Abigail (Atherton) Houghton (1740 - 1819)

Born 24 Feb 1740 in Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Holman — married 13 Feb 1792 (to 14 Jan 1805) in Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1819 at age 79 in Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Abigail Atherton, daughter of Benjamin and Unice, was born 24 Feb 1739-40 in Bolton, Massachusetts. ^[1]

Abigail Houghton and Nathaniel Holman, Jr. married Feb. 13, 1792 in Bolton, Massachusetts. ^[2]

Abigail Holman and Levi Houghton filed marriage intentions on September 23, 1813 in Lunenberg, Massachusetts and were married on that date. ^[3]

The Bolton Vital Records list the marriage a couple weeks later: "Mrs. Abigail Holman married Levi Houghton of Lunenburg on October 12, 1813." ^[4]

Abigail Houghton "formerly wife of Nathaniel Holman, died July 13, 1819, age 80, in Bolton, Massachusetts ^[5] and is buried there. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. by Bolton (Mass. : Town); NEHGS; 1910, Worcester, Mass., F.P.Rice. (Page 9)
2. ↑ Bolton - Marriages - Massachusetts Vital Records
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH95-FQD : 24 January 2020), Levi Houghton, 1813.
4. ↑ Bolton - Marriages - Massachusetts Vital Records
5. ↑ Bolton - Deaths - Massachusetts Vital Records
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed FEB 2020), memorial page for Abigail Atherton Houghton, Find A Grave: Memorial #148810684. Grave Inscription:

   Abigail Houghton

   formerly wife of

   Nathaniel Holman

   died July 13, 1819

   AEt. 80