Captain Jonas Houghton

1682 - 1739  (56 years)

• Name	Jonas Houghton
  Birth	2 Sep 1682	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  Married	30 Aug 1710 (27 years)	Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Mary Brigham. [This marriage] On 26 May 1734, Mary was received into the church at Lancaster. Issue: 1. Dinah Houghton (1711-1723) 2. Silas Houghton (1713-____) 3. Betty Houghton (1716-____) 4. Mary Houghton (1721-____) 5. Prudence Houghton (1723-____) 6. Persis Houghton (1726-____) 7. Jonas Houghton (1728-____) 8. John Houghton (1731-____)
  Occupation	say 1711 (28 years)  [2]
  He was a surveyor.
  Offices Held	1719 (36 years)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  1719 - Selectman
  Death	15 Aug 1739	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Siblings	6 brothers and 6 sisters
  1. Captain Jonas Houghton,   b. 2 Sep 1682, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 15 Aug 1739, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 56 years)   2. John Houghton,   b. 24 Jan 1683, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   3. Mary Houghton + 4. Benjamin Houghton,   b. 1691, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 28 Feb 1764, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 73 years) ▻ Zerviah Moore,  m. 28 Jul 1720   5. Daniel Houghton > 6. Eunice Houghton,   b. 1 Mar 1698, Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 24 Jun 1748, Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 50 years) ▻ Lt. Ephraim Sawyer,  m. 4 Mar 1720   7. Josiah Houghton,   b. Oct 1698, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 29 Sep 1723, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 24 years)   8. Ruth Houghton   9. Stephen Houghton   10. James Houghton   11. Dorcus Houghton   12. Jemima Houghton   13. Dinah Houghton,   b. Apr 1711, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 23 Sep 1723, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 12 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	father Houghton   (3 x Great Grandfather)  Mary   d. 28 Sep 1642, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I20810
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: His birth date was recorded as 2 (7) 1682. [1] Marriage: Their marriage date was recorded as 30 (6) 1710. [2]

  
  

Father	Jonas Houghton,   b. Abt Apr 1663, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Sep 1723, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 60 years)
Mother	Mary Berbeane,   b. 2 Jul 1661, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 31 Dec 1720, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 59 years)
Family ID	F93	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Captain Jonas Houghton(1682 – 1739) 2Jonas Houghton(Abt 1663 – 1723) 4John Houghton(1624 – 1684) 8John Houghton(1593 – ) 16John Houghton( – 1618) 17Catherine Houghton 9Damaris Buckmaster 18 19 5Beatrix(1628 – 8 Jan 1711/12) 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Mary Berbeane(1661 – 1720) 6John Berbeane(Abt 1628 – 8 Jan 1713/14) 12 24 25 13 26 27 7Sarah Gould(1637 – 1670) 14John Gould(Abt 1611 – 21 Mar 1690/91) 28 29 15Mary( – 1642) 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 2 Sep 1682 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 30 Aug 1710 - Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Offices Held - 1719 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 15 Aug 1739 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1199] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. "Lancaster Records", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume XVII, 1864). [S1105] Burr, Annie Lane and Thomas Hovey Gage. "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass., and Some of His Descendants", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Registe, volume LXXIX, 1925).