Name Info

Azibah\Sarah HOUGHTON 1720-1740
Fathers:JONATHAN,JOHN,JOHN,JOHN,JOHN

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09115012
Gender.........female
Status.........deceased
Age............19y 1m 12d
Last-Marital...married
Fam-Group......MOORE
Fam-ID.........HOUGHTON
Citizenship....US born

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......4
#Events........1
#Images:.......0
#Comments......0
#Siblings......10
#Children......7

Person-Type....A
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........mother
Spouse?........wife
Sibling?.......sister
Child?.........daughter
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: JONATHAN HOUGHTON, male, born:1685-02-20 Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1737-04-08 (52y 1m 19d) Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, Anc:1, Dad:JOHN HOUGHTON, Mom:MARY FARRAR, #M:1, #SrcDocs:8
  2. Parent: THANKFUL WHITE, female, born:1689-03-27 Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1737-04-08 (48y 0m 12d) Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, Anc:1, Dad:JOSIAH WHITE, Mom:MARY\KEZIAH RICE, #M:1, #SrcDocs:7
  3. Sibling: Thankful HOUGHTON, female, born:1714-03-03 Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1734-1804 (19y 9m 29d) ?Massachusetts, Dad:JONATHAN HOUGHTON, Mom:THANKFUL WHITE, #M:1, #SrcDocs:2
  4. Sibling: Mary HOUGHTON, female, born:1715-09-15 Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1735-1805 (19y 3m 17d) ?Massachusetts, Dad:JONATHAN HOUGHTON, Mom:THANKFUL WHITE, #M:1, #SrcDocs:2
  5. Sibling: Keziah HOUGHTON, female, born:1717-05-31 Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1717-1807 (0y 7m 1d) ?Massachusetts, Dad:JONATHAN HOUGHTON, Mom:THANKFUL WHITE, #SrcDocs:2
  6. Sibling: Jonathan HOUGHTON, male, born:1719-03-28 Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1739-1809 (19y 9m 4d) ?Massachusetts, Dad:JONATHAN HOUGHTON, Mom:THANKFUL WHITE, #M:1, #SrcDocs:2
  7. Sibling: Pyrha HOUGHTON, unknown, born:1721-08-17 Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1721-1811 (0y 4m 15d) ?Massachusetts, Dad:JONATHAN HOUGHTON, Mom:THANKFUL WHITE, #SrcDocs:1
  8. Sibling: Rufus HOUGHTON, male, born:1722-11-09 Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1722-1812 (0y 1m 23d) ?Massachusetts, Dad:JONATHAN HOUGHTON, Mom:THANKFUL WHITE, #SrcDocs:2
  9. Sibling: Achra\Ashsa HOUGHTON, female, born:1725-01-16 Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1725-1815 (0y 11m 16d) ?Massachusetts, Dad:JONATHAN HOUGHTON, Mom:THANKFUL WHITE, #SrcDocs:2
  10. Sibling: Ephah HOUGHTON, unknown, born:1727-06-26 Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1729-09-27 (2y 3m 1d) ?Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, Dad:JONATHAN HOUGHTON, Mom:THANKFUL WHITE, #SrcDocs:2
  11. Sibling: ZERISH HOUGHTON, female, born:1729-02-18 Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1769-1819 (39y 10m 14d) ?Massachusetts, Anc:1, Dad:JONATHAN HOUGHTON, Mom:THANKFUL WHITE, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:4
  12. Sibling: Ephah HOUGHTON, unknown, born:1731-08-19 Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1731-1821 (0y 4m 13d) ?Massachusetts, Dad:JONATHAN HOUGHTON, Mom:THANKFUL WHITE, #SrcDocs:2

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1738-05-08 Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts
  2. Spouse: Israel WHITCOMB, male, born:1716-04-22 Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1795 (78y 8m 10d) ?Massachusetts, Dad:HEZEKIAH WHITCOMB, Mom:HANNAH GREEN, #SrcDocs:3
  3. ..Child: William WHITCOMB, male, born:1738 ?Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1738-1828 (0y 0m 0d) , Dad:Israel WHITCOMB, Mom:Azibah\Sarah HOUGHTON, #SrcDocs:1
  4. ..Child: Betty WHITCOMB, female, born:1744 ?Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1744-1834 (0y 0m 0d) , Dad:Israel WHITCOMB, Mom:Azibah\Sarah HOUGHTON, #SrcDocs:1
  5. ..Child: Israel WHITCOMB, male, born:1746 ?Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1746-1836 (0y 0m 0d) , Dad:Israel WHITCOMB, Mom:Azibah\Sarah HOUGHTON, #SrcDocs:1
  6. ..Child: Jonathan WHITCOMB, male, born:1749 ?Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1749-1839 (0y 0m 0d) , Dad:Israel WHITCOMB, Mom:Azibah\Sarah HOUGHTON, #SrcDocs:1
  7. ..Child: Arufus WHITCOMB, unknown, born:1754 ?Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1754-1844 (0y 0m 0d) , Dad:Israel WHITCOMB, Mom:Azibah\Sarah HOUGHTON, #SrcDocs:1
  8. ..Child: Abigail WHITCOMB, female, born:1756 ?Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1756-1846 (0y 0m 0d) , Dad:Israel WHITCOMB, Mom:Azibah\Sarah HOUGHTON, #SrcDocs:1
  9. ..Child: Azuba WHITCOMB, female, born:1760 ?Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1760-1850 (0y 0m 0d) , Dad:Israel WHITCOMB, Mom:Azibah\Sarah HOUGHTON, #SrcDocs:1

Events
Birth
: 1720-11-20
Married
: 1738-05-08, Age:17y 5m 18d, Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, Role:bride
Death
: 1740-1810, Age:19y 1m 12d

Places In
Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts

Sources
Book Descendants of John White 1638-1900, Almira. White, 1900
Book John Houghton of Lancaster Massachusetts, Burr and Gage, 1925
Book Our Whitcomb Ancestry, R.B. Hall, 1985
Website http://trees.wmgs.org


Historical
1720-1721: France - The Great Plague of Marseille
1720: England, South America - The South Sea Bubble starts, It is a British joint stock company that tradez in South America, the company is granted a monopoly to trade in the Spanish South American colonies as part of a treaty during the War of Spanish Succession, the primary element of trade was slaves, in return, the company assumes the national debt England Incurs during the war
1720: Spain, Mexico - Spanish military embarks on the Villasur expedition from Mexico and travel into the Great Plains
1721: China - Kangxi Emperor bans Christian Missionaries because of the decree by Pope Clement XI
1721: England - Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (de facto)
1721: Russia, Denmark, Poland, Sweden - Treaty of Nystad signed, ending the 21-year long Great Northern War, It was a coalition of numerous states that successfully contested Swedish supremacy in northern Central and Eastern Europe, Initially, the anti-Swedish alliance was composed of Peter the Great of Russia, Frederik IV of Denmark-Norway and August the Strong of Saxe-Poland-Lithuania
1721: Russia - Peter I reforms the Russian Orthodox Church
1722-1723: Russia, Iran - Russo-Persian War
1722-1725: England, Ireland - Controversy over the halfpence of William Wood leads to the Drapier Letters and begins the Irish economic Independence from England movement
1722: Afghanistan, Iran - Afghans conquered Iran, overthrowing the Safavid Shah Soltan Hosein
1722: Africa - Welsh pirate Bartholomew Roberts is killed in a sea battle off the African coast
1722: China - Kangxi Emperor of China dies
1723-1730: Kazakhstan - The Great Disaster, an Invasion of Kazakh territories by the nomadic Dzungars
1723: Russi - Slavery abolished in Russia, Peter the Great converted the household slaves into house serfs
1725: Africa - The Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon (Guinea, West Africa) and set up the first of many Fulani jihad states to come
1726: China - The enormous Chinese encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng of over 100 million written Chinese characters in over 800,000 pages is printed in 60 different copies using copper-based Chinese movable type printing
1727-1729: England, Spain - Anglo-Spanish War
1729-1735: England - Charles Wesley and John Wesley begin the Methodism in England
1730-1760: England, United States - First Great Awakening takes place in Great Britain and North America, it challenges the established clergy and leads to many new Protestant denominations, this contributes to the concept of religious tolerance
1730: Turkey - Mahmud I takes over Ottoman Empire after the Patrona Halil revolt, ending the Tulip period
1732-1734: Russia, Ukraine - Crimean Tatar/Tartar raids into Russia
1732: United States - George Washington is born in Virginia
1733-1738: Poland - War of the Polish Succession
1735-1739: Russia, Turkey - Russo-Turkish War (fifth of ten), Russian victory
1735-1799: China - The Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory
1735: United States - John Adams is born in Boston
1736: China - Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate the classic panoramic painting by Zhang Zeduan called Along the River During Qingming Festival
1736: Iran - Nader Shah assumed title of Shah of Persia and founded the Afsharid dynasty, ruled until his death in 1747
1736: United States - Patrick Henry born
1737: United States - Alexander Hamilton born
1737: United States - John Hancock born
1738-1756: Mali - Famine across the Sahel, half the population of Timbuktu (Mali) died
1738: Italy - Pope Clement XII Issues the Eminenti Apostolatus Specula prohibiting Catholics from becoming Freemasons
1739: England, Spain, Caribbean - Great Britain and Spain fight the War of Jenkins Ear in the Caribbean
1739: India - Battle of Karnal, Nader Shah defeats the Mughals and sacks Delhi
1740-1741: Ireland - Famine in Ireland killed ten per cent of the population
1740-1748: Austria - War of the Austrian Succession
1740: England, Spain, United States - British attempt to capture St. Augustine, Florida but lose to the Spanish during the Siege of St. Augustine
1740: Germany - Frederick the Great comes to power in Prussia