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[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 570.

Carmen Ortez Vega¹

F, #1892, b. 8 July 1929

Family: William Brenchley Terry

Marriage*: Carmen Ortez Vega married William Brenchley Terry, son of William Winford Terry and Mary Edna Memmett Brenchley, on Jul 16, 1952 at San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Birth

Jul 8, 1929

Morovis, Puerto Rico

Marriage

Jul 16, 1952

San Juan, Puerto Rico

ParentsD

Amador Ortez and Juana Vega

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, USA

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 570.

Debra Anne Terry¹

F, #1893, b. 26 April 1953

Biography

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Birth

Apr 26, 1953

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 570.

Bonnie Lou Terry¹

F, #1894, b. 25 October 1936

Biography

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Birth

Oct 25, 1936

Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ, USA⁵

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 570.

Thomas Houghton^1,2,3,4

M, #1895, b. 14 September 1700, d. 1760

Family: Maria Mershon

Marriage*: Thomas Houghton married Maria Mershon, daughter of Henry Mershon and Hannah Haughton, on Apr 26, 1723 at Hopewell, NJ, USA, "They began their married life on the Stony Brook farm where he had been born and which he had inherited."^5,6,7,8

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Birth

Sep 14, 1700

Stony Brook, Middlesex Co., NJ, USA, "the youngest"; Primm: 1700^2,5

Marriage

Apr 26, 1723

Hopewell, NJ, USA, "They began their married life on the Stony Brook farm where he had been born and which he had inherited."^5,6,7,8

Immigration

Feb 21, 1725

Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ, USA, "Two years later they sold for 480 pounds this land to John Burleigh, a Burlington Quaker, and moved to Hopewell Township."⁵

Office

between 1726 and 1733

one of the surveyors of "The King's Highway."⁹

Deed

Apr 23, 1726

Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ, USA, H. Houghton, p. 9, "...they purchased 300 acres in the vicinity of the Thomas's elder brothers' farms. Thereafter "Houghton" was lost as a Princeton family name, but continued prominently in Hopewell history."; p. 15, "Thomas purchased 300 acres...from Robert Tindall, "of Nottingham, in ye country of Burlington."

Ege: According to Ralph Ege, in 'Pioneers of Old Hopewell', states that this tract of land was surveyed for Thomas Tindall on Feb. 27, 1696, by Thomas Revell, agent for the West Jersey Society and was the first farm located in the Hopewell Valley.

H. Houghton, p. 16: "This Thomas Revell had been appointed as agent in the year 1691 by Dr. Daniel Coxe to sell lands in New Jersey for a company called "The West Jersey Society of England". Revell claimed the right to sell the lands and give deeds in the name of the society. Great inducements were given to settlers ho later found that their titles were worthless. Thomas Houghton was among the fifty settlers named in the law suit with Dr. Coxe, and after some time the case was decied against them. Their lands had cost them 50 cents an acre to purchase, but they were compelled to pay for them again or serve as "tenants" on their own farms."

MLM: On Apr. 23, 1726, Thomas Houghton purchased of Robert Tindall "of Nottingham in ye county of Burlington within ye western division of Nova Ceserea, yeoman, three hundred acres of land lying in Hopewell. Surveyed by Thomas Revell, agent for the West Jersey Society, for Thomas Tindall, on February 1696, and without doubt the first farm located in Hopewell valley.^10,3,8

Milit-Beg

circa 1727

He received a commission appointing him Captain of a militia regiment for the township of Hopewell.⁵

Note

Apr 22, 1731

Hopewell, NJ, USA, signed a petition about their land, but eventually were foreced to pay for it a second time.¹¹

Death

1760

Biography

Hopewell Town Records: p. 12, "March ye 13th 1726/7...Thomas Houghton Surveyors of ye Kingsroads"; p. 13, 1729/30, Surveyor of Kings Hiways; p. 14, 1731, freholder; p. 15, 1732, surveyor of the Kings Roads; p. 16, 1735, Commissioner of the Highways, Overseer of the Poor; p. 63, "february ye 23: day 1729/30, Thomas Houghton...a Gray Culored Stallion..."; p. 53, "A Record of money in Bank to be disposed of for the use of the Poore People of this Town of Hopewell In the hands of Thomas Houghton and Daniel Price overseers of the poor...Nov. 1728."

Aitkin:
Thomas Houghton, the yoimgest son of John Houghton, purchased of Robert Tindall, on April 22, 1726, three hundred acres of land in Hopewell, N. J. He married and had nine children^12,13

Research

"Most of the following family information is from Pioneers of Old Hopewell, by Ralph Ege, pp. 12, 14. Also: My Folks, The Story of Oliver Francis Mershon, by Grace Mershon, p. 46." [in reference to Thomas's children]^14,15

Research

BT: "Ege, with suitable reservations, suggests that this John may have been the fourth child and third son of Ralph and Jane Houghton of Lancaster and Milton, Mas. In this, however, Ege is undoubtedly incorrect, as this John Houghton, died at Charlestown Oct. 10, 1679, according to the Lancaster records."; C. Primm gives Ralph's son John as father of Thomas. Clearly an error. See Howard B. Houghton's Our Houghton Heritage.
CJV: Houghton DNA Project shows Ralph Houghton of MA and John Houghton of NJ were genetically unrelated.^16,4

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 612, 647.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 33.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 9, 15.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 1/11/1935, #9539.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 15.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 34.
[S415] E-mail from James Lowell Houghton, Feb. 4, 2000.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 1.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 16.
[S185] Ege, Pioneers of Old Hopewell, p. 13-15.
[S1161] James W. Moore, Rev. John Moore of Newtown, Long Island, p. 166.
[S192] Lida Cokefair Gedney, Hopewell NJ Town Records, p. 12-16, 63.
[S1397] A.M., Ph.D. William B. Aitken, Descended from Wilhemus Beekman & Jan T. Van Dyke, p. 65.
[S185] Ege, Pioneers of Old Hopewell, p. 12, 14.
[S239] Grace Lucile Olmstead Mershon, My Folks, The Story of Oliver Francis Mershon, p. 46.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 33, Book #R123, Institute of Amer. Genealogy, 407 South Dearborn St., Chicago, IL.

Donald Eugene Terry¹

M, #1896, b. 8 November 1939

Biography

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Birth

Nov 8, 1939

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 570.

Douglas Berghout Terry¹

M, #1897, b. 9 October 1947

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Birth

Oct 9, 1947

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 571.

Richard Frank Terry¹

M, #1898, b. 19 July 1949

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Birth

Jul 19, 1949

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 571.

John Allan Terry¹

M, #1899, b. 15 August 1952, d. 24 February 1999

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Birth

Aug 15, 1952

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT, USA²

Death

Feb 24, 1999

Burial

Mar 1, 1999

Ogden, Weber Co., UT, USA²

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 571.
[S415] E-mail from Owen Ira Terry, Aug 25, 2002.

Col. Joab Houghton^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}

M, #1900, b. 10 July 1725, d. 17 October 1798

Family: Catharine Runyan

Marriage*: Col. Joab Houghton married Catharine Runyan on Dec 10, 1748.^{20,12,18,14,19,21,22}

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Birth

Jul 10, 1725

Hopewell, Hunterdon CO., NJ, USA^{17,11,12,18,14,19}

Marriage

Dec 10, 1748

^{20,12,18,14,19,21,22}

Milit-Beg

between 1776 and 1780

The 'Hopewell Hero' of the Revolutionary fame. Captain in the First Regiment Hunterdon Co, New Jersey Militia. Captain Colonal in Phillip Johnston's Battalion. Brigadier General, in Nathaniel Heard's Brigade, New Jersey State Troops, July 1776 for five months. Attached to Major General Nathaniel Green's Division of the Continental Army. Was at Battle of Long Island, New York, Au. 27, 1776 and White Plains, NY, Oct. 28, 1776; commissioned Colonel, First Regiment Hunteerdon Co, New. Jersey. Militia March 15, 1777, Lt. Col., Colonel John Taylor's Regiment, NY State Troops, Oct. 9, 1779. Promoted to colonel on 3/15/1777. Crossed the Delaware with Washington and served under General Nathaniel Green throughout the war. War record of Joab Houghton: information from the Adjutant General, Trenton, NJ. Also recorded in the War Dept., Washington DC and from book 'Pioneers of Old Hopewell', by Ralph Ege, Hopewell NJ and 'Jersey Men in the Revolutionary War' by W.S. Stryker, p. 359.

Primm: "Joab Houghton received his commission as Captain in the First New Jersey Regiment, October 19, 1776, (Col. Isaac Smith). On March 15, 1777, when Lieutenant Col. Abraham Hunt resigned his office, Captain Houghton was promoted to the position.
He was with Washington's army at Long Island and across the Short Hills of New Jersey and the Delaware and commanded a regiment in the brigade of General Nathaniel Green and served throughout the war."

DAR: LCol NJ

Army Officers: Captain and Lieut.-Col., New Jersey Militia, 1776-1780^{23,24,25,18,14,26}

Deed

May 17, 1796

"Joab's own signature is on a copy of an Indenture dated May 17, 1796 wherein Joab is transferring one hundred acres of land to his son, William Houghton."²⁷

Death

Oct 17, 1798

Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., NJ, USA, BT, DAR: 1796, 1798^{28,29,17,30,31,13,14,19}

Burial

First Baptist Church Cemetery, Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ, USA, John Hart, Declaration of Independence signer, is buried a few feet from Joab.
^32,33

Will

Aug 20, 1799

Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ, USA, "The will of Joab Houghton as printed in the New Jersey Archives: First Series Vol. 38, Abstract of Wills, Vol. IX 1796-1800: 1799, Aug 20, Houghton, Joab of Hopewell Twp. Hunterdon Co. Int. Adm'rs Catherine Houghton and William Houghton...said Co. 1799, Aug. 5. Inventory 1014.8 [pounds]... File 1880J."

NJ Wills: B. 38, p. 466. Int. 1799. Inv. 1799^34,35

Biography

Primm: "Joab... was born in 1725. In 1748 he married Catherine Runyan, dau. of Aaron Runyan. Aaron Runyan was a neighbor of the Houghton family and was one of the earliest pioneers of Hopewell township. This Runyan family is descended from a distinguished and eminently pious French Hugenot family, who resided in the Province of Poiton, on the west coast of France and were driven by fierce religious persecutions to seek refuge in the isle of Jersey and from there, emigrated to America."

H. Houghton: "Joab's father, Thomas Houghton owned 300 acres just west of John Hart's "Homestead Plantation" in 1726. Hart was not there until c1740. In 1734, Joseph Golden purchased 200 acres from Thomas Houghton, who sold the remaining 100 acres in 1750, and these Golden also acquired subsequently. Joab and John Hart, the signer of the Declaration of Independence, therefore were neighbors from c1740 to 1750, when Joab relocated to another farm a little over a mile north of Hart's. Joab's farm was the southwest corener of the present intersection of Greenwood Avenue and Featherbed Lane north of Hopewell...

Joab Houghton was one of those who first began to take measures against the Royal government...the document signed by him and citizens of the Hopewell area protesting the New Jersey Governor William Franklin's quartering of British troops in their area...

Much of the interesting history we know of Joab Houghton and his family has been printed in Ralph Ege's Pioneers of Old Hopewell pub. 1908 pp. 18-24. This information was first published as a series of articles in the Hopewell Herald, appearing there in 1901... (All of Clara Reding Primm's book on the Houghtons was taken from Ege).

Joab was also among the first appointments of field officers made by New Jersey for the Contingent Army, raised for the army of the United Colonies. Lt. Col. Houghton first recieved his commission as captain in the First New Jersey Regiment October 19, 1776.

On March 15, 1777 Lt. Col. Abraham Hunt resigned, and Capt. Houghton was promoted to that position. He was transferred to Col. Taylor's State Troops, October 9, 1779...

Following is a copy of the Militia Record of Joab Houghton from the New Jersey State Archives. However, much of the information on the battles in which he served was found in the pension applications of his sons, William and Aaron. Pension claims listed battles, and time of service, plus a listing of known Regimental Officers. Joab was most likely at the Battles of Long Island, White Plains, Harlem Heights, Trenton and Princeton, German Town, and Monmouth Court House...

HOUGHTON, JOAB- Hunterdon Co. Captain, 1^st regt., Hunterdon Co. militia (Refs. ms. 730; and Printed Roster, p. 359). Captain, Col. Philip Johnston's regt., Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Heard's brigade, State Troops, June 1776 for 5 months (Refs. mss. 3793, p. 7 and 3797, pp. 2-8); was at battles of Long Island, NY Aug. 27, 1776, and White Plains, NY. Oct. 28, 1776 (Refs. Inv. claim 32330, Aaron Houghton and Wid Claim 19816, William Houghton). Lieutenant Colonel. Joseph Phillips' 1^st regt., Hunterdon Co. militia, Mar. 15, 1777 (Ref. Minutes of Joint Meeting, p. 19); served at Elizabethtown, Sept. and Oct. 1777 (Ref. Aud. Book B., pp. 181, 182 and 185), June 1780 (Ref. Aud. Book B. p. 465). Lieutenant Colonel, John Taylor's regt., State Troops, Oct. 9, 1779, to serve until Dec. 20, 1779 (Ref. Laws of New Jersey, 1776-1782). Father of Aaron and William Houghton (Refs. Inv. Claim 32330, Aaron Houghton; and Wid. claim 19816, William Houghton)...

Here is given evidence of some of the battles in which Joab participated:
...Capt. Joab Houghton in Gen. Nathaniel Heard's Bridgade of State Troops...August 27 [1776], Battle of Long Island...1776...Capt. Joab Houghton's Company, Col. Issac Smith's First Regiment, Hunterdon County Militia...October 28, Battle of White Plains...1777...September 12, Battle of Elizabethtown...1776...the "Flying Corps" commanded by Col. Joab Houghton...1777 - January, Battle of Princeton; 1777...October 4, Battle of Germantown; 1778 - June 28, Battle of Monmouth...

(Revolutionary home of Joab Houghton now in the Historical Record of Revolutionary homes.)

We have learned from the pension application of Joab's son Aaron that Joab was with General Washington at the Battles of Long Island, Harlem Heights, and White Plains New York, and of course, Trenton and Monmouth Courthouse in New Jersey...present at Fort Lee when Fort Washington surrendered...

Joab's name also appeared in the Hunterdon County records where he appeared on the appeals court hearing of militia delinquents...Regarding the following inquisition of Tories, Joab is listed as one of the jurors...

Joab's civil and military records reveals a strong sense of patriotism, leadership and of civic duty. Other records show a warm, sensitive Joab. Ege relates: It is said of the old colonel that he was of a very jovial disposition, and loved a good story. After the close of the war his old house was a favorite place for the old veterans to gather...At times the old hero's feelings would be so wrought upon by reminiscences of the war, or the utterances of some patriotic sentiment, that he would be moved to tears. His grandson, Rev. Spencer Houghton Cone, says of him that he was a fine singer and great lover of music, and used to set the tunes in church. A short time before his death his grandchildren sang "Hail Columbia" for him, and he was completely overcome and wept like a child...

Uran: Joab Houghton was a man of distinction in the Revol. War. Quoting from the "Pioneers of Old Hopewell" by Ege. "Joab Houghton was one of the first, who began to take measures against the Royal government, which resulted, during 1776, in the organization of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey," and also, "Joab Houghton was also among the first appointments of field officers made by New Jersey for the Contingent Army, raised for the Army of the United Colonies." "It was in the old Baptist meeting house at Hopewell, that Joab Houghton stood upon a great stone block in front of the meeting house, beckoned the people to stop, men and women paused to listen. This great stone, which was used by the ladies in mounting and dismounting their horses, is about 8 feet in length, by 4 in width, and on July 4, 1896, it was placed as a cap stone of a meorial tablet, erected by the people of Hopewell to the memory of Colonel Joab Houghton. Joab Houghton received his commission as Captain in the First New Jersey Regiment, Oct. 19, 1776 (Col. Isaac Smith). On March 15, 1777, when Lt. Col. Abraham Hunt resigned his office, Capt. Houghton was promoted to the position.

He was with Washington's army at Long Island and across the Short Hills of New Jersey and the Delaware and commanded a regiment in the brigade and the Delaware and commanded a regiment in the brigade of Gen. Nathaniel Green and served throughtout the war. " He was a brave officer, greatly beloved by his men, and filled other positions of trust and responsibility until the close of his life." Ege. He died in 1789, leaving six children.

Hopewell Town Records: p. 32, Mar 1772, overseer of the poor committee; p. 43, Overseer of th Roads, Apr. 1791

J.W. Houghton, Houghton Genealogy, p. 318-23: "He was a fifer in the Revolutionary War and lieutenant colonel of the first regiment Hunterdon Co., Militia, N.J. One of the family has furnished the following account of a celebration held July 4th 1896, in memory of Joab Houghton, which seems worthy to be put in permanent form as a matter of history and a worthy tribute to the memory of a patriot who deserves well of his descendants and countryman. One of the speakers on that occasion said he had not been able to trace the ancestry of Joab but gave it as his opinion that he was of Dutch origin and that his original name might have been VanHoughton. We are glad to be able to solve that question. The published account reads as follows: "From the moment the first streak of light announced the break of day, until the last spark of the last Roman candle died out, it was a `Glorious Fourth.' Early in the morning citizens began their decoration.
"Flags and floral decorations everywhere announced the general and hearty celebration of our nation's birthday. All day long people from a distance and from the surrounding neighborhood poured into the old historic town, on wheels, on trains and in carriages, to join in the celebration of the day which made our national existence not only a possibility, but a fact. The celebration of Independence Day in 1865 and the celebration of 1876 were indeed notable, but that of 1896, while not, perhaps, more grand, was peculiarly appropriate, and deserves well to be mentioned as one of the three great Fourth of July celebrations that Hopewell has witnessed.
"The celebration of 1865 was significant because of the fact that a great struggle for the union of the states was over and the additional fact that the Hart monument was dedicated at that time."The celebration of 1876 was significant because it marked the centennial of our country's birth. The celebration this year was of interest because of the honor paid to the illustrious Joab Houghton. He was the central figure of veneration and thought, and not unjustly. It is just one hundred years since the great patriarch was laid to rest in the old churchyard of the First Baptist Church. This great hero, and the invaluable service which he rendered his country, were remembered by a few only who made his life a study. The very grave in which he lies buried would have been unmarked and unknown were it not for the fact that some years ago Samuel H. Stout, Esq., perhaps the only living person who knew the exact spot, pointed it out to our venerable townsman, Joseph Moore Phillips. And we are indebted also to Mr. Phillips for the knowledge of the location of the famous stone slab on which Col. Houghton made his memorable address on receiving the news of the battle of Lexington.
"On July 4th, 1886, Mr. Phillips succeeded in raising enough money by subscription to erect a tombstone to Houghton's memory. The inscription thereon is as follows:
"'Erected by the citizens of Hopewell, July 4th, 1886, in memory of Col. Joab Houghton, a true patriot in the Revolutionary War, after which he was a member of the the State Legislature from Hunterdon County, also a member of the First Baptist Church, and died at an advanced age in 1796.'
"Much honor is due to Joseph M. Phillips, Esq., for the steps he has taken to perpetuate the memory of Col. Houghton. It was he who first conceived the idea of bringing to light the historic stone on which Houghton made his speech and honoring it with a conspicuous place, along the side of the Hart monument. This stone was used for many years as a stone for mounting horses in front of the old church.
"It is a remarkable stone, as Mr. Ege said in his address, because from it the first call for volunteers was made in the state. It remains in its original condition and serves as a capstone to the patriot's monument. The inscription on the slab, placed on the front of the monument, is as follows:
"'Sunday, April 23d, 1775, news of the battle of Lexington reached Hopewell while the people were worshiping in the First Baptist Church. At the close,
Joab Houghton, standing on this block, inspired the men with love of liberty and a desire for independence. In closing he said: "Men of New Jersey, the red coats are murdering our brethern of New England! Who follows me to Boston?" Every man answered "I!"'
"The closing paragraphs of Mr. Ralph Ege's address say: 'The old hero, Joab Houghton, stood that Sabbath morning in the center and inspiration of the band of patriots who rallied around him, awaiting to hear the startling news of the outbreak of hostilities between the colonists and their proud and haughty oppressors.
"'In closing, he made the first appeal ever made in this valley (and we believe the first in this state) for volunteers to defend their country's honor, and to throw off the 'galling yoke of British tyranny."
"'The voice that rang out on the stillness of that Sabbath has been hushed for a century. The hearts that thrilled in quick response to his patriotic appeal, and were so eager to avenge the death of their "brethren in New England," have long since ceased to beat.
"'The relic before us is all that remains to remind us of the impressive scene of which it was the silent witness; and this we have honored with a conspicious position beside the monument of our most illustrious hero. Future generations as well as the presen, will regard this stone as the venerable memorial of one of old Hopewell's most noted events, and so long as it shall endure it will be an "object lesson" and a constant reminder of a notable patriot whose memory a grateful nation delights to honor.'"
"Part of the address of Mr. Jacob Weart reads as follows: 'In the closing days of the month of April, in 1775, and upon a Sabbath morning, the news that the battle of Lexington had been fought on the 19th of April, reached Hopewell during the hour of divine service. The services in the meeting house having closed, and the congregation having been dismissed, Col. Joab Houghton mounted the great stone block in front of the meeting house, used by ladies in mounting their horses, and called upon the people to assemble. He told them the news from Boston, how the red coats were shooting down their brothers, and made this exclamation: "Who will follow me to Boston?" Co. Houghton entered the army, served all through the Revolutionary War, and was evidently the first volunteer soldier from the State of New Jersey in the War of the Revolution. We have assembled here today to celebrate this event, to erect and preserve the stone upon which the feet of Col. Houghton stood, to tell the present and rising generations of his valor, patriotism and virtue and forever after, as long as this republic stands and men love liberty and independence, to see that his sacred memory shall not perish from the face of the earth, and that his grave shall be kept green, and that we shall hereafter on each succeeding Decoration Day as the years roll around, drop upon his grave the opening bud and blooming flower, to show forth our appreciation of the first rally to arms as sounded by him in this state, and of his perrseverance in the struggles of the army upon the field of battle, and to rejoice that he lived to see the victory won, independence achieved, and a new nation established which was to become one of the great powers in the family of nations.'
"History records that John Hart and Joab Houghton, statesman and soldier, went forward with their work, hand in hand. After the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, and the formation of a State Constitution, a general election was held in August, 1776, for members of the General Assembly, and to this General Assembly Hart and Houghton were elected as members from Hunterdon. hart was at the time a member of the Provincial Council, a member of the Continental Congress, and now elected a member of the General Assembly.
"The house met at Princeton on August 23, 1776; Hart was unanimously elected speaker and Houghton was on the floor of the house. So we see those two patriots--Houghton first in arms, in 1775; Hart first in State, in 1776. "I regret that we know so little of Col. Houghton. Patrick Henry fired the Southern heart in his declaration for liberty when he said: 'Give me liberty or give me death!" At the same time James Otis, in Massachusetts, stirred all New England in his resistance to the aggressions of the British Parliament in taxing the colonies without representation, and the fame of those two men is as wide and as broad as the nation. Who will say that the words of Houghton, "Who will follow me to Boston?' does not entitle this soldier and patriot to rank with Henry and Otis upon the plane of patriotism upon which they stand?
"Joab Houghton's daughter, Alice, married Conant Cone, and became the mother of Spencer Houghton Cone, born in Somerset County, who was in turn teacher, actor, soldier in the War of 1812, editor and finally became the most distinguished Baptist minister in America, in his time...
"It is glory enough for one place to claim such great men as Eaton, Hart, Houghton and Cone, to say nothing of Wilson G. Hunt, one of the merchant
princes of the world, and James Marshall, the discoverer of gold in California."
MLM: History shows that John Hart and Joab Houghton, statesman and soldier went forward with their work hand in hand. After the Declaration of Indepencence on July 4, 1776, Hart was unanimously elected as speaker and Houghton was on the floor of the House in the state congress. Joab received commisssion as Capt. of the First Reg., Hunterdon Co., NJ Reg, Oct 19, 1776 under Col. Isaac Smith. He became colonel Oct 9, 1777 and was transferred to Col. Taylor's New York State Troops Oct. 9, 1779. His name and that of John Hart was a terror to the Hessians when they were on their raids in this region. He was attached to Gen. Nathaniel Greene's Division of the Continental Army at the Battle of White Plains. His tombstone reads: "Erected by the citizens of Hopewell July 4, 1886 in memory of Colonel Joab Houghton, a true patriot of the Revolutionary War; after which he was a member of the State Legislature from Hunterdon County; also a member of the First Baptist Church, and died of advanced age in 1796."

Aitkin: "(i) Col. Joab Houghton, son of Thomas Houghton, was an officer in the Revolutionary War. He died in 1796 and was buried in the churchyard of
the First Baptist Church at Hopewell, N. J. Over his grave is a large stone and a monument close to the sidewalk of the main street, on which these words are inscribed and were copied by the author:

"Joab Houghton.

"Sunday, April 23, 1775, news of the battle of Lexington reached Hopewell while the people were worshipping in the First Baptist Church. At the close Joab Houghton, standing on this block, inspired the men with the love of Liberty and the desire of independence. In closing, he said, 'Men
of New Jersey, the redcoats are murdering our brethren of New England! Who follows me to Boston?' Every man answered 'I '."

On October 19, 1776, he was made a Captain of the First Regiment of Hunterdon; on March 15, 1777, a Lieutenant-Colonel, and in Colonel Taylor's Regiment of State troops on October 9, 1 779, he was Lieutenant-Colonel. He was a member of the first Legislature of the State of New Jersey.
In the Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey by John W. Barber, a very interesting story of Colonel Joab Houghton is recorded showing the activity of the British troops in the Revolutionary War in the neighborhood of Hopewell, N. J.:

"While this part of New Jersey was overrun by the British and Hessians, there were but few hardy enough to oppose even the small marauding parties that were daily plimdering for the British camp. Nearly the whole of the active population had left their home. Some went with the army under Washington and some to a place of safety. Pennington was occupied by the British troops, and the inhabitants who remained being aged were peaceable and lay at the mercy of these pltmderers. Colonel Houghton being at that time at home, word was brought to him by night that the neighborhood of Moore's Mill had been visited by the enemy and that they would probably be out next day. Early next morning Colonel Houghton collected a few of his
neighbors and placed himself at the point of a neighboring moimtain which overlooked the surrounding country. Presently he saw the party which entered a house near by where Colonel Houghton and his men were stationed, after stacking their guns on the outside. The Colonel and his men now rushed from their hiding place and seized first the arms and then their owners — a Hessian Sergeant and twelve men, whom they found regaling themselves in the cellars with metheglin, a whiskey made out of honey. "

Ralph Ege, in Pioneers of Old Hopewell, has given a history of several branches of the Houghton family. "

William D Houghton, Houghton Ancestors:
75 Houghton, John, pg. 334.
76 Houghton, Pgs. 318-323
Colonel Joab Houghton (1725-1796)
Colonel Joab Houghton was born on July 10, 1725 in Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ, and was the son of Thomas Houghton and Maria Mershon. One of nine children, Joab was a member of the first Baptist church and married Ca-tharine Runyan in December 10, 1748. He first received his commission as Caption of Colonel Isaac Smith‘s First New Jersey Regiment on October 19, 1776, and would later be promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the same Regiment that was then under the command of Nathaniel Green. He passed away on October 17, 1798, and was buried at the First Baptist Church Cemetery in Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ. 76
It was at the First Baptist Church on Sunday Morning, April 23, 1775, when the news of the British attack at Lex-ington on April 19th, reached the tiny town of Hopewell, New Jersey. Many if not most of the town‘s inhabitants, including Joab Houghton, were attending services on that morning when a rider from Massachusetts rode into town and right the First Baptist Church, as that is where most of inhabitants were. Houghton quieted the breathless messen-ger and waited for the service to end. When the two-hour service was over, Joab went outside the church and stood on a large, carved, stone block (eight feet in length and four feet in width) to speak to the gathering crowd about the Battle at Lexington. The huge stone block was used to aid women as they mounted or dismounted their horses or car-riages when attending church services.
It was while standing on this stone slab that Joab gave one of the most inspiring and patriotic speeches of the Re-volutionary War. He told them how the British Redcoats were ?shooting down our brothers? and made what many believe was the first public appeal in the state for volun-teers to defend their country and ?throw off the galling yoke of British tyranny.? At the closing of his call to arms, Joab paused, looked over the silent crowd, and slowly said: ?Who follows me to Boston?? Every man in the audience stepped out into line and shouted, ?I!?
The township raised three companies of men to fight the British: the First Company was commanded by Captain Henry Philips; Captain John Houghton commanded the Second Company of 28 men; and Caption John Hunt com-mand the Third Company.
This author believes this cry for freedom rivals Patrick Henry‘s famous speech of ?Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!? Joab Houghton went on to become a patriot, a war hero, and an honored statesman within the state and within the new union. As a Lieutenant Colonel in the First Regi-ment, Hunterdon Company Militia, New Jersey, he bravely fought the British throughout the entire War and was loved by his men. Colonel Houghton was with General George Washington at the Battles of Long Island, Harlem Heights, and Hoyt Plains in New York. While in his home state of New Jersey, Colonel Houghton fought under the Command of General Washington at Princeton, Germantown, and Monmouth Court House. On December 25, 1776, then Captain John Houghton crossed the Delaware River with George Washington to surprise the sleeping Hessian Bri-gade at Trenton, NJ. It is also likely that he camped with Washington during the winter at Valley Forge, as the First New Jersey Regiment is known to have encamped there. (Newsletter of the West Michigan Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, Vol. 1, No. 8, January 2009.) (Ege, Ralph. Pioneers of Old Hopewell, Race & Savage, Hopewell, NJ, 1908.)
As a statesman, Joab Houghton was also a leader. After the Declaration of Independence was signed, Joab was elected in August 1776, along with his fellow New Jersey comrade John Hart, who signed the Declaration of Inde-pendence, to the General Assembly of New Jersey. The Council met at Princeton on August 23, 1776, and Hough-ton was on the floor of the House, while John Hart was un-animously elected as Speaker of the Provincial Council.
The Hessians made repeated attempts to capture both Houghton and Hart, but to no avail. There is in fact one story that while Joab was visiting his home for a short time during the war, the British came and were about the search the house for the famous Colonel. But Joab, who did not have the time to run, instead choose to hide by climbing up the wide chimney to hide. He sat quietly on the ?lug pole? of the chimney while the British unsuccessful searched the house for him. Joab would be free to fight the Hessians and the British another day.
In 1886, the town of Hopewell, NJ, erected a bronze plaque honoring Colonel Houghton on the very stone that he stood on and called for volunteers from New Jersey to assist with their lives, if necessary, their follow patriots in Massachusetts. The inscription on the plaque states:
"Sunday, April 23, 1775, news of the battle of Lexington reached Hopewell while the people were worshipping in the First Baptist Church. At the close Joab Houghton, standing on this block, inspired the men with the love of Liberty and the desire of independence. In closing, he said, ' Men of New Jersey, the redcoats are murdering our brethren of New England! Who follows me to Boston?’ Every man answered `I'. The dedication went on to honor Joab Houghton with the following tribute:
“We have assembled here today to celebrate this event, to erect and preserve the stone upon which the feet of Col. Houghton stood, to tell the present and rising gen-erations of his valor, patriotism and virtue and forever after, as long as this republic stand and men love liberty and independence, to see that this sacred memory shall not perish from the face of the earth, and that his grave shall be kept green, and that we shall hereafter on each succeeding Decoration Day as the years roll around, drop upon his grave the opening bud and blooming flower, to show forth our appreciation of the first rally to arms as sounded by him in this state, and of his perse-verance in the struggles of the army upon the field of battle, and to rejoice that he lived to see the victory won, independence achieved, and a new nation established which was to become one of the great powers in the fam-ily of nations.”

Cathcart, The Baptists and the American Revolution: "Colonel Joab Houghton
Had no sympathy with royalty, and no fear of danger. He had a strong mind, an inflexible will, and a courageous heart. He saw the path of duty in a moement, and was unusually prompt in carrying out his convictions. He was one of the first men to advocate the calling of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, which overthrew the Colonial Government, and declared that "William Franklin (the royal governor, a son of Benjamin Franklin) had discovered himself to be an enemy to the liberties of this country, and that measures ought to be immediately taken for securing his person, and that henceorth all payments of meoney to him on account of salary or otherwise should cease." In pursuance of this resolution, Colonel Heard arrested Franklin, who was placed at the disposal of the Continental Congress, and by that body committed to the custody of Governor Trumbull, of Connecticut, and, in that State, Franklin remained a prosoner until the war was ended." When the State government was set up, Colonel Houghton was among the first members of the Assembly sent from Huntedon County; and he received one of the earliest appointments as a field-officer in the Jersey troops raised for the defense of the United States. Colonel Houghton was in the Hopewell Baptist Meeting-house, at worship, when he received the first information of Concord and Lexington, and of the retreat of the British to Boston with such heavy loss. His great grandson gives the following eloquent description of the way he treated the tidings: "Stilling the breathless messenger he sat quietly through the services, and when they were ended, he passed out, and mounting the great stone block in front of the meeting-house he beckoned to the people to stop. Men and women paused to hear, curious to know what so unusual a sequel to the service of the day could mean. At the first words a silence, stern as death, fell over all. The Sabbath quiet of the hour and of the place was deepened into a terrible solemnity. He told them all the story of the cowardly murder at Lexington by the royal troops; the heroic vengeance following hard upon it; the retreat of Percy; the gathering of the children of the Pilgrims round the beleaugered hills of Boston: then pausing, and lookin over the silent throng, he said slowly: "Men of New Jersey, the red coats are murdering our brethren of New England! Who follows me to Boston?" and every man of that audience stepped out into the line, and answered: "I!" There was not a coward nor a traitor in old Hopewell Batist Meeting-house that day." (Life of Dr. Cone, pp. 11,12, N.Y., 1856). The annals of the American Revolution cannot furnish in its long list of fearless deeds and glorious sacrificies a grander spectacle than this Sunday scene in front of the Baptist church at Hopewll. Joab Houghton's integrity, honesty of purpose, and military capacity, must have been of an unusal order to have secured for his appeal such a noble response. And the men who gave it must have been nurtured in the lap of liberty in childhood, and taught enthusiastic love for her principles in all subsequent years. But this was the spirit of American Baptists in the Revolution. At home from the army for a short time, during the darkest period of the struggle, he found the whole region around his dwelling overrun and plundered by the enemy. The able-bodied men were either away with Washington or hidden in places of security. No one ventured to resist the marouding bands of Hessians who were ready to seize the widow's mite, or the plate of the wealthy. A large army was near at hand, making it almost certain death for those who should offer resistance unless they were stronger than the powerful foe. Houghton watched a detachment of these military robbers enter a house, and with a few neighbors he quietly seized the arms, which in their contempt for the people of the neighborhood they had stacked outside, and then he compelled them to deliver themselves up as prisoners; and this almost in the very presences of an overwhelming British force, and when the entire population still living in this region was sunk in abject terror. (Historical Collections of New Jersey, p. 262, N.Y.) Colonel Houghton was in the field during the entire war and rendered couragous help in many a bloody battle, and secured for himself imperishable fame. He was an honored member of the Bapatist Church, of Hopewell, and grandfather of the late Spencer Houghton Cone, D. D., of New York."

DAR Patriot Index, Cent. pt 2, p. 1494: LCol NJ

DAR Patriot Index, Vol. 69, p.281: "Joab Houghton (1725-96) was commissioned captain, 1776, Col. Isaac Smith's regiment, New Jersey Line, and, 1777, was promoted lieutenant-colonel. He was born and died in Hopewell, N.J."

DAR Lineage Book Vol. 52, p. 104: "Joab Houghton (1725-98) was commissioned captain, 1776, in the first regiment of New Jersey under Col. Isaac Smith and in 1777 was promoted to lieutenant colonel of state troops. He was born and died in Hopewell, N.J."

DAR Lineage Book Vol. 76, p. 309, Vol. 78, p. 152, Vol. 89, p. 176, Vol. 94, p. 11, Vol 108, p. 99, Vol. 120, p. 111, Vol. 134, p. 215, Vol. 155, p. 131: ditto

DAR Lineage Book Vol. 84, p. 213 and Vol. 88, p. 187: ditto except "...died in Hunterdon County, N.J."

Howard Baker Houghton Sr SAR record: Mr. Ege had the day book of Dr. Benjamin Van Kirk which records his visits with Col. Joab Houghton's during his last illness. Last entry is Oct 17, 1798, which fixes the time of death

Find a grave.com:
"Men of New Jersey the Redcoats are murdering our Brethren of New England. Who follows me to Boston? Every Man answered "I", said he on April 23, 1775, as news of the Battle of Lexington reached Hopewell.On 10/19/1776 he was made a captain, on March 15, 1777 a Lt. Col. Member of the first NJ Legislature.

There is a memorial to Joab Houghton that was erected by the people of Hopewell and dedicated in 1896. The stone on top of the memorial, which had been used by ladies in mounting their horses, is 8' by 4'. On the face of the foundation is a bronze marker with the following inscription;
Sunday, April 23, 1775, news of the Battle of Lexington reached Hopewell when the people were worshipping in the First Baptist Church. At the close, Joab Houghton, standing on this stone, inspired the men with love of liberty and desire for independence. In closing he said, "Men of New Jersey, the Red Coats are murdering your brethren in New England! Who follows me to Boston?" Every man said "I."

Joab was married to Catherine Runyan on December 10, 1748. They had 9 children, some of which died in early childhood.

Joab, a Lt. Colonel in the Revolutionary Army is a direct ancestor and is my Patriot in the Sons of the American Revolution. (SAR) His son Aaron Houghton, 1761-1835, also a veteran of the War, moved to Illinois in 1824, and Aaron's grandson Sevigna Houghton 1810-1889, became good friends with Abraham Lincoln in Petersburg, Illinois.^{36,37,38,39,13,40,19,41,42}

Research

James Lowell Houghton gives two other children, Elijah, b. 1752 and Jacob, Feb. 27, 1775⁴³

Religion

Baptist⁴⁴

Research

See Howard Houghton and Ralph Ege for genealogies of this family. [CJV: J.W. Houghton erroneously gives Nehemiah Houghton as father of Col. Joab Houghton and Joab's son Aaron as his brother.]^45,46,47

Research

JWH: All the 13 listed children were erroneously given by J.W. Houghton, p. 343, as the children of Joab Jr.'s father Col. Joab, including a William and a Joab (probably Joab Jr and brother William).⁴⁸

Descendant

per MLM⁴⁹

Research

parent?; Fayette Co., KY Houghtons

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 318 #185.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 612, 648-650.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 108, p. 99.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 134, p. 215.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 120, p. 111.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 155, p. 131.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 89: 176.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 94: 11.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 78: 152.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 76: 309.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 1/11/1935, #9539.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 19, 27.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 34.
[S213] National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Centennial Admin., DAR Patriot Cent. 2, p. 1495.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 1, 2 #23.
[S895] Donald Arleigh Sinclair, New Jersey Biog. Index, p. 378.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 52.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 34, 41.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 2.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 650.
[S185] Ege, Pioneers of Old Hopewell.
[S27] DAR Application, of Gladts Irene Houghton, 1960.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 648-650.
[S185] Ege, Pioneers of Old Hopewell, p. 22-23, 26.
[S186] W.S. Stryker, Jersey Men in the Revolutionary War, p. 325, 342, 359.
[S927] Francis B. Heitman, Register of Officers of the Cont. Army, p. 302.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 53.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 649.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 69: 181.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec 6, 1934 - 9539 CWR.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 19, 27, 55.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 27, 47.
[S782] Patricia Law Hatcher Rev. Patriots Graves II, p. 170.
[S215] Stryker-Rhoda, New Jersey Wills, p. 718.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 318-323.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 648.
[S185] Ege, Pioneers of Old Hopewell, pp. 18-24.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 27-56.
[S192] Lida Cokefair Gedney, Hopewell NJ Town Records, p. 32, 43.
[S1397] A.M., Ph.D. William B. Aitken, Descended from Wilhemus Beekman & Jan T. Van Dyke, p. 65.
[S1478] D.D. William Cathcart, The Baptists and the American Revolution, p. 55.
[S415] E-mail from James Lowell Houghton, Feb. 4, 2000.
[S1478] D.D. William Cathcart, The Baptists and the American Revolution.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 318.
[S185] Ege, Pioneers of Old Hopewell, p. 1.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 1.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 343.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 5.

Catharine Runyan^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}

F, #1901, b. circa 1732/33, d. circa 1817

Family: Col. Joab Houghton

Marriage*: Catharine Runyan married Col. Joab Houghton, son of Thomas Houghton and Maria Mershon, on Dec 10, 1748.^{19,13,20,15,16,21,22}

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Notable

Corresponded with author

Birth

circa 1732/33

Hunterdon, NJ, USA, DAR: 1725^17,18

Marriage

Dec 10, 1748

^{19,13,20,15,16,21,22}

Widow

1798

Immigration

circa 1808

Maysville, Mason, KY, USA²³

Death

circa 1817

Maysville, Mason, KY, USA, MLM: 1820; Uran: 1835^24,25,26,16

Biography

Daughter of Aaron Runyan and Sarah Scott of Hopewell, descendent of French Huguenot family of Province of Poiton/u? in western France (emigrated to Isle of Jersey and then to America). Moved to Kentucky after Joab's death. Aaron Runyan was a neighbor of the Houghton family and was one of the earliest pioneers of Hopewell Township. Many Runyans emigrated to Mason County, KY, via Pittsburg and the Ohio River.^27,28,14,16

Note

a descendent of French Hugenots

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 612, 648.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 108:99.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 155: 131.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 120: 111.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 134: 215.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 89: 176.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 94: 11.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 88: 186.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 69: 282, 345.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 52: 104.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 76: 309.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 78: 151.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 19, 27.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 34.
[S213] National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Centennial Admin., DAR Patriot Cent. 2, p. 1495.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 2.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 84, p. 213.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 55.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 650.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 34, 41.
[S185] Ege, Pioneers of Old Hopewell.
[S27] DAR Application, of Gladts Irene Houghton, 1960.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 30.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 649.
[S185] Ege, Pioneers of Old Hopewell, p. 22-24.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 55, 69.
[S185] Ege, Pioneers of Old Hopewell, p. 22.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 27, 55.

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

M, #1902, b. 15 April 1761, d. 8 October 1835

Family: Elizabeth Sexton

Marriage*: Aaron Houghton married Elizabeth Sexton on Feb 23, 1780 at Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ, USA.^{2,32,21,6,33,8,9,34}

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Apr 15, 1761

Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ, USA, Huguenot Bible Records: 19 Apr; Uran, Primm, DAR Lineage: mostly 1749; H. Houghton, DAR Patriot: 1761, 1791; Army Register, DAR Lineage, V 155: 1761; Army Register gives Hunterdon NJ; MLM: 1774, Mason Co., KY; SAR application: 9-15-1749^{11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,7,8,9,22,23,24,25}

Research

1776

Milit-Beg

between 1776 and 1777

NJ, USA, Revol. War: Pension records; enlisted in his father's company. He participated in the battles of Long Island, NY, Oct. 27, 1776; Harlem Heights, White Plains, NY, Trenton, NJ, Monmouth Courthouse.

DAR: Pvt NJ PNSR

H. Houghton: p. 38, "Aaron's pension application states that he was 16 years old when guarding military wagons on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River during the Battle of Trenton."; p. 71, "Aaron served intermittently in the Revolutionary War in the regiment commanded by his father, Col. Joab. His pension application states that he or his regiment were in the Battles of Long Island, Harlem Heights and White Plains New York. At the Battle of Trenton, Aaron was on guard duty on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River. He was also at the battle of Monmouth Courthouse."; p. 89, "That he entered the service of the United States in June 1776 as a private under the command of Captain Joab Houghton, his father."

MLM: fifer, last 4 years of Rev. War^{26,27,28,21,5,29,30,9,31}

Marriage

Feb 23, 1780

Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ, USA^{2,32,21,6,33,8,9,34}

Immigration

1789

Mason, KY, USA, Primm: Moved to Mason Co, KY in 1790 in the great migration; all settling there; H. Houghton: His pension states he went west in 1789, but he signed a petition there in 1787.^{35,36,37,38,22,23}

Taxation

1793

Mason, KY, USA³⁹

1800 Census

1800

Mason Co., KY, USA⁴⁰

1810 Census

1810

Mason Co., KY, USA, 7 individuals: 01001-02012; 1 male 10-15, 1 male 45+, 2 female 10-15, 1 female 26-44, 2 female 45+⁴¹

1820 Census

1820

Mason Co., KY, USA, 7 Individuals: 1 male 0-10, 1 male 10-16, 1 male 45+; 1 female 10-16, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 26-45, 1 female 45 +⁴²

PensionInx

Nov 5, 1833

"Aaron Houten, Private, Annual allowance 56.66. Sum received, $169.98. Commencement of pension, March 4, 1831 New Jersey Continental. Nov. 5, 1833 when placed on pension. Age 72."
see Pension Application of 1833 (Inv. claim SF32330, NJ), National Archives^43,44

Death

Oct 8, 1835

Petersburg, Sangamon (Menard), IL, USA, DAR: Maysville, Mason, KY^{26,45,21,46,9,47}

Burial

Nov 16, 1835

Rock Creek Cemetery, near Petersburg and New Salem, Menard Co., IL, USA, Aaron Houghton, PVT, Houghton's Company N.J. Militia Rev. War April 15, 1761 Oct 8, 1835^48,49,50,51

Biography

JWH: "Early settler in Mason Co., Ky. Removed to Sangamon Co., Ill., in 1824. He was in the Revolutionary War the last four years."

Born in Hopewell, NJ; moved to Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky about 1790, with brothers Joab, Elijah and sister Sarah. Enlisted in his father's company in 1776. Pvt NJ. Participated in the battle of Long Island, NY, 8/27/1776. He advertised his New Jersey property for sale in 1787.

DAR Patriot Index, p.345 gives Aaron: b 4-15-1761 NJ d 10-8-1835 IL m Elizabeth Sexton Pvt NJ PNSR

DAR Patriot Index, Vol. 69, p.281: "Aaron Houghton (1761-1835) enlisted, 1776, in Capt. Joab Houghton's company, Col. James Johnson's regiment; also in Capt. William Park's company, same regiment. He was born in Hopewell; died in Mason County, N.J." [NJ: error]

DAR Lineage Book Vol. 155, p. 131: "Aaron Houghton (1761-1835) received a pension, 1833, for service as private in the New Jersey troops under Colonel Johnston. He was born in Hopewell, N.M; died in Mason County, KY."

Find a grave: He enlisted June 1776, serving until April 1777, in his Father's Company Captain Joab Houghton, and Colonel James Johnsons Regiment.

In the fall of the same year he served one month in Lieutenant Williams Parks Company and Colonel Joab Houghton's Regiment (his father).

He removed to Kentucky, and from there to Sangamon (now Menard) County, Illinois in 1824.

He was allowed pension.
His grave was marked by Pierre Menard Chapter DAR, Petersburg Illinois.^{26,35,8,52,53}

Research

MLM: mixes up the children of Aaron and Joab Jr; gives 17 children to Aaron; 12 of whom are children of Joab Jr; additional sons Joab and Thomas (similar to Col. Joab Houghton's father Thomas's children; similar to JWH mixup^54,55

Research

JWH erroneously gives Aaron as son of Nehemiah²⁶

Note

AARON HOUGHTON; Born; April 15, 1761
Died: Sangamon (now Menard) County, Illinois.
Married:
(1) ______________
(2) Elizabeth Sexton, February 23, 1780. She was born in the year 1761, died November 16, 1835 in Sangamon (now Menard) County, Illinois.

He enlisted June 1776, serving until April 1777, in his Father's Company Captain Joab Houghton, and Colonel James Johnsons Regiment.

In the fall of the same year he served one month in Lieutenant Williams Parks Company and Colonel Joab Houghton's Regiment (his father).

He removed to Kentucky, and from there to Sangamon (now Menard) County, Illinois in 1824.

He was allowed pension.
His grave was marked by Pierre Menard Chapter DAR, Petersburg Illinois.

Children of Aaron and 1st Wife Unknown Houghton
John:
Alfred G.:
Susan: married John G. Cownover.

Children of Aaron and Elizabeth Houghton
Elijah: born October 11, 1782, died October 7, 1852; married, (1) Name Unknown, (2) Catherine Merrill in Mason County, KY., January 3, 1821.

William: born 1783, died 1833; married Celia Ann McKay in 1803.

Charles Pickeral: born 1789, died 1833; married Elizabeth VanDeventer, she was born 1795 died 1836.

Sarah: born 1790, died 1876; married Abraham Golden. He was born in 1780 and died in 1866.

References: Pioneers of Old Hopewell, by Ralph Ege. Dar Patriot Index, Illinois State Archives Honor Roll, NSDAR Report, Illinois DAR Report, Walker Book in Illinois State Archives, Revolutionary War Pension Claim in Washington, D.C., National Numbers No. 386909, No. 186779, No. 68783 add 120.

http://www.illinoisancestors.org/menard/rw/houghton.html

Research

H. Houghton: "Elijah Houghton often listed as a son of [Col.] Joab. The only source we have ever seen mentioning Elijah is in Ralph Ege's Pioneers of Old Hopewell, pages 22-23. Ege states that Elijah went to Kentucky with Aaron, Joab Jr., and Sarah, wife of Amos Corwine. We have searched Kentucky records and have found no reference to this Elijah. There are many references to the Elijah, son of Joab's son, Aaron. Aaron and Elijah moved to Illinois in 1824. Elijah died there in 1852."; MLM: gives Elijah both as son of Col. Joab and his son Aaron^56,57,31

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 318 #184.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 649-650.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 69: 281.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 52: 104.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec 6, 1934 - 9539 CWR.
[S185] Ege, Pioneers of Old Hopewell, p. 22.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 60.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 34.
[S213] National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Centennial Admin., DAR Patriot Cent. 2, p. 1494.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 2 #50, 3.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 612, 649.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 69: 345.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 69: 281.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 88: 186.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 94: 11.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 120: 111.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 84: 213.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 76: 309.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 78: 151.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 134: 215.
[S35] DAR Patriot Index I, p. 345.
[S249] White, Geneal. Abstr. of Revol. War II, p. 1717.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 3.
[S1183] Arthur Louis Finnell, National Huguenot Society Bible Records, p. 391.
[S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 318.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 650.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, V. 69.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 38, 71, 89.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 41.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 2.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 52.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 69.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 2, 5.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 649.
[S185] Ege, Pioneers of Old Hopewell, p. 22-24.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 116.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 34-35.
[S195] Kentucky Soc. DCW, Kentucky Pioneersr, p. 202.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1800 US Census, Mason Co., KY.
[S1222] 1810 U.S. Federal Census , Mason, Mason Co., KY, M252_7, p. 257.
[S1223] 1820 U.S. Federal Census , Mason, Kentucky; Roll: M33_26; Page: 6; line 21.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 155, p. 131.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 38, 70, 89, 105.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 155: 131.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 60, 93.
[S415] E-mail from Gary Lint, March 1, 2001.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 93.
[S782] Patricia Law Hatcher Rev. Patriots Graves II, p. 170.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/menard/cemetery/…
[S415] E-mail from Gary Lint, Nov. 21, 2004.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 69-97.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 3 #102 & #104.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 343.
[S185] Ege, Pioneers of Old Hopewell, p. 22-23.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 54.

Elizabeth Sexton^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11}

F, #1903, b. 1761, d. 16 November 1835

Family: Aaron Houghton

Marriage*: Elizabeth Sexton married Aaron Houghton, son of Col. Joab Houghton and Catharine Runyan, on Feb 23, 1780 at Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ, USA.^{16,17,18,19,14,9,11,20}

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

1761

near, Pennington, NJ, USA^{12,13,14,9,15}

Marriage

Feb 23, 1780

Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ, USA^{16,17,18,19,14,9,11,20}

Immigration

1787

Limestone/ (Maysville), Bourbon, VA/KY, USA, Aaron signed a petition in 1787 appealing to the Virginia House of Burgesses in Richmond, VA to create a new county out of Bourbon. He had advertised his New Jersey property (a farm) for sale on Feb. 19,1787²¹

Death

Nov 16, 1835

Sangamon Co., KY, USA, Lint: Petersburg, Menard, Ill; Primm, DAR: 1835; MLM: 1833^{12,22,23,24,25,15,26}

Burial

Dec, 1835

Rock Creek Cemetery, Menard, IL, USA^27,13

ParentsD

Nehemiah Sexton and Anna Pickeral according to Gary Lint; Joseph Sexton and Phoebe Campbell according to Ruth Hundley^28,29

Rock Creek Cemetery, Rock Creek, Menard Co., IL, USA

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 612, 649.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 52, p. 104.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 76, p. 309.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 78, p. 151.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 84, p. 213.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 94, p. 11.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 120, p. 111.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 134, p. 215.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 34.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 60.
[S213] National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Centennial Admin., DAR Patriot Cent. 2, p. 1494.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 649.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 69: 281.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 69.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 2.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 649-650.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, Vol. 52.
[S35] DAR Patriot Index I, p. 345.
[S185] Ege, Pioneers of Old Hopewell, p. 22.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 2, 5.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 69-97.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, 155:131.
[S35] DAR Patriot Index I, 69: 281.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 69, 94.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 34, 41.
[S415] E-mail from Gary Lint, March 1, 2001.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 94.
[S415] E-mail from Gary Lint, Nov. 23, 2001.
[S415] E-mail from Ruth Hundley, Oct. 25, 2002.

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

M, #1904, b. 11 October 1783, d. 7 October 1852

Family 1: Charlotte Hart

Marriage*: Elijah Houghton married Charlotte Hart on Feb 5, 1803 at Mason Co., KY, USA.^10,4,7,11

Family 2: Catharine Merrill

Marriage*: Elijah Houghton married Catharine Merrill on Jan 2, 1821 at Maysville, Mason Co., KY, USA, JWH: Jan 3.^{8,4,19,9,7,20}

Biography

Notable

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Oct 11, 1783

Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ, USA, age 68 in 1850 census; Primm, Uran: 1782; MLM: Oct. 11, 1782^8,4,5,9

Marriage

Feb 5, 1803

Mason Co., KY, USA^10,4,7,11

1810 Census

1810

Mason, Mason Co., KY, USA, 6 individuals: 20010-20010; 2 male 0-9, 1 male 26-44, 2 female 0-9,1 female 26-44¹²

Milit-Beg

1812

He enlisted from Lewis Co., KY, served as a first sergeant in the company of Capt. Aaron Stratton, Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia, commanded by Col. John Poage.

Service record: in the War of 1812, 3rd Regiment (Poage's), Mounted KY Volunteers, an ensign^{13,14,15,16,17,9,18}

Occupation

a farmer

Marriage

Jan 2, 1821

Maysville, Mason Co., KY, USA, JWH: Jan 3^{8,4,19,9,7,20}

Immigration

1824

Sangamon (now Menard) Co., IL, USA, and located on a farm near Rock Creek Church.^21,22

1830 Census

1830

Sangamon Co., IL, USA, 13 Total: 1 male under 5 (1826-1830), 1 male 15 to 20 (1811-1815), 1 male 30 to 40 (1791-1800), 1 male 40 to 50 (1781-1790), 1 male 60 to 70 (1761-1770)// 2 female under 5 (1826-1830), 2 female 5 to 10 (1821-1825), 1 female 10 to 15 (1816-1820), 1 female 15 to 20 (1811-1815), 1 female 30 to 40 (1791-1800), 1 female 60 to 70 (1761-1770)²³

1840 Census

1840

Menard Co., IL, USA²⁴

1850 Census

1850

Menard Co., IL, USA, age 68, farmer; and Alfred and John Conover, and Elvira Cogdel²⁵

Death

Oct 7, 1852

near, Rock Creek, Menard, IL, USA, aged 69, 11 months, 27 days; Lint: Petersburg, Menard, IL^8,4,5,9,20

Burial

Biography

H. Houghton: When about 6 he with his parents moved to Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky. Served as soldier in War of 1812. Moved to IL in 1824, located on farm south of Rock Creek Church. He and wife were members of Baptist organization at Clary's Grove near Tallula, Rock Creek Twp., IL.

Donald: Donald identifies Elijah as one of Abraham Lincoln's first legal clients in 1837: "Lincoln represented Elijah Houghton, who had been swapping some of his land with David Hart for twelve acres or so along Rock Creek, near New Salem--land that Lincoln himself had surveyed. The death of Hart put their handshake deal into question, and Houghton now asked the court to require Hart's three children and heirs to live up to the terms of the agreement."

Rootsweb: Elijah Houghton and wife, Catherine Merrill Houghton, came from Mason County, Kentucky, in 1824, and located just south of Rock Creek Church. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. His father and mother, Aaron Houghton and wife, of Hopewell, New Jersey, came to Kentucky and afterward with their sons to Illinois. Aaron Houghton was a Revolutionary soldier, participating in the battle of Long Island. Elijah Houghton and wife were members of the Baptist organization a Clary's Grove, near Tallula, Ill.
Their children were Maria, Phoebe, Sarah, Jane, Susan, Mary, Alfred, John and Andrew M.

Source for photos and bio is: The Book Committee. Rock Creek Presbyterian Church Christian Heritage 175 years, Menard Co. IL. 1997. This includes a reprint of ROCK CREEK, A Retrospect of One Hundred Years, by Alice Keach Bone, written ca 1922, page 81, 82. It is a history of Rock Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church and it's people

Submitted by: Marjorie Grebner Welsch^16,26

Note

knew Abraham Lincoln.²⁷

Note

MLM: Elijah md. (2) a Miss Jackson¹¹

Research

Only MLM gives md. (1) Elizabeth Grayson⁹

Research

Rock Creek Cemetery, Rock Creek, Menard Co., IL, USA

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 343 #460.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 612, 649, 651.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec 6, 1934 - 9539.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 60, 98.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 35.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 2 #51, 3 #100.
[S979] Liahona Research, Kentucky Marriages: 1801 to 1850, p. 332.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 649, 651.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 3.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 650.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 2.
[S1222] 1810 U.S. Federal Census , Mason, Mason Co., KY, M252_7, p. 260.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 343.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 652.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Dec 6, 1934 - 9539 CWR.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 98.
[S241] Minnie S. Wilder, Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812, p. 135.
[S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, War of 1812 Service Records, Oct. 10, 2001.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 35, 37.
[S415] E-mail from Gary Lint, March 1, 2001.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 85, 98, 102.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 2, 3.
[S1224] 1830 U.S. Federal Census , Sangamon Co., Illinois; Roll: 24; Page: 135.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1840 US Census, Menard Co., IL, p. 304.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Menard Co., Illinois; Roll: M432_120; Page: 337; line 17, dwl 779.
[S445] David Herbert Donald, Lincoln, p. 72-73.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 99.
[S185] Ege, Pioneers of Old Hopewell, p. 22-23.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 54.

Catharine Merrill^1,2,3,4

F, #1905, b. 18 September 1797, d. 12 September 1890

Family: Elijah Houghton

Marriage*: Catharine Merrill married Elijah Houghton, son of Aaron Houghton and Elizabeth Sexton, on Jan 2, 1821 at Maysville, Mason Co., KY, USA, JWH: Jan 3.^7,8,3,9,4,10

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Sep 18, 1797

near, Princeton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA, age 53 in 1850 census; age 62 in 1860 census; age "43" in 1870 census; age 82 in 1880 census^5,6,2

Marriage

Jan 2, 1821

Maysville, Mason Co., KY, USA, JWH: Jan 3^7,8,3,9,4,10

Immigration

1824

Sangamon (now Menard) Co., IL, USA, and located on a farm near Rock Creek Church.^11,12

Death

Sep 12, 1890

Rock Creek Cemetery, Rock Creek, Menard Co., IL, USA, 92 y 11m 25 d; Lint: Petersburg, Menard, IL^5,2,6,10

Burial

ParentsD

Aaron Merrill

Biography

Catherine Merrill Houghton
(Mrs. Elijah Houghton)
Died 12 Sep 1890 92Y 11M 25D
Elijah Houghton and wife, Catherine Merrill Houghton, came from Mason County, Kentucky, in 1824, and located just south of Rock Creek Church. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. His father and mother, Aaron Houghton and wife, of Hopewell, New Jersey, came to Kentucky and afterward with their sons to Illinois. Aaron Houghton was a Revolutionary soldier, participating in the battle of Long Island. Elijah Houghton and wife were members of the Baptist organization a Clary's Grove, near Tallula, Ill.
Their children were Maria, Phoebe, Sarah, Jane, Susan, Mary, Alfred, John and Andrew M.

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 612, 651.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 98.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 35, 37.
[S979] Liahona Research, Kentucky Marriages: 1801 to 1850, p. 332.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 651.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 36.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 649, 651.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 60, 98.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 3.
[S415] E-mail from Gary Lint, March 1, 2001.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 85, 98, 102.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 2, 3.

Charity Jane Houghton^1,2,3,4

F, #1906, b. 26 November 1824, d. 22 October 1915

Family: Isaac Newton Reding

Marriage*: Charity Jane Houghton married Isaac Newton Reding on Aug 20, 1851 at Menard Co., IL, USA, Second marriage of Isaac Reding; Book A, p. 94, Lic. 641.^2,3,6,7

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Nov 26, 1824

Rock Creek, Menard, IL, USA, age 25 in 1850 census^5,2,3,6

Marriage

Aug 20, 1851

Menard Co., IL, USA, Second marriage of Isaac Reding; Book A, p. 94, Lic. 641^2,3,6,7

Death

Oct 22, 1915

Tallula, Menard, IL, USA

Versailles, Woodford, KY, USA

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 612, 622, 646, 651.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 101.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 36.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 3 #154.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 651.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 3.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900: Houghton Surname search.

Isaac Newton Reding^1,2,3

M, #1907, b. 23 January 1808, d. 23 January 1882

Family: Charity Jane Houghton

Marriage*: Isaac Newton Reding married Charity Jane Houghton, daughter of Elijah Houghton and Catharine Merrill, on Aug 20, 1851 at Menard Co., IL, USA, Second marriage of Isaac Reding; Book A, p. 94, Lic. 641.^3,2,4,5

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Jan 23, 1808

Marriage

Aug 20, 1851

Menard Co., IL, USA, Second marriage of Isaac Reding; Book A, p. 94, Lic. 641^3,2,4,5

Death

Jan 23, 1882

Tallula, Menard, IL, USA⁶

Biography

Son of Eli W. Reding and Catharine Cownover (Covenhoven); married Mary Ann Hoagland (dau. of Nancy and William Hoagland; b Jun 14, 1809; d Jan 7, 1851; m Feb 17, 1828), then Charity Jane Houghton At the age of 14 years, he, in company with his parents and maternal grandfather, Peter (Covenhoven) Conover, moved from Kentucky and settled in Morgan Co, IL, on what was then known as Jersey Prairie, so called because of the fact that the seven families who settled there at that time were formerly New Jersey people. On Feb. 17, 1828 he married Miss Mary Ann Hoagland. They had 9 children. On August 20, 1851, he married Ms. Charity Jane Houghton. Bought home in 1852 at Tallula IL, birthplace of all their children.

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 612, 651.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 36.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 101.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 3.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900: Houghton Surname search.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 620.

John Houghton^1,2,3

M, #1908, b. 1688

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

1688

Stony Brook, Middlesex, NJ, USA, Primm: the eldest^2,4

Note

Apr 25, 1709

Mershon family records show that it was John Houghton who witnessed the will of Richard Stockton³

Note

1733

Stony Brook, NJ, USA, In 1731, calamity befell these honest and hard working settlers when "Col. Coxe and other heirs of the late Dr. Coxe" declared that most of Hopewell belonged to them, a claim without an honest basis, e.g., improper surveys or failure to pay -- but the West Jersey Society lacked a court record proving Dr. Coxe's transfer to them. His heir, Col. Coxe, had enough political clout to induce Hunterdon's Supreme Court to order High Sheriff Bennett Bard to serve perhaps a hundred or more Hopewell residents with Writs ordering them to "Pay" for their land a second time or "Quit." Those who failed to repurchase their own farms then received "Writs of Ejectment" which called them "Tenants" and "Tresspassers" on Coxe's land! On April 22, 1731, in an impressive show of unity, fifty of the earliest settlers of Hopewell entered into a written agreement and solemn compact to stand by each other and test the validity of Col. Coxe's claim. They hired an attorney, Mr. Kinsey, and filed a counter suit naming CoL Daniel Coxe as sole defendant. The Township had more people, but some were not affected, having purchased from Coxe. Others considered it useless to fight a man as powerful as Col. Coxe , so did not join in the law suit. The August 1732 term of the New Jersey Supreme Court issued Writs of Trespass & Ejectment against each settler who had not repurchased. The fifty men who sued were identified from their individual records [Virginia Everitt, Clerk of the Hunterdon County Court, Flemington, New Jersey, citing C.H. Records, Vol. H:46. Research of Gloria Padach]:
The Coxe Trials, 1733, Fifty Men's Compact: Included where John, Joseph, and Thomas Houghton⁵

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 647.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 33.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 9.
[S415] E-mail from James Lowell Houghton, Feb. 4, 2000.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/mckstmerjersey.htm: Origins of the Jersey Settlement of rowan County North Carolina First Families of Jersey Settlement by Ethel Stroupe 1996.

Joseph Houghton^1,2,3

M, #1909, b. 1690

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

1690

Note

Apr 22, 1731

Hopewell, NJ, USA, signed a petition about their land, but eventually were foreced to pay for it a second time.⁵

Note

1733

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 647.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 33.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 9.
[S415] E-mail from James Lowell Houghton, Feb. 4, 2000.
[S1161] James W. Moore, Rev. John Moore of Newtown, Long Island, p. 166.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/mckstmerjersey.htm: Origins of the Jersey Settlement of rowan County North Carolina First Families of Jersey Settlement by Ethel Stroupe 1996.

Richard Houghton^1,2,3

M, #1910, b. 1692

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

1692

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 647.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 33.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 9.
[S415] E-mail from James Lowell Houghton, Feb. 4, 2000.

Alice Houghton^1,2,3

F, #1911, b. 1698

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

1698

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 647.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 33.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 9.
[S415] E-mail from James Lowell Houghton, Feb. 4, 2000.

Jane Houghton^1,2,3

F, #1912, b. 1694

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

1694

Note

Apr 25, 1709

MLM: One daughter not named in John's will wa doubtless Jane, one of the subscrbiing witnesses to the will of Richard Stockton, April, 25, 1709 (as Jane Houghton)³

Citations

[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 9.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 33.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 1.
[S415] E-mail from James Lowell Houghton, Feb. 4, 2000.

(?) Houghton^1,2,3

F, #1913, b. 1696

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

1696

Stony Brook, Middlesex, NJ, USA⁵

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 647.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 33.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 9.
[S415] E-mail from James Lowell Houghton, Feb. 4, 2000.

John Houghton^1,2,3,4

M, #1914, b. 1725

Family: Sarah (?)

Marriage*: John Houghton married Sarah (?)^2,6

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

1725

Marriage

^2,6

Will

1773

CJV opinion: Houghton, John, 879J. B.16, p. 74. W. 1773.⁷

Note

not mentioned in the 1784 will of his brother Thomas; only his children are

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 647.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 19.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 34.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 1 #20.
[S415] E-mail from James Lowell Houghton, Feb. 4, 2000.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 1.
[S215] Stryker-Rhoda, New Jersey Wills, p. 718.

Absalom Houghton^1,2,3,4

M, #1915, b. 7 July 1723, d. 11 October 1798

Family: Rebecca Disbrow

Marriage*: Absalom Houghton married Rebecca Disbrow on Jun 13, 1747.²

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Jul 7, 1723

Amwell, Hunterdon Co., NJ, USA^2,5

Marriage

Jun 13, 1747

Death

Oct 11, 1798

NJ, USA²

Princeton, Mercer Co., NJ, USA⁵

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 647.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 19.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 34.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 1, 2 #21.
[S415] E-mail from James Lowell Houghton, Feb. 4, 2000.

Thomas Houghton Jr^1,2,3,4

M, #1916, b. 1727, d. 1795

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

1727

Note

Dec 12, 1769

Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., NJ, USA, were noted in payment of Rev. John Guild.⁶

Will

Dec 21, 1784

Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ, USA, NJ Wills: Houghton, Thomas, 1716J. B. 36, p. 148. W. 1795. Inv. 1795; H. Howard: complete will given; MLM: mentions Joab Stout, nephew and namesake of Col. Joab Houghton^7,8,9

Death

1795

Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ, USA²

Probate1

Apr 4, 1795

⁹

Biography

From his will, it is clear he was a wealthy man.

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 647.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 19.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 34.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 1, 2 #22.
[S415] E-mail from James Lowell Houghton, Feb. 4, 2000.
[S1161] James W. Moore, Rev. John Moore of Newtown, Long Island, p. 189.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 21-24.
[S215] Stryker-Rhoda, New Jersey Wills, p. 718.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 1.

Elizabeth Houghton^1,2,3,4

F, #1917, b. 5 July 1735

Family: Abraham Stout

Marriage*: Elizabeth Houghton married Abraham Stout on 1755 w/1; MLM: also gives marr. Sept. 27, 1755, Elizabeth Herbert.^7,3,8

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Jul 5, 1735

Amwell, Hunterdon Co., NJ, USA^5,6

Marriage

1755

w/1; MLM: also gives marr. Sept. 27, 1755, Elizabeth Herbert^7,3,8

Death

Amwell Twp, Hunterdon Co., NJ, USA, 1755 given⁹

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 647.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 19.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 34.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 1, 2 #24, 5.
[S415] E-mail from Bill Stout, June 23, 1999.
[S415] E-mail from James Lowell Houghton, Feb. 4, 2000.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 19, 24.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 1, 2, 5.
[S415] E-mail from Ruth Ann Kunce, Feb. 15, 2001.

Sarah Houghton^1,2,3,4

F, #1918, b. 1730

Family: John Merrill

Marriage*: Sarah Houghton married John Merrill.^2,3,6

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

1730

Hopewell, Mercer, NJ, USA⁵

Marriage

^2,3,6

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 647.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 19.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 34.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 1, 2 #25.
[S415] E-mail from James Lowell Houghton, Feb. 4, 2000.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 1, 2.

Anne Houghton^1,2,3,4

F, #1919, b. 1734

Family: John Smith

Marriage*: Anne Houghton married John Smith on 1753 at Hunterdon Co., NJ, USA.^2,3,6,7

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

1734

Hopewell, NJ, USA⁵

Marriage

1753

Hunterdon Co., NJ, USA^2,3,6,7

Burial

Hunterdon Co., NJ, USA⁷

Residence

Hunterdon Co., NJ, USA⁸

Old Baptist Church, Hopewell, NJ, USA⁹

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 647.
[S190] Houghton, Our Houghton Heritage, p. 19.
[S191] Primm, Genealogical Memoirs, p. 34.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 1, 2 #27.
[S415] E-mail from James Lowell Houghton, Feb. 4, 2000.
[S815] Marshall L. McClanahan, John Houghton, Pioneer of Hopewell NJ;, M, p. 1, 2.
[S415] E-mail from Ruth Ann Kunce, Feb. 15, 2001.
[S415] E-mail from Perry and Ruth Kunce, Feb. 15, 2001.

Mary Houghton^1,2,3,4

F, #1920, b. 5 February 1754, d. before April 1826

Family: William Drake

Marriage*: Mary Houghton married William Drake.^7,3,8

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Feb 5, 1754

Huguenot Bible Records: 5 Feb 1757^5,6

Marriage

^7,3,8

Church

Apr 18, 1802

Residence

NY, USA¹⁰

Death

before Apr, 1826

Amwell, Hunterdon Co., NJ, USA, James Lowell Houghton: 1775¹¹

Problem

Bill Stout raises significant doubt about this marriage to Mary, daughter of Thomas and Maria. Note birthdates of children.: I am a direct descendant of Abraham Stout and Alice Houghton of
New Jersey. Alice was the daughter of Thomas Houghton and Maria (Mary) Mershon. The data on your web site is great, but I would have to guestion the information on Alice's sister Mary Houghton (#1923). She did indeed marry a William Drake, but I'm not convinced that the children listed are those of William Drake and Mary Houghton. The main problem I have is that the youngest son, Amos S. Drake was
born on 16 Dec 1800. According to the data in this record, Mary Houghton died in 1775. If that is the case than she certainly didn't mother Amos S. Drake or Permelia Drake (my gg grandmother). Now even if we say that she didn't die then, she would have been 61-63 years old when Amos was born. That seems very unlikely. So one possible explanation would be that she wasn't born between 1737 and 1739, but
I have never seen anyone who says she was born later. As to when Mary died, look at the following:

The Record of the Old School Baptist Church: pages 125 - 174 Members, Baptisms, Dismissals, Death page 175 - Marriages page 176
Excommunication's
Page 156:
Nov 22, 1801
William Drake
Catherine Houghton
Nov 25, 1801
Mary Drake
Apr 18, 1802
Catharine Drake (says nothing after name)
Catherine Houghton dismissed (could this be Mary's mother???)
Mary Drake dismissed
William Drake dismissed
This shows that a William and Mary Drake were dismissed from the church on Apr 18, 1802. This is about the time that my William and Mary Drake
left New Jersey and moved to New York state. So if this Mary Drake is our Mary Houghton, then she didn't die in 1775. BTW, the Catherine
Houghton mentioned as being dismissed was the wife of Joab Houghton, and we know that she left New Jersey for Kentucky to be with her childen
after her husband died (in 1798). We see William Drake and Mary Drake and Catherine Houghton together in these records. Your records show that
Col. Joab Houghton and Catharine Runyan had a daughter named Mary Houghton who was born in 1754. I'm wondering if this might be the Mary Drake in
this church record? She was certainly born at the correct time. We have nothing in the records as to what happened to her. What could also support
this is that my William Drake and Mary ???? had the following children: Katharine, Mary, Permelia, Aaron, Gideon, Susanna, Sarah, Else, Elizabeth,
Joab, Nathan, Francina, and Amos. The first born, Katharine would tend to indicate that Mary's mother could have been named Katharine (Catherine),
and they also had a son named Joab. Katharine was born abt 1775 which would make Mary about 21 then. So this Mary ties together much better that
the other Mary Houghton who did marry a William Drake, but likey a different one, or she died and William remarried the other Mary Houghton. Lots of
possible explanations, but not enough evidence to make a firm conclusion. There could have been two William Drakes.
Thanks for your time. Some day I hope to get this all resolved for sure.
Bill Stout
Gilbert, AZ

"...absolute evidence that the Mary Houghton who married William Drake was the daughter of Joab and Catherine Houghton. In the book, Our Houghton Heritage, on page 65 is a document that contains the signature of William Houghton's (son of Joab and Catherine) brothers and sisters. Among these signatures is that of "Mary Drake". This document is dated December 16, 1801. In the same book on page 23, we have the will of Thomas Houghton, brother of Joab Houghton in which he states: "I give and Bequeath unto my Niece Mary Drake a pair of Sheats and two Coverlids." This will was written on 21 Dec 1784. It should also be noted that Thomas never mentions a sister Mary in this document, so one must assume that she was dead."

CJV: Howard Houghton, in his Our Houghton Heritage, p. 19, gives Mary, daug. of Thomas and Maria (Mesrshon) Houghton, as wife of William Drake, but see above for correct marriage (p. 23 and 65)¹²

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