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Saturday, July 06, 2019

52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2019 WEEK 27:MOSES HOUGHTON OF NORWAY, ME.

My 4x great grandfather Moses Houghton and his twin brother Aaron were born in 1781. He married Martha Haskell in Harvard, Ma. on  18 Oct 1803. The couple had the first five of their eleven children in Acton, after which Moses moved his family to Norway, Maine. where he owned a farm. William Berry Lapham's book for the town's centennial has the following information about the family:

Moses Houghton, born in Acton, Massachusetts, March 22, 1781, came to this town from Harvard. He married Martha Haskell, who was born February 15, 1780. Children : —
I. Richard, b. Acton, June 9, 1804; m. Lucinda Barrows, of Hebron. He was a gunsmith, and resided for several years in Norway.
II. Martha, b. Acton, September 4, 1805; m. Nathaniel Knight; s. Paris.
 III. Samuel, b. Acton, September 5, 1807; d. April 9, 1809.
IV. Samuel H., b. Acton, July 20, 1809; m. Betsey G. Tuell, of Paris.
V. Elijah, b. Acton, May 15, 1811; d. September 30, 1830.
VI. Maria, b. Norway, April 6, 1813; m. Gilman Tuell; s. Paris.
VII. Sally, b. Norway, March 1, 1815; m. James Dunham.
VIII. Ruth, b. Norway, February 22, 1817; m. Horatio G. Russ; s. Paris.
IX. Susan, b. Norway, February 22, 1819; m. Henry Russ; s. Paris.
X. Moses, b. Norway, October 16, 1820; m. Lucy Swift; s. Paris.
XI. Aaron, b. Norway, March 25, 1823; m. Martha Farris.

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Centennial History of Norway, Oxford County, Maine, 1786-1886: Including an Account of the Early Grants and Purchases, Sketches of the Grantees, Early Settlers, and Prominent Residents, Etc., with Genealogical Registers, and an Appendix  
B. Thurston & Company, 1886 - Norway (Me.)

I'm descended from Sally Houghton who married my 3x grandfather James Thomas Dunham. That was one of the marriages where one of my family lines from Plymouth County, Ma. mingled with one of my lines from Worcester County.

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