Jonathan Houghton

1686 - 1737  (51 years)

• Name	Jonathan Houghton  [1]
  Birth	20 Feb 1686	Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Apr 1737	Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts   [3, 4, 5]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Mary Houghton ,   b. 7 Feb 1680, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 1 Apr 1752, Bolton, Worcester, Masaschusetts  (Age 72 years) ▻ William Sawyer ,  m. 1700 + 2. Jonathan Houghton ,   b. 20 Feb 1686, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts d. 8 Apr 1737, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts  (Age 51 years) ▻ Thankful White ,  m. 6 Nov 1712
  Person ID	I40788	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of XYZ
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Houghton,   b. Abt 1650   d. 3 Feb 1737 (Age ~ 87 years)
  Mother	Mary Farrar,   b. Abt 1648, England d. 9 Apr 1724 (Age ~ 76 years)
  Marriage	22 Feb 1672	Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts   [6]
  Family ID	F23885	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thankful White,   b. 27 Mar 1689, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts d. Aft 24 Aug 1739 (Age > 50 years)
  Marriage	6 Nov 1712	Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts   [3, 4, 5, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Thankful Houghton,   b. 13 Mar 1713, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F23884	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He was town clerk of Lancaster from 1726 to 1728, and from 1730 to his death. He held various other offices as well.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2717] Massachusetts births and christenings, 1639-1915, on familysearch.org. [S7567] The Early Records of Lancaster, Masaschusetts, 1643-1725 ed. Henry S. Nourse. Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1884. [S7569] Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1638-1900 by Almira Larkin White. Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1900. [S7568] Ancestry of John Barber White and of His Descendants by Almira Larkin White. Haverhill, Massachusetts: John Barber White, 1913. [S7571] Annie Lane Burr and Thomas Hovey Gage, "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass., and Some of His Descendants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 79:392, Oct 1925. [S7577] Lillian K. P. Farrar, "The English Ancestry of Jacob Farrer of Lancaster, Mass." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 95:3, Jan 1941. [S3001] Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850 by Henry Stedman Nourse. Clinton, Massachusetts: W. J. Coulter, 1890.