Person:John Houston (22)

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John Houston
 
m. 20 Jul 1728
  1. William Huston
  2. Isabella Houston1730 -
  3. Mary Houston1739 - 1812
  4. John Houston1741 -
  5. Margaret Houston1750 - 1823
  6. Samuel HustonAft 1750 -
  7. Ann Houston1752 -
  8. James Houston1758 - 1801
  9. Jonathan Houston1760 - 1830
Facts and Events
Name John Houston
Gender Male
Birth? 1741 Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Questionable information identified by WeRelate automation
To fix:Born before mother was 4

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Documentation

Geoffrey Hayden, Houston Genforum Nov 2005
(see abstracts of Cumberland Co. wills at Rootsweb) ????
"Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania," v.16. pp.416-21, 10/31/1827.) (not seen)
Source:Huston, 1912
Family Relations of Christopher of Mill Creek Hundred
Document:Will of Christopher Huston 1773/1784
Houston Land Records in Old Chester County, PA
Notebook:Houston Records in Cumberland County
Analysis:Comparison of Children of Christopher Huston (2) and Samuel Huston (5)


Overview

This article is for John Huston, son of Samuel Huston and Isabella Sharon, and lived in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, PA.

John wrote his will in 1808, dying about 1811. His will identifies seven children by four women:

by Nancy Carlos [Carlo(w)]
Sidney
Ann [also called Nancy]
Isabela
By Mary Hall
John
.
.
By Mary Pea
Jean
Jonathan
.
by Sarah Pea
Sarah
.
.


John's will also identifies:

brother Samuel Huston,
Isabella Eckels, [his sister Isabella Huston who married Nathaniel Eckles]
nephew Samuel Huston [son of brother William]

John's will was contested in court by his widow Sarah, questioning John's competence at the time he wrote the will, as he had been drinking. The resulting disputed persisted in Pennsylvania courts for some time, eventually reaching the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 1827. Geoffrey Hayden has examined some of this literature, drawing out additional family data. For example, he cites testimony by Nathaniel Eckels, John's brother-in-law, showing that th Isabella Eckels named in the will was his wife and that the nephew Samuel Huston was the son of John's brother William.