Sarah (Caulkins) Hough (1627 - abt. 1683)

Born 6 May 1627 in Waverton, Cheshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of William Hough — married 28 Oct 1645 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 16 Oct 1683 at about age 56 in New London, New London, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Sarah (Caulkins) Hough immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Sarah was the daughter of Hugh Calkin and wife Ann. She was baptized May 6, 1627 (Bishop's Registry of Waverton).

Sister of Mary (Calkins) Roberts, Rebecca Calkins, John Calkins, Deborah (Calkins) Royce Woodward, and David Calkins.

On 28 Oct 1645 at Gloucester, Massachusetts she married William Hough, Sr.(abt. 1619 Chester, Cheshire, England - 10 Aug 1683 New London, New London, Connecticut).

Children:

1. Hannah (31 July 1646 Gloucester, Massachusetts^[1] - d by 1684) on 11 Feb 1662 married John BORDEN^[2] (1640 County Kent, England - 1684 Lyme, Connecticut), son of John BORDEN of Lyme, Connecticut. Seven BORDEN ch were orphans by 1684, and the names of six who were baptized in New London were John; Samuel; William; Hannah; Sarah; and Joanne. The seventh child may have been born in Lyme.
2. Abiah (15 Sep 1648 Gloucester, Massachusetts^[1] - 21 February, 1714/15, New London, New London, CT) on 18 Dec 1667 married William DOUGLAS (1 Sep 1645 - ), son of William and Ann (ANNABLE) DOUGLAS, and lived at Niantic Ferry. They had 8 DOUGLAS children: Elizabeth (25 Feb 1668/69); Sarah (2 Apr 1671); William 19 Feb 1672); Abiah (18 Aug 1675); Rebecca (14 June 1678); Ann (24 May 1680); Richard (19 Jul 1682); and Samuel (1684). Senator Stephen A. Douglas, the debater with Abraham LINCOLN, was a descendant of this family. (See Vol 31:166 NEHGS Register, and Charles H. J. Douglas, A Collection of Family Records with Biographical Sketches and Other Memoranda of Various Families and Individuals Bearing the Name Douglas..., 1879).
3. Sarah (23 Mar 1651 Gloucester, Massachusetts^[1] - ) in 1676 married (1) David CARPENTER (c 1627 - 1700) and (2) William STEVENS of Killingsworth. CARPENTER children include Mary; Sarah; David; Elizabeth; and Hannah, all baptized in New London. David sold out in New London in 1688.
4. Samuel (9 Mar 1652/53 New London, Connecticut - 14 Mar 1718 Wallingford, Connecticut) on 25 Nov 1679 married (1) Susanna WROTHAM ( - 5 Sep 1684), daughter of Simon and Sarah WROTHAM and had William; Samuel; and Susanna. On 18 Aug 1685 he married (2) Mary BATES (bp Jan 1694/95 Haddam, CT - ), daughter of James and Ann (WITHINGTON) BATES of Haddam, and had James and Hannah. He lived at Saybrook and Wallingford.
5. John (17 Oct 1655 New London, CT - 26 Aug 1715 Norwich, CT) was on the 1672 census for Norwich. John was a carpenter and military leader. On 27 Jan 1680 in Norwich, he married Sarah POST (5 Nov 1659 Saybrook - 9 Oct 1754), daughter of John and Hester (HYDE) POST of Norwich. Their children were Sarah; Hannah; Abiah; Hester; John; David; and Jabez. Daughter Abiah is the 3rd Great-grandmother of President Grover Cleveland^[3]
6. William (17 Oct 1657 New London, Connecticut^[4] - 22 Apr 1705) may have married twice. Savage shows that one Mary JAMES (bap 11 Mar 1666), daughter of Haddam JAMES, on 16 Aug 1685 married William HOUGH. No children are known from this marriage. The surviving wife was Ann LATHROP (1667 - 19 Nov 1745) of Norwich, dau of Samuel and Elizabeth (SCUDDER) LATHROP of Norwich. Children were William; Samuel; Hannah; Elizabeth; Abigail; Sarah; Martha; and an unnamed infant. Some of these disappear from the records. (Elida C. HOUGH showed William with only one child, Anne; but probate records indicate the others). (New England Marriages Prior to 1700 shows one William HOUGH on 6 Aug 1685 md Elizabeth BATES. There is thus considerable confusion on the family of William HOUGH, Jr.)
7. Jonathan Hough was born 7 Feb 1659/60 in New London, Connecticut. He married (1) Margaret Orvis prior to 1681, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Carpenter) Orvis according to New England Marriages and lived in Woodbury and Farmington in the western part of CT. (The name was shown as PORVIS, but is more likely ORVIS, as Jonathan's brother Samuel md Hannah ORVIS at about the same time.) Jonathan married (2) Abigail _____ about 1698 probably in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut. Jonathan married (3) Abigail (Bristol) Terrill referred to as the Widow Terrill. Abigail was the second wife of Daniel Terrill who died in Milford on 10 June1727. Jonanthan's name was recorded as Jonathan Hoofe.
8. Deborah (21 Oct 1662 New London, CT - )
9. Abigail (5 Mar 1665 New London, CT - )
10. Anna (29 Aug 1667 New London, CT - )

There is no info on what happened to the last three children. It is likely they married in the area if they did not die young.

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/pn/p2244.htm

"Origin of Hugh Calkins Found," by Ken Calkins, Calkins Family Association newsletter, Calkins World, Vol. 7, No. 3, July 2000, pages 8-10 [posted by Robert D. Calkins, July 27, 2009, "Origin of Hugh Calkins," with notes in brackets by Robert D. Calkins, http://genforum.genealogy.com/calkins/messages/2956.html]:

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"A genealogy and family history workshop was held at the Calkins International Family Reunion on Saturday morning, March [sic; should be "May"] 6, 2000. Highlight of the session, without question, was the presentation by Roy Edwards of Hayes, Middlesex, England on the search for the origin of Hugh Calkins and his family in Wales or England.

Since Hugh and his wife Ann, with at least four of their children, came to America with a group called the 'Welsh Company' led by the Reverend Richard Blynman of Chepstow, Monmouthshire, it has generally been assumed and often reported that this was the birthplace of Hugh and others in his family. However, thorough searches of records in that area have failed to reveal any records of anyone by that name.

Following leads provided in 1998 by Marilyn Brown of Ogden, Utah, and by Robert Charles Anderson (NEHGS), Roy and Leslie Edwards began a search of available records from the city of Chester and surrounding communities in Cheshire, a county to the north and east of Monmouthshire. In particular, microfilm copies of Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts starting from the mid-1500's to the mid-1600's were reviewed for many of the parishes around Chester. Unfortunately, many of the records are incomplete, with key years missing in some cases, and many of the ones that exist are of such poor quality that deciphering is nearly impossible. In conducting the search Roy and Leslie looked for any conceivable spelling of the names Calkins and Eaton (for Ann), and also for other names that were known to be associated with the 'Welsh Company.'

In many of the parishes searched no information was located that was useful. In numerous others, however, the names Calkin, Caulkin, Calkyn, Cawkin, Corkin, Calken, Calker, etc., were found. A map located elsewhere in this issue [p.10] shows some of the areas where such names were located. [p. 9 is titled "Calkins…Vital and other Records from Waverton, Cheshire, England and other parishes in the surrounding area" and contains entries from Waverton (includes some entries from Chester St. Oswald), Christleton and Tattenhall, dated 11 May 1998, revised 26 Apr 2000, by Roy Edwards.] In addition, a lesser number of entries contained the name Eaton, and other members of the Company, such as Bruen and Hough.

The parish of Waverton, Cheshire, provided the greatest number of record entries and those of greatest interest in Calkins genealogy. Those that seem to be directly applicable to Hugh and his family are listed below. It should be noted that these parish registers do not normally record birth dates of children, but christening dates. As in the modern world, the christening can be several months to a number of years after a birth. Similarly, burial dates are given rather than death dates, although these are usually within a few days after a death."

"An Outline of the English Origins of Hugh Calkins" by Roy Edwards, 18 July 2000, monograph on file at the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), [posted by Robert D. Calkins, July 27, 2009, "Origin of Hugh Calkins," with notes in brackets by Robert D. Calkins, http://genforum.genealogy.com/calkins/messages/2956.html]:

"There is no evidence to support the myth that Hugh Calkins was born in Chepstow, Monmouthshire in 1600. The date derives from a deposition made by him in 1672 when he stated he was aged about 72 years. A letter from Daniel Clark of Windsor, CT, to Hugh Calkins clearly implies that both men and others of their circle came from Cheshire. The 17th century distribution of the name Calkin in England, based on parish record extracted data in the IGI, is restricted to three counties - Cheshire, Staffordshire and Shropshire. The 17th century and earlier occurrence of the name in Cheshire is all in the western part of the County, almost entirely in three parishes East of Chester, with some events (mostly marriages) in some of the City parishes.

Hugh Calkins was baptized 8 April 1603 at Waverton, the son of Rowland Calkin and Ellen (Payne) who were married in 1597. Hugh had an elder brother William, who appears to have survived, if the marriage of 1631 to Elizabeth Siverston is pertinent. A younger brother Peter, baptised 18 August 1605, probably did not survive because his mother Ellen was buried five days later. Obviously arrangements amongst the Calkin clan were made to aid Hugh's survival chances, but Rowland did not appear to remarry immediately. He did remarry much later, in February 1624/25. While the Bishop's Transcript record is defective, the marriage license dated the previous day (12th February) gives a full version, namely: Rowland Cawken and Margaret Kirfoot, widow, of Waverton. Re-inforcing [sic] this is the Will of Margaret Calkin of Waverton in 1637 where she leaves bequests to her three children John, Mary and Ralph Kirfoot. So Rowland had died between 1625 and 1637 but we have no record of his burial. Rowland was born in the late 1570's probably the son of Hugh Calkin.

The marriage of Hugh Calkin has not been found probably because the Bishop's Transcripts are not extant for the most likely year, 1626. We then have the baptisms of three of his known daughters, Sara 6 May 1627, Mary 27 December 1629 and Rebecca 9 November 1631. An infant burial of a Margaret [sic; parish list gives it as Elizabeth Callkin] on 26 Mar 1629 may be relevant. There is then a big gap before the baptism and burial of a Deborah in 1639. This is significant because when they were in America they named another daughter Deborah (baptised 18 March 1643/44). What is missing from the Waverton register is the baptisms of the two sons John and David. According to F. M. [Frances Manwaring] Caulkins ([historian of] New London) David was the younger and was probably born in America. She provided no supporting evidence. The period between the 1631 and 1639 baptisms at Waverton and Chester St. Oswald, could easily accommodate the births of both sons. [The age given at John's death in Norwich, Ct., on 8 January 1702/03 provides a birth year of about 1634; David's birth year has been given as 1636 to 1644, but only in unreliable secondary sources] The baptismal register for Waverton is unusual and this may account for the missing baptisms. In baptismal registers for nearby parishes which cover the period from at least 1600 there are no fundamental trends in the number of baptisms until the nearly universal collapse of registration in the 1640's. At Waverton however, the baptism numbers drop to half the previous level in the 1630's. There was a new vicar from 1632 and this may represent slack recording or some more fundamental problem over the baptism of the children of Dissenters. Under Archbishop Laud's regime non-conformists may not have accepted the official baptism procedure and did not get their children officially registered. Perhaps the new vicar tolerated or sympathised with them. The baptism and burial of the first Deborah at Chester St. Oswald rather than Waverton may have significance in this respect.

Though there are record gaps that one expects at this period, the above story is convincing on its own. But there is additional data pointing towards Cheshire. While the so-called 'Welsh Company' which emigrated to America probably did have some Welsh members, there is evidence that part of the group besides Hugh Calkins, came from Cheshire. Obadiah Bruen, son of John from Bruen Stapleford in the parish of Tarvin was baptised there 25 December 1606 only two to three miles away from where Hugh Calkins was born. [See Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham, ed., 2004, p.162-163, for a royal descent of Obadiah Bruen] Obadiah a Draper, became a Burgess of Shrewsbury, Shropshire in 1633 while still a single man. He must have married very soon afterwards because he had a daughter by his wife Sarah, baptised there on 12 June 1634. He returned to Tarvin where a second daughter Sarah was baptised on 1 May 1636. According to published American genealogies two other Company members seem to have come from Cheshire, although in neither case has this been substantiated. William Hough is alleged to have been born at Westchester (an old name for Chester) in 1619. Andrew Lester is supposed to be derived from the distinguished family of that name in Cheshire.

The Reverend Richard Blinman who led the party to America almost certainly was born at Chepstow, Monmouthshire (baptised 1608). He graduated from Oxford in 1636 and held temporary posts in 1638-9. One was in North Herefordshire and the other just over the border in Shropshire at Brampton Bryan with Sir Robert and Lady Brilliana Harley, prominent Puritans. This couple knew Obadiah Bruen's father John, who[m] they called 'Bishupp Bruen.' It was Lady Brilliana who tells us that Richard Blinman in 1640 'had goon into New England.' A line of communication along the Welsh Borderland can thus be envisaged.

While outside the scope of this summary, the above evidence highlights the problem of where the group, possibly equally well called the 'Cheshire Company' gathered, and from which port they ultimately sailed to America. Did Hugh Calkins start sailing from Chester or Liverpool? Or did he travel through the Welsh Borderland down to Bristol? It is unlikely that we shall ever know, but we do know that he came from Cheshire."

Entries reported by Robert D. Calkins (from parish lists in the above mongraph by Roy Edwards) ["Origin of Hugh Calkins," posted by Robert D. Calkins, July 27, 2009, http://genforum.genealogy.com/calkins/messages/2956.html]

Marriages (St. Peter, Waverton, Cheshire, unless otherwise noted) 23 Jun 1597 Roland Calken & Elen Payne, Chester St. Oswald 12 Feb 1624/25 Rowland Cawken & Margaret Kirfoot, widow, of Waverton [license] 13 Feb 1624/25 Rowl ... & widowe Kirffot [hole in page] 28 Dec 1631 William Calkin & Elizabeth Siverston of Shocklach

Baptisms (St. Peter, Waverton, Cheshire, unless otherwise noted) 27 Nov 1583 Peter, s. of Hugh Calkin 11 Jan 1600/01 William s. of Rowland Calkin 8 Apr 1603 Hugh s. of Rowland Calkin 18 Aug 1605 Peter s. of Rowland Calkin 6 May 1627 Sara, d. of Hugh Calkin 27 Dec 1629 Mary, d. of Hugh Cawkin 9 Nov 1631 Rebecka, d. of Hugh Calkin 17 Apr 1639 Deborah, d. of Hugh Calkin, Chester St. Oswald, Cheshire

Burials (St. Peter, Waverton, Cheshire, unless otherwise noted) 29 Dec 1599 Elizabeth, w. of Hugh Calkin 23 Aug 1605 Ellin Calkin 26 Mar 1629 Elizabeth Callkin, infant 4 Oct 1639 Deborah, d. of Hugh Calkin, Chester St. Oswald, Cheshire

"Hugh Calkins was likely still in England on 4 Oct 1639 when his infant daughter Deborah was buried [she had been baptized 17 Apr the same year]. He was clearly in America on 2 Mar 1640/41, the date when the Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England state 'Mr. Richard Blindman, Mr. Heugh Prychard, Mr. Obadiah Brewen, John Sadler, Heugh Cauken, Walter Tibbott' were propounded to be made free the next Court. Since crossing the Atlantic seldom occurred in the winter due to the often hazardous travel conditions, it's clear that Hugh Calkins most likely arrived in America in 1640, if his wife and children accompanied him. He could have come slightly earlier if his wife had remained in England, and came over after the birth and burial of daughter Deborah." ["Origin of Hugh Calkins," posted by Robert D. Calkins, July 27, 2009, http://genforum.genealogy.com/calkins/messages/2956.html]

Found two records of Sarah Caulkins marriage to William Hough. 27 Oct 1643 (Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988) and 28 Oct 1645 (The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011), both in Gloucester MA.

Research Notes

Documented Baptismal date May 6, 1627; Ged.com had alternate birthdate of July 31, 1626, perhaps actual birthdate with baptism the following year?

There are conflicting death dates for Sarah Calkins Hough. Sarah Calkins Born and Christening: 6 May 1627, Waverton, Cheshire, England. Died 16 Oct 1683, New London, New London, Connecticut. (Another sources gives her death as 5 Sep 1684 in of New London, New London, Conneticut, New England and burial in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts.) Married: William Hough (Deacon), (born 1618/1619 in Westchester, Cheshire, England and Christened 2 Feb 1619 in Frodsham, Cheshire, England. He died 10 Aug 1683 in New London, New London, Ct. ....Marriage: 28 Oct 1645, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts. Contributed By DorothyStuartHall1, 1 April 2014

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} John J. Babson, History of the Town of Gloucester, 1860
2. ↑ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
3. ↑ Hall, Rich. "Abiel Marshall." Ancestry of Grover Cleveland. FamousKin.com.
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F749-YDQ : 11 February 2018), William Hough, 17 Oct 1657; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

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