Edward Houghton (abt. 1705 - 1777)

Born about 1705 in Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (McCoy) Houghton — married 16 Nov 1727 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 17 Mar 1777 at about age 72 in Union, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

Biography

Edward Houghton was born about 1705 in that part of Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts that later became the Still River part of Harvard, Massachusetts, He was the son of James Houghton and Mary Sawyer Houghton.

Edward married Abigail MacCoy (Coye, McCoy) of Pomfret, Connecticut, on November 6 1727. The marriage is recorded in the VR of both Lancaster and Pomfret. She was the daughter of Archibald MacCoy and Margaret Longley MacCoy.

Upon their marriage, they located in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut where they lived until about 1744 and where seven of their nine children were born. They then moved to Union, Tolland County, where they spent the remainder of their lives. He was described as a "housewright".

Edward Houghton died in Union, Tolland, Connecticut March 17, 1777.

Sources

• Nourse, Henry. The Birth, Marriage, and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1850 (Lancaster, Mass., 1890) Page 24
• Baldwin, Charles. The Baldwin Genealogy From 1500 To 1881 (Leader Printing Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 1881) Page 846
• NEHGS Register, Volume 067 (1913); Marriages at Pomfret, page 372
• "History of Woodstock, Conncticut" by Clarence W. Bowen; Volume VII, page 112
• "The Houghton Genealogy"by John W.Houghton, 1912
• Houghton family bibles and family tradition.
• Charles J Vella, PhD, Houghton Surname Project, 2021: http://www.charlesjvellaphd.com/HoughtonSurnameProject/g0/p48.htm#i1434