John HoughtonAge: 87 years16501737

Name
John Houghton
Given names
John
Surname
Houghton
Birth 1650 19 20
Birth of a brotherRobert Houghton
March 28, 1659 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherJonas Houghton
April 1660 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Houghton
March 22, 1662 (Age 12 years)

Death of a sisterMary Houghton
1663 (Age 13 years)

Birth of a sisterBeatrix Houghton
December 3, 1665 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a brotherBenjamin Houghton
May 25, 1668 (Age 18 years)

Death of a brotherBenjamin Houghton
1669 (Age 19 years)

MarriageMary FarrarView this family
January 22, 1672 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Houghton
July 30, 1672 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a son
#1
John Houghton
December 13, 1672 (Age 22 years)
Death of a sonJohn Houghton
1673 (Age 23 years)

Birth of a brotherJacob Houghton
April 17, 1674 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Henry Houghton
February 23, 1676 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Joseph Houghton
February 26, 1678 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Benjamin Houghton
February 26, 1678 (Age 28 years)
Death of a sonJoseph Houghton
1679 (Age 29 years)

Birth of a daughter
#5
Mary Houghton
February 7, 1680 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Mercy Houghton
March 19, 1682 (Age 32 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Houghton
April 29, 1683 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Anna Houghton
March 7, 1684 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#8
Jonathan Houghton
February 20, 1685 (Age 35 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Houghton
1686 (Age 36 years)

Death of a sisterBeatrix Houghton
1689 (Age 39 years)

Birth of a daughter
#9
Hepsibeth Houghton
1690 (Age 40 years)
Death of a daughterHepsibeth Houghton
1691 (Age 41 years)

Marriage of a childWilliam SawyerMary HoughtonView this family
1694 (Age 44 years)

Death of a daughterMary Houghton
1694 (Age 44 years)

Marriage of a childHenry HoughtonAbigail BarronView this family
1695 (Age 45 years)

Marriage of a childBenjamin HoughtonZermiah MooreView this family
1695 (Age 45 years)

Death of a sonBenjamin Houghton
1695 (Age 45 years)

Birth of a son
#10
William Houghton
April 26, 1696 (Age 46 years)
Death of a sonWilliam Houghton
1697 (Age 47 years)

Marriage of a childJohn PriestAnna HoughtonView this family
1700 (Age 50 years)

Marriage of a childEbenezer WilderMercy HoughtonView this family
June 1702 (Age 52 years)

Marriage of a childJonathan HoughtonThankful WhiteView this family
November 6, 1712 (Age 62 years)
Death of a motherBeatrix Joselyn
January 8, 1720 (Age 70 years)
Death of a brotherJonas Houghton
September 26, 1723 (Age 73 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Houghton
November 7, 1723 (Age 73 years)

Death of a wifeMary Farrar
April 7, 1724 (Age 74 years)
Death of a daughterMercy Houghton
January 6, 1733 (Age 83 years)

Death February 3, 1737 (Age 87 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1648England
3 years
himself
16 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
-6 years
younger sister
-23 months
younger brother
-1 years
younger brother
13 years
younger sister
21 months
younger brother
Family with Mary Farrar - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: January 22, 1672Lancaster, MA
4 years
son
-3 years
son
5 years
son
son
23 months
daughter
2 years
daughter
9 years
daughter
-6 years
daughter
11 months
son
11 years
son

  1. Generation 1
    1. John Houghton, son of John Houghton and Beatrix Joselyn, was born in 1650 in Dedham, MA and died on February 3, 1737 in Woburn, MA at the age of 87. He married Mary Farrar, daughter of Jacob Farrar and Ann, on January 22, 1672 in Lancaster, MA. She was born in 1646 in Lancaster, England and died on April 7, 1724 in Woburn, MA at the age of 78.

      Children of John Houghton and Mary Farrar:

      1. Henry Houghton (16761756)
      2. John Houghton (16721673)
      3. Joseph Houghton (16781679)
      4. Benjamin Houghton (16781695)
      5. Mary Houghton (16801694)
      6. Mercy Houghton (16821733)
      7. Hepsibeth Houghton (16901691)
      8. Anna Houghton (16841751)
      9. Jonathan Houghton (16851737)
      10. William Houghton (16961697)
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. Henry Houghton, son of John Houghton and Mary Farrar, was born on February 23, 1676 in Woburn, MA and died on December 17, 1756 in Bolton, MA at the age of 80. He married Abigail Barron, daughter of Ellis Barron and Lydia Prescott, in 1695. She was born in January 1680 in Watertown, MA and died on January 30, 1712 in Lancaster, MA at the age of 32.

      Children of Henry Houghton and Abigail Barron:

      1. Henry Houghton (17041777)
    2. Benjamin Houghton, son of John Houghton and Mary Farrar, was born on February 26, 1678 in Woburn, MA and died in 1695 at the age of 16. He married Zermiah Moore in 1695. She was born in 1674 and died in 1695 at the age of 21.

    3. Mary Houghton, daughter of John Houghton and Mary Farrar, was born on February 7, 1680 in Woburn, MA and died in 1694 at the age of 13. She married William Sawyer in 1694. He was born in 1663 and died in 1697 at the age of 34.

    4. Mercy Houghton, daughter of John Houghton and Mary Farrar, was born on March 19, 1682 in Woburn, MA and died on January 6, 1733 at the age of 50. She married Ebenezer Wilder in June 1702. He was born in 1683 and died in 1745 at the age of 62.

    5. Anna Houghton, daughter of John Houghton and Mary Farrar, was born on March 7, 1684 in Lancaster, MA and died in 1751 at the age of 66. She married John Priest, son of John Priest and Rachael Garfield, in 1700. He was born on November 1, 1681 in Woburn, MA and died on September 29, 1756 in Bolton, MA at the age of 74.

      Children of Anna Houghton and John Priest:

      1. Jonathan Priest (17181719)
      2. Damaris Priest (17041770)
      3. Anna Priest (17021707)
      4. Mary Priest (16961726)
      5. Abigail Priest (17021707)
      6. Hepsibah Priest (17161717)
      7. Maria Priest (17211722)
    6. Jonathan Houghton, son of John Houghton and Mary Farrar, was born on February 20, 1685 in Lancaster, MA and died on April 8, 1737 in Lancaster, MA at the age of 52. He married Thankful White on November 6, 1712 in Lancaster, MA. She was born on March 27, 1689 in Harvard, MA and died in 1733 at the age of 43.

      Children of Jonathan Houghton and Thankful White:

      1. Thankful Houghton (17141715)
      2. Mary Houghton (17151716)
      3. Keziah Houghton (17171718)
      4. Jonathan Houghton (17191769)
      5. Azuba Houghton (17201721)
      6. Rufus Houghton (17221754)
      7. Achsa Houghton (17241725)
      8. Eliza Houghton (17261727)
      9. Ephah Houghton (17271728)
      10. Zeriah Houghton (17281729)
      11. Ephah Houghton (17311732)
  3. Generation 3back to top
    1. Henry Houghton, son of Henry Houghton and Abigail Barron, was born in 1704 in Harvard, MA and died on December 24, 1777 in Harvard, MA at the age of 73. He married Elizabeth Randall, daughter of Stephen Randall and Mehitabel Crane, on November 24, 1725. She was born on December 15, 1698 in Boston, MA and died on November 10, 1779 in Harvard, MA at the age of 80.

      Children of Henry Houghton and Elizabeth Randall:

      1. Asa Houghton (17261808)
      2. John Houghton (17381819)
      3. Abigail Houghton (17331828)
    2. Damaris Priest, daughter of John Priest and Anna Houghton, was born in 1704 and died in 1770 at the age of 66. She married Joseph Whitcomb in 1718. He was born in 1687 and died in 1721 at the age of 34.

    3. Mary Priest, daughter of John Priest and Anna Houghton, was born in 1696 in Woburn, MA and died in 1726 at the age of 30. She married Ebenezer Houghton, son of Robert Houghton and Esther Leffingwell, on March 23, 1720. He was born about 1700 in Lancaster, MA and died on October 13, 1723 in Lancaster, MA.

      Children of Mary Priest and Ebenezer Houghton:

      1. Cyrus Houghton (17231786)
    4. Jonathan Houghton, son of Jonathan Houghton and Thankful White, was born on March 28, 1719 in Lancaster, MA and died in 1769 at the age of 49. He married Sarah Houghton, daughter of James Houghton and Sarah Sawyer, on October 22, 1746 in Lancaster, MA. She was born on May 2, 1723 in Lancaster, MA and died in 1769 at the age of 45.

      Children of Jonathan Houghton and Sarah Houghton:

      1. Sarah Houghton (17471748)
      2. Elizabeth Betsy Houghton (17501751)
      3. Jonathan Houghton (17521753)
      4. Rufus Houghton (17631764)
      5. James Houghton (17671829)
    5. Rufus Houghton, son of Jonathan Houghton and Thankful White, was born on November 9, 1722 and died in 1754 at the age of 31. He married Abigail Moore, daughter of John Moore and Susannah Willard, in 1741. She was born on August 17, 1728 in Lancaster, MA and died in 1755 at the age of 26.

      Children of Rufus Houghton and Abigail Moore:

      1. Rufus Houghton (17511777)