↑ Burr, Annie Lane and Thomas Hovey Gage. "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass., and Some of His Descendants", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society) 79:400.
Jacob Houghton, s/o John Houghton and Mary Farrar, m. Rebecca Whitcomb, d/o Josiah Whitcomb and Rebecca Waters. [First child listed is Jacob. b. 4 Nov 1696.]
Jacob Houghton & Rebecca Whitcomb were Married Dec 16, 1704. [Note: this is not an authentic record. This record comes from a block of entries, annotated with the following: "Entered by Request of Henry Houghton, of Putney Vermont as his certificate on file will show. May 16 1825." For this date to be correct, Rebecca would have to be Jacob's second wife, but there is no evidence for that.]
