Edward (Howchens) Houchens (abt. 1658 - 1695)

Born about 1658 in St Crantock, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca Hodge (Unknown) Howchens — married 1683 in Crantock, Cornwall, England.

Descendants

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Biography

Birth / Death

Edward was born in Great Ellingham, Norfolk,England in 1654....Sources..

England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, Geneanet This database is a searchable, digitized version of the indices of civil registrations in England and Wales, reported quarterly to the General Register Office (GRO) in London. This index spans the years between 1538 and 1975. Death 1695 in Colony, Laurel, Kentucky,..Sources "Kentucky Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.

Marriage

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 - Yates Publishing - Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Marriage Date: 1683 Marriage Place: Crantock, Cornwall, England. This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived - 1,7836::0 - Source number: 2398.007; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 - 1,7836::604326

Immigration

Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants. Vol. 2: 1666-1695. Indexed by Claudia B. Grundman. Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library, - Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Original data - Edward and Rebecca Houchin. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. , - Place: Virginia; Year: 1684; Page Number: 256 - 1,7486::4085881

by Roger Houchin

Edward was born in New Kent, Virginia ... by Vaneta Williams

Edward died 1695 in Virginia ... by Vaneta Williams

Note: if Edward was born in Virginia, then his marriage to HODGE in an impossibility.

Edward was born in 1658. Edward Howchens ... by Laura Black, Tuesday, April 15, 2014.

Birthplace: possibly England, per assumption of his marriage to HODGE.

Another estimate of birth is about 1660, based on the baptism date of his daughter Rachel.

Book Reference

The Steven E. Houchin Genealogy Collection:

The book "History of the Houchin Family in the United States" Dr. Paul C. Houchens, Beaver Crossing, Nebraska in October 1931, states this about Edward:

"Edward Howchens is the first of the name found in Virginia records, and it is from him that most of the Houchins in the country are descended. It is not known when he came to America, but in 1686 he was living in New Kent county, Virginia, a parishioner of St. Peters Parish." It continues, "The original register of St. Peters Parish is in the Virginia Theological Seminary at Alexandria, Va., and contains the names of Edward Howchens and his wife, Rebecca. The records of New Kent county were burned in 1866 and with their loss was also lost all further record of Edward Howchens and family."

Children

Their children are: Charles, Rachel, and probably Edward.

http://archive.org/stream/parishregisterof00stpe/parishregisterof00stpe_djvu.txt

The Parish Register of Saint Peter's, New Kent County, Va. from 1680 to 1787

Published by National Society of the Colonial Dames of America

“Charles son to Edward Howchens bap' ye 17th of Aug', 1690.”

“Rachel daughter of Edward Huchens & Rebecca his wife bapt. ye 24 day of October, 1686.”

Book: "History of the Houchin Family in the United States"

by Dr. Paul C. Houchen, Beaver Crossing, Neb. (1931) 169p.

Edward Houtchens, son of Edward the first* appears in the records of Goochland County, Va., in 1737. Goochland County joins Henrico County, in which Richmond is located, on the west, and is in that section of the state between tidewater Virginia and the mountains.

*There are no records to confirm that Edward the second is Edward the first's son, but there is sufficient evidence to consider that the possibility.

Wife

Rebecca, the wife of Edward Howchens.

Rebecca, is the name listed on baptism record of daughter Rachel.

Rebecca, is the name mentioned in the Houchin's book.

There are NO documents that use her maiden name.

Maiden name is possibly HODGE.

It has been suggested that Rebecca Hodge (b.1663) is the wife of Edward, based on a 1684 marriage record of Edward Hutchins and Rebecca Hodge, in Crantock, Cornwall, England.

This marriage would only be possible under the assumption that Edward & Rebecca immigrated to America between 1684 and 1686. This is because Edward and Rebecca's daughter (Rachel) has a baptism record in New Kent County, Virginia dated 24-Oct-1686.

Question: Can anyone find any immigration records, or passenger lists, between 1684 and 1686 ?

While the Hutchins/Hodge marriage is a possibility, there may not be sufficient evidence.

Sources

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