Houghton Surname Project

Sarah Elizabeth Goodnow¹

F, #22651, b. circa 1826

Family: William Richards Houghton b. 23 Jun 1824

Marriage*: Sarah Elizabeth Goodnow married William Richards Houghton, son of Rev. Josiah Houghton and Lona Richards, on Oct 28, 1846 at Templeton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, he, a. 22.¹

Susan G. Houghton² b. c 1848
William E. Houghton+² b. 1850

Biography

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Birth

circa 1826

MA, USA, age 23 in 1850 census; age 45 in 1870 census²

Marriage

Oct 28, 1846

Templeton, Worcester Co., MA, USA, he, a. 22¹

1870 Census

1870

Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA, age 45, a tinman³

Pedigree

Citations

[S332] Templeton MA VRs, p. 120.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Worcester Ward 3, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_342; Page: 149; line 16, dwl 3-3.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, Reel 645, p. 294, line 33, dwl 1593-2198.

Fanny Houghton¹

F, #22654

Family: Humphrey Julia

Marriage*: Fanny Houghton married Humphrey Julia on Jul 5, 1860 at Placer Co., CA, USA.¹

Biography

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Marriage

Jul 5, 1860

Placer Co., CA, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S333] Nancy Justus Morebeck, Norther California Marriage Index 1850-1860, p. 91.

Humphrey Julia¹

M, #22655

Family: Fanny Houghton

Marriage*: Humphrey Julia married Fanny Houghton on Jul 5, 1860 at Placer Co., CA, USA.¹

Biography

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Marriage

Jul 5, 1860

Placer Co., CA, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S333] Nancy Justus Morebeck, Norther California Marriage Index 1850-1860, p. 91.

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

M, #22656, b. circa October 1744, d. 1818

Father*: Joshua Houghton² b. c 1711, d. 7 Sep 1790
Mother*: Sarah Burk³ b. c 1718

Family: Nancy Bailey

Marriage: Joshua Houghton Sr married Nancy Bailey.⁴

Matthew Houghton+ b. bt 1765 - 1794, d. c 27 Feb 1833
James Houghton+¹⁰ b. 5 Jul 1767, d. 31 Jan 1798
Elizabeth Houghton+⁴ b. 18 Dec 1769, d. 31 Jan 1805
Michael F. Houghton+² b. c 1770, d. c 20 Dec 1800
William Houghton+¹⁰ d. 1814
Col. Joshua Houghton Jr.+¹⁰ b. 1771, d. 12 Sep 1841
Reuben Houghton+¹⁰ b. 1778, d. 1840
Nancy Houghton¹⁰
John Houghton¹⁰

Biography

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Birth

circa Oct, 1744

NC, USA⁸

Land Grant

Dec 20, 1785

GA, USA, 287 1/2 acres⁷

Death

1818

GA, USA, Callaway: 1819^5,9

Probate

Mar, 1819

Greene Co., GA, USA⁸

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from M.B. Watson, Oct. 4, 1999.
[S415] E-mail from Terry G. Temple, Sep. 9, 1999.
[S900] Jeannette Holland Austin, Georgia Intestate Records, p. 156.
[S898] Jeannette Holland Austin, Georgia Bible Records, p. 149.
[S1365] Donald Dwight, and Harriett Blackwell Hook Hook, Deep South Connections, p. 57.
[S780] Unknown compiler, Georgia Tax Index.
[S251] Lloyd DeWitt Brockstuck, Revoltionary War Bounty Land Grants, p. 258.
[S415] E-mail from Martha Acker on Mar 12, 2007.
[S415] E-mail from D. Callaway, Sept. 30, 1999.
[S415] E-mail from Terry G. Temple, May 8, 2001, in a descendancy chart of Joshua Houghton.

Thomas Houghton¹

M, #22657

Biography

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Land Grant

May 17, 1784

GA, USA, 250 acres²

Office

Greene Co., GA, USA, justice of the inferior court³

Note

circa 1787

Greene Co., GA, USA, Reported to Gov. Mathews the activities of Gen. Elijah Clark's outfit ("Trans-Oconee Republic")⁴

Taxation

1789

White District, Greene Co., GA, USA¹

Duplicate

GA, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S780] Unknown compiler, Georgia Tax Index, p. 35.
[S251] Lloyd DeWitt Brockstuck, Revoltionary War Bounty Land Grants, p. 236.
[S784] Dr. Thaddeus Brockett Rice and Carolyn White Williams, Greene Co., GA Hx, p. 645.
[S784] Dr. Thaddeus Brockett Rice and Carolyn White Williams, Greene Co., GA Hx, p. 24.

Levi Haughton¹

M, #22658

Biography

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Residence

circa 1784

Tyrrell, NC, USA¹

Land Grant

Dec 7, 1796

NC, USA, 640 acres¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S251] Lloyd DeWitt Brockstuck, Revoltionary War Bounty Land Grants, p. 236.

Hiram Houghton¹

M, #22668, b. 17 August 1817, d. 24 March 1891

Father*: Eli Houghton b. c 1783
Mother*: Electa Joy

Family: Maryette Morton b. 11 Mar 1824, d. 1 Sep 1894

Marriage*: Hiram Houghton married Maryette Morton on Jul 4, 1847 at East Windsor, CT, USA.³

Helen Lavon Houghton b. 25 Dec 1849, d. 2 Feb 1935
Maria Isabella Houghton+ b. 16 Nov 1852, d. 1930
Josephine Adella Houghton b. 16 Feb 1857, d. 23 Feb 1880
Albert Joy Houghton⁸ b. 1859, d. 1 Jul 1867
Mary Electa Houghton b. 17 Feb 1863, d. 27 Nov 1881
Willard Seth Houghton b. 1 Nov 1865, d. 1 Sep 1901

Biography

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Birth

Aug 17, 1817

Guilford, VT, USA, dd calc; age 43 in 1860 census; age 52 in 1870 census; age 62 in 1880 census; age 73 y 7 m at death²

Origin

1847

Enfield, CT, USA³

Marriage

Jul 4, 1847

East Windsor, CT, USA³

1860 Census

1860

Somers, Tolland Co., CT, USA, age 43, wool carder⁴

Association

Apr 21, 1868

Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA, USA^1,5

1870 Census

1870

Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA, USA, age 52, a greaser in a woolen mill, property $150⁶

1880 Census

1880

Agawam, Hampden Co., MA, USA, age 62, a traveling agent⁷

Occupation

canvassing agent

Death

Mar 24, 1891

Agawam, MA, USA, of La Grippe (flu)

Burial

West Hatfield Cemetery, Hatfield, MA, USA, Inscription HOUGHTON
Hiram Houghton/Died/March 24 1891/Æ 73 yrs 7 mos
Mariette Morton/His Wife Died/Sept 1 1894/Æ 70 yrs 6 mos//
Josephine A/Died/Feb 23 1880/Æ 23 yrs
Mary E/Died/Nov 27 1881/Æ 18 yrs 9 mos
Dau's of/Hiram & Mariette/Houghton//
DOUGLASS
Henry F Douglass/Co H. 21st Regt/Mass Vols/May 22 1840/Oct 12 1911
His Wife/Helen Houghton/Douglass/Dec 25 1849/Feb 2 1935

Pedigree

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 66.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1870 US Census, Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA, Reel 617, p. 329b, line 32, dwl 673.
[S971] East Windsor CT VRs, p. 55.
[S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, CT 1860 Federal Census Index, Somers, Tolland Co., CT, p. 641.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 8.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Holyoke, Hampden Co., MA, Reel 617, p. 329b, line 32, dwl 673-1479.
[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Agawam, Hampden Co., MA, ED 271, Sh 16, Ln 13, dwl 24-30.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Somers, Tolland, Connecticut; Roll: M653_80; Page: 641; Sheet 112, line 13, dwl 943-962.

Thomas P. Houghton¹

M, #22669

Biography

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Corresponded with author

Association

Apr 21, 1868

Oneida, NY, USA^2,1

Pedigree

Citations

[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 8.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 67.

Eunice Houghton^1,2

F, #22670

Biography

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Association

Apr 21, 1868

Ashland, Middlesex Co., MA, USA^2,1

Pedigree

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 67.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 9.

E. C. Houghton¹

?, #22671

Biography

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Association

Apr 21, 1868

West Acton, Middlesex Co., MA, USA^2,3

Origin

1869

Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 30 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 67.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 8, 30 (Francis Walter Houghton's Genealogy).

S. R. Houghton¹

M, #22672

Biography

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Association

Apr 21, 1868

Tipton, IA, USA^1,2

Pedigree

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 67.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 8.

Harris C. Houghton¹

M, #22673, b. circa 1827

Biography

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Birth

circa 1827

VT, USA, age 23 in 1850 census¹

1850 Census

1850

Southwick, Hampden Co., MA, USA, age 23, a laborer, living with William and Elizabeth Brown¹

Association

Apr 21, 1868

Southwick, Hampden Co., MA, USA^2,3

Research

Duplicate

Pedigree

Citations

[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_318; Page: 144;
line 6, dwl 201-210.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 67.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 8.

George Washington Houghton¹

M, #22674, b. October 1840, d. before May 1905

Father*: Samuel Houghton Jr² b. c 1798
Mother*: Mary Tibbets² b. c 1799

Family: Phoebe Davis b. Mar 1841

Marriage*: George Washington Houghton married Phoebe Davis on circa 1868 mar 32 years in 1900 census.^3,4

Harriet Pauline Houghton⁴ b. c 1869
George Porter Houghton+⁴ b. 8 Dec 1873
Harry Leon Houghton+³ b. 28 Jan 1880

Biography

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Birth

Oct, 1840

NY, USA, age 10 in 1850 census; age 29 in 1870 census; age 39 in 1880 census; age 59 in 1900 census^3,4

Residence

1862

Brownville, Jefferson Co., NY, USA⁵

Mil. Enls

Aug 6, 1862

Sacketts Harbor, NY, USA, age 21, private, Comp. E, 10th NY, Heavy Artillery; also sergeant, Comp H, 10th NY, Heavy Artillery til 6 June 1865; length 2 y 10 m; bronchial trouble, discharged from hospital^6,5

Milit-End

Jun 23, 1865

Petersburg, VA, USA, He received a bounty of $2,419. He engaged at the siege of Petersburg VA

Marriage

circa 1868

mar 32 years in 1900 census^3,4

Association

Apr 21, 1868

Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, USA^7,8

1870 Census

1870

Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, USA, age 29, works in organ shop⁹

1880 Census

1880

Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, USA, age 59, a carpenter^4,10

1890 Census

1890

Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, USA¹¹

PensionInx

Aug 3, 1896

MA, USA, as invalid

1900 Census

1900

Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, USA, age 59, a jobbing mechanic; and Charles C. Davis, May 1850, 50, MA^12,13

Occupation

Westfield, MA, USA, cabinet maker for Johnson Organ Co.¹

Death

before May, 1905

wife a widow

Duplicate

Research

It is believed that this branch of the Houghton family (i.e., G. W. Houghton) migrated to Westfield from Watertown, Mass.

ParentsS

VT, USA, parents born in VT; father born in NH, mother born in VT¹⁰

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Ron Rowley, May 16, 2002.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Brownville, Jefferson, New York; Roll: M432_514; Page: 200; line 15, dwl 357-361.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1900 Soundex Massachusetts, Box 127, Vol. 33, E.D. 607, Sh. 6, Ln.71.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1880 Soundex, Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, Box 28, Vol. 12, ED 296, Sh 35, Ln 43.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://www.nnygenealogy.com/pages/marriage-results.php
[S415] E-mail from Ron Rowley, Jul 19, 2002.
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 67.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 8.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_619; Page: 395; line 23, del 438-574.
[S1229] 1880 U.S. Federal Census , Westfield, Hampden Co., MA, Box 28, Vol. 12, ED 296, Sh 35, Ln 43, dwl 167-427.
[S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; Roll: 14; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 393.
[S235] U.S. Census, 1900 Soundex Massachusetts, Box 127, Vol. 33, E.D. 607, Sh. 6, Ln. 71.
[S1230] 1900 U.S. Federal Census , Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts; Roll: T623 653; Enumeration District: 607; Sheet 6B; line 71, dwl 31-119-168.

Mrs. Catherine B. Houghton¹

F, #22675

Biography

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Association

Apr 21, 1868

Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA¹

Duplicate

Pedigree

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 68.

Levi Houghton¹

M, #22676

Biography

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Corresponded with author

Residence

Apr 21, 1868

Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 1868 Houghton Association¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 68.

James Houghton¹

M, #22677

Biography

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Residence

Apr 21, 1868

Littleton, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, 1868 Houghton Association¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 68.

John Houghton¹

M, #22678

Biography

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Residence

Apr 21, 1868

Oakdale, MA, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 68.

D. W. Houghton^1,2

M, #22679

Biography

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Association

Apr 21, 1868

Sand Creek, NY, USA^1,2

Pedigree

Citations

[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 68.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 9.

George Farr Houghton^1,2

M, #22680, b. 1834

Father*: James Independence Houghton^3,1 b. 4 Jul 1806, d. 21 Jun 1845
Mother*: Sally Ann Ferris^3,2 b. c 1809, d. Jul 1889

Family 1:

Marion L. Houghton+ b. c 1852, d. 1928

Family 2: Ann Aurelia Nichols b. Jul 1837, d. 17 Oct 1906

Marriage: George Farr Houghton married Ann Aurelia Nichols on 1855.⁹

Fannie Houghton⁵ b. c 1858, d. 27 Dec 1916
Clara Houghton⁵ b. c 1860
Chloe Houghton b. c 1862
Agnes J. Houghton b. 1866, d. 12 Oct 1896
Jesse G. Houghton+ b. Jan 1869
Isabel N. Houghton b. 1876, d. 29 Mar 1898
James Orrin Houghton+ b. 30 Mar 1880, d. 28 Dec 1959

Biography

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Birth

1834

Warren Co., NY, USA, 16 in 1850 census; age 21 in 1855 census; age 26 in 1860 census; age 36 in 1870 census^3,2

1855 Census

1855

Chester, Warren Co., NY, USA, age 46, none; George, farmer⁴

1860 Census

1860

Long Lake, Hamilton Co., NY, USA, age 51⁵

Association

Apr 21, 1868

Greig, NY, USA^6,7

1870 Census

1870

Grieg, Lewis Co., NY, USA, age 36, personal property $800⁸

Pedigree

Citations

[S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 124.
[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Chester, Warren, New York; Roll: M432_609; Page: 143; line 31, dwl 266-285.
[S859] Robert McAlear, Warren Co NY 1850 Census, p. 159.
[S1516] 1855 State Census , New York, State Census, 1855 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Long Lake, Hamilton Co., New York; Microfilm: M653; Page: ?, line ?
[S3] Vivian Imogene Uran, Houghton Genealogy - V.I. Uran, p. 68.
[S200] Smith, Report to Houghton Association, p. 9.
[S1228] 1870 U.S. Federal Census , Grieg, Lewis Co., NY, Box 964, p. 404, line 7, dwl 203-208.
[S654] Electronic Web Site, , e-mail address, Nov. 20, 2002.