Born in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Abraham Howe
and Elizabeth (Wetherbee) Howe
Wife of
Merrick Houghton
— married
27 Aug 1820 in Worchester, Massachusetts, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Elihu Reed Houghton, Ann Eliza (Houghton) Penniman, Silas Baldwin Houghton, Edwin H. Houghton, Merrick Farnsworth Houghton, Ruth Jane (Houghton) Simpson, Jonas Alben Houghton, Clara (Houghton) Simpson, Mathew Henry Houghton, Emily Houghton, Henrietta Maria Houghton, Charles Macon Houghton and Louis Albert Houghton
Died
at age 46
in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Jul 2019
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Biography
Dau. of Abraham Howe & Elizabeth Wetherbee.
Issue: Elihu R Houghton - 1820 Ann Eliza Houghton - 1822 Silas B Houghton - 1824 Edwin H. Houghton - 1826 Merrick F Houghton - 1828 Ruth Jane Houghton - 1830 Jonas A Houghton - 1832 Lewis B Houghton - ?
Sources
- Compendium of American Genealogy
Howe Genealogies, Hon. Daniel Wait Howe
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ruth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ruth:
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~3.12%
Brenda (Black) Watson
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T245831 [compare], Ancestry member comtutors
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T245831 [compare], FTDNA kit #647974
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Dick Holway :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member holwaysan
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~0.78%
Lawrence Brigham :
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