Events
Date of Baptism: 16 January 1604/5.
Place of Baptism: All Saints, Wigan, Lancashire.
The baptism is recorded in the parish register.
Date of Burial: 9 March 1649/50.
Place of Burial: All Saints, Wigan, Lancashire.
The burial is recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: John Houghton.
Mother: Ellen Marsh.
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: James Wigan. Married 7 May 1635.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Alice Wigan (baptized 3 September 1635 in Wigan - buried 6 March 1649/50 in Wigan). Alice died of the plague.
Anne Wigan (baptized 26 November 1637 in Wigan - buried 19 February 1637/8 in Wigan).
Thomas Wigan (baptized 22 May 1642 in Wigan - buried 9 February 1723/4 in Wigan) married Elizabeth Critchley 1664/5 in Upholland, Lanashire.
Evidence
Marriage of parents (Wigan, All Saints parish register):
February 1603/4
13 John Houghton & Ellin Marsh of Wigan
Baptisms (Wigan, All Saints parish register):
January 1604/5
16 Margerie the daughter of John Hawton de Wigan
1606 Marche
8 margret daug of John houghton
1609 Januarij
7 Gilbarte son of John haughton
1612 December
10 Ane f de John Haughton de wint
1622 November
24 Roger Houghto’ fili. John de Winte
Marriage (Wigan, All Saints parish register):
May 1635
7. James Wigan & Margery Houghton both of this p[ar]ish
Burial (Wigan, All Saints parish register):
March 1649/50
9. Margery wife of James Wigan de wallgate
Commentary
Margery’s parentage:
Margery was married in 1635.
The only baptism of a Margery Houghton in Wigan in the relevant time period is on 16 January 1604/5: “Margerie the daughter of John Hauton de Wiga’”.
Margery was John’s eldest child. On 13 February 1603 John Houghton married Ellin Marsh.
References
Wigan Anglican Parish Registers. Wigan Archives Services, Wigan, England; digital images Ancestry.com (accessed 19 January 2016).