Melinda (Bryant) Houghton (1799 - abt. 1836)

Born 14 Jun 1799 in Waterford, Oxford, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died about 1836 at about age 36 in Oxford Co, Maine, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Native Mainer

Daughter of Richard Bryant and Mary Whitney.

First wife of husband Henry Houghton, married 1819-09-20 in Waterford, Oxford, ME. Children include:

1. Mary Ann b1820 -- later Plummer
2. Henry Lewis b1823
3. Melinda B. b1825

Sources

• Grave - not found

• Birth -
  • parents' family group sheet - "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4QN-D2Q : 14 January 2020), Melinda Bryant, 1799.
  • Henry+Melinda's family group sheet - "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4QN-P21 : 14 January 2020), Mrs Melinda Houghton, 1799.
• 1810, age 10 - not found
• 1819 marriage -
  • "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X7-NLH : 14 January 2020), Henry Houghton, 1819.
  • "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X7-VJT : 14 January 2020), Henry Houghton, 1819.
• 1820, age 20, under Henry Houghton - ME, Oxford, Waterford, page 203. "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG9-FFN : accessed 14 March 2021), Henry Houghton, Waterford, Oxford, Maine, United States; citing p. 203, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 37; FHL microfilm 281,241.
• 1830, age 30, under Henry Houghton - ME, Oxford, Waterford, page 214. "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5P-6H8 : 20 February 2021), Henry Houghton, Waterford, Oxford, Maine, United States; citing 214, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 50; FHL microfilm 497,946.
• Death - not found

• FamilySearch - Melinda Bryant