Richard HoughtonAge: 59 years15701630

Name
Richard Houghton
Given names
Richard
Surname
Houghton
Birth August 26, 1570 29 41
Death of a motherAnne Kighley
1574 (Age 3 years)

MarriageCatherine GerardView this family
1588 (Age 17 years)

Death of a fatherThomas Houghton
1589 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Ralph Houghton
May 1, 1623 (Age 52 years)
Death of a wifeCatherine Gerard
1625 (Age 54 years)

Death 1630 (Age 59 years)
Family with parents - View this family
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mother
Marriage: 1569
20 months
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wife
Marriage: 1588
35 years
son

  1. Generation 1
    1. Richard Houghton, son of Thomas Houghton and Anne Kighley, was born on August 26, 1570 in Hoghton, Lancashire, England and died in 1630 in England at the age of 59. He married Catherine Gerard, daughter of Gilbert Gerard, in 1588. She was born in 1568 and died in 1625 at the age of 57.

      Children of Richard Houghton and Catherine Gerard:

      1. Ralph Houghton (16231705)
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. Ralph Houghton, son of Richard Houghton and Catherine Gerard, was born on May 1, 1623 in Lancaster, England and died on April 15, 1705 in Milton, MA at the age of 81. He married Jane Stowe, daughter of John Stowe and Elizabeth Bigg, in 1647 in Lancaster, MA. She was born in 1626 in England and died on January 10, 1700 in Milton, MA at the age of 74.

      Children of Ralph Houghton and Jane Stowe:

      1. James Houghton (16501711)
      2. Ralph Houghton (16511692)
      3. Mary Houghton (16531665)
      4. John Houghton (16551679)
      5. Joseph Houghton (16571737)
      6. Experience Houghton (16591672)
      7. Sarah Houghton (16611757)
      8. Abigail Houghton (16641665)
      9. Hannah Houghton (16671679)
  3. Generation 3back to top
    1. James Houghton, son of Ralph Houghton and Jane Stowe, was born about 1650 in Woburn, MA and died before September 11, 1711 in Lancaster, MA. He married Mary Sawyer, daughter of Thomas Sawyer and Mary Prescott, in 1687. She was born in 1653 and died in 1706 at the age of 53.

      Children of James Houghton and Mary Sawyer:

      1. Thomas Houghton (16961764)
      2. James Houghton (16901738)
      3. Ralph Houghton (16861687)
      4. John Houghton (16971724)
      5. Edward Houghton (17051777)
      6. Hannah Houghton (16881754)
      7. Ephraim Houghton (17001731)
      8. Experience Houghton (16711676)
    2. Mary Houghton, daughter of Ralph Houghton and Jane Stowe, was born on November 11, 1653 and died in 1665 at the age of 11. She married Thomas Wilder in 1665. He was born in 1644 and died in 1716 at the age of 72.

    3. Joseph Houghton, son of Ralph Houghton and Jane Stowe, was born on May 1, 1657 in Lancaster, MA and died on March 22, 1737 in Milton, MA at the age of 79. He married Jane Vose, daughter of Edward Vose and Abigail Sharpe, in 1676. She was born in 1656 and died in 1707 at the age of 51.

      Children of Joseph Houghton and Jane Vose:

      1. Ebenezer Houghton (16951783)
      2. Nathaniel Houghton (16961772)
      3. Abigail Houghton (16991755)
      4. Jane Houghton (17001754)
      5. Martha Houghton (17011766)
      6. Mary Houghton (17031784)
      7. Joseph Houghton (17041715)
    4. Experience Houghton, daughter of Ralph Houghton and Jane Stowe, was born on August 1, 1659 and died in 1672 at the age of 12. She married Ezra Clapp, son of Edward Clapp and Susanna Cockerell, in 1672. He was born on May 22, 1640 and died in 1674 at the age of 33.

    5. Sarah Houghton, daughter of Ralph Houghton and Jane Stowe, was born on December 17, 1661 and died on November 15, 1757 in Harvard, MA at the age of 95. She married Caleb Sawyer, son of Thomas Sawyer and Mary Prescott, in 1677. He was born on April 22, 1659 in Lancaster, MA and died in 1755 at the age of 95.