Nahum Willard Chamberlain1

M, #20161, b. before 1800

Family: Lois Leland b. 10 Oct 1788

Biography

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Birthbefore 1800Millbury, MA, USA, no bd1
MarriageMay 12, 18141
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S84] Adams, Genealogy of Richard Haven, p. 49.

Lucy Ann Chamberlain1

F, #20162, b. March 1815

Family: Joseph Merriam March

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthMar, 18151
MarriageJun 29, 18431
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S84] Adams, Genealogy of Richard Haven, p. 49.

Joseph Merriam March1

M, #20163

Family: Lucy Ann Chamberlain b. Mar 1815

Biography

BirthMillbury, MA, USA1
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
MarriageJun 29, 18431
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S84] Adams, Genealogy of Richard Haven, p. 49.

Julia Azubah Chamberlain1

F, #20164, b. May 1817, d. 30 December 1838

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthMay, 18171
DeathDec 30, 1838unmarried1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S84] Adams, Genealogy of Richard Haven, p. 49.

Horace Willard Chamberlain1

M, #20165, b. August 1820

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthAug, 18201
Living1843Millbury, MA, USA1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S84] Adams, Genealogy of Richard Haven, p. 49.

Austin Leland Chamberlain1

M, #20166, b. April 1823

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthApr, 18231
Living1843Millbury, MA, USA, unmarried1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S84] Adams, Genealogy of Richard Haven, p. 49.

Susan Adelaide Chamberlain1

F, #20167, b. April 1825

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthApr, 18251
Living1843Millbury, MA, USA, unmarried1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S84] Adams, Genealogy of Richard Haven, p. 49.

Charles Franklin Chamberlain1

M, #20168, b. 1828

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birth18281
Living1843Millbury, MA, USA, unmarried1
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S84] Adams, Genealogy of Richard Haven, p. 49.

Rev. Erastus Otis Haven D.D.1,2,3,4

M, #20173, b. 1 November 1820, d. 3 August 1881

Family: Mary Frances Coles b. 1 Nov 1825

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthNov 1, 1820Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA1,3,5,6
Graduation1842Wellesley University, Wellesley, MA, USA, Wesleyan, A. M.1,7,6,8
MarriageJul 28, 18479,7,6
Occupationa Methodist minister in the New York Conference
Note1858Belfast, Waldo Co., ME, USA, He preached a sermon at the erection of the Methodist Church4
DeathAug 3, 1881Salem, OR, USA, Bowen: Aug. 21,7
BiographyErastus Otis Haven (November 1, 1820 – August 2, 1881) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1880.
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Biography

Haven was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1842. He had charge of a private academy at Sudbury, Massachusetts, while at the same time pursuing a course of theological and general study. He became Principal of Amenia Seminary, New York, in 1846. He entered the Methodist ministry in the New York Annual Conference in 1848. Five years later he accepted the professorship of Latin at the University of Michigan. The following year he became the Chair of English language, literature and history. He resigned in 1856 and returned to Boston, where he served as the editor of Zion's Herald for seven years. During this time he also served two terms in the State Senate, and part of the time as an overseer of Harvard University.

In 1863 he became the second President of the University of Michigan, where he served for six years. He then became the President of Methodist-related Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. In 1872 he was chosen Secretary of the Board of Education of the M.E. Church. In 1874 he became the Chancellor of Methodist-related Syracuse University in New York. In 1880 he was elected a Bishop.

Bishop Haven was a man of great versatility of talent. As a preacher he was able and earnest, didactic and hortatory rather than oratorical. As an administrator he was judicious and successful, but wearied among the details of perceptoral duties. His religious convictions were positive and controlling in all his life, and while ardently devoted to his own denomination, he was also broadly and generously catholic toward all other Christian bodies.
—Frances Elizabeth Willard , A Classic Town: The Story of Evanston (1891)

He was given the degree of D.D. by Union College in 1854, and a few years later that of LL.D. by Ohio Wesleyan University. Prior to his election to the Episcopacy, he served five times in the General Conference of the M.E. Church, and in 1879 visited Great Britain as a delegate of the M.E. Church to the parent Wesleyan body.

He died in Salem, Oregon, and was buried at Lee Mission Cemetery in Salem.
Selected Writings

* American Progress
* The Young Man Advised, New York, 1855. (made up of discourses delivered in the chapel of the University of Michigan)
* Pillars of Truth, 1866. (a work on the evidences of Christianity)
* a Treatise: Rhetoric.
* Autobiography of Erastus O. Haven, D.D., LL.D., 1883.

References

* Leete, Frederick DeLand, Methodist Bishops. Nashville, The Parthenon Press, 1948.


President of the University of Michigan 1863–1869 President of Northwestern University 1869 - 1872      Chancellor of Syracuse University 1874 - 1880

was President of the University of Michigan and Northwestern University, as well as Chancellor of Syracuse10
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S145] J. H. Temple, Framingham MA Hx - Temple, p. 582.
  2. [S217] Haven, Desc. of Richard Haven, p. 21.
  3. [S590] Amy Lemert Hake, Richard Haven of Lynn, p. 70.
  4. [S770] Joseph Williamson, Belfast ME Hx, p. 305.
  5. [S690] Clarence Winthrop Bowen Ph.D. Woodstock CT Hx VI, p. 786, 808.
  6. [S505] Josiah Adams, Haven Genealogy II, p. 25.
  7. [S690] Clarence Winthrop Bowen Ph.D. Woodstock CT Hx VI, p. 808.
  8. [S1339] Alumni Association, Alumni Record and General Catalogue of Syracuse University, p. 116.
  9. [S329] Topsfield MA VRs II, p. 108.
  10. [S1370] Wikipedia, online http://en.wikipedia.org
  11. [S690] Clarence Winthrop Bowen Ph.D. Woodstock CT Hx VI, p. 809.

Harriet Mary Adams1

F, #20183, b. 20 September 1824

Family: William A. Harris

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthSep 20, 18241
Marriage18451
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S217] Haven, Desc. of Richard Haven, p. 22.

William A. Harris1

M, #20184

Family: Harriet Mary Adams b. 20 Sep 1824

Biography

OccupationBoston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA, a merchant1
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Marriage18451
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S217] Haven, Desc. of Richard Haven, p. 22.

William Brown Harris1

M, #20185, b. before 1849

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birthbefore 1849
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S217] Haven, Desc. of Richard Haven, p. 22.

Noah Bailie Haven1,2,3

M, #20186, b. 28 June 1794, d. 22 February 1826

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthJun 28, 1794Rochester, NH, USA2,3
DeathFeb 22, 18262,3
ResearchAdams2: left sons, Daniel, Noah, Eliphalet, and a Dr. Miriam; Haven, Joseph: "Noah Bailie Haven, son of the Rev. Joseph Haven, of Rochester, is erroneously stated to have left children. The mistake arose from the following entry in his father's family record, viz. "Bayley had sons Daniel, Noah, and Eliphalet, and a daughter Miriam." Who this "Bayley" was, the author has found no one able to inform him."1,3
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S217] Haven, Desc. of Richard Haven, p. 22.
  2. [S690] Clarence Winthrop Bowen Ph.D. Woodstock CT Hx VI, p. 773.
  3. [S505] Josiah Adams, Haven Genealogy II, P. 29.

Helen Houghton Howard1,2

F, #20187, b. after 1853

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
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Birthafter 1853Not mentioned in 1853 letter listening parents children3
Residence1912Randolph, Norfolk Co., MA, USA4
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 210 #1088c.
  2. [S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 79.
  3. [S904] Houghton Family Records;, Letter from Ralph Houghton to Francis W. Houghton, May 11, 1853.
  4. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 210.

Silas Roland Houghton1

M, #20188, b. 22 March 1825, d. 23 March 1910

Family: Samira Collins b. Aug 1840, d. 1905

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
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BirthMar 22, 1825Choconut (now Apolocan), Susquehanna Co., PA, USA, age 24 in 1850 census; age 30 in 1860 census; age 55 in 1880 census; age 75, NY, in 1900 census1,4
MarriageAug 25, 1860Apalachin, Susquehanna, PA, USA, by N. B. Marcy, Minister5
1860 CensusDec 26, 1860Tracy Creek, Vestal, Broome, NY, USA, aged 30, farmer6,7
Census1865Vestal, Broome, NY, USA6
Residence1866Vestal, Broome, NY, USA, Own land and live in a log cabin overlooking Tracy Creek8
1870 Census1870Vestal, Broome Co., NY, USA, "Giles", 45 yrs, farmer, owned real estate $3000-1000; gives children as born in PA6,9
1880 Census1880Vistal, Broome Co., NY, USA, age 55, a farmer4,10
1900 Census1900Vestal, Broome Co., NY, USA, age 75, a farmer11
Censuscirca 1905Vestal, Broome, NY, USA12
Deed1906Silas deeded 92 acres in Section 8, Maine, NY, to Richard and another 238 acres, Section 7 & 8, Maine, NY, to Richard; This is the farm in Brocket Hollow, where Lillian (Haigt) Dunlap now live.12
DeathMar 23, 1910Maine, Broome, NY, USA, at home at the farm in Brocket Hollow1
BurialTracy Creek Cemetery, Tracy Creek, Broome, NY, USA13
Biographyalso in 1875, 1880, 1900, 1905 censuses; in 1876 owned 125 acres
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 25, 29.
  2. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 29.
  3. [S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Vestal, Broome, New York; Roll: M432_478; Page: 453; line 39, dwl 3399-3530.
  4. [S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Vistal, Broome Co., NY, Reel 72, Vol. 5, ED. 59, Sh. 14, Ln. 30.
  5. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 25, 30, 32.
  6. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 30.
  7. [S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Vestal, Broome Co., New York; Microfilm: M653; Page: 29, line 31, dwl 234-219.
  8. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 24.
  9. [S235] U.S. Census, US Census, 1870, Vestal, Broome Co., NY, Box 907, p. 522B, line 36, dwl 357-379.
  10. [S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Vestal, Broome, New York; Roll: 811; Family History Film: 1254811; Page: 484B; Enumeration District: 59; line 30, dwl 144-152.
  11. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Vestal, Broome Co., New York; Roll: T623 1010; Enumeration District: 49; Sheet 7B; line 51, dwl 185-185.
  12. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 31.
  13. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 32.
  14. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 34.

Samira Collins1

F, #20189, b. August 1840, d. 1905

Family: Silas Roland Houghton b. 22 Mar 1825, d. 23 Mar 1910

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthAug, 1840PA, USA, age 28 in 1860 census; age 25 in 1865 census; age 31, PA, in 1870 census; age 40 in 1880 census; Aug 1840, age 60 in 1900 census2,3
MarriageAug 25, 1860Apalachin, Susquehanna, PA, USA, by N. B. Marcy, Minister4
1860 CensusDec 26, 1860Tracy Creek, Vestal, Broome, NY, USA, aged 30, farmer5,6
Residence1866Vestal, Broome, NY, USA, Own land and live in a log cabin overlooking Tracy Creek7
1870 Census1870Vestal, Broome Co., NY, USA, "Giles", 45 yrs, farmer, owned real estate $3000-1000; gives children as born in PA5,8
1880 Census1880Vistal, Broome Co., NY, USA, age 55, a farmer9,10
1900 Census1900Vestal, Broome Co., NY, USA, age 75, a farmer3
Censuscirca 1905Vestal, Broome, NY, USA2
Burial1905Tracy Creek Cemetery, Broome, NY, USA2
Death19051
ParentsDRichard Collins and Caroline Buck, 2nd wf; he b. VT she PA5
BurialTracy Creek Cemetery, Tracy Creek, Broome, NY, USA11
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 25.
  2. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 31.
  3. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Vestal, Broome Co., New York; Roll: T623 1010; Enumeration District: 49; Sheet 7B; line 51, dwl 185-185.
  4. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 25, 30, 32.
  5. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 30.
  6. [S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Vestal, Broome Co., New York; Microfilm: M653; Page: 29, line 31, dwl 234-219.
  7. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 24.
  8. [S235] U.S. Census, US Census, 1870, Vestal, Broome Co., NY, Box 907, p. 522B, line 36, dwl 357-379.
  9. [S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Vistal, Broome Co., NY, Reel 72, Vol. 5, ED. 59, Sh. 14, Ln. 30.
  10. [S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Vestal, Broome, New York; Roll: 811; Family History Film: 1254811; Page: 484B; Enumeration District: 59; line 30, dwl 144-152.
  11. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 32.
  12. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 34.

Richard Collins Houghton1

M, #20190, b. 19 January 1863, d. 29 April 1934

Family: Eugenia Lilly b. 1 May 1864, d. 20 May 1939

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
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BirthJan 19, 1863Tracy Creek, Broome, NY, USA, VanNoy, p. 34: May 1864; age 7 in 1870 census; age 17 in 1880 census; Jan 1863, age 37 in 1900 census; age 46 in 1910 census; age 56 in 1920 census; age 66 in 1930 census1
Occupationa farmer on Cooks Hill and Brocket Hollow
MarriageAug 20, 1884Tracy Creek, Broome, NY, USA, age 23 and 201
Taxation1893Vestal, Broome, NY, USA, tax assessment indicates he owned 137 acres valued at $14003
1900 Census1900Maine, Broome Co., NY, USA, age 37, a farmer; 7 children, 5 living2,4
Deed1906Silas deeded 92 acres in Section 8, Maine, NY, to Richard and another 238 acres, Section 7 & 8, Maine, NY, to Richard; This is the farm in Brocket Hollow, where Lillian (Haigt) Dunlap now live.3
1910 Census1910Maine, Broome, NY, USA, age 46, farmer; 8 children, 6 living2,5
1920 Census1920Maine, Broome Co., NY, USA, age 56, farmer6
1930 Census1930Maine, Broome Co., NY, USA, age 66, a farmer7
WillMar 17, 1934Maine, Broome, NY, USA8
DeathApr 29, 1934Maine, Broome, NY, USA, at home on the farm in Brocket Hollow; stroke; death certificate1
BurialRiverside Cemetery, Union-Endicott, Broome, NY, USA1
Probate1Jun 4, 1934Maine, Broome, NY, USA8
Pedigree

Citations

  1. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 30, 34.
  2. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 34.
  3. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 31.
  4. [S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Maine, Broome Co., New York; Roll: T623 1010; Enumeration District: 40; Sheet 1A; line 44, dwl 15-15.
  5. [S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Maine, Broome, New York; Roll: T624_926; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 49; line 85, dwl 178-181.
  6. [S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Maine, Broome, New York; Roll: T625_1085; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 78; line 78, dwl 220-225.
  7. [S1233] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , Maine, Broome, New York; Roll: 1409; sheet 3B; Enumeration District: 69; line 71; 57-58.
  8. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 38d.
  9. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 35.
  10. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 39 #68.
  11. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 36.
  12. [S184] VanNoy, A Houghton Family, p. 43 #71.