Person:Thomas Houghton (11)

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Thomas Houghton
b.Abt 1694 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
d.Bef 24 Jan 1756 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.  Thomas HoughtonAbt 1694 - Bef 1756
  • W.  Joanna JoslinAbt 1702 -
m. 22 Nov 1722
  1. Peter Houghton1723/24 -
  2. Joanna Houghton1726 -
  3. Tabitha Houghton1727/28 -
  4. Esther Houghton1729 -
  5. Dorothy Houghton1731 -
  6. Oliver Houghton1733/34 -
  7. Damaris Houghton1737 -
  8. Rebecca Houghton1739 -
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Facts and Events
Name Thomas Houghton
Gender Male
Birth[3] Abt 1694 Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States"fourth son"
Marriage 22 Nov 1722 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Joanna Joslin
Death[2] Bef 24 Jan 1756 Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1.   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 and Esther --- ["probably Esther Leppinwell"]: 10) Thomas, "perhaps b. about 1699", m. 22 Nov 1722 Joannah Joslin.

  2. ↑ Register of Deeds. Worcester County (Mass.) deeds (1722-1866) and index to deeds (1731-1889) --, 1722-1889
    Case 31194 Houghton Thomas Leominster 1756.

    24 Jan 1756: Bond of Joanna Houghton Widow and Oliver Houghton Husbandman of Leominster as administrators of thomas Houghton Late of Leominster yeoman Deceased Intestate.
    27 Jan 1756: Inventory of Thomas Houghton Late of Leominster yeoman Deceast: not totalled, by Nathan Heywood, John Joslin, Nathan Bennet.
    31 Jan 1759: Peter Houghton declines to administer the estate of my Late Honor'd Father Thomas Houghton Late of Leominster Deceased.

  3. ↑ There are very few records of the births of children in this family, and many of those are the questionable records from the Lancaster VRs that are said to come "from sundry sources supposed reliable".

    Source:Houghton, John Wesley. Houghton Genealogy, p. 303 lists his birth date as "12, 3, 1705", but that is clearly wrong since he married in 1722, and is called the fourth son in his father's probate, neither of which facts fit with such a date. (This source in general is particularly useless since it gives several specific dates which are not found in the records, and many of which have turned out to be flat-out wrong.)

    The NEHGR article above clearly expresses its lack of information (i.e., "perhaps"). To be the fourth son, as he was described in his father's probate, Thomas needs to be born between Eleazer (1691 by age at death) and Joshua (1695 by record "supposed reliable").
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