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Zerviah Houghton

Female 1721 - 1804  (83 years)


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  • Name Zerviah Houghton 
    Relationshipwith Robert Alan Roy
    Birth 26 May 1721  Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christening 26 May 1721  Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death Nov 1804  Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Siblings 9 Siblings 
    Person ID I356  | Roy Line
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2018 

    Father Benjamin "Landlord Ben" Houghton,   b. 1691, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1764, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Zerviah Moore,   b. 1700 
    Marriage 28 Jul 1720  Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 29 years and 7 months - She : ~ 20 years and 7 months. 
    Family ID F391  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jonathan Wilder,   b. 5 Oct 1710, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1794, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage Intent 25 Nov 1738  Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Marriage 23 Feb 1738/39  Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    • Zerviah had promised herself to another. Jonathan challenged him and was victorious. The following are from the First Book of Lancaster Records, page 15:

      "November ye 25th 1738 Then Jonathan Wilder of Lancaster Entered his Entention of mariage with Zeruiah Houghton of said Town.

      December ye 1st 1738 David Farrar of Lancaster appeared and forbid ye banes of mariage being out asked betwix ye above Said Jonath. Wilder and Zeruiah Houghton, and aledged this Reson that shee had Promised him ye said farrar marriage from whch shee cannot Losly depart.
      "
    Age at Marriage She : 17 years and 9 months - He : 28 years and 4 months. 
    Children 
     1. Silas Wilder,   b. 27 Feb 1747, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Martha Wilder,   b. 16 Feb 1750, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Hannah Wilder,   b. 22 Mar 1753, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1801, Wendell, Franklin County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
     4. Calven Wilder,   b. 12 Jun 1755, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Rev. Elihue Wilder,   b. 11 Feb 1760, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1818, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     6. Martha Wilder,   b. 3 Nov 1761, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F393  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 May 1721 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 26 May 1721 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage Intent - 25 Nov 1738 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Feb 1738/39 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Silas Wilder - 27 Feb 1747 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Martha Wilder - 16 Feb 1750 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Hannah Wilder - 22 Mar 1753 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Calven Wilder - 12 Jun 1755 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Rev. Elihue Wilder - 11 Feb 1760 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Martha Wilder - 3 Nov 1761 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Nov 1804 - Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1105] Burr, Annie Lane and Thomas Hovey Gage. "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass., and Some of His Descendants", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Registe, volume LXXIX, 1925).

    2. [S1049] Whitcomb, Esther K. Inscriptions from Burial Grounds of the Nashaway Towns: Lancaster, Harvard, Bolton, Leominster, Sterling, Berlin, West Boylston, and Hudson, Massachusetts , (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1989).

    3. [S464] Nourse, Henry S. The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Henry S. Nourse, 1890).