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- ↑ Nourse, Henry Stedman. Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850. (Clinton, Massachusetts: W.J. Coulter, 1890)
p. 31.
Jonathan Houghton of Leominster Entered his Intentions of marriage with Sarah Houghton of Lancaster October ye 22, 1746.
- ↑ Source:Houghton, John Wesley. Houghton Genealogy, p. 308, says Lieut. Jonathan Houghton [#75], s/o Jonathan Houghton and Thankful White, m. "2, 22, 1742" Sarah Houghton, d/o James and Sarah Houghton. No source for the alleged marriage date has been located, nor any pertinent record except the intentions cited above, and since Leominster VRs, and this source, both say the first child is born 1747, and recalling, the intentions cited above, one can only conclude that the alleged date in 1742 is incorrect.
On p. 324, the children are listed, and while it includes Sarah and Elizabeth/Betsey as are found in the Leominster VRs, it does not include Jonathan whose birth is recorded in those same VRs, and beyond that, it also includes 3 additional children (after a gap of over a decade between childbirths), none of whose birth records can be located (including what would be a second son named Jonathan). Thus, it seems like another one of Houghton's errors.
The deaths of neither Jonathan or Sarah have been located and their appearance in the records of Leominster appear to end in 1756 (see deed cited on Jonathan's page), so it is possible they moved away. A Worcester deed (Vol. 60, p. 41 shows a Jonathan Houghton of Westmoreland, NH, selling 5+ acres in Leominster in 1768. Although no wife signs, so no positive identification is possible, this may represent this Jonathan? The Houghton Genealogy gives no indication of such facts.
The Houghton Genealogy says Jonathan served in the Revolution and was wounded at the Battle of Bennington. Assuming the alleged service is attributed to the right person, it does not indicate where he was living at the time. A pension file says a Jonathan Houghton was a private in Col. Williams' regiment of militia, was wounded in his right hand by a musket ball which has deprived him of the use of two of his fingers 16 Aug 1777 at Bennington, resides in county of Windham. The file has no official papers, and lacks any further identifying information (no age, no wife, etc.). According to a handwritten note, the application appears to have lacked some a physician examination to determine the degree of the disability. Other researchers have indicated this Revolutionary service belongs to his son, not to this Jonathan (e.g., this Find A Grave memorial). Recall above, that the Houghton Genealogy did not include this son Jonathan in the family despite his birth being recorded in the Leominster VRs.
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