Hough Family Line

Hough Family Line

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Grandy's 3x Great-Grandmother:

My 5x Great-Grandmother:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 6x Great-Grandmother:

Catherine Hough (1748 - 1820)

Catherine Wilson

Also Known As: "Catherine Huff", "Catherine Hoff"

Birthdate: September 6, 1748

Birthplace: (perhaps) Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia

Denomination: (probably) Church of Christ / Presbyterian

Date of Marriage: September 10, 1764

Place of Marriage: Loudoun County, Colony of Virginia

Death: 1820 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky

Parents:

Benjamin Hough

1718-1791

Ruth (unknown)

1723-1800

Family

Spouse:

Joshua Wilson, Sr.

Birthdate: ca. 1740

Birthplace: Fairfax County, Colony of Virginia

Denomination: (probably) Presbyterian

Parents:

Jonathan Hough, Sr.

1659-1735

Margaret Orvis

1661-1694

Family

Spouse:

Silence Bates

1680-1743

Silence Hough

Also known as: "Silent Bate", "Sillens", "Sillent"

Birthdate: July 27, 1680

Birthplace: Old Saybrook, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony

Denomination: (probably) Congregationalist

Date of Marriage: April 10, 1707

Place of Marriage: Middlesex County, Connecticut Colony

Death: ca. 1743-1750 in Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut Colony

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Samuel Bates and Mary Chapman

See: Bates Line (Saybrook, CT)

Children:

1. Temperance Hough 1708-

2. Mehetabel Hough 1711-

3. Benjamin Hough 1718-1791

4. Jonathan Hough 1720-1804

About Jonathan Hough, Jr.

Jonathan Hough Jr bp. 22 Mr 1684 Woodbury, Connecticut[1] was the son of Jonathan Hough Sr and Margaret Orvis.

On 10 Apr 1707 in Saybrook, Connecticut he married Sillent (Silence) BATE (27 Jul 1680 Saybrook, CT - ), dau of Samuel and Mary (CHAPMAN) BATE. Silence Bate was the niece of Mary Bate, second wife of Samuel Hough.

Jonathan HOUGH and Samuel HOUGH appeared in Saybrook Colony records about the same time and were there together for several years. As Silence BATE was 27 years old at the time of her marriage, it might be assumed she was an old maid marrying a widower. Or, she could have md a younger man than she was. Land records may indicate his age. We know his occupation was that of a weaver. Known ch listed in Saybrook land records:

Temperance Hough (b.8 Apr 1708 Old Saybrook TWP, Middlesex, Connecticut[2]

Jonathan Hough (28 Nov 1709 Old Saybrook TWP, Middlesex, Connecticut[3] - 1741 Saybrook, Connecticut)

Mehetable Hough (8 Dec 1711 Old Saybrook TWP, Middlesex, Connecticut[4] - )

There were likely other ch if Silence survived the third child, as she was only 31, however, no other ch have been found in Saybrook land records. The lists of ch are incomplete and somewhat randomly placed in land records at the time of some other transaction. It would appear that Jonathan was still in Saybrook in 1724, but the records would have to be studied to determine whether this an absentee taxpayer or a resident.

The other HOUGH family in Saybrook of Samuel HOUGH was also described in Saybrook land records, including his two marriages, and the ch of each marriage. Samuel was a millwright who lived at Norwich, Saybrook, but mostly at Wallingford.

Jonathan HOUGH, brother to Samuel, had md before 1682 to Margaret ORVIS, probable relative to Hannah. Jonathan and Margaret could have had a son named Jonathan, and indeed we know that such a son was baptized in Woodbury on 22 Mar 1685. So it is possible that this Jonathan, at least 22 years old, was marrying Silence BATES, age 27. Or this Jonathan could have been Jonathan, the father, in a second or third marriage. Therefore, we as yet cannot say whether the Jonathan HOUGH of Saybrook was son, nephew, or brother to Samuel.

Samuel also had entered into his land record that he was son of William, who was "son of Edward Hough of West Chester in Cheesshier." This entry establishes the support for the descent of William from Edward of Cheshire, England, and by extension, to Jonathan's ancestry as well.

Sources

↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920

↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F772-85D : 11 February 2018), Jonathan Hough in entry for Temperence Hough, 08 Apr 1708; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F749-YNL : 11 February 2018), Jonathan Hough, 28 Nov 1709; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F772-DQM : 11 February 2018), Jonathan Hough in entry for Mehetable Hough, 08 Dec 1711; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

Max Huff, JONATHAN AND SILLENT HOUGH OF CT, 1/21/95

"Extracts from the Land Records," Vital Records of Saybrook Colony, 1635-1860, 1985, pp 3, 31. Land Book 2:322 gives parents and birth date for Sillens Bate. Book 2:322 gives marriage of Jonathan Hough to Silence Bate and the list of three ch. Book 2:319 listed Jonathan as a weaver on 20 Sep 1711, Book 2:421 repeated this occupation on 30 Apr 1716, and Book 3:330 again repeated it on 6 Apr 1724. These entries would have to be studied to determine if Jonathan was then a resident or an absentee taxpayer. Book 2:32 gives the second and third marriage of Samuel Hough and his ch and his ancestry, and Book 2:356 indicates he was a millwright who had moved back to Wallingford by 14 Sep 1712.

Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 (for death of son)

Hough, William W., "The Descendants of Jonathan Hough of Connecticut, Youngest Son of William and Sarah (Calkins) Hought", Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Conn., 2012) Vol. 45, Page 195 & Page 198-9

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/Jonathan-Hough/6000000024932098810

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hough-819

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/GS2P-FRT/jonathan-hough-jr-1680-1720

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Grandy's 6x Great-Grandfather:

My 8x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 9x Great-Grandfather:

About Jonathan Hough, Sr.

NOTICE: SILENCE OR SILLENT BATE WAS NOT THE WIFE OF THIS JONATHAN HOUGH.

She married his son, Jonathan Hough (Jr.) born 1684 died abt 1730. This Jonathan was born in Woodbury, CT He married in 1707 at Saybrook, CT He was a Weaver.

Their children:

1. Temperance b. 1708 in Saybrook, CT

2. Jonathan (3rd) b. 1709 Saybrook, CT

3. Mehitabel b. 1711 Saybrook, CT

You will need to contact a curator to make the changes. Erica Isabel Howton is one of the collaborators who is excellent and patient with these problems.

Ethel Johanna Myers (Stanton) A descendant

Biography

DNA Confirmation Statement

Paternal relationship is confirmed by a Family Tree DNA BigY test match between the following descendants of William (and his father Edward) Hough. Only difference is descent from his son Samuel for the first three people vs. Jonathan for the last two people. Common SNP between all five is I-4740. Difference between Samuel vs Jonathan descent is the terminal SNP as shown.

Bill Hough Descendant of William and son Samuel. Terminal SNP I-FGC21965

Hough (kit #32689, not on WikiTree) Descendant of William and son Samuel. Terminal SNP I-FGC21965

Hough (kit #65683, not on WikiTree) Descendant of William and son Samuel. Terminal SNP I-FGC21965

Max Kenneth Huff Descendant of William and son Jonathan. Terminal SNP I-FGC21968

Billy Huff Descendant of William and son Jonathan. Terminal SNP I-FGC21968

Note: This must be viewed on FTDNA to fully understand the matches and relationships.

Jonathan Hough, son of William and Sarah Caulkins Hough, was born 7 February 1659/60 in New London, New London, Connecticut[1].

Jonathan married (1) Margaret Orvis before 1681[2], daughter of George and Elizabeth (Carpenter) ORVIS who later married Richard Bronson as her third husband . Margaret was born June 1661 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut[3], and died probably before April, 1694, in Connecticut.

Early in their marriage, Jonathan and Margaret were among the first settlers of Woodbury, Connecticut (presently in LItchfield County). Jonathan was assigned a home lot prior to 1682. They spent much of their married life in Woodbury, where they joined the church in May, 1682, and baptized their first four children[3]. In 1688, Jonathan acquired land from Hugh Calkins, his grandfather, and William Backus in Joshua’s Tract in eastern Connecticut, which became the town of Windham. He apparently fully intended to move there as he attended the first meeting of the original 15 Windham inhabitants on June 12, 1692 and was elected a townsman and appointed to lay out highways. Jonathan and Margaret’s last child, Mary, was baptized in Farmington, not Woodbury, the month before the first Windham town meeting, supporting the theory that the family was on its way east. Jonathan was last listed as a settler in Windham at the end of May, 1693.

The Woodbury records[4] show that on 3 May 1682 John HOUGH and Margaret, his wife, were admitted to the Woodbury Congregational Church (p 816). Those who held home lots and divisions prior to 1682 included Nathan HOUGH (p 65). In 1712, the inhabitants of Woodbury were taxed for making the North Purchase, and Jonathan HOUGH was taxed 2 shillings, 2 pence. In 1751, a list was made of the original proprietors of Woodbury, and Jonathan HOUGH was included for 12 acres. (p 162). (At that time the original proprietors had died, and the list was made to clarify the records. Clearly, Jonathan HOUGH was the original settler.) The entries for John and Margaret HOUGH and for Nathan HOUGH are believed to be misreadings of the old and fading records. No John and Margaret couple are known, and no Nathan HOUGH is known in early HOUGH families of CT. As noted above, Jonathan HOUGH is said to have md Margaret ORVIS.)

Known children of Jonathan and Margaret are:

Sarah Hough, baptized September 1, 1681, Woodbury, Connecticut[3] - no additional records found.

Hannah Hough, baptized April 1, 1683, Woodbury, Connecticut[3] married William Pratt, son of Joseph Pratt and Marjorie Parker, on 8 Oct 1700 in Saybrook and had six chlldren all born in Saybrook.

Jonathan Hough Jr., baptized March 22, 1684/85, Woodbury, Connecticut[3], married Silence Bates, dau of Samuel Bates and Mary Chapman, on 10 Apr 1707 in Saybrook and had Temperance, Jonathan and Mehetable.

Elizabeth Hough, baptized June 19, 1687, Woodbury, Connecticut[3] - no additional records found.

Mary Hough, baptized May 15, 1692, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut - no additional records found

Jonathan Hough married (2) Abigail about 1698 probably in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut.

Children of Jonathan Hough and his second wife Abigail recorded in baptismal records for Farmington and Woodbury:

Abigail Hough, b. before 1704, probably in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, on 21 Aug 1723 in Farmington, CT married Samuel Gridley, son of Thomas Gridley and Elizabeth Clark; died 3 Jan 1724 in Farmington, Connecticut. Son Samuel is mentioned in Jonathan's will of 1731.

Jemina Hough, b. before 1704 probably in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut on 21 Aug 1723 in Farmington, Connecticut married David Chidester and had Jemina and Abigail. David is mentioned in Jonathan's will of 1731.

John Hough, b. before 1704, probably in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut. Appointed co-executor of father's will of 1731. He married Sarah WARNER and moved to New Milford by 1725 when he baptized Gershom. In 1729, he baptized Joseph. When Joseph died in 1755, Gershom and his father admin his estate in Sussex Co, New Jersey.

Zephaniah Hough/Huffe/Hoofe, b. Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, bp 25 Jun 1704, Hartford, Connecticut[5] on 21 May 1728 married (1) Catharine Weston and had Jonathan, Abigail, Zephaniah Jr; on 30 Jul 1744 married (2) Elizabeth Welch and had Edmund Hough/Huff. Appointed co-executor of father's will of 1731.

Phebe Hough, bp 19 Jan 1706/07, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, d. after 1731, probably in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut. Phebe was the first of the family to be admitted to the New Milford church in August of 1725, resigned in June 1728 and removed to the church of Danbury. Phebe is mentioned in Jonathan’s will, written in 1731 as "my daugher Phoebe Haise".

Benjamin Hough, bp 5 Jun 1709, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut on 22 Aug 1738 married Ruth Brownson in New Milford, Connecticut and had Noah Hough. Roger Brownson Sr and Jr plus Abram Brownson signed as witness's to Jonathan's will in 1731.

Jonathan married (3) Abigail (Bristol) Terrill September 1729 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut. The church record refers to her as the "Widow" Terrill. Abigail was the second wife of Daniel Terrill. No children are known from this marriage. Jonathan left the use of his house, barn and land after his death or if she removed then for the use of John, Zephaniah and David Chidester who would pay her rent.

Notes:

Story of Joshua's Tract now in Windham County, Connecticut and Grandfather Hugh Caulkins :

Joshua's Tract was an Indian's bequest in 1678 to 16 influential men of Norwich and surrounding towns of land, 8 miles by 8 miles, north of Norwich[6]. William BACKUS who married Elizabeth Royce granddaughter of Hugh CAULKINS and William Hide were three of the 16 men who became the legatees, or owners of the area. Despite disputes as to the legality of the bequest, the owners began to share their lots with relatives and friends. Thus Hugh CAULKINS sold his grandson Jonathan HOUGH a lot in the summer of 1688, and William BACKUS sold lots to HOUGH, ABEL, and RUDD. Settlement began soon afterwards. Jonathan HOUGH, Samuel HIDE, and John ROYCE were first settlers at the Ponde-place. When the town of Windhan was formed in 1691, it was one of two populated places. There were 15 settlers for the first town meeting of 12 June 1692[7]: John Fitch, Thomas Huntington, Joseph Huntington, Samuel Hyde Jonathan Hough and John Royce. Jonathan Hough was appointed to lay out highways. At the next town meeting, there were 22 settlers, 8 at Ponde-place, and 14 at Hither-place. Jonathan HOUGH was appointed to find a suitable burial site for the Ponde-place settlers. The town established a church, but its records have not been investigated. Ch born in Windham are not identified.

No records have been found for children between 1692 and 1704, which is the time that Jonathan or his son Jonathan Jr. was in Windham.

Farmington:

Jonathan HOUGH and his wife were added to the Farmington Church 9 Feb 1706/07 by letter of demission from some other church not named[8]. (p 107, Congregational Ch Records, Farmington, and p 279, NEHGR (Jul 1884).

Jonathan HOUGH/HUFFE/HUFF records show up in Farmington (Hartford Co), then in Woodbury, (Litchfield Co, then back in Farmington, then at Windham (at the time in New London Co, but latter attached to Hartford Co, then back at Farmington.

Chester, Connecticut:

In 1730, a Jonathan HOUGH was in the Parish of Chester, then known as Patequonk, of 4th Society, of Saybrook. Jonathan sold land on 23 Apr 1730 to Benjamin EVEREST. He was later associated with Benjamin EVEREST in 1736 and 1740, both living in the Northern part of Saybrook at Pattaqunk. In 1740, the inhabitants got their area set off as a separate parish; and it eventually was known as the Parish of Chester. From the probable age of this Jonathan HOUGH, it is likely he was the son of Jonathan, Sr, and could be the one who had lived in Saybrook md to Sillent BATE. Some generations of HOUGH must have lived in Chester, as Theoron HOUGH, Sr, of Greene Co, NY, stated he was born in 1797 in Chester, CT.

New Milford:

New Milford was the next town west of Woodbury, and there were close relationships between the families of the two towns. The New Milford records indicate there was a Jonathan HOOFE there in 1729 to marry Widow Terrell. Then, a Benjamin HOUGH was there from about 1735 until 1740. There was a Zepheniah HOUGH there in 1728 until 1740. All are related to Jonathan of Farmington. John HOUGH was also there. They seem to have moved to New Milford and vicinity about 1725.

Ruth HUFF (probable widow of Benjamin Hough/Huff) was in New Milford and md Ezra TERRILL there on 10 Apr 1752. They had had a dau, Mary, born 24 June 1748; and Ezra TERRELL acknowledged her to be his dau and a proper heir to his estate on 25 Dec 1752. (New Milford Town Records, Vol 4:11). By that time Ruth had died, and Ezra had remarried. This Mary TERRILL died 30 Jan 1824 and presumably inherited her just share of the TERRILL estate. Ezra TERRILL had come from Woodbury and had settled in the North Purchase of New Milford.

Hough lineage is Jonathan and Mary/Margaret/Abigail ( ) of CT; William and Sarah (Caulkins) of England, MA, and CT; Edward and Jane Manley of Cheshire, England

Last Will and Testament

The last will and testament of Jonathan Hough of New Fairfield in the county of Fairfield and Colony of Connecticut in New England[9]

I being in health of body and of sound mind and memory yet considering that it is appointed for men to die and being aged and not knowing how short my time here may be and being willing to leave my outward consort to as that those that survive after me may enjoy what I leave without trouble which that JH may be

First that it may be I give and Bequeath my soul into the hands of God - who gave it and into the hands of Jesus Christ my merciful Redeemer and my Body to the Earth to be decently buried by my friends in hope that at the resurrection to receive Both Body and soul reunited and inherit ever lasting life

and also I will that all my Debts and Dues which I owe be fully paid out of my Estate and after that if Done Having all ready considered my children in bestowing portions upon them

I give and Bequeath unto Abigail my true and loving wife the use of my Dwelling House and Barn and also that Land which I have Reserved for myself during such time of she to cause to live upon and improve the same after my decease and if she shall for cause to remove from ____ then she shall leave it the use of John Hough, Zephaniah Hough and David Chidester they paying three pounds currant money a year to her during life that is to say John Hough thirty Shillings a year yearly by year and Zephaniah Hough twenty Shillings a year yearly by year and David Chitterson ten shilling as above

and also I give and bequeath unto my loving wife all the Household that she brought with her when she came to me and also all that she shall gain by her labour of Boding and Linen and also her choice of a cow all these thing to be at her own Dispose without being accountable to any of my children Item: I give to my Daughter Phoebe Haise ten pounds out of my moveable estate and then if any shall be left to be equally divided amongst my children and my grand child Samuel Gridley

Item: I also I do constitute and appoint my son John Hough and my son Zephaniah Hough to be the executors of this my last will and testament and do revoke and make void all former wills and testaments by me - had or made and ratify and confirm this of my last will and testament and for confirmation of the above written will I have hereunto let my hand this twenty seventh day of September Anno Dom 1731

(Signed) Jonathan Hough

Signed in the presence of

Roger Brownson Senior

Roger Brownson Junior

Abram Brownson

Probate Record

Date: 1734, Town of New Fairfield, Woodbury Probate District, No. 2147

Sources

↑ Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

↑ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700

↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920

↑ History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, William Cothren

↑ Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut

↑ History of Windham County, Connecticut, Bayles, Richard M., 1889

↑ History of Norwich, Connecticut : from its possession by the Indians to the year 1866

↑ Congregational Church Records, Farmington, pg 107 and pg 247

↑ Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999

See Also:

Hough, William W., "The Descendants of Jonathan Hough of Connecticut, Youngest Son of William and Sarah (Calkins) Hought", Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Conn., 2012) Vol. 45, Page 194 & Page 198: Jonathan Hough died in early Jan. 1734/5.

Max Huff, "Jonathan, Margaret and Mary Hough of Woodbury Windham and Farmington", unpublished report 5 Dec 1994

Elida C. Hough, "Descendants of William Hough of Connecticut" unpublished manuscript

Samuel Orcutt, History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1703-1882 (https://books.google.com/books/about/History_of_the_Towns_of_New_Milford_and.html?id=O3RZMDT2vx8C), gives the Hough families indexed as Hoose, pp 718/719

Winifred Lovering Holman or David Clark Everest, Descendants of Andrew Everest of York, Maine, 1955, gives Chester parish information on Hough/Everest relationships, pp 35, 36, 38 (https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=303207&disp=Descendants+of+Andrew+Everest+of+York%2C)

Larned, Ellen D., History of Windham County, Connecticut, Vol I,. pp 63-76 (https://archive.org/details/historywindhamc01larngoog)

Vol 10, The American Genealogist, Woodbury Ch birth records, p 11

NEHGR, "Church Records of Farmington, CT.", pp 150 (Apr 1858), pp 276-279 (July 1884)

LDS Film Roll 4241, Congregational Church, 1652-1938, Farmington, Hartford Co, CT.

New Milford, Connecticut Town Records, Vol 4, and New Milford Land Index Records Vol 4, 5, 10, and 1A.

William Cothren, HISTORY OF ANCIENT WOODBURY, CONNECTICUT FROM THE FIRST INDIAN DEED IN 1659 TO 1854 (https://books.google.com/books/about/HISTORY_OF_ANCIENT_WOODBURY_CONNECTICUT.html?id=gq44tkpg5QEC

Two Centuries of New Milford, Connecticut, 1907. (Contains only general information on the early town, with no Hough references.)

Bailey, "Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800" (https://books.google.com/books/about/Early_Connecticut_Marriages_as_Found_on.html?id=w80UAAAAYAAJ), lists several Hoose marriages when they should have been HOOFE, to include Zepheniah; Benjamin; and Jonathan.

Caulkins: Caulkins, Frances Manwaring. History of New London, Connecticut From the First Survey of the Coast in 1612, The Author, New London, 1852. On Archive.org

References:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hough-793

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LH5G-89K/jonathan-hough-1660

https://www.geni.com/people/Jonathan-Hough/6000000006907028289

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Grandy's 7x Great-Grandfather:

My 9x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 10x Great-Grandfather:

Military Service: Sergeant during King Phillip's War (see details below).

Parents:

Edward Hough

1583-1632

Jane Manley

1585-1644

Family

Spouse:

Sarah Calkins

1626-1684

Sarah Hough

Birthdate: July 31, 1626

Birthplace: Chepstow, Monmouthshire, England

Christened: May 6, 1627, Waverton Parish, Cheshire, England (Bishop's Registry of Waverton).

Denomination: (probably) Anglican / Puritan

Arrival: Migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Date of Marriage: October 28, 1645

Place of Marriage: Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Death: September 5, 1684 in New London, Connecticut Colony

Burial: Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Deacon Hugh Calkins and Ann Sarah Eaton

Children:

1. Hannah Hough (31 July 1646 Gloucester, Massachusetts[4] - d by 1684) on 11 Feb 1662 married John BORDEN[5] (1640 County Kent, England - 1684 Lyme, Connecticut), son of John BORDEN of Lyme, Connecticut. Seven BORDEN ch were orphans by 1684, and the names of six who were baptized in New London were John; Samuel; William; Hannah; Sarah; and Joanne. The seventh child may have been born in Lyme.

2. Abiah Hough (15 Sep 1648 Gloucester, Massachusetts[4] - 21 February, 1714/15, New London, New London, CT) on 18 Dec 1667 married William DOUGLAS (1 Sep 1645 - ), son of William and Ann (ANNABLE) DOUGLAS, and lived at Niantic Ferry. They had 8 DOUGLAS children: Elizabeth (25 Feb 1668/69); Sarah (2 Apr 1671); William 19 Feb 1672); Abiah (18 Aug 1675); Rebecca (14 June 1678); Ann (24 May 1680); Richard (19 Jul 1682); and Samuel (1684). Senator Stephen A. Douglas, the debater with Abraham LINCOLN, was a descendant of this family. (See Vol 31:166 NEHGS Register, and Charles H. J. Douglas, A Collection of Family Records with Biographical Sketches and Other Memoranda of Various Families and Individuals Bearing the Name Douglas..., 1879).

3. Sarah Hough (23 Mar 1651 Gloucester, Massachusetts[4] - ) in 1676 married (1) David CARPENTER (c 1627 - 1700) and (2) William STEVENS of Killingsworth. CARPENTER children include Mary; Sarah; David; Elizabeth; and Hannah, all baptized in New London. David sold out in New London in 1688.

4. Samuel Hough (9 Mar 1652/53 New London, Connecticut - 14 Mar 1718 Wallingford, Connecticut) on 25 Nov 1679 married (1) Susanna WROTHAM ( - 5 Sep 1684), daughter of Simon and Sarah WROTHAM and had William; Samuel; and Susanna. On 18 Aug 1685 he married (2) Mary BATES (bp Jan 1694/95 Haddam, CT - ), daughter of James and Ann (WITHINGTON) BATES of Haddam, and had James and Hannah. He lived at Saybrook and Wallingford.

5. John Hough (17 Oct 1655 New London, CT - 26 Aug 1715 Norwich, CT) was on the 1672 census for Norwich. John was a carpenter and military leader. On 27 Jan 1680 in Norwich, he married Sarah POST (5 Nov 1659 Saybrook - 9 Oct 1754), daughter of John and Hester (HYDE) POST of Norwich. Their children were Sarah; Hannah; Abiah; Hester; John; David; and Jabez. Daughter Abiah is the 3rd Great-grandmother of President Grover Cleveland[6]

6. William Hough (17 Oct 1657 New London, Connecticut[7] - 22 Apr 1705) may have married twice. Savage shows that one Mary JAMES (bap 11 Mar 1666), daughter of Haddam JAMES, on 16 Aug 1685 married William HOUGH. No children are known from this marriage. The surviving wife was Ann LATHROP (1667 - 19 Nov 1745) of Norwich, dau of Samuel and Elizabeth (SCUDDER) LATHROP of Norwich. Children were William; Samuel; Hannah; Elizabeth; Abigail; Sarah; Martha; and an unnamed infant. Some of these disappear from the records. (Elida C. HOUGH showed William with only one child, Anne; but probate records indicate the others). (New England Marriages Prior to 1700 shows one William HOUGH on 6 Aug 1685 md Elizabeth BATES. There is thus considerable confusion on the family of William HOUGH, Jr.)

7. Jonathan Hough, Sr. was born 7 Feb 1659/60 in New London, Connecticut. He married (1) Margaret Orvis prior to 1681, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Carpenter) Orvis according to New England Marriages and lived in Woodbury and Farmington in the western part of CT. (The name was shown as PORVIS, but is more likely ORVIS, as Jonathan's brother Samuel md Hannah ORVIS at about the same time.) Jonathan married (2) Abigail _____ about 1698 probably in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut. Jonathan married (3) Abigail (Bristol) Terrill referred to as the Widow Terrill. Abigail was the second wife of Daniel Terrill who died in Milford on 10 June1727. Jonathan's name was recorded as Jonathan Hoofe.

8. Deborah Hough (21 Oct 1662 New London, CT - )

9. Abigail Hough (5 Mar 1665 New London, CT - )

10. Anna Hough (29 Aug 1667 New London, CT - )

About William Hough

William Hough migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

William Hough was one of several sir (sic) named families who came to America with the company of Reverand Richard Blyman's party. They landed at Tryndall Cove, opposite Bishic Island in 1640. A house carpenter by trade, he resided for several years in Glouchester, Massacheusetts. He served as a Selectman of Glouchester from 1649-1650 and a local area, Hough's Neck, was named for him. He married Sarah Caulkins on Oct. 28, 1645 - daughter of Deacon Hugh Caulkins & Ann Easton Caulkins of Gloucester. Their first 3 children were born in Gloucester and the rest were born in the area of New London, Conn.

Biography

William HOUGH was born c 1619 in Chester, Cheshire, England and migrated to Massachusetts about 1640 as a member of the Rev. Richard Blinman religious party (often called the Welsh party because Blynman was Welsh, but most members of the party were from Cheshire.) first to Marshfield, then Gloucester and finally New London, Connecticut. He was a housewright, or carpenter, and followed that trade wherever he lived. He died in 1683. He may have more descendants in America than any other immigrant of the Hough name.

William Hough's son, Samuel, late in life, recorded in the land records of Saybrook that his grandfather was "Edward Hough of West (sic) Chester in Cheshire." Records of Edward Hough, the father of William, have been found which place him in the City of Chester, which was informally called "West Chester" in the 16th and 17th centuries. (Note: Edward was not the father of Richard Hough who came to America about 1684 with William Penn over 40 years later.)

Samuel HOUGH did not list his grandmother's name. Edward's marriage record has recently been found in Chester Parish Records. William's mother was Jane Manley.

Early History of Chester

The following is an account of the early history of Chester as written in "The Cheshire Sheaf" [1]l:

"This noble city was built by Eifroc Cadarn, ante Christum 827. It was called by the Emperor Antonine, Deva; by the Britons, Cast and Cacr Leon; and by the Saxons, Legea Cepvan and by us, Westchester. The Deputies of the Roman Emperors were seated in it. It is built four square and enclosed with a Wall two miles in compass. It has 9 Parish Churches but the Monastery of St John without the Gate was the fairest Solemn Building. Near the River standcth the Castle on a Rocky Hill where Courts Palatine and the Assizes are kept twice a Year. The chief Streets have Galleries called Rows with Shops on both Sides.

"In 883 the Danes landed and met Egbert on Hengist Down and were routed in that Battle. This Egbert, indignant at the Welsh assisting the Danes, besieged Chester and destroyed the brazen Efligies of Cadwallon King of Britain and expelled the Welsh from his Kingdom. In 913 the City, which had been destroyed by the Danes and Saxons, was rebuilt by Elfleda, Lady of the Mercians, and soon after King Edgar was rowed in his Barge by Kings along the River Dee. Hugh Lupus, first Earl of Chester, Englefield, and Denbighland, died AD 1,100. He was son to Richard, Earl of Auranges, and Margaret, daughter of Harlowine, a Nobleman of Normandy who married Arlet, daughter of a Burgess in Falois, who was also Mother to the Conqueror. Richard, son of Hugh Lupus, was second Earl and Randolph de Bohun son of Hugh Lupus's sister was third Earl his father John whom Hugh Lupus's sister married was fourth Earl Hugh de Bohun fifth de Bohun sixth John Scott was seventh Earl of Chester and then the King took the Earldom into his own hands."

Hough DNA Analysis

Paternal descendants of William Hough have genetic matches through the Y-Chromosome DNA which is passed down from father to son. Individual test results not only match other paternal descendants of William Hough but also show close matches to paternal descendants of Richard Hough (c. 1650 Cheshire, England - 1705 Pennsylvania), John Hough (c. 1653 Wilmslow, Cheshire, England - 1752 Bucks, Pennsylvania) and others including disconnected Hough individuals first identified in the Southern states in the mid-1700’s. All have the ancestral Haplogroup of I-M253/P-109 and terminal SNP indicating a common ancestor for those that did the Big Y test (see below). Based on these test results, it is concluded that all have a common ancestor that probably lived in or near Cheshire, England no later than the 1500’s and perhaps several hundred years earlier. Note also that individuals with both the "Huff" and "Hough" spelling match up. Earlier, before the advent of DNA testing, Hough researcher Granville Hough found that descendants of the Hough families of Cheshire pronounced their name as "Huff" whether it was spelled Hough or Huff. He concluded that persons of English ancestry whose name is pronounced Huff is likely a descendant of the Cheshire group. The present DNA tests confirm Granville's conclusion.

DNA Confirmation Statement

Paternal relationship is confirmed by a Family Tree DNA BigY test match between the following descendants of William (and his father Edward) Hough. Only difference is descent from his son Samuel for the first three people vs. Jonathan for the last two people. Common SNP between all five is I-4740. Difference between Samuel vs Jonathan descent is the terminal SNP as shown.

SNP I-Y4740 - 6 matches. Only difference is descent from his son Samuel vs. Jonathan.

Max Kenneth Huff Terminal SNP I-FGC21968

Billy Huff Terminal SNP I-FGC21968

Kit No. 362389 (not on WikiTree) Terminal SNP I-BY160287

Kit No. 65683 (not on WikiTree) Terminal SNP I-FGC21965

Bill Hough Terminal SNP I-FGC21965

Robert Huff Terminal SNP I-BY160287

Note: This must be viewed on FTDNA to fully understand the matches and relationships.

Early Life in Gloucester

William Hough was a house-carpenter and lived at Trynall, Cove, where, and on Biskie Island, opposite, he had land. He was a selectman in 1649 and 1650. His departure is spoken of in the latter year, when he joined the emigration to New London.

He married Sarah, daughter of Hugh Calkins on Oct 28, 1645;

On 28 Oct 1645 at Gloucester, Massachusetts William married Sarah CAULKINS[2] (baptized 6 May 1627 Waverton Parish, Cheshire, England[3] - c 1700 CT), daughter of Hugh CAULKINS (before April 8, 1603 Waverton, Cheshire, England - c 1690 Norwich, Connecticut.)

William and Sarah had ten Children.

There is no info on what happened to the last three children. It is likely they married in the area if they did not die young.

Move to Connecticut

The HOUGH family in 1651/52 joined the remnant of the BLYNMAN party in moving to Connecticut. They first lived on New Street, just opened for the Cape Ann company. It became known as Cape Ann Lane and had nine settlers, including CAULKINS, AVERY, ROBERTS, COITE, LESTER, ALLEN, MEADES, ISBELL, and HOUGH.

Military Service

He was sergeant of the first Military Company of New London. He was a volunteer in King Phillip's War, the order of his enrollment being number 136. He was appointed one of a committee of seven to attend to the fortification of New London; and of the six points fortified, he had personal supervision. For his services he was granted land in the "Cedar Swamp Lots" in Narragansett Township, now Voluntown, Connecticut, granted to the English Volunteers by the General Court of Connecticut.

William Hough Sr. died 10 Aug 1683 in New London, Connecticut[8]

Sources

↑ https://archive.org/details/cheshiresheaf00unkngoog

↑ 2.0 2.1 Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3LX-VXH : 24 December 2014), Sara Calkin, 06 May 1627, Christening; citing item 2, , Waverton, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,106,221.

↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 John J. Babson, History of the Town of Gloucester, 1860

↑ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700

↑ Hall, Rich. "Abiel Marshall." Ancestry of Grover Cleveland. FamousKin.com.

↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F749-YDQ : 11 February 2018), William Hough, 17 Oct 1657; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

↑ Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

See also:

Elida C. Hough, "Decendants of William Hough of Connecticut" unpublished manuscript,

Max Huff, William and Sarah Hough unpublished report dated 9 March 1995

Franklin B. Hough, "American Biographical Notes," 1875. p 212 http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=ABK8676.0001.001

Granville W. Hough, "Origin of Early Hough Families from England to PA" unpublished 2 Feb 1993

Granville W. Hough, "Hough and Huff Families of the United States, 1620-1820, The East", Heritage Books, 1993, originally published in two volumes in 1974, pp 19-20, 27-29

James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England, Vol 1 (https://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic01savarich) for John Borden and David Carpenter, and Vol 2 (https://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic02savarich) for Mary James under Haddam James.

W. Farland Felch, "The Blynman Party," (http://ntgen.tripod.com/bw/allyn_blyn.html) New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 53, (Apr 1899), pp. 234-241, shows William Hough to be part of the remnants of the Blynman party who removed for religious reasons in 1652 from Gloucester to New London, CT. There were 20 families in this Cape Ann group. Most were probably members of original Blynman party in 1640/l41.

Frances M. Caulkins, History of New London, CT, (1612-1860), 1895, pp 302-303. The listing of birth dates of ch of William and Sarah and some other relationships are given. It notes: "The last four children of William Hough are not afterward found at New London; it is probable that they scattered in other towns."

A GENEALOGICAL MEMOIR OF THE LO-LATHROP FAMILY, 1884,, PAGE 48, ANNE (#29) https://archive.org/details/agenealogicalme00huntgoog

Connecticut, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890

Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850

U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

1668-69 New London, William Hough on census.

1676-78 New London, Sgt William Hough in King Phillip's War.

Plimpton, The Vital Records of Saybrook, (extract from Saybrook Land Records Book 2:32, 356), carries the statement by Samuel Hough that he was son of William Hough, who was son of Edward Hough of West Chester, Cheshire.(https://books.google.com/books/about/The_vital_records_of_Saybrook_Colony_163.html?id=JPonAQAAMAAJ)

History of Wallingford, Connecticut: From Its Settlement in 1670 to the Present Time, Including Meriden, which was One of Its Parishes Until 1806, and Cheshire, which was Incorporated in 1780, Volume 1 p 802 (https://books.google.com/books/about/History_of_Wallingford_Conn.html?id=UN4TAAAAYAAJ)

Connecticut Nutmegger (Sep 1973). Hough births before 1730. p 177

New Haven Genealogical Magazine, pp 846-847, 849-850, Dec 1926

Vol IV, Connecticut Genealogies, p 2019

Soldiers in King Phillip's War. pp 444-446. https://books.google.com/books/about/Soldiers_in_King_Philip_s_War.html?id=ULATAAAAYAAJ

NEHGR, (Apr, 1877), "Ancestry of Stephen Arnold Douglas," gives marriage and ch of Abiah Hough. p 166,

"Gay-Borden Families," (Jan 1976) gives 1684 record of Hannah Borden's orphans.

"Bradstreet's Jounal," records death of William Hough, "deacon of the church, age about 64." p 333, (Oct 1854),

Edgar J. Bullard, Bullard and Allied Families, 1930, (http://www.worldcat.org/title/bullard-and-allied-families-the-american-ancestors-of-george-newton-bullard-and-mary-elizabeth-bullard/oclc/1629269) gives records of Hugh Caulkins, who definitely came in Rev. Blynman's party in 1640. Blynman was from Chepstow, Monmouthshire, on the Welsh border. Many of his partry were from Cheshire, in England. Sarah, wife of William Hough, was his oldest child. p 180

Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985.)

Connecticut Probate Records, 1687-1695, Hannah Hough mentioned as grandch of Elizabeth Brunson in her will of 14 Apr 1694 in Farmington. William Hough was Constable of New London as indicated in the Aug 1662 will of Richard Hartley.

A List of All Those Who Are Known to Have Been Members of the First Church of Christ in New London from the Beginning to January 1, 1901. Internet Archive. New London: Clarke & Keach, Printers, 1901. Slogan Foundation. Web. 27 Sept. 2015. <www.archive.org>.

Benton, Charles Edward, Ezra Reed and Esther Edgerton: Their Life and Ancestry, A.V. Haight Company, 1912 On Archive.org

Wikipedia: History_of_Cheshire

Hough, William W., The Descendants of William Hough Jr. of Connecticut, Third Son of William and Sarah (Calkins) Hough, Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Conn., July 2014) Vol. 47, No. 1, Page 3..

References:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hough-387

https://www.geni.com/people/William-Hough/6000000006906978318

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LR2M-YWM/william-hough-1619-1683

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Grandy's 8x Great-Grandfather:

My 10x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 11x Great-Grandfather:

Edward H. Hough (1583 - 1632)

Edward Hough

Birthdate: June 14, 1583

Birthplace: Westchester / Frodsham, Cheshire, England,

Christened: [date unknown] St. John's Church in Chester

Denomination: (probably) Anglican / Puritan

Death: February 11, 1632 in Blacon, Cheshire, England

Burial: St. Mary-on-the-Hill in Chester, Cheshire, England

[unknown parents]

Family

Spouse:

Jane Manley

1585-1644

Jane Hough

Birthdate: ca. 1585

Birthplace: England

Date of Marriage: November 5, 1605

Place of Marriage: St. Mary-on-the-Hill Parish, Chester, Cheshire, England

Death: March 1644 in Cheshire, England

Immediate Family:

Daughter of [unknown parents]

Children:

1. Winifred Hough (1614 – aft. 1645) md John Beddlow on 1 Oct 1641 at St. Mary's, Chester, Cheshire, England

2. Richard Hough (prob. Chester –13 Nov 1644 burial at St. Mary's, Chester, Cheshire, England

3. William Hough (b abt. 1619 probably Chester) migrated to America and married Sarah Caulkins. He died on 10 Aug 1683 in New London, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America. St. John Church in Chester show William Hough, son of Edward, bp. in 1620.

4. Ranulphus "Randle" Houghe (christened 13 Nov 1622 St. Mary on the Hill.

5. John Hough ( – aft. 1645 )

About Edward H. Hough

Biography

According to his burial record, Edward Hough was born on 1 May 1587 in Chester, Cheshire, England. A copy of the birth records from St. John's Church in Chester list Edward Hough, son of Richard, bp. in 1587. The paper has been damaged and the exact date of baptism is partially obscured. It also shows "Baggerley" on the next line which may have been the maiden name of Richard's wife. Research shows that a Baggley did live in Cheshire during this period. This Richard Hough is probably not the Richard Hough of Leighton and Thornton Hough and is a different Richard Hough. He was likely closely related to Thomas Hough who had four children baptized at St. John the Baptist Church in Chester.

Edward Hough lineage has not been confirmed. Some believe that the Hough's who arrived in America in the 1600's were descendants of the del Hogh (later to become Hough) family who were recorded in Cheshire as early as 1260.[1]

Edward Hough lived in the Handbridge Section of Chester, on Green Way, a lane that still exits, which is a 10 minute walk from the Parish Church of St. Mary-on-the-Hill across a bridge over the River Dee. He and his wife Jane Manley were married in that church, and are buried near each other in the churchyard. Details can be found in the 2010 NEHGR article[2]. Briefly, the Chester City Council Minutes of 9 October 1635 prove that Richard Hough, and his siblings later named in his will were children of Edward and Jane Hough:

"Richard Hough petitioned that about three years ago the then Treasurers granted a void piece of ground, part of the City waste in Greene Way in Handbridge near the River Dee, to his father, Edward Hough, with liberty to build a cottage on it on payment of 12d. a year rent. His father had built part of the cottage and the petitioner had, after his father's death, completed it at great cost to himself. He therefore asked for a lease of it for the lives of himself, his wife Anne, and his brother John, at the former rent. This was granted providing he gave his mother houseroom or found somewhere else for her to live and paid the rent for it."

On 10 Nov 1605 at St. Mary's-on-the-Hill, Chester, Cheshire, England, Edward ( (Edwardus) married Jane Manley[3] [4]

Known Children:

Winifred Hough (1614 – aft. 1645) md John Beddlow on 1 Oct 1641 at St. Mary's, Chester, Cheshire, England[5]

Richard Hough (prob. Chester –13 Nov 1644 burial at St. Mary's, Chester, Cheshire, England[6]

William Hough (b abt. 1619 probably Chester) migrated to America and married Sarah Caulkins. He died on 10 Aug 1683 in New London, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America. St. John Church in Chester show William Hough, son of Edward, bp. in1620.

Ranulphus "Randle" Houghe (christened 13 Nov 1622 St. Mary on the HIll[3]

John Hough ( – aft. 1645 )

Death Record: Two records as shown below:

Name: Edward Hough[7]

Birth Place Cheshire, England

Death Date Feb 1632

Death Place Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England

Cemetery St. Mary's Centre

Burial[8]: 11 February 1631 at St Mary in Chester, Cheshire, England[9]

A Cheshire UK source for burial shows 11 Feb 1632 EDWARD HOUGH BURIED IN THE CHURCHYARD NEERE JOHN CALCOTTS STONE[3]

Notes:

Other possible Hough relatives who have either birth, marriage or burial records in Chester or nearby -

(1) Baptized, married or burial at St. John's the Baptist Church in Chester[10]:

Richard Hough bp. 25 Apr 1578

Jane Hough baptized 14 Oct 1566 at St. John in Chester[3], married John Garrard on 25 Sep 1580

Richard Hough married Maria Gla--- 20 Apr1581?? record is difficult to read

Thomas Hough bp. 20 Dec 1584

Edward Hough son of Richard bp. 5 Jan 1587 - same person?

Elizabeth Hough dau of Thomas bp. 1 Jan 1594

Richard Houghe married Ellene Shingleton on Sep 9 1598

Dorothie Hough dau of Thomas bp. 17 Mar 1601

Margreat Hough dau of Thomas bp. 11 Mar 1604

Thomas Hough son of Thomas bp. 11 Aug 1605

Ann Hough buried 10 Sep 1612 at St. John in Chester[3]

Thomas Hough husband of Anne Hough, buried on 9 Oct 1613 at St. John the Baptist, Chester[11]

Robart/Robert Hough b. abt. 1615, Children bp. at St. John the Baptist, Chester, Cheshire, England[3]

(2) Baptized, married or baptized at St. Mary's in Chester:

Thomas Hough buried 22 May 1624 St. Mary's on the HIll, Chester; occuption: Prisoner[3].

? Hough buried 4 Oct 1643 at St Mary's, Chester, son of Richard[12].

(3) Baptized, married or buried at St. Oswald in Chester:

Thomas Hough married Anne Rowe on 1 Dec 1605 at St. Oswald, Chester, Cheshire, England[13]

Henry Hough buried 3 Nov 1667 at St Oswald, Chester, Cheshire, England[14]

Thomas Hough buried on 8 Dec 1608 at St. Oswald, Chester, Cheshire, England[15]

(4) Also, in nearby Eccleston:

Edwarde Hough buried 8 Jul 1663 at Eccleston. HIs parents were John Hough & Ann Wright[16]. This might be the "good friend Edward" mentioned in the 1644 will of Richard Hough. Note that the parish of St Mary on the Hill in Chester includes the town of Eccleston (see notes below).

(5) Frodsham Records: Hough records have been found beginning in 1558 for Frodsham. See Edward "Eddi" Hough for more Hough records at (5) Frodsham.

Wilm Hough christened 12 Mar 1608 in Farndon, Cheshire, England, father listed as Eddie Hough[17]. Farndon is located on the banks of the River Dee, south of Chester, and close to the border with Wales.

Thomas Hough christened 8 Mar 1613 at Farndon, Cheshire, England, father listed as Eddi[18]

Richard Hough christened 21 Sep 1619 at Farndon, Cheshire England. Father listed as Eddi Hough[19]

Edward Hough married Joane PIckering in Frodsham on 10 May 1625[20]

Edward Hough burial 17 Feb 1634 Farndon, Cheshire, England[21] this might be "Eddi" Hough.

(6) Neston[22] shown below. Many of these records are also shown in the Cheshire Parish Records.

John Houghe son of M" Tho Houge (sic) christened on 2 Nov 1569. This is John Hough christened 3 Nov 1569 at Neston in Wirral, Cheshire, England, son of Thomas. May be the Jhon Houghe who married Elnor Cottyngham on 25 Oct 1592 at Neston.

Margerye Houghe wyfe of Ryd H. Efqire, buried on 18 Aug 1573. This was Margeri Hamell the second wife of Richard Hough.

Margarete Houghe dau to Henrie Hough christened on 6 May 1574

Ryc Houghe Esquire, buried on 13 Dec 1574. This appears to be Richard Hough of Leighton and Thornton. See details below.

John Houghe and Margerie Bellin married on 3 Feb 1574

Henrye Houghe son to Thom? Houghe, gen., buried on 8 Mar 1577

Jane Houghe wife to Wytti Houghe Esquye, buried on 3 Nov 1580. This is Jane Cromwell the wife of William Hough.

Henrye Houghe married Jane Wodward on 10 Sep 1589 at Neston[23]

Henrye Houghe burial on 17 Oct 1591 at Neston[24]

Elyne Houghe dought to Ryc H. gent. buried 17 Nov 1591 (may be 17 Nov 1597)

Margerye Houghe wyfe to John Houghe, gent., buried on 27 Apr 1592

John Houghe and Elnor Cottyngham married on 25 Oct 1592

Jhon/John and Elizabeth children to Ryd. Houghe borne at the same time, on 31 Aug 1595[25]

Antonye Houghes son to Jho H. gent., christened on 18 May 1596

Ryc Houghe, gent., buried on 26 Sep 1598

Rychard Houghe son of John Houghe, christening 24 Aug 1622, Neston, Cheshire, John Houghe[26]

Jane Houghe daughter of John Houghe christening 28 Dec 1629 in Neston, Cheshire, England[27]

(7) Leighton Thornton Hough line: The del Hogh line became known as the Leighton Thornton Hough line when Richard del Hogh married Ellen, dau of Roger Thornton, who was also heiress of William de Leighton, hence the manors of Thornton and Leighton passed to the del Hogh family.

Richard Hough of Leighton and Thornton Hough (5 Nov. 1505, 1st son of Thomas Hough of Leighton by Catherine, daughter of Thomas Grosvenor of Eaton) was the servant of Thomas Cromwell. He is first mentioned as acting for Cromwell in December 1534 and in 1536 he appears more specifically as one of the lord privy seal’s men, being then described as a ‘sage and sober person’: he was not in regular service but was one of those to be allowed in the household only ‘when they have commandment or cause necessary to repair thither’. He did business for Cromwell in Chester, whence in January 1538 he reminded the minister of a promise to make him rider of Delamere forest in Cheshire, and in 1540 he carried messages and letters to the council in Ireland. A less conventional outcome of the relationship was the marriage of Hough’s son William to Cromwell’s illegitimate daughter Jane[28]

William Hough (c. 1537 at Leighton and Thornton Hough - c. 1585) was the son of Richard Hough and Christien daughter of Sir George Calverley (c. 1460 - c. 1538) of The Lea, Cheshire. Abt 1550 he married Jane Cromwell ( - 3 Nov 1580 Neston), daughter of Thomas Cromwell[1][2].

Thomas Hough b. about 1538 at Leighton by Neston, Cheshire, England, son of Richard Hough and Christien Calverley, married Elizabeth Wilbraham possible dau of Richard Wilbraham, MP (1502 - 1558) and Dorothy Grosvenor.

Richard Hough of Leighton and Thornton Hough was christened on 6 Dec 1563 at Neston[29] the son of Thomas Hough (c. 1537 Leighton and Thornton Hough - c. 1585) and Elizabeth Wilbraham possible dau of Richard Wilbraham, MP (1502 - 1558) and Dorothy Grosvenor

Rychard Houghe bp. 24 Aug 1623 at Neston, Cheshire, England; father: John Hough[3].

The souce of "West Chester, Cheshire" as the home of Edward Hough is the family record of his Grandson Samuel in the Land Records of Saybrook, Vol. 2, pg. 32, which was entered on Feb. 4, 1702/3, presumably by Samuel himself, and begins: "Samuel Hough, which was the Son of William Hough; which was the son of Edward Hough; of West Chester in Cheesshir; Was born at New London March the ninth 1652/3 ..." But according to the Cheshire Records Office, there is not now nor has there ever been a town or religious parish in Cheshire of that name. But it apparently was used informally in the 16th and 17th centuries to refer to the city of Chester.

Cheshire Ancient Parishes[30] shows that Chester: St Mary on the Hill includes the towns of Claverton ??, Eaton & Eccleston, Little Mollington, Marlston cum Lache, Mollington, Little Moston (near Chester) and Upton by Chester. Chester: St. Oswald includes Bache, Blacon cum Crabwall, Boughton, Great, Churton Heath, Croughton, Great Boughton, Huntington, Iddinshall, Lea Newbold, Newton by Chester, Saighton, Threapwood ??, Wervin.

Cheshire and the Domesday Book[31]: The Wirral, in 1086 A.D. offered a very different profile than it is today. It was an important Cheshire peninsula. Domesday Wirral holdings of Norman families recorded in coastal Wirral were the villages of Eastham, Wallasey, Meols, Little and Greater Caldy, Thursaston, Ness, Neston, Little Nestone, Heswall, and Gayton. Inland Wirral included Greasby, Oulton, Mere, Prenton, Thingwall, Raby, Storeton, Saugall and Upton. Absent from the Domesday Survey were Birkenhead, Leasowe, Bidston, Moreton, Hoylake, West Kirby (included in Little and greater Caldy), Parkgate, Newton, Irby, Frankby, Ellesmere, and other more recently built towns and villages. Chester, of course, was the hub of the whole county of Cheshire, in fact, the hub of the whole north west.

See profile for John Hough, the father of Richard Hough who was part of the Quaker migration to Pennsylvania with William Penn, for list of Hough records in Macclesfield in eastern Cheshire.Francis Hough accompanied Richard as an indentured servant for two years.

Also see profile for John Hough another Quaker who arrived in Pennsylvania the same year as Richard Hough.

Also see profile for Lawrance Hough with a listing of Houghs in Wilmslow Parish.

Sources

↑ Research by Stanley Hough and Granville Hough

↑ William W. Hough, "The Cheshire Home and Family of William Hough, 1640 Immigrant to New England," New England HIstorical and Genealogical Register Vol. 164, October 2010, pp. 245-249

↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Cheshire Parish Records http://cprdb.csc.liv.ac.uk

↑ England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHKN-W8S : 3 December 2014), Edwardus Hough and Jana Manilex, 05 Nov 1605, Marriage; citing , St. Mary's-on-the-Hill, Chester, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,535.

↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ9Q-VZB : 18 July 2017), John Beddow and Winifrid Hough, 01 Oct 1641, Marriage; citing item 1 p 135, St Mary, Chester, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,045,839.

↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ97-V42 : 18 July 2017), Richard Hough, 13 Nov 1644, Burial; citing item 1 p 73, St Mary, Chester, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,045,839.

↑ UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #155164894

↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ97-SPN : 24 December 2014), Edward Hough, 11 Feb 1631, Burial; citing item 1 p 52, St Mary, Chester, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,045,839.

↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_the_Baptist%27s_Church,_Chester

↑ "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4VX-KX3 : 24 July 2017), Thomas Hough in entry for Anne Hough, 10 Sep 1613, Burial; citing item 2, St John the Baptist, Chester, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,480.

↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ97-FZ7 : 18 July 2017), Hough, 10 Apr 1643, Burial; citing item 1 p 70, St Mary, Chester, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,045,839.

↑ "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N426-9ZY : 24 July 2017), Thomas Hough and Anne Rowe, Dec 1605, Marriage; citing item 4, St. Oswald, Chester, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,539

↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F38N-65Z : 18 July 2017), Henry Hough, 11 Mar 1667, Burial; citing item 1 p 220, St Oswald, Chester, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,068,352.

↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F38V-CJ8 : 18 July 2017), Thomas Hough, 12 Aug 1608, Burial; citing item 1, St Oswald, Chester, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,068,352.

↑ "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NH4K-348 : 24 July 2017), Edward Hough, 07 Aug 1663, Burial; citing , Eccleston, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,668.

↑ "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHXK-WQV : 18 July 2017), Eddie Hough in entry for Willm Hough, 12 Mar 1608, Christening; citing , Farndon, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,670.

↑ "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHXK-ZMJ : 18 July 2017), Eddi Hough in entry for Tho Hough, Jan 1609, Burial; citing , Farndon, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,670.

↑ "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHXK-5MT : 18 July 2017), Eddi Hough in entry for ...uhard Hough, 21 Sep 1619, Christening; citing , Farndon, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,670.

↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N233-M8X : 10 December 2014), Edward Hough and Joane Pickerin, 10 May 1625; citing Frodsham,Cheshire,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 0823625 IT 1.

↑ "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHX2-L38 : 18 July 2017), Edward Hough, 17 Feb 1634, Burial; citing , Farndon, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,670.

↑ Notes on the Parish of Burton in Wirral

↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWMQ-L89 : 7 December 2017), Henrye Houghe and Jane Wodward, 10 Sep 1589, Marriage; citing 48, , Neston, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,105,092.

↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWMQ-5JC : 7 December 2017), Henrye Houghe, 17 Oct 1591, Burial; citing 54, , Neston, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,105,092.

↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWMQ-Y56 : 7 December 2017), Ryc Hough in entry for Jhon Hough, 31 Aug 1595, Christening; citing 63, , Neston, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,105,092.

↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWM7-BJH : 7 December 2017), John Houghe in entry for Rychard Houghe, 24 Aug 1622, Christening; citing 135, , Neston, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,105,092.

↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWMW-W4V : 7 December 2017), John Houghe in entry for Jane Houghe, 28 Dec 1629, Christening; citing 153, , Neston, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,105,092.

↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/hough-richard-1505-7374

↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWM3-B31 : 7 December 2017), Ryc Houghe, 06 Dec 1563, Christening; citing 5, , Neston, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,105,092.

↑ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CHS/parishesancient

↑ http://www.infokey.com:80/Domesday/Cheshire.htm

See Also:

Wikipedia:History_of_Cheshire

Margaret J. Goombridge, editor, Calendar of Chester City Council Minutes, 1603–1642, Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents relating to Lancashire and Cheshire, Vol. 106 (1956), 187.

Benton, Charles Edward, Ezra Reed and Esther Edgerton: Their Life and Ancestry, A.V. Haight Company, 1912 On Archive.org

Hough, William W., The Cheshire Home and Family of William Hough, 1640 Immigrant to New England, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2010) Vol. 164, WN 656, Page 249.

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