Albert Houghton

M, #119731, b. circa 1894

Family: Annie (?)

  • Marriage*: Albert Houghton married Annie (?)

Biography

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Birthcirca 1894MD, USA
Marriage
1950 US Census1950Baltimore, MD, USA, age 56, negro, printing industry porter; and mother in law Annie Moore, 84, widow, MD
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Annie (?)

F, #119732, b. circa 1896

Family: Albert Houghton

Biography

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Birthcirca 1896MD, USA
Marriage
1950 US Census1950Baltimore, MD, USA, age 56, negro, printing industry porter; and mother in law Annie Moore, 84, widow, MD
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Alice Lorraine Johnson

F, #119733, b. circa 1922

Family: James Cowling Houghton

Biography

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Birthcirca 1922Washington, DC, USA
MarriageJan 14, 1943Washington, DC, USA
1950 US Census1950Anne Arundel Co., MD, USA, age 31, US Armed Forces
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Thomas C. Houghton

M, #119734, b. circa 1947

Biography

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Corresponded with authorN
Birthcirca 1947Washington, DC, USA
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Susan C. Houghton

F, #119735, b. February 1950

Biography

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Corresponded with authorN
BirthFeb, 1950MD, USA
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Esther Hilton

F, #119736, b. circa 1921, d. 1995

Family: Robert W. Houghton

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Birthcirca 1921ME, USA
Marriage
Death1995ME, USA
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Earline P. Houghton

F, #119737, b. November 1949

Biography

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BirthNov, 1949ME, USA
1950 US CensusApr 17, 1950Auburn, ME, USA, age 20, married, shoe factory inspector; Earl Wood, 19, single, lodger
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Howard L Morton

M, #119738, d. 1978

Family: Mildred A. Gifford

Biography

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A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Marriage
Death1978
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Villa Eileen Staley

F, #119739, b. circa 1923

Family: Robert Lester Houghton

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birthcirca 1923Pittsburg, PA, USA
MarriageJul 20, 1947Allegheny Co., PA, USA
1950 US Census1950Portland, ME, USA, age 27, bible company manager
Living1956Pittsburg, PA, USA
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Thomas Houghton

M, #119740

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Birth
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Brent Houghton

M, #119741

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Corresponded with authorN
Birth
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Dorothy Houghton

F, #119742

Family: (?) Furbush

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthME, USA
Marriage
Living1972
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(?) Furbush

M, #119743

Family: Dorothy Houghton

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Corresponded with authorN
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Barker Houghton

M, #119744, b. circa 1925

Biography

Corresponded with authorN
A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Birthcirca 1925ME, USA
1950 US Census1950Waterville, ME, USA, age 25, single, lodger, shirt factory, training program
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Capt. John Houghton1

M, #119745

Family: Mary Allen

  • Marriage*: Capt. John Houghton married Mary Allen per JWH, MLM, Weiss.2,3,4

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NoteREFN 7224: John Houghton b.14 Oct 1745, Lancaster MA, d.1818 Keene NH — father Israel Houghton REFN 1721, spouse Relief, 11 children including Wheelock and Seth — this is the confirmed Vol 1/Vol 2 line
REFN 119745: John Houghton b.~1744, no birthplace, no father recorded, spouse Mary (Allen per note), 12 children including Cyrus, Richard Haughton, Benjamin — the note itself says JWH incorrectly listed him as Israel's son; "the first 3 children listed were not Israel's" — this is a genuinely independent line
Marriageper JWH, MLM, Weiss2,3,4
Researchbd 1744
ResearchJWH gives this John Houghton as son of Israel Houghton and Martha Wheelock in a list of 17 children, and as married to Mary Allen. The first 3 children listed were not Israel's. Israel's son Capt. John Houghton was born in Lancaster MA, lived and died in Keene, NH
ResearchClaude analysis: Capt John Houghton (7224) son of Israel vs Capt John Houghton (119745) husband of Mary Allen, with son Sampson: definitively not the same person
The wife conflict is the fatal problem.
John 7224 (Israel's confirmed son) died 15 August 1818 in Keene, NH, and his probate record names Relief Sawyer as his widow — she survived him. Relief's children with John span 1774 to 1796 in Keene, NH vital records: Wheelock (1774), Jonathan (1776), Wheelock again (1779), John (1780), Bethuel (1782), Luther (1785), Calvin (1787), George (1789), Relief (1791), Seth (1796) — eleven children, all in Keene.
John 119770's wife is Mary Allen. His children by Mary Allen include Henry (b. 6 Jul 1780, Montgomery Co., NY) and Richard (b. 30 Sep 1794, New London, CT). These two overlap exactly with Relief Sawyer's children in Keene NH. One man cannot simultaneously father children in Montgomery County, NY and Keene, NH by two different women in the same years. Henry in 1780 and John Houghton of Keene's son John in 1780 — same year, different states, different mothers.
The geographic conflict is the second fatal problem.
The three children of 119770 with known birthplaces are all in New York or Connecticut: Sampson (1772) in Sand Lake, Rensselaer Co., NY; Henry (1780) in Montgomery Co., NY; Richard (1794) in New London, CT. John 7224's entire confirmed family is in Keene, Cheshire Co., NH from 1774 onward, never in New York.
The source conflict is the third problem.
John 7224 is documented in the History of Keene NH across fourteen separate references — he commanded the 6th company in Baldwin's regiment at White Plains in 1776, served on the committee of safety in 1777, the committee on war claims in 1786, and the meeting house seating committee in 1788. He is a thoroughly documented Keene resident from at least 1769 (when Israel deeded him land there) through his death in 1818. John 119770 has no documentation at all beyond JWH's genealogy — no vital records, no land records, no place names for any child except the three NY/CT ones.

What the Evidence Actually Suggests
JWH in 1912 appears to have conflated two different John Houghtons — Israel's confirmed son (TMG 7224) and an unidentified John (TMG 119770) who married Mary Allen and lived in New York/Connecticut. JWH assigned the Mary Allen family to Israel's line because he knew Israel had a son John, but he either did not have the Keene NH records or did not reconcile the conflict. Cole's 2023 research made the correct determination: the land deed and probate settle that Israel's John is the Keene man with Relief Sawyer.
John 119770 is a genuinely separate, unidentified person. His connection to Israel — and thus to the John Lancaster line — is unproven. He may be a Houghton of the John Lancaster line through some other branch, or he may be from an entirely different line. The DNA haplogroup of Sampson's descendants (R-M269) is consistent with John Lancaster but is not individually probative — R-M269 is a large haplogroup shared by many Houghton lines.



Problem: Capt. John who married Mary Allen; only given in JWH. Note that there are almost no place names for this family, given by JWH. Israel's son Capt. John Houghton (Houghton-3784) is married to Relief Sawyer and ended up in Keene, NH. The parents of the above John Houghton are unknown.
Some additional discrepancies in this list of children:
The information provided for the last four children Lucy, Sally, Joel, and Ezra, matches closely with children of Benjamin Houghton (1771-1819) and Dinah (Houghton) Houghton (1727-abt.1793).
Children Sampson, Henry, and Richard were settlers in New York. Census and other records list their births most frequently as Connecticut (sometimes Rhode Island, or New York). They more often used the spelling Haughton.

Descendant Bryant Haughton believes that a large Haughton family originates from this line, particularly for Sampson, Henry, and Richard.

M. Cole: The Houghton Genealogy, provides a different narrative for Captain John Houghton, but this conflicts with the records in Lancaster, MA and Keene, NH. It's clear from the land records that John Houghton of Keene, was the son of Israel Houghton. (Israel deeded land in Keene to him as his son in 1769), and the probate record names Relief as his widow. The birth records for Keene show births for John and Relief from 1774 to 1796. The marriage to Mary Allen and the various children attributed to John in the Houghton Genealogy need additional research to correctly place them. Cole-12288 18:20, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

According to the Houghton Genealogy: He was married to Mary Allen
ResearchJWH gives 16 children; Bryant Haughton gives all 16 as Haughtons not Houghtons, as children of Mary Allen5,6
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Citations

  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 316, 339 #162.
  2. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 316.
  3. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 23, 53.
  4. [S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 305.
  5. [S415] E-mail from Bryant Haughton, Oct. 9, 2002.
  6. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 339.

E. P. King

M, #119746, b. circa 1825

Family: Sarah Hadley

Biography

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Birthcirca 1825
Marriage1846age 21 and 19
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F. Margaret (?)

F, #119747, b. circa 1924

Family: Guy Swinburne Houghton Jr

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Birthcirca 1924NY, USA
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Elaine M. Houghton

F, #119748, b. circa 1946

Biography

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Birthcirca 1946NY, USA
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Janet F. Houghton

F, #119749, b. circa 1947

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birthcirca 1947NY, USA
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Frederick A. Purchas

M, #119750, b. 12 May 1873, d. 4 August 1951

Family: Bertha Houghton

Biography

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BirthMay 12, 1873Sunderland, England
Marriage
DeathAug 4, 1951Cortland Co., NY, USA
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Mary Haughton

F, #119751, b. 1801, d. 1856

Family: Isaac Smith Tallmadge

Biography

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Birth1801NY, USA
Marriage
Death1856NY, USA
BurialAbram Davis Farm Cemetery, Charleston, NY, USA
BiographyNorth America, Family Histories: 571 ISAAC SMITH TALLMADGE. He was born April 25, 1799, at Charleston, N. Y., and died at Glen, N. Y., October 7, 18T6, and is buried in the Fultonville cemetery. He married, first, March 19, 1824, Mary Haughton, who was born at Pittsfield, N. Y., May 1, 1805, and died October 28, 1856 at Charlestown, N. Y. She was a daughter of John Haughton, who was born in Connecticut July 3, 1774, and died at Cortlandt, N. Y., November 7, 1847, and his wife, Thank- full Penny, who was born at Fredericksburg, N. Y., December 4, 1782, and died at Cortlandt, N. Y., February 19, 1862.
Isaac S. married again April 20, 1858, Rachel E. Merrill, but they had no children. Isaac and Mary Haughton had these children :
John H., born Oct. 2, 1825.
Samuel S., born May 6, 1827.
Henry, born June 16, 1829.
Elijah H., born Dec. 9, 1831.
Harriet Maria, born April 29, 1834.
Mary Ann, born Dec. 15, 1836.
William James, born Dec. 20, 1839.
Alfred Isaac, born 1842.
Leonora, born May 24, 1847.
Sources of Information, 128, 137.1
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Citations

  1. [S1555] Unknown author, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000.

Isaac Smith Tallmadge

M, #119752, b. 25 April 1799, d. 7 October 1876

Family: Mary Haughton

Biography

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Corresponded with authorN
BirthApr 25, 1799Charleston, NY, USA
Marriage
DeathOct 7, 1876NY, USA
BiographyNorth America, Family Histories: 571 ISAAC SMITH TALLMADGE. He was born April 25, 1799, at Charleston, N. Y., and died at Glen, N. Y., October 7, 18T6, and is buried in the Fultonville cemetery. He married, first, March 19, 1824, Mary Haughton, who was born at Pittsfield, N. Y., May 1, 1805, and died October 28, 1856 at Charlestown, N. Y. She was a daughter of John Haughton, who was born in Connecticut July 3, 1774, and died at Cortlandt, N. Y., November 7, 1847, and his wife, Thank- full Penny, who was born at Fredericksburg, N. Y., December 4, 1782, and died at Cortlandt, N. Y., February 19, 1862.
Isaac S. married again April 20, 1858, Rachel E. Merrill, but they had no children. Isaac and Mary Haughton had these children :
John H., born Oct. 2, 1825.
Samuel S., born May 6, 1827.
Henry, born June 16, 1829.
Elijah H., born Dec. 9, 1831.
Harriet Maria, born April 29, 1834.
Mary Ann, born Dec. 15, 1836.
William James, born Dec. 20, 1839.
Alfred Isaac, born 1842.
Leonora, born May 24, 1847.
Sources of Information, 128, 137.1
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Citations

  1. [S1555] Unknown author, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000.

Linda S. Houghton

F, #119753, b. circa 1946

Family: (?) Godere

  • Marriage*: Linda S. Houghton married (?) Godere.

Biography

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Birthcirca 1946ME, USA
Marriage
Living1989
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Barbara J Houghton

F, #119754, b. August 1950

Family: (?) Roberts

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A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
BirthAug, 1950ME, USA
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(?) Godere

M, #119755

Family: Linda S. Houghton

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
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(?) Roberts

M, #119756

Family: Barbara J Houghton

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A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
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Dale A. Clark

M, #119757, b. circa 1948

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
Birthcirca 1948ME, USA
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Sheila A. Clark

F, #119758, b. July 1950

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname ProjectN
Corresponded with authorN
BirthJul, 1950ME, USA
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Emily J Merrill

F, #119759, b. circa 1932

Family: Kermit R. Houghton

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Birthcirca 1932
Marriage
Living2023
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Mary Turner

F, #119760

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