Houghton Surname Project

Hannah Nye¹

F, #33361

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Bennington, Bennington Co., VT, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 183.

William Nye¹

M, #33362

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Bennington, Bennington Co., VT, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 183.

Jonathan Nye¹

M, #33363, b. October 1804

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Oct, 1804

Bennington, Bennington Co., VT, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 183.

Daniel Nye¹

M, #33364

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Bennington, Bennington Co., VT, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 183.

Rebecca Nye¹

F, #33365

Biography

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Corresponded with author

Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 183.

George Washington Nye¹

M, #33366

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Bennington, Bennington Co., VT, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 183.

Joseph Mudge Nye¹

M, #33367, b. 9 July 1809, d. 5 May 1867

Family: Mary Chadwell

Marriage*: Joseph Mudge Nye married Mary Chadwell, daughter of Harris Chadwell Jr and Polly Houghton, on 1832.¹

Biography

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Birth

Jul 9, 1809

Orrington, ME, USA¹

Occupation

Lynn, Essex Co., MA, USA, shoe business¹

Marriage

1832

Death

May 5, 1867

Lynn, Essex Co., MA, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 335.

Joseph Harris Nye¹

M, #33368, b. 28 February 1834, d. 3 March 1834

Biography

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Birth

Feb 28, 1834

Death

Mar 3, 1834

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 335.

John Mudge Nye¹

M, #33369, b. 11 May 1835, d. 19 November 1835

Biography

Corresponded with author

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Birth

May 11, 1835

Death

Nov 19, 1835

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 335.

Cyrus Melville Nye¹

M, #33370, b. 30 September 1836, d. 5 October 1836

Biography

Corresponded with author

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Birth

Sep 30, 1836

Death

Oct 5, 1836

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 335.

Sarah Mudge Nye¹

F, #33371, b. 3 January 1838, d. 6 August 1838

Biography

Corresponded with author

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Birth

Jan 3, 1838

Death

Aug 6, 1838

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 335.

Joseph Mudge Nye¹

M, #33372, b. 20 December 1839, d. 10 December 1842

Biography

Corresponded with author

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Birth

Dec 20, 1839

Death

Dec 10, 1842

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 335.

Harris Chadwell Nye¹

M, #33373, b. 12 July 1841

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Jul 12, 1841

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 335.

Charles Otis Nye¹

M, #33374, b. 3 December 1842, d. 4 March 1843

Biography

Corresponded with author

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Birth

Dec 3, 1842

Death

Mar 4, 1843

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 335.

Mary Chadwell Nye¹

F, #33375, b. 7 July 1844, d. 18 September 1844

Biography

Corresponded with author

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Birth

Jul 7, 1844

Death

Sep 18, 1844

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 335.

Perry Ensign Johnson¹

M, #33376, b. 17 November 1863, d. 15 June 1935

Family: Anna Houghton

Marriage*: Perry Ensign Johnson married Anna Houghton on Feb 22, 1885.¹

Biography

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Corresponded with author

Birth

Nov 17, 1863

Sterling, OH, USA¹

Residence

Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH, USA¹

Marriage

Feb 22, 1885

Death

Jun 15, 1935

Biography

son of Datis Johnson and Aldisa Nye

Children+

5 children

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 513.

Anna Houghton¹

F, #33377, b. 17 February 1867

Family: Perry Ensign Johnson

Marriage*: Anna Houghton married Perry Ensign Johnson on Feb 22, 1885.¹

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Feb 17, 1867

Nova, OH, USA¹

Marriage

Feb 22, 1885

Children+

5 children

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 513.

Mary Ann Nye¹

F, #33378, b. 20 March 1815, d. 5 June 1894

Family: Paschal Paola Houghton

Marriage*: Mary Ann Nye married Paschal Paola Houghton, son of Plutarch P. Houghton and Jadidah Fletcher, on Oct 14, 1832 at Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, USA, Lake Co. Hx: Oct 11, 1832.^1,2

Biography

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Birth

Mar 20, 1815

Norwich, Windsor Co., VT, USA, age 35 in 1850 census; age 45 in 1860 census; age 65 in 1880 census; 1880 census of daughter Harriett gives PA as bp^1,2,3

Marriage

Oct 14, 1832

Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, USA, Lake Co. Hx: Oct 11, 1832^1,2

1850 Census

1850

Fremont, Lake, IL, USA, age 50, a farmer, next door to Charles Fletcher and Plutarch Houghton⁴

1860 Census

1860

Fremont, Lake Co., IL, USA, age 60, a farmer, property $4750-1000³

1870 Census

1870

Fremont, Lake Co., IL, USA, age 70, a farmer, property $10,000-1930; and Louisa Kirey, 14, IL, and William King, 11, IL (grandchildren??)⁵

1880 Census

1880

Fremont, Lake Co., IL, USA, age 79, a farmer; and granddaughter May A. Houghton⁶

Death

Jun 5, 1894

Wauconda, IL, USA¹

Burial

Wauconda Cemetery, Wauconda, IL, USA⁷

Biography

Her father died when she was 10 and she went to live with her grandparents, Daniel and Lydia Nye, in Woodstock VT. She made her home in Lake Co. since 1836, being one of its oldest residents.^1,2

ParentsD

Chester Nye and Mercy Liscomb. Emigrants settled in CT and then moved to Norwich, VT. Her grandfather served in Rev. War. Chester Nye was a ship carpenter. 1880 census of daughter Mary Ann gives both parents b. in VT; parents died when she was 10; lived with grandparents Daniel and Lydia Nye.²

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 595.
[S869] John J. Halsen, Lake Co. IL Hx, p. 611-613.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Fremont, Lake Co., IL, p. 834, line 32, dwl 3247-3217.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Fremont, Lake Co., IL, Box 114, p. 76, line 26, dwl 99.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Fremont, Lake Co., IL, Reel 242, p. 609B, line 24, dwl 186-185.
[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Fremont, Lake, Illinois; Roll: T9_221; Family History Film: 1254221; Page: 488B; Enumeration District: 234; sheet 6, line 46, dwl 57-60.
[S415] E-mail from Kim Coughlin, Dec. 28, 2002.

Paschal Paola Houghton¹

M, #33379, b. 24 June 1800, d. 3 April 1890

Family: Mary Ann Nye

Marriage*: Paschal Paola Houghton married Mary Ann Nye on Oct 14, 1832 at Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, USA, Lake Co. Hx: Oct 11, 1832.^1,3

Biography

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Birth

Jun 24, 1800

Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, USA, age 50 in 1850 census; age 60 in 1860 census; age 55 in 1870 census; age 79 in 1880 census; 1880 census of daug. Harriet gives PA as bp; Nye: His marriage date is given as bd: Oct. 14 1832;^1,2

Marriage

Oct 14, 1832

Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, USA, Lake Co. Hx: Oct 11, 1832^1,3

Note

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database
Purchaser
Legal Description
Section
Township
Range
Meridian
Date Purchased
County

HOUGHTON AMAZIAH
SESE
25
44N
09E
3
05/05/1845
LAKE

HOUGHTON AMAZIAH
NWNE
36
44N
09E
3
02/07/1842
LAKE

HOUGHTON AMAZIAH
E2NE
36
44N
09E
3
11/05/1841
LAKE

HOUGHTON AMAZIAH
N2LOT2SW
31
44N
10E
3
08/16/1844
LAKE

HOUGHTON AMAZIAH
LOT1NW
31
44N
10E
3
11/30/1844
LAKE

HOUGHTON AMAZIAH
N2LOT1NW
30
44N
10E
3
05/29/1848
LAKE

HOUGHTON AMAZIAH
N2LOT2NW
30
44N
10E
3
05/29/1848
LAKE

HOUGHTON ERASTUS
N2NE
30
44N
11E
3
01/26/1844
LAKE

HOUGHTON PASCHAL P
W2LOT1NE
05
43N
10E
3
05/27/1845
LAKE

HOUGHTON PASCHAL P
W2LOT2NE
05
43N
10E
3
12/25/1845
LAKE

HOUGHTON PASCHAL T
SE
32
44N
10E
3
01/28/1841
LAKE

Immigration

1836

Fremont, Lake Co., IL, USA, and homesteaded 160 acres (section 30). He brought his family in the following year in a two horse wagon.^1,4,5,3

Office

1839

Fremont, Lake, IL, USA, the poormaster⁶

1840 Census

1840

Lake Co., IL, USA, 8 Total: 2 male 20 to 30 (1810-1819), 1 male 40 to 50 (1790-1799) // 2 female under 5 (1836-1840), 1 female 5 to 10 (1830-1835), 2 female 15 to 20 (1820-1825)⁷

1850 Census

1850

Fremont, Lake, IL, USA, age 50, a farmer, next door to Charles Fletcher and Plutarch Houghton⁸

1860 Census

1860

Fremont, Lake Co., IL, USA, age 60, a farmer, property $4750-1000⁹

1870 Census

1870

Fremont, Lake Co., IL, USA, age 70, a farmer, property $10,000-1930; and Louisa Kirey, 14, IL, and William King, 11, IL (grandchildren??)¹⁰

1880 Census

1880

Fremont, Lake Co., IL, USA, age 79, a farmer; and granddaughter May A. Houghton¹¹

Death

Apr 3, 1890

Wauconda, Lake Co., IL, USA^1,3

Burial

Wauconda Cemetery, Wauconda, IL, USA⁵

Biography

Extensive information on PP & Mary Ann Houghton was printed in the "Portrait and Biographical Album" of Lake County. It states how her father died when she was 10, spending most of her childhood in Woodstock, Vermont, with her grandparents. She married PP when she was 17, on 10-14-1832. They had 8 children. They came to Lake County, Il in 1836 (then part of Cook County), staking a claim of 160 acres. The story tells of them moving west with all of their possession sin a 2-horse wagon. They moved into their log cabin (which PP had come out west to build earlier). The story also tells of how PP cast his first vote for James Madison, being a Whig, then joined the Republican party. This is also where it tells of Mary Ann keeping a diary and scrapbooks, which "would will be read with interest by her children when she is sleeping beneath the sod".^5,3

Grandfathr

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 595.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1850 US Census, Fremont, Lake Co., IL, Box 114, p. 76, line 26, dwl 99.
[S869] John J. Halsen, Lake Co. IL Hx, p. 611-613.
[S869] John J. Halsen, Lake Co. IL Hx, p. 38-39, 432.
[S415] E-mail from Kim Coughlin, Dec. 28, 2002.
[S869] John J. Halsen, Lake Co. IL Hx, p. 71.
[S1225] 1840 U.S. Federal Census , Lake Co., Illinois; Roll: 62; Page: 104.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Fremont, Lake Co., IL, Box 114, p. 76, line 26, dwl 99.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Fremont, Lake Co., IL, p. 834, line 32, dwl 3247-3217.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Fremont, Lake Co., IL, Reel 242, p. 609B, line 24, dwl 186-185.
[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Fremont, Lake, Illinois; Roll: T9_221; Family History Film: 1254221; Page: 488B; Enumeration District: 234; sheet 6, line 46, dwl 57-60.

Louise Jedidah Brown Houghton¹

F, #33380, b. 22 September 1833, d. 13 May 1923

Family: William Beach

Marriage License: Louise Jedidah Brown Houghton and William Beach obtained a marriage license on Apr 2, 1851 at Lake Co., IL, USA; Lic. 93M0028, Book B, p. 38.³
Marriage*: Louise Jedidah Brown Houghton married William Beach on Apr 14, 1851.^1,2

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Sep 22, 1833

Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, USA, age 17 in 1850 census¹

Marriage

Apr 14, 1851

^1,2

Residence

Glidden, IA, USA^1,2

Death

May 13, 1923

Glidden, Carroll Co., IA, USA¹

Burial

West Lawn Cemetery, Glidden, IA, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 595.
[S869] John J. Halsen, Lake Co. IL Hx, p. 611-613.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900: Houghton Surname search.

William Beach¹

M, #33381, d. 13 April 1891

Family: Louise Jedidah Brown Houghton

Marriage License: William Beach and Louise Jedidah Brown Houghton obtained a marriage license on Apr 2, 1851 at Lake Co., IL, USA; Lic. 93M0028, Book B, p. 38.³
Marriage*: William Beach married Louise Jedidah Brown Houghton, daughter of Paschal Paola Houghton and Mary Ann Nye, on Apr 14, 1851.^1,2

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Residence

circa 1851

NY, USA

Marriage

Apr 14, 1851

^1,2

Residence

Glidden, IA, USA^1,2

Death

Apr 13, 1891

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 595.
[S869] John J. Halsen, Lake Co. IL Hx, p. 611-613.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900: Houghton Surname search.

Willard W. Beach¹

M, #33382

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 595.

Ellen Janet Beach¹

F, #33383

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 595.

Mary Ann Ardelia Beach¹

F, #33384

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 595.

Ellen Jennette Houghton¹

F, #33385, b. 23 July 1835, d. 26 September 1928

Family 1: Israel Mills

Marriage License: Ellen Jennette Houghton and Israel Mills obtained a marriage license on Mar 16, 1854 at Lake Co., IL, USA; Lic. 93M0594, Book B, p. 86.⁴
Marriage*: Ellen Jennette Houghton married Israel Mills on Mar 17, 1854 at Lake Co., IL, USA.^2,3

Family 2: Nicholas Smith

Marriage: Ellen Jennette Houghton married Nicholas Smith on Jul 4, 1859.^2,3

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Jul 23, 1835

Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT, USA, age 15 in 1850 census²

Marriage

Mar 17, 1854

Lake Co., IL, USA^2,3

Death

Sep 26, 1928

Libertyville, IL, USA²

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Kim Coughlin, Dec. 28, 2002.
[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 595.
[S869] John J. Halsen, Lake Co. IL Hx, p. 611-613.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900: Houghton Surname search.

Israel Mills¹

M, #33386, d. 8 September 1855

Family: Ellen Jennette Houghton

Marriage License: Israel Mills and Ellen Jennette Houghton obtained a marriage license on Mar 16, 1854 at Lake Co., IL, USA; Lic. 93M0594, Book B, p. 86.³
Marriage*: Israel Mills married Ellen Jennette Houghton, daughter of Paschal Paola Houghton and Mary Ann Nye, on Mar 17, 1854 at Lake Co., IL, USA.^1,2

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Marriage

Mar 17, 1854

Lake Co., IL, USA^1,2

Death

Sep 8, 1855

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 595.
[S869] John J. Halsen, Lake Co. IL Hx, p. 611-613.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900: Houghton Surname search.

Nicholas Smith¹

M, #33387, d. 6 December 1900

Family: Ellen Jennette Houghton

Marriage*: Nicholas Smith married Ellen Jennette Houghton, daughter of Paschal Paola Houghton and Mary Ann Nye, on Jul 4, 1859.^1,2

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Marriage

Jul 4, 1859

^1,2

Death

Dec 6, 1900

Gray's Lake, IL, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 595.
[S869] John J. Halsen, Lake Co. IL Hx, p. 611-613.

Edward Mills¹

M, #33388, b. 18 December 1854, d. 1855

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Dec 18, 1854

^1,2

Death

1855

^1,2

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 595.
[S869] John J. Halsen, Lake Co. IL Hx, p. 611-613.

Clarence Hibbard Smith^1,2

M, #33389, b. 23 April 1861

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Apr 23, 1861

Lake Co. IL Hx: Apr 23 1860^1,3

Pedigree

Citations

[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 595.
[S415] E-mail from Kim Coughlin, Dec. 28, 2002.
[S869] John J. Halsen, Lake Co. IL Hx, p. 611-613.

Alvin Paola Smith¹

F, #33390, b. 28 January 1869

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Jan 28, 1869

Lake Co. IL Hx: Jan 38, 1868 [sic]^2,3

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Kim Coughlin, Dec. 28, 2002.
[S674] L. Bert Nye Jr. Nyes Genealogy I, p. 595.
[S869] John J. Halsen, Lake Co. IL Hx, p. 611-613.