Houghton Surname Project

Mary Burbeen^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

F, #1471, b. 2 July 1661, d. 31 December 1720

Family: Jonas Houghton b. Apr 1663, d. 20 Sep 1723

Marriage*: Mary Burbeen married Jonas Houghton, son of John Houghton and Beatrix (?), on Feb 15, 1680/81 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Torrey: 16 Feb 1681, 1680/1; Woburn, Lancaster; Clemens: Woburn, MA.^{8,2,14,4,15,16,17,9,18,6,7,19,10,20,13,21,22}

Sarah Houghton+ b. c 1680/81, d. 27 Jun 1770
Capt. Jonas Houghton Jr+ b. 2 Sep 1682, d. 15 Aug 1739
John Houghton² b. 24 Jan 1683
Mary Houghton+ b. c 1684
Benjamin Houghton Sr+ b. 1690, d. 28 Feb 1764
Daniel Houghton+ b. c 1694, d. 25 Jun 1764
Eunice Houghton+²⁷ b. 1 Mar 1695/96, d. 24 Jun 1748
Josiah Houghton+ b. Oct 1698, d. 29 Sep 1723
James Houghton Jr+ b. c 1700, d. 9 Aug 1770
Ruth Houghton+ b. c 1700
Stephen Houghton+ b. c 1702, d. b Jun 1762
Dorcas Houghton+ b. 1706
Jemimah Houghton+

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Jul 2, 1661

Woburn, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, BT: Jul 1, 1661^{8,4,9,7,10,11,12}

Origin

1681

Woburn, MA, USA^2,13

Marriage

Feb 15, 1680/81

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Torrey: 16 Feb 1681, 1680/1; Woburn, Lancaster; Clemens: Woburn, MA^{8,2,14,4,15,16,17,9,18,6,7,19,10,20,13,21,22}

Death

Dec 31, 1720

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 60^{8,23,4,16,9,24,6,7,12,22}

Burial

Old Common BG Cemetery, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Here Lyes the
Body of Ms. Mary
Houghton, Wife to
Mr. Jonas Houghton
Senr. Dedd. Decmbr
31st 1720 in ye 60th
Year of her Age^23,16,22

Biography

Frank Bold, 1994: Dau. of John Burbeen ((Savage I, p.300) Born in Scotland, 1627. Died 8 Jan 1713/4, in Woburn, MA. Occupation: tailor.) and Sarah Gould (died, 14 May 1670, in Woburn, MA). They married 16 Apr 1660 in Woburn MA (Woburn Records). Children: Mary, John Jr. (Born 9 May 1663 in Woburn MA), James (born 15 May 1668 in Woburn).^25,26

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 301 #4s.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 15.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 318.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 391.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 10/27/924.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 398.
[S164] Little, Gen. and Family History of Maine, p. 900.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 301.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 5/5/1924 #1754, ALCS.
[S177] Baily, Early Massachusetts Marriages, p. 61.
[S490] Woburn MA VRs II,.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8.
[S499] Woburn MA VRs III, p. 135.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 321.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 3/3/1915 #4550.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/17/1924, #2311 GAGL.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924 #2311, WBBN.
[S96] NEHGR, Vol. 17, 1863, p. 70.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 693.
[S407] William Montgomery Clemens, Amer. Mar. Records < 1600, p. 36.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6, 8.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 286.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 412.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 8.
[S415] E-mail from Frank Bold, 1994.
[S705] Arthur Stanley Wilder and Louise Else (Jackson) Wilder, Wilder Descendants, Pedigree Charts, 3.
[S157] Fred E. Sawyer, Sawyer Families Gen. Dict., p. 134.

Josiah Houghton^1,2,3,4

M, #1472, b. October 1698, d. 29 September 1723

Father*: Jonas Houghton⁵ b. Apr 1663, d. 20 Sep 1723
Mother*: Mary Burbeen b. 2 Jul 1661, d. 31 Dec 1720

Family: Mehitable Warner

Marriage*: Josiah Houghton married Mehitable Warner.^3,9,12,11

Josiah Houghton Jr+ b. 4 Apr 1724, d. 30 May 1800

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Oct, 1698

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Lancaster VRs, p. 15: "Josiah, Sonne of Josiah & Mary Houghton, July 2, 82" (corrected on p. 5 "read Jonas" for both father and son); This VRs citation has been the ongoing source of a birthday error (i. e. JWH); see Burr & Gage: 1698; Lancaster VRs gravestone "24 years, 11 months", dd calc: Oct. 1698; Josiah's baptism circa 18 years of age, makes 1698 date more probable; JWH, BT: 7,2, 1682; MLM: Jul. 21, 1698^{6,7,8,9,10,11}

Marriage

^3,9,12,11

Deed

1722

sold her share in father's estate to Ebenezer Harris, her brother-in-law¹³

Taxation

1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^14,15

Death

Sep 29, 1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Lancaster VRs, Burr & Gage: "aged 24 years, 11 months" (gravestone at Lancaster)^{16,17,18,9,15,11}

Burial

Old Common BG Cemetery, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Aged 24 years & 11 m¹⁹

Administr

Nov 19, 1723

Lancaster, Middlesex Co., MA, USA²⁰

Administr

Nov 27, 1723

Lancaster, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, (Probate #11938 Administration)^21,22,20

Probate1

May 22, 1724

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Bond of 60 pounds by Mehetabel Houghton, of Lancaster, Admx; Record of Appt; Inventory sworn to.^3,22,20

Biography

Lancaster VRs gives "Josiah, sonne of Josiah and Mary, July 2, 82." on same page as parents wedding and next to brother John born 1683. This name (Josiah) appears to be an error; see Lancaster VRs correction on p. 5 (read "Jonas" for both father and son)

Burr & Gage: The guardianship of his son Josiah was given to his widow (Middlesex Probate).

J.W.Houghton, Houghton Genealogy, p. 304: "i Josiah, b.7,2,1682, in Lancaster; m. Bethesda. M. 2nd Grace Whitney. He served in the war of the Revolution, and died in Lancaster."

[CJV: Dates of probate are not compatible; if he died in 1723 could not have fought in Revolution. Probably his son Josiah.]

Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924: W.B.B.N.: Josiah died in 1723, and administration was given to his widow, Mehitable, May 22, 1724. Jan 31, 1724-5, the "vidua"(widow) Mehitable Houghton joined Lancaster Church. April 4, 1725, was baptized Josiah, son of the widow Mehitable. In 1726 she was given guardianship of her son, Josiah, in his third year.

Boston Transcript, 11/17/1924: probate records of father Jonas in 1723 show that Josiah, son of Jonas, was dead in 1723. The Houghton Genealogy also says that Josiah, son of Jonas, was "born in 1692 [sic] and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War."⁷

Note

Jun 17, 1726

Lancaster, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, is mentioned in the probate records of Jonas Houghton, as widow of Josiah Houghton, deceased.²³

Alert

Problem here: see biography related to 2 Josiahs

Research

same bd and dd, JWH error

Duplicate

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304 #34a.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 276.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924 #2311, WBBN.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #44, 19.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 5, 15, 276.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 15.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 3/3/1915 #4550.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 399.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 287.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 300.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8, 19.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 1/7/1925 #2311 WBBN.
[S418] Henry S. Nourse, Lancastriana, p. 33.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 19.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 156, 412.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/17/1924, #2311 GAGL.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 8.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 412.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11938, FHC #397099.
[S852] Samuel H. Folsom and William E. Rogers, Middlesex MA Probate Index, p. 249.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, p. 380.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11933, FHC #397099.

John Houghton^1,2

M, #1473, b. 24 January 1683

Father*: Jonas Houghton³ b. Apr 1663, d. 20 Sep 1723
Mother*: Mary Burbeen⁴ b. 2 Jul 1661, d. 31 Dec 1720

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Jan 24, 1683

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Lancaster VRs, p. 15 states "John, sonne of Josiah and Mary Haughton" corrected p. 5, "read Jonas for Josiah"; not in Burr & Gage, nor in estate; BT: 1-24-1684^{5,4,6,7,8,9,10}

Biography

Jan 17, 1719

J.W.Houghton, p. 304: "m. 1,17,1719"; not in father's probate of 1726⁵

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304 #35.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #50a.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 5, 15.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 15.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 318.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 3/3/1915 #4550.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]:70.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 287.

Benjamin Houghton Sr^1,2,3,4,5

M, #1474, b. 1690, d. 28 February 1764

Father*: Jonas Houghton⁶ b. Apr 1663, d. 20 Sep 1723
Mother*: Mary Burbeen b. 2 Jul 1661, d. 31 Dec 1720

Family: Zeruiah Moore b. 1700

Marriage*: Benjamin Houghton Sr married Zeruiah Moore on Jul 28, 1720 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Benjamin Houghton Senr., by Justice John Houghton; "sd marriage entered at Lancaster & ye list brought & exhibited for Registering Augst. 30th, 1720 by Jno. Houghton, Town Clerk."^{13,14,15,3,4,16,17,11,18}

Zeruiah Houghton+³¹ b. 26 May 1721, d. Nov 1804
Mindwell Houghton+³¹ b. 7 Mar 1722/23
Michal Houghton+³¹ b. 22 Jun 1725, d. 31 Dec 1816
Dinah Houghton+³¹ b. 8 Apr 1727, d. 1793
Keziah Houghton+³¹ b. 29 May 1729
Benjamin Houghton 3d+³² b. 17 Nov 1732, d. 25 Apr 1759
Abigail Houghton+³³ b. 27 Jul 1735, d. 22 Feb 1822
Joel Houghton+³⁴ b. 27 Sep 1737, d. 23 Jun 1816
Eunice Houghton+³⁵ b. 5 Oct 1739, d. 23 Mar 1816
Lt. Silas Houghton+³⁶ b. 7 Oct 1742, d. 9 Jan 1797

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

1690

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Cutter, JWH, BT: 1690; Burr & Gage, Weis, MLM: "b. 1691 (calc. from GS at Chockesett Burial Ground, Lancaster)"; dd calc = 1690^{7,8,9,3,10,11,12}

Immigration

circa 1720

(Worcester Co. Mag., by Lincoln & Baldwin, pr. 1828, V. 2, p. 39-306). He lived in Little Meadow Plain, South Bolton Railway Station.^11,8

Marriage

Jul 28, 1720

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Benjamin Houghton Senr., by Justice John Houghton; "sd marriage entered at Lancaster & ye list brought & exhibited for Registering Augst. 30th, 1720 by Jno. Houghton, Town Clerk."^{13,14,15,3,4,16,17,11,18}

Residence

1739

Woonksechawkset, MA, USA¹⁹

Note

Jun 20, 1739

Lancaster, MA, USA, PETITION SUBMITTED TO THE GENERAL COURT BY INHABITANTS OF SOUTHWESTERLY LANCASTER SEEKING TO BE ESTABLISHED AS A DISTINCT TOWNSHIP. ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISMISSING PETITION. (SEE PAGE 354. SEE HOUSE JOURNAL V. 17, PAGES 24 AND 62.) (SEE ALSO, PAGES 434-436.)
HOUGHTON, BENJAMIN     Autograph
HOUGHTON, BENJAMIN (JR.)     Autograph
HOUGHTON, JAMES     Autograph²⁰

Land Grant

1744/45

Worcester Co., MA, USA, Worcester Deeds, Lib. 10, p. 135; see F. C. Pierce's Hx of Grafton, MA (pp. 38,46,52,53,55,57, 171); Middlesex Deeds 26-79^11,21

Church

Jan 13, 1744/45

Second Church, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^22,23

Death

Feb 28, 1764

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 74th year^8,24,3,11,18

Burial

Administr

Mar 16, 1764

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, and mentions "Joel Houghton, Silas Houghton, Zerviah Wilder wife of Jona. Wilder, Mindel Crosbey wife of John Crosbey Michael Roper wife of Ephraim Roper, Dinah Houghton wife of Ezra Houghton, Keziah Buss wife of Ebenr. Buss, Abigail Osgood wife of Ephraim Osgood, Eunice Baily wife of Jonathan Baily, to Seth Harrington & Priscilla his wife & to Abigail Harrington daughter of this Seth Harrington"; and valued at "5482 pounds"; "Joel Houghton, Jon. Baily and Eunice Bayley, executors"; (Worcester Probate Case 30911); Burr & Gage: "leaving a considerable estate (W.P.)^3,25"

AFN

FL36-KQ

Biography

Worcester Co. MA Hx: Benjamin was a pioneer settler of Sterling. He had 70 rods. His house existed until 1821 when it was destroyed by fire. He kept a tavern. He was know as 'Landlord Ben'. He was a large landholder. His large estate passed out of his descendants possession after the death of his son Joel who died in 1816. A joke was told about him in which two men debated whether there was land on the moon. One man accepted this assetion, but the other rejected the idea, stating "I do not believe it, for if it were so, Landlord Ben would have a farm there.".

Burr & Gage: "He lived in the West Precinct of Lancaster (now Sterling), where he was known as "Landlord Ben"..."For proof that this Benjamin was son of Jonas, see Worcester Deeds, lib. 70, p. 135, in which he grants land to his brother-in-law, Gamaliel Beaman. [sister Mary's husband] See also Middlesex Deeds, lib. 26, p. 79)."

Nourse: p. 18 gives marriage of Benjamin Houghton Senr to Zerviah Moore, July 28, 1720; p. 276: son of Jonas; p. 280: Senr., p. 288: Benjamin Houghton of Woonksechawkset.

Princeton Hx: "He was probably a farmer and came to Princeton as early as 1759." [note that he is given as son of Benjamin, Benjamin, John]^3,26,16,27

Research

JWH gives only Benjamin Houghton as father of these children, no mother; Lancaster VRs gives both Benjamin and Zerviah as parents^28,29

Research

Westminster, MA, USA, Heywood confuses these two Benjamins: Benjamin [CJV: Benjamin2, John1] , b. ab. 1700, the father of three or four sons, who, which himself, figured somewhat in the early history of this town. He was a land surveyor, and with his s. Joel, assisted in the laying out of the 3d Div. lots, receiving payment for the same from the Propriety treasury. He was also a real estate owner here, having purchased of Andrew Belcher the entire Gov.'s Farm of 500 acres, March 6, 1750. Two other sons, Benjamin and Ezra were here in 1758 as workmen on the highways. Two other sons Benjamin and Ezra, were here in 1758 as workmen on the highways. The former of these m. Priscilla Wilder, Aug. 11, 1757, had 1 chd., and d. very soon. His wid. m. as a 2d husband Seth Herrington.³⁰

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304 #36.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 18, 276.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 399.
[S177] Baily, Early Massachusetts Marriages, p. 61.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #41, 17.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 276.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 417.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 3/3/1915 #4550.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 693.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 17.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 287, 299.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 18.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]: 72.
[S96] NEHGR, 57 [1903]: "Descendants of John Moore", 303.
[S303] Francis Everett ??? Blake History of the Town of Princeton Vol. II Genealogies, p. 153.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8, 17.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 299.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 288.
[S30] Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 114, p. 351.
[S840] F. C. Pierce, Grafton MA Hx, pp. 38,46,52,53,55,57,171.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 375.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 18.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 152.
[S409] Probate Records , Worcester Co., MA, Case 30911.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 418.
[S489] D. Hamilton Hurd, Worcester Co. MA Hx I, p. 488.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 308.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 60.
[S917] William Sweetzer Heywood, Westminster MA History, p. 712.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 58.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 60.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 63.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 64.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 66.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 29.

James Houghton Jr^1,2,3,4,5,6

M, #1475, b. circa 1700, d. 9 August 1770

Father*: Jonas Houghton² b. Apr 1663, d. 20 Sep 1723
Mother*: Mary Burbeen b. 2 Jul 1661, d. 31 Dec 1720

Family: Mary Jones b. 8 Mar 1700, d. a 1760

Marriage*: James Houghton Jr married Mary Jones on Oct 8, 1725 at Concord, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: 1724, Concord Records; JWH: 10,8,1725; Concord VR & Bailey 8 Oct 1725.^{7,8,3,4,11,12,13}

Mary Houghton+²¹ b. 2 Aug 1726
Silence Houghton+²² b. 2 Dec 1727
Nathaniel Houghton+²³ b. 5 Sep 1729, d. 18 Sep 1817
John Houghton b. 13 Feb 1730/31
Amity Houghton+²⁴ b. 14 Nov 1731
James Houghton²⁵ b. 3 Dec 1733
Catherine Houghton²⁶ b. 29 Nov 1735
Tamer Houghton+²⁷ b. 27 Sep 1737
Levina Houghton+²⁸ b. 2 Jan 1738/39, d. 17 Apr 1818

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

circa 1700

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Cutter, JWH, BT, MLM: 'b. about 1700, either in Woburn or Lancaster'; Bailey: Lancaster^7,8,9,4,10

Milit-Beg

between 1724 and 1735

He served in Queen Anne's War under Captain Lovewell, and Captain John White.¹⁰

Marriage

Oct 8, 1725

Concord, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: 1724, Concord Records; JWH: 10,8,1725; Concord VR & Bailey 8 Oct 1725^{7,8,3,4,11,12,13}

Covenant

Apr 1, 1728

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, "James Houghton Junr. upon his Wives account, she having owned ye Covenant at Concord & submitted to Discipline with us."^14,10

Deed

Oct 5, 1733

Concord, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, MLM: "He had power of attorney to represent Jonathan Parlin of Concord, who for the same service (Queen Anne's War) He sold Parlin's right to Josiah Richardson October 5, 1733, and his own to William Richardson of Lancaster October 30, 1733; His wife, Mary, is mentioned in the deed."¹⁰

Occupation

Sterling, MA, USA, an inn-keeper¹⁰

Church

Mar 17, 1744/45

Sterling, MA, USA, admitted to second church.¹⁵

Deed

Jan 22, 1757

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, James Houghton of Lancaster deeds to his beloved son, Nathaniel Houghton land in Lancaster, Jan 22, 1757.¹⁶

Will

Nov 18, 1764?

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: "In his will (Worcester Probate) he mentions all the children given below except John and Cate.";
Will: wife Mary, Nathaniel Houghton, Mary Taylor, Silence Horo, Amiti Garriy?, Thamar Agon, Lovinah Houghton, second son James Houghton [no mention of Sarah, John, or Catherine]

Amity was administrix of her husband's estate in 1758, where she is named as the widow of Jonathan Geary, son of Thomas Geary. In 1769 Amity, now the wife of Daniel Davis, presented vouchers for payment to the guardians of Jonathan's two children, Jonathan and Nathan. No mention is made of Mary.^3,17,18

Death

Aug 9, 1770

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA¹⁰

Probate1

May 20, 1771

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, W.P. Case # 31011^17,18

Research

All children born in Sterling district of Lancaster, MA; all were farmers¹⁹

Research

JWH erroneously gives a Sarah as a daughter, b. 23 May 1723, but she is dau. of James and Sarah Houghton, not this James.²⁰

Alert

CJV: The Problem of the Jameses: J. W. Houghton, p. 304-5:
NOTE: The frequent use of the same Christian name in families nearly related and in successive generations has made it very difficult to determine the place of the individual in the family tree. Mrs. Chas. H. Knapp has undertaken to solve some difficulties regarding the James Houghtons of the early generations of our family and for the sake of a better understanding we give the results of her research.
"After a search of all the available probate records and deeds likely to bear on the question and after studying printed records, I have concluded that James Houghton, Jr., whose wife was Mary, parents of Nathaniel Houghton, was not the son of a James Houghton. It appears to me that James Houghton, the son of James Houghton, and grandson of Ralph Houghton, was known as James Houghton, Sr. The latter had a son, James, husband of Mary. James, son of Ralph, died in 1711. A pedigree published by a descendant of Edward, the son of James and Sarah, who was born in Lancaster Houghton, son of Ralph, was born in 1661 and died 1711. His son, James, was born in 1690 and I think was known as James Houghton after about 1720, when James Houghton, who married Mary,lived in the same town.
"Assuming that James Houghton, Jr., was the son of Jonas and not of James, son of Ralph, a second cousin, James Houghton, Sr., his contemporary, who married Sarah, falls into place all right. The difficulty is to explain why a man was known as junior when his father had not the same name, while the James, son of James was known as senior, if designated at all. Some deeds corroborate this theory. James Houghton, Sr., Edward Houghton and Ephraim, all of Lancaster, deeded their rights in lands of Ralph Houghton, either their brother or father, to Jonas Houghton of Lancaster (35 acres on the right of Ralph Houghton, 5 acres on the right of Ephraim, and 9 3/4 on the right of Edward Houghton, a total of 49 3/4 acres). The grantors were three sons of James, son of Ralph.
" The deed was dated March 11, 1724-5, and sworn to before John Houghton, probably a brother of Jonas.
" The next deed recorded, eight years after the other, is also to Jonas Houghton from James Houghton, who is described in the deed as having a wife, Mary, and being the brother of the grantee, Jonas.
" Now the son of James Houghton (II) had no son Jonas that I can discover. The list of his children seems to be complete,while Jonas had a son Jonas and James; in other words, the only James and Jonas Houghton in Lancaster May 18,1729, the date of that deed, were the sons of Jonas Houghton, son of John Houghton (I). Yet this very James Houghton had a wife, Mary, and was called junior in that deed. The proof seems complete. It may be added that the children of James and Sarah were recorded altogether, while the children of James, Jr., and Mary were recorded one by one.
" The tax list of 1723 shows Jacob, Jacob, Jr., Jonas and Jonas, Jr., James, Jr., all living in 1723 at Bolton, while the Ralph Houghton family was represented by Edward, Ephraim, Thomas and John. Out of sixty taxpayers in the town of Lancaster that year, twelve were Houghtons."

Biography

Weis: He was an innkeeper at Sterling and the proprietors of the additional grant met at his tavern, June 21, 1757.¹³

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304 #37.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 276.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 399.
[S177] Baily, Early Massachusetts Marriages, p. 42.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #46, 19.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 287.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 3/3/1915 #4550.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 693.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 19.
[S341] Concord MA VRs, p. 106.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8, 19.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 301.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 279.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 375.
[S1258] Deed: FHL Register Deeds Office Worcester Co, MA , Vol 39 Date 1756-1758, film # 843,175.
[S415] E-mail from Jane Woodward, 9/1998.
[S681] Will: of James Houghton, Jr., Case 31011.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 44.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 310 #111.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 53.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 55, 279.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 57.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 60.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 61.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 63.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 64.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 67.

Capt. Jonas Houghton Jr^1,2,3,4,5

M, #1476, b. 2 September 1682, d. 15 August 1739

Father*: Jonas Houghton² b. Apr 1663, d. 20 Sep 1723
Mother*: Mary Burbeen b. 2 Jul 1661, d. 31 Dec 1720

Family: Mary Brigham b. 26 Oct 1687, d. c 20 May 1749

Marriage*: Capt. Jonas Houghton Jr married Mary Brigham on Jun 30, 1710 at Marlborough, Middlesex Co., MA, USA.^{6,9,3,17,4,18,19}

Dinah Houghton²⁸ b. 19 Apr 1711, d. 23 Sep 1723
Capt. Silas Houghton²⁹ b. 26 Oct 1713, d. b 1739
Bettey Houghton²⁹ b. 20 Mar 1715/16
Mary Houghton+²⁹ b. 8 Mar 1720/21
Prudence Houghton³⁰ b. 21 Oct 1723
Persis Houghton+³⁰ b. 31 Jul 1726
Capt. Dea. Jonas Houghton+³⁰ b. 21 Apr 1728, d. 21 Nov 1801
Lt. John Houghton 3d+³¹ b. 13 Feb 1732, d. 1807

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Sep 2, 1682

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Lancaster VRs, p. 15: "Josiah, sonne of Josiah and Mary Haughton, borne July 2, 1682 [corrected on p. 5, "read Jonas & for Josiah&"]; [CJV: 2, 7 m 1682?];
Marlborough VR: 1683; Nourse, Early Rec.: Jul 2, 1682; Burr: 2, 7 mo. 1682; JWH 7,2, 1682;
John F. Chandler: "Observe that the Lancaster VR have "Josiah" son of "Josiah" and Mary born 1682 "Jul" 2! I'd say that one original record has to be the source of both of these people. This takes the pressure off the seeming double identity of Jonas[2]'s son Josiah[3], whose gravestone extrapolates to a birth date in 1698 Oct."
John Chandler: "> p. 15, " in the 12th and 13th entry, read Jonas & for Josiah &" it applies only to the father's name in those two entries. I still feel that the son's name probably should also be corrected, but the only way to be sure is to go to the original Middlesex County court records and check again. I think it quite possible that Nourse relied on someone else's (erroneous) transcription of those records to extract the ones relevant to Lancaster and was given the correction by a third party. The July/September issue is disturbing and suggests that all the other months on p.15 may be wrong as well."^{6,7,8,9,10,3,11,4,12,13,14,15}

Occupation

The Lancaster Surveyor^3,16

Marriage

Jun 30, 1710

Marlborough, Middlesex Co., MA, USA^{6,9,3,17,4,18,19}

Residence

Marlborough, Middlesex Co., MA, USA

Church

May 11, 1718

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, First Church, from Marlborough Church²

Office

Mar 2, 1718/19

were chosen selectman²⁰

Land Grant

Jun 24, 1735

Narraganset Twp #6, MA, USA, now Templeton, MA²¹

Court

1738

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, for debt owed to Phinehas Taylor²²

Note

1739

Gen. Court: List of those who received deeds from Atherton Mather in the township of Bedford (Granville) stating their willingness to each share a proportion if land is lost due to the current circumstances and to give a fifth part of each grant for the benefit of the plantation (See pages 289-293 and 296-297A.)²³

Death

Aug 15, 1739

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, in his 57th year (gravestone); MLM: Bolton MA^{6,24,25,3,4,26,14,19}

Administr

Sep 14, 1739

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, and Mary Houghton was named administratrix ( Worcester Probate #31026) ; Burr & Gage: "Administration was granted on his estate in 1739 (W.P.)"^3,27,14

Burial

Old Common Burying Ground Cemetery, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, "Here lies buried ye body of Capt. Jonas Houghton, who departed this life, August ye 15, A.D. 1739, in ye 57th year of his age"^24,26

Biography

Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, 1884, p. 187 (Jonas Houghton Junr, selectman for 1719), 188 ("the Town Chose Jonas Houghton Junr Gager", 1718), 199 (chosen "to mesuer" a lot), 203 (11721/2, "Jonas Houghton Constable"; and on committy), 331-332 ("When in 1734 Captain Jonas Houghton, the Lancaster surveyor, was employed by the proprietors of Nichewaug to reconstruct the road from Lancaster along the north side of Wachusett...").

JWH, p. 304 gives only "Jonas" married to Mary Bridgeman. Res. Marlboro, Mass

John Chandler: Was possibly born in Marlborough while the Lancastrians were in "exile". His father had returned to Lancaster by 1704 but perhaps left him behind.

Lancaster VRs: immigrated to Lancaster in 1718

Lancaster VRs, p. 271: joined first church May 11, 1718 from Marlborough Church (also listed apr 9, 1721, Jonas Houghton Senr.)

Hist. of Westminster, MAA: "The Grantees of the Town met Jany. 13th. Captain Jonas Houghton attended a town meeting September 1, 1730/1, Westminster, before the incorporation was known as Narraganset #2. Settlement of the town actually started in June, 1734, for seven years. p. 58: Captain Jonas Houghton and Joseph Wilder surveyed 10 May, 1734. He was in the Narraganset War."

Weis: "He was a surveyor, proprietor of the additional grant, and a selectman of Lancaster, 1719."^20,19

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304 #38.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 271.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 398.
[S164] Little, Gen. and Family History of Maine, p. 900.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #38, 16, 17.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 5, 15.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 318.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 3/3/1915 #4550.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]:70.
[S161] Marlborough MA VRs,.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 693.
[S415] E-mail from John F. Chandler, Aug. 7, 1999.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 16.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 286, 298.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 331.
[S161] Marlborough MA VRs, p. 266.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8, 16.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 298.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 187.
[S728] George Madison Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War, p. 439.
[S956] Middlesex Co. MA Court Records, Unnumbered cards.
[S30] Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 114, p. 294; RESOLVES 1738-1739, C 133.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 412.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 8.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 668.
[S409] Probate Records , Worcester, MA, Case 31026.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 156.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 51.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 52.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 60.

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

M, #1477, b. circa 1702, d. before June 1762

Father*: Jonas Houghton⁶ b. Apr 1663, d. 20 Sep 1723
Mother*: Mary Burbeen b. 2 Jul 1661, d. 31 Dec 1720

Family: Abigail (?) d. 31 Jul 1804

Marriage*: Stephen Houghton married Abigail (?)^4,8,9,10

Abigail Houghton¹⁸ b. 14 Jan 1726/27, d. c 1805
Ebenezer Houghton¹⁹ b. 4 Jul 1728, d. 14 Feb 1732/33
Mary Houghton²⁰ b. 19 Jun 1735
Stephen Houghton²¹ b. 9 May 1737, d. 18 Jun 1742

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

circa 1702

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA

Milit-Beg

1725

Nourse, p. 242: listed in Lancaster men in Joseph Blanchard's muster roll, August to October 1725. (Mass. Archives, XCI, 173-7). Lovewell's war.⁷

Research

1725

Marriage

^4,8,9,10

Covenant

Dec 10, 1727

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^11,12

Note

Feb, 1728/29

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, were chosen as agents in behalf of the town to discuss breaking up Middlesex county, in Harvard, MA.¹³

Will

Apr 2, 1762

Stow, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: "His will (Middlesex Probate), in 1763, divided his estate between his widow and his daughter Abigail."; (Middlesex Probate #11944 Will, 1762)^4,14,15,16

Death

before Jun, 1762

Stow, MA, USA, Will probated in June 1762

Probate1

Jun 28, 1762

Stow, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Probate; Bond of 100 pounds by Abigail Houghton, widow, and Abigail Houghton, daughter, of Stow, Extrices. Will Recorded. (Middlesex Probate #11944)^17,16

Note

MLM: He was a grantee of Gilsum, NH, in its application for a charter. 13 July 1763 given. (Hist. of Gilsum, NH, p. 20)¹²

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304 #39.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 276.
[S46] Boston Transcript, Aug 7, 1929 - 8664.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 399.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #47, 20.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 276.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 242.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8, 20.
[S224] Henry S. Nourse, Harvard Hx - Nourse, p. 553.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 301.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 279.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 20.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 722.
[S852] Samuel H. Folsom and William E. Rogers, Middlesex MA Probate Index, p. 249.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, p. 382.
[S409] Probate Records , Middlesex Co., MA, Case 11944, FHC #397099.
[S955] Middlesex Probate Records 2l, p. 381.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 54.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 57.
[S43] Thomas W. Baldwin, Harvard MA VRs, p. 64.
[S43] Thomas W. Baldwin, Harvard MA VRs, p. 65.

Jemimah Houghton^1,2,3,4,5,6

F, #1478

Father*: Jonas Houghton⁷ b. Apr 1663, d. 20 Sep 1723
Mother*: Mary Burbeen b. 2 Jul 1661, d. 31 Dec 1720

Family: Samuel Carter Jr. b. 1703, d. 1761

Marriage*: Jemimah Houghton married Samuel Carter Jr., son of Samuel Carter and Dorothy Wilder, on Feb 14, 1724/25 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by J. Houghton.^{8,9,10,11,12,4,13,6}

Milicent Carter+ b. 29 Aug 1726, d. 24 Dec 1813
Lucy Carter+¹⁴ b. 18 Aug 1727
Dorothy Carter¹⁵ b. 21 Jun 1729
Mary Carter¹⁶ b. 17 Feb 1730/31
Eunice Carter+¹⁷ b. 6 Feb 1732/33
Dinah Carter¹⁸ b. 1 Feb 1734/35
Samuel Carter+¹⁹ b. 7 Jan 1736/37, d. 22 Aug 1738
Stanton Carter+²⁰ b. 15 Feb 1738/39, d. 1823
Silas Carter²⁰ b. 16 Jan 1739/40
Prudence Carter+²¹ b. 15 Apr 1743, d. 8 Jul 1828
Jonas Carter²² b. 4 Jul 1745
Jemima Carter+²³ b. 15 Sep 1747

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA

Marriage

Feb 14, 1724/25

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by J. Houghton^{8,9,10,11,12,4,13,6}

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304 #40.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 19, 276.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924 #2311, WBBN.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 400.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #49, 20.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 287.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 276.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 19.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 3/3/1915 #4550.
[S96] NEHGR, Vol. 17, 1863, p. 51, 73.
[S96] NEHGR, 87 [1933]: 201.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8, 20.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 55.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 57.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 59.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 60.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 62.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 64.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 67.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 69.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 71.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 72.

Daniel Houghton^1,2,3,4,5,6

M, #1479, b. circa 1694, d. 25 June 1764

Father*: Jonas Houghton b. Apr 1663, d. 20 Sep 1723
Mother*: Mary Burbeen b. 2 Jul 1661, d. 31 Dec 1720

Family: Lydia (?)

Marriage*: Daniel Houghton married Lydia (?) on circa 1713.^9,4,10,11

Simeon Houghton+⁹ b. c 1715, d. 11 Sep 1791
Thaddeus Houghton⁹ b. 10 Aug 1718, d. 1740
Annis Houghton+⁹ b. 23 Nov 1718, d. 3 Apr 1759
Nathaniel Houghton²¹ b. 25 Sep 1720
Susannah Houghton²¹ b. 17 Mar 1722/23
Jerusha Houghton²² b. 14 Mar 1724/25
Molle Houghton²³ b. 19 Feb 1726/27
Experience Houghton²⁴ b. 24 Nov 1728
Daniel Houghton Jr.+²⁵ b. 19 Sep 1731

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

circa 1694

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, not in VR; Packard: 1688; MLM: ca. 1693^7,8

Marriage

circa 1713

^9,4,10,11

Residence

that part of Lancaster known as Still River.⁸

Office

Mar 2, 1718/19

chosen "Hawyard" (hayward: a civil office in early New England, charged with periodic inspections of the fences of the town and, often, their repair.)¹²

Taxation

1723

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^13,8

Church

Mar 3, 1727/28

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, First Church¹⁴

Court

1734

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, in a case with Richard Wilder vs. Peter Secomb for a debt.¹⁵

Note

1739

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Meeting House discussion¹⁶

Deed

Jun 2, 1762

Worcester County (Mass.) deeds (1722-1866) and index to deeds (1731-1889) -- Deeds, v. 49-50 1763-1765. "I Daniel Houghton of Bolton....in consideration of the good will and affection I bare to my son Simeon Houghton of Petersham" Dated 7 May 1762.
MLM: "for love and affection."^17,18

Death

Jun 25, 1764

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA^19,8

Administr

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, W.P. #30938⁸

Research

see NEHGR V. 79, p. 192; Nourse, Hx of Harvard: for births of children Lydia through Israel^8,20

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304 #42.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 188, 202.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 3/3/1915 #4550.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 399.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #42, 18.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 287.
[S415] E-mail from Howard Arthur Packard, Jr., 1995.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 18.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 276.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 300.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 188.
[S418] Henry S. Nourse, Lancastriana, p. 33.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 272.
[S956] Middlesex Co. MA Court Records, Unnumbered cards.
[S466] Esther Kimmens Whitcomb, About Bolton, p. 95.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 41.
[S1387] Www.familysearch.org, online www.familysearch.org, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZH-VF8R Vol 49 Page 508].
[S67] Vital Records of Bolton, p. 207.
[S224] Henry S. Nourse, Harvard Hx - Nourse, p. 553.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 277.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 278.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 279.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 280.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 281.

Eunice Houghton^1,2,3,4,5,6

F, #1480, b. 1 March 1695/96, d. 24 June 1748

Father*: Jonas Houghton⁷ b. Apr 1663, d. 20 Sep 1723
Mother*: Mary Burbeen⁷ b. 2 Jul 1661, d. 31 Dec 1720

Family: Capt. Ephraim Sawyer b. c 1698, d. 8 May 1759

Marriage*: Eunice Houghton married Capt. Ephraim Sawyer on Mar 4, 1719/20 at Concord, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, 1st wife; by Justice Minott.^{12,13,14,3,15,8,5,7,16,17,10,11}

Mary Sawyer+ b. 1723, d. 8 May 1759
Abigail Sawyer⁷ b. 23 Apr 1724?
Eunice Sawyer+⁷ b. 28 Feb 1724/25
Katherine Sawyer b. 16 Jul 1727
Lt. Col. Ephraim Sawyer+ b. 20 Apr 1729, d. 1813

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

Mar 1, 1695/96

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, BT: Feb. 28, 1696^{8,9,5,7,10,11}

Marriage

Mar 4, 1719/20

Concord, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, 1st wife; by Justice Minott^{12,13,14,3,15,8,5,7,16,17,10,11}

Death

Jun 24, 1748

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: "aged 52 years, 3 months, 24 days (gravestone at Lancaster)^{12,8,13,18,5,7,10,11}"

Burial

Chocksett Burial Ground Cemetery, Sterling, Worcester Co., MA, USA, jBT: "Inscription on stone in Chocksett (now Sterling) Burial Ground, Lancaster, reads: "Here lies buried ye Body of Mrs. Eunice Sawyer ye wife of Lieut. Ephraim Sawyer, who died June 24, A.D. 1748, aged 52 years, 3 m.24ds."^18,13

Biography

Boston Transcript, 2/9/1925: Inscription on stone in Chocksett (now Sterling) Burial Ground, Lancaster, reads: Here lies buried ye Body of Mrs. Eunice Sawyer ye wife of Lieut. Ephraim Sawyer, who died June 24, A. D., 1748, aged 52 years, 3m.,24ds."

Boston Transcript, 11/17/1924: Concord VR say that Eunice Houghton married
Ephraim Sawyer, March 4, 1719-1720, both of Lancaster.

BT, 2/9/1925: ancestry given in Transcripts of Nov. 12, Nov. 17, and Dec. 8, 1924.^19,20

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304 #43.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 3/3/1915 #4550.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924 #2311, WBBN.
[S80] Chandler, Houghton Genealogy, #11384.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 399.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #43, 18.
[S157] Fred E. Sawyer, Sawyer Families Gen. Dict., p. 134.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 10/20/1924 #2311 LSR.
[S96] NEHGR, 79: 392.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 18.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 287.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 2/9/1925 #2541, LSR.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 2/9/1925 #2541, SIP.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/17/1924.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/17/1924, #2311 GAGL.
[S341] Concord MA VRs, p. 101.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8.
[S75] Whitcomb, Nashaway Burial Grounds, p. 163.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/12/24, 11/17/24, 12/8, 1924, 2/9/1925.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 2/2/1925 #2541, LSR.

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

F, #1481, b. circa 1684

Father*: Jonas Houghton b. Apr 1663, d. 20 Sep 1723
Mother*: Mary Burbeen b. 2 Jul 1661, d. 31 Dec 1720

Family: Gamaliel T. Beaman b. 29 Feb 1683/84, d. 26 Oct 1745

Marriage*: Mary Houghton married Gamaliel T. Beaman on circa 1705 at Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Middlesex Probate.^3,7,4,8,9,10

Phineas Beaman+⁸ b. 1718, d. 16 Mar 1803
Dinah Beaman b. 20 Sep 1728
Zerviah Beaman b. 10 Aug 1740
Lois Beaman b. 10 Aug 1740

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

circa 1684

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, not in VRs⁶

Marriage

circa 1705

Middlesex Co., MA, USA, Middlesex Probate^3,7,4,8,9,10

Church

Jun 19, 1715

Lancaster, MA, USA, First Church¹⁰

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304 #44.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 3/3/1915 #4550.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924 #2311, WBBN.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 398.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #39, 16a.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 16a.
[S96] NEHGR, 79: 392.
[S303] Francis Everett ??? Blake History of the Town of Princeton Vol. II Genealogies, p. 16.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8, 16a.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 287.

Dorcas Houghton^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

F, #1482, b. 1706

Father*: Jonas Houghton b. Apr 1663, d. 20 Sep 1723
Mother*: Mary Burbeen b. 2 Jul 1661, d. 31 Dec 1720

Family: Ebenezer Polley b. 27 Jun 1725

Marriage*: Dorcas Houghton married Ebenezer Polley on Jan 11, 1724/25 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by J. Houghton.^9,10,6,11,12

Ebenezer Polley¹⁴ b. 24 Oct 1726
Joseph Polley¹⁵ b. 3 Sep 1728
Mary Polley¹⁶ b. 27 Nov 1731
Ebenezer Polley^17,16 b. 27 Nov 1731
Dorcas Polley¹⁸ b. 9 Apr 1734

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

1706

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, not in Lancaster VRs⁸

Origin

1725

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA⁹

Marriage

Jan 11, 1724/25

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by J. Houghton^9,10,6,11,12

Church

Mar 11, 1743/44

Leominster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Lancaster VRs: March 11, 1743/4, Wife of Ebenr. Polley, the church manifested their consent to have her church relations removed form us to ye Church of Christ in Leominister.¹³

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304 #45.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 19, 273, 283, 292.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 3/3/1915 #4550.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924 #2311, WBBN.
[S80] Chandler, Houghton Genealogy, #11412.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 400.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #48, 20.
[S415] E-mail from Alfred A. Windsor, Oct. 26, 2002.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 19.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]:73.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8, 20.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 287.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 292.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 54.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 58.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 60.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 20.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 20 #318.

Sarah Houghton^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

F, #1483, b. circa 1680/81, d. 27 June 1770

Father*: Jonas Houghton⁶ b. Apr 1663, d. 20 Sep 1723
Mother*: Mary Burbeen b. 2 Jul 1661, d. 31 Dec 1720

Family: Francis Richardson b. 15 Jan 1680/81, d. 31 Dec 1755

Marriage*: Sarah Houghton married Francis Richardson on Jul 7, 1708 at Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA, USA.^{3,5,6,9,10,8,11}

Seth Richardson+¹⁴ b. 3 Sep 1716
Mercy Richardson¹³ b. 1 Apr 1725, d. 30 Sep 1820

Biography

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Birth

circa 1680/81

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, not in VR; MLM: ca. 1794 (typo for 1694)⁸

Origin

1708

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA⁹

Marriage

Jul 7, 1708

Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA, USA^{3,5,6,9,10,8,11}

Widow

before Oct 29, 1723

¹²

Death

Jun 27, 1770

Attleboro, Bristol Co., MA, USA¹³

Burial

Old Kirk Yard, Attleboro, Bristol Co., MA, USA, GS: In Memory of Sarah Richardson Wife of Francis Richardson Died Jan. 27, 1770 Aged 90 yrs. old

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304 #46.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/17/1924.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924 #2311, WBBN.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 3/3/1915 #4550.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 399.
[S174] Wyman, Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, p. 520.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #40, 17.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 17.
[S499] Woburn MA VRs III, p. 135.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 287.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/17/1924, #2311 GAGL.
[S415] E-mail from Jeff Hecht, 1/7/2008.
[S415] E-mail from Pat Hanning, 2/1999.

Ruth Houghton^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}

F, #1484, b. circa 1700

Father*: Jonas Houghton b. Apr 1663, d. 20 Sep 1723
Mother*: Mary Burbeen b. 2 Jul 1661, d. 31 Dec 1720

Family: Richard Wilds

Marriage*: Ruth Houghton married Richard Wilds on Mar 2, 1721/22 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by J. Houghton.^{2,4,5,9,7,10,11,12}

Jonas Wilds b. 27 Jan 1722/23
John Wilds b. 15 Nov 1724, d. 24 Apr 1737
Bernard Wilds b. 20 Mar 1725/26
Silent Wilds+ b. 21 Apr 1728, d. 27 Mar 1790
Susanna Wilds b. 27 Sep 1730
Margaret Wilds b. 18 Mar 1732/33
David Wilds b. 2 Nov 1735
Ruth Wilds b. 13 Apr 1740

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

circa 1700

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA

Marriage

Mar 2, 1721/22

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, by J. Houghton^{2,4,5,9,7,10,11,12}

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 304 #47.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 18.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 3/3/1915 #4550.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924 #2311, WBBN.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 1934 -2311; G.A.G.L.
[S80] Chandler, Houghton Genealogy, #11436.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 399.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #45, 19.
[S96] NEHGR, Vol. 17, 1863, p. 72.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 19.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 287.

Jacob Houghton^1,2

M, #1486, b. 1696

Biography

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Research

1696

FWH, JWH and Cutter erroneously give this son.³

Birth

1696

^4,2

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 306 #48.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 963.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 31 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 306.

Josiah Houghton^1,2

M, #1487, b. 1698, d. 29 September 1723

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

1698

^3,2

Death

Sep 29, 1723

Research

same bd and dd, JWH error

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 306 #49.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 963.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 306.

Benjamin Houghton^1,2

M, #1488, d. 28 February 1764

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Research

1691

FWH & JWH erroneously give this son. Boston Transcript (1907): 1691; BT (1924): 1690; FWH, JWH: 1700^3,4,5,6

Research

Jul 20, 1720

JWH erroneously gives this marriage.^6,5,3

Death

Feb 28, 1764

Boston Transcript: Feb 28, 1764; JWH: 1774^6,3

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 306 #50.
[S166] Cutter, New England Families II, p. 963.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 9/16/1907.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 17.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 5/5/1924 #1754, ALCS.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 306.

Lt. Silas Houghton^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

M, #1489, b. 7 October 1742, d. 9 January 1797

Father*: Benjamin Houghton Sr⁸ b. 1690, d. 28 Feb 1764
Mother*: Zeruiah Moore⁸ b. 1700

Family 1: Eunice Sawyer b. 27 Mar 1744, d. 15 Sep 1774

Marriage Bann: Lt. Silas Houghton and Eunice Sawyer declared their intentions of marriage on Aug 27, 1768 Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA.^32,10
Marriage*: Lt. Silas Houghton married Eunice Sawyer on Oct 26, 1768 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA.^12,13,14,15

Benjamin Houghton b. 27 May 1769, d. 22 Sep 1775
Sarah Houghton b. 9 Nov 1770, d. 20 Oct 1771
Kate Houghton b. 6 May 1772, d. 22 Sep 1775
Silas Houghton Jr. b. 14 Jun 1774, d. 9 Mar 1832

Family 2: Mrs. Sarah Gregory d. 18 Nov 1781

Marriage*: Lt. Silas Houghton married Mrs. Sarah Gregory on Dec, 1777 at Princeton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, DAR; Whitecomb: 20 May 1773 Bolton, Sarah Wyman of Harvard.^{19,4,6,20,10,15}

Capt. Joel Houghton+ b. 24 Jun 1779, d. 6 Mar 1839
Sarah Houghton+ b. 22 Sep 1781, d. 12 Jun 1867

Family 3: Thankful How b. 22 Aug 1752, d. 8 May 1832

Marriage*: Lt. Silas Houghton married Thankful How on Mar 13, 1783 at Princeton, Worcester Co., MA, USA.^{19,21,5,22,10,15}

Benjamin Houghton b. 18 Apr 1785, d. 1 Oct 1805
Thomas Houghton+ b. 18 Oct 1788, d. 8 Jan 1859
Peabody Houghton+ b. 21 Jan 1791, d. 10 Nov 1830
Eunice Houghton+ b. 22 Oct 1794, d. 1878

Biography

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A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Oct 7, 1742

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, MLM: Sterling^{9,8,4,6,10,11}

Marriage

Oct 26, 1768

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^12,13,14,15

Note

1770

document: Princetown Aguft 28^th 1770
Mr. Houghton Sir, please to pay to Seth Haywood
four dollars on my account and it shall
discharge so much from this being for value received of Benjamin Dyan.
Silas Houghton

Milit-Beg

1774

DAR: 2Lt MA; enlisted in 1775 as a private and served at siege of Boston; a lieutenant in 1777 in Col. Job Cushing's reg. in the Northern Dept; Whitecomb: Money raised in Capt Nurse's Co. for 3 yrs L5.

REF: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. 8, pg. 309.
Silas Houghton, 2^nd Lieutenant, Capt. Joseph Sargent’s (6^th) Company, Col. Josiah Whitney’s (2^nd Worcester Co.) Regt. List of officers chosen in said regiment, dated Lancaster, March 18, 1776, ordered in Council, March 20, 1776, that said officers be commissioned. Reported commissioned on March 20, 1776.
Also 2^nd Lieutenant in a company commanded by Lt. Amos Fairbanks, Col. Job Cushing’s regt; entered service September 6, 1776, marched Sept. 8, 1777; furloughed Nov. 29, 1977; service, 2 months 29 days, under Brig. General Spencer, including travel (212 miles) home. Company drafted from militia and marched to join Continental Army at the Northward.
Also, pay abstracts dated Scaresdeal, Nov. 30, 1777, and sworn to in Worcester Co. [year not given], respectively for rations due the officers of Col. Job Cushing’s regt. In Continental Service in Northern department; said Houghton credited with rations from Sept. 1 [1777] to Nov. 29 [1777], 90 rations.^16,17,4,18

Research

1774

Marriage

Dec, 1777

Princeton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, DAR; Whitecomb: 20 May 1773 Bolton, Sarah Wyman of Harvard^{19,4,6,20,10,15}

Marriage

Mar 13, 1783

Princeton, Worcester Co., MA, USA^{19,21,5,22,10,15}

1790 Census

1790

Princeton, MA, USA, 2 males 16+, 3 males under 16, 2 females²³

Death

Jan 9, 1797

Princeton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, a 55; MLM: June 9^{24,4,25,10,20,15}

Administr

Apr 13, 1797

Princeton, MA, USA, at $2860.27²⁶

Residence

Lyndon, Caledonia Co., VT, USA, CJV: prob. error^9,10

AFN

FQJ2-M5²⁷

Biography

DAR Patriot Index: Silas b 10-7-1742 MA d 6-9-1797 MA m Sarah Gregory 2 Lt MA

Blake, Hist. of Princeton, 1915: Immigrated in 1762 to Princeton, MA; "His property in Princeton was valued at L31.10.20 in 1766 for the pew assessment. He lived in the Easterly District of Princeton in 1769. He served as Corporal in the Princeton militia in 1774."

Vital Records of Princeton, 1902: Immigrated in 1768 to Princeton, MA

J.W.Houghton lists him as son of Benjamin Houghton and Zermiah Moore, grandson of Jonas Houghton.

^28,29

Alert

JWH erroneously gives Benjamin, son of John, as father; J. F. Chandler gives Benjamin, son of Jonas as father; Whitecomb gives Benjamin and Zerviah; marriages: 1) 26 Oct 1768 Lancaster, Eunice Sawyer "both of Lancaster"; 2) 20 May 1773 Bolton, Sarah Wyman of Harvard 3) 22 Jun 1778 Lancaster, Mary Knight "both of Lancaster" 4) 19 Sep 1781 Lancaster, Juda Houghton "both of Bolton"^20,30,31

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 306 #52.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 290.
[S78] White, Genealogy of John White, II, p. 30 #569s.
[S213] National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Centennial Admin., DAR Patriot Cent. 2, p. 1495.
[S288] Rutland MA VRs, p. 154.
[S303] Francis Everett ??? Blake History of the Town of Princeton Vol. II Genealogies, p. 153.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 18 #279, 41.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 29.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 306.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 41.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 300, 313.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 101.
[S157] Fred E. Sawyer, Sawyer Families Gen. Dict., p. 196.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 18, 41.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 313.
[S28] DAR Lineage Book, V. 9, p. 182.
[S39] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, Vol. 8, p. 308.
[S78] White, Genealogy of John White, II, p. 30.
[S162] Princeton MA VRs, p. 108.
[S449] Esther K. Whitcomb and Dorothy O. Mayo, Bolton Soldiers and Sailors in the American Revolution, p. 37.
[S242] Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies: Vol. I John Howe of Sudbury and Marlborough Massachusetts; Vol. II Abraham, James, Edward, Vol. 1, p. 37.
[S303] Francis Everett ??? Blake History of the Town of Princeton Vol. II Genealogies, p. 153, 160.
[S1220] 1790 U.S. Federal Census , Princeton, Worcester, MA, p. 232.
[S162] Princeton MA VRs, p. 171.
[S303] Francis Everett ??? Blake History of the Town of Princeton Vol. II Genealogies, p. 154.
[S409] Probate Records , Worcester Co., MA, Case 31177.
[S13] "Ancestral File of LDS, Version 4.13", Ancestral File.
[S303] Francis Everett ??? Blake History of the Town of Princeton Vol. II Genealogies.
[S35] DAR Patriot Index I, Cent., pt 2, p. 1495.
[S415] E-mail from John F. Chandler, 1995.
[S466] Esther Kimmens Whitcomb, About Bolton.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 41.

Daniel Lawrence^1,2,3

M, #1491, b. circa 1836, d. May 1853

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

circa 1836

NY, USA, age 14 in 1850 census³

Death

May, 1853

Jay, Essex, NY, USA¹

Biography

Lived with family of sister Lydia at Jay NY in Census of 1850, age 14. Died of small pox, age 17 in May 1853.

Pedigree

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 439.
[S36] Letter, from Emma Braman Ellis.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Jay, Essex, New York; Roll: M432_504; Page: 213; & p. 426, line 33, dwl 3034-3108.

Helen M. Houghton

F, #1492, b. 10 November 1835, d. 6 June 1861

Father*: Joseph Wheeler Houghton^1,2 b. 27 Feb 1791
Mother*: Sally Warner b. 25 Feb 1799, d. 27 Jul 1839

Family: Major Robert Emmet Craig Sr b. 1831, d. 2 Apr 1864

Marriage*: Helen M. Houghton married Major Robert Emmet Craig Sr on Aug 4, 1857 at Licking Co., OH, USA.⁴

Robert Emmett Craig Jr.+³ b. 17 Aug 1858
Mary J. Craig⁷ b. May 1860, d. c 1861

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Nov 10, 1835

NY, USA, age 20 in 1850 census^3,2

Education

1846

Granville Female College, Granville, Licking, OH, USA

Marriage

Aug 4, 1857

Licking Co., OH, USA⁴

Letter

Jan 2, 1860

Crishhocton, OH, USA, near WVA.

1860 Census

Jun 1, 1860

Newport, Vermillion, IN, USA⁵

Death

Jun 6, 1861

Newport, Vermillion Co., IN, USA, in childbirth⁶

Pedigree

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 163.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Granville, Licking, Ohio; Roll: M432_702; Page: 76; line 28, dwl 1062-1133.
[S415] E-mail from Emily Irons Rogers, 1998.
[S415] E-mail Emily Irons Rogers, 1998.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1860 Newport, Vermillion, IN.
[S415] E-mail from Emily Irons Rogers, Dec. 31, 2000.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1850 Newport, Vermillion, IN.

John Harris Jr.^1,2,3

M, #1495, b. 19 January 1676, d. 16 May 1739

Family 1: Mary Houghton b. 22 Mar 1660/61, d. b 1721

Marriage*: John Harris Jr. married Mary Houghton, daughter of John Houghton and Beatrix (?), at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 23 June 1698: JWH date for John Harris and Sarah Houghton; 1/wf; Torrey gives a Mary Houghton as wife of John Harris, but J.W. Houghton gives John Harris as husband of John Houghton the Immigrant's daughter Sarah (with 1698 date), and Mary as wife of Thomas Wilder; Torrey gives 1/wf Mary Houghton (1666-); while this is a different bd than John Houghton the Immigrant's daughter Mary, John Houghton's will of 1684 clearly gives his daughter as Mary Harris (see Burr & Gage, p. 383).
NEHGR, 105 & BT: John Harris had married Mary Houghton
NEHGR, 152: after 1684, prob. Lancaster.^{8,2,9,10,3,11,12,7}

Mary Harris+ b. c 1702, d. 1 Dec 1759
Benjamin Harris+ b. c 1704

Family 2: Alse (?)

Marriage*: John Harris Jr. married Alse (?) on before 1717.¹⁴

Thankful Harris¹⁴ b. 15 Sep 1717
Alice Harris+¹⁹ b. 24 Apr 1720

Biography

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Birth

Jan 19, 1676

Concrod, MA, USA, Harris: "He was not the John Harris born in Boston 8 Aug. 1658."^4,5,6,7

Marriage

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 23 June 1698: JWH date for John Harris and Sarah Houghton; 1/wf; Torrey gives a Mary Houghton as wife of John Harris, but J.W. Houghton gives John Harris as husband of John Houghton the Immigrant's daughter Sarah (with 1698 date), and Mary as wife of Thomas Wilder; Torrey gives 1/wf Mary Houghton (1666-); while this is a different bd than John Houghton the Immigrant's daughter Mary, John Houghton's will of 1684 clearly gives his daughter as Mary Harris (see Burr & Gage, p. 383).
NEHGR, 105 & BT: John Harris had married Mary Houghton
NEHGR, 152: after 1684, prob. Lancaster^{8,2,9,10,3,11,12,7}

Note

1700

He was an absentee owner in Lancaster.¹³

Marriage

before 1717

¹⁴

Church

May 26, 1717

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, First Church¹⁵

Will

1739

¹⁴

Death

May 16, 1739

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, Torrey: 1739^16,2,6,17

Biography

John2 Harris (George1),[55] born in Concord 19 January 1676[/7], a weaver, died in Lancaster 16 May 1739.[56] He married first, probably about 1700,[57] Mary Houghton, born in Dedham, Massachusetts, 22 March 1660/1,[58] daughter of John1 and Beatrix (_____) Houghton of Dedham and Lancaster.[59] She was probably the Mary Harris who owned the covenant and was baptized in the Lancaster church 20 July 1718.[60] John married secondly Else/Alse [Alice] _____, who survived him.
John “Harriss” was in Lancaster by April 1704, when he was one of the nine men assigned to a garrison on the “west side Nashaway River.”[61] John was admitted and baptized in the church in Lancaster 1 September 1717, and “the wife” of John Harris was admitted 26 May 1728.[62] John Harris of Lancaster, weaver, was appointed in April 1724 as an administrator of “his brother”Edmond Harris’s estate.[63]
The will of John Harris of Lancaster, yeoman, dated 5 May 1739 and proved 22 August 1739, names wife Alse Harris, son Benjamin Harris, daughter Mary Larkin wife of Philip Larkin, and “my two daughters Thankful and Else Harris.” He gave to his wife Else the part of his land where his house and barn “now standeth,” together with the house lot “that was John Houghton’s” and a lot of 20 acres on Danes Brook “which I had for keeping my honored mother Beatrix Houghton.” Regarding his children Benjamin Harris and Mary Larkin, he mentioned land that would descend to them out of “that land that came by [their] mother.” Wife Alse and Jabez Fairbanks were to be the executors.[64]
On 3 July 1739, Benjamin Harris of Lancaster, “son to John Harris and Mary Harris both late of Lancaster deceased,” executed an agreement with Philip Larkin and his wife Mary Larkin of Lancaster to divide land left to them “by their late honourable mother Mary Harris descending to her from their late honoured grandfather John Houghton late of Lancaster.”[65]
Children of John2 and Mary (Houghton) Harris:
55 This John Harris of Lancaster, called “brother” of Edmond, is repeatedly confused in undocumented postings with the John born in Boston 8 Aug. 1658, son of John and Hannah (Briggs) Harris, perhaps as derived from a sketch by Roderick Bissell Jones in his highly speculative “Harrises in Boston before 1700,” Register 105 (1951):244. For a corrected account of the John born in 1658, see Gale Ion Harris, Harrises of Connecticut: Scattered Descendants (Saline,Mich.: McNaughton & Gunn, 2012), 13–16.
56 Nourse, Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Lancaster [note 19], 158.
57 Mary was about age 39 in 1700 and with John had two children of age to marry in about 1722 and 1729.
58 Don Gleason Hill, The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths, and Intentions of Marriages in the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts, Volumes 1 & 2, 1635–1845 (Dedham, Mass.: Dedham Transcript, 1886), 8.
59 Annie Lane Burr and Thomas Hovey Gage, “John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass., and Some of His Descendants,” Register 79 (1925):393–394.
60 Nourse, Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Lancaster [note 19], 276.
61 Abijah P. Marvin, History of the Town of Lancaster, Massachusetts (Lancaster, Mass.: the Town, 1879), 134.
62 Nourse, Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Lancaster [note 19], 271, 272, 275.
63 Middlesex County Probate Records, 17:58.
64 Worcester County Probate Records, 1:432–434.
65 Worcester County Deeds, 12:504–506.¹⁸

Research

JWH gives this marriage: 23 Jun 1698⁸

Pedigree

Citations

[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 301 #8s.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 346.
[S96] NEHGR, Gale Ion Harris, "William and Richard Harris of the North End, John and William Harris of the South End", 152 [1998]: 345.
[S96] NEHGR, Harris, Gale Ion, "William and Richard Harris of the North End, John and William Harris of the South End.", Register, 152 [1998]: 345.
[S96] NEHGR, 105 [1951]:245.
[S415] E-mail from Eleanor R. Wesson, 10/1998.
[S96] NEHGR, The Register, 174, George Harris of Concord Massuchetts, Gale Ion Harris, 174: p. 116, 2020.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 301.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 11/12/1924 #2311, WBBN.
[S96] NEHGR, Roderick Bissell Jones, "Harrises in Boston before 1700, " 105 [1951]:245.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6, 8.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 282.
[S595] Rev. Abijah P. Marvin, Lancaster Hx - Marvin, p. 120, 134.
[S415] E-mail from Gladys Parker, July 14, 2000.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 271.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 158.
[S96] NEHGR, 152 [1998]: 345.
[S96] NEHGR, George Harris of Concord Massuchetts, Gale Ion Harris, The Register, 174: p. 121, 2020.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 276.

Benjamin Harris^1,2,3

M, #1496, b. circa 1704

Father*: John Harris Jr. b. 19 Jan 1676, d. 16 May 1739
Mother*: Mary Houghton b. 22 Mar 1660/61, d. b 1721

Family: Deborah Temple

Marriage*: Benjamin Harris married Deborah Temple on Nov 18, 1729 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA.^5,6

John Harris⁹ b. 25 Jul 1731
Benjamin Harris¹⁰ b. 14 Aug 1733
Persis Harris¹¹ b. 3 Aug 1735
Silvanus Harris¹² b. 4 Jun 1739
Hephzibah Harris¹³ b. 9 Aug 1741
Solomon Harris¹⁴ b. 24 Jul 1743

Biography

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Birth

circa 1704

⁴

Marriage

Nov 18, 1729

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^5,6

Church

Jan 5, 1734/35

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA⁷

Estate

Aug 19, 1740

Worcester Co., MA, USA, Burr & Gage: "In an instrument dated 19 Aug 1740, recorded in Worcester Deeds, lib.12 p. 504 is a recital that Benjamin Harris and Mary, wife of Philip Larkin, were heirs to land 'left to them by heirship by their late honored Mother Mary Harris descending to her from their late honored grandfather, John Houghton, late of Lancaster, deceased."^8,2

Death

Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA, USA¹

Biography

Benjamin Harris, b. say 1704; d. Road Town (now Shutesbury), Mass., before
14 July 1747 (bond for administration); m. Lancaster 18 Nov. 1729,
Deborah Temple from Shrewsbury,[ 71] b. [1705?], daughter of Richard4
(Abraham3, Richard2, Abraham1) and Mary (Barker) Temple, and sister of
the wife of Benjamin’s
uncle William Harris (no. 8).[72] Benjamin owned
the covenant and was baptized at Lancaster 5 Jan. 1734/5.[73]
Bond for administration of Benjamin Harris’s intestate estate was set
to his widow Deborah Harris 14 July 1747 and a distribution (undated)
was made to her and to children John Harris, eldest son; Benjamin
Harris, second son; Silvanus Harris, third son; Solomon Harris, fourth
son; Persis Harris, eldest daughter; and Hephzibah Harris, second
daughter.[74] Deborah Harris was awarded guardianship 14 July 1747
for the minor children (under age 14) Benjamin, Persis, Silvanus,
Hephzibah, and Solomon Harris.[75] An appraisement
dated 16 Nov.
1751 shows that the estate included Right No. 60 in Township No. 3,
Hampshire Co. (now Sandisfield in Berkshire Co.)⁴

Pedigree

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 538.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #36.
[S96] NEHGR, The Register, 174, George Harris of Concord Massuchetts, Gale Ion Harris, 174: p. 116, 2020.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 24.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 273.
[S96] NEHGR, 105 [1951]:244.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 59.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 61.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 62.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 66.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 289.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 292.

Mary Harris^1,2,3

F, #1497, b. circa 1702, d. 1 December 1759

Father*: John Harris Jr. b. 19 Jan 1676, d. 16 May 1739
Mother*: Mary Houghton b. 22 Mar 1660/61, d. b 1721

Family: Philip Larkin b. c 1700

Marriage*: Mary Harris married Philip Larkin on circa 1722.^5,2,6

John Larkin⁸ b. 7 May 1722, d. 1755
Matthias Larkin⁸ b. 5 Jan 1724/25
Peter Larkin+⁸ b. 29 Jul 1727, d. 13 Apr 1815
William Larkin⁸ b. 13 Mar 1730/31
Edmond Larkin⁹ b. 16 Nov 1735

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

circa 1702

⁴

Marriage

circa 1722

^5,2,6

Living

Aug 17, 1740

Dorchester, MA, USA

Estate

Aug 19, 1740

Death

Dec 1, 1759

Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA, USA, Wesson: Lancaster, MA (not in VR)⁷

Pedigree

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 538.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8 #37.
[S96] NEHGR, The Register, 174, George Harris of Concord Massuchetts, Gale Ion Harris, 174: p. 116, 2020.
[S96] NEHGR, 105 [1951]:244.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8.
[S415] E-mail from Eleanor R. Wesson, 10/1998.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 52.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 284.

Philip Larkin^1,2

M, #1498, b. circa 1700

Family: Mary Harris b. c 1702, d. 1 Dec 1759

Marriage*: Philip Larkin married Mary Harris, daughter of John Harris Jr. and Mary Houghton, on circa 1722.^5,2,6

John Larkin⁷ b. 7 May 1722, d. 1755
Matthias Larkin⁷ b. 5 Jan 1724/25
Peter Larkin+⁷ b. 29 Jul 1727, d. 13 Apr 1815
William Larkin⁷ b. 13 Mar 1730/31
Edmond Larkin⁸ b. 16 Nov 1735

Biography

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Corresponded with author

Birth

circa 1700

Ireland, Gladys Parker: 1696^3,4

Marriage

circa 1722

^5,2,6

Living

Aug 17, 1740

Dorchester, MA, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 539.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S415] E-mail from Eleanor R. Wesson, 10/1998.
[S415] E-mail from Gladys Parker, July 14, 2000.
[S96] NEHGR, 105 [1951]:244.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 8.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 52.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 284.

John Pope^1,2,3,4

M, #1499, b. 1 July 1658, d. 1698

Family: Beatrix Houghton b. 3 Dec 1665, d. a Apr 1725

Marriage*: John Pope married Beatrix Houghton, daughter of John Houghton and Beatrix (?), on Sep 20, 1683 at Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 1704; Torrey: also 30 Sept. (per deed of Margaret Pope, 13 Oct 1715.)^{8,2,9,6,3,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}

Susannah Pope+² b. 7 Oct 1684
Margaret Pope b. c 1686
Beatrix Pope+⁶ b. c 1686, d. 21 Apr 1772

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Jul 1, 1658

Dorchester, MA, USA^5,6

Origin

circa 1683

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^2,7

Marriage

Sep 20, 1683

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 1704; Torrey: also 30 Sept. (per deed of Margaret Pope, 13 Oct 1715)^{8,2,9,6,3,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}

Milit-Beg

one of five soldiers who were with Sir William Phips' mismanaged and disatrous expedition against Canada (Mass. Archieves, XXXVI, 134)

Pope: He was a corporal in the company of Capt. John Withington, in the French and Indian war, from 1690 onward. He seems to have come to Dorchester to live, after his discharge, and to have died there. At least, this is the natural inference from the Probate papers, which were filed in Boston.^17,18

Death

1698

Dorchester, MA, USA, 1700 guardianship request by wife Beatrix notes he died intestate^6,18

ParentsS

John Pope - Junior 1635–1686 & Margaret ("Goody") Long 1628–1702

Pedigree

Citations

[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 321.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 15.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 1931 - 2210.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 301 #6s.
[S80] Chandler, Houghton Genealogy, #11154.
[S42] Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 593.
[S96] NEHGR, 17 [1863]:70.
[S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 301.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 294, 321.
[S96] NEHGR, Vol. 17, 1863, p. 70.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S156] Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts, p. 241.
[S174] Wyman, Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, p. 520.
[S177] Baily, Early Massachusetts Marriages, p. 61.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 6, 9.
[S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 282.
[S12] Nourse, Early Records of Lancaster, p. 127.
[S1545] Charles Henry Pope, Hx of Dorchester Pope Family, p. 84.

Susannah Pope^1,2,3,4

F, #1500, b. 7 October 1684

Father*: John Pope⁵ b. 1 Jul 1658, d. 1698
Mother*: Beatrix Houghton⁵ b. 3 Dec 1665, d. a Apr 1725

Family: Thomas Wilder

Marriage*: Susannah Pope married Thomas Wilder.^2,3,4

Margaret Wilder⁴

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Oct 7, 1684

Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, USA^5,3,4

Marriage

^2,3,4

Children+

Many children³

Research

1736

The township of Ashburnham, or " Dorchester Canada," as it was first called, was granted by Massachusetts to the members of Captain Withington’s Company, after the war. In the year 1736, Susanna, the wife of Thomas Wilder, of Lancaster,” received a tract of land there “ in the right of her father, the late John Pope.” We have no further account of the family.⁶

Pedigree

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 539.
[S46] Boston Transcript, 1931 - 2210.
[S117] Burr & Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass." , pp. 392-400, p. 394.
[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 9.
[S11] Lancaster MA VRs, p. 15.
[S1545] Charles Henry Pope, Hx of Dorchester Pope Family, p. 84.