Name Info

Benjamin HOUGHTON 1668-1688
Fathers:JOHN,JOHN,JOHN

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09115046
Gender.........male
Status.........deceased
Age............19y 7m 7d
Last-Marital...married
Fam-Group......MOORE
Fam-ID.........HOUGHTON
Citizenship....US born

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

Person-Type....A
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
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Spouse?........husband
Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
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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: Mary HOUGHTON, female, born:1662-03-22 Dedham, Norfolk county, Massachusetts, died:1692-1752 (29y 9m 10d) ?Massachusetts, Dad:JOHN HOUGHTON, Mom:BEATRIX WALKER, #M:1, #SrcDocs:5
  6. 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
  7. 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
  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: 1670-07-20 ?Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts
  2. Spouse: Zermiah Moore, female, born:1668 ?Massachusetts, died:1688-1758 (20y 0m 0d) ?Massachusetts, #SrcDocs:1

Events
Birth
: 1663-05-25
Birth
: 1668-05-25
Birth
: 1668-08-25y 3m 0d, Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts
Married
: 1670-07-20, Age:2y 1m 25d, ?Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts, Role:groom
Death
: 1688-1758, Age:19y 7m 7d, ?Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts

Places In
Lancaster, Worcester county, Massachusetts

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 Lancaster Birth, Marriage and Death, Nourse, 1890
Book New England Families, W.R. Cutter, 1914


Data Issues
Died after Age 100

Historical
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