Abigail Houghton

1708 - 1800  (91 years)

• Name	Abigail Houghton
  	Father: Jacob Houghton (1674–1750) Mother: Rebecca Whitcomb (1671–1752) [1]
  Birth	7 Sep 1708	Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1]
  Religion	14 Jan 1732/33 (24 years)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2]
  Both Oliver and Abigail were admitted to full communion in the First Church of Lancaster on 14 January 1732/33. About ten years later they were dismissed to the church in Chocksett in west Lancaster.
  Death	9 Mar 1800	Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [4]
  Burial	Aft 9 Mar 1800	Chocksett Burial Ground, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Chocksett Burial Ground, Sterling, Massachusetts   [4]
  	Gravestone of Abigail Moor
  Person ID, Branch	I7193
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Deacon Oliver Moore,   b. 19 May 1706, Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 23 Dec 1774, Sterling, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	18 Dec 1729	Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2, 3, 5, 7]
  	Marriage Record of Abigail Houghton and Oliver Moor
  Age at Marriage	She : 21 years and 3 months - He : 23 years and 7 months.
  Children	From 1730 to 1757  [1, 2, 3, 6]
  1. Abijah Moore (1730-1740) 2. Levi Moore (1732-1815) 3. Israel Moore (1734-1807) 4. Uriah Moore (1736-1736) 5. Abigail Moore (1737-1824) 6. Prudence Moore (1740-1804) 7. Jonathan Moore (1742-1816) 8. Hannah Moore (1746-1749) 9. Thankful Moore (1750-1807) 10. Oliver Moore (1757-1828)
  Family ID	F5262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Birth - 7 Sep 1708 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Marriage - 18 Dec 1729 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Religion - 14 Jan 1732/33 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Death - 9 Mar 1800 - Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - Aft 9 Mar 1800 - Chocksett Burial Ground, Sterling, 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

  [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S1112] Bolton, Ethel Stanwood. "Some Descendants of John Moore of Sudbury, Mass.", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume LVII, 1903). [S1942] Bolton, Ethel Stanwood. Some Descendants of John Moore of Sudbury, Mass, (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1904). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 50539796 Abigail Houghton Moor. [S188] Holbrook Research Institute, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Marriage Record of Abigail Houghton and Oliver Moor. [S464] Nourse, Henry S. The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Henry S. Nourse, 1890). [S1094] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. "Lancaster Records" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVII, 1863).