A selection of notable American Houghtons and Haughtons: The famous, infamous, and some just interesting.
  • Henry Haughton Henry Haughton (~1629) was the first Haughton emigrant to New England in 1629 to New Salem, MA.
  • William Haughton William Houghton (~1635) was the first Houghton emigrant to New England in 1635 to CT.
  • Ralph Houghton Ralph Houghton (~1624-1705) was the founding ancestor of the Ralph Houghton line of Lancaster, MA.
  • John Houghton John Houghton (~1624-1684) was the founding ancestor of the John Houghton line of Lancaster, MA.
  • John Houghton of NJ John Houghton (~1660-1709) was the founding ancestor of the John Houghton line of Stony Brooke, NJ.
  • John Houghton of Salem, MA
  • Ezra Houghton Ezra Houghton (1722-1789) was a Tory loyalist in the American Revolutionary War. There were only 4 Houghtons (John Houghton 3d, Solomon Houghton, Nahum Houghton, and Ezra) to stay loyal to England. All had lands confiscated.
  • Lt. Ralph Houghton Lt. Ralph Houghton (1729-1809) was one of the original Minutemen in the American Revolution from Milton, MA.
  • Elijah Houghton of VA Elijah Houghton (1746-1830) was the founding ancestor of the Elijah Houghton line of Virginia.
  • Abijah Houghton Jr Abijah Houghton Jr (1749-1831) was one of the original Minutemen in Rev. War and was wounded at Bunker Hill.
  • Daniel Houghton Daniel Houghton (1755-1775) and William French were shot in mass as the first proto-martyrs of the Revolutionary War, dying as a result of wounds in a fray with the "Yorker" Royalists in which Vermonters fired no shots.
  • Samuel Prentiss Hon. Samuel Prentiss (1782-1857), husband of Lucretia Houghton, was a U.S. Senator from VT, 1831-1842 and a Supreme Court Judge of VT.
  • John W. Houghton John W. Houghton (1789-1851) was a noted Augusta, GA shoe manufacturer; he left money in his will to build a school for poor children (1st public school there) and freed his slaves and left money for them to go to Liberia.
  • Eli Houghton Eli Houghton (1797-1865) was a member of the Church of the Latter Day Saint at Nauvoo, IL, which Joseph Smith, Jr. founded.