Margaret (Stanley) Houghton (1566 - 1625)

Born 1566 in Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Houghton — married 8 Oct 1585 in Lancashire, England

Descendants

Died 1625 at about age 59 in England

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Biography

Margaret was born in 1566, Bickerstaffe, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, daughter of Henry Stanley of Aughton, Lancashire, and Mary Stanley.[1]

She married Richard Houghton, Oct 8 1585.[2][3][4] Marriage settlement dated 8 October, 27 Elizabeth (1585).[2] Together they had:

1. Evan Houghton (c1582-1644) 1,2,3
2. Katherine Houghton 1
3. Henrye Haughton (1587-?) 3
4. Dorithye Houghton (1588-?) 1,3
5. Edward Houghton (1592-?) 3

Margaret died about 1625.

Sources

• The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) computerized Ancestral File.

• The "New England Historical and Genealogical Register", vol 22, 1868, The New England Historical and Genealogical Society. This issue includes a complete copy of the recorded pedigree of Joshua Henshaw.

• "The West Virginia Historical Magazine Quarterly", Vol. 4, No. 2, April 1904. The West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society, Charleston, W.VA. Article "The Henshaw Family" by Valley Virginia Henshaw. Contributed by David H. Henshaw (henshaw@mit.edu).

• The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Lancashire, England.

Acknowledgments

• Mark Gash
• import of Our Kin.ged on Jan 28, 2014