Houghton Surname Project

(?) Morgan¹

M, #30781

Family: Paulina Bancroft

Marriage*: (?) Morgan married Paulina Bancroft, daughter of Thaddeus Bancroft and Molly Houghton.¹

Biography

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Marriage

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 366.

Lucy Morgan¹

F, #30782

Family: George Peckham

Marriage*: Lucy Morgan married George Peckham.¹

Biography

Marriage

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Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 366.

George Peckham¹

M, #30783

Family: Lucy Morgan

Marriage*: George Peckham married Lucy Morgan, daughter of (?) Morgan and Paulina Bancroft.¹

Biography

Residence

Sherburne, NY, USA¹

Marriage

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 366.

Foster Bancroft

M, #30784

Biography

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Birth

Death

young

Pedigree

Charity Bancroft¹

F, #30785, d. June 1836

Biography

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Birth

Death

Jun, 1836

1836 or 1837¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 366.

Thaddeus Foster Bancroft¹

M, #30786, b. 28 June 1803, d. 21 July 1866

Family: Evalinah Bancroft

Marriage*: Thaddeus Foster Bancroft married Evalinah Bancroft on Dec 8, 1829.¹

Biography

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Birth

Jun 28, 1803

Winchester, NH, USA¹

Occupation

circa 1821

He trundled a wheelbarrow in constructing the Erie Canal. The next year he was a bartender in Albany, NY. He became a boat captain after the construction of the Canal and worked for 9 seasons. He was an alderman in Albany. In 1829 he was in charge of a clothing store at Geddes Ny. He returned to Albany and founded a grocery store. In 1842 he moved to Milwaukee, WI, then settled on a farm west of Menominee, WI from 1846 to 1855. He kept a temperance house called "The Cottage Inn."

Marriage

Dec 8, 1829

Death

Jul 21, 1866

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 366.

Evalinah Bancroft¹

F, #30787, b. 28 April 1811

Family: Thaddeus Foster Bancroft

Marriage*: Evalinah Bancroft married Thaddeus Foster Bancroft, son of Thaddeus Bancroft and Molly Houghton, on Dec 8, 1829.¹

Biography

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Birth

Apr 28, 1811

Decatur, Otsego, NY, USA¹

Marriage

Dec 8, 1829

Biography

dau. of Francis and Esther (Warner) Bancroft, a desc. of John Bancroft

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 366.

Esther Elizabeth Bancroft¹

F, #30788, b. 14 April 1831, d. 18 February 1908

Family: Jacob Tunis Van Vachten

Marriage*: Esther Elizabeth Bancroft married Jacob Tunis Van Vachten on Feb 2, 1851.¹

Biography

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Birth

Apr 14, 1831

Syracuse, NY, USA¹

Marriage

Feb 2, 1851

Death

Feb 18, 1908

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 366.

Jacob Tunis Van Vachten¹

M, #30789

Family: Esther Elizabeth Bancroft

Marriage*: Jacob Tunis Van Vachten married Esther Elizabeth Bancroft, daughter of Thaddeus Foster Bancroft and Evalinah Bancroft, on Feb 2, 1851.¹

Biography

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Residence

circa 1851

Washington, WI, USA¹

Marriage

Feb 2, 1851

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 366.

George Bancroft¹

M, #30790, b. 30 October 1837, d. 24 May 1838

Biography

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Birth

Oct 30, 1837

Albany, Albany Co., NY, USA¹

Death

May 24, 1838

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 366.

Georgiana Bancroft¹

F, #30791, b. 8 January 1840

Biography

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Notable

Birth

Jan 8, 1840

Albany, Albany Co., NY, USA¹

Death

unmar.¹

Notable

She compiled the records of the Bancroft family.

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 366.

Willard Foster Bancroft¹

M, #30792, b. 14 August 1847

Family: Annettie Elizabeth Adams

Marriage*: Willard Foster Bancroft married Annettie Elizabeth Adams on 1872.^1,2

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Aug 14, 1847

Menominee, WI, USA¹

Occupation

Leadmine Grade School, Leadmine, Lafayette, WI, USA, director of the school²

Marriage

1872

^1,2

Children+

at least 2 sons and sisters

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 366.
[S415] E-mail 1998, Bonita Hellmer.

Charity Bancroft¹

F, #30793, d. June 1836

Biography

Corresponded with author

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Birth

Death

Jun, 1836

1836 or 1837; unmar.¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 366.

Franklin Haven Ross¹

M, #30794, b. 19 July 1885, d. 27 July 1911

Biography

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Birth

Jul 19, 1885

Beverly, Essex Co., MA, USA^1,2

Education

1907

Harvard College, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, A. B.^1,2

Death

Jul 27, 1911

Beverly, Essex Co., MA, USA^1,2

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 94 [1940]: 186.
[S690] Clarence Winthrop Bowen Ph.D. Woodstock CT Hx VI, p. 810.

Mary Adeline Moore¹

F, #30795, b. 15 February 1833, d. 8 April 1899

Family: Calvin M. Houghton

Marriage*: Mary Adeline Moore married Calvin M. Houghton, son of Thomas Houghton and Sally Moore, on circa 1855.⁷

Biography

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Birth

Feb 15, 1833

Barnard, Windsor Co., VT, USA, age 26 in 1860 census; age 37 in 1870 census; age 47 in 1880 census^2,3,4,5

Residence

before 1855

Barnard, Windsor Co., VT, USA⁶

Marriage

circa 1855

⁷

1860 Census

1860

Westminster, Windham Co., VT, USA, age 38, a carpenter, property $700-400⁸

Occupation

1864

a barmaid, in birth record of dau. Carrie Belle, VT VR

1870 Census

1870

Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, USA, age 47, a farmer, property $1200-$15,000⁹

1880 Census

1880

Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., NH, USA, age 58, a farmer^10,11

Death

Apr 8, 1899

W. Chesterfield, NH, USA, Obit: Vermont Phoenix, Apr. 14, 1899

Burial

Sep 9, 1902

Chesterfield West Cemetery, West Chesterfield, VT, USA, Lot 112: Use 2nd gate on Poor Rd., 1st row Amidon, 2nd row Hubbard, 3rd row Houghton^2,1

Research

Thompson: Until May, 2000 we had her as Adeline, as she was always known, but first name of Mary appears on death record of daughter Mary A. She was slender and may have died of quick consumption.

In Vermont Vital Records microfilm at NEHG, Boston, she is listed as "barmaid" in birth record of daughter Carrie Belle

Obituary from "Vermont Phoenix" Brattleboro, Friday April 14, 1899, copy at the Brooks Memorial Library, Brattleboro, Vt.:

"Mrs. Calvin Houghton died Saturday and the funeral was held at the house
on Wednesday at 10:00 o'clock, Rev. H. B. Morgan officiating. The burial was in the West Cemetery."

Betsy Chickering, town clerk of West Chesterfield, did two searches for a death record for Adeline and could not find any record of her death. The obituary and the memorial stone at the cemetery seem to be the only places recording the death. West Chesterfield Universalist Church records do not show any listing of the service.¹²

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Stan Thompson, June 21, 2002.
[S5] Death Certificate, Calvin Houghton.
[S597] Oran E. Randall, Chesterfield NH Hx, p.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., NH, Reel 6, Vol. 2, ED. 47, Sh. 24, Ln. 5.
[S1074] Town Records: Westminster, Windham Co., VT, p. 1145: VT Division of Records, Middelesex, VT, F-30270.
[S415] E-mail 5/1998, Eileen Thompson.
[S415] E-mail 1998, Stanley Thompson.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1860 US Census, Westminster, Windham Co., VT, Roll 1325, p. 479, line 7, dwl 691-680.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, Reel 838, Pg 793, Ln. 33, dwl 68-63.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., NH, Reel 6, Vol. 2, ED. 47, Sh. 24, Ln. 5, dwl 271-296.
[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., NH, Reel 6, Vol. 2, ED. 47, Sh. 24, Ln. 5, dwl.
[S1358] Stanley L. Thompson, Word Document, Sent to me by Stanley Thompson; 41 pp., p. 19.

Charles C. Houghton¹

M, #30796, b. 16 March 1857, d. 17 January 1897

Biography

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Birth

Mar 16, 1857

VT, USA, age 3 in 1860 census; age 13 in 1870 census; age 23 in 1880 census^1,2

Death

Jan 17, 1897

West Chesterfield, NH, USA²

Burial

West Chesterfield Cemetery, West Chesterfield, NH, USA, lot 112³

Duplicate

Pedigree

Citations

[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., NH, Reel 6, Vol. 2, ED. 47, Sh. 24, Ln. 5.
[S415] E-mail from Eileen Thompson, May 1998.
[S1358] Stanley L. Thompson, Word Document, Sent to me by Stanley Thompson; 41 pp., p. 21.

Mary Adeline Houghton^1,2,3

F, #30797, b. 27 August 1859, d. 3 November 1936

Family: Ernest Arthur McClay

Marriage*: Mary Adeline Houghton married Ernest Arthur McClay.

Biography

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Birth

Aug 27, 1859

Westminster Twp, Windham Co., VT, USA, age 1 in 1860 census; age 11 in 1870 census; age 21 in 1880 census^2,3

Marriage

Residence

Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, USA

Death

Nov 3, 1936

Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, USA, of valvular heart disease and senility^3,4

Burial

Highland Cemetery, West Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, USA³

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Eileen Thompson, May 1998.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., NH, Reel 6, Vol. 2, ED. 47, Sh. 24, Ln. 5.
[S415] E-mail from Stan Thompson, June 21, 2002.
[S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

George H. Houghton^1,2

M, #30798, b. 26 September 1860, d. 31 December 1892

Biography

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Birth

Sep 26, 1860

Westminster, VT, USA, Thompson: Westminster, NH; age 9, VT, in 1870 census; age 19, VT, in 1880 census^1,2

Death

Dec 31, 1892

West Chesterfield, NH, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., NH, Reel 6, Vol. 2, ED. 47, Sh. 24, Ln. 5.
[S1074] Town Records: Westminster, VT, p. 659; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.

Katherine Louise Houghton^1,2

F, #30799, b. 3 March 1869, d. 15 May 1916

Family: Frederick Parker Thompson

Marriage*: Katherine Louise Houghton married Frederick Parker Thompson on Oct 16, 1890 at West Chesterfield, NH, USA.³

Biography

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Birth

Mar 3, 1869

Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., NH, USA, age 1, NH, in 1870 census; age 11, NH, in 1880 census; death cert.: Oct 5, 1886^1,3,2

Residence

1890

West Chesterfield, NH, USA³

Marriage

Oct 16, 1890

West Chesterfield, NH, USA³

Death

May 15, 1916

Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT, USA, of heart failure^4,5

Obituary

May 15, 1916

15 May 1916 issue of "Vermont Recorder".:
"MRS. F. P. THOMPSON
---
Heart Affection Due to Other Illness, Caused Sudden Death

Mrs. Katie Louise (Houghton) Thompson, 47, wife of Frederick P. Thompson, died suddenly yesterday morning in her home, 8 Retting Place. She had been in ill health over a year and was taken suddenly worse, and died of a heart affection which developed from her other illness.

Mrs. Thompson was born in Westmoreland, N.H., Oct. 5, 1868, a daughter of Calvin and Adeline (Moore) Houghton. She married Mr. Thompson in West
Chesterfield, Oct. 16, 1890. They lived four years in Boston and had lived in Brattleboro 21 years. She was a member of the Universalist Church.

Besides her husband she leaves two sons, Frederick Stanley and George Frank;
two sisters, Miss Belle C. Houghton of Brattleboro, and Mrs. C. A. McClay of
Woodstock, and one brother, Frank L. Houghton of West Brattleboro.

The funeral services will be held at the house tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, Rev. Delmar E. Trout of the Universalist Church officiating."⁶

Burial

Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT, USA, lot 272⁴

Pedigree

Citations

[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., NH, Reel 6, Vol. 2, ED. 47, Sh. 24, Ln. 5.
[S415] E-mail from Eileen Thompson, May 1998.
[S597] Oran E. Randall, Chesterfield NH Hx, p.
[S1269] Marjorie Valliere Howe, GS Listings of Prospect Hill Cem., Brattleboro VT, p. 73.
[S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
[S1358] Stanley L. Thompson, Word Document, Sent to me by Stanley Thompson; 41 pp., p. 28.

Frank Leslie Houghton^1,2

M, #30800, b. 31 August 1872, d. 22 November 1930

Family: Ellen May Cheney

Marriage*: Frank Leslie Houghton married Ellen May Cheney on Jul 1, 1902 at Whitingham, VT, USA, age 29.²

Biography

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Birth

Aug 31, 1872

Westmoreland, NH, USA, age 7 in 1880 census; 1900 Census: Frank L., Aug. 1872, NH, age 27; age 36 in 1910 census; age 47 in 1920 census; age 57 in 1930 census; Whitingham, VT VRs: Chesterfield NH; death certif.: Aug 31, 1871, Townshend, VT^3,4,2

Marriage

Jul 1, 1902

Whitingham, VT, USA, age 29²

1910 Census

1910

Guilford, Windham Co., VT, USA, age 36, farmer; and sister in law Cecil M. Heald, 27; and nephew and nieces Jean, Faith, William Heals⁵

1920 Census

1920

Guilford, Windham Co., VT, USA, age 47, farmer; and Flora B. Cheney, 63, VT and William C. Heald, nephew, 13, VT^4,6

1930 Census

1930

Guilford, Windham Co., VT, USA, age 57, a dairy farmer⁷

Death

Nov 22, 1930

Townshend?, VT, USA, age 59-2-21, of chronic myocarditis and nephritis [informant: Ellen Houghton]⁸

Burial

West Chesterfield Cemetery, West Chesterfield, NH, USA⁹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Eileen Thompson, May 1998.
[S1074] Town Records: Whitingham, VT, p. 1672: VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30546, VT VRs 1871-1904.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1900 Chesterfield, NH: Vol. 3, ED 28, Sheet 6, Ln 59.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1920 Soundex, Windham Co., VT, Film 878, Box 13, Vol. 13, E.D. 115, Sh. 7, Ln. 64.
[S1231] 1910 U.S. Federal Census , Guilford, Windham, Vermont; Roll: T624_1618; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 250;
line 8, dwl 173.
[S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Guilford, Windham, Vermont; Roll: T625_1876; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 115; line 64, dwl 165-169.
[S1233] 1930 U.S. Federal Census , Guilford, Windham, Vermont; Roll: 2432; Page: 134 ; Enumeration District: 11; sheet 6A; line 11, dwl 132-134.
[S1074] Town Records: Townshend, VT; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30766, VT Vital Records 1909-1941.
[S1358] Stanley L. Thompson, Word Document, Sent to me by Stanley Thompson; 41 pp., p. 22.

William Smith Jr.¹

M, #30801

Family: Angeline Wenzel

Marriage*: William Smith Jr. married Angeline Wenzel, daughter of Capt. John Wenzel Jr., Esq. and Mehitable Haven, on Jan 10, 1832 at Framingham, MA, USA.¹

Biography

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Marriage

Jan 10, 1832

Framingham, MA, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 313.

John Wenzel Smith¹

M, #30802, b. 19 July 1833, d. 2 February 1915

Family 1: Susan Reed

Marriage*: John Wenzel Smith married Susan Reed on Aug 6, 1857.¹

Family 2: Delia S. Canfield

Marriage*: John Wenzel Smith married Delia S. Canfield on Aug 6, 1863.¹

Biography

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Birth

Jul 19, 1833

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA¹

Marriage

Aug 6, 1857

Milit-Beg

During the Civil War, he was chief clerk of the Quartermaster's Dept. of the 17th Army Corps.

Occupation

Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA, For over thirty years he was in charge of the Adams Express office.

Marriage

Aug 6, 1863

Residence

Fremont, NH, USA, Until 1907 he lived on a farm¹

Death

Feb 2, 1915

Milford, NH, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 313.

Susan Reed¹

F, #30803, d. 8 November 1860

Family: John Wenzel Smith

Marriage*: Susan Reed married John Wenzel Smith, son of William Smith Jr. and Angeline Wenzel, on Aug 6, 1857.¹

Biography

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Residence

circa 1857

Lancaster, PA, USA¹

Marriage

Aug 6, 1857

Death

Nov 8, 1860

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 313.

Delia S. Canfield¹

F, #30804

Family: John Wenzel Smith

Marriage*: Delia S. Canfield married John Wenzel Smith, son of William Smith Jr. and Angeline Wenzel, on Aug 6, 1863.¹

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Marriage

Aug 6, 1863

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 313.

Charles R. Smith¹

M, #30805, b. 13 September 1858, d. 3 November 1858

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Sep 13, 1858

Death

Nov 3, 1858

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 314.

Susan Reed Smith¹

F, #30806, b. 8 November 1860, d. 14 June 1865

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Nov 8, 1860

Death

Jun 14, 1865

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 314.

Belle Louisa Smith¹

F, #30807, b. 8 April 1865, d. 30 November 1865

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Apr 8, 1865

Death

Nov 30, 1865

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 314.

Jessie Eudora Smith¹

F, #30808, b. 11 February 1867

Family: Pulaski Robinson Woodman

Marriage*: Jessie Eudora Smith married Pulaski Robinson Woodman on Sep 4, 1888.¹

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Feb 11, 1867

Marriage

Sep 4, 1888

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 314.
[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 313.

Pulaski Robinson Woodman¹

M, #30809

Family: Jessie Eudora Smith

Marriage*: Pulaski Robinson Woodman married Jessie Eudora Smith, daughter of John Wenzel Smith and Delia S. Canfield, on Sep 4, 1888.¹

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Residence

circa 1888

Milford, NH, USA¹

Marriage

Sep 4, 1888

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 314.

Marion Woodman¹

F, #30810, b. 26 June 1890

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Jun 26, 1890

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 95 [1941]: 314.