James Huston Jr. (1721 - 1789)

Born 29 Jan 1721 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware

Husband of Jane (Elliott) Huston — married 3 Dec 1754 in Wilmington, Delaware

Descendants

Died 3 Dec 1789 at age 68 in Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Private James Huston Jr. served with 4th Battalion, Cumberland County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

James Huston Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A057661.

Birth

He was born on 29 January 1721 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware , the son of James Huston and Mary Craston ^[1]

Marriage

He married Jane Elliot on 3 December 1754 ^[2]

Children :

• William Huston
• John Huston
• Margaret Huston
• Nancy Agnes Ann Huston
• Benjamin Huston
• Jonathan Huston

Name

James /Huston. ^[3][4]

James Huston, born and christened in 1721, was the son of a James Huston/Husten and his wife Mary.^[5] This couple and their child were part of at least one larger family surnamed Husten/Huston who were participants at this church in the early 1700s.^[6]

1738, August 6, Mathiew Huston and Lydy Key

1746, January, Thomas Huston to Ellinor Taylor

1749, December 18, William Huston and Margret Burns

1753, March 26, illegitimate birth of John Bratton to John Bratton and Margaret Butler

1753, November 22, baptized

1753, December 11, Joseph McClosky and Agnes Huston

1754, April 25, child George, baptized October 17, parents William and Margret Huston

1754, December 3, James Huston and Jane Elliot

1757, October 27, Robert Bratton and Margrete Huston

1758, August 14, Abraham Huston and Catherine Huston

1758, November 7, William Robeson and Martha Huston (L)

1769, April 28, John Neely and Jane Huston

1770, September 13, Samuel Huston and Elizabeth Maxfield

1771, July 31, John Hays and Phoebe Huston

1773, April 8, Arthur Pennoi and Hannah Huston (L)

1775, December 17, David Huston and Elenor Sheerer

1776, March 27, John Bratton and Mary Huston

1778, Christened 17 May 1778, Robert Bratton (son of Robert and Margrete?)

Child Elizabeth born in 1775 to William and Catherine Husten/Huston.^[7]

Research Notes

• [Roger A. Shepherd] Some LDS records have his name as "Husten", along with his father.

He was baptized at the Old Swedes Church in Wilmington, Delaware, on February 12, 1721, and was married there to Jane Elliott. After ten or so years, around 1765 or 1768, they moved to the Juanata Valley in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, to obtain cheap land for farming. His wife, Jane, died about 1769, leaving him with six children to care for. In 1771, he purchased land on the north side of the Juanata River. During this time, he married Abigail Brown, who was twenty-nine years his junior. She bore him nine children.

James was a slaveholder, owning one or two slaves at different times. He owned 350 acres of land. At age 60, he served as a private in the Revolutionary War, in the Cumberland County Pennsylvania Militia, 4th Battalion. His two oldest sons were also in service during this time. James was a Presbyterian Church leader, at one time a Constable and an Overseer of the Poor. He died December 3, 1789, in Mifflin County, of a hemorrhage following the extraction of a tooth. The Huston tract was in Derry Township (later Wayne, now Oliver Township), a part of Cumberland County until 1789 at which time Mifflin County was formed. It is not known where James was buried.

By 1790, two of Abigail's stepsons and and a stepdaughter had married. At this time she was living in a one story log cabin, 30 feet by 28 feet, with a kitchen and four windows on 200 acres of land. The family had three horses and three cows. After her husband died intestate it took many years to settle the estate. In 1792, Abigail, her children and stepchildren and families began moving to Nelson County, Kentucky, and settled near the town of Bloomfield. About 1825 she moved with her children to Washington County, Indiana. When her health began to fail, she accompanied her daughter, Abigail, to her daughter, Martha (Huston) Milroy's family in Carroll County, Indiana. Abigail's youngest child, Abigail, never married, but cared for her mother when she became blind. from "The Huston Family: Iowa Supplement" by Sgt. Major Richard Alan Huston, Des Moines, Iowa, 1981. State Historical Library.

• [Marjy Herron, Mifflin County GenForum, [Message #89 of 2 Jul 2000.] James Huston b 29 Jan 1721 Wilmington Del; died 3 Dec 1789 Cumberland Co, PA

Father James Huston b 1685, Mother Mary Crasford b 1695

Married Jane Elliott b. 1730 Brandywine Village Del on 3 Dec 1754 New Castle Co. Del,

Children: William Huston 9 Oct 1755

John Huston 26 Jul 1758

Margaret Huston 31 May 1761

Nancy Huston 1 Oct 1763

James Huston 17 Nov 1765

Joseph Huston 18 Feb 1768

Married Abigail Brown b.9 Jan 1750 on 19 Mar 1772.

children: Alexander 3 Feb 1773

Samuel 21 Aug 1774

Robert 7 August 1776

Benjamin 9 Sep 1778

David 23 Dec

Sources

1. ↑ "Delaware Births and Christenings, 1710-1896" database FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7HD-N94 : 10 January 2020), James Huston, 1721
2. ↑ "Delaware Church Records, 1707-1939" database FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:Q582-4QKF : 12 February 2020), Entry for James Huston and Jane Ellot, 3 December 1754,citing Marriage, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States, Delaware Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Dover
3. ↑ Source: #S-1341338472 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 29 Jan 1721 Birth place: Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware Death date: 1789 Death place: Miffin, Pennsylvania Residence date: Residence place: USA APID: 1,2204::738537
4. ↑ Source: #S-1341338472

   Death date: 8 Sep 1789 Death place: Pennsylvania or 03 Dec 1789 Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA or Death date: 1789 Death place: Wayne, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls

5. ↑ #OldSwede Records of Baptisms in 1721, James Husten and wife Mary's child James, born Jan 29th, baptized Feb 12th.
6. ↑ #OldSwede There were 2 records for the name "Husten" and 15 for "Huston" as indexed online.
7. ↑ #OldSwede Anno 1775. Elizabeth born January 5th baptized April 9th parents Wm and Cathrine Husten

• OldSwede: The Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, Del., from 1697 to 1773 Holy Trinity Church (Wilmington, Delaware) Historical Society of Delaware, 1890 online thru Google Books [[1]]

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 23 June 2020), "Record of James Huston", Ancestor # A057661.
• Family Search ID: L7FK-GQH
• Source: #S-1341338472 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 29 Jan 1721 Birth place: Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware Death date: 1789 Death place: Miffin, Pennsylvania Residence date: Residence place: USA APID: 1,2204::738537
• Source: #S-1341338521 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=36614726&pid=1989
• Source: S-1341338472 Repository: #R-1557676808 Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Repository: R-1557676808
• Source: S-1341338521 Repository: #R-1557676808 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA:

See also:

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:39DX-61M : accessed 6 April 2018), entry for James /Huston/, cites sources; file (2:2:2:MMDZ-XM9), submitted 19 January 2013 by Carole Palmer [identity withheld for privacy].

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Denay Greco for creating WikiTree profile Huston-421 through the import of Wayland-Ebert Family Tree .ged on Mar 10, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Denay and others.