Elijah
Houghton
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Houghton
and Ruth (Wheelock) Houghton
Brother of
Ezra Houghton, Abijah Houghton, Abigail (Houghton) Fairbanks, Relief (Houghton) Fairbank, Parnee (Houghton) Brooks, Philemon Houghton, Nahum Houghton, Ruth (Houghton) Fairbanks, Lemuel Houghton, Benjamin Houghton Jr, Ephraim Houghton, Elizabeth (Houghton) Brown and John Houghton
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Oliver Houghton and Elijah Houghton
Died
at age 82
[location unknown]
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Biography
Elijah was born June 16 1728. He was a "minute man" of the Revolutionary period and served in Col. Benjamin Houghton's company. The Houghton Geneology, and multiple other sources refers to him as "Captain Elijah". but the DAR has him as a private and doesn't have any other Elijah's at the rank of Captain, #A057410.[1]
Elijah appears to have two wives, the DAR has them as Katherine Sparhawk and Mary Allen, m. Oct 3 1764, Lancaster, which also explains one of his chidren's name.
- Oliver Jan 19 1765 m. Abigail Hovey and d. Sep 19 1836.
- Elijah Jan 11 1767
- Maverick Sep 22 1768
- Lockheart Jan 7 1771
- Sparhawk May 23 1773
- Sophia June 15 1775
Notes
The Houghton Geneology diverges from the story told in the Historical Review of Arkansas,
Sources
- ↑ The Houghton Geneology, p. 313
- ↑ The Houghton Geneology, p. 332-333
- ↑ Historical Review of Arkansas, vol. 3, pp. 1184-11185
- Charles J Vella, PhD, Houghton Surname Project, 2021: http://www.charlesjvellaphd.com/HoughtonSurnameProject/g0/p58.htm#i1732
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
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~0.78%
Emily Hulbert
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A376908 [compare], Ancestry member EmilyinRoanoke
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~0.78%
Emil Hanson :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Elisabeth (Ferguson) Anderson :
23andMe, GEDmatch JB7283342 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XP2422058 [compare], Ancestry member eafanderson
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