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Source
- First Intermediate Source: Ocean City Museum.org Extracted Oct 3 2012
- Second Intermediate Source: Ancestry Houston Message Board, 26 April 2006
Related
- Transcript:Birth Record for Grace Houston, 1672
- Transcript:Birth Record for John Houston, 1668
- Transcript:Birth Record for Robert Houston, 1674
Text
Version 1:
- from: Ocean City Museum.org
Robert Houston
Will Date: 4/25/1693
Probate Date: 1/19/1693
Planter. Of Pocomoke. To wife, Grace, 1/3 plantation. Eldest son, John Houston, 100 acres Salts Lot. Son Robert, plantation where I now live, near Houston Creek, near Captain Thomas' old field. Son James, 250 acres of Captain Thomas and 25 acres Houston's Choice. Son Thomas, land. Sons, John, Robert, James, Thomas. Sons, Joseph and Benjamin. Son John, a negro girl called Mary, and chest marked I.H. Son Robert, negro man named Gains. To daughter Grace, negro Betty. John Pitts, negro Dick. Daughter Comfort. William Smith EX., along with John Taylor of Pocomoke. Wit; John Taylor, William Benson, Henry Schoolfield.
Version 2:
Robert Houston Will: d. 4/11/1693 p. 1/5/1693 Planter. Of Pocomoke.
...Wife, Grace, 1/3 plantation.
....Eld. son, John Houston, 100 a. Salts Lot.
....Son Robert, plantation where I now live,
..........near Houston Creek, near Captain Thomas' old field.
....Son James, 250 a. of Captain Thomas & 25 a. of Houston's Choice.
....Son Thomas, land.
.....Sons, Joseph and Benjamin.
.....Daus. Grace & Comfort
......Execs: William Smith, with John Taylor of Pocomoke.
......Wit: John Taylor, William Benson, Henry Schoolfield.
Version 3:
Robert Houston 25 April 1693w. 20 Jan 1693p.
......Wife Grace Houston, the plantation.
.......Eld. son, John Houston, Scott's Lott, (pt. ?) Houston's Choice.
.......Son, Robert Houston, plantation (pt. ?) Houston's Choice.
.......Son, James Houston, under 16 yrs, (25a. ?) Houston's Choice.
.......Son, Thomas Houston, under 16yrs, Second Choice.
.......Son, Joseph Houston, under 16yrs
........Son, Benjamin Houston, under 16yrs.
........Dau, Grace Benson,
.......Dau, Comfort Houston, under 16yrs.
.......Mentions Wm Smith, John Taylor.
.......Wit: John Taylor, Wm Benson, Henry Schoolfield.
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Family data
- WIfe:Grace
- Sons:
- Eldest son John, apparently an adult in 1693
- Son Robert, apparently an adult in 1693
- Son James <16 years
- Son Thomas<16 years
- Son Joseph <16 years
- Son Benjamin <16 years
Daughters
- Grace Benson, apparently an adult in 1693
- Comfort <16 years
Analysis
Based primarily on the extracts from versions 2 and three. Version 1 lacks the notation "under age 16" for the children.
Son John is identified as the eldest son (not necessarily the eldest child). He is above the age of 16 as that age is clearly being used in reference to the other children as the age of majority. That implies that he was born before 1677. Birth record
- Transcript:Birth Record for John Houston, 1668
Gives DOB as 1668
Daughter "Grace Benson" is also above the age of majority. What is probably taken as her middle name ("Benson") in many genealogies is more likely to be her last name, indicating that she is either married, or that she is the child of her mother by a previous marriage. Most likely she is married. Her DOB (1672) is consistent with this being her married name, as she would have been 21 at her fathers death.
- Transcript:Birth Record for Grace Houston, 1672
There are five other children that are below the age of 16, and therefore born after 1677. Assuming a two year interval between children 16 years have elapsed since the eldest child was born. Assuming that the first child was born a year after marriage, the latest likely DOM for this couple would be 1676. This is consistent with the eldest son being born in 1677. However, child birthrecords for eldest children JOhn Robert and Grace, suggest a DOM of 1667
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