Person:Benjamin Houghton (9)

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Benjamin Houghton
b.Est 1717 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
d.Bef 9 Jan 1764 Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Est 1707
  1. Joseph HoughtonEst 1708 - Bef 1748
  2. Elizabeth HoughtonEst 1710 - Bef 1748
  3. Anna HoughtonEst 1712 - Bef 1748
  4. Sarah HoughtonAbt 1714 -
  5. Benjamin HoughtonEst 1717 - Bef 1764
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Benjamin HoughtonEst 1717 - Bef 1764
  • W.  Mary Ball1724 - Bef 1764
m. Bef 1743
  1. Mary Houghton1743 -
  2. Joseph Houghton1746/47 -
  3. Benjamin Houghton1749 -
  4. Abigail Houghton1751 -
  5. Betty Houghton1756 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Benjamin Houghton
Gender Male
Birth? Est 1717 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesbased on date of marriage
Christening[2] 9 Nov 1718 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1743 Based on birth of eldest known child
to Mary Ball
Death[3] Bef 9 Jan 1764 Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Register of Deeds. Worcester County (Mass.) deeds (1722-1866) and index to deeds (1731-1889) --, 1722-1889
    Vol. 27, p. 395.

    22 Jan 1747 [21st year of reign, so between 11 Oct 1747 and 10 Oct 1748, so 1747/48]: Benjamin Houghton of Bolton yeoman for £55 conveys to Joseph Moore of Lancaster one half share in Lot No. 6 of the estate of William Houghton Deceased, and all right that I had or ought to have in my Aunt Experience Houghtons Thirds.
    [Note: compare to deed for the other half share cited on Sarah Houghton's page. Lot No. 6 was apparently the one set off to the heirs of Joseph Houghton.]

  2. ↑ Nourse, Henry Stedman. Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850. (Clinton, Massachusetts: W.J. Coulter, 1890)
    p. 276.

    1718
    Nov.
    9. ... and Joseph, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Annah, Sarah, children of ye vid, Isabella Houghton [baptized].

  3. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Worcester County). Probate files, 1731–1881. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2012)
    Case 30910: Houghton Benjamin Bolton 1764.

    9 Jan 1763 [sic, probably means 1764 as he was living 1763, see comment below]: Petition of Nathan Ball, whereas Benj'a Houghton Late of Bolton Dec'd left no widdow nor child of age nor brother, request that William Fife be appointed he being a brother in Law.
    9 Jan 1764: Bond of William Fife of Bolton as administrator of Benjamin Houghton Late of Bolton.
    9 Jan 1764: Warrant to take inventory. 13 Jan 1764: Inventory of Benjemin Houghton Late of Bolton Deces't: not totalled, by John Whetcomb, Jeremiah Holman, William Sawyer.
    18 Aug 1766: Account of William Fife administrator of Benjamin Houghton late of Bolton, allowed.
    20 Feb 1771: Division of real estate: incapable of a Divsion set the whole to Joseph the Eldest son of the s'd Deceased, he paying Benjamin second son, Mary Eldest daughter, Abagail second daughter and Betty youngest daughter.
    [Note: Worcester Deed Vol. 50, p. 121 18 Oct 1763: Benjamin Houghton of Bolton Yeoman for £3 conveys to Josiah Moore of Bolton 1+ acres in Bolton between Jeremiah Holman and Benjamin's own land and Josiah Moor's land. Second Tuesday [8th] May 1764 witnesses declared he saw Benjamin Houghton, now dec'd, sign deed. Similar deed on p. 120, executed 17 Oct 1763 and vouched for by witnesses second Tuesday in May 1764.]

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