Houghton Surname Project

Andrew Houghton

M, #108211

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Birth

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Charlotte Houghton

F, #108212

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Birth

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Elizabeth Houghton

F, #108213

Family: William Fish

Marriage*: Elizabeth Houghton married William Fish on Feb 10, 1761.

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Marriage

Feb 10, 1761

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William Fish

M, #108214, b. between 26 April 1738 and 1739

Family: Elizabeth Houghton

Marriage*: William Fish married Elizabeth Houghton on Feb 10, 1761.

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Birth

between Apr 26, 1738 and 1739

Stonington, New London Co., CT, USA

Marriage

Feb 10, 1761

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(?) Fish

?, #108215, d. 24 April 1782

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Birth

Death

Apr 24, 1782

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(?) Fish

?, #108216, d. 6 December 1776

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Birth

Death

Dec 6, 1776

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Anne Houghton

F, #108217

Family: Hugh Thompson

Marriage*: Anne Houghton married Hugh Thompson on 1784.

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Origin

1784

Windsor, Hartford Co., CT, USA

Marriage

1784

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Hugh Thompson

M, #108218

Family: Anne Houghton

Marriage*: Hugh Thompson married Anne Houghton on 1784.

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Origin

1784

Windsor, Hartford Co., CT, USA

Marriage

1784

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Floyd Griggs¹

M, #108219, b. circa 1902

Family: Lena M. Houghton

Marriage*: Floyd Griggs married Lena M. Houghton, daughter of William Walter Houghton and Etta B. Hodgdon.¹

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Birth

circa 1902

VT, USA, age 38 in 1940 census²

Residence

Danville, VT, USA

Marriage

1940 Census

1940

Danville, VT, USA, age 38, farmer²

Pedigree

Citations

[S93] Newspaper Obituary, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesargus/obituary.aspx
[S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Danville, Caledonia, Vermont; Roll: T627_4230; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 3-8.

Kenneth W. Griggs¹

M, #108220, b. 19 September 1931, d. 12 December 2014

Family: Jean Wesson

Marriage*: Kenneth W. Griggs married Jean Wesson on Oct 25, 1949 at Danville, VT, USA.¹

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Birth

Sep 19, 1931

Wolcott, VT, USA, age 9 in 1940 census¹

Marriage

Oct 25, 1949

Danville, VT, USA¹

Residence

Orange, VT, USA

Death

Dec 12, 2014

Woodridge Nursing Home, Berlin, Washington Co., VT, USA, age 83¹

Obituary

Dec 15, 2014

Orange - Kenneth W. Griggs, 83, of Griggs Road, passed away Friday, December 12, 2014, at the Woodridge Nursing Home in Berlin.

Born on September 19, 1931, in Wolcott, he was the son of Floyd and Lena (Houghton) Griggs. His youth was spent on the family farm in Danville. He attended Harvey's Hollow Elementary School and Danville High School. Ken developed his strong work ethic out of necessity. He and his older sister, Phyllis, were forced into operating the family farm following the tragic death of their older brother, Carlton.

On October 25, 1949, Ken married Jean Wesson in Danville. Following their marriage, they lived in many homes before moving to their home on Griggs Road in Orange. At the time of his passing, he and Jean had just celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary.

Ken was primarily employed in sales. He worked for Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut, for the Grand Union Tea Co., the Fuller Brush Co. and the Empire Co. In 1971, he founded Kenco Inc., a cleaning supplies business, which he and his family owned and operated until his retirement in 2007.

He was a past member of the Orange Alliance Church where he had served as a trustee and an elder. He was also a member for many years of the Gideons International. Ken was passionate about spreading God's word through Bible distributions in Haiti, Chile and Argentina, as well as locally to nurses, prisoners, students and motels.

He always looked forward to vacations, traveling with Jean to warmer climates in the winter, as well as attending Gideon meetings and conventions throughout the country.

Always frugal and looking for challenges, Ken preferred to do for himself whatever he wanted or needed done, from building his homes to maintaining and operating the many doodlebugs, tractors and bulldozers he would purchase at auctions.

Survivors include his loving wife, Jean, of Orange; his children, Donna Gallagher and her husband, Harry, of Orange, Reginald Griggs and his wife, Betsy Ross, of Barre, Patsy Knapp and her husband, Luke, of Orange, Lori Beede and her husband, Leon, of Washington, and Scott Griggs and his wife, Debbie, of Orange; 12 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; his sister, Phyllis Lang, of Bath, New Hampshire; nieces and nephews.

Besides his parents, he was predeceased by a grandson, Chris Chaloux; a sister, Ramona Blouin; and his brother, Carlton Griggs.

His funeral service and celebration of his life will be held on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, at 11 a.m. in the Hooker and Whitcomb Funeral Home, 7 Academy Street, Barre. Entombment will take place in the Hooker and Whitcomb vault to await later burial in the Brook Haven Cemetery in Orange.

Following the service, family and friends will gather at the Hilltop Restaurant on Quarry Hill for a time of fellowship, to share memories, and for a luncheon.

Published in Times Argus on Dec. 15, 2014¹

Burial

Brook Haven Cemetery, Orange, VT, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S93] Newspaper Obituary, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesargus/obituary.aspx

Carlton Griggs¹

M, #108221, b. circa 1923

Biography

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Birth

circa 1923

VT, USA, age 17 in 1940 census^1,2

Pedigree

Citations

[S93] Newspaper Obituary, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesargus/obituary.aspx
[S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Danville, Caledonia, Vermont; Roll: T627_4230; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 3-8.

Phyllis Griggs

F, #108222, b. circa 1929

Biography

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Birth

circa 1929

VT, USA, age 11 in 1940 census¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Danville, Caledonia, Vermont; Roll: T627_4230; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 3-8.

Jean Wesson¹

F, #108223

Family: Kenneth W. Griggs

Marriage*: Jean Wesson married Kenneth W. Griggs, son of Floyd Griggs and Lena M. Houghton, on Oct 25, 1949 at Danville, VT, USA.¹

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Marriage

Oct 25, 1949

Danville, VT, USA¹

Residence

Orange, VT, USA

Living

2014

Orange, VT, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S93] Newspaper Obituary, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/timesargus/obituary.aspx

Ramona Griggs

F, #108224, b. circa 1939, d. before 2014

Family: (?) Blouin

Marriage*: Ramona Griggs married (?) Blouin.

Biography

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Birth

circa 1939

VT, USA, age 1 in 1940 census¹

Marriage

Death

before 2014

Pedigree

Citations

[S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Danville, Caledonia, Vermont; Roll: T627_4230; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 3-8.

(?) Blouin

M, #108225

Family: Ramona Griggs

Marriage*: (?) Blouin married Ramona Griggs, daughter of Floyd Griggs and Lena M. Houghton.

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Marriage

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Henry Pigeon

M, #108226, d. 2 December 1799

Family: Betsey Starrs

Marriage*: Henry Pigeon married Betsey Starrs on Apr 29, 1790 at Weston, MA, USA.

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Marriage

Apr 29, 1790

Weston, MA, USA

Death

Dec 2, 1799

Pedigree

Jerusha Houghton¹

F, #108227, b. circa 1715, d. circa March 1809

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Birth

circa 1715

Death

circa Mar, 1809

Petersham, MA, USA, widow, age 94 (in C. C., Mar 8, 1809)¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1494] American Antiquarian Society, ndex of Deaths in Mass. Centinel & Columbian Cent.

Jonathan Houghton¹

M, #108228, b. circa 1744, d. July 1810

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Birth

circa 1744

Occupation

1810

merchant¹

Death

Jul, 1810

Cambridgeport, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, age 66, in C.C. Jul 11, 1810¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1494] American Antiquarian Society, ndex of Deaths in Mass. Centinel & Columbian Cent.

Joseph Houghton¹

M, #108229, d. circa December 1812

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Mil. Serv.

drafted militia soldier¹

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Death

circa Dec, 1812

Burlington, Chittenden Co., VT, USA, in C.C., Dec 23, 1812¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1494] American Antiquarian Society, ndex of Deaths in Mass. Centinel & Columbian Cent.

Josiah Houghton¹

M, #108230, b. circa 1790, d. April 1833

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Birth

circa 1790

Death

Apr, 1833

Deerfield, MA, USA, age 43; in C.C., Apr 27, 1833¹

Duplicate

Pedigree

Citations

[S1494] American Antiquarian Society, ndex of Deaths in Mass. Centinel & Columbian Cent.

Otis Houghton¹

M, #108231

Family: Mrs. Louise Houghton

Marriage*: Otis Houghton married Mrs. Louise Houghton.¹

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Marriage

Living

1834

Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S1494] American Antiquarian Society, ndex of Deaths in Mass. Centinel & Columbian Cent.

Mrs. Louise Houghton¹

F, #108232, d. 8 December 1833

Family: Otis Houghton

Marriage*: Mrs. Louise Houghton married Otis Houghton.¹

Biography

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Marriage

Death

Dec 8, 1833

Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA, in C. C. Dec 25, 1833¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1494] American Antiquarian Society, ndex of Deaths in Mass. Centinel & Columbian Cent.

Larry M. Wilson

M, #108233

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Author

1987

Genealogy of the family of Moore of England, Massachusetts, Vermont and Iowa
Author:      Larry M Wilson
Publisher:      Kansas City, MO : L.M. Wilson, 1987. 213 pages
     Moore family; Houghton family; Whitcomb family; White family.

Research

1987

Genealogy of Moore & Houghton families

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Authors Houghton

?, #108234

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Calvin Clark

M, #108235, b. 1801, d. 1890

Family: Annie Marie Lawrence

Marriage*: Calvin Clark married Annie Marie Lawrence.

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Birth

1801

Marriage

Death

1890

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John Evans

M, #108236, b. 14 March 1844

Family: Mary Amelia Brooks

Marriage*: John Evans married Mary Amelia Brooks, daughter of George Metcalf Brooks and Celina Houghton, on Dec 22, 1867.

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Birth

Mar 14, 1844

Sweden

Marriage

Dec 22, 1867

Note

He was a Swedish orphan boy, named Freed, adopted by Mrs. Sarah Evans, sister of Pamela (Bradford) Brooks

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Carrie May Evans

F, #108237, b. 2 July 1870

Biography

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Birth

Jul 2, 1870

Blairstown, IA, USA

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Edward Richards¹

M, #108238, b. 1854

Biography

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Birth

1854

Brasher, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S890] Lillie Brandt, Desc. of Eleazer Houghton- Brand.

Emma Richards¹

F, #108239, b. 1857

Biography

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Birth

1857

Brasher, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S890] Lillie Brandt, Desc. of Eleazer Houghton- Brand.

Philena Richards¹

F, #108240, b. 1859

Biography

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Birth

1859

Brasher, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S890] Lillie Brandt, Desc. of Eleazer Houghton- Brand.