Person:Eleazer Houghton (2)

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Eleazer Houghton
b.Abt 1691 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
d.20 Feb 1790 Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1682
  1. Isabel Houghton1682 -
  2. Hannah Houghton1683 -
  3. Beatrix Houghton1685 - Bef 1738
  4. Robert HoughtonAbt 1687 - Bef 1720
  5. Abigail Houghton1689 -
  6. Eleazer HoughtonAbt 1691 - 1790
  7. Gershom HoughtonAbt 1692 - 1757
  8. Thomas HoughtonAbt 1694 - Bef 1756
  9. Joshua Houghton1695 - Bef 1779
  10. Rachel HoughtonAbt 1697 -
  11. Ebenezer HoughtonAbt 1699 - 1723
  12. Mary HoughtonAbt 1702 - 1726
Spouse and Children
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m. 11 Mar 1718/19
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Facts and Events
Name[3] Eleazer Houghton
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][5] Abt 1691 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States"third son"
Christening[4] 3 Aug 1718 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 11 Mar 1718/19 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Divoll
Death[2] 20 Feb 1790 Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Nourse, Henry Stedman. Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850. (Clinton, Massachusetts: W.J. Coulter, 1890)
    p. 453.

    ["from sundry sources supposed reliable"]
    Eleazar, son of Robert and Esther Houghton [born] --- 1691.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Find A Grave: South Cemetery, Lunenburg, MA, in Find A Grave
    Eleazer Houghton.

    HERE
    Lies the Bodies of
    Mr ELEaZER HOUGHTON
    & Mrs ELIZABETH his wife.
    He died Feb. 20, 1790 in the
    Hundredth Year of his age
    & she died June 27, 1785
    in the 92 Year of her age.

  3. ↑ 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)
    Vol. 79, p. 397.

    Children of Robert Houghton and Esther --- ["probably Esther Lippenwell"]: 6) Eleazer, b. 1691 [citing Lancaster records], m. 11 Mar 1718/19 Elizabeth Divoll.

  4. ↑ 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, Augst, 3'd. Gershom Eleazer & Ebenezer Houghton Sons of Robert Houghton owned ye Covenant & were baptized.

  5. ↑ Eleazer's father's probate calls him the third son, so his age at death and that of Gershom conflict with the labels used in the probate file. Age inflation is not uncommon and it is expected that his birth was around 1693, but since all sources agree on 1691, that is hard to justify.
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