Person:Robert Houghton (3)
Robert Houghton
b.28 Mar 1659 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.7 Nov 1723 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. John Houghton, Jr1650 - 1736/37
  2. Robert Houghton1659 - 1723
  3. Jonas HoughtonAbt 1660 - 1723
  4. Mary Houghton1660/61 -
  5. Sarah Houghton1672 - Abt 1715
Spouse and Children
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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
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Facts and Events
Name Robert Houghton
Gender Male
Birth[1] 28 Mar 1659 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1682 Based on birth of eldest known child
to Hester Leffingwell
Death[2][3] 7 Nov 1723 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Dedham (Massachusetts). Town Clerk; Julius Herbert Tuttle; Benjamin Fisher; and Don Gleason Hill. The early records of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts. (Dedham, Massachusetts: Dedham Transcript Press, 1886-1936)
    Vol. 1, p. 7.

    Robert, the Son of John & Beatrix Houghton, was borne the 28th: 1 mo., 1659.
    [Note: In old-styles dates, the first month is March. More info may be found here.]

  2. ↑ Find A Grave: Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, MA, in Find A Grave
    Robert Houghton.

    HERE LIES BURIED
    ye BODY OF MR
    ROBART HOUGHTON
    WHO DECd
    NOUEMBR ye 7th
    AD 1723
    IN ye 65th YEAR
    OF HIS AGE.
    [Note: see also, Source:Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850, p. 413.]

  3. ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)
    Case 11943 Robert Houghton 1723.

    17 Dec 1723: Testimony of John Houghton about nuncupative will of my Brother Robert Houghton Late of Lancaster on 4 Nov 1723, saying his wife to have benefit of homeplace, meadow during her lifetime with livestock and produce, and able to sell cattle as she saw good. Accepted 23 Jan 1723[/24].
    4 Feb 1723/24: Assent of subscribers to will, signed by Gershom Houghton, Eleazer Houghton, Thomas Houghton, Joshua Houghton, Amos Sawyer [trustee?] to Abigail, Rachel Houghton, Hannah Houghton, Isabela Houghton.
    15 Feb 1723/24 Esther Houghton widow of Robert Houghton Sen'r Late of Lancaster Deceased relinquishes all right of dower and declines administration, requesting one of her sons, such as judge shall see meet, be appointed.
    10 Mar 1723[/24]: Bond of Gershom Houghton as administrator of his late father Robert Houghton of Lancaster deceased.
    15 Jan 1724/25: Inventory of Robert Houghton S'r of Lancaster: personal: £85-14-00, real: not totaled (£222-6-0 when divided), by Jonathan Houghton, Joseph Wilder, Ebenezer Wilder.
    6 May 1726: Account of Gershom Houghton admin'r of his father Robert Houghton Sen'r late of Lancaster dece'd, allowed.
    22 Jun 1727: Inventory of real estate and division to heirs of Robert Houghton eldest son; to Gershom Houghton; to Elezer Houghton; to Thomas Houghton; to Joshua Houghton. Countersigned by Amos Sawyer, Samuel Rogers, Joseph White, Rachel Houghton, Joshua Houghton, Eleazer Houghton, Jonas Houghton in behalf of Hannah, Thomas Houghton, Gershom Houghton, John Priest guardian to Cyrus Houghton, John Longley.
    19 Apr 1728 [?]: List of children on a memorandum documenting that widow Esther has acquitted her interest in the homestead if Joshua pay 30 shillings/year, and at her decease he to get homestead and reimburse the other children their share, plus other events: Robert oldest son died left heirs, Gershom second son, Eliezer third son, Thomas fourth son, Joshua fifth son, to Cyrus son of Ebenezer sixth son, Isabella wife of [Sam?] Rogers, Beatrix wife of Joseph White, Abigail wife of Amos Sawyer, Hannah, Rachel.
    [Note: both Source:Houghton, John Wesley. Houghton Genealogy p. 303, and the NEHGR article on the Houghtons, Vol. 79, p. 397 ("order of births uncertain"), either missed, or didn't trust the ordering of the sons in the probate, and presented different proposed orderings.]

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