, Sarah Goble, wife of Daniel Goble (Worcester District Deeds, Book 7, p. 259).^2,3,4,5,6,7

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Notable

Birth

May 21, 1669

Concord, Middlesex Co., MA, USA²

Marriage

Jul 23, 1698

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Not in Lancaster VRs; J.W. Houghton: 23 Jun 1698; gives John Harris (#1532) as spouse , m. 6,23, 1698 (Torrey, p. 346, gives her sister Mary Houghton as latter's wife)

Torrey, p. 306: Daniel Goble and Sarah (Houghton); no md; Lancaster/Hanover NJ

Boykiw: cites a deed executed on 20 Sept 1734, where the Goble children inherited Lancaster land from their mother, Sarah Goble, wife of Daniel Goble (Worcester District Deeds, Book 7, p. 259).^2,3,4,5,6,7

Death

before 1733

Hanover, Hunterdon (Morris), NJ, USA, Boykiw: before 1733, Morristown, NJ^8,4

Biography

D. Hand Dymond: Grandfather Thomas Goble came from England in 1634 with his wife Alice. Settled in Charlestown in the Mass. Bay Colony. Father Daniel was baptized 18 (5) or 18 July 1641, married Hannah Brewer. She was killed by Indians in Lancaster, MA in 1697. This Daniel fought in King Philip's Indian War, 1676. He lived in Concord. Was part of a group who killed several Indian women. He, with 3 others, were hung for these murders, along with Indians who had killed whites. A few years later, every soldier who took part in the Narragansett Campaign, when the Indian stockade was burned and all the Indian women and children slain, was awarded a share of land as a soldier's bonus. Daniel's son Daniel inherited and sold his father's right. Daniel was aged 7 when his father died. He went with his mother to Lancaster when she married Ephraim Roper in 1677.

D. Hand Dymond, Gen. of the Hand Family, p. 167: "Daniel (3) Goble, born 21 May 1669 in Concord, married Sarah Houghton, daughter of John and Beatrix Houghton of Lancaster, before or about 1698 in Lancaster. Sarah was born in Lancaster 30 July 1672. Daniel and Sarah Houghton Goble left Lancaster, Middlesex County, Massachusetts and went to Berkeley County, South Carolina, joining the Orangeburg Colony there.
... In Warrants for Lands in South Carolina, 1692-1711 we find - (State Archives Book)...1. Daniell Gobel had a warrant out of the Secretary's Office for 300 acres of land dated 23 Dec. 1699. 2. Daniel Gobell had a warrant out of Secretary's Office for 500 acres of land, dated 20 March 1700...Daniell Gobell is Daniel (3) Goble, son of Daniel (2) Goble. Daniel Gobell's name appears in a list of land grants in the Orange Quarter or French Quarter... Daniel Gobel, 260 Acres, 14 May 1707 (date of warrant)...
From these dates [of children] the Goble family must have left South Carolina not later than 1715, and arrived in Hanover, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, now Morris County. Daniel's name was given as "David" in some local histories, but this evidently was an error...The family was of Baptist persuasion.
"Daniel (3) Goble lived in Morristown, until his death before 1733. His wife Sarah died before him. Daniel (3) married a second time, after Sara's death. His second wife was Abigail_____, born about 1680 and died 1742.

Nourse: "1676 Sept 26. Tuesday
Sagamore Sam & Daniel Goble is drawn in a cart upon bed cloaths to execution...One eyed John, Maliompe Sagamore of Quapaug, General at Lancaster & Jethro (the Father) walk to the gallows. [Diary of Samuel Sewall] [Nourse: "Daniel Goble, thus executed with the murderers of the women and children [3 of each] of Lancaster, was a soldier, the ringleader in an atrocious murder of Indian women and children, during the popular excitement succeeding the Indian massacres."

Haughton & Haughton: Daniel sold property on Jan. 7, 1695 in Lancaster, MA. He went ot Berkeley Co., South Carolina in 1699 with his brother (or cousin) John Goble, joining the Orangeburg colony. He acquired 800 acres between 1699-1707 in Berkeley Co. In 1715 or 1717 he came to Morristown, NJ. He lived there until he died. Married second, Abigail.

K Haddad wrote:
1676: Sept. 26, Daniel Goble II was only 7 years old when his father, Daniel I, was hung for killing Indians, probably to "seal" a peace treaty with the Indians (see notes for Daniel I). We wonder if, during his last visit to his father in the Boston prison, he knew it was his last visit. Surely the neighborhood children made fun of him and called him names after the event; perhaps some of the other families refused to associate with Daniel's family after that.
1677: Nov. 20, his widowed mother remarried to Ephraim Roper. Ephraim's wife, Priscilla, and 3-yr-old dtr, Priscilla, and possibly his brother, John Roper, had been killed in the Indian massacre of August 22, 1675 at Lancaster, Wincester Co., MA. [Reference: www.rootsweb.com/~maworc/lancstr]
1681: After that, Lancaster was abandoned until its resettlement four years later by Daniel's and the other original families. Daniel was 12 years old. 1689: June 23, Daniel married Sarah Houghton of another gutsy Lancas!
ter family.
1692: July 18, there was a second Indian massachre. Daniel was now 23.
1696: Son Thomas born. 1697: Sept. 11, Daniel's mother, Hannah Brewer Goble Roper, his 14-yr-old half-sister, Elizabeth Roper, and his step-father, Ephraim Roper, were killed in the third Indian massacre of Lancaster. [Reference: Ibid.]
1697: March 10, S.C., the Act of Assembly (available in Transactions No. 5 and No. 68 of The Huguenot Society of South Carolina) allowed 63 aliens to obtain land "free of the Part of the Province and for Granting Liberty of Conscience to all Protestants." [Citation: "Historic Ramblin's through Berkeley" by J. Russel Cross, 'Orange Quarter (of Berkeley Colony)' pg. 111-115]
The previous year a peace treaty was agreed on with the S.C. Indians. By now the only settlement in today's SC, Charles Town (Charleston), was 17 years old ~ created by English Lords Proprietor who had been given today's SC, NC & GA to expand England and the Church. Gentlemen farmers & merchants of Barbados and other British West Indies Islands had come there and settled. In one month alone, 500 dissenters (protestants, but not of the Church of England) had come. In 1680 the first shipload of French Huguenot fugitives arrived aboard the "Richmond" from England, and they kept coming until 1688.
Lucrative exports to England included furs, lumber, tar, pitch, terpentine, beef & pork. Nearly every family hired an Indian to do the hunting for them.
"Land in the vicinity of Goose Creek (area of Berkeley Colony and Charleston, S.C.) was granted to Huguenots as early as 1680....Among the French families prominent in Goose Creek during this time were the families of...John Goble." [Citation: "Historic Goose Creek, South Carolina 1770-1980" 'The Early Goose Creek Settlers', pg. 10-21, by Michael J. Heitzler]
In 1682, the first Church of England ediface was built ~ St. Philip's
1683, the Baptists arrived, having been run out of extreme S. Maine, Kittery, almost immediately by persecution such as loss of jobs, imprisonment, loss of possessions, etc. They were sponsored/supported by the First Baptist Church of Boston where Daniel Goble had grown up.
In 1685 the Presbyterians/Independent built a building

In 1687 the Huguenots built their first building
n 1695 the last immigrants to travel in a large group arrived from Dorchester, MA, just outside of Boston. They established themselves 20 miles from Charleston just NW of what would later be called Goose Creek and straight W. of the Orange Quarter settled by the French. These Massachusetts settlers built a Congregational Church, the same as what the Gobles attended in Boston. Is this what attracted John and Daniel Goble to move to S.C.? Did he arrive with them?
1698: Son Daniel III born
1699: March, Peter Girard reported 31 Huguenots in his congregation, including John Goble. [Citation: "Historic Goose Creek, South Carolina 1770-1980," 'The Early Goose Creek Settlers', pg. 10-21, by Michael J. Heitzler]
This John may have been Thomas Goble's (of Concord, MA) brother. Or perhaps the son Thomas Jr.. But I believe he was the son of Thomas Goble's son Daniel, and a bro. of Daniel Jr. 1699: March 20, Daniel took out a warrant for 500 acres in Goose Creek, Berkeley. [Reference: Ibid.] This gave him a total of 800 acres. [Reference: Ibid.]
1700: Son Robert born
1702: A local militia attacked St. Augustine, FL, in retaliation for Spanish efforts to reclaim the Carolinas. Daniel and John Goble were probably part of this militia as there were so few colonists here at the time.
1705: Son Ephraim born 1705: March 9, Daniel's brother?, John Goble, filed a warrant for 500 acres in S.C. [Reference: Ibid.]
1706: The Goose Creek area also began to be known as St. James Parish Berkeley, for tax purposes. The French Orange Quarter area around the Cooper River also began to be known as St. Johns Parish Berkeley, extending also to St. Stevens Parish and St. James Parish Santee along the Santee River.
1706: Yellow fever hit Charleston.
1706: A privateer (pirate) with French & Spanish soldiers on board came to Charleston Harbor claiming Carolina for their countries. The Yellow Fever was confined to town, so the farmers from Goose Creek formed a militia along with local Indians and undoubtedly our John and Daniel Goble, and the invasion was repelled.
1706: Dtr Melitiah born
1707: Son Jonas born
1707: May 14, Daniel took out a warrant for 260 acres in Berkeley County in the Orange/French Quarter on the Cooper River next to the Goose Creek area. He now had 1060 acres. That same day others who took out warrants (all in Berkeley Co.) were Isaac Mazych, Ralph Izard, Lewis Mouzon, Elias Foissin. [Deed Source: SC Archives, Columbia, SC, Series S213019, Vol. 39, pg. 23, item 03, via www.archivesindex.sc.gov/search]
Others taking out warrants and grants during that time were Frenchmen Jean Aunant, James Belin, James deBordeaux, John Carteau, etc. His neighbors were John/Jean Aunant, James Belin, Nicholas Bochet, James de Bordeaux, Solomon Bremere, John/Jean Carteau, Peter/Pierre du Tarte, Isaac Lesesne, Nicholas de Longuermare, Estienne Mounier, Philip Normand and Peter/Pierre Poitevin.
That same year, his brother?, John, filed a survey for 400 acres on MacMillan Island in Colleton Co., just 30 mi. south of Charleston, S.C. which was near Berkeley Colony. [Reference: Ibid. Also "Historic Ramblin's through Berkeley" by J. Russell Cross, 'Orange Quarter" pg. 111-115]
For more on the Gobles and this French settlement, see my notes for Daniel's brother, John Goble. Even more details are in the archives of the Goble mailing list through rootsweb dated April 18, 2001.
1710: The Lords Proprietor in England ordered a new town built at the next large harbor south of Charleston and called it Beaufort. The Yemassee Indians lived near there and went on the war path. They killed 190 colonists to within ten miles of Charleston. The militia in that area re-formed and counter attacked in that area. In the entire colony were 1500 men able to fight and 8,000-10,000 Indians. So the colonists armed 250 negroes, 150 men from VA and NC came to help, and New England sent arms.
1712: Dtr Jemima born
1714: Joanna Hayes sued Daniel Goble. I have not seen the record, so do not know why. However, it may be a clue to other family names in SC. [Source: SC Archives, Columbia, SC, Series S136002, Box 48, item 254, via www.archivesindex.sc.gov/search]
1714: Dtr Alice born
1711-15: More Indians attacked from the north through the French Orange Quarter, Dorchester, and Goose Creek. Men were scalped, children tortured and women enslaved. Finally the Indians were repulsed by the Goose Creek militia, including probably our John and Daniel Goble. But every planation within twenty miles of Charleston (including Goose Creek) was laid ruin, and prices in town shot up, putting everyone deep in debt. Many never recovered and sold out.
1716: Son Henry Harris born
1717 or 1718: Daniel sold 650 acres on the Cooper River in Berkeley Co., SC, to Mathurin & Sussanna Boigars, who in turn sold it on March 19, 1718, to James Bilbeaux and John Peneaux. They apparently sold it January 17, 1733. A title trace was made in 1733 which also listed Daniel Goble, Anthony Potevin, Daniel Triezevant, Nicholas Bochet, Solomon Bremar, and Jonathan Russ. [Source: SC Deed Archives, Columbia, Memorial/Conveyance Series S111001, Vol. 4, pg. 134-139, dated Jan. 17, 1733; via www.archivesindex.sc.gov/search]
1718: Pirates Blackbeard, Thetch and Bonnet arrived in Charleston Harbor making demands. After both sea and shore battles and many mortally wounded, 40 pirates were finally captured and hung.
Daniel May have left S.C. by now. Although some 25 years earlier Daniel Goble had fled from PA and the many Indian uprisings that had killed family members, he had just traded one problem for many others in S.C. He had become wealthy in SC, but times were bad. Perhaps even family members had been killed by the Spanish or the S.C. Indians. So, after a long absence from the north, Daniel moved his family to Morris Co., NJ, and settled just outside of Morristown, then called Hanover where it was more peaceful.
Daniel changed from Puritan/Congregational (a dissenter version of the Church of England) to Baptist some time before his return north. Was he Huguenot at first, they being a counterpart of the Puritans of the Church of England that his father belonged to? He lived among the French. When the Huguenots eventually merged with the Church of England, did Daniel change to Baptist? Was he sent to New Jersey by the Baptists in Charleston to start the church up there? Did he choose New Jersey because the Huguenots had come to America and settled in New Jersey in 1663, and Daniel understood the Huguenots?
"One David [Daniel ~ a misreading?] Goble and family emigrated from Charlestown [-ton], S.C., and settled near Morristown. Being Baptists, they invited Baptist ministers to preach in their home." [Reference: Morgan Edwards, earliest historian of Baptist affairs in New Jersey, as quoted in "Historical Sketch of the First Baptist Church" by Walter R. Greenwood, Th.D.]
The early Baptists of W. Hanover/Morristown, which began with Daniel, lived primarily on what is today Mountain Rd. or Mt. Kemble Ave. leading toward Basking Ridge and New Vernon. More about this church's early beginnings in notes for son, Daniel III.
I am aware of no land transactions of Daniel after his return. He had once owned over 1000 acres in S.C. Did he still have proceeds from it when he returned? If so, did he lend or give away his money to his children?
1730: April 6 & 29: Daniel died w/o a will. John Blanchard was assigned to administer the personal inventory of Daniel's estate including bonds due from Daniel and his two sons Daniel & Robert. I would like to see this inventory. It can be obtained by writing the Morristown courthouse and giving them the date. [Citation: "Abstract of Wills in the New Jersey Archives 1730-1750, Vol. 2, pg. 48].
What a difficult, challenging life he had lived. Indian wars and the hanging of his father in childhood, Indian wars and the killing of his mother in young adulthood, Indian wars and possibly more family deaths in middle age. We believe he finally found the peace he must have longed for in N.J. where he lived the last 12 or 13 years of his life.
Katheryn Goble-Maddox Haddad^9,10,11

Notable

His father was hanged for an Indian massacre.

Pedigree

Citations

[S53] Dymond, Genealogy of Hand Family, p. 152 #3.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 306.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S179] Boykiw, Goble Families.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 10.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 282.
[S53] Dymond, Genealogy of Hand Family, p. 152.
[S53] Dymond, Genealogy of Hand Family, p. 148-152.
[S181] Haughton and Haughton, Antecedents of ...Haughton, p. 102.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 117.

Daniel Goble^1,2,3

M, #1504, b. 19 July 1698, d. 1750

Biography

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Birth

Jul 19, 1698

Concord, Middlesex Co., MA, USA^1,4,5

Death

1750

Morristown, Morris, NJ, USA^1,6

Biography

"Daniel, Robert, Jonas, Jemina, and Alice, while residents of Huntington Co. (Morris) N.J. on 20 Sept. 1734, executed a deed to lands in Lancaster, Worcester Co. Mass., which they inherited from their mother Sarah Houghton Goble. This deed connects tha Gobles of Morristown with the Gobles of Charlestown."⁷

Children+

11 children listed⁸

Pedigree

Citations

[S53] Dymond, Genealogy of Hand Family, p. 169.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 10.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 539.
[S181] Haughton and Haughton, Antecedents of ...Haughton, p. 99, 103.
[S181] Haughton and Haughton, Antecedents of ...Haughton, p. 103.
[S181] Haughton and Haughton, Antecedents of ...Haughton, p. 99.
[S181] Haughton and Haughton, Antecedents of ...Haughton, p. 100.

Judge Robert Goble^1,2,3

M, #1505, b. 12 July 1700, d. 29 March 1783

Family: Mary (?)

Marriage*: Judge Robert Goble married Mary (?) on Dec 26, 1724 at Morristown, Hunterdon (Morris), NJ, USA.^1,5

Biography

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Birth

Jul 12, 1700

Berkeley, SC, USA^4,1,5

Marriage

Dec 26, 1724

Morristown, Hunterdon (Morris), NJ, USA^1,5

Estate

Mar 17, 1782

Proved 3 Apr 1783

Death

Mar 29, 1783

Morristown, Morris, NJ, USA^1,5

Biography

D. Hand Dymond, Gen. of the Hand Family, p. 174-178: Lived in Morris Township, NJ; was assessor, freedholder and collector between 1742 and 1760. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Morriss in the Province of New Jersey. 'Judge Robert Goble was Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey and Judge of the Inferior Court of New Jersey from 1774-1781.

Pedigree

Citations

[S53] Dymond, Genealogy of Hand Family, p. 169.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 10.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 539.
[S181] Haughton and Haughton, Antecedents of ...Haughton, p. 103.

Jemima Goble^1,2,3

F, #1506, b. June 1712

Family: Thomas Wiggin

Marriage*: Jemima Goble married Thomas Wiggin.^1,5

Biography

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Birth

Jun, 1712

Berkeley, SC, USA^4,1,5

Marriage

^1,5

Pedigree

Citations

[S53] Dymond, Genealogy of Hand Family, p. 169.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 10.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 539.
[S181] Haughton and Haughton, Antecedents of ...Haughton, p. 103.

Hannah Goble¹

F, #1507, b. 1 April 1727

Family: Ichabod Tompkins

Marriage*: Hannah Goble married Ichabod Tompkins on Dec 24, 1746.²

Biography

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Birth

Apr 1, 1727

Marriage

Dec 24, 1746

Pedigree

Citations

[S53] Dymond, Genealogy of Hand Family, p. 171.
[S53] Dymond, Genealogy of Hand Family, p. 172.

Jonas Goble^1,2

M, #1508, b. 27 March 1707, d. 20 June 1791

Family: Malatiah Town

Marriage*: Jonas Goble married Malatiah Town on before 1791.^1,4

Biography

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A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Mar 27, 1707

Berkeley, SC, USA^3,1,4

Marriage

before 1791

^1,4

Death

Jun 20, 1791

Morristown, Morris, NJ, USA, Haughton: 26 June 1791^1,4

Pedigree

Citations

[S53] Dymond, Genealogy of Hand Family, p. 169.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 539.
[S181] Haughton and Haughton, Antecedents of ...Haughton, p. 103.

Ephraim Goble^1,2,3

M, #1509, b. 7 March 1709/10

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Mar 7, 1709/10

Berkeley, SC, USA^4,1,5

Death

Morristown, Morris, NJ, USA^1,5

Pedigree

Citations

[S53] Dymond, Genealogy of Hand Family, p. 169.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 10.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 539.
[S181] Haughton and Haughton, Antecedents of ...Haughton, p. 103.

Alice Goble^1,2,3

F, #1510, b. 25 December 1715

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Dec 25, 1715

Morristown, Morris, NJ, USA^4,5,2

Biography

unmarried

Pedigree

Citations

[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S181] Haughton and Haughton, Antecedents of ...Haughton, p. 103.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 10.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 539.
[S53] Dymond, Genealogy of Hand Family, p. 170.

Hannah Atherton^1,2,3,4,5

F, #1511, b. 10 January 1657, d. 4 January 1737/38

Family 1: John Wilder

Marriage: Hannah Atherton married John Wilder on Jul 17, 1672 at East Cambridge/Lancaster, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, "John Wilder and Hannah, his wife, were married 17, 5, '72" July 17, 1672.^2,20,21,9,22

Family 2: Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr

Marriage*: Hannah Atherton married Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr, son of John Houghton and Beatrix (?), 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.^{12,13,2,10,14,15,4,16}

Biography

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Corresponded with author

Birth

Jan 10, 1657

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, J.W. Houghton: c 1648; Lancaster VR: 10 11m 1657; Nourse, Early Rec.: 10=11m 1657^6,7,8,9,2,10

Probate1

Apr 22, 1718

Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA¹¹

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^{12,13,2,10,14,15,4,16}

Covenant

Feb 4, 1727/28

Lancaster, MA, USA, of the First Church and was baptized as an adult¹⁷

Death

Jan 4, 1737/38

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA¹⁸

Biography

Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, 1884, p. 253: bd "Hannah, 1657"; 314 (bd: 1657 11m 10 Hanna Atherton. dau of James and Hanna.)

Nourse, Birth, Mar Death Reg, Lanc, 1890: p. 9: bd, "Hanna, daughter of James Atherton and Hanna: 10=11m 1657"

Dau. of James and Hannah Atherton and widow of John Wilder.

Burr & Gage, p. 397 : "Hannah (Atherton) Wilder married (2) as his second wife, John Houghton, uncle of her daughter Deborah's husband."

Nourse, Birth, Mar Death Reg, Lanc, 1890: p.18: marriage: "John Houghton Senr & Hannah Wilder both of Lancaster Jany, 27, 1724-5"

Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, 1884,p.314: Hanna ; p. 212, Hannah

Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, 1884, p. 213: when John died "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."

Burr & Gage, 1925, p. 394: "Mrs. Hannah (Atherton) Wilder, who survived him
and died 4 Jan 1737/8, daughter of James and Hannah Atherton and widow of
John Wilder. (Lancaster Records)."

Cutter: "He married (second) at the age of seventy-five, Hannah Wilder, who was seventy-two years old."^19,4

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 299 #2s.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 816.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 397.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 962.
[S169] Wilder, Book of Wilders I, p. 5.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 314.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 9.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 299.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Jan. 23, 1933 - 2780.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 2/3/1933, #2780, LWL.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 1935 - 2780.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 19.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 212.
[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.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 283.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 253.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Feb. 6, 1933 - 2780.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 5/10/1933 - 2780.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 14.

Mary Prescott^1,2,3,4,5

F, #1512, b. 2 February 1669

Family 1: Philip Goss Sr

Marriage*: Mary Prescott married Philip Goss Sr on Mar 29, 1690 at Concord, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Nourse, Early Rec.: Nov. 20.^3,2

Family 2: John Houghton Jr.

Marriage*: Mary Prescott married John Houghton Jr., son of Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr and Mary Farrar, on Nov 20, 1698 at Concord, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, h/2; Mrs. Mary Goss, by Justice Minott; Torrey: Concord/Lancaster.^{3,2,4,10,9,11,12,5,8}

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Birth

Feb 2, 1669

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Blake: Feb. 22^4,6,7,8

Marriage

Mar 29, 1690

Concord, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Nourse, Early Rec.: Nov. 20^3,2

Residence

circa 1698

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA⁹

Widow

1698

of Phillip Goss of Concord^10,4

Marriage

Nov 20, 1698

Concord, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, h/2; Mrs. Mary Goss, by Justice Minott; Torrey: Concord/Lancaster^{3,2,4,10,9,11,12,5,8}

Pedigree

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 540.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 321.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 451.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 391.
[S463] William Prescott, Prescott Memorial, p. 45.
[S541] Edith Bartlett Sumner, Ancestry of Edward Wales Blake and Clarissa Matilda Glidden with Ninety Allied Families, p. 119.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 13.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 288.
[S341] Concord MA VRs, p. 46.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S407] William Montgomery Clemens, Amer. Mar. Records < 1600, p. 120.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7, 10.

Sarah Gulliver¹

F, #1513, b. 26 October 1691, d. 21 August 1760

Family 1: John Houghton Jr.

Marriage*: Sarah Gulliver married John Houghton Jr., son of Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr and Mary Farrar, on Jan 7, 1719/20 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by Justice John Houghton.^1,6,3,4,5

Family 2: Samuel Parker

Marriage*: Sarah Gulliver married Samuel Parker on Jan 18, 1724/25 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Groton VR: given as 18 Jan 1824-5 (typo.)^11,12,13

Biography

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Birth

Oct 26, 1691

Milton, Norfolk Co., MA, USA^2,3,4,5

Marriage

Jan 7, 1719/20

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by Justice John Houghton^1,6,3,4,5

Covenant

Sep 24, 1721

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, joined First Church⁷

Administr

Jun 16, 1724

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Administration of John's estate was granted to his widow Sarah on June 16, 1724 at Lancaster, MA and an inventory was accepted. Estate valued at 781 pounds. (Middlesex Probate #11930)^3,8,9,10

Origin

circa 1725

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA¹¹

Marriage

Jan 18, 1724/25

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Groton VR: given as 18 Jan 1824-5 (typo)^11,12,13

Estate

May 6, 1726

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Sarah Houghton was requested to render an account of the estate of her late husband. On June 13, 1726, the account was allowed. (Middlesex Prob. 11930).¹⁰

Note

May 3, 1741

Note signed by Caleb and Elizabeth Houghton and Sarah Houghton refer to father in law and guardian Samuel Parker of Groton.¹⁴

Death

Aug 21, 1760

Groton, MA, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 18.
[S32] Milton VRs, p. 30.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 10.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 288.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]: 71.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 271.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11930, FHC #397099.
[S852] Samuel H. Folsom and William E. Rogers, Middlesex MA Probate Index, p. 249.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, p. 377.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 19.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]: 73.
[S127] Vital Records of Groton, II, p. 91.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11931, FHC #397099.

Elizabeth Houghton^1,2,3,4

F, #1514, b. 1719

Family: Caleb Trowbridge Jr.

Marriage*: Elizabeth Houghton married Caleb Trowbridge Jr. on Sep 18, 1738 at Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, MLM: 1739.^8,9,3,10

Biography

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Birth

1719

age 15 in 1734 probate⁵

Guardiansp

Jun 25, 1726

Lancaster, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, a request of Samuel Parker et. al. for the appt. of Ebenezer Wilder as guardian for Elizabeth and Sarah Houghton was made. A bond of 1500 pounds each was submitted by Ebenezer Wilder on June 27, 1726. (Middlesex Probate #11931)^6,7,5

Marriage

Sep 18, 1738

Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, MLM: 1739^8,9,3,10

Note

May 3, 1741

Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Caleb and Elizabeth Trowbridge and Sarah Houghton, all of Groton, acknowledged receipt, from their Father in law and guardian Samuel Parker of Groton, of their full portions of the estate of their father John Houghton Jr.⁵

Duplicate

Pedigree

Citations

[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 277.
[S96] NEHGR, 1925.
[S127] Vital Records of Groton, II, p. 91.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 10 #100.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11931, FHC #397099.
[S852] Samuel H. Folsom and William E. Rogers, Middlesex MA Probate Index, p. 249.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, p. 377.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 10.

Sarah Houghton^1,2,3,4

F, #1515, b. 1721

Family: Thomas Lawrence

Marriage*: Sarah Houghton married Thomas Lawrence on Jul 3, 1744 at Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Groton: Thomas Lawrance Mar 3 1743 (Thomas Lawrence July 3, 1744.)^8,9,10,11,12

Biography

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Birth

1721

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, age 15 in probate record of Feb. 3, 1736⁵

Guardiansp

Jun 25, 1726

Guardiansp

Mar 12, 1734

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, a nomination of Samuel Parker of Groton as guardian was made for Sarah.⁷

Note

1743

She was unmarried in 1743 (Worcester deeds lib 17, P. 224);⁸

Marriage

Jul 3, 1744

Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Groton: Thomas Lawrance Mar 3 1743 (Thomas Lawrence July 3, 1744)^8,9,10,11,12

Warnings

1760

Pepperill, MA, USA, His wid. Sarah, and children, were warned out of Pepperill, in 1760, which implies that they had recently gone there.¹¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 540.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 277.
[S80] Chandler, Houghton Genealogy, #11718.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 10 #101.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11931, FHC #397099.
[S852] Samuel H. Folsom and William E. Rogers, Middlesex MA Probate Index, p. 249.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, p. 377.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S127] Vital Records of Groton, II, p. 91.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 10.
[S1261] Watertown MA, Watertown Gen and Records, Houghton surname search.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 288.

Caleb Trowbridge Jr.^1,2,3

M, #1516, b. 6 August 1697

Family: Elizabeth Houghton

Marriage*: Caleb Trowbridge Jr. married Elizabeth Houghton, daughter of John Houghton Jr. and Sarah Gulliver, on Sep 18, 1738 at Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, MLM: 1739.^4,2,3,5

Biography

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Corresponded with author

Birth

Aug 6, 1697

Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, not in Groton VRs; children are

Marriage

Sep 18, 1738

Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, MLM: 1739^4,2,3,5

Note

May 3, 1741

Research

Trowbridge Family by Chapman, #2263⁵

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 301 #9cs.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S127] Vital Records of Groton, II, p. 91.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 10.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11931, FHC #397099.

Thomas Lawrence^1,2

M, #1517, b. 3 September 1720, d. 1758

Family: Sarah Houghton

Marriage*: Thomas Lawrence married Sarah Houghton, daughter of John Houghton Jr. and Sarah Gulliver, on Jul 3, 1744 at Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Groton: Thomas Lawrance Mar 3 1743 (Thomas Lawrence July 3, 1744.)^2,4,5,6,7

Biography

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Birth

Sep 3, 1720

Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, USA³

Marriage

Jul 3, 1744

Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Groton: Thomas Lawrance Mar 3 1743 (Thomas Lawrence July 3, 1744)^2,4,5,6,7

Death

1758

Pepperill, MA, USA⁶

ParentsD

Thomas and Prudence Lawrence⁸

Pedigree

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 540.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S126] Vital Records of Groton, I, p. 140.
[S127] Vital Records of Groton, II, p. 91.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 10.
[S1261] Watertown MA, Watertown Gen and Records, Houghton surname search.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 288.
[S126] Vital Records of Groton, I, p. 141.

Abigail Barron^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

F, #1518, b. 30 July 1680, d. 1711

Family: Henry Houghton

Marriage*: Abigail Barron married Henry Houghton, son of Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr and Mary Farrar, on Jan 2, 1699/0 at Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Torrey, 1st wife; Bond: June 2, 1699-10 [sic].^{8,2,3,9,10,11,12,16,6,17,7}

Biography

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Birth

Jul 30, 1680

Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: 30, 5 mo. 1680 (Watertown records); ; Barron & J. W. Houghton: Nov 14 1676; BT: 11-14-1676; Amer. Gen.: 30 May 1680; MLM: Nov. 16, 1676^{8,3,9,10,11,12,6,13,14,15,7}

Marriage

Jan 2, 1699/0

Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Torrey, 1st wife; Bond: June 2, 1699-10 [sic]^{8,2,3,9,10,11,12,16,6,17,7}

Covenant

1708

Watertown, MA, USA, at Mr. Gibbs's Church¹⁸

Death

1711

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, GS: age 31^{19,3,10,20,11,13,7}

Burial

Old Common BG Cemetery (Old Settler's Burial Ground), Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, "Here lyeth the body of Abigail the wife of Henry Houghton Age 31(30?)": Old Burial Field¹⁹

Biography

Abigil in the records d. (perhaps should be b.), Nov. 14, 1676. Abigail Baron m., June 2, 1699-10, Henry Houghton, of Lancaster, and had Henry, bap. in Wat., A. 19, 1702."¹²

Alert

Mother??

Research

only JWH gives as child of 1st wife Abigail

Research

Only given in JWH as child of Henry and Abigail Houghton²¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302 #11s.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 321.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 391.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec 6, 1934 - 9539; Sep 27, 1934.
[S96] NEHGR, Vol. 103, 1949, p. 314.
[S669] American Genealogist, 19 [1942] 138.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 290.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 302.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec 6, 1934 - 9539 CWR.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec. 27, 1934 - 9539 GRTB.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S121] Bond, Genealogies of Watertown, MA, p. 17.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 11.
[S1136] Ph.D., Brian J. L. Berry, Sission Ancestry, p. 327.
[S198] Watertown MA Records II, p. 89.
[S198] Watertown MA Records II, p. 11.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7, 11.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 273.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 401.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 2.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 308.

Hannah West^1,2,3,4,5

F, #1519, b. 2 June 1682, d. 14 February 1747/48

Family: Henry Houghton

Marriage*: Hannah West married Henry Houghton, son of Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr and Mary Farrar, on Apr 23, 1712 at Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA, BT, 6/27: married by Dr. Cotton Mather.^11,5,1,8,10

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Notable

Corresponded with author

Birth

Jun 2, 1682

Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA, Burr, MLM: 1681^5,6,7,8,9,10

Marriage

Apr 23, 1712

Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA, BT, 6/27: married by Dr. Cotton Mather^11,5,1,8,10

Death

Feb 14, 1747/48

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Gravestone at Bolton, aged 66^{5,11,12,7,13,8,10,14}

Burial

Old Bolton Cemetery, Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 66th y widow of Henry⁵

ParentsD

Richard and Anna West, brother Sanderson²

Notable

They were married by Dr. Cotton Mather

Pedigree

Citations

[S61] Boston Marriages, p. 40.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec 6, 1934 - 9539, JCLC.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec 27, 1934.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 53.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Jun 6, 1927 - 5480, JCLC.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec. 27, 1934.
[S67] Vital Records of Bolton, p. 207.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S197] Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1630-1699, p. 159.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 11.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec. 27, 1934 - 9539 GRTB.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec 6, 1934 - 9539; Sep 27, 1934.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 90.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 290.

Henry Houghton^1,2,3

M, #1520, b. 1701, d. 1702

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

1701

Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: Watertown records^1,4,5,6

Death

1702

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, aged 1 year, 6 months^7,1,4,5,6

Burial

Old Common BG Cemetery (Old Settler's Burial Ground), Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Henry Houghton the son of Henry & Abigail Houghton age 1y 6m Old Burial Field⁷

Pedigree

Citations

[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec. 27, 1934 - 9539 GRTB.
[S121] Bond, Genealogies of Watertown, MA, p. 17.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 11 #110.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 11.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 290.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 401.

Henry Houghton Jr^1,2,3,4,5

M, #1521, b. 1704, d. 23 December 1777

Family: Elizabeth Rand

Marriage*: Henry Houghton Jr married Elizabeth Rand on Nov 24, 1725 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by J. Houghton.^{17,8,3,13,18,19}

Biography

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Birth

1704

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, JWH: 1701^{6,7,8,9,10,11,12}

Residence

circa 1725

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^13,14

Research

1725

Milit-Beg

between Jun 3, 1725 and Nov 10, 1725

Nourse: served in Capt. Josiah Willard's company, Lovewell's War^15,16

Marriage

Nov 24, 1725

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by J. Houghton^{17,8,3,13,18,19}

Covenant

Dec 10, 1727

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^20,18

Will

May 12, 1772

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, "allowed" Jan 8, 1778, in W.P., #30989; MLM: 1777; gives his wife Elizabeth "the one third part of my Improv Lands and Buildings."; son John was executor; heirs of daughter Sarah Peirce and son Aretas are mentioned, but not listed^21,18

Death

Dec 23, 1777

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Harvard VR: 73 y; Whitcomb, MLM: 24 Dec 1777^{6,22,3,23,18,19}

Burial

Harvard Center Burial Ground Cem, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, ae 73²²

Probate1

Jan 8, 1778

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA²¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 307 #59.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 19, 279.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec. 27, 1934 - 9539 GRTB.
[S96] NEHGR, Vol. 103, 1949, p. 314.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 11 #111, 25.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 307.
[S43] Thomas W. Baldwin, Harvard MA VRs, p. 61.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec 6, 1934 - 9539 CWR.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Sep 27, 1934.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 11, 25.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 290, 307.
[S457] Stow MA VRs, p. 164.
[S96] NEHGR, Vol. 17, 1863, p. 73.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 244.
[S713] Ezra S. Stearns NH State Gen. & Family Hx III, p. 1073.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 19.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 25.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 307.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 279.
[S681] Will: copy in possession of Charles J. Vella, 2/2000.
[S43] Thomas W. Baldwin, Harvard MA VRs, p. 280.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 55.

Isabella Houghton^1,2,3,4

F, #1522, b. 6 June 1687, d. 13 January 1740

Family 1: Joseph Houghton

Marriage*: Isabella Houghton married Joseph Houghton, son of Justice John Houghton Jr & Sr and Mary Farrar, 1st cousins.^3,12,10,11

Family 2: Samuel Rogers

Marriage*: Isabella Houghton married Samuel Rogers on Aug 4, 1726 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, JWH [CJV: erroneously] gives marriage to sister Isabel, 4 Sept. 1726; MLM: June 6, 1687.^{5,18,19,3,20,10,11}

Biography

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Corresponded with author

Birth

Jun 6, 1687

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^{5,6,7,8,9,10,11}

Marriage

1st cousins^3,12,10,11

Administr

Jul 8, 1718

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Bond for 300 pounds by Issabella Houghton of Lancaster, Admx; Record of Appt; Inventory; and Acoount (Middlesex Probate #11934 Administration)^13,14,15

Church

Jul 24, 1718

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, First Church¹⁶

Note

May 2, 1726

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, An account of the estate notes 40 pounds "for bringing up of ... children & for expence & benevolence of five children in time of sickness and for funeral charges for two of said children deceased in time of said sickness. [signed] John Houghton"

Estate paid a 3 pound debt to Gershom Houghton¹⁵

Estate

May 7, 1726

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Middlesex Probate Records; "The account of his widow, as administratrix of his estate, 7 May 1726 (M.P.), charges L40 for "bringing up of ye children and tendance of five children in times of sickness and for funeral charges for two of said children deceased in time of said sickness. In 1728 distribution of his estate was granted in Middlesex County, his widow (who had married again) receiving one-third and his three living children two-thirds of the property."¹⁷

Marriage

Aug 4, 1726

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, JWH [CJV: erroneously] gives marriage to sister Isabel, 4 Sept. 1726; MLM: June 6, 1687^{5,18,19,3,20,10,11}

Biography

Burr & Gage: First cousin of husband; married again after his death. Adminstratrix of his estate (1726): "charges 40 pounds for "bringing up of ye children and tendance of five chilfren in times of sickness and for funeral charges for two of said children deceased in time of said sickness.".

Lancaster VR: joined first church, Jul 24 1718 (Isabella Houghton Vidua)¹⁷

Death

Jan 13, 1740

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303 #25.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 24, 271, 276.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 397.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #25.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 303.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 453.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395, 397.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 33 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 285.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 291.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 7, 8, 11.
[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 11934, FHC #397099.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 271.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 24.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]:73.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 11.

Michael Jacobs¹

M, #1523, b. 26 April

Family: Janice Wilson

Partner*: Michael Jacobs was the partner of Janice Wilson.¹

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Apr 26

Charles City, Floyd Co., IA, USA¹

Partner

Biography

Never wed; had a son Aaron in New York

Pedigree

Citations

[S92] Ellen Uran Wilson, 1994.

Arden Clinton Rizer¹

M, #1524

Family: Janice Wilson

Partner*: Arden Clinton Rizer was the partner of Janice Wilson.¹

Biography

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Partner

Biography

Never wed

Pedigree

Citations

[S92] Ellen Uran Wilson, 1994.

Joseph Houghton¹

M, #1525, b. 1705

Biography

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Birth

1705

^2,3

Research

only JWH gives as child of Abigail Barron

Research

only JWH gives as child of 1st wife Abigail

Research

MLM: gives as son of deacon Henry Houghton; Boston Transcript: "This I believe has left out at least one generation, unless Henry, born in 1774, was in reality born when his father was 69 years."^4,3

Problem

BT: not son of Deacon Henry; Problem: who were parents; father aged 69 at birth of Deacon Henry; Burr: a Joseph, no bd (Worcester Deeds, lib. 39, p. 189)^5,6

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 307 #60.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 307.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec 6, 1934 - 9539 CWR.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 57.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Sep 27, 1934.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.

Abigail Houghton^1,2,3

F, #1526, b. 1708, d. 28 January 1769

Family: Daniel Albert

Marriage*: Abigail Houghton married Daniel Albert on Jan 25, 1726/27 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by J. Houghton.^7,8,9

Biography

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Baptism

1708

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: Worchester Deeds, lib. 39, p. 449^4,3,5,6

Origin

1727

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA⁷

Marriage

Jan 25, 1726/27

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by J. Houghton^7,8,9

Covenant

Jun 15, 1729

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA¹⁰

Communion

Feb 6, 1742/43

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, full communion¹¹

Death

Jan 28, 1769

Lancaster, MA, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S80] Chandler, Houghton Genealogy, #11620.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 273, 291.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec. 27, 1934 - 9539 GRTB.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 273.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 290.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 24.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]:73.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 16.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 280.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 291.

Hasadiah Houghton^1,2,3

F, #1527, b. 24 June 1709, d. 1711

Biography

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Baptism

Jun 24, 1709

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: birth, 24, 4 mo. 1709; MLM: Apr. 24, 1709 bp; Weis: (Apr.) 24, 1709^1,4,2,5

Death

1711

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^6,2,7,4,5

Burial

Old Common BG Cemetery (Old Settlers Burial Yard), Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Gravestone: Hasadiah the daughter of Henry and Abigail Houghton age 2y2m; Old Burial Field^6,8

Research

Pedigree

Citations

[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 273.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec. 27, 1934 - 9539 GRTB.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 11 #114.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 290.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 401.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 2.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , www.findagrave.com, Jul 2003.

Sanderson Houghton^1,2,3

M, #1528, b. 1716, d. 24 November 1799

Biography

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Corresponded with author

Birth

1716

Worcester Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: Worcester deeds, lib. 39, p. 188; Bolton VR: age 83 at dd^1,4,2,5,6

Research

1775

Milit-Beg

Apr 19, 1775

Mass. Soldiers: "Houghton, Sanderson, Bolton. Private, Capt. Robert Longley's co. of militia, Col. Asa Whitcomb's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; left place of rendezvous April 20, 1775; service, 3 days; also, return for equipments made by Sergt. John Townsend [year not given]."^7,8,9,10

Guardiansp

May 19, 1789

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, the last 3 children of his brother, signed by John Whitney, Simon Houghton, and Sanderson Houghton ( W.P. #31042)^11,12

Administr

May 19, 1789

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Judge of Probate assigns a committee of John Whitney, Simon Houghton, and Silas Holman to appraise all the real estate of Joseph Houghton late of Bolton, deceased, "lying in Common & undivided between him...& Sanderson Houghton of Bolton, and what you so set off to each party you are to describe...." Agreement, dated May 18, 1790, over division of land signed by Sanderson Houghton, Sanderson Houghton Jr, Calvin and Anna Warner, and Sanderson Houghton as guardian of Mary, Joseph, and Henry Houghton.¹³

1790 Census

1790

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 4 males 16+, 2 females (CJV: family of brother Joseph, deceased)¹⁴

Research

May 18, 1790

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Judge of Probate document has signature of both Sanderson Houghton and Sanderson Houghton Jr. The former is given as guardian of Mary, Joseph, and Henry Hooughton. MLM assigns to latter Sanderson.¹³

Death

Nov 24, 1799

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, a. 83^4,5,6

Burial

Old Bolton Cemetery, Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, ae 83^4,15,16

Administr

1799

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, W.P. Case #31168; W.D., Lib. 39, p. 188^17,18

Pedigree

Citations

[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec. 27, 1934 - 9539 GRTB.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 11 #116, 25.
[S67] Vital Records of Bolton, p. 208.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 11, 25.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 290.
[S39] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, Vol. 8, p. 308 & 310.
[S449] Esther K. Whitcomb and Dorothy O. Mayo, Bolton Soldiers and Sailors in the American Revolution, p. 37.
[S466] Esther Kimmens Whitcomb, About Bolton, p. 80.
[S178] Nourse, Military Annals of Lancaster, p. 115-116.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 25, 55.
[S409] Probate Records , Worcester, MA, Case 31042.
[S409] Probate Records , Worcester, MA, Case 31044.
[S1220] 1790 U.S. Federal Census , Bolton, Worcester, MA, p. 213.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 89.
[S782] Patricia Law Hatcher Rev. Patriots Graves II, p. 170.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 25.
[S409] Probate Records , Worcester, MA.

Mercy Houghton^1,2,3

F, #1529, b. 31 March 1718, d. 3 May 1764

Biography

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Birth

Mar 31, 1718

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA^1,2,4,5,6

Death

May 3, 1764

unmar., a. 45⁵

Pedigree

Citations

[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec. 27, 1934 - 9539 GRTB.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 11 #117.
[S67] Vital Records of Bolton, p. 208.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 11.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 290.

Hepsibah Houghton^1,2,3

F, #1530

Biography

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Birth

Worcester Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: Worcester Deeds, lib. 37, p. 567, no bd^2,4,5

Research

Pedigree

Citations

[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec. 27, 1934 - 9539 GRTB.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 395.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 11 #119.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 11.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 290.