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Jonathan, b. 11/ 7/ 1737; d. Dec 1829 in Bolton Mass; m. in Bolton 11/ 24/ 1759, Susan Moore of Cambridge, Mass., b. in Lancaster Mass., 5 /28/ 1733.
Revolution record as follows: He was lieutenant of Capt. Benjamin Hasting's company, Col. John Whitcomb's Regt., Lexington alarm, service eight days; reported enlisted into the army; also first lieutenant of same company; Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regt., roll dated Aug 1, 1775, engaged April 27 service, three months and twelve days; also in company return, dated Oct 1, 1775; also Capt., Fourth Company in Col. Josiah Whitney's (second Worcester Company) Regt.; commissioned March 20th 1776; also Capt., Col. Jonathan Smith's Regt., pay abstract for mileage, New York, August 5, 1776, two hundred and thirty six men; also report, dated Watertown, Sept 6, 1776, of men raised to reinforce Continental army; said Houghton with his company of seventy eight men, marched "to the northward or Canada department", July 22, 1776, under command of Capt. Smith; also pay abstract for rations due from Oct 1, 1776 to Nov. 30, said Houghton credited with 153 rations. Later surgeon of the ship, The Republic of the Massachusetts, navó.
SOURCE:
The Houghton Genealogy - The Descendants of Ralph and John Houghton of Lancaster, Massachusetts, with an Introduction Giving the Houghton Families in England from the Time of William the Conqueror, 1065, to Lord Henry Bold Houghton, 1848 By John Wesley Houghton. (pages 817, 818)
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Jonathan, b. 11/ 7/ 1737; d. Dec 1829 in Bolton Mass; m. in Bolton 11/ 24/ 1759, Susan Moore of Cambridge, Mass., b. in Lancaster Mass., 5 /28/ 1733.
Revolution record as follows: He was lieutenant of Capt. Benjamin Hasting's company, Col. John Whitcomb's Regt., Lexington alarm, service eight days; reported enlisted into the army; also first lieutenant of same company; Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regt., roll dated Aug 1, 1775, engaged April 27 service, three months and twelve days; also in company return, dated Oct 1, 1775; also Capt., Fourth Company in Col. Josiah Whitney's (second Worcester Company) Regt.; commissioned March 20th 1776; also Capt., Col. Jonathan Smith's Regt., pay abstract for mileage, New York, August 5, 1776, two hundred and thirty six men; also report, dated Watertown, Sept 6, 1776, of men raised to reinforce Continental army; said Houghton with his company of seventy eight men, marched "to the northward or Canada department", July 22, 1776, under command of Capt. Smith; also pay abstract for rations due from Oct 1, 1776 to Nov. 30, said Houghton credited with 153 rations. Later surgeon of the ship, The Republic of the Massachusetts, navó.
SOURCE:
The Houghton Genealogy - The Descendants of Ralph and John Houghton of Lancaster, Massachusetts, with an Introduction Giving the Houghton Families in England from the Time of William the Conqueror, 1065, to Lord Henry Bold Houghton, 1848 By John Wesley Houghton. (pages 817, 818)
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