Houghton Surname Project

Jane Morton¹

F, #20791

Family: Luther Crane

Marriage*: Jane Morton married Luther Crane, son of Stephen Crane and Susannah Badcock, on May, 1806.^1,2

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Marriage

May, 1806

^1,2

AFN

HQW0-DV¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S13] "Ancestral File of LDS, Version 4.13", Ancestral File.
[S96] NEHGR, 47 [1893]: 79.

Elizabeth Gardner¹

F, #20792

Family: Stephen Crane Jr.

Marriage*: Elizabeth Gardner married Stephen Crane Jr., son of Stephen Crane and Susannah Badcock.^1,2

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Marriage

^1,2

Residence

Brighton, Middlesex Co., MA, USA²

AFN

HQW0-F2¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S13] "Ancestral File of LDS, Version 4.13", Ancestral File.
[S96] NEHGR, 47 [1893]: 79.

Nathan Crane¹

M, #20793, b. 15 May 1774, d. 21 September 1826

Family 1: Avis Harrington

Marriage*: Nathan Crane married Avis Harrington on Oct 19, 1806.^1,2

Family 2: Susan Hastings

Marriage*: Nathan Crane married Susan Hastings on Dec 25, 1813.^1,2

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

May 15, 1774

Canton, Norfolk Co., MA, USA^1,2

Marriage

Oct 19, 1806

^1,2

Marriage

Dec 25, 1813

^1,2

Death

Sep 21, 1826

AFN

HQW0-6T¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S13] "Ancestral File of LDS, Version 4.13", Ancestral File.
[S96] NEHGR, 47 [1893]: 79.

Avis Harrington¹

F, #20794, d. 16 March 1813

Family: Nathan Crane

Marriage*: Avis Harrington married Nathan Crane, son of Stephen Crane and Susannah Badcock, on Oct 19, 1806.^1,2

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Residence

circa 1806

Watertown, MA, USA²

Marriage

Oct 19, 1806

^1,2

Death

Mar 16, 1813

AFN

HQW0-G7¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S13] "Ancestral File of LDS, Version 4.13", Ancestral File.
[S96] NEHGR, 47 [1893]: 79.

Susan Hastings¹

F, #20795, b. 18 October 1787, d. 25 July 1862

Family: Nathan Crane

Marriage*: Susan Hastings married Nathan Crane, son of Stephen Crane and Susannah Badcock, on Dec 25, 1813.^1,2

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Oct 18, 1787

Residence

circa 1813

Waltham, MA, USA²

Marriage

Dec 25, 1813

^1,2

Death

Jul 25, 1862

AFN

HQW0-JK¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S13] "Ancestral File of LDS, Version 4.13", Ancestral File.
[S96] NEHGR, 47 [1893]: 79.

Zenas Crane¹

M, #20796, b. 9 May 1777, d. 29 June 1845

Family: Lucinda Brewer

Marriage*: Zenas Crane married Lucinda Brewer on 1809.³

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

May 9, 1777

Canton, Norfolk Co., MA, USA^1,2,3

Occupation

a manufacturer. He learned the paper business at his brother's mill in Newton, then at General Burbank's mill in Worcestor. In 1799 he established a paper mill at Dalton until 1807. Then entered mercantile business. In 1810 he bought an interest in a new mill and became chief manager, becoming sole owner in 1822. In 1842 he transferred interest to his two oldest sons, already his partners.³

Marriage

1809

Death

Jun 29, 1845

Dalton, MA, USA³

AFN

HQW0-71¹

Office

a Federalist first, then a Whig; he served several terms in the state legislature beginning in 1811. In 1836-37 he served in Gov. Everett's council.

Pedigree

Citations

[S13] "Ancestral File of LDS, Version 4.13", Ancestral File.
[S96] NEHGR, 47 [1893]: 79.
[S810] Earl Cranston Am. Biog. Libr.: Notable Amer., p. 25.

Lucinda Brewer¹

F, #20797

Family: Zenas Crane

Marriage*: Lucinda Brewer married Zenas Crane, son of Stephen Crane and Susannah Badcock, on 1809.²

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Marriage

1809

AFN

HQW0-HD¹

Biography

dau. of Gaius and Lucretia (Babcock) Brewer of Wilbraham, MA²

Pedigree

Citations

[S13] "Ancestral File of LDS, Version 4.13", Ancestral File.
[S810] Earl Cranston Am. Biog. Libr.: Notable Amer., p. 25.

Waitstill Tucker¹

F, #20798, b. 5 June 1695

Family: Ezra Clapp

Marriage*: Waitstill Tucker married Ezra Clapp, son of Ezra Clapp and Experience Houghton, on Nov 17, 1715 at Milton, Norfolk Co., MA, USA.^1,3

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Jun 5, 1695

Milton, Norfolk Co., MA, USA²

Marriage

Nov 17, 1715

Milton, Norfolk Co., MA, USA^1,3

AFN

KXON-HT¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S13] "Ancestral File of LDS, Version 4.13", Ancestral File.
[S32] Milton VRs, p. 63.
[S32] Milton VRs, p. 102.

Abigail Belcher¹

F, #20799, b. 18 September 1697

Family: Ebenezer Clapp

Marriage*: Abigail Belcher married Ebenezer Clapp, son of Ezra Clapp and Experience Houghton, on Feb 4, 1720 at Milton, Norfolk Co., MA, USA.^1,3

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Sep 18, 1697

Milton, Norfolk Co., MA, USA²

Marriage

Feb 4, 1720

Milton, Norfolk Co., MA, USA^1,3

Biography

d. of Moses and Hannah

AFN

KXON-K6¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S13] "Ancestral File of LDS, Version 4.13", Ancestral File.
[S32] Milton VRs, p. 7.
[S32] Milton VRs, p. 102.

James Endicott¹

M, #20800

Family: Hester Clapp

Marriage*: James Endicott married Hester Clapp, daughter of Ezra Clapp and Experience Houghton, on Nov 26, 1723 at Milton, Norfolk Co., MA, USA.^1,2

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Residence

circa 1723

Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA, USA²

Marriage

Nov 26, 1723

Milton, Norfolk Co., MA, USA^1,2

AFN

KXON-LC¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S13] "Ancestral File of LDS, Version 4.13", Ancestral File.
[S32] Milton VRs, p. 102.

George Sumner Jr.¹

M, #20801, b. 14 September 1697

Family: Susanna Clapp

Marriage*: George Sumner Jr. married Susanna Clapp, daughter of Ezra Clapp and Experience Houghton, on Dec 26, 1723 at Milton, Norfolk Co., MA, USA.^1,3

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Sep 14, 1697

Milton, Norfolk Co., MA, USA²

Marriage

Dec 26, 1723

Milton, Norfolk Co., MA, USA^1,3

Biography

s. of George Jr and nn

AFN

KXON-NP¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S13] "Ancestral File of LDS, Version 4.13", Ancestral File.
[S32] Milton VRs, p. 56.
[S32] Milton VRs, p. 102.

John Bernard Grant¹

M, #20802, b. 22 March 1940

Family: Ann Halterman

Marriage*: John Bernard Grant married Ann Halterman on May 28, 1965.¹

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Mar 22, 1940

^2,1

Marriage

May 28, 1965

Living

2013

Sebastopol, CA, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, Descendants of ?Hepburn/Hepbron, Jan. 29, 2002.
[S254] Anne Edwards, A Remarkable Woman A Biography of Katharine Hepburn, p. 234.

Dr. Russell Houghton Hooker MD^1,2

M, #20803, b. 10 October 1911, d. 11 May 1984

Family 1: Margaret Wilson Creighton

Marriage*: Dr. Russell Houghton Hooker MD married Margaret Wilson Creighton on Dec 23, 1936 at Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, USA.^4,5

Family 2: Anita Wilson

Marriage*: Dr. Russell Houghton Hooker MD married Anita Wilson on circa 1965.⁴

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Oct 10, 1911

Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, USA^1,3

Marriage

Dec 23, 1936

Baltimore, Baltimore Co., MD, USA^4,5

Newspaper

Dec 24, 1936

NY Times: Miss Creighton Married; Baltimore Girl Is Bride of Russell Houghton Hooker.
December 24, 1936, Thursday

Mil. Serv.

between 1942 and 1945

WWII

Marriage

circa 1965

⁴

Death

May 11, 1984

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA^6,2

Biography

My father: Russell Houghton Hooker (1911-1984) by Margaret Houghton Hooker Moser

My father, Russell Houghton Hooker, was the second son of Donald Russell Hooker and Edith Houghton Hooker, born October 10, 1911 at home in a rented house in Govens, Baltimore, Maryland. He had blonde, curly hair and blue eyes and had an athletic build all of his life. Although he was only an average student and received tutoring throughout his schooling, he graduated from the Gilman School, Princeton University, and Johns Hopkins Medical School and became an abdominal surgeon. He had one older brother, Donald Houghton Hooker, and three younger sisters: Elizabeth Houghton Hooker and Edith Houghton Hooker (fraternal twins) and Beatrice Houghton Hooker. (More to follow on each of the siblings.)

In about 1913, my father's parents bought property on a lane in the Roland Park section of Baltimore. They named the street Saint George's Road and built a large house at 1016 St. George's Road which was named Uplands. The family lived at 1016 with their five children, several foster children and household help. Cora, a mainstay of the family, had worked for the Hookers as a cook since she was 16; she also acted as a nanny to my father and his brother Don. The girls had a French nanny. The family later had a cook named Helen (who was nicknamed "Lion" by Beattie because she yelled at the children), Rose (the laundress), Maddox (the butler), and a gardener and his family. Rose and Maddox took the bus to the house each day. The other servants lived at Uplands.

My father was a handsome, outgoing, energetic boy raised by parents who philosophically believed that children should do anything that they wanted to do and would learn by example (a philosophy adopted by his mother which carried over into his own child rearing practices.) He had a pony and pony cart as a child and a motorcycle with a side car as a teenager. He learned to fly an airplane when he was about 15 or 16, and when he was in his early 20's he used to sneak up to my mother's house when they were dating, throw stones at her window to wake her and then take her flying at dawn–a dashing figure. There were few instruments in airplanes of that day. My mother told me that a cork bobbed in a tube of gasoline in the cockpit which indicated the level of fuel remaining.

During the summer, my father's parents took the family at first to Fenwick, Connecticut to join his wife's older sister (Katharine Houghton Hepburn) and family. (The house in Fenwick is now owned by my father's cousin, actress Katharine Hepburn. It was originally purchased by my grandfather D.R. and then given later to the Hepburns.) When my father was about 14 years old, my grandparents decided to summer in Greenville, Maine. When they first traveled by train to Greenville, they stayed in a rental house called "Runway Camp." Later, they bought property on Lower Wilson Pond and built the Little Island Camp in 1927 and the Mainland Camp in 1928. (More on the camp will follow.) In his early teens, my father had a small white and brown mongrel named Sportina. In his early twenties, he had a speed boat on Wilson Pond called a Hornet. My mother first went to Little Island Camp as a visitor when she was about 18 years old as a guest of my father's sister Liz. According to my mother, there was some "pussyfooting" going on.

In the mid 1930s when my parents dated, they joined an active social circle in Baltimore, making the rounds of parties and sporting events with their friends from Gilman and Roland Park Country School. As a child, my parents always seemed to me to be a golden couple surrounded by friends having exotic and exciting parties.

Prior to his marriage to my mother, my father took a family friend and neighbor, Bett Tottle, on a date during Prohibition. They sat in the dark outside on a blanket, sharing some home brewed gin on a hot summer evening. The next morning there were holes in Bett's dress where the alcohol had spilled. My father told me that it was lucky that they weren't blinded.

My mother told me that my father was his mother's golden haired boy; he always sat next to her at the table and she would pat his arm or hold his hand. There are films of my parents at weddings, parties, and sailing outings in the late1930s which show them smiling and happy together. I have a letter from my father to my mother's father from the early days of their marriage in which my father states that she is the perfect woman for him. (More about the wedding and their early years together when I write later about my mother.)

In July 1942, the United States entered World War II. My father left for the war when my first brother Creight was 6 weeks old and I was two and a half. My father became a Captain in the Army Air Corps (now the U.S. Air Force). He was in military service for three years, serving in North Africa, Sicily, India, England, and China. My mother compiled an edited version of the letters that he wrote to her during the war. (Copies are with me and each of my brothers.) From the letters he wrote, his overseas tour of duty seemed rather boring. He spent a lot of time setting up medical offices, waiting for patients with minor injuries, and typing reports on an old manual typewriter. In his downtime, he set up Officers' Clubs and tried to figure out how to stock the bar. Reports have it that the Officers made liquor out of medicinal alcohol when necessary. Once he found a downed German airplane in Sicily, dragged it back to camp and spent a lot of time patching it up and trying to fly it.

In 1945 when World War II ended, my father returned to Baltimore where my mother, my baby brother Creight, and I had lived with his parents and sisters at 1016 St. George's Rd. I remember the night that he came home from the war. I was asleep in a crib under the sloping eves of a room at the back of the house. When my father came into the room, I awoke to find that he had brought presents. One of the gifts that I remember well was a Chinese umbrella which was waxed, yellow and stiff, and smelled funny.

After my father's return from the war, we moved to Atlanta, Georgia until my father was discharged from the military. I have two memories of this time. I was about five and Creight was about three. Creight and I found a large can of blue powdered paint and decided to spread it all over us. My mother put us in a bathtub to wash the powdered paint off and the water turned to bright blue paint. Creight and I had blue in every crease of our bodies. (Since Creight was only three at the time, this was probably my idea–one of many that got us into trouble.) One night I couldn't sleep because some puppies in the neighborhood were crying and whining. My mother told me that the owners had cut off the puppies' tails. I thought that was really barbaric, and I still sometimes think of how I felt that night.

Following my father's discharge from the Army, my parents took the family on a trip across the United States so that we could pick a place to live. We traveled in a Packard convertible. Since there was no air conditioning at that time, my father devised a way to keep me and Creight (aged 5 and 3) from falling out of the open windows. He tied a slip knot in a rope, tied one end to the struts holding up the convertible top, and put the slip knots around our waists. We traveled this way across the hot deserts going west, in spite of my mother's concerns that we would be cut in half if we fell out of the car. I remember stopping at Hot Springs, Arkansas and swimming in a hot, bubbling swimming pool. On the trip, I lost "Mickey," an old, well loved sharkskin belt of my mother's with buckles on each end which I used to rub my nose as I sucked my thumb while falling asleep. This loss was a major tragedy in my young life. No doubt the loss did not make the trip any easier on my parents.

My father finally decided to do his residency in surgery at the New York Hospital where he had completed his internship prior to the War. My mother, Creight and I moved to a house on Nannahagen Road in Pleasantville, New York, about one hour's drive from New York City. My father spent the week in New York City and came out to be with us in the suburbs on weekends. (My memories from Nannahagen Road will be covered later in the section on my childhood memories.)

After completing his residency, my father opened a private surgical practice in Pleasantville. He had a secretary named Helen O'Reilly, a waiting room, and one surgical office. He had privileges at the Mount Kisco hospital and one rich client (a Rockefeller) who once gave my father a pair of silver candelabra for removing a cook's appendix. My most vivid memory of this time is that I developed a sebaceous cyst on the outside of my left leg (calf) when I was about seven or eight years old. My father decided to remove the cyst in his office, although my mother fussed that doctors were not supposed to work on their own family. My father gave me a local anaesthetic (an injection that really hurt), removed the cyst, showed me the gooey white contents and the tough round covering, and gave me three stitches. I still remember that day each time I look at the scar.

In 1948, my parents sold the house on Nannahagan Road and we moved to an old Victorian house on the top of a hill called Hayes Hill overlooking Pleasantville, N.Y. The address was Green Meadow Road--an address that I liked a lot as a child. (I will talk of the years in this house when I discuss my childhood.)

My second brother, D.R. was born in 1949 and my third brother Greg was born in 1951. About this time my father closed his private practice and went to work at the Mount Kisco Medical Group, a group practice near the hospital. There were two surgeons in the practice: my father and Dr. Grant Sanger. They got a bonus each year because they were the highest wage earners among the physicians in the group. My father worked at the Mount Kisco Medical Group until he retired at age 52 or 53.

During this period, my father, whose parents were agnostics, found religion. He was baptized in the Presbyterian Church in Pleasantville, New York along with me (age 9), Creight (age 7), and D.R (infant) in 1949. He then became interested in the Moral Rearmament Movement and attended many of their meetings. By 1951, he became an Episcopalian and worshiped at the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin in Chappaqua, New York, where for a time he was a deacon and my brother Greg was baptized. He regularly attended church on Wednesday and Friday mornings as well as on Sunday. I sang in the children's choir at Christmas and remember learning to genuflect (much to the horror of my mother's Presbyterian parents).

My father and mother moved with my brothers to Bedford Village, New York in December 1959, just weeks before my marriage to James Anthony Hoyt in February, 1960. They lived in Bedford until my parents were divorced on March 3, 1964 when I was 24 years old, a young wife and mother of two. My father remarried a woman he had met at church (Saint Mary the Virgin in Chappaqua, N.Y.) many years before. After living in Mount Kisco for a year or two with his new wife Anita Norseen, the widow of a former patient, they moved to Anita's farmhouse, Misty Meadows in Bolton, Massachusetts, a town that had been founded, un beknownst to him, by my father's Houghton ancestors in the late 1600s.

My father retired from medical practice and became a gentleman farmer. He and Anita raised cattle, sheep and ducks and had numerous vegetable gardens and fields of hay. Several years later he became the local school doctor in Bolton. After that he did some pro bono research in methods of reversible male birth control through surgery at a research facility in Wooster, Massachusetts. (I have a copy of one of his published research papers.)

He developed prostate cancer at about age 60 and had surgery to remove the prostate. Ten years later he got a backache and called me at my office to ask what I did when I got a backache. I told him that HE was the doctor! He finally visited a physician and found that the cancer had returned and moved into his spinal column. He had more surgery and radiation, but refused chemotherapy. He said that he did not want to be part of an experiment. He lived for about a year, walking carefully with a cane as the cancer had made his backbone fragile. During that time he reached out to each of his children to give us advice and tell us that he loved us. Considerable emotional healing occurred for all. He wrote a letter to my mother quoting scripture and telling her that perhaps they could do it better "on the other side of the veil." The last thing that he sent to me was a cover of the New Yorker showing a weatherman looking out the window at a lot of small hearts falling from the sky–there were no words as my father was too sick to write, but the message was clear. He told Creight that he loved him and advised DR to give up drinking. After selling his cattle and reducing the number of other animals on the farm, he passed away in his sleep at the farm in Bolton on May 11, 1984. I had been on my way up to Bolton for a visit when Anita called with the news of his death.

A memorial service was held on May 19th at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Bolton, and a stained glass window at the church was later dedicated to his memory. My youngest brother, Greg, gave the eulogy. Creight stepped up to speak when his son Stephen was so overcome that he could not read his message from the grandchildren. My brothers and I returned to Creight's home in Branford, Connecticut after the funeral and spent the weekend with our mother and my brothers' families. Creight's youngest son, Tom, was about 9 years old; Steve, Creight's eldest, was about 11 or 12. Greg's first child, Cassidy, was a three month old infant. My children did not attended as neither of them could be reached before the funeral. My father was cremated and his ashes were placed in Anita's garden at the Misty Meadows farm in Bolton.

More About Russell Houghton Hooker:
Appearance: Blond, curly hair, blue eyes, athletic build, very good looking.
Burial: Unknown, Misty Meadows, Bolton, Massachusetts.³⁵⁸
Divorced: March 03, 1964
Education: Graduated from Gilman School (Baltimore), Princeton University and Johns Hopkins Medical School; Internship and residency at the New York Hospital.
Family: Married twice; had 3 sons and one daughter with his first wife, Margaret Wilson Creighton Hooker..
Hobbies: In his later years he occupied his time farming and doing research on reversable male birth control (vastostomy)..
Military service: Surgeon in the U.S.Army Air Corps during WW II, served in North Africa, Sicily, England, India, and China..
Occupation: Abdominal surgeon.
Sports: Was a champion wrestler at Gilman School and Princeton University..
Summer home: Little Island Camp, Greenville, ME.⁴

Pedigree

Citations

[S58] Leaming, Katharine Hepburn, p. 148.
[S1519] Dr Margaret Houghton Hooker PhD, Then and Now : A Family History, p. 166.
[S1519] Dr Margaret Houghton Hooker PhD, Then and Now : A Family History, p. 7.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/o/s/…
[S95] Newspaper, NY Times: Dec 1, 1936.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/o/s/… Margaret Houghton Hooker Hoyt Moser, Family Interview Notes and Records of Margaret Houghton Hooker Hoyt Moser, not published.

Jabez Davis^1,2

M, #20804

Family: Levinah Houghton

Marriage Bann*: Jabez Davis and Levinah Houghton declared their intentions of marriage on Dec 7, 1788 Putney, Windham Co., VT, USA; Levinah, "of P."¹
Marriage: Jabez Davis married Levinah Houghton, daughter of Capt. Cyrus Houghton and Merriam Butler, on Dec 18, 1788 at Dummerston, Caledonia Co., VT, USA.²

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Marriage Bann

Dec 7, 1788

Putney, Windham Co., VT, USA, Levinah, "of P."¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S71] Putney VT VRs, p. 182.
[S1074] Town Records: Dummerston, Caledonia Co., VT; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.

Tompkins Houghton^1,2,3

M, #20805, b. 27 October 1810, d. 14 February 1872

Family: Phebe Wager

Marriage*: Tompkins Houghton married Phebe Wager on 1832.^7,8,9,10

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Oct 27, 1810

Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 39 in 1850 census; age 49 in 1860 census; 1865 Census: age 54, bp Otsego; age 59 in 1870 census^4,5,1,6

Marriage

1832

^7,8,9,10

1840 Census

1840

Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, 5 Total: 1 male under 5 (1836-1840), 2 male 5 to 10 (1830-1835), 1 male 20 to 30 (1810-1819) // 1 female 20 to 30 (1810-1819)

1850 Census

Aug 9, 1850

Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA, age 39, farmer, property $1000; lived next to brothers Edward, Jonas M., and father Jonas Houghton³

1860 Census

1860

Hartwick, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 49, farmer, property $2400-500¹¹

Residence

lived north of main road between Chaseville and Maryland NY⁹

Death

Feb 14, 1872

Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA^1,12

Burial

Schenevus Cemetery, Schenevus, Otsego, NY, USA, sect. 6 (center): there in 8/96 per Taylor^1,12

Research

Putney, Windham Co., VT, USA, Taylor: Jonas M. was probably Tompkins Houghton's father, but not confirmed; Tompkins may have been mother's maiden name, since Tompkins named a son the same. Tompkins listed as father on Wm. Melvin's death cert; Stacknow: Jonas Houghton's Bible lists Tompkins was son of Jonas; W.M. Houghton: Tompkins as son of Jonas^13,1,6,9

Contributn

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 1996.
[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Morris, March 1997.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: M432_579; Page: 159; line 20, dwl 378-392.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1865 Otsego Co., NY, line 175/191.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1870 Otsego Co., NY, line 363/407.
[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Stacknow, Oct. 27, 1999: from Jonas Houghton's Bible.
[S36] Letter, from records of Faith Perkins Buechner sent in letter of Sheridan Perkins to W. M. Houghton, Feb. 20, 1939 (sent by Rebecca Stacknow, 11/1999).
[S235] U.S. Census, 1850 US Census, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Box 579, p. 159.
[S415] E-mail from 1941 notes of William McKinley Houghton sent by Rebecca Stacknow, Jan. 2, 2000.
[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 31, 1999.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Hartwick, Otsego, New York; Roll: M653_840; Page: 573; Sheet 51, line 17, dwl 408-408.
[S415] E-mail Schenevus Cemetery Records, from Rebecca Stocknow, Nov. 13, 1999.
[S256] Unknown author, Putney VT Town Records II, p. 326.

Hannah Cass^1,2

F, #20806, b. circa 1789, d. after 1871

Family: Jonas M. Houghton

Marriage*: Hannah Cass married Jonas M. Houghton, son of Ebenezer Houghton and Hadassah Houghton, on Sep 22, 1808 at Maryland, NY, USA.^7,1,8,9

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

circa 1789

NY, USA, age 61, NY, in 1850 Census; age 66, NH, in 1855 census; 1860 census: age 72, MA; age 81 in 1870 census; 1880 census of son Jonas and Martin give bp as NY;^3,4,5

Immigration

circa 1807

Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA, in Maryland 48 years in 1855⁶

Marriage

Sep 22, 1808

Maryland, NY, USA^7,1,8,9

1850 Census

Aug 9, 1850

Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA, Jonas, age 63, VT; Hannah, 61, NH; and John L. Weaver, 9, NY⁵

1855 Census

1855

Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 68, farmer¹⁰

1860 Census

1860

Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA, Jonas, age 73, a farmer, VT, property $400-50; Hannah, 72¹¹

Residence

1871

Otsego Co., NY, USA⁹

Death

after 1871

PensionInx

NY, USA, Hannah Cass, WC-3974⁹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Robert Taylor, July 25, 1999.
[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Stacknow, Aug. 8, 1999.
[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 1996.
[S36] Letter, Transcript of William Flint letter, from Rebecca Stacknow, Sep. 27, 1999.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: M432_579; Page: 159; line 27, dwl 379-393.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1855 Otsego, NY.
[S36] Letter, from records of Faith Perkins Buechner sent in letter of Sheridan Perkins to W. M. Houghton, Feb. 20, 1939 (sent by Rebecca Stacknow, 11/1999).
[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Stacknow, Oct. 27, 1999: from Jonas Houghton's Bible.
[S924] Virgil D. White, War of 1812 Pension Files, p. 1027.
[S1516] 1855 State Census , New York, State Census, 1855 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: M653_841; Page: 439, line 31, dwl 138.

Phebe Wager^1,2

F, #20807, b. 1810, d. 1894

Family: Tompkins Houghton

Marriage*: Phebe Wager married Tompkins Houghton, son of Jonas M. Houghton and Hannah Cass, on 1832.^3,1,5,6

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

1810

NY, USA, age 39 in 1850 census; age 50 in 1860 census; age 59 in 1870 census^3,4

Marriage

1832

^3,1,5,6

1850 Census

Aug 9, 1850

Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA, age 39, farmer, property $1000; lived next to brothers Edward, Jonas M., and father Jonas Houghton⁴

1860 Census

1860

Hartwick, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 49, farmer, property $2400-500⁷

1870 Census

1870

Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 59; a farm laborer, next door to son Wm. Melvin⁸

Death

1894

Cooperstown, Otsego Co., NY, USA^9,1

Biography

There is a death cert. of one Phoebe Houghton, who died 7 Mar 1894 in the Otsego Co. poor house where she had been for 2 yrs. It is unclear if this is this Phebe. All persons are listed as unknown on death cert; she is listed as pauper; for undertaker it lists Melvin Houghton.¹⁰

Pedigree

Citations

[S235] U.S. Census, 1850 US Census, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Box 579, p. 159.
[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Stacknow, Oct. 27, 1999: from Jonas Houghton's Bible.
[S36] Letter, from records of Faith Perkins Buechner sent in letter of Sheridan Perkins to W. M. Houghton, Feb. 20, 1939 (sent by Rebecca Stacknow, 11/1999).
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: M432_579; Page: 159; line 20, dwl 378-392.
[S415] E-mail from 1941 notes of William McKinley Houghton sent by Rebecca Stacknow, Jan. 2, 2000.
[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 31, 1999.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Hartwick, Otsego, New York; Roll: M653_840; Page: 573; Sheet 51, line 17, dwl 408-408.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Roll 1075, p. 206, line 1, dwl 363-407.
[S36] Letter, from records of Faith Perkins Buechner sent in letter of Sheridan Perkins to William McKinley Houghton, Feb. 20, 1939 (sent by Rebecca Stacknow, 11/1999).
[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 1996.

Edward J. Houghton^1,2,3,4

M, #20808, b. 25 February 1818, d. 13 October 1891

Family 1: Catharine Jane Burnside

Marriage*: Edward J. Houghton married Catharine Jane Burnside at NY, USA.^7,8,3,9,10

Family 2: Lydia Whitney

Marriage*: Edward J. Houghton married Lydia Whitney on 1884 at age 66.^17,9

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Feb 25, 1818

Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA, age 32 in 1850 census; age 40 n 1855 census; age 42 in 1860 census; age 53 in 1870 census; age 63 in 1880 census^5,1,3,6

Marriage

NY, USA^7,8,3,9,10

1850 Census

1850

Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA, age 32, property $150; next door to Tompkins Houghton, Jonas M. Houghton, and father Jonas Houghton¹⁰

1855 Census

1855

Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 40, farmer; dwl 94; lived in the town for 40 y, she, 35 y^11,12

1860 Census

1860

Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 42, farm laborer, personal, property $50^13,14

1870 Census

1870

Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 53, a farm laborer, property $300-100¹⁵

1880 Census

1880

Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 63, a laborer¹⁶

Marriage

1884

at age 66^17,9

PensionInx

Jan 25, 1886

NY, USA, as father of Seward Houghton¹⁸

Death

Oct 13, 1891

NY, USA⁶

Estate

Oct 29, 1891

Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA, Early Surrogate Records for Otsego Co., NY, Book 39, p. 385; left estate to wife⁵

Contributn

Pedigree

Citations

[S235] U.S. Census, 1860 Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Box 841, p. 429 (house 50-52).
[S235] U.S. Census, 1850 Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, line 377, p. 159.
[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 1996.
[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Stacknow, Oct. 27, 1999: from Jonas Houghton's Bible.
[S36] Letter, Transcript of William Flint letter, from Rebecca Stacknow, Sep. 27, 1999.
[S36] Letter, from records of Faith Perkins Buechner sent in letter of Sheridan Perkins to W. M. Houghton, Feb. 20, 1939 (sent by Rebecca Stacknow, 11/1999).
[S235] U.S. Census, 1860 US Census, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Box 841, p. 429.
[S255] Duane Hamilton Hurd, Otsego Co., NY Hx, p. 177.
[S415] E-mail from 1941 notes of William McKinley Houghton sent by Rebecca Stacknow, Jan. 2, 2000.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: M432_579; Page: 159; line 15, dwl 377-391.
[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Stacknow, May 25, 2001.
[S1516] 1855 State Census , New York, State Census, 1855 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1860 US Census, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Box 841, p. 429, line 17, dwl 50-52.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: M653_841; Page: 429, line 17, dwl 50-52.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Roll 1075, p. 196B, line 29, dwl 204-236.
[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: T9_915; Family History Film: 1254915; Page: 171D; Enumeration District: 102; sheet 35, line 26, dwl 399-436.
[S415] E-mail Michael Houghton's notes, from Rebecca Stacknow, Nov. 13, 1999.
[S1515] Unknown name of person, unknown record type, unknown file number.

Catharine Jane Burnside^1,2

F, #20809, b. 27 December 1822, d. 11 January 1884

Family: Edward J. Houghton

Marriage*: Catharine Jane Burnside married Edward J. Houghton, son of Jonas M. Houghton and Hannah Cass, at NY, USA.^6,7,1,8,5

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Dec 27, 1822

Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 27 in 1850, age 36 in 1860 census; age 35 in 1855 census; age 48 in 1870 census; age 60 in 1880 census^3,4,5

Marriage

NY, USA^6,7,1,8,5

1850 Census

1850

Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA, age 32, property $150; next door to Tompkins Houghton, Jonas M. Houghton, and father Jonas Houghton⁵

1860 Census

1860

Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 42, farm laborer, personal, property $50^9,10

1870 Census

1870

Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 53, a farm laborer, property $300-100¹¹

1880 Census

1880

Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 63, a laborer¹²

Death

Jan 11, 1884

age 62^13,14

Burial

Schenevus Cemetery, Schenevus, NY, USA, section 7^13,14

ParentsD

John Burnside from New Scotland, Albany Co.⁷

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 1996.
[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Stacknow, Aug. 8, 1999 (from gravestone).
[S235] U.S. Census, 1860 Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Box 841, p. 429 (house 50-52).
[S36] Letter, from records of Faith Perkins Buechner sent in letter of Sheridan Perkins to W. M. Houghton, Feb. 20, 1939 (sent by Rebecca Stacknow, 11/1999).
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: M432_579; Page: 159; line 15, dwl 377-391.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1860 US Census, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Box 841, p. 429.
[S255] Duane Hamilton Hurd, Otsego Co., NY Hx, p. 177.
[S415] E-mail from 1941 notes of William McKinley Houghton sent by Rebecca Stacknow, Jan. 2, 2000.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1860 US Census, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Box 841, p. 429, line 17, dwl 50-52.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: M653_841; Page: 429, line 17, dwl 50-52.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Roll 1075, p. 196B, line 29, dwl 204-236.
[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: T9_915; Family History Film: 1254915; Page: 171D; Enumeration District: 102; sheet 35, line 26, dwl 399-436.
[S415] E-mail DAR Geneal. Records, copied by Mrs. Ida Flint Shafer, sent by Rebecca Stacknow 11/1999.
[S415] E-mail Schenevus Cemetery Records, from Rebecca Stocknow, Nov. 13, 1999.

Jonas Monroe Houghton^1,2

M, #20810, b. June 1820

Family: Elsa Patton

Marriage*: Jonas Monroe Houghton married Elsa Patton.^2,5

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Jun, 1820

Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 29 in 1850 census; age 35 in 1855 census; age 50 in 1870 census; age 79 in 1900 census; 1910 census of son Stephen gives CT^3,1,4

Marriage

^2,5

1840 Census

1840

Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, 2 Total: 1 male 20 to 30 (1810-1819) // 1 female 20 to 30 (1810-1819)⁶

1850 Census

1850

Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA⁷

1855 Census

1855

Bethlehem, Albany Co., NY, USA, age 35⁸

1860 Census

Jun 26, 1860

Glen, Montgomery Co., NY, USA, age 40, laborer⁹

1870 Census

1870

Glen, Montgomery Co., NY, USA, age 50, a farm laborer, property $4000-200¹⁰

1880 Census

1880

Glen, Montgomery Co., NY, USA, age 59, a laborer¹¹

Residence

They lived in Mill Point, near Amsterdam, NY.²

Burial

Schenevus Cemetery, Schenevus, NY, USA¹²

Pedigree

Citations

[S235] U.S. Census, 1850 US Census, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Box 579, p. 159.
[S415] E-mail from 1941 notes of William McKinley Houghton sent by Rebecca Stacknow, Jan. 2, 2000.
[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 1996.
[S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Glen, Montgomery Co., New York; Roll: T623 1037; Enumeration District: 29, Sheet 2A, line 69, dwl 301-312.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: M432_579; Page: 159; line 30, dwl 380-394.
[S1225] 1840 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: 329; Page: 273.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1850 US Census, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Box 579, p. 159, dwl 380.
[S1516] 1855 State Census , New York, State Census, 1855 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Glen, Montgomery, New York; Roll: M653_787; Page: 51; Image: 55; Family History Library Film: 803787; line 14, dwl 373-411.
[S235] U.S. Census, US Census, 1870, Glen, Montgomery Co., NY, Box 974, p. 246, sheet 63, line 21, dwl 497-504.
[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Glen, Montgomery, New York; Roll: T9_865; Family History Film: 1254865; Page: 251B; Enumeration District: 53;.
[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 31, 1999.

Elsa Patton^1,2

F, #20811, b. circa 1821, d. before 1900

Family: Jonas Monroe Houghton

Marriage*: Elsa Patton married Jonas Monroe Houghton, son of Jonas M. Houghton and Hannah Cass.^4,3

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

circa 1821

NY, USA, age 29 in 1850 census; age 35 in 1855 census; age 50 in 1870 census³

Marriage

^4,3

1850 Census

1850

Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA⁵

1855 Census

1855

Bethlehem, Albany Co., NY, USA, age 35⁶

1860 Census

Jun 26, 1860

Glen, Montgomery Co., NY, USA, age 40, laborer⁷

1870 Census

1870

Glen, Montgomery Co., NY, USA, age 50, a farm laborer, property $4000-200⁸

1880 Census

1880

Glen, Montgomery Co., NY, USA, age 59, a laborer⁹

Death

before 1900

husband a widower

ParentsD

parents born in NY

Pedigree

Citations

[S235] U.S. Census, 1850 US Census, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Box 579, p. 159.
[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Stacknow, Dec. 29, 1999, citing document of W. M. Houghton, dated 1941.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: M432_579; Page: 159; line 30, dwl 380-394.
[S415] E-mail from 1941 notes of William McKinley Houghton sent by Rebecca Stacknow, Jan. 2, 2000.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1850 US Census, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Box 579, p. 159, dwl 380.
[S1516] 1855 State Census , New York, State Census, 1855 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Glen, Montgomery, New York; Roll: M653_787; Page: 51; Image: 55; Family History Library Film: 803787; line 14, dwl 373-411.
[S235] U.S. Census, US Census, 1870, Glen, Montgomery Co., NY, Box 974, p. 246, sheet 63, line 21, dwl 497-504.
[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Glen, Montgomery, New York; Roll: T9_865; Family History Film: 1254865; Page: 251B; Enumeration District: 53;.

Alonzo Houghton^1,2

M, #20812, b. 11 December 1832, d. 20 June 1858

Family: Emeline Cordelia Weatherly

Marriage*: Alonzo Houghton married Emeline Cordelia Weatherly.^4,1

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Dec 11, 1832

Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA, dd calc; age 17 in 1850³

Marriage

^4,1

Death

Jun 20, 1858

NY, USA, age 25 y 6 m 9 d; killed in the woods^2,5,1,6

Burial

Bennett Family Cemetery, West Laurens, Otsego Co., NY, USA²

Contributn

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Stacknow, Oct. 27, 1999: from Jonas Houghton's Bible.
[S36] Letter, from a letter from David Rice to Rebecca Stacknow, Dec. 16, 1999.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: M432_579; Page: 159; line 20, dwl 378-392.
[S36] Letter, from 1939 William McKinley genealogy of Bennett family sent by Rebecca Stacknow, Dec. 16, 1999.
[S95] Newspaper, Newspaper clipping collection of Belle Houghton, contributed to Rebecca Stacknow, 11/1999.
[S36] Letter, from 1939 William McKinley Houghtongenealogy of Bennett family sent by Rebecca Stacknow, Dec. 16, 1999.

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

M, #20813, b. March 1835, d. 4 June 1915

Family: Julia M. Weatherly

Marriage*: Luther Edward Houghton married Julia M. Weatherly on 1858.^1,6,4,2,9,10

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Mar, 1835

Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 15 in 1850 census; age 25 in 1860 census; age 35 in 1870 census; age 45 in 1880 census; age 65 in 1900 census; Taylor: bd given as circa 1818^1,6,2,7,4,8

Marriage

1858

^1,6,4,2,9,10

1860 Census

1860

Otego, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 50, a farm laborer, property -$50^1,11

Mil. Draft

Jun, 1863

Otego Co., NY, USA, a Luther E. Houghton, age 28, single

1870 Census

1870

Otsego, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 35, farmer¹²

Research

Apr 5, 1877

Freeman's Journal, Cooperstown, Otsego Co., NY, USA, Petition for guardianship of the persons and estates od Delos H. and Ella E. Houghton. Order entered and letters of guardianship issued to Luther Houghton of Otego, as guardian

1880 Census

1880

Otsego, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 45, a farmer, a widower¹³

Residence

between 1891 and 1915

West Laurens, NY, USA, for 24 years⁴

Occupation

1900

farm laborer

Note

Sep 8, 1909

Amsterdam, NY, USA, Rural Times newspaper: Luther visited his sister

Residence

near West Laurens and Otsdawa NY¹⁰

Death

Jun 4, 1915

West Laurens, NY, USA, at his home, of pneumonia^6,4,14

Burial

Bennett Family Cemetery, West Laurens, Otsego Co., NY, USA^15,16

Obituary

The Otsego Farmer, Cooperstown, NY- 1915, pg 7(date cut off)
Luther Houghton
At West Laurens, Friday, June 4th, the home of Mr, and Mrs. Perry Webster occurred the death of Luther Houghton, aged eighty years. Mr. Houghton had lived in that vicinity from early manhood. Previous to that he had lived at Maryland. He married, Julia Weatherly to whom four children were born. She died many years ago. Mr. Houghton cared tenderly for his motherless children and late in life enjoyed a home with the daughter, above mentioned. One daughter, Mrs. Adella Haynes and one son, Delos Houghton and one brother, Melvin Houghton of Maryland survive him, besides grandchildren and relatives who will miss him. Mr. Houghton had been a consistent member of the Christian church for many years. A kind neighbor and friend is gone. Much sympathy is expressed for the family.The funeral was held from the home on Monday. The Rev. C. C. Volz of Morris spoke words of comfort to the bereaved ones. The floral tributes were beautiful. Interment in Bennett cemetery. Our West Oneonta Reporter.

Pedigree

Citations

[S36] Letter, Transcript of William Flint letter, from Rebecca Stacknow, Sep. 27, 1999.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1860 US Census, Butternuts, Otsego Co., NY, Box 841, p. 280.
[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Stacknow, Oct. 27, 1999: from Jonas Houghton's Bible.
[S95] Newspaper, Newspaper clipping collection of Belle Houghton, contributed to Rebecca Stacknow, 11/1999.
[S1485] Findagrave.com, online http://www.findagrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
[S36] Letter, from records of Faith Perkins Buechner sent in letter of Sheridan Perkins to W. M. Houghton, Feb. 20, 1939 (sent by Rebecca Stacknow, 11/1999).
[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 1996.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: M432_579; Page: 159; line 20, dwl 378-392.
[S415] E-mail from 1941 notes of William McKinley Houghton sent by Rebecca Stacknow, Jan. 2, 2000.
[S415] E-mail from 1939 William McKinley Houghton genealogy of Bennett family sent by Rebecca Stacknow, Dec. 16, 1999.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Otego, Otsego, New York; Roll: M653_840; Page: 0; Sheet 24; line 35, dwl 216-216.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Otsego, Otsego, New York; Roll: M593_1076; Page: 372A; Image: 397459; Family History Library Film: 552575.
[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Otsego, Otsego, New York; Roll: T9_916; Family History Film: 1254916; Page: 322D; Enumeration District: 112; sheet 4, line 5, dwl 36-36.
[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 31, 1999.
[S36] Letter, from a letter from David Rice to Rebecca Stacknow, Dec. 16, 1999.
[S1076] Rootsweb.Com, online www.rootsweb.com, Bennett-Weatherly Cemetery, Laurens, Otsego Co., NY, www.rootsweb.com/~nyotsego/cemetery/bennett.htm, July 24, 2002.

Melvin Houghton^1,2

M, #20814, b. 14 August 1837, d. 29 February 1928

Family: Lucy L. Smallin

Marriage*: Melvin Houghton married Lucy L. Smallin on Sep 14, 1867 at Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA.^3,2,5,6

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Aug 14, 1837

Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 12 in 1850 census; age 22 in 1860 census; age 33 in 1870 census; age 44 in 1880 census; Aug 1837, age 62 in 1900 census^3,4

Marriage

Sep 14, 1867

Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA^3,2,5,6

1880 Census

1880

Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA, age 44, laborer, cannot write^7,8

1900 Census

1900

Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 62, farm laboer⁹

1910 Census

Apr 28, 1910

Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 73, odd jobs laborer, widowed¹⁰

Note

Jan, 1912

The home of Melvin Houghton, who lived alone on Mt. Crumhorn near Maryland NY, was burned to the ground.¹¹

Living

between 1923 and 1928

William lived with Grace for five years until his death.¹²

Residence

Aug 14, 1927

Wells Bridge, NY, USA, 90th birthday¹³

Death

Feb 29, 1928

Unadilla, Otsego, NY, USA, Death Certif., Unadilla, Otsego, NY, Reg. No. 3 lists William M. Hughton widower, wife Lucy Smallin, informant Frank Morgan of Well's Bridge, lists bp as town of Maryland, father as Tompkins Houghton³

Burial

Mar 3, 1928

McKown Cemetery, Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA^3,2

Research

Otis is buried next to Melvin Houghton

Pedigree

Citations

[S235] U.S. Census, 1860 US Census, Hartwick, Otsego Co., NY, p. 573.
[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Stacknow, Oct. 27, 1999: from Jonas Houghton's Bible.
[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 1996.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1850 US Census, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Box 579, p. 159.
[S36] Letter, Houghton History facts compiled by Schoharie Co. Office of the Aging (sent by Rebecca Stacknow, 11/13/1999).
[S1511] Kathleen C. Beals, Early Families of Bethlehem New Hampshire, p. 215.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 US Census, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, p. 14, 145/154.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Reel 72, Vol. 80, ED. 102, Sh. 14, Ln. 25.
[S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego Co., New York; Roll: T623; Enumeration District: 118; Sheet: 3A, line 16, dwl 54-56.

[S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: T624_949; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 52; line 51, dwl 79-79.

[S95] Newspaper, The Daily Star, Oneonta, NY, Jan. 1912.

[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 31, 1999.

[S95] Newspaper, clipping sent by Rebecca Stacknow, Sep. 29, 1999.

Lucy L. Smallin^1,2

F, #20815, b. 24 September 1836, d. 11 March 1910

Family: Melvin Houghton

Marriage*: Lucy L. Smallin married Melvin Houghton, son of Tompkins Houghton and Phebe Wager, on Sep 14, 1867 at Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA.^1,3,4,2

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project N
Corresponded with author N
Birth Sep 24, 1836 Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 33 in 1870 census; age 44 in 1880 census; Sep 1836, age 63 in 1900 census^1,3,4
Marriage Sep 14, 1867 Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA^1,3,4,2
1870 Census circa Jun, 1870 Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA, age 33, farm laborer; next door to father⁵
1880 Census 1880 Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA, age 44, laborer, cannot write^6,7
1900 Census 1900 Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 62, farm laboer⁸
Death Mar 11, 1910 Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA, Death Certif, Maryland, NY, Register No. 790, cause of death pneumonia^1,3,4
Burial McKown Cemetery, Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA^1,4
ParentsD Abraham Smallin and Mercy Crouch^9,2

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 1996.

[S1511] Kathleen C. Beals, Early Families of Bethlehem New Hampshire, p. 215.

[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Stacknow, Oct. 27, 1999: from Jonas Houghton's Bible.

[S36] Letter, Houghton History facts compiled by Schoharie Co. Office of the Aging (sent by Rebecca Stacknow, 11/13/1999).

[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Roll 1075, p. 205B, line 38, dwl 362-406.

[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 US Census, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, p. 14, 145/154.

[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, Reel 72, Vol. 80, ED. 102, Sh. 14, Ln. 25.

[S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego Co., New York; Roll: T623; Enumeration District: 118; Sheet: 3A, line 16, dwl 54-56.

[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 31, 1999.

Henry H. Houghton¹

M, #20816, b. 1840, d. 1910

Family: Catherine E. Scutt

Marriage*: Henry H. Houghton married Catherine E. Scutt.^2,3

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project N
Corresponded with author N
Birth 1840 Maryland, Otsego Co., NY, USA, age 9 in 1850 census; age 18 in 1860 census; age 30 in 1870 census; age 39 in 1880 census¹
Marriage ^2,3
1870 Census 1870 Taghkanic, Columbia Co., NY, USA, age 30, a farm laborer, personal property $300; and Polly Scutt, 60⁴
1880 Census 1880 Copake, Columbia Co., NY, USA, age 39, farm laborer; and Mary Scutt, 74, mother in law⁵
Residence near, Copake & Craryville, Columbia, NY, USA⁶
Death 1910 NY, USA⁷
Burial E & M Church Cemetery, Copake, Columbia Co., NY, USA
Duplicate

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Citations

[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: M432_579; Page: 159; line 20, dwl 378-392.

[S36] Letter, from records of Faith Perkins Buechner sent in letter of Sheridan Perkins to W. M. Houghton, Feb. 20, 1939 (sent by Rebecca Stacknow, 11/1999).

[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 31, 1999.

[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Taghkanic, Columbia Co., NY, Box 921, p. 604B, line 2, dwl 135-146.

[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Copake, Columbia, New York; Roll: T9_821; Family History Film: 1254821; Page: 165A; Enumeration District: 9; Sheet 13, line 24, dwl 130-139.

[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Stacknow, Oct. 27, 1999: from Jonas Houghton's Bible.

[S95] Newspaper, Newspaper clipping collection of Belle Houghton, contributed to Rebecca Stacknow, 11/1999.

Mary Ann Houghton¹

F, #20817, b. 1850, d. 1910

Family: Chancey Dingman

Marriage*: Mary Ann Houghton married Chancey Dingman on 1877 1872 also.^4,5

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project N
Corresponded with author N
Birth 1850 Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA, 1850 census: 3/12; age 10 in 1860 census; 1875 census: age 25^2,3,4,1
Marriage 1877 1872 also^4,5
Residence Amsterdam, Montgomery Co., NY, USA⁶
Note Sep 8, 1909 Amsterdam, NY, USA, Rural Times newspaper: Luther visited his sister
Death 1910 ⁴

Pedigree

Citations

[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego, New York; Roll: M432_579; Page: 159; line 20, dwl 378-392.

[S235] U.S. Census, 1875 Otsego Co., NY.

[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Stacknow, Oct. 27, 1999: from Jonas Houghton's Bible.

[S36] Letter, from records of Faith Perkins Buechner sent in letter of Sheridan Perkins to W. M. Houghton, Feb. 20, 1939 (sent by Rebecca Stacknow, 11/1999).

[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 31, 1999.

[S415] E-mail from 1941 notes of William McKinley Houghton sent by Rebecca Stacknow, Jan. 2, 2000.

Grace Jane Rexford¹

F, #20818, b. 1 January 1885, d. 1970

Family: Frank D. Morgan

Marriage*: Grace Jane Rexford married Frank D. Morgan on Dec 30, 1903.^4,1,2,5

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project N
Corresponded with author N
Birth Jan 1, 1885 NY, USA, Jan 1886, age 14 in 1900 census^2,1,3
Marriage Dec 30, 1903 ^4,1,2,5
Living between 1923 and 1928 William lived with Grace for five years until his death.⁶
Residence 1956 Burbank, Los Angeles Co., CA, USA⁴
Death 1970 ¹
Biography Daug. of George Rexford and Jane Knapp, both b. NY. Her mother died shortly after her birth. She was brought up from infancy by Melvin and Lucy. May have been adopted about age 12 by them.¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 1996.

[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Stacknow, Oct. 27, 1999: from Jonas Houghton's Bible.

[S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Maryland, Otsego Co., New York; Roll: T623; Enumeration District: 118; Sheet: 3A, line 16, dwl 54-56.

[S95] Newspaper, clipping sent by Rebecca Stacknow, Sep. 29, 1999.

[S36] Letter, Houghton History facts compiled by Schoharie Co. Office of the Aging (sent by Rebecca Stacknow, 11/13/1999).

[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 31, 1999.

Georgianna Houghton¹

F, #20819, b. 15 April 1870, d. 14 March 1950

Family: Robert Fulton Hitchman

Marriage*: Georgianna Houghton married Robert Fulton Hitchman on Oct 5, 1889 at Maryland, NY, USA, Houghton History: 10-5-1885.^3,4,1

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project Y
Corresponded with author N
Birth Apr 15, 1870 Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA, age 0/12 in 1870 census; age 10 in 1880 census^1,2
Marriage Oct 5, 1889 Maryland, NY, USA, Houghton History: 10-5-1885^3,4,1
Residence 1910 Maryland, MA, USA³
Living Nov 23, 1925 Maryland, NY, USA, His 57th birthday party²
Death Mar 14, 1950 Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA, Death Certif., Register No. 2, Maryland NY. Cause of death, auricular fibrillation; at home, while sitting and reading her mail¹
Burial McKown Cemetery, Maryland, Otsego, NY, USA¹
Obituary May 5, 1950 Friday, May 5, 1950
The Otsego Farmer, page 4

Maryland - Burial services for Mrs. Georgiana Hitchman, who passed away March 14th, were held Saturday, April 29th. The body was removed from the Tillapaugh Funeral Home Vault in Schenevus and placed in the family plot in McKown cemetery. Relatives attending from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Clair Robinson of Franklin, Don Chamberlian from Oneonta and Mrs. Leona Hitchman and daughter, Evelyn of Schenevus.

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 1996.

[S95] Newspaper, Newspaper clipping collection of Belle Houghton, contributed to Rebecca Stacknow, 11/1999.

[S36] Letter, Houghton History facts compiled by Schoharie Co. Office of the Aging (sent by Rebecca Stacknow, 11/13/1999).

[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Stacknow, Oct. 27, 1999: from Jonas Houghton's Bible.

Robert Fulton Hitchman¹

M, #20820, b. 21 November 1868, d. 25 April 1946

Family: Georgianna Houghton

Marriage*: Robert Fulton Hitchman married Georgianna Houghton, daughter of Melvin Houghton and Lucy L. Smallin, on Oct 5, 1889 at Maryland, NY, USA, Houghton History: 10-5-1885.^6,7,1

Biography

Corresponded with author N
A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project N
Birth Nov 21, 1868 Central Bridge, Schohaire Co., NY, USA, Taylor: Nov. 23 1865^2,3
Occupation He was employed by the D & H Railroad as a laborer.³
1870 Census 1870 Esperance, Schoharie Co., NY, USA⁴
1880 Census 1880 Esperance, Schoharie Co., NY, USA, age 12⁵
Marriage Oct 5, 1889 Maryland, NY, USA, Houghton History: 10-5-1885^6,7,1
Living Nov 23, 1925 Maryland, NY, USA, His 57th birthday party⁸
Death Apr 25, 1946 Maryland, NY, USA, death certificate: age 81 y 5 m 2 d; obit. listed all children^2,3
Burial Maryland Cemetery, Maryland, NY, USA⁹
Biography son of Jacob and Elsie (Van Wormer) Hitchman; called Fulton when young (twin sister Ruth called Florence)^2,3

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 1996.

[S95] Newspaper, clipping sent by Rebecca Stacknow, Sep. 29, 1999.

[S415] E-mail from Robert J. Taylor, Dec. 31, 1999.

[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , 1870 US Census, Esperance, Scholharie Co., NY.

[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , 1880 US Census, Esperance, Scholharie Co., NY, 158/166.

[S36] Letter, Houghton History facts compiled by Schoharie Co. Office of the Aging (sent by Rebecca Stacknow, 11/13/1999).

[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Stacknow, Oct. 27, 1999: from Jonas Houghton's Bible.

[S95] Newspaper, Newspaper clipping collection of Belle Houghton, contributed to Rebecca Stacknow, 11/1999.

[S415] E-mail from Rebecca Stocknow, Aug. 27, 1999.