Person:Gershom Houghton (1)

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Gershom Houghton
b.Abt 1692 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
d.3 Apr 1757 Leominster, 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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  • H.  Gershom HoughtonAbt 1692 - 1757
  • W.  Elizabeth RuggAbt 1705 - 1799
m. 23 Feb 1724/25
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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
  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]
    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).]

  2. ↑ 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.]

  3. ↑ 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.

  4. ↑ 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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