Name Info

Mary HOUGHTON 1662-1692
Fathers:JOHN,JOHN,JOHN

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09115030
Gender.........female
Status.........deceased
Age............29y 9m 10d
Last-Marital...widowed
Fam-Group......MOORE
Fam-ID.........HOUGHTON
Citizenship....US born

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......5
#Events........1
#Images:.......0
#Comments......0
#Siblings......6
#Children......2

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: JOHN HOUGHTON, male, born:1624-12-24 Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire county, England, died:1684-04-29 (59y 4m 5d) Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, Anc:3, Dad:JOHN HOUGHTON, Mom:DAMARIS BUCKMASTER, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:13
  2. Parent: BEATRIX WALKER, female, born:1625 ?Hingham, Norfolk county, England, died:1711-06-08 (86y 5m 7d) Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, Anc:3, #M:1, #SrcDocs:9
  3. Sibling: JOHN HOUGHTON, male, born:1650-04-26 Dedham, Norfolk county, Massachusetts, died:1737-02-08 (86y 9m 13d) , Anc:3, Dad:JOHN HOUGHTON, Mom:BEATRIX WALKER, #M:2, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:9
  4. Sibling: Robert HOUGHTON, male, born:1659-01-28 Dedham, Norfolk county, Massachusetts, died:1723-11-07 (64y 9m 10d) ?Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, Dad:JOHN HOUGHTON, Mom:BEATRIX WALKER, #M:1, #SrcDocs:5
  5. Sibling: Jonas HOUGHTON, male, born:1663-04 ?Dedham, Norfolk county, Massachusetts, died:1723-09-26 (60y 5m 25d) ?Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, Dad:JOHN HOUGHTON, Mom:BEATRIX WALKER, #M:1, #SrcDocs:5
  6. Sibling: Beatrix HOUGHTON, female, born:1665-10-03 Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1686-1755 (20y 2m 29d) ?Massachusetts, Dad:JOHN HOUGHTON, Mom:BEATRIX WALKER, #M:1, #SrcDocs:6
  7. Sibling: Benjamin HOUGHTON, male, born:1668-05-25 , died:1688-1758 (19y 7m 7d) ?Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, Dad:JOHN HOUGHTON, Mom:BEATRIX WALKER, #M:1, #SrcDocs:6
  8. Sibling: Sarah HOUGHTON, female, born:1672-05-30 Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1706-1762 (33y 7m 2d) ?New Jersey, Dad:JOHN HOUGHTON, Mom:BEATRIX WALKER, #M:1, #SrcDocs:6

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1688-06-23 ?Massachusetts
  2. Spouse: Thomas Wilder, male, born:1658-01-28 Dedham, Norfolk county, Massachusetts, died:1678-1748 (19y 11m 4d) ?Massachusetts, #SrcDocs:2
  3. ..Child: Benjamin Harris, male, born:1690 ?Massachusetts, died:1690-1780 (0y 0m 0d) , Dad:Thomas Wilder, Mom:Mary HOUGHTON, #SrcDocs:1
  4. ..Child: Mary Harris, female, born:1692 ?Massachusetts, died:1712-1782 (20y 0m 0d) , Dad:Thomas Wilder, Mom:Mary HOUGHTON, #SrcDocs:1

Events
Birth
: 1662-03-22, Dedham, Norfolk county, Massachusetts
Married
: 1688-06-23, Age:26y 3m 1d, ?Massachusetts, Role:bride
Death
: 1692-1752, Age:29y 9m 10d, ?Massachusetts

Places In
Dedham, Norfolk county, Massachusetts

General

Research ,
Mary's sister Sarah was also reported to have married a John Harris.


Sources
Book Colonial Families of USA, G.N. Mackenzie, 1966
Book Early Records of Lancaster Massachusetts 1643-1725, Nourse, 1884
Book Houghton Genealogy, John W. Houghton, 1912
Book John Houghton of Lancaster Massachusetts, Burr and Gage, 1925
Book New England Families, W.R. Cutter, 1914


Historical
1662: France - Jacques Aymar-Vernay, who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe, is born
1663: France - France takes full political and military control over Its colonial possessions in New France, microscope of Hooke discovers cells
1663: Turkey, Austria-Hungary - Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary
1664: England - Forestry book by John Evelyn called Sylva is published in England
1664: Hungary, Turkey - Battle of St. Gotthard (first of two), count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans, the Peace of Vasvar is Intended to keep the peace for twenty years
1664: United States - British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename It New York
1665: England - The Great Plague of London (aka. Bubonic Plague, Black Death) kills 70,000 people
1665: Portugal, Congo - Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire
1666: England - The Great Fire of London burns most of the city
1667-1668: France, Netherlands - The War of Devolutionm France Invades the Netherlands, the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt
1667-1699: Turkey - The Great Turkish War halts the expansion of the Ottoman Empire into Europe
1668: Spain, Portugal - Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as Independent country
1669: Turkey, Crete - The Ottomans capture Crete
1670: Canada - The Hudson Bay Company is founded in Canada
1672-1673: Turkey, Ukraine - Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks, John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673)
1672-1676: Poland, Turkey - Polish-Ottoman War
1672-1678: France, Netherlands - Franco-Dutch War
1672: Belgium - Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague, William III of Orange takes power
1672: Netherlands, France, England, Germany - Rampjaar in the Netherlands, combined attack by France, England and two German states on the Republic of the United Provinces
1674: England - The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces
1674: India - Maratha Empire founded in India by Shivaji
1676-1681: Russia, Turkey - Russia and the Ottoman Empire fight the second (of ten) Russo-Turkish Wars, Turkish victory
1676: Poland, Turkey - The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt
1676: Turkey - Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier
1678: Netherlands, France - The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities between the Netherlands and France
1680: United States, Spain - The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692
1681: Hungary - The Pasha of Buda supports rebellion led by Imre Thokoly in Hungary
1682-1683: Turkey - The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople
1682: Russia - Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696)
1682: Turkey - Sultan Mehmed IV, advised by Kara Mustafa, decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I, due to expire in 1684
1682: United States - La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France
1683: Austria - A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna
1683: Austria - The Battle of Vienna finishes the hegemony of the Ottoman Empire in southeastern Europe
1683: China - China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan
1685: France - Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France, King Charles II dies
1686-1700: Turkey, Russia - The Russo-Turkish War (third of ten), Russia wins
1687: England - Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
1688-1689: Netherlands, England - The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic Invading England, England becomes a constitutional monarchy
1688-1691: Ireland - The War of the Two Kings in Ireland
1688-1697: France - The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War
1688: England - The Siege of Derry
1689: England, Ireland, Scotland - William ascends to the throne over England, Scotland, and Ireland
1689: England - John Locke publishes his first work called Letter Concerning Toleration
1689: Russia, China - The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China
1689: Scotland, England - Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1690: Ireland - The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland
1691: United States - Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Plymouth Colony merge. This is in response to an attempt started in 1685 by King James II attempts to establish control over the colonies
1692: United States - Salem witch trials in Massachusetts. Over twenty people are hung for being witches.