The Ancestors of Thirza Houghton/Bartholomew

On July 23rd, I wrote about Thirza Houghton Bartholomew, my 3rd great grandmother and grandmother of Lucius Carrington. I have in front of me a pamphlet compiled by Jeff Lincscott, in 2005, titled "Direct Descent Lineage Report - Showing the Direct Descent from Immigrant Ancestor John Whitcomb to Elizabeth Whitecomb Houghton and her Descendants." Long title, but a good source of information. I'm going to go backwards into Thirza's family, starting with her father, John Houghton.

John Houghton was born Nov. 5, 1773 in Leominster, Ma. He had a twin, Rufus. Someday it would be fun to find out how many sets of twins there have been in total in mother's family. Quite a number! John died Nov. 4, 1849 in Potsdam, NY. This is in the general vacinity covered in the last blog posting. He was married July 29, 1798 to Betsey Lincoln. Betsy was born in Roxbury, MA, the daughter of Luke and Rebecca (White) Lincoln. I've also seen Rebecca's name spelled WAITE. The Lincolns resided in Jaffrey, N.H. I mentioned the location of Jaffrey in the previous posting. Roxbury isn't in the Atlas I have. Checking Wikipedia, Roxbury in now one of 21 official neighborhoods of Boston. It currently serves as the "heart of Black culture in Boston." It was one of the first towns founded in the Mass. Bay Colony in 1630.

I've got space to add the generation preceeding John. John's mother was Elizabeth Whitcomb, born Nov. 9, 1752 in Lancaster, Ma. She died Feb. 5, 1818 in Leominster, MA. Leominster is located in the north central part of Mass. Lancaster is located a bit farther southeast from there. This is the area of the King Phillip Wars and the home of Mary Rowlandson, who was captured by the Indians. The story is worthy of writing and is connected to our family.

Elizabeth married Rufus Houghton, Jr. in Leominster in 1777. They had three children. After Rufus's death before 1777 she married Jacob Fullam. Rufus Houghton was one of the Minute Men. Her children with Rufus were Rufus Houghton III, John Houghton, and Jonathan Houghton.

This whole subject brings up many ideas for research. I'll be going through my information concerning Rufus Houghton Sr., at another time.

Jeff Linscott is the publisher of The Whitcomb Wheel. There is a tremendous amount of Whitcomb information in his mailings. His E-Mail is jlinscott@pivot.net