Josiah Houghton (abt. 1724 - abt. 1800)

Born about 4 Apr 1724 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Bethseda (Braebrook) Houghton — married 16 Apr 1747 (to 9 Apr 1755) in Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Grace Whitney — married 6 Jan 1756 (to 6 Jun 1763) in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Abigail (Godfrey) Houghton — married 21 Dec 1763 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 30 May 1800 at about age 76 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Josiah Houghton is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A057392.

Private Josiah Houghton served with 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Josiah Houghton was born on April 4, 1724 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay. Baptism was on April 4, 1725. His parents were Josiah Houghton and Mehitable Warner.

Josiah announced intentions to marry Bethesda Brabrook at Lancaster Feb. 2, 1746, ^[1] and they wed in Bolton, Massachusetts on April 16, 1747. ^{[2] [1]}

Together they had these children:

1. Bethesda Houghton, b. April 10, 1755,^[3] d.y.

Josiah's first wife, Bethesda (Brabrook) Houghton, died in Lancaster, April 9, 1755. ^[3]

He announced his intentions to marry Grace Whitney of Harvard, Massachusetts on November 15, 1755 in Lancaster, ^{[3] [1]} and on Nov. 22 in Harvard, ^[4] and they wed January 6, 1756. ^{[3] [1]}

Together they had these children:

1. Bethesda Houghton, b. Dec. 21, 1756.^[3]
2. Jonas Houghton, b. 1760.^{[citation needed]}

Josiah's second wife, Grace (Whitney) Houghton, died at Lancaster, June 6, 1763. ^[3]

Josiah announced his intentions to marry Abigail Godfrey on Dec. 1, 1763 in Lancaster, ^[1] and they were wed at Harvard Dec. 21, 1763. ^{[4] [1]}

Together they had these children:

1. James Houghton, b. 1764.^{[citation needed]}
2. Jonathan Houghton, b. 1766.^{[citation needed]}

Josiah Houghton was a minuteman in the American Revolution, serving in Capt. Joel Fletcher's company,, Col. Ephraim Doolittle regt., credited to Templeton. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

He died on May 30, 1800 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States ^{[citation needed]}

Christening: 4 Apr 1725 , Lancaster, Massachusetts ^[9]

Marriage Intention: Houghton, Josiah and Bethesda Brabrook, of Bolton, int. Feb. 2, 1746-7. ^[10] Marriage: April 16, 1747 at Bolton. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
2. ↑ Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} The Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1850
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
5. ↑ DAR
6. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
7. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
8. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKY-6QP : 15 January 2020), Josiah Houghton, 1725.
10. ↑ https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Worcester/Lancaster/Images/Lancaster_032.shtml
11. ↑ Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, F. P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1910, p. 141

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-10-26), "Record of Josiah Houghton", Ancestor # A057392.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50789583/josiah-houghton : accessed 27 October 2021), memorial page for Josiah Houghton (4 Apr 1725–30 May 1800), Find A Grave: Memorial #50789583, ; Maintained by Ed Poulin (contributor 47263733) Unknown, who reports a Unknown. - no photo, no sources, no burial info

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2Y-HXYF : 19 February 2021), Josiah Houghton, 27 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2Y-HXYX : 19 February 2021), Josiah Houghton, 8 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG62-811H : 19 February 2021), Josiah Hougton Or Houghton, 27 Dec 1775; citing Military Service, Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2Y-HXYN : 19 February 2021), Josiah Houghton, 4 Oct 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 8, p. 304

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCZ-9YY5 : 19 April 2021), Josiah Houghton and Bethesda Brabrook, 2 Feb 1746; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011279.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP82-W81H : 19 April 2021), Josiah Houghton and Bethesda Brabrook, 2 Feb 1746; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011028.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8J-TPMY : 19 April 2021), Josiah Haughton and Bethesda Brabrook, 2 Feb 1746; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011027.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPH5-T6G9 : 19 April 2021), Josiah Houghton and Bethesda Brabrook, 16 Apr 1747; citing Marriage, Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009655.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8K-66TM : 19 April 2021), Josiah Houghton and Grace Whitney, 15 Nov 1755; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011028.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8J-6K21 : 19 April 2021), Josiah Houghton and Grace Whitne, 15 Nov 1755; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011027.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCH-1BXD : 19 April 2021), Josiah Houghton and Grace Whitne, 15 Nov 1755; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011279.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8N-QK6N : 19 April 2021), Josiah Houghton and Grace Whitney, 6 Jan 1756; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011027.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8K-8755 : 19 April 2021), Josiah Houghton and Grace Whitney, 6 Jan 1756; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011028.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCH-B554 : 19 April 2021), Josiah Houghton and Grace Whitney, 6 Jan 1756; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011279.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8K-66YQ : 19 April 2021), Josiah Houghton and Abigail Goodfree, 1 Dec 1763; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011028.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPXQ-MS9J : 19 April 2021), Josiah Houghton and Abigail Goodfree, 1 Dec 1763; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011027.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP71-89BL : 19 April 2021), Josiah Houghton and Abigail Goodfree, 1 Dec 1763; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011279.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7D-CNB : 10 November 2020), Josiah Houghton, 21 Dec 1763; citing Marriage, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009632.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7D-KZK : 10 November 2020), Josiah Houghton in entry for Abigail Goodfrey, 21 Dec 1763; citing Marriage, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009632.

• Nourse, Henry. The Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1850 (Lancaster, Mass., 1890);
  • p. 35 "Josiah Houghton of Lancaster Entered his Intentions of marige with Grace Whitne of Harvard November y^e 15^th 1755 "
  • p. 80 "Bethesda Houghton daughter of Josiah and Bethesda Houghton Born Aprill y^e 10^th 1755"
  • p. 82 "Bethesda Daug^r to Josiah & Grace Houghton Born Dece^r 21, 1756", "Bethesda wife of Josiah Houghton deces^d Aprill y^e 9^th: 1755. O: S:"
  • p. 85 "Josiah Houghton & Grace Whitney Januy. 6. 1756 ."
  • p. 159 "Grace Houghton Wife of Josiah Houghton Deceas'd June 6^th . 1763"

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK1-BYGN : 1 March 2021), Josiah Hougton, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711095.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-J7LW : 1 March 2021), Josiah Houghton, 27 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711095.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-J722 : 1 March 2021), Josiah Houghton, 27 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711095.

• Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1910); p. 141 "Houghton, Josiah of Lancaster and Bethesda Brabrook, April 16, 1747."

• Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1917); p. 182
  • "Josiah of Lancaster and Grace Whitney, int. Nov. 22, 1755."
  • "Josiah and Abigail Godfrey, both of Lancaster, Dec. 21, 1763."
• Daniel Wayne Simpson
• Charles J Vella, PhD, Houghton Surname Project, 2023: http://www.charlesjvellaphd.com/HoughtonSurnameProject/g0/p240.htm#i7180