Richard Haughton (1614 - abt. 1682)

Born 1614 in England

Husband of Sarah (Unknown) Haughton — married before 1639 in Milford, New Haven Colony

Husband of Alice (Unknown) Crumb — married 1673 in New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died about 23 May 1682 at about age 68 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America

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Biography

Richard Haughton was born in 1614 in England.^{[citation needed]}

He married first Sarah Stanhope before 1639 in Milford or New London, Connecticut Colony.^[1] Note: Torrey gives her name as Sarah, last name unknown.

Children with Sarah include:

• Joseph, b ca 1639, d 1697^[2]
• Robert, Boston mariner, d ca 1678 Milford^[2]
• John, shipwright, d 1704^[2]

Richard’s name appears in a 1646 list of Milford settlers.^[2]

He married second Katherine, widow of Nicholas Charlet, about 1651 in New London, Connecticut Colony.^[1] Note: Torrey gives her name as Katherine Charlet, widow of Nicholas, but doesn’t give her maiden name. Ancestry trees have the unsourced death of Nicholas in 1651.

Children with Katherine include:

• Katherine, b ca 1661, bapt 25 Jun 1676, m John Butler, d 24 Jan 1728/9 age 67^[2][3]
• Abigail, m Thomas Leach ca 1679, d 1684^[2][4]
• Sampson, b ca 1650, m Sarah ca 1686, d 12 Jan 1718^[2][5]
• Mercy, bapt 25 Jun 1676, m Samuel Bill^[2][6]
• James, bapt 25 Jun 1676^[2][7]

Richard conveyed a home and garden in Boston on 27 8m 1651 to Samson Shore. This property likely belonged to his wife Katherine. A list of Pequot residents “wrought at the Mill Dam” dated July 1651 does not include Richard, but includes a notation “July 30 — Richard Hauton a Boston man desires a lot.”. Richard was granted a lot on Foxen’s Hill.^[2] Pequot was to become New London, Connecticut.

Richard purchased a homestead Nov 1655, “one of the best tenements in the place”, at head of Close Cove on the Pawkatuck River in the part of the plantation called Pawkatuck.^[2]

The settlement was on land adjacent to that of the Mohegan sachem Uncas, who had sold some to the colonists. There was friction between the Mohegans and settlers, but these were generally worked out. In 1657, Uncas took refuge in a stone fort from his enemies the Narragansetts. Richard was among a party of the settlers who broke through the siege into the fort and successfully defended the Mohegans.^[2]

Uncas deeded Richard a tract of land, Massapeag Neck, within Mohegan and along the river 19 Aug 1658. Colonists were generally not allowed to contract for land with the indigenous peoples, but an exception was made for Richard in part for “his charge of children”.^[2]

Richard and others were involved in suits with the town magistrate, Mr. Tinker from 1661 to 1666 after Mr. Tinker’s death. The group accused Tinker of treason and he accused them of slander.^[2]

His wife Katherine died 9 Aug 1670.^[1][2]

He married third Alice Unknown possibly before 1673 in New London, Connecticut Colony. She married Daniel Crumb or Crombe of Westerly after Richard’s death.^[1][2]

Richard passed away around 1681.^[1][2][8] His will was dated 24 May 1681.^[5]

On 13 May 1703 additional lands were proposed to expand the bounds of New London. Richard is not listed among those in the original patent, but his name and others were added later.^[2]

Research Notes

Possible births:

• Richarde Houghton, bapt 28 Feb 1600, Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, son of John Houghton - FamilySearch Record: JQ1H-74V
• Richard Haughton, 17 Sep 1614, Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, England, son of Richard Haughton - FamilySearch Record: JQMG-P4S
• Richard Houghton, bapt 26 Oct 1617 Lathbury, Buckingham, England, son of Henry Houghton - England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Ancestry Record 9841 #26884512

The version of Torry, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 used here does not provide primary sources for its content. Other versions do provide primary sources that could be cited instead. FamilySearch lists versions and updates of this work that include primary sources here, including americanancestors.org ($).

The American Genealogist ($) published the following article on Richard that would be useful, at minimum, in verifying some of his children. It is cited in the profile of his son Sampson.

• Sandra Lanham, Richard1 Haughton of Boston, Massachusetts, and New London, Connecticut: A Lost Will Distinguishes Two Settlers of the same Name, in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.), 90:35+, Jan 2018; 90:100+ Apr 2018

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Ancestry Record 3824 #52860 or Ancestry Sharing Link
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17} Caulkins, Frances Manwaring and Griswold, Cecelia, History of New London, Connecticut, from the first survey of the coast in 1612 to 1860, New London, H. D. Utley, 1895 p 75, 102, 127, 149-150, 262, 299-300, 342, 425
3. ↑ "Connecticut, Births and Baptisms, 1639-1941", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VPX-MG3Z : 9 June 2020), Richard Haughton in entry for Katherine Haughton, 1676.
4. ↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Ancestry Record 3824 #157500
   Name: Abigail Leach
   Maiden Name: Haughton
   Gender: Female
   Marriage Date: About 1679
   Marriage Place: New England, USA
   Death Year: 1684
   Spouse: Thomas Leach
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Sandra Lanham, Richard1 Haughton of Boston, Massachusetts, and New London, Connecticut: A Lost Will Distinguishes Two Settlers of the same Name, The American Genealogist, January 2018, Volume 90, No. 1, Pages 35-50
6. ↑ "Connecticut, Births and Baptisms, 1639-1941", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VPX-MLT2 : 9 June 2020), Richard Haughton in entry for Mercy Haughton, 1676.
7. ↑ "Connecticut, Births and Baptisms, 1639-1941", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VPX-ML2M : 9 June 2020), Richard Haughton in entry for James Haughton, 1676.
8. ↑ Hinman, Royal Ralph,. A catalogue of the names of the first Puritan settlers of the colony of Connecticut : with the time of their arrival in the colony and their standing in society, together with their place of residence, as far as can be discovered by the records /c collected from the state and town records by R. R. Hinman.. Hartford: Printed by E. Gleason, 1988. Ancestry Record 16187 #219
   which states:
   Haughton, Richard — died at Wethersfield in 1682 — he was building a vessel there at the time of his death.

• NEGHR, 89 [1935]: "The Haughton Family of New London, Conn.", 396

• Vella, Charles J., PhD, Houghton Surname Project, 2023: http://www.charlesjvellaphd.com/HoughtonSurnameProject/g0/p482.htm#i14436

• Richard Haughton in the The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011

Name: Richard Haughton

Event Type: Death

Death Date: 23 May 1682

Death Place: USA

Page Number: 396

Volume Number: 089

See also: FamilySearch Person: LDCQ-KXG

Acknowledgements

• This Biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Haughton-60 was created by Ted Lee through the import of Lee Family Tree6.ged on Apr 21, 2014.
• http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/richard-haughton_12609985 (dead link)
• http://www.geni.com/people/Catherine-Haughton/6000000003617542040