James Houghton1

M, #29311

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ResidenceSutton, Caledonia Co., VT, USA, VT Gazetteer Index: v. pt. 3, 511
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  1. [S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 467.

John Houghton1,2

M, #29312, b. circa 1782, d. 26 August 1830

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Birthcirca 1782dd calc2
1830 Census1830Castleton, Rutland Co., VT, USA, 7 Total: 1 male 5 to 10 (1821-1825), 1 male 10 to 15 (1816-1820), 1 male 20 to 30 (1801-1810), 1 male 40 to 50 (1781-1790) // 1 female under 5 (1826-1830), 1 female 15 to 20 (1811-1815), 1 female 40 to 50 (1781-1790)3
DeathAug 26, 1830Castleton, Rutland Co., VT, USA, age 482
ResidenceCastleton, Rutland Co., VT, USA, VT Gazetteer Index: iii. 5131
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  1. [S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 467.
  2. [S1294] Lawrence Wash, VT Mar & Deaths In Middlebury Newspapers II, Houghton Surname marriages and deaths.
  3. [S1224] 1830 U.S. Federal Census , Castleton, Rutland, Vermont; Roll: 188; Page: 211.

John Houghton1

M, #29313

Biography

ResidenceSalem, VT, USA, VT Gazetteer Index: iii. 3081
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  1. [S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 467.

John Houghton1

M, #29314

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ResidenceSomerset, VT, USA, VT Gazetteer Index: v. pt. 2, 528, grantee of Somerset1
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  1. [S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 467.

Jonathan Houghton1

M, #29315

Biography

ResidenceShrewsbury, VT/MA, USA, VT Gazetteer Index: grantee of Shrewsbury, iii. 11271
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  1. [S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 467.

Jonathan Houghton1

M, #29316

Biography

ResidenceWallingford, Rutland Co., VT, USA, VT Gazetteer Index: iii. 11701
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  1. [S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 467.

Joshua Houghton1

M, #29317

Biography

ResidenceNewfane, Windham Co., VT, USA, VT Gazetteer Index: v. pt. 2, 4551
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  1. [S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 467.

Leland Houghton1,2

M, #29318, b. 31 August 1809, d. 22 January 1882

Family: Lovica C. Ripley b. 22 Dec 1810, d. Jul 1876

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BirthAug 31, 1809Roxbury, Addison Co., VT, USA, age 41 in 1850 census; age 60 in 1870 census; age 70 in 1880 census3,4,5
ResidenceMendon, VT, USA, VT Gazetteer Index: iii. 7861
Marriage1839Rutland, VT, USA3,2
1840 Census1840Mendon, Rutland Co., VT, USA, 2 Total: 1 male 30 to 40 (1800-1809) // 1 female 30 to 40 (1800-1809); next door to father Darius6
1850 Census1850Wheatland, Will Co., IL, USA, age 41, a farmer, property $12007
1870 Census1870Rockville, Kankakee Co., IL, USA, age 60, a farmer, property $8300-22858
DeathJan 22, 1882Gilman, Iroquois Co., IL, USA9
BurialGilman Cemetery, Gilman, Iroquois Co., IL, USA
BiographyNotes on Leland Houghton (sources - History of Will County, IL, and History of Iroquois Co., IL.)
     “In the fall of 1845, Leland Houghton, his wife and three children, Franklin, Olive and Herrick; a brother Rudolphus and family; parents Darius and Almira Houghton, all came by way of the Great Lakes to Chicago, Illinois. But, as Capt.(?) Houghton put it, he did not want to locate to that “mud-hole.” He moved to a farm in Wheatland township, Will County, IL, near Aurora, IL, remaining there nine years, removing to Rochville IL. In 1874 they came to Gilman, IL, remaining there for the rest of their lives. In the History of Will County, it states that Leland Houghton came to Wheatland Township in 1845, settled in the Northwest part of the township known as the Vermont Settlement. In 1874, he and his family moved to Gilman, Illinois, remaining there the rest of his life.”

Brandt: Vital records of Roxbury VT show him there on a list of jurors, Feb 18, 1835; he was a hay waver Feb 10, 1840; was first constable Mar 1, 1842; was one of the trustees of the Surplus Money, Feb 15, 1843; was town agent Mar 12, 1844; also a petit juror. He was a Whig, but when the Republican party was formed in IL, he joined the party. He had 5 children, the last dying in infancy.9,2
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  1. [S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 467.
  2. [S890] Lillie Brandt, Desc. of Eleazer Houghton- Brand, p. 23.
  3. [S36] Letter, Document in Bennington VT Genealogogical Library, compiled by Nettie N. Houghton, 1901, sent by Jane Woodward, Oct. 18, 1999.
  4. [S1074] Town Records: Roxbury, Addison Co., VT; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
  5. [S890] Lillie Brandt, Desc. of Eleazer Houghton- Brand, p. 8, 23.
  6. [S1225] 1840 U.S. Federal Census , Mendon, Rutland, Vermont; Roll: 545; Page: 82.
  7. [S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Wheatland, Will Co., IL, Reel 432, V. 133, Pg 48A, Ln. 1, dwl 29-32.
  8. [S235] U.S. Census, 1870 US Census, Rockville, Kankakee Co., IL, Reel 238, p. 238, line 14, dwl 4-4.
  9. [S415] E-mail from Peggy Lasater, July 21 2005.

Lucius Houghton1,2

M, #29319, b. November 1799, d. 1 April 1836

Family: Nancy Thorp

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BirthNov, 1799dd calc3
MarriageOct 3, 1827Congregational Church, Waitsfield, Washington Co., VT, USA, Moretown also given2
1830 Census1830Middlesex, Washington Co., VT, USA, 6 Total: 2 male 15 to 20 (1811-1815), 1 male 20 to 30 (1801-1810), 1 male 30 to 40 (1791-1800) // 1 female 5 to 10 (1821-1825), 1 female 15 to 20 (1811-1815)4
ResidenceMontpelier, Chittenden Co., VT, USA, VT Gazetteer Index: iv. 5311
DeathApr 1, 1836Montpelier, Chittenden Co., VT, USA, age 36 y, 5m3
NewspaperApr 29, 1836North River Times, North River, NY, USA, Steaming to Death. Col. Lucius Houghton, of Montpelier, Vt., who was slightly indisposed, employed one of the abominable quacks that are scouring the country, to cure him. The quack’s name is Wright , and the way he cured Col. Houghton is a caution all over. He confined him in a close box, and turned upon him a force of steam sufficient to propel the North America. After the elapse of an hour, he raised the safety-valve and uncovered the box, where he found his patient so thoroughly cured, as to be not only relieved from pain, but also ready to dispense with the Doctor's invaluable services, being to all intents and purposes, as dead as a roasted sprat. The Doctor expressed a great regret that the Col. could not have lived to try a dose of lobelia syrup and elder-bark tea. These, with a little hotdrops, he was quite sure would have cured him. When we see people who have been born and reared in an enlightened and civilized country, so consummately stupid as to sacrifice their health, and place their very lives at the mercy of itinerant murderers and vagabonds, we marvel not that those of a less favored land should voluntarily expire by the funeral torch, or throw their bodies beneath the wheels of Juggernaut. Before we attempt to enlighten the heathen and christianize other countries, we had best cast the beam from our own eyes, and free our country from the horde of blood-sucking quacks that are cowing disease and death every where among us.
BurialElm Street Cemetery, Montpelier, Chittenden Co., VT, USA3
Notable1836Among the most bizarre deaths: steamed to death by a quack doctor
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Citations

  1. [S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 467.
  2. [S1074] Town Records: Waitsfield, Washington Co., VT; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
  3. [S1074] Town Records: Montpelier, Chittenden Co., VT; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
  4. [S1224] 1830 U.S. Federal Census , Middlesex, Washington, Vermont; Roll: 183; Page: 356.

Rev. N. H. Houghton1

M, #29320

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Notein, Barre, Washington Co., VT, USA, VT Gazetteer Index: iv. 291
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  1. [S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 467.

Nathaniel Houghton1

M, #29321

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Land RecrdNewfane, Windham Co., VT, USA, VT Gazetteer Index: grantee of Newfane, v. pt. 2, 4551
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  1. [S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 467.

Nehemiah Houghton1

M, #29322

Biography

ResidencePutney, Windham Co., VT, USA, VT Gazetteer Index: grantee of Putney, v. pt. 2, 2211
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Land Grant1766Putney, Windham Co., VT, USA2
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ResearchVT, USA
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  1. [S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 467.
  2. [S598] VT The Fortnightly Club of Putney, Putney VT Hx, p. 35.

Phoebe Houghton1

F, #29323, b. 11 September 1789, d. 16 April 1869

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BirthSep 11, 1789Warwick, MA, USA, dd calc2
ResidenceVernon, Windham Co., VT, USA, VT Gazetteer Index: v. pt. 2, 3201
DeathApr 16, 1869Vernon, VT, USA, age 79-7-5, of cancer2
BurialTyler Cemetery, Vernon, VT, USA2
DuplicateMA, USA
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  1. [S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 468.
  2. [S1074] Town Records: Vernon, VT; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.

Simon Houghton1

M, #29324

Biography

ResidenceLunenburg, Essex Co., VT, USA, VT Gazetteer Index: grantee of Lunenburg, i. 10151
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  1. [S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 468.

Joel Stillman Houghton1,2,3,4

M, #29325, b. 10 August 1826, d. 26 October 1863

Family: Sarah Elizabeth Ayers b. 26 Nov 1828, d. 15 Mar 1896

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BirthAug 10, 1826Bakersfield, Franklin Co., VT, USA, dd calc: 19 Feb 1825; age 36 in 1860 census6,7,8,9
Marriage6,2,7,10
1850 Census1850Bakersfield, Franklin Co., VT, USA, age 26, a farmer, property $550011,12
1860 Census1860Fairfax, Franklin Co., VT, USA, age 36, farmer; property $9000-200013
DeathOct 26, 1863Fairfax, Franklin Co., VT, USA, age 38-3-7, of typhoid; both Fairfax and Bakersfield given in VRs; NEHGR: Bakersfield, VT;6,2,7,5,14
BurialBakersfield Cemetery, Bakersfield, Franklin Co., VT, USA2
ResearchResid. Fairfield, Iowa7
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  1. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 400 #1300.
  2. [S96] NEHGR, 74 [1920]: 315.
  3. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 122 #4502.
  4. [S1074] Town Records: Fairfax, Franklin Co., VT, p. 444; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
  5. [S1074] Town Records: Fairfax, Franklin Co., VT, Vol. 1; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
  6. [S1] Dr. John Wesley Houghton M.D., Houghton Genealogy of 1912, p. 400.
  7. [S814] Marshall L. McClanahan, Houghton, John & Beatrix - MLM;, M, p. 122.
  8. [S1074] Town Records: Bakersfield, Franklin Co., VT, p. 430: VT Division of Records, Middelesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
  9. [S1074] Town Records: Bakersfield, Franklin Co., VT, p. 253; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
  10. [S1074] Town Records: Fairfax Franklin Co., VT, Vol. 1; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
  11. [S752] VT 1850 Census Index, p. 117.
  12. [S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Bakersfield, Franklin, Vermont; Roll: M432_924; Page: 62; line 4, dwl 203-207.
  13. [S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont; Roll: M653_1321; Page: 188; Sheet 48, line 22, dwl 1267-386.
  14. [S1074] Town Records: Bakersfield, Franklin Co., VT; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
  15. [S96] NEHGR, 75 [1921]: 26.
  16. [S1074] Town Records: Bakersfield, Franklin Co., VT, p. 509; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
  17. [S1074] Town Records: Bakersfield, VT, p. 520: VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30546, VT VRs 1871-1904.
  18. [S1074] Town Records: Bakersfield, VT, p. 517; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30546, VT VRs 1871-1904.
  19. [S1074] Town Records: St. Albans, VT, p. 595: VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30546, VT VRs 1871-1904.
  20. [S1074] Town Records: Fairfax, VT, Vol. 1; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
  21. [S1285] Margaret R. Jenks, Rutland, Rutland Co., VT Cemetery Inscriptions, p. 213.
  22. [S1074] Town Records: Enosburg, VT, p. 533; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30546, VT VRs 1871-1904.
  23. [S1074] Town Records: Fairfax Franklin Co., VT, p. 440; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30270, VT VRs 1770-1870.
  24. [S1074] Town Records: Fairfield, VT, p. 553; VT Division of Records, Middlesex, VT, F-30546, VT VRs 1871-1904.

Smith Butler1

M, #29326, b. 24 July 1757, d. 11 April 1825

Family: Thankful Houghton b. 1754, d. 27 Apr 1783

  • Marriage*: Smith Butler married Thankful Houghton on Dec 20, 1780 VT Gazetteer Index: v. pt. 2, 86, 90.1,2

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BirthJul 24, 1757Harvard, MA, USA
MarriageDec 20, 1780VT Gazetteer Index: v. pt. 2, 86, 901,2
DeathApr 11, 1825Rochester, NY, USA
ParentsSJohn Butler (1728 - 1790)
Abigail Walcott Butler (1735 - 1785)
NoteSpouses: Thankful Houghton Butler (1754 - 1783)*
Elizabeth Adams Butler (1758 - 1799)*
Tabitha Wright Butler (1768 - 1844)*
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  1. [S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 468.
  2. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , https://sites.rootsweb.com/~vtwindha/vhg5/…

Thankful Houghton1

F, #29327, b. 1754, d. 27 April 1783

Family: Smith Butler b. 24 Jul 1757, d. 11 Apr 1825

  • Marriage*: Thankful Houghton married Smith Butler on Dec 20, 1780 VT Gazetteer Index: v. pt. 2, 86, 90.1,2

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Birth1754Bolton, MA, USA
MarriageDec 20, 1780VT Gazetteer Index: v. pt. 2, 86, 901,2
DeathApr 27, 1783Worcester, MA, USA, aged 272
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  1. [S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 468.
  2. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , https://sites.rootsweb.com/~vtwindha/vhg5/…

William Houghton1

M, #29328

Biography

ResidenceMontpelier, Chittenden Co., VT, USA, VT Gazetteer Index: iv. 2771
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  1. [S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 468.

J. B. Haven1

M, #29336

Biography

ResidenceReadsboro, Bennington Co., VT, USA, VT Gazetteer Index: i. 221, 2d ed. 2191
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  1. [S579] Abbie M. Hemenway, VT Historical Gazetter Index, p. 421.