Phinehas Houghton1,2

M, #2770, b. 10 January 1766, d. 1833

Family 1: Sarah Knight b. 16 Apr 1758

Family 2: Mrs. Anne Burges

Biography

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BirthJan 10, 1766Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA1,3,4,5,6
MarriageJul 3, 1787Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, First Congr. Church; MLM: Brattleboro7,3,8,9,10,4,6
1790 Census1790Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 1 male 16+, 2 females11
1810 Census1810Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 6 Total: 1 male 10-15, 2 male 16-25, 1 male 26-44//1 female 10-15, 1 female 26-4412
1820 Census1820Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 2 Individuals: 1 male 45+; 1 female 26-4513,14
MarriageNov 11, 1820Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA15,16
Death1833Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA17,3
ResearchNEGHR: Descendants of Abraham Bryant article gives the wrong parents of Phineas (error: Phineas, son of Israel4, Jacob3, John2-1) and Ruth (Osgood) Houghton, based on similar birthdate; VT Families II also give this Phineas who married to Sarah Knight as the son of John Houghton who married Mary Goddard18,10
ResidenceNew Lisbon, Otsego, NY, USA10,9
Parentage?living in 1860 with nephew Charles W. Houghton, son of brother Daniel

Citations

  1. [S43] Thomas W. Baldwin, Harvard MA VRs, p. 64, 183.
  2. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 55 #1436, 98.
  3. [S46] Boston Transcript, Apr 30, 1936 - 2018.
  4. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 55, 98.
  5. [S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 323.
  6. [S747] Rev. Frederick Lewis Weis Lancaster MA Early Families II- Weis, p. 328.
  7. [S43] Thomas W. Baldwin, Harvard MA VRs, p. 183.
  8. [S96] NEHGR, 137 [1983]: 325 "The Descendants of Abraham Bryant of Reading" by Ann S. Lainhart, pp. 317-339.
  9. [S460] Marshall L. McClanahan, Ralph & Jane (Stow) Houghton - MLM, p. 19.
  10. [S720] Scott Andrew Bartley Vermont Families in 1791 - II, p. 118.
  11. [S1220] 1790 U.S. Federal Census , Harvard, Worcester, MA, p. 222.
  12. [S1222] 1810 U.S. Federal Census , Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 22; Page: 800.
  13. [S235] U.S. Census, 1820 US Census, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, p. 63.
  14. [S235] U.S. Census, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: M33_54; Page: 63.
  15. [S67] Vital Records of Bolton, p. 142.
  16. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 98.
  17. [S67] Vital Records of Bolton, p. 208.
  18. [S96] NEHGR, 137 [1983]: 325.
  19. [S43] Thomas W. Baldwin, Harvard MA VRs, p. 64.
  20. [S1074] Town Records: Vital Records, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA, Book 5, p. 23, number 11.