When Hon. Partman Houghton was born on 3 May 1806, in Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Eleazar Houghton, was 30 and his mother, Rebecca Barrett, was 23. He married Olinda Ann Prince on 25 June 1833. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Eastport, Washington, Maine, United States for about 10 years. He died on 12 December 1887, at the age of 81, and was buried in Eastport, Washington, Maine, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Maine is the 23rd state.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
English:
habitational name from any of numerous places called Houghton or Hoghton. Most of the placenames derive from Old English hōh ‘heel, spur of land’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some have different etymologies; for example, Little Houghton in Eccles (Lancashire), which derives from Old English halh ‘nook, corner of land’ + tūn, and Houghton in Bigbury (Devon), which may derive from an Old English personal name Huhha + Old English tūn.
variant of Haughton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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