John Holton (abt. 1641 - aft. 1672)

Born about 1641 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Fisher) Holton — married 1 Mar 1667 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died after 1672 after about age 31 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

User ID

User ID: 8A93399F5E0C3B4186538DF17CCAA3DDF8DA

Research Note

Joan A. Hunter wrote an article, "Clarifying John(2) Holton/Houghton of Northampton and Dedham, Massachusetts, and His Wife, Abigail Fisher." The article was published in the New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol: 159 January 2005. pg. 25-34. ^[1]

Conflicting information was presented after the unpublished genealogy of William (1) and Mary (______) Holton of Hartford Connecticut, and Northampton, Massachusetts, named Abigail Fisher, daughter of Joshua Fischer, as the wife of John (2) Holton of Northampton and Dedham, Massachusetts. One genealogy spells his name Houghton, another spells it Houlton, and a third spells it Horton. John (2) Holton had been identified as the son of Thomas Horton and wife Mary and married Abigail Fisher, daughter of Daniel. Hunter summarized the confusion into six sources identifying the wife of John Holton as Abigail: 1. The daughter of Joshua Fisher of Dedham, 2. The daughter of Daniel Fischer of Dedham, 3. The daughter of unknown parents, 4.The wife of John Holton of Northampton, 5. The wife of John Houghton/Haughton of Dedham, 6. The wife of John Horton/Houlton of Springfield.

Two Abigail Fishers born in Dedham two years apart

Hunter identified two Abigail Fishers born in Dedham: Abigail Fisher, dau. of Daniel and Abigail Fisher, b. 2 of the 6 mo [1646] (2 Aug 1646); and Abigail Fisher, dau. of Joshua and Mary Fisher, b. 29 of the 12 mo [1646] (29 Feb 1648/9).

Was John Holton of Northampton the Same Man as John Houghton of Dedham?

Information pending English-1710 00:52, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Summary

Hunter concludes: John (2) Holton, son of William (1) and Mary (_____) Holton, was born about 1641, probably at Hartford, Connecticut, and died at Northampton, Massachusetts, on 14 April 1712. He married at Dedham, Massachusetts, on 1 March 1666/7, Abigail Fisher, who was born there on or about 28 February 1648/9. (Hunter notes that the previous notation of 29 Feb 1648/9 is "likely a clerk's error as it was not a leap year.") She was the daughter of Joshua and Mary Aldis Fisher. She died in or after 1718, perhaps at Northampton or at Northfield, Massachusetts.

Children of John (2) and Abigail Fisher Holton"

i. Mary (3) Holton, b. Northampton 10 June 1668; d. there 15 July 1668.

ii. John Holton, B. Dedham 23 Jan. 1669[/70]; d. Northampton 16 April 1689.

iii. Abigail Holton, b. ca. 1672; d. Northampton 24 Nov. 1714; m., probably Northampton, Dec. 1964, John Lyman, b. Windsor, Conn., ca. 1655, son of Richard and Hepzibah Ford Lyman, d. Northampton 13 Oct 1727.

iv. William Holton, b. Dedham 13 Jul 1675; d. Northfield 13 Nov. 1755; m. Northampton 5 Dec. 1706 Abigail Edwards, b. Northampton 7 Jan 1680/1, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Boykin Edwards, d. before 1 Feb. 1748/9, the date of William Holton's will.

v. Joshua Holton, b. Northampton 6 May 1678; d. there 19 Dec. 1714. Joshua never married.

vi. Thomas Holton, b. Northampton 23 Oct. 1681; killed by Indians at Northfield 13 Aug 1723; m. Northampton 28 Aug 1712 Mindwell Allen, b. Northampton 4 Feb. 1682/3, daughter of Samuel and Hannah Woodford Allen, d. Springfield 21 Oct 1758; m. (2) David Chapin, Springfield, 8 May 1730.

vii. Eleazar Holton, b. ca. 1685; d. Simsbury, Conn., 2 Mar1746/7, bur. Simsbury Cemetery; m. (1) Northampton 26 June 1716 sarah Alexander, b. Northampton 7 Feb. 1687/8, daughter of John and Sarah Gaylord Alexander, d. Northfield 11 Jan. 1727/8; m. (2) Northfield 27 Mar 1730 Hannah Wright.

Previous Biography

m 1 Mar 1666 @ Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Abigail Fisher b. 1649, d aft 1718

children: Mary b. 10 Jan 1668, Eleazer, Sarah b. 6 Oct 1673, Abigail, Joshua b. 6 May 1678, William, Thomas b. 23 Oct 1681.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/14306/25/38852617

• WikiTree profile Holton-66 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Brian and others.
• Hunter, Joan A. "William Holton of Hartford, Connecticut, and Northampton, Massachusetts." The Genealogist 25:1 (2011)
• Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/14306/25/38852617
• Hunter, Joan A.. Clarifying John Holton/Houghton of Northampton and Dedham, Massachusetts and his Wife Abigail Fisher, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2005). Vol 159, Pages 25-34. NEHGS Subscription Link
• FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ5N-3QR Accessed 21 February 2022.