Houghton Surname Project

James Nelson Caldwell

M, #30931, b. 18 August 1825, d. 28 September 1897

Family: Harriet Matilda Sawyer

Marriage*: James Nelson Caldwell married Harriet Matilda Sawyer, daughter of Benjamin Sawyer and Charlotte Griswold, on Aug 15, 1854 at Northfield, MA, USA.

Biography

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Birth

Aug 18, 1825

West Northfield, MA, USA

Marriage

Aug 15, 1854

Northfield, MA, USA

Death

Sep 28, 1897

Windsor, Windsor Co., VT, USA

Pedigree

Alfonzo L. Haven¹

M, #30932

Family: Mary Luna Bancroft

Marriage*: Alfonzo L. Haven married Mary Luna Bancroft 2nd husband.¹

Biography

Residence

Worchester¹

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Marriage

2nd husband¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 97 [1943]: 134.

Mary Luna Bancroft¹

F, #30933

Family: Alfonzo L. Haven

Marriage*: Mary Luna Bancroft married Alfonzo L. Haven 2nd husband.¹

Biography

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Marriage

2nd husband¹

Biography

dau. of Enoch B. and Mary (Prime) Bancroft of Providence RI

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 97 [1943]: 134.

Alfonzo Haven Jr.¹

M, #30934

Biography

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Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 97 [1943]: 134.

James Haven¹

M, #30935

Biography

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Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 97 [1943]: 134.

George Haven¹

M, #30936

Biography

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Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 97 [1943]: 134.

Marjorie Haven¹

F, #30937

Biography

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Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 97 [1943]: 134.

Marian Elizabeth Holden¹

F, #30938, b. 11 March 1908, d. 17 March 2005

Family: Hayward Sanderson Houghton

Marriage*: Marian Elizabeth Holden married Hayward Sanderson Houghton, son of Charles Kimball Houghton and Gertrude Frances Flagg, on Sep 20, 1930 at Hartford, CT, USA.^1,2

Biography

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Birth

Mar 11, 1908

Hartford, CT, USA, age 32 in 1940 census²

Graduation

1929

Smith College, Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA, USA

Marriage

Sep 20, 1930

Hartford, CT, USA^1,2

1940 Census

1940

Arlington, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, age 34, bank teller³

Residence

Arlington, MA, USA¹

Gen. Soc.

1944

NEGHS¹

1950 US Census

1950

Acton, MA, USA, age 44, savings bank, bank executuve

Living

Feb 12, 2004

Hockessin, DE, USA²

Death

Mar 17, 2005

Hockessin, New Castle Co., DE, USA⁴

ParentsD

William Cross Holden and Elizabeth Mabel Fogg, of Maine²

Burial

Lakeview Cemetery, Casco Village, Cumberland Co., ME, USA, in Holden plot⁴

Biography

She did the genealogy of her family.⁵

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 98 [1944]: 145.
[S415] E-mail from Hayward S. Houghton II, Feb 12, 2004.
[S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T627_1601; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 9-27.
[S415] E-mail from Hayward S. (Sandy) Houghton II, Ju5, 2005ne.
[S415] E-mail from his brother, William Andrew Houghton, 1/25/2010.

Joseph Haven¹

M, #30939

Family: Elizabeth Weatley

Marriage*: Joseph Haven married Elizabeth Weatley.¹

Biography

Occupation

merchant

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Marriage

Will

Feb 28, 1760

Newport, RI, USA, they are mentioned¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 103 [1949]: 234.

Elizabeth Weatley¹

F, #30940

Family: Joseph Haven

Marriage*: Elizabeth Weatley married Joseph Haven.¹

Biography

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Marriage

Will

Feb 28, 1760

Newport, RI, USA, they are mentioned¹

Biography

dau. of Robert Weatley

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 103 [1949]: 234.

Theodore S. Dam¹

M, #30941, b. 10 December 1749

Family: Martha Tillotson

Marriage*: Theodore S. Dam married Martha Tillotson on Feb 15, 1773 at Orford, NH, USA.¹

Biography

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Birth

Dec 10, 1749

Greenland, NH, USA¹

Marriage

Feb 15, 1773

Orford, NH, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 104 [1950]: 114.

Martha Tillotson¹

F, #30942, b. 16 November 1752

Family: Theodore S. Dam

Marriage*: Martha Tillotson married Theodore S. Dam, son of John Dam and Sarah Urin, on Feb 15, 1773 at Orford, NH, USA.¹

Biography

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Birth

Nov 16, 1752

Hebron, CT, USA¹

Marriage

Feb 15, 1773

Orford, NH, USA¹

ParentsD

Daniel and Mindwell (Hosford) Tillotson

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 104 [1950]: 114.

Martha Dam¹

F, #30943, b. 6 June 1780, d. 18 August 1803

Biography

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Birth

Jun 6, 1780

Death

Aug 18, 1803

unmar.¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 104 [1950]: 114.

Emily Houghton¹

F, #30944

Biography

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Church

Mar 1, 1818

West Church, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 94 [1940]: 39.

Christopher Houghton¹

M, #30947

Biography

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Residence

1780

Colrain, MA, USA;he took farm from the government and cleared the land and built a log house. He built a house in 1806 [which was in the family until at least 1941; was home of Mr. and Mrs. William Bardwell for 40 years and then their daughter, Mrs. William Stacey, and her husband.]²

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 96 [1942]: "From Homesteads to Cellar Holes on Catamount Hill, Colrain, Mass.", 61.
[S96] NEHGR, 96 [1942]: 61.

Luella Houghton^1,2,3,4,5

F, #30948, b. 29 January 1879, d. 2 February 1945

Family: Ralph Pringle

Marriage*: Luella Houghton married Ralph Pringle on Sep 26, 1905 at Red Oak, IA, USA.^2,6,4

Biography

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Birth

Jan 29, 1879

Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., CT, USA, at home of maternal grandparents; age 1 in 1880 census; Jan. 1878, age 21 in 1900 census^1,4,6,5

Graduation

1898

Lasell Seminary (Jr. College), Auburndale, Middlesex Co., MA, USA⁷

Marriage

Sep 26, 1905

Red Oak, IA, USA^2,6,4

Author

Apr 15, 1938

Red Oak, IA, USA, She wrote a 32 page Houghton genealogy of her family, "We Houghtons and our beloved Shed-Members"; dedicated to son Donald Pringle^3,8

Correspond

Dec 25, 1938

Edith added some additional information to the original text.⁹

Residence

circa 1942

Red Oak, IA, USA^2,10,11

Gen. Soc.

1942

NEGHS²

Death

Feb 2, 1945

Red Oak, IA, USA¹²

Burial

Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, IA, USA¹³

Research

1938

We Houghton

Pedigree

Citations

[S28] DAR Lineage Book, V. 20.
[S96] NEHGR, 96 [1942]: 161.
[S415] E-mail from Annabel Lantz Pina, June 5, 1999.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 162.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1900 Soundex, Red Oak, Montgomery Co., IA, Box 60, Vol. 55, E.D. 114, Sh. 15, Ln. 62.
[S873] Luella Houghton Pringle, We Houghtons - L. Pringle, p. 7.
[S873] Luella Houghton Pringle, We Houghtons - L. Pringle, p. 11.
[S873] Luella Houghton Pringle, We Houghtons - L. Pringle, p. 1.
[S36] Letter, from Luella H. Pringle to her sister Edith Houghton Heckert.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 125.
[S873] Luella Houghton Pringle, We Houghtons - L. Pringle, p. 15.
[S873] Luella Houghton Pringle, We Houghtons - L. Pringle, p. 7, 20.
[S873] Luella Houghton Pringle, We Houghtons - L. Pringle, p. 20.

Ralph Pringle¹

M, #30949, b. 15 October 1872, d. 7 April 1924

Family: Luella Houghton

Marriage*: Ralph Pringle married Luella Houghton, daughter of Hiram Cole Houghton and Ella Louise Bacon, on Sep 26, 1905 at Red Oak, IA, USA.^1,2,3

Biography

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Birth

Oct 15, 1872

Pana, IL, USA²

Occupation

Red Oak, IA, USA, a lawyer³

Marriage

Sep 26, 1905

Red Oak, IA, USA^1,2,3

Death

Apr 7, 1924

Red Oak, IA, USA²

Burial

Evergreen Cemetery, Red Oak, IA, USA⁴

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 96 [1942]: 161.
[S873] Luella Houghton Pringle, We Houghtons - L. Pringle, p. 7.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 162.
[S873] Luella Houghton Pringle, We Houghtons - L. Pringle, p. 20.

Mary Adeline Houghton¹

F, #30950, b. 14 October 1813, d. 2 December 1894

Family: Levi Smith Harrington

Marriage*: Mary Adeline Houghton married Levi Smith Harrington on Mar 29, 1836 at Kirby, Caledonia Co., VT, USA, age 23.^3,4

Biography

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Birth

Oct 14, 1813

Kirby, Caledonia, VT, USA, Harrington: Westminster, VT; Kirby Town Records: Kirby, VT^2,1

Marriage

Mar 29, 1836

Kirby, Caledonia Co., VT, USA, age 23^3,4

Death

Dec 2, 1894

Guildhall, Essex Co., VT, USA²

Burial

North Kirby-Brookside Cemetery, Kirby, VT, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S1074] Town Records: Kirby, Caledonia Co., VT, Book 1, p. 117; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
[S415] E-mail from Don Harrington, May 19, 2002.
[S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.
[S1074] Town Records: Kirby, Caledonia Co., Putney, VT, Book 2, p. 24; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.

Levi Smith Harrington^1,2

M, #30951, b. 24 April 1808, d. 30 September 1873

Family: Mary Adeline Houghton

Marriage*: Levi Smith Harrington married Mary Adeline Houghton, daughter of Jonathan Houghton and Polly Wilder, on Mar 29, 1836 at Kirby, Caledonia Co., VT, USA, age 23.^1,3

Biography

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Birth

Apr 24, 1808

Danville, Caledonia Co., VT, USA^1,2

Marriage

1st wife: Ruth Harrington (1797 - 1834)*

Marriage

Mar 29, 1836

Kirby, Caledonia Co., VT, USA, age 23^1,3

Residence

Kirby, NH, USA

Death

Sep 30, 1873

Kirby, Caledonia Co., VT, USA, GS gives 1875^1,2

Biography

Harrington: The Kirby Records state that Levi Harrington was born in Danville, Vermont. As a boy, he lived with his father in Kirby. Proof that he married the widow of Amos Colburn is found in the probate of that estate. In 1830 the widow Ruth Colburn was appointed guardian of her six minor children. On 18Ap1832 Isaiah Carpenter was appointed guardian of these same children because the 'former guardian having married and thereby become incapable of performing said trust'. The same day Ruth Colburn, as executrix of the estate of Amos Colburn, sold to Levi Harrington the land and buildings that Amos Colburn of Lebanon, NH. had bought 13S1813. On 20 Apr 1832, Levi S. Harrington acknowledged this sale 'for Ruth my Wife'. Levi sold the Colburn estate in Waterford 5Je1832 but was still living in Waterford on 29N1832 when he bought land in Kirby of his brother Antipas. Soon after, he moved back to Kirby and settled on a farm located in 'Mud Hollow'. Here he lived until his death. His name appears in the Kirby land records at least once each 10 years; the last time, 19Ag1873, when he and his wife Mary deeded the home place to their son Myron O. Harrington, who sold it 10D1873. The house, said to have been built by Levi was still standing in Nov 1939 although unoccupied for several years. Jeffrey says, 'In the early settlement of Kirby, there were many men and women who were prominent in its development, the families of whom are gone from us and we are unable to write a suitable sketch of their work. Among these are Ebenezer Damon, Josiah Joslin, Levi Harrington, Benjamin Nutter and others, all of whom represented Kirby in the Legislature of this State'. In 1832 Levi owned pew No. 11 in the Congregational Meeting House in Kirby. This church was organized in 1812 but had no regular pastor until 1824 when Rev. Luther Wood joined and preached until old age prevented. In 1828 the church erected a comfortable house of worship which had 45 members in 1840. About this time, a new church was organized in East St. Johnsbury, to which a part of the Kirby members transferred their membership, leaving the Kirby church in feeble condition. The building was repaired in 1885 and the next year had 27 members. Levi Harrington died in Kirby in 1873 at the age of 65 and is buried in the Kirby cemetery. A marble stone gives the date and age and the dates of the death of both wives. The St. Johnsbury Caledonian of 3 Oct1873 has the following obituary: 'In Kirby, 30S.,Levis S. Harrington, aged65. A great sufferer gone to rest in the bosom of his Savior'. His widow Adeline died in 1894, aged 81y.10m.18d., Guildhall, Vt.
REF. - Waterford and Kirby, Vt. Town records. Successful Vermonters, - William H. Jeffrey. Gazeteer of Caledonia and Essex Counties, - Hamilton Child.²

Burial

North Kirby-Brookside Cemetery, Kirby, VT, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.
[S415] E-mail from Don Harrington, May 19, 2002.
[S1074] Town Records: Kirby, Caledonia Co., Putney, VT, Book 2, p. 24; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.

Rev. Myron Oscar Harrington¹

M, #30952, b. 6 January 1844, d. 17 December 1921

Family: Mary Electa Smith

Marriage*: Rev. Myron Oscar Harrington married Mary Electa Smith on Sep 28, 1877 at Sunderland, Franklin Co., MA, USA.^1,2

Biography

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Birth

Jan 6, 1844

Kirby, Caledonia Co., VT, USA, NEHGR: 1842¹

Marriage

Sep 28, 1877

Sunderland, Franklin Co., MA, USA^1,2

Death

Dec 17, 1921

Jordan Valley, OR, USA^1,2

Burial

Caldwell, ID, USA²

Biography

Harrington: Myron O. Harrington spent his early years on his father's farm in Kirby, Vt. On 7N1847, when only 13 years old, He witnessed a deed for his father. He graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy in 1865, from Amherst College in 1869 and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1872. He was Principal of Danvers (Mass.) High School for the year 1872-73 and was of Danvers on 22Mr1873 when he paid a note of $500 to Nathan S. and Mary E. H. Butterfield of Burlington, Vt. He taught school with his wife in Tougaloo University, Mississippi, and held Pastorates in Kidder, Missouri from 1880 to 1883; in Stewartsville, Mo.1883 to 85; in Mound City, Kansas,1885 to 1886; and in Russell, Kansas. He lived in Topeka, Kansas from 1886 to 92; in Kansa City, Mo. from 1893 to 1903, and then moved back to Topeka. In 1918 he went to Jordan Valley, Oregon to live with his eldest son Murray and died there in 1921. He is buried in Caldwell, Idaho. His widow Mary moved from Topeka, Kansas to Los Angeles, Ca. in 1928 and died there in 1937. Her son Murray was with her the last year or two of her life. She was buried in a crypt in Pacific Crest Cemetery, El Nido, Los Angeles, Ca. On 26 Oct1948 her remains were transferred to the Caldwell, Id. Cemetery, beside her husband.
REF. - Kirby, Vt., Land records and Family Records.²

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.
[S415] E-mail from Don Harrington, May 19, 2002.

Mary Electa Smith¹

F, #30953, b. 13 June 1849, d. 5 December 1937

Family: Rev. Myron Oscar Harrington

Marriage*: Mary Electa Smith married Rev. Myron Oscar Harrington, son of Levi Smith Harrington and Mary Adeline Houghton, on Sep 28, 1877 at Sunderland, Franklin Co., MA, USA.^1,2

Biography

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Birth

Jun 13, 1849

Sunderland, Franklin Co., MA, USA²

Marriage

Sep 28, 1877

Sunderland, Franklin Co., MA, USA^1,2

Death

Dec 5, 1937

Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA, USA²

Burial

Oct 26, 1948

Caldwell, ID, USA²

ParentsD

John Smith and Electa Gray²

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.
[S415] E-mail from Don Harrington, May 19, 2002.

Anna Nellie Harrington¹

F, #30954, b. 24 February 1886, d. 23 September 1945

Family: Frederick Chester Warner

Marriage*: Anna Nellie Harrington married Frederick Chester Warner on Jun 21, 1914 at Topeka, KS, USA.¹

Biography

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Birth

Feb 24, 1886

Mound City, KS, USA¹

Graduation

1905

Amherst High School, Amherst, Hampshire Co., MA, USA¹

Occupation

between 1910 and 1914

Washburn College, Topeka, KS, USA, librarian¹

Marriage

Jun 21, 1914

Topeka, KS, USA¹

Gen. Soc.

Jan 6, 1942

NEGHS; also DAR, and president of the Gray Family Assoc.¹

Residence

Wakefield, MA, USA¹

Death

Sep 23, 1945

Stoneham, MA, USA¹

Church

Wakefield, MA, USA, First Congregational Church¹

Note

Anna inititated the idea and did much of the research on the Harrington ancestry, that was later completed by her husband, Frederick Warner, in Boston, MA, in 1949.

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.

Frederick Chester Warner¹

M, #30955, b. 9 November 1886, d. 19 February 1983

Family: Anna Nellie Harrington

Marriage*: Frederick Chester Warner married Anna Nellie Harrington, daughter of Rev. Myron Oscar Harrington and Mary Electa Smith, on Jun 21, 1914 at Topeka, KS, USA.¹

Biography

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Birth

Nov 9, 1886

Sunderland, Franklin Co., MA, USA²

Residence

circa 1914

Sunderland, MA, USA¹

Marriage

Jun 21, 1914

Topeka, KS, USA¹

Death

Feb 19, 1983

Amherst, Hampshire Co., MA, USA²

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.
[S415] E-mail from Don Harrington, May 14, 2002.

Samuel Merton Warner¹

M, #30956, b. 19 February 1916

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

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Birth

Feb 19, 1916

Norwich, New London Co., VT, USA²

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.
[S415] E-mail from Don Harrington, May 14, 2002.

Freda Jean Warner¹

F, #30957, b. 18 August 1917

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Aug 18, 1917

Norwich, New London Co., CT, USA²

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.
[S415] E-mail from Don Harrington, May 14, 2002.

Albert Chester Warner¹

M, #30958, b. 11 April 1920, d. 29 August 1938

Biography

Corresponded with author

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Birth

Apr 11, 1920

Providence, RI, USA²

Death

Aug 29, 1938

Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA²

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.
[S415] E-mail from Don Harrington, May 14, 2002.

John Levi Warner¹

M, #30959, b. 1 August 1921

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Aug 1, 1921

Sunderland, Franklin Co., MA, USA²

Pedigree

Citations

[S96] NEHGR, 100 [1946]: 59.
[S415] E-mail from Don Harrington, May 14, 2002.

Mary L. Buchanan^1,2,3,4

F, #30960, b. 18 June 1857, d. 8 October 1887

Family: Silas E. Houghton

Marriage*: Mary L. Buchanan married Silas E. Houghton, son of Rev. James W. Houghton and Eleanor A. Wilson, on Feb 4, 1874 at Northfield, Washington Co., VT, USA, he also 19; also Cabot VT.^1,5,6,4

Biography

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Birth

Jun 18, 1857

Waterford, VT, USA, dd calc; GS dd calc is Jun 1853; age 22 in 1880 census; Son George's census gives Canada; Cabot VT VRs: Franconia, NH^5,6

Marriage

Feb 4, 1874

Northfield, Washington Co., VT, USA, he also 19; also Cabot VT^1,5,6,4

1880 Census

1880

Marshfield, Washington Co., VT, USA, age 26, a farm laborer^5,7

Death

Oct 8, 1887

Cabot, Washington Co., VT, USA, age 30-3-20, of consumption^8,3

Burial

Durant Cemetery, Cabot, Washington Co., VT, USA, ae 34 y 4 m⁸

ParentsD

George B. and Maria Buchanan; father born in Eng, mother in Canada³

Pedigree

Citations

[S564] Jennie Chamberlain Watts and and Elsie A. Choate, People of Peacham, p. 160.
[S1074] Town Records: Cabot, VT, p. 1419: VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30546, VT VRs 1871-1904.
[S1074] Town Records: Cabot, VT, p. 127?: VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30546, VT VRs 1871-1904.
[S1074] Town Records: Cabot, VT, p. 1102; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30547, VT VRs 1871-1904.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Marshfield, Washington Co., VT, Reel 6, Vol. 7, ED. 207, Sh. 1, Ln. 13.
[S1074] Town Records: Cabot, VT, p. 1086: VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30546, VT VRs 1871-1904.
[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Marshfield, Washington Co., VT, Reel 6, Vol. 7, ED. 207, Sh. 1, Ln. 13, dwl 5-5.
[S1272] Larua Abbott and Mary Wheeler, Cabot [VT] Cemeteries, Durant, D-33.