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John Houghton
Born after 1666 in Newcastle, Delawaremap [uncertain]
Husband of Ann (Gregg) Houghton — married before 1710 in Newcastle, Delawaremap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Mary Catherine (Houghton) Delaplank, Mary (Houghton) Cook, Martha (Houghton) Hollingsworth, Rebecca (Houghton) Comer and John Houghton
Died 14 Apr 1720 in Newcastle, Delawaremap
Biography
John Houghton, of New Castle county, made his will (No. 1233) 1 mo. 10, 1720, and it was probated May 27, 1720. He mentions his wife Ann, his brother in law, John Gregg, his daughters Mary, Martha, and Rebecca Houghton, and children Dinah, Ann, George, Henry, Thomas and John Dixon When were the Houghton children born? Ann, the widow, died circa 1729.[1][2]
Mary Houghton m 1734 Isaac Cook son of Peter and Elinor Norman Cook They lived in Chester and York counties Pa but finally settled in North Carolina
Martha Houghton m Joseph Hollingsworth in 1730 In 1741 they received a certificate to remove to Hopewell Mo Mtg Va
Rebecca Houghton m Robert Comber They were residents of Chester county in 1737 Phillips Deeds f F
Birth
John Houghton was born ...
BET abt 1666 AND abt 1683, New Castle, Delaware or <, Offaly, Ireland>.
Events
William [Gregg] built a log cabin located on Stand Milas in 1684.[8]
Note: William [Gregg] built a log cabin located on Stand Milas in 1684, his neighbors were Matthias Defosee, Henry, and Thomas HOLLINGSWORTH, Thomas WOOLASTEN, George HOGG, William HOGE, John HUSSY, and William DIXON. The book "Hockessin" says Ann Gregg the second child and only daughter of William Gregg, was the second wife of William DIXON 1662-1708. William DIXON purchased a one hundred acre farm from Letitia Penn which was located between the farms of John and Isaac DIXON. West of William Dixons land was a plot belonging to Thomas DIXON which completed the belt across the Hockessin Valley with the exception of John Houghton's one hundred acres.The DIXONS and the HOUGHTONS were old family friends and after Williams death Ann married John HOUGHTON.
AUGUST 2, 1715, purchased 800 acres of the Staning Manor lands.[9]
Note: On August 2, 1715 John Houghton purchased 800 acres, a part of "Letitia Manor", "a certain tract of land situated on the south side of the Brandywine Creek, in the province of Pennsylvania." The land is located in "Mill Creek Hundred." "Mill Creek Hundred" is situated in the north-western part of New Castle County, and is bounded on the north and west by the Circle, on the east by Red Clay Creek and on the south by White Clay Creek. John's 800 acres includes the present location of the village of Hockessin.
Note: William Penn, wishing to suitably provide for his two younger children, William and Letitia, directed Henry Hollingsworth, surveyor, by warrant bearing date February 17, 1699, to lay out some land for them. In the following year thirty thousand acres were surveyed for them in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and New Castle County, Delaware. This entire tract was known as "Staning Manor." To William Penn, Jr., was granted fourteen thousand five hundred acres, mostly in Chester County, and a small part in Mill Creek Hundred. The remaining fifteen thousand five hundred acres, described in the patent as "a certain tract of land situated on the south side of the Brandywine Creek, in the province of Pennsylvania," were conveyed, October 23, 1701, to Letitia, who afterwards married William Aubrey, of London. The lands of Letitia were named "Letitia Manor." Power of attorney was granted to James Logan and Reese Thomas to convey the property. The first sale from the tract was made August 17, 1702, when John Gregg purchased two hundred acres.
The following persons were purchasers of the Staning Manor lands at the dates given:
August 2, 1715.? John Houghton, 800 acres.
Note: MILL CREEK HUNDRED is situated in the north-western part of New Castle County, and is bounded on the north and west by the Circle, on the east by Red Clay Creek and on the south by White Clay Creek. The hundred abounds with streams favorable for manufacturing, and, doubtless, on this account received its name. The land was early taken up and improved, and is in an excellent state of cultivation. The hundred is principally noted for the number of manufacturing industries that have existed, and still exist, within its bounds. A branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad runs through the northern and eastern parts, and affords facilities for travel and shipping. The climate is healthful, and the land fertile, producing wheat, corn and oats in abundance. The assessment list of 1804 contains the names of four hundred and sixty-three taxables. At that time there were in the hundred ninety-nine log houses, forty-eight stone, twenty-one built of brick.
Note: VILLAGES.?
Hockessin is situated in the northern part of the [MILL CREEK ] hundred, on a portion of an eight-hundred tract of Letitia Manor granted to John Houghton August 2, 1715. The name is an Indian word, said to mean "good bark," and was so called on account of the excellent quality of white oak found in this locality. The village has grown considerably since it has railroad facilities. It at present contains three churches, five stores, a hotel, post-office, school-house, station on a branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and about four hundred inhabitants.
Will
MAY 27, 1720, New Castle, New Castle, Delaware.[10][11][12]
Death
John Houghton died ...
APRIL 14, 1720, New Castle, Delaware.[13][14]
Buried
Family
John Houghton married Ann Gregg.
They had the following children:
Mary Houghton
John Houghton
Martha Houghton
Rebecca Houghton
Marriage: BET NOVEMBER 1694 AND abt 1700, New Castle, Delaware.[15][16][17][18][19]
Source: Scharf, Thomas J., History of Delaware, 1609-1888.
Volume Two- pp. 914-932.
CHAPTER XLVI.
MILL CREEK HUNDRED.
MILL CREEK HUNDRED is situated in the north-western part of New Castle County, and is bounded on the north and west by the Circle, on the east by Red Clay Creek and on the south by White Clay Creek. The hundred abounds with streams favorable for manufacturing, and, doubtless, on this account received its name. The land was early taken up and improved, and is in an excellent state of cultivation. The hundred is principally noted for the number of manufacturing industries that have existed, and still exist, within its bounds. A branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad runs through the northern and eastern parts, and affords facilities for travel and shipping. The climate is healthful, and the land fertile, producing wheat, corn and oats in abundance. The assessment list of 1804 contains the names of four hundred and sixty-three taxables. At that time there were in the hundred ninety-nine log houses, forty-eight stone, twenty-one built of brick.
William Penn, wishing to suitably provide for his two younger children, William and Letitia, directed Henry Hollingsworth, surveyor, by warrant bearing date February 17, 1699, to lay out some land for them. In the following year thirty thousand acres were surveyed for them in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and New Castle County, Delaware. This entire tract was known as "Staning Manor." To William Penn, Jr., was granted fourteen thousand five hundred acres, mostly in Chester County, and a small part in Mill Creek Hundred. The remaining fifteen thousand five hundred acres, described in the patent as "a certain tract of land situated on the south side of the Brandywine Creek, in the province of Pennsylvania," were conveyed, October 23, 1701, to Letitia, who afterwards married William Aubrey, of London. The lands of Letitia were named "Letitia Manor." Power of attorney was granted to James Logan and Reese Thomas to convey the property. The first sale from the tract was made August 17, 1702, when John Gregg purchased two hundred acres. The land purchased by Gregg extended from the circle eastward through the hundreds of Mill Creek and Christiana to Burns? Run. Red Clay Creek passed through the tract and on the stream Gregg erected a grist-mill, which he conveyed to his son William, April 10, 1730. William, by his will bearing date January 10, 1746, devised his estate to his sons, Harmon, William, Joshua and Jacob, each an interest. Jacob, August 20, 1769, conveyed his interest to his son Harmon, a miller. The mill is situated in Christiana Hundred, and was owned in 1804 by John Phillips and later by Baldwin & Chandler.
The following persons were purchasers of the Staning Manor lands at the dates given:
August 2, 1715.? John Houghton, 800 acres.
VILLAGES.?
Hockessin is situated in the northern part of the hundred, on a portion of an eight-hundred tract of Letitia Manor granted to John Houghton August 2, 1715. The name is an Indian word, said to mean "good bark," and was so called on account of the excellent quality of white oak found in this locality. The village has grown considerably since it has railroad facilities. It at present contains three churches, five stores, a hotel, post-office, school-house, station on a branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and about four hundred inhabitants.[20]
Sources
Attached Documents.
A.M.C., "Gregg-Dixon-Houghton, of Newcastle County, Delaware", The Era Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Volume 5, Issue 11, Henry T. Coates & Co., 1898. pg 331
See also notes and sources on page for William Gregg.
Cowen Family History, compiled by Sarah Gaunt Thompson.
Cowen Family History, compiled by Judy Cowen-Hodges.
Cowen Family History, compiled by Sharon Moffitt Cowen.
Lechner Family History, compiled by Michael Lechner, with my father Ted Harrold Lechner. Lechner Family History.
External Source Credits
Source: S221 Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: International Genealogical Index (R) Abbreviation: Family Search IGI Publication: www.familysearch.org Copyright (c) 1980, 2002 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y Data: Text: REF / AFN / Custom: 700067007873 / / CONT Name: John /Houghton/ CONT Sex: Male CONT Modify Date: CONT Birth: Abt 1666, Of, New Castle, New Castle, Delaware CONT Christening: CONT Death: CONT Burial: CONT Will: 27 May 1720 CONT Marriage 1 (0): /Unavailable/, m. Note: 1) Film #: 452085, Ref #: 68387, Page #: 0074, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of March 4, 2005
Source: S383 Author: Earl Lee Jones & Shirley Jane Wilson Title: Earl Lee Jones & Shirley Jane Wilson Ancestrial File Abbreviation: Earl Lee Jones & Shirley Jane Wilson Ancestrial File Publication: http://www.earljones.net/pafx.htm#TOC Note: Lelah Nina Fudge is the 6th cousin of Earl Lee Jones Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y Data: Text: John HOUGHTON-39738 was born in Of , New Castle, Delaware. He married Ann GREGG-39736.
Source: S390 Author: Mary Belle Lontz Title: Our German, Pilgrim, and Quaker Ancestors Abbreviation: Our German, Pilgrim, and Quaker Ancestors Publication: October, 1968, http://idt.net/~allenp19/ http://www.heritagepursuit.com/ Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
Source: S404 Author: Emily A. Brown Title: Ancestors of Emily Brown Abbreviation: Ancestors of Emily Brown Publication: http://www.emilyabrown.com/legacy/index.htm Dec 13, 2003 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
Source: S405 Author: Alaine Title: Alaine's Family Tree Abbreviation: Alaine's Family Tree Publication: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cribbs/alaine/index.html 10 November 2002 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
Source: S406 Title: The Gregg Family Abbreviation: Gregg Family Publication: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/5850/index2.html Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
Source: S420 Author: Scharf, Thomas J. Title: History of Delaware, 1609-1888 Abbreviation: History of Delaware, 1609-1888 Publication: http://www.accessible.com/amcnty/DE/Delaware/titlepage.htm Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
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Foot Notes
? The Era Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Volume 5, Issue 11, pg 331
? Entered by Michael Lechner and Sharon Moffitt Cowen, Aug. 18, 2012
? Source: #S404 Data: Text: Born: Abt 1666, New Castle, Delaware CONT Ann also married John HOUGHTON about 1700 in New Castle, Delaware. (John HOUGHTON was born about 1666 in New Castle, Delaware and died on Apr 14, 1720 in New Castle, Delaware.)
? Source: #S221 Data: Text: Birth: Abt 1666, Of, New Castle, New Castle, Delaware Note: 1) Film #: 452085, Ref #: 68387, Page #: 0074, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of March 4, 2005
? Source: #S221 Data: Text: Birth: Abt 1666, Of, New Castle, New Castle, Delaware Note: 1) Film #: 452085, Ref #: 68387, Page #: 0074, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of March 4, 2005
? Source: #S221 Data: Text: Birth: Abt 1640, Of, New Castle, Delaware CONT Birth: < 1666>, <, Offaly, Ireland> CONT Birth: Abt 1683, Of, , Delaware CONT Birth: 1665, New Castle, Delaware CONT Birth: Abt 1671, Of, New Castle, Delaware CONT Birth: Abt 1686, Of, New Castle, Delaware CONT Birth: Abt 1683, Of, , Delaware CONT Birth: Abt 1666, New Castle, Delaware CONT Birth: Abt 1686, Of, New Castle, Delaware CONT Birth: 1666, New Castle, New Castle, Delaware CONT Birth: Abt 1666, Of, New Castle, New Castle, Delaware CONT Birth: < 1671>, CONT Birth: 1665, New Castle, Delaware CONT Birth: 1666, New Castle, Delaware CONT Birth: < 1666>, <, Offaly, Ireland> Note: 1) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of March 4, 2005
? Source: #S390 Data: Text: John Houghton' too' was of New Castle County, Delaware.
? Source: #S406 Data: Text: William [Gregg] built a log cabin located on Stand Milas in 1684, his neighbors were Matthias Defosee, Henry, and Thomas HOLLINGSWORTH, Thomas WOOLASTEN, George HOGG, William HOGE, John HUSSY, and William DIXON. The book "Hockessin" says Ann Gregg the second child and only daughter of William Gregg, was the second wife of William DIXON 1662-1708. William DIXON purchased a one hundred acre farm from Letitia Penn which was located between the farms of John and Isaac DIXON. West of William Dixons land was a plot belonging to Thomas DIXON which completed the belt across the Hockessin Valley with the exception of John Houghton's one hundred acres.The DIXONS and the HOUGHTONS were old family friends and after Williams death Ann married John HOUGHTON.
? Source: #S420 Data: Text: Scharf, Thomas J., History of Delaware, 1609-1888. CONT Volume Two- pp. 914-932. CONT CONT CHAPTER XLVI. CONT CONT MILL CREEK HUNDRED. CONT CONT MILL CREEK HUNDRED is situated in the north-western part of New Castle County, and is bounded on the north and west by the Circle, on the east by Red Clay Creek and on the south by White Clay Creek. The hundred abounds with streams favorable for manufacturing, and, doubtless, on this account received its name. The land was early taken up and improved, and is in an excellent state of cultivation. The hundred is principally noted for the number of manufacturing industries that have existed, and still exist, within its bounds. A branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad runs through the northern and eastern parts, and affords facilities for travel and shipping. The climate is healthful, and the land fertile, producing wheat, corn and oats in abundance. The assessment list of 1804 contains the names of four hundred and sixty-three taxables. At that time there were in the hundred ninety-nine log houses, forty-eight stone, twenty-one built of brick. CONT CONT William Penn, wishing to suitably provide for his two younger children, William and Letitia, directed Henry Hollingsworth, surveyor, by warrant bearing date February 17, 1699, to lay out some land for them. In the following year thirty thousand acres were surveyed for them in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and New Castle County, Delaware. This entire tract was known as "Staning Manor." To William Penn, Jr., was granted fourteen thousand five hundred acres, mostly in Chester County, and a small part in Mill Creek Hundred. The remaining fifteen thousand five hundred acres, described in the patent as "a certain tract of land situated on the south side of the Brandywine Creek, in the province of Pennsylvania," were conveyed, October 23, 1701, to Letitia, who afterwards married William Aubrey, of London. The lands of Letitia were named "Letitia Manor." Power of attorney was granted to James Logan and Reese Thomas to convey the property. The first sale from the tract was made August 17, 1702, when John Gregg purchased two hundred acres. The land purchased by Gregg extended from the circle eastward through the hundreds of Mill Creek and Christiana to Burns? Run. Red Clay Creek passed through the tract and on the stream Gregg erected a grist-mill, which he conveyed to his son William, April 10, 1730. William, by his will bearing date January 10, 1746, devised his estate to his sons, Harmon, William, Joshua and Jacob, each an interest. Jacob, August 20, 1769, conveyed his interest to his son Harmon, a miller. The mill is situated in Christiana Hundred, and was owned in 1804 by John Phillips and later by Baldwin & Chandler. CONT CONT The following persons were purchasers of the Staning Manor lands at the dates given: CONT CONT August 2, 1715.? John Houghton, 800 acres. CONT CONT VILLAGES.? CONT Hockessin is situated in the northern part of the hundred, on a portion of an eight-hundred tract of Letitia Manor granted to John Houghton August 2, 1715. The name is an Indian word, said to mean "good bark," and was so called on account of the excellent quality of white oak found in this locality. The village has grown considerably since it has railroad facilities. It at present contains three churches, five stores, a hotel, post-office, school-house, station on a branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and about four hundred inhabitants.
? Source: #S221 Data: Text: Will: 27 May 1720 Note: 1) Film #: 452085, Ref #: 68387, Page #: 0074, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of March 4, 2005
? Source: #S221 Data: Text: Will: 27 May 1720 Note: 1) Film #: 452085, Ref #: 68387, Page #: 0074, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of March 4, 2005
? Source: #S221 Data: Text: Will: 27 May 1720, New Castle, New Castle, Delaware Note: 1) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of March 4, 2005
? Source: #S404 Data: Text: Died: Apr 14, 1720, New Castle, Delaware, about age 54 CONT Ann also married John HOUGHTON about 1700 in New Castle, Delaware. (John HOUGHTON was born about 1666 in New Castle, Delaware and died on Apr 14, 1720 in New Castle, Delaware.)
? Source: #S221 Data: Text: Death: 14 Apr 1720 CONT Death: Abt 1 Oct 1720 CONT Death: Abt 1720, Chester, Pennsylvania CONT Death: 14 Apr 1720 CONT Death: 14 Apr 1720 CONT Death: 14 Apr 1720, New Castle, Delaware CONT Death: 1720 CONT Death: 14 Apr 1720 CONT Death: Abt 1 Oct 1720 CONT Death: 14 Apr 1720 CONT Death: 14 Apr 1720, Chester, Pennsylvania CONT Death: 27 May 1720 CONT Death: 14 Apr 1720 CONT Death: 14 Apr 1720 Note: 1) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of March 4, 2005
? Source: #S383 Data: Text: John HOUGHTON-39738 was born in Of , New Castle, Delaware. He married Ann GREGG-39736.
? Source: #S390 Data: Text: Ann Gregg Dixon died in 1729 and she married John Houghton after the death of William Dixon
? Source: #S404 Data: Text: Marriage: (2): John HOUGHTON Abt 1700, New Castle, Delaware CONT Ann also married John HOUGHTON about 1700 in New Castle, Delaware. (John HOUGHTON was born about 1666 in New Castle, Delaware and died on Apr 14, 1720 in New Castle, Delaware.)
? Source: #S405 Data: Text: Married: NOV 1694 at: New Castle, Delaware
? Source: #S221 Data: Text: Marriage 1 (0): Abt 1694 CONT Marriage 1 (0): 1694, ANN /GREGG/, m. 1694, New Castle, Delaware CONT Marriage 1 (0): Abt 1707, Ann /GREGG/, m. Abt 1707, Of, Union, South Carolina CONT Marriage 1 (0): Abt 1710, Ann /Gregg/, m. Abt 1710, New Castle, Delaware CONT Marriage 1 (0): Abt 1694, Ann /Gregg/, m. Abt 1694, New Castle, Delaware CONT Marriage 1 (0): Abt 1694, Ann /Gregg/, m. Abt 1694, New Castle, Delaware CONT Marriage 1 (0): 1694, Ann /WILKINSON/, m. 1694, New Castle, Delaware CONT Marriage 1 (0): Abt 1710, Ann /GREGG/, m. Abt 1710, New Castle, Delaware CONT Marriage 1 (0): Abt 1707, ANN //, m. Abt 1707, CONT Marriage 1 (0): Abt 1694, Ann /Gregg/, m. Abt 1694, Newcastle, Chester, Pennsylvania CONT Marriage 1 (0): Ann /Gregg/, m. CONT Marriage 1 (0): Abt 1709, Ann /Gregg/, m. Abt 1709, Of, New Castle, New Castle, Delaware CONT Marriage 1 (0): Nov 1694 CONT Marriage 1 (0): Abt 1694, Ann /Gregg/, m. Abt 1694, New Castle, Delaware CONT Marriage 1 (0): Abt 1694, Ann /GREGG/, m. Abt 1694, New Castle Co, , Delaware Note: 1) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of March 4, 2005 |
