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Violet (Benton) Hough (1723 - 1768)

Violet Hough formerly Benton
Born in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 29 Nov 1743 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticutmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 44 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colonymap [uncertain]
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Biography

Violet was baptized 8 Dec 1723, the daughter of Caleb and Hannah (Ensign) Benton.

On 29 Nov 1743 she married Daniel Hough

Children:

  1. Mindwell (5 May 1745 CT - 8 June 1807, age 63) on 31 Mar 1763 md Benjamin CURTIS.
  2. Ensign (1 Sep 1746 CT - 3 Dec 1813 CT) was a doctor and hotel keeper in Meriden. He md (1) Chloe YALE, (2) Sarah YALE, and (3) Mercy HOUGH. Ch incl Roscilla; Ira; Yale; Chloe; Sally; Isaac J.; Rosetta; and possibly Mercy.
  3. Elijah (23 Jan 1747 CT - 28 Jan 1828 Watertown, NY) md Mary IVES and moved to Southwick, MA, thence to NY. Ch incl Lemuel; Amos; Elizabeth; Levi; Mary; Elijah, Jr; and Hosea. Elijah served in the Rev. War, and was pensioned in NY. He may have md Martha ??? as a second wife.
  4. Thomas (27 Oct 1750 CT - 4 Dec 1815 Southwick, MA) md Rebecca IVES and moved to Southwick, MA. Ch incl Elizabeth; Bezaleal; Horatio; Joel; Insign; John; Rebecca; and Asahel. He may have served in the Rev. War. Later, he was a church deacon.
  5. Samuel (12 Mar 1751 CT - ) served in the Rev. War and was a blacksmith. He applied for pension in 1820 from Middletown, CT. He md Thankful HALL, but names of ch are not known.
  6. Eunice (30 Mar 1753 CT - ) on 22 Dec 1774 md Giles GRISWOLD.
  7. Dolly (30 Jan 1755 CT - ) on 25 Sep 1771 md David IVES.
  8. Caleb (13 Feb 1757 CT - 1828 Potsdam, NY) on 27 Nov 1777 he md Rebecca ANDREWS. He served in the Rev War in two different companies from Wallingford, CT. They moved to Litchfield Co, CT, thence to Charlotte, VT, thence to Potsdam, NY. Ch incl Lydia; Martha; Caleb, Jr; Orrin; Rebecca; Erastus Augustus; Orson Elam, and poss. John.
  9. Lydia (9 Nov 1759 CT - 23 Dec 1759).
  10. Hannah (4 Feb 1762 CT - may have d. young).
  11. Daniel (2 Nov 1763 CT - 8 Sep 1803 Charlotte, VT). He was a doctor who md Mary BARKER and moved to Charlotte, VT. Ch incl Sylvester; daniel; Mary; Sally; and Hannah. Some of his ch moved to Ohio.


She died 25 July 1768 in Wallingford, Connecticut[1].


Sources

  1. CT Society of Colonial Wars Pedigrees - Hough
  • Elida C. Hough, unpub. ms, Descendants of William Hough of CT
  • U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Residence


Acknowledgement

  • WikiTree profile Benton-361 created through the import of Lent_Vise_2011-05-11aa.ged on May 26, 2011 by Bryan Sypniewski. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Bryan and others.




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