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Facts and Events
| Name[4] |
Gershom Houghton |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
Abt 1692 |
Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States"second son" |
| Christening[3] |
3 Aug 1718 |
Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
| Marriage |
23 Feb 1724/25 |
Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Rugg |
| Death[2] |
3 Apr 1757 |
Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
References
- ↑ 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]
Gershom, son of Joseph and Jane Houghton, --- 1691
[Note: this source appears not so reliable as Joseph and Jane did not marry until 1693. It appears Gershom was probably a son of Robert and Esther Houghton. Joseph's will of 1729 does not name a son Gershom (Suffolk Probate 6966).]
- ↑ Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1911)
p. 324.
HOUGHTON, Gershom, [died] April 3, 1757, in 66th y. GS
[Age 65, so birth about 1692.]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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. 398.
Children of Robert Houghton [#3] and Esther --- ["probably Esther Lippenwell"]: 9) Gershom, b. "perhaps" about 1697, d. Leominster 3 Apr 1757, m. 23 Feb 1724/25 Elizabeth Rugg.
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