Ralph Houghton (1729 - 1809)

Born 20 Feb 1729 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Wadsworth) Houghton — married 15 Feb 1759 in Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 16 Nov 1809 at age 80 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Lt. Ralph Houghton (1729-1809) was one of the original Minutemen in the American Revolution from Milton, MA.

He married (1) Ruth Wadsworth on Feb 15, 1759 in Milton, MA. ^[1]

He married (2) Waitstill Gulliver on Feb 3, 1792 in Milton, MA ^[2]

Ralph was born in 1729. He passed away in 1809.

Sources

1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/miltonrecordsbir00milt/page/136
2. ↑ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066163817;view=1up;seq=58

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVB-99K : 10 February 2018), Ralph Houghton, 20 Feb 1728; citing BRAINTREE,NORFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 833,387. (possible transcription error?)

• Milton records, births, marriages, and deaths, 1662-1843 Birth

• BIRTH RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE

• Records of the town of Braintree, 1640-1793.

• Vital Records of Braintree, Massachusetts 1640-1793

• The Houghton genealogy : the descendants of Ralph and John Houghton of Lancaster, Massachusetts pg 100.

• The Houghton genealogy : the descendants of Ralph and John Houghton of Lancaster, Massachusetts pg 111.

• Houghton Surname Project

• Milton records, births, marriages, and deaths, 1662-1843 Death record

• Sons of the American Revolution. Massachusetts Society

• Daughters of the American Revolution

• Braintree VRs II, p. 763