Houghton Surname Project

Lucy A. Brown¹

F, #91861, b. circa 1838

Father*: Guy Brown¹ b. c 1785
Mother*: Eunice Houghton¹ b. 13 May 1794

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Birth

circa 1838

MA, USA, age 12 in 1850 census¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_324; Page: 405;
line 20, dwl 120-143.

Abigail Brown¹

F, #91862, b. circa 1845

Father*: Guy Brown¹ b. c 1785
Mother*: Eunice Houghton¹ b. 13 May 1794

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Birth

circa 1845

MA, USA, age 5 in 1850 census¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_324; Page: 405;
line 20, dwl 120-143.

Henry M. Penniman¹

M, #91863, b. circa 1851

Father*: James Penniman¹ b. 13 Feb 1825, d. 1900
Mother*: Ann Eliza Houghton¹ b. 13 Nov 1822, d. 1903

Biography

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Birth

circa 1851

MA, USA, age 9 in 1860 census¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , New Braintree, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_533; Page: 13; line 9, dwl 82-95.

Lucy A. Penniman¹

F, #91864, b. circa 1852

Father*: James Penniman¹ b. 13 Feb 1825, d. 1900
Mother*: Ann Eliza Houghton¹ b. 13 Nov 1822, d. 1903

Biography

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Birth

circa 1852

MA, USA, age 8 in 1860 census¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , New Braintree, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: M653_533; Page: 13; line 9, dwl 82-95.

Elizabeth (?)¹

F, #91865, b. circa 1823

Family: Merrick Houghton b. 28 Oct 1799, d. 13 Nov 1861

Marriage*: Elizabeth (?) married Merrick Houghton, son of Silas Houghton and Lucy Farnsworth.¹

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Birth

circa 1823

MA, USA, age 27 in 1850 census¹

Marriage

Pedigree

Citations

[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Orangetown, Rockland, New York; Roll: M653_851; Page: 0; line 35, dwl 1013-1219.

Mary Houghton¹

F, #91866, b. circa 1796

Family:

Charles W. Houghton¹ b. c 1832

Biography

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Birth

circa 1796

VT, USA, age 54 in 1850 census¹

1840 Census

1840

Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, 3 Total: 1 male 5 to 10 (1830-1835); 1 female 40 to 50 (1790-1799)²

1850 Census

1850

Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, age 54¹

Duplicate

Groton, Middlesex Co., MA, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_323; Page: 26; line 39, dwl 163-200.
[S1225] 1840 U.S. Federal Census , Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: 190; Page: 244.

Charles W. Houghton¹

M, #91867, b. circa 1832

Mother*: Mary Houghton¹ b. c 1796

Biography

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Birth

circa 1832

VT, USA, age 18 in 1850 census¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_323; Page: 26; line 39, dwl 163-200.

Dr. William Gordon Crowell PhD¹

M, #91868, b. 20 August 1944

Father*: Lt. Col. Orville Duane (AKA Orval Duwain) Crowell b. 2 Jul 1910, d. 15 Nov 1987
Mother*: Barbara Benson² b. 6 Nov 1916, d. 2 Apr 1990

Family: Mei-Yueh Chen

Marriage*: He married Mei-Yueh Chen on Apr 2, 1977 at Crystal Lake, WA, USA.²

Claudia Syueping Crowell² b. 29 Jan 1979

Biography

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Birth

Aug 20, 1944

Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA, USA²

Marriage

Apr 2, 1977

Crystal Lake, WA, USA²

Author

1979

University of Washington, WA, USA, Government land policies and systems in early imperial China (874 pp); PhD dissertation of the University of Washington, Seattle 1979

Education

1979

University of Washington, WA, USA, PhD in Chinese history

Address

Aug 5, 2008

2592 City View St., Eugene, OR, USA, The_Claudians@me.com;
wmgcrowell@comcast.net¹

Correspond

Feb 1, 2018

266 N Lotus Isle Dr, Portland, OR, USA, theclaudians@gmail.com

Biography

Curriculum Vita

Present Independent scholar and writer

2006 Visiting Scholar, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

2005 Adjunct Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Literatures,
          University of Oregon, Eugene Oregon

2003 Adjunct Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Literatures,
University of Oregon, Eugene Oregon.

1999-2002 Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Dept. of State, Washington, DC. Assigned to Tokyo, Japan.
          Retired December 2002.

1982-99     Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Information Agency, Washington, DC. Assignments to
Tokyo and Fukuoka, Japan; Beijing and Shenyang, PRC; Reykjavik, Iceland; Bamako, Mali

1981-82     Outreach Coordinator, East Asia Resource Center, Jackson School of International
Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

1982 Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington.

1980-81 Assistant Professor, History Dept, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles California.

Education and Training:
Japanese, Foreign Service Institute Language School, Yokohama, Japan, 1999-2000.
French language, Foreign Service Institute, Arlington, Virginia, 1991.
Ph. D.     Chinese History, University of Washington, 1979
M. A.     East Asia History, University of Hawaii, 1970
Chinese, Mandarin Chinese Training Ctr., National Taiwan Normal Univ, 1967-68
B.A.     History, The College of Idaho. 1966

Fellowships:
1979-80     Post Doctoral fellowship. Committee for Scholarly Communication with the People’s Republic of China.
1974 - 75     Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship. Taipei, Taiwan.
1971-73,     NDEA Title VI Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships.
1976-77 University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
1966-70 East-West Center Grantee. University of Hawai’i, Honolulu, Hawai’i.

Papers and Publications:
“Taklamakan,” Unpublished ms. (fiction)
“Tradition and History: Quebei, Sunshu Ao, and the Persistance of a Narrative,” Asia Major
(3rd Series) 27.1 (2014): 33-72.
“History and Tradition: The Origins of the Quebei Reservoir,” T’oung Pao, 98 (212): 349-84.
“Bingjia bi zheng de Shouchun–Lishi xingxiang de xingcheng yu zhuanbian,” Hanxue yanjiu 30.1 (March 2012): 93-130. Trans. Hsing I-tien.
Empresses and Consorts: Selections from Chen Shou’s Records of the Three States with Pei
Songzhi’s Commentary. University of Hawai’i Press, 1999. With Robert Joe Cutter.
"Residence Determination: Emigrés and the Problems of Census Registration under the
Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties." In Albert Dien, ed. State and Society in Early Medieval China (Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 1990).
"Social Unrest and Rebellion in Jiangnan during the Six Dynasties," Modern China,
July, 1983."Tang Yuzhi: Peasant Rebel or What?" Presented at the Northwest Regional Seminar on East Asia, University of Washington, March, 1982.
"Residence Determination: Emigrés and the Problems of Census Registration under the
Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties." Presented at the Conference on the Nature
of State and Society in Medieval China, Stanford University, August, 1980.
"Wei, Jin, Nan-Bei chao Studies in the People's Republic of China," Nan-Pei ch'ao
Studies, 1980.4
“The State of Wei, Jin Nan-Bei chao Studies in the U.S.A.," Nanjing University Journal,
August, 1980 (in Chinese).
"The Land Limitations of Emperor Ai -- A Re-examination." Presented at the 12th Annual
Conference of Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast, June 1977.

Translation:
     Hsing I-tien ¨·¸q¥Ð. “Heracles in the East: The Diffusion and Transformation of His Image in the Arts of Central Asia, India, and Medieval China,” Asia Major, 3rd Series, XVIII.2: 103-54. Translation of ¡q»®©Ô§J§Q´µ¦bªF¤è’¨ä§Î¶H¦b¥j¥N¤¤¨È¦L«×»P¤¤°ê³y«¬ÃÀ³N¤¤ªº¬y¼½»PÅÜ§Î¡r. In ºa·s¦¿©M§õ§µÁo. ¡m¤¤¥~Ãö«Y¥v·s¥v®Æ»P·s°ÝÃD¡n

Book Reviews:
Damien Chaussende. Des Trois Royaumes aux Jin: Legitmation du pouvoir imperial en Chine au IIIe siècle. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2010, in Bulletin of the School of African and Oriental Studies (February 2011).
On-cho Ng and Q. Edward Wang, Mirroring the Past: The Writing and Use of History in Imperial China, in Early Medieval China, 12 (2006): 183-204.
Robin Wang, ed., Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture: Writings from the Pre-Qin Period through the Song Dynasty, in Journal of the Social and Economic History of the Orient, 48.1 (2005).
Brent Hinsch, Women in Early Imperial China, in Nan Nü, 5.2 (2003).
Rafe DeCrespigny, Northern Frontier: The Policies and Strategies of the Later Han Empire,
in Journal of Asian Studies, XLV.5 (November, 1986).
Hans Bielenstein, The Bureaucracy of Han Times, in Journal of American Oriental Society, 104.3 (1984).
Ch'i-yun Ch'en, Hsun Yueh and the Mind of Late Han China, in Journal of American Oriental Society, 104.2 (1984).
Cho-yun Hsu, Han Agriculture, in Journal of Asian History (Wiesbaden), XV.2 1981.

Service to the Field:
Referee for articles submitted to Nan Nü and Asia Major.

Blogs:

     "Owyhee Marginalia" www.owyheemarginalia.com Includes work in progress "Early Life in the Owyhee"

     “Zhuangzi’s Muddy Tail” www.zhuangzismuddytail.com Random notes on travels and other activities unrelated to the Owyhee

I've pretty much moved away from Chinese history and am focusing on volunteer work in the Oregon High Desert.

I have completed the chapter of my family history pertaining to Horace Sylvester Houghton and Benjamin Eastman Jacobs and their lives in Montana. I'd be happy to share it with you and would welcome your comments. This would be with the understanding that it is still a draft and not for publication. I am currently writing up something on Joseph Austin Jacobs as background (and the first draft of that chapter of the history) to some photos (see next), copies of which I plan to give to the St. Lawrence County Historical Association.¹

Research

It was she who gave me the photo montage, and without her it would have been lost. Her role is described in the background material, and you will find her in the Gedcom file I sent. Like me, she is a gggrandchild of Julia Ann Houghton.

Contributn

Author

Author: Dr. William Gordon Crowell PhD was the author of CROWELL, William G[ordon]. “Social Unrest and Rebellion in Jiangnan during the Six
Dynaties.” Modern China 9.3 (1983): 319-54.
CROWELL, William Gordon. “Tradition and History: Quebei, Sunshu Ao, and the
Persistence of a Narrative.” AM (new series) 27.1 (2014): 33-71. [On the Quebei ÉÖÚé reservoir and Sunshu Ao ŒOÊå°½.] in 1983.
Author: He was one of the translatorsr of Empresses and Consorts: Selections from Chen Shou's Records of the Three States with Pei Songzhi's Commentary Hardcover – Bargain Price, March, 1999
by Shou Chen (Author),? William Gordon Crowell (Translator),? Robert Joe Cutter (Translator) in 1999.

Pedigree

Citations

[S90] Photograph with date, from Bill Crowell, Aug 5, 2008.
[S415] E-mail from Bill Crowell, Aug. 7, 2008.

Calista Philena Jacobs¹

F, #91869, b. 10 August 1857, d. 16 August 1872

Father*: "Captain" Joseph Austin Jacobs¹ b. 31 Jan 1811, d. 2 Jan 1890
Mother*: Julia Ann Houghton¹ b. 3 May 1830, d. 30 Dec 1914

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Birth

Aug 10, 1857

NY, USA¹

Death

Aug 16, 1872

15 y 6 d¹

Burial

Carville Cemetery, St. Lawrence Co., NY, USA²

Pedigree

Citations

[S90] Photograph with date, from Bill Crowell, Aug 5, 2008.
[S415] E-mail from Bill Crowell, Aug 5, 2008.

Jessie Mabel Jacobs¹

F, #91870, b. 20 June 1888, d. 4 November 1942

Father*: Benjamin Eastman Jacobs¹ b. 21 Jun 1859, d. 14 Sep 1946
Mother*: Bessie A. Hartzell²

Family: William Wells Baldwin

Marriage*: Jessie Mabel Jacobs married William Wells Baldwin on Mar 1, 1909 at Baker, Baker Co., OR, USA.¹

George Hartzell Baldwin² b. 23 Apr 1919, d. 8 Jun 1958

Biography

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Birth

Jun 20, 1888

Butte, Silver Bow Co., MT, USA¹

Marriage

Mar 1, 1909

Baker, Baker Co., OR, USA¹

Death

Nov 4, 1942

Merrill, OR, USA, age 54²

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Bill Crowell, Aug 5, 2008.
[S415] E-mail from Bill Crowell, Aug. 7, 2008.

William Wells Baldwin¹

M, #91871

Family: Jessie Mabel Jacobs b. 20 Jun 1888, d. 4 Nov 1942

Marriage*: William Wells Baldwin married Jessie Mabel Jacobs, daughter of Benjamin Eastman Jacobs and Bessie A. Hartzell, on Mar 1, 1909 at Baker, Baker Co., OR, USA.¹

George Hartzell Baldwin² b. 23 Apr 1919, d. 8 Jun 1958

Biography

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Marriage

Mar 1, 1909

Baker, Baker Co., OR, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Bill Crowell, Aug 5, 2008.
[S415] E-mail from Bill Crowell, Aug. 7, 2008.

Claudia Hartzell Jacobs¹

F, #91872, b. 8 September 1894, d. 13 August 1958

Father*: Benjamin Eastman Jacobs¹ b. 21 Jun 1859, d. 14 Sep 1946
Mother*: Bessie A. Hartzell²

Family 1: Harry George Benson

Marriage*: Claudia Hartzell Jacobs married Harry George Benson on Aug 13, 1912 at Baker, Baker Co., OR, USA.²

Barbara Benson+² b. 6 Nov 1916, d. 2 Apr 1990
Gordon Jacobs Benson² b. 7 Sep 1919, d. 11 Jul 1943

Family 2: George Jacobs Merritt

Marriage*: Claudia Hartzell Jacobs married George Jacobs Merritt on Oct 2, 1940 at Portland, OR, USA.²

Biography

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Birth

Sep 8, 1894

Butte, Silver Bow Co., MT, USA¹

Marriage

Aug 13, 1912

Baker, Baker Co., OR, USA²

Marriage

Oct 2, 1940

Portland, OR, USA²

Death

Aug 13, 1958

McCall, ID, USA²

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from Bill Crowell, Aug 5, 2008.
[S415] E-mail from Bill Crowell, Aug. 7, 2008.

Elizabeth Houghton¹

F, #91873, b. circa 1814

Biography

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Birth

circa 1814

MA, USA, age 36 in 1850 census¹

1850 Census

1850

Charlestown, Middlesex Co., MA, USA, age 36, with Sarah and Elizabeth Barrett¹

Duplicate

Pedigree

Citations

[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_322; Page: 91; line 5, dwl 832-1163.

James Duncan¹

M, #91874, b. circa 1918

Father*: James Orsen Duncan¹ b. 18 Sep 1885, d. 14 Feb 1966
Mother*: Winifred Kingsley¹ b. 22 Sep 1884, d. 16 Feb 1966

Biography

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Birth

circa 1918

NE, USA, age 2 in 1920 census¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1232] 1920 U.S. Federal Census , Beaver, Boone, Nebraska; Roll: T625_980; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 16; line 97, dwl 153-156.

George A. Peck¹

M, #91875, b. circa 1833

Father*: Anson Peck¹ b. c 1808
Mother*: Elizabeth Almira Woodbury¹ b. 11 Feb 1808

Biography

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Birth

circa 1833

MA, USA, age 17 in 1850 census¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Boston Ward 10, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_337; Page: 383; line 41, dwl 748-1162.

Jane E. Peck¹

F, #91876, b. circa 1838

Father*: Anson Peck¹ b. c 1808
Mother*: Elizabeth Almira Woodbury¹ b. 11 Feb 1808

Biography

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Birth

circa 1838

MA, USA, age 12 in 1850 census¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Boston Ward 10, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_337; Page: 383; line 41, dwl 748-1162.

Mary F. Peck¹

F, #91877, b. circa 1840

Father*: Anson Peck¹ b. c 1808
Mother*: Elizabeth Almira Woodbury¹ b. 11 Feb 1808

Biography

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Birth

circa 1840

MA, USA, age 10 in 1850 census¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Boston Ward 10, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_337; Page: 383; line 41, dwl 748-1162.

Ella M. Peck¹

F, #91878, b. circa 1849

Father*: Anson Peck¹ b. c 1808
Mother*: Elizabeth Almira Woodbury¹ b. 11 Feb 1808

Biography

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Birth

circa 1849

MA, USA, age 1 in 1850 census¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Boston Ward 10, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_337; Page: 383; line 41, dwl 748-1162.

Fred A. Molby¹

M, #91879, b. 5 January 1878

Family: Leona Mae Houghton b. 14 Dec 1882, d. 30 Jun 1944

Marriage*: Fred A. Molby married Leona Mae Houghton, daughter of Austin Elmore Houghton and Eva K. Stem, on Sep 17, 1907 at Newton, KS, USA.¹

Biography

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Birth

Jan 5, 1878

near, Linn, KS, USA¹

Marriage

Sep 17, 1907

Newton, KS, USA¹

ParentsS

Samuel James Molby & Adelia H. Molony¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://maltby-genealogy.tripod.com/pgs25.htm

Jane Houghton¹

F, #91885, b. circa 1843

Father*: William Isaac Houghton¹ b. 25 Dec 1808, d. 1872
Mother*: Sophia Lambert¹ b. bt 1808 - 1809, d. 1877

Biography

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Birth

circa 1843

MA, USA, age 7 in 1850 census¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Boston Ward 11, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_338; Page: 228; line 8, dwl 42-86.

Problems: Known Research Problems Houghton

?, #91886

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Research

family in both John and Ralph lines

Research

Pedigree

George Houghton¹

M, #91887, b. circa 1822

Biography

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Birth

circa 1822

Nova Scotia, Canada, age 28 in 1850 census¹

1850 Census

1850

Gloucester, Essex Co., MA, USA, age 28, a fisherman¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_315; Page: 77; line 35, dwl 238-370.

Henry Houghton¹

M, #91888, b. circa 1831

Biography

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Birth

circa 1831

MA, USA, age 19 in 1850 census¹

1850 Census

1850

Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA, age 19, apprentice¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Boston Ward 10, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_337; Page: 397; line 1, dwl 862-1386.

Johannah Houghton¹

F, #91889, b. circa 1834

Biography

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Birth

circa 1834

Ireland, age 16 in 1850 census¹

1850 Census

1850

Fall River, Bristol Co., MA, USA, age 16, living with C. and Julia Murphy¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_308; Page: 137; line 12, dwl 1285-2217.

James Houghton¹

M, #91890, b. circa 1836

Biography

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Birth

circa 1836

Ireland, age 14 in 1850 census¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_308; Page: 137; line 12, dwl 1285-2217.