Houghton Surname Project

Phinehas Houghton^1,2

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

Father*: Capt. Asa Houghton¹ b. 28 Jan 1726/27, d. 14 Mar 1808
Mother*: Elisabeth Rand b. 18 Mar 1727, d. 30 Dec 1800

Family 1: Sarah Knight b. 16 Apr 1758

Marriage*: Phinehas Houghton married Sarah Knight on Jul 3, 1787 at Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, First Congr. Church; MLM: Brattleboro.^{7,3,8,9,10,4,6}

Sally Houghton b. 7 Dec 1787
Daniel Houghton+ b. 31 Aug 1790, d. 7 Jan 1866
Phinehas Houghton+^19,20 b. 17 Aug 1794, d. 7 Jul 1874
Sophia Houghton b. 26 Aug 1797
Jesse Knight Houghton+ b. 28 Mar 1799, d. 19 Jun 1847

Family 2: Mrs. Anne Burges

Marriage Bann: Phinehas Houghton and Mrs. Anne Burges declared their intentions of marriage on Oct 14, 1820 Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA.⁷
Marriage*: Phinehas Houghton married Mrs. Anne Burges on Nov 11, 1820 at Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA.^15,16

Biography

Corresponded with author

A Contributor to Houghton Surname Project

Birth

Jan 10, 1766

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA^1,3,4,5,6

Marriage

Jul 3, 1787

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, First Congr. Church; MLM: Brattleboro^{7,3,8,9,10,4,6}

1790 Census

1790

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 1 male 16+, 2 females¹¹

1810 Census

1810

Harvard, 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 Census

1820

Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA, 2 Individuals: 1 male 45+; 1 female 26-45^13,14

Marriage

Nov 11, 1820

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA^15,16

Death

1833

Bolton, Worcester Co., MA, USA^17,3

Research

NEGHR: 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 Goddard^18,10

Residence

New Lisbon, Otsego, NY, USA^10,9

Parentage?

living in 1860 with nephew Charles W. Houghton, son of brother Daniel

Pedigree

Citations

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