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iii. CAROLINE-LOUISE, b. Dec. 13, 1862, d. Dec. 16, 1866.
iv. HENRIETTA-BUTLER, b. May 15, 1865, d. Nov. 25, 1868.
V. ALBERT-SAMUEL, b. May 31, 1867. Mass. Inst. Tech. '92. President of the Heywood Boot and Shoe Co. since his father's decease in 1913, m. in Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 28, 1899, Laura Chester Foute, dau. of William E. and Eliza H. (Roberts) Foute, b. Adairsville Ga., Oct. 30, 1873. She d. May 10, 1914. Chil- dren: (I) EDWARD-FOUTE, b. July 17, 1900, (II) HARRIET- BUTLER, b. Aug. 16, 1901, (III) DOROTHY-CHESTER, b. Oct. 5, 1902, (IV) ANN-NORTON and (v) ELIZABETH-PATTERSON, twins, b. Oct. 3, 1907. Elizabeth-Patterson d. July 21, 1910.
2. HEYWOOD Ezra-Hervey, son of Ezra and Dorcas (Roper) Hoar (of Westminster), name changed to Heywood May 10, 1848, born Sept. 29, 1829, married Angela F. Tilden, June 6, 1865. He was a graduate of Brown University, class of '56, became a liberal writer and lecturer, editing and publishing a radical newspaper, The Word. He also wrote the resolutions for the first Peace Society in America, at Philadelphia. He died May 22, 1893. Children:
i. VESTA-VERNON, b. March 15, 1869, m. Albert Evans Milliken.
ii. HERMES-SIDNEY, b. May 5, 1874.
iii. PSYCHE-CERES, b. May 27, 1881, m. Edward Webster Hadcock. Chn .: EDITHA, CERES and THORA HADCOCK.
iv. ANGELA-TILTON, b. Sept. 14, 1883.
HOBBS.
JOSIAH1 HOBBS embarked at Gravesend for New England in May, 1671, with his wife Esther, who is recorded as " admitted to Church in Weston, from 2nd Church, Boston, Jany. 16, 1731-2."
It is probable that they brought a large family of children to Weston, among the number, Ebenezer2, who married Eunice Garfield, Dec. 12, 1734, daughter of Lieut. Thomas.
HOBBS Deacon-Elisha3 (Ebenezer2, Josiah1), son of Ebenezer2 and Eunice (Garfield) Hobbs, born in Weston, Feb. 8, 1742-3, married May 17, 1764, Lois Hastings, daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Brown) Hastings, b. May 4, 1742. He settled on No. 8,
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Watertown Farms, d. Sept. 22, 1807. His sister Elizabeth, married Phineas Gregory and settled on the adjoining farm No. 9. Children of Dea. Elisha and Lois were:
i. Lors, b. May 10, 1765, pub. July 26, 1783, John Mirick.
1. ii. ELISHA, b. Jany. 29, 1768, m. Sally Gale.
iii. MICAH, b. Nov. 22, 1770, d. Oct. 30, 1775.
iv. JONAS, b. Aug. 31, 1772, m. Anna Hastings, Sept. 29, 1793. Chn .: (I) JOSEPH, b. June 29, 1794, (II) SUSANNA, b. Sept. 16, 1795. v. SUSANNA, b. May 20, 1774, d. Sept. 23, 1775.
vi. MICAH, b. Sept. 29, 1776, pub. Jany. 9, 1802, Nancy Smith.
2. vii. JOHN, b. July 21, 1779, m. Betsey Bailey.
5. viii. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 30, 1781, m. Nancy Boylston Gill.
6. ix. MOSES, b. Oct. 24, 1783, m. Marcy Gill.
1. HOBBS Elisha4 (Dea. Elisha3, Ebenezer2, Josiah1), son of the above Dea. Elisha and Lois (Hastings) Hobbs, born Jany. 26, 1768, married Dec. 27, 1789, Sally Gale and removed to Camden, Maine about 1804. His children were:
i. ELISHA, b. Feb. 29, 1792.
ii. EBENEZER, b. March 8, 1794.
iii. CHARLES, b. Aug. 20, 1796.
iv. NATHAN, b. Dec. 5, 1798.
v. THOMAS.
2. HOBBS John4 (Dea. Elisha3, Ebenezer2, Josiah1), brother of the above Elisha, born July 21, 1779, married (int.) Betsey Bailey of Sterling, March 7, 1799, daughter of Schubal Bailey. He died May 17, 1851 and she Aug. 5, 1859, ae. 79. Their children were:
i. BETSEY, b. March 10, 1800, m. Oct. 10, 1824, William Gaut.
ii. JOHN, b. June 17, 1801, Yonkers, N. Y.
3. iii. MICAH, b. Feb. 22, 1804, m. Elizabeth P. Hobbs.
iv. GEORGE, b. May 16, 1806, m. Calista Beaman.
v. HENRY, b. Nov. 4, 1808 in Worcester.
vi. SUSAN, b. June 2, 1811 in Worcester.
vii. ISAAC, b. June 13, 1813 in Me.
4. viii. SAMUEL, b. Jany. 29, 1816, m. May 17, 1835, Martha A. Whitney.
ix. BAILEY, b. Oct. 8, 1818 at Yonkers, N. Y.
3. HOBBS Micah5 (John4, Dea. Elisha3, Ebenezer2, Josiah1), son of John4 and Betsey (Bailey) Hobbs, born Feb. 22, 1804, mar- ried March 2, 1828, his cousin, Elizabeth P. Hobbs, who died Aug. 19, 1878. He died May 31, 1883. Their children were:
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i. LOIS-ELIZA, b. June 6, 1829, m. Aaron Bolton, d. Dec. 19, 1860. Children: (1) MICAH JACKSON BOLTON, (II) NELLIE BOLTON.
ii. MOSES-FRANKLIN, b. May 21, 1831, unmarried, d. in California. iii. MARY-BROWN, b. April 25, 1833, m. George Fosket. Children:
(1) CLIFFORD FOSKET, (II) EFFIE FOSKET, (III) EMMA and (IV) ERNEST FOSKET, twins.
iv. MARION-GILL, b. July 27, 1835, m. Alonzo Bolton. Children: (I) CARRIE BOLTON, (II) FRED BOLTON.
v. EMMA-MARY, b. Feb. 28, 1838, d. Nov. 13, 1865.
vi. HENRY, b. Feb. 13, 1840, m. June 10, 1863, Sarah F. Chandler. Children: (I) IDA-LOIS, (II) CHARLES HENRY, b. Sept. 20, 1843 in Princeton, m. Corinne E. French. Their children were: (i) Clifford-Moses, (ii) Geneva-Florence, (iii) Genevieve-Frances.
vii. ALMIRA, b. June 24, 1842, d. Oct. 26, 1849.
viii. ISAAC, b. 1845, d. in New Hampshire.
ix. SARAH, b. -, m. William Rolph, one son: LEO ROLPH.
x. FRED, b. -, m. Jennie Eaton. Children: (I) NELLIE, (II) MAUDE, (III) FLORENCE.
xi. HATTIE, b. - , m. George Stevens.
4. HOBBS Samuel5 (John4, Dea. Elisha3, Ebenezer2, Josiah1), son of John4 and Betsey, born Jany. 29, 1816, married May 17, 1835, Martha A. Whitney. Children of Samuel and Martha A. were:
i. HARRIET-SELINA, b. May 13, 1837.
ii. ABBY-PHILENDA, b. April 9, 1842.
iii. JOHN-FRANCIS, b. May 6, 1843, d. Feb. 4, 1896.
iv. CHARLES-EDWARD, b. Oct. 30, 1844.
5. HOBBS William4 (Dea. Elisha3, Ebenezer2, Josiah1), son of Dea. Elisha3 and Lois (Hastings) Hobbs, born Aug. 30, 1781, married in 1804, (int.) April 14, Nancy Boylston Gill, who died May 21, 1868, ae. 82. He lived in Hubbardston after 1813, and died there, June 17, 1830. Children:
i. WILLIAM, b. Aug. 12, 1804, m. Jany. 21, 1830, Elmira Grimes of Templeton, who died in 1868.
ii. MOSES, b. Aug. 29, 1806, d. Sept. 9, 1810.
iii. MARY, b. Jany. 12, 1809, m. Ezra Parker Brown.
iv. CHARLES, b. Dec. 11, 18II, m. Sophia H. Murdock, Hubbardston.
v. THOMAS-J., b. April 13, 1814, d. July 16, 1844.
vi. ADALINE, b. April 16, 1819, m. Ezra Parker Brown.
vii. LOUISA, b. - , 1820, d. Sept. 10, 1871.
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6. HOBBS Moses4 (Dea. Elisha3, Ebenezer2, Josiah1), brother of the above William, born Oct. 24, 1783, married Dec. 22, 1808, Marcy Gill, daughter of John and Hannah Gill, born Aug. 4, 1784 and died May 19, 1837, ae. 53. He died Sept. 16, 1823, "from a wound received at raising of a building." Their children were:
i. ELIZABETH-PRENTISS, b. Aug. 14, 1809, m. Micah Hills.
ii. LoIs, b. May 13, 18II, d. July 31, 1833.
iii. MOSES, b. Aug. 16, 1812, d. young.
iv. MOSES (2ª), b. July 13, 1814, d. Oct. 29, 1825.
v. JOHN-GILL, b. March 15, 1818, m. Dec. 10, 1840, Elizabeth Holden, who d. July 25, 1874 in Holden. He m. (2ª) Mrs. Emily (Davis) Wheeler, daughter of John Davis.
vi. BENJAMIN-FRANKLIN, b. July 27, 1822, d. Oct. 15, 1825.
HODGEONEY.
According to tradition in the family, the ancestors of the Princeton family of this name, were exiles from England into France, and it is related that Gov. Gill brought from France three brothers, George, John and Joseph. As to the truth of this we have no means of knowing. John and Joseph settled near Boston, and George went to Princeton.
HODGEONEY George came to Princeton, and Sept. 18, 1791, married Lydia Leland of Sterling. He lived in the east part of the town on a farm where Daniel K. Cheever afterwards lived. He died in Rutland, felo-de-se, April 3, 1839. She died, Aug. 23, 1860, ae. 91. Their children were:
1. i. GEORGE, b. Dec. 29, 1791, m. Lydia Prouty, July 16, 1814. 10 chn. ii. LEWIS, b. Sept. 29, 1793, settled in Ware and Belchertown.
iii. LYDIA, b. Sept. 13, 1795, m. David Sanderson, Nov. 22, 1836.
iv. MARY, b. May 28, 1797.
v. RANAH, b. May 25, 1799.
vi. SALLY, b. Feby. 20, 1801, m. Sewall Parmenter, May 6, 1827, 4 chn:
vii. JOHN, b. March 21, 1803.
viii. NANCY, b. Feb. 22, 1807, d. Oct. 12, 1823.
1. HODGEONEY George Jr. son of the above George, born Dec. 29, 1791, married (int.) July 16, 1814, Lydia Prouty of West Boylston. She died in Princeton, Sept. 14, 1876, and he in Sterling, Feb. 25, 1866. Children:
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i. MARIA-LOUISA, b. Sept. 4, 1815, m. in Rutland, Aug. 15, 1836, Orrin Maynard.
ii. JONATHAN-HAPGOOD, b. Dec. 17, 1816.
iii. CATHERINE-HARRIET, b. Feb. 12, 1819, m. in Rutland, Aug. 15, 1836, Reuben Maynard. He died and his widow m. (2d) Myron Howe.
iv. SALLY-ROSANA, b. Feb. 22, 1821, m. - Ross, res. Sterling.
v. GEORGE-WASHINGTON, b. March 1, 1823, changed his name to Lincoln, res. East Brookfield.
vi. MELINDA-ANN, b.
vii. MELESIA-WOODWARD, b. April 30, 1827, m. Wheeler, res. Vineland, N. J.
viii. JOEL, b. March 27, 1829.
ix. LAURA-ANN, b. Jany. 20, 1832, d. Sterling.
X. JOHN, b. Dec. 4, 1835, m. (Ist) Emily M. Coombs, who d. Aug. 15, 1865. He m. (2d) Mrs. Alice B. Burpee, res. Grafton.
xi. WILLIAM-GRAY, b. July 15, 1837.
xii. MARTHA-ANGELINE, b. Sept. 22, 1839, d. June 24, 1843, in Sterling.
HOLDEN.
BENJAMIN1 HOLDEN, then of Needham, married May 8,1728, Hannah Ockinton of Dedham, born Sept. 9, 1695, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Ockinton.
After the death of Mr. Holden, his widow married Samuel Bullard and died in Princeton, " from the effects of a fall," June 1, 1776, in her 81st year (Jan. 4, 1776, a. 80, Church Record).
HOLDEN Col. Benjamin2, son of Benjamin1 and Hannah (Ockin- ton) Holden, was born in Dedham, March 10, 1728-9, was of Dedham as late as 1762, when he bought land in Princeton and located there in 1762-3. He married Catherine Richards of Dedham, daughter of Joseph and Mary and sister of Belcher Richards of Princeton, born Aug. 1, 1733 and died July 28, 1817. Col. Holden died Nov. 24, 1820, aged 92. Their children were:
i. LUCY, b. Nov. 29, 1762, m. Capt. Addison Richardson of Salem, Dec. II, 1808.
ii. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 28, 1764, m. Fidelia Mirick Dec. 4, 1791, and had JOSEPH-B., FIDELIA and CALEB-M.
iii. KATHERINE, b. April 3, 1767, m. Jany. 30, 1797, Ephraim Mirick, Jr.
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1. iv. BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 19, 1769, m. Dec. 2, 1793, Hannah Gill.
v. JOEL, b. Nov. 30, 1772, m. Mrs. Fidelia Mirick (his brother Joseph's widow), Feb. 8, 1801, she died Jany. 26, 1859, ae. 88. Children were: JOEL, LUCY, and probably others.
vi. JOHN-HANCOCK, b. Feb. 23, 1775, d. March 15, 1778.
1. HOLDEN Benjamin3 (Col. Benjamin2, Benjamin1), son of Col. Benjamin2 and Catherine (Richards) Holden, married Dec. 2, 1793, Hannah Gill, born Jany. 10, 1775, daughter of John and Hannah Gill, she died Aug. 29, 1846 and he April 8, 1832. Their children were:
i. CATHARINE-RICHARDS, b. Feb. II, 1796.
ii. HANNAH, b. Jany. 8, 1802, m. Miles Demond of Rutland, Jany. 9, 1823.
iii. REBECCA, b. Feb. 6, 1804, m. Charles Demond, April 19, 1827.
2. iv. BENJAMIN, b. April 5, 1806, m. Elmira Watson.
v. MOSES-GILL, b. - , 1807, m. Emeline Davis of Princeton, d. Nov. 27, 1874, ae. 67.
vi. ELIZABETH, b. July 13, 1812, m. John G. Hobbs.
vii. WILLIAM-P., b. March 6, 1815, m. Matilda
viii. ABIGAIL, b. March 13, 1820, m. George Darling, May 7, 1846.
2. HOLDEN Benjamin4 (Benjamin3, Col. Benjamin2, Benjamin1) son of Benjamin3 and Hannah (Gill) Holden, married May 16, 1833, Elmira Watson, daughter of Col. Jacob and Lydia Watson. Their children were:
į. LUCY-R., b. Nov. 12, 1833, m. Jan. 2, 1855, William F. Ball of Princeton.
ii. MARY-T., b. July 4, 1835, m. Dec. 2, 1859, John C. Davis.
iii. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 12, 1836, m. July 27, 1865, H. Jane Wilson, who d. Sept. 2, 1865.
iv. HENRY, b. Oct. 18, 1837, enlisted as Private in Co. H. 25th Mass. Regt., killed at Goldsboro, N. C., Dec. 17, 1862.
v. ELIZA-W., b. June 26, 1839, m. Merrick Wilson, Jany. 4, 1865.
vi. JOHN, b. Feb. 1, 1841, d. Aug. 2, 1843.
vii. AMELIA-E., b. Nov. 14, 1842, d. March 7, 1845.
viii. ABBIE-A., b. July 29, 1844, d. Aug. 25, 1849.
ix. WILLIAM, b. Dec. II, 1845, m. Nov. 25, 1873, M. Rosilla Putnam of Worcester. I child: FLORENCE-MABELLE, b. Jany. 6, 1875. X. JOHN, b. May 26, 1847, m. Jany. 1, 1868, P. Mary Waite of Hubbardston.
xi. JACOB, b. April 30, 1849, m. Oct. 24, 1876, Sarah E. Matthews.
xii. MILTON, b. Dec. 28, 1850, m. June 23, 1875, Nora A. Phelps of Holden.
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xiii. FRANCENE-A., b. Aug. 28, 1852, m. June 4, 1874, D. Frank Smith of Princeton.
xiv. MARIA-E., b. Jany. 22, 1856, m. May 16, 1881, A. Frank Way of Lancaster, N. H. I dau. ELEANOR b, Nov. 15, 1898.
xv. FRANK, b. June 30, 1857, d. Nov. 12, 1864.
xvi. HATTIE-A., b. Jany. 15, 1860, d. Nov. 14, 1864.
HOLMAN.
HOLMAN Silas, from Sterling and wife Mary lived on the Charles Eveleth place. Their children were:
i. CALEB-FOSSEN, b. April 5, 1816.
ii. LAURA-A., b. March 13, 1818.
iii. MARILLA, b. July 2, 1820.
iv. DEXTER, b. June 27, 1822.
v. LURAIN, b. Aug. 8, 1824.
HOUGHTON.
Very little has been definitely established as to the ancestors of the Houghtons in the United States. A considerable amount of money has been expended in research and investigation in a fruitless attempt to trace the line in England, and establish claim to a large amount of unclaimed property, said to have been held in England belonging to persons in America, bearing the name of Houghton. In 1824 a man by the name of Leigh- ton collected several hundred dollars under pretence of going to England to investigate, but disappeared and nothing was heard from him afterwards. In 1827 Henry Wilson Houghton of Salem, Mass., fitted out a ship and made an effort to get the desired information, but unfortunately died the same year on his way over.
In 1847 the Houghton Associations sent an agent, Mr. F. M. Rice of Waltham, N. H., to England to determine either the truth or falsity of these traditionary rumors, which had grown apace. The result of this last effort was the collection of material of interest to the family, but the conclusion was that "the aggregate amount of all the Houghton property thus left is comparatively small - too small, at least, to warrant a further expenditure of money in futile endeavors to find it, or to found a claim."
It seems that in the year 1635 JOHN1 HOUGHTON a child four years of age was brought to this country from Bedfordshire,
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England, in the ship Abigail of London. It is not known with whom he came, or who cared for him after his arrival, but the tradition is that he was " clandestinely expatriated by in- terested relatives in order that they might secure certain estates or properties belonging by right of entail or otherwise to him." There is also a tradition that about 1650 or 51, John and Ralph Houghton very early settlers in Lancaster (supposed to be cousins) emigrated to America and located in Watertown, but according to Bond, their names do not appear on the Watertown records.
Whatever of truth may attach to these legends the fact is established that upon reaching maturity John1 appears in Lan- caster in connection with his assumed to be cousin Ralph, as one of the early settlers, and becoming there an active and in- fluential citizen. By his wife Beatrix he had several children, among them Benjamin2, who was born May 25, 1668. His son Benjamin3, born about 1700, had also a son Benjamin4, who married Zeruiah Moore.
HOUGHTON Benjamin4 (Benjamin3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Benjamin2, married July 28, 1720, in Lancaster, Zeruiah Moore. He was probably a farmer and came to Princeton as early as 1759. Children in Lancaster :
i. ZERUIAH, b. May 26, 172I.
ii. MINDWELL, b. March 7, 1722-3, m. - , Crosby.
iii. KEZIAH, b. May 29, -, m. Ephraim Burr.
iv. MICHAEL, b. June 22, 1725, m. April 8, 1748, Ephraim Roper, d. Dec. 31, 1816.
v. DINAH, b. April 8, 1827.
vii. EUNICE, b. Oct. 15, 1829, m. Jonathan Bailey.
vii. BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 17, 1732, m. in Princeton, Oct. 14, 1763, Axe Whitcomb.
viii. ABIGAIL, b. July 27, 1735, m. (Ist) Ephraim Osgood, and (2d) Silent Wilde.
ix. JOEL, b. Sept. 27, 1737.
1. x. SILAS, b. - , 1742.
1. HOUGHTON Silas5 (Benjamin4, Benjamin3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Benjamin and Zeniah, born in Lancaster, in 1742, married Eunice -, she died Sept. 15, 1774. He married (2ª) Dec. - , 1777, Sarah Gregory, who died Nov. 18, 1781. He married (3ª) March 13, 1783, Thankful Howe
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of Rutland, he died Jany. 9, 1797, in his 55th year (P.R.). Thankful, widow of Silas died May 8, 1832, ae. 81 (P.R.). Children of first wife:
i. BENJAMIN (Ist) b. May 27, 1769, in Lancaster, d. Sept. 22, 1775.
ii. SARAH, b. Nov. 9, 1770, d. Oct. 20, 1771.
iii. Kate, b. May 6, 1772, d. Sept. 22, 1775.
iv. SILAS, b. June 14, 1774. Children of second wife:
v. JOEL, b. June 24, 1779.
vi. SARAH (2d), b. Sept. 22, 1781, m. Jonathan Allen of Medway, and d. in Lowell, 1867, had s. Otis Allen.
Children of third wife:
vii. BENJAMIN (2d), b. April 18, 1785.
viii. THOMAS, b. Oct. 18, 1788, m. (int.) Sept. 9, 1815, Abigail Eveleth of Stow, and had one son FRANCIS-BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 31, 1816, in Princeton.
2. ix. PEABODY, b. Jany. 21, 1791, m. Betsey Reed.
x. EUNICE, b. Oct. 22, 1794, m. Dec. 18, 1816, Ephraim Roper.
2. HOUGHTON Peabody6 (Silas5, Benjamin4, Benjamin3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Silas5 and Thankful Houghton, born Jany. 21, 1791, married Dec. 16, 1816, Betsey Reed daughter of Joseph and Lucy Reed, who died Oct. 6, 1876. He died Oct. 10, 1829 (g.s.). Their children were:
3. i. HENRY-REED, b. Nov. 25, 1816, m. Lucy C. Gill.
ii. ASENETH-G., b. Aug. 30, 1818, m. Joseph G. Eveleth, s. of Abishai and Persis.
4. iii. GEORGE-WASHINGTON, b. April 15, 1821, m. Eliza Parker.
iv. JANE-M., b. Aug. 18, 1822.
v. One foster son. Otis Allen; a nephew.
3. HOUGHTON Henry-Reed7 (Peabody6, Silas5, Benjamin4, Benjamin3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Peabody and Betsey (Reed) Houghton, born Nov. 25, 1816, married May 16, 1849, Lucy C. Gill daughter of Thomas B. and Lucy Gill. He died April 11, 1889, she died Nov. 27, 1895. Children :
i. CLARA-MALVINA, b. Dec. 19, 1851, m. Oct. 29, 1872, B. Frank Wood, s. of T. Dwight and Emeline (Clark) Wood.
ii. FRANK-O., b. Nov. 20, 1852.
iii. ALBERT-PEABODY, b. July 25, 1856.
iv. CHARLES-H., b. May 26, 1859, m. Sarah A. Shephard March 22, 1899, dau. John H. and Sarah A. (Ireland) Shephard. He d. in Worcester, Mass., Nov. 24, 1913.
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4. HOUGHTON George-Washington7 (Peabody6, Silas5, Ben- jamin4, Benjamin3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Peabody6 and Betsey (Reed) Houghton, born April 15, 1821, married (int.) Nov. 13, 1858, Eliza Parker daughter of William and Lydia (Sparhawk) Parker. He died Oct. 17, 1887. She died Oct. 30, 1909. Their children were:
5. i. HERBERT-PARKER, b. Feb. 18, 1860, m. Harriet Elizabeth Beaman. ii. MARY-ELIZA, b. Aug. 14, 1862.
iii. ALICE-LYDIA, b. Aug. 19, 1864, d. Sept. 29, 1900.
5. HOUGHTON Herbert-Parker8 (George-Washington7, Pea- body6, Silas5, Benjamin4, Benjamin3, Benjamin2, John1), son of George Washington7, and Eliza (Parker) Houghton, born Feb. 18, 1860, married Oct. 15, 1903, Harriet Elizabeth Beaman. Children:
i. HARRIET-ELIZABETH, b. March 3, 1908.
ii. GEORGE-BEAMAN, b. Jany. 16, 1911, d. Jany. 18, 19II.
HOW -- HOWE.
Several families of this name sometimes spelled without the final e have lived in Princeton since its first settlement but not all have been traced to their immigrant ancestors nor their relationship to each other established. The more important, concerning whom we have definite information, are given first.
ABRAHAM1 the ancestor of one branch of the family was one of the proprietors of Marlboro, Mass., 1661. John1 the ancestor of another branch was in Sudbury, Mass., and shared in the division of Sudbury Meadows in 1638. His wife was Mary and he had four sons born in Sudbury, according to the record, and others in Marlboro, for the grant of which township in 1656, he was one of the petitioners and to which place he removed from Sudbury.
According to Ward of Shrewsbury, Marlboro soon became the hive of the Howes. Their children were numerous and as many of them had the same christian name and were born about the same time it was not an easy matter to trace them with accuracy through their several generations. As an illustration he men- tions twenty-five families, the names and births of whose children he has averaging nine to a family.
John1 by his wife Mary had a son Samuel2, born in 1642 who married Martha Bent. Their son David3, born Nov. 2, 1674,
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married Hepzibah - and had David4, born June 2, 1717, who married Hannah - and had Buckley5 and Israel5.
HOWE Israel5 (David4, David3, Samuel2, John1), son of David4 and Abigail, born March 13, 1749, in Sudbury, married Submit Keyes, born in Shrewsbury, daughter of John and Abigail (Livermore) Keyes. They came from Wilton, May 1785. He died Oct. 25, 1816, and she the 28th of the same month, aged 69. Their children were:
1. i. ISRAEL, JR., b. April 16, 1778, m. Sally Richardson.
ii. ELEANOR, b. - , m. Sept. 19, 1804, W. Goodale of Boylston.
3. iii. WILLIAM, b. - , m. March 27, 1811, Eunice Robbins of Leom- inster.
iv. SUBMIT, b. - , m. (pub.) Jany. 23, 1802, Abijah P. Smith.
1. HOWE Dea .- Israel6 (Israel5, David4, David3, Samuel2, John1), son of the above Israel5 and Submit (Keyes) Howe, born April 16, 1778, at Wilton, N. H. Married May 1, 1806, Sally Richardson. He died Jany. 9, 1856, ae. 80, and she Jany. 6, 1862, ae. 76. Their children were:
i. DUDLEY-R., b. June 14, 1810, d. July 28, 1828 at China, Me.
ii. PHEBE-S., b. May 20, 1812, d. April 1, 1835 or 1833.
2. iii. DANIEL, b. Sept. 21, 1814, m. (Ist), Sarah Mason, m. (2d), Re- becca Bullard.
iv. SOPHIA, b. Oct. 20, 1816, m. Nov. 7, 1837, Josiah Richardson of Barnstable, she died in Shrewsbury, Mass.
v. SARAH-C., b. Nov. 5, 1821, d. Lowell, April 14, 1874.
vi. NICHOLAS-R., b. Oct. 1, 1823, res. Fitchburg.
vii. DUDLEY-W., b. Jany. 15, 1830, res. Fitchburg.
2. HOWE Daniel7 (Dea .- Israel6, Israel5, David4, David3, Sam- uel2, John1), son of Dea .- Israel6 and Sally (Richardson) Howe, born Sept. 21, 1814, married May 22, 1839, Sarah Mason, who died Dec. 23, 1843, ae. 26. Married (2d) pub. Nov. 9, 1844, Rebecca Bullard, daughter of Henry. He died Aug. 7, 1857. Their children were:
i. JOSEPH-MASON, b. Feb. 11, 1842, d. May 25, 1864, at Fredericks- burg, served in 15th Reg., Corporal Co. A., mustered in May 12, 1861, was one of four left in his company after the battle of Gettysburg.
ii. SARAH-MASON-BULLARD, b. Dec. 20, 1845, m. John Perrin Ross, Nov. 2, 1885.
iii. WILLIAM-RICHARDSON, b. Oct. 17, 1847, m. Edith Glover Smith, Feb. 7, 1892. One child: (1) REBECCA ESTELLE, b. Nov. 16, 1892.
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3. HOWE William6 (Israel5, David4, David3, Samuel2, John1), son of Israel5 and brother of Israel6, married March 27, 18II, Eunice Robbins of Leominster. Their children were:
i. EUNICE-C., b. Aug. 23, 1812.
ii. ADALINE, b. Sept. 2, 1814.
iii. ISRAEL, b. April 29, 1817, m. Nov. 16, 1841, Deborah M. Parker.
iv. WILLIAM, b. Oct. 14, 1819, m. Pantelia H. Everett, June 7, 1848, res. Millbury, Mass.
v. THOS .- R., b. Sept. 30, 1821, Lucy M. Parker.
vi. CHARLES-S., b. Nov. 11, 1823, d. Jan. 31, 1824.
vii. CHARLES-S., b. Dec. 8, 1824.
viii. MILTON-K., b. Sept. 7, 1827, m. Louise Walker, daughter of Eli, who d. Sept. 30, 1862. He m. (2ª) Sarah Parker, after 1862. His children were EDGAR R. and others.
HOWE Adonijah4 (Abraham3, Joseph2, Abraham1), son of Abra- ham3 and Rachel Rice, whose children were Adonijah, Abner and others. They were descendants of Abraham one of the proprietors of Marlboro, 1661, who married Hannah Ward. Their son Joseph2, born in 1661, and wife Dorothy (Martin) Howe were the parents of Abraham3. Adonijah was born in Marlboro, Sept. 7, 1837. He married May 31, 1764, Lydia, daughter of Noah and Lydia (Barnard) Church, who was born June 20, 1743. She died Jany. 23, 1818 and he Sept. 10, 1800. On his grave stone is this inscription, "Chorister of the singing and Deacon of the church 33 years in this town."
The Children of Adonijah and Lydia were:
i. LYDIA, b. June 1, 1766, m. Jany. 24, 1788, John Brigham, settled in Acworth, N. H.
ii. LOUISA, b. May 24, 1768, m. Stephen Brigham, Jr., Alstead, N. H. iii. MARTIN, b. Sept. 2, 1770, m. (int.) Nov. 9, 1801, Eunice Russell, widow of John. He (Martin) lived in Barre, is called Doctor, d. Boston, Nov. 1, 1805, no children. She died March 11, 18II. iv. LUCRETIA, b. July 13, 1772, d. May 4, 1773, family record, Janu- ary 4, 1773, ae. 9 m. 21 d.
4. v. ADONIJAH, b. April 24, 1774, m. Elizabeth Mirick.
vi. LEVINA, b. Sept. 17, 1775, m. Feb. 23, 1804, Aaron Perry of Leicester, Vt., "at house of Lt. Adonijah Howe."
vii. PERSIS, b. March 28, 1778, m. May 26, 1799, Solomon Wilson, d. April 28, 1871.
viii. LUCY, b. Oct. 24, 1779, m. Jany. 27, 1812, Ezra Newton, d. July 28, 1826.
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ix. MATILDA, b. Feb. 28, 1782, m. March II, 1804, Ichabod Perry, settled in Essex, Vt., d. June 18, 1822.
X. ABRAHAM, b. Aug. 13, 1784, d. June 26, 1810 (in his 26th year, g.s.).
4. HOWE Adonijah5-Jr. (Adonijah4, Abraham3, Joseph2, Abra- ham1), son of the above Adonijah and Lydia (Church) Howe, born April 24, 1774, married int. Nov. 28, 1801, Elizabeth Mirick, daughter of Ephraim and Deborah (Gleason) Mirick. She was born March 21, 1778, and died May 29, 1820. He died Oct. 1, 1834, " Chorister of the first church of Princeton 41 years (g.s.). Their children were:
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