Joseph Houston

1685 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Joseph Houston  [1]
  Birth	1685	Somerset Co, Maryland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Will - Named in Fathers will	25 Apr 1693	Somerset Co, Maryland   [1]
  	He was shown as son Joseph (under 16) in the will of Robert Houston, wife Grace.
  Will - Named as a Brother in a will	19 Apr 1720
  	He was shown as brother Joseph Houston in the will of Robert Houston.
  Deposition	11 Feb 1756	Worcester Co, Maryland   [2]
  	He was shown as Joseph Houlston, aged 71.
  Reference Identifier	Maggie 100
  Record ID	77789
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Robert Houston, I,   b. Abt 1633, Scotland d. Bef 20 Jan 1693/94, Somerset Co, Maryland  (Age < 61 years)  (Father)  Grace Benston, (Benston?),   b. Abt 1645   d. Yes, date unknown  (Mother)
  Siblings	5 brothers and 2 sisters
  + 1. John Houston,   b. 1 Feb 1667/68, Pocomoke, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Grace Houston,   b. 5 Dec 1672, Pocomoke, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown ▻ William (of Francis I) Benston,  m. Abt 1690 + 3. Robert Houston, II,   b. 5 Jan 1674, Pocomoke, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Bef 21 Jun 1720, Somerset Co, Maryland  (Age < 46 years) ▻ (--?--) (--?--),  m. Abt 1700   4. James (of Robert) Houston,   b. Abt 1678   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Thomas Houston,   b. Abt 1680, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Benjamin Houston, I,   b. Abt 1684, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Bef 20 Mar 1734, Somerset Co, Maryland  (Age < 50 years) ▻ (--?--) (--?--),  m. Abt 1710 + 7. Joseph Houston,   b. 1685, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Tabitha Truitt,  m. Abt 1722   8. Comfort Houston,   b. Abt 1686, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I77789	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Robert Houston, I,   b. Abt 1633, Scotland d. Bef 20 Jan 1693/94, Somerset Co, Maryland (Age < 61 years)
  Mother	Grace Benston, (Benston?),   b. Abt 1645   d. Yes, date unknown Other Partners: ╚═Henry Schoolfield,   b. Abt 1665   d. 1715, Somerset Co, Maryland  (Age 50 years)  m. 1695
  Marriage	Abt 1668  [1, 3]
  Family ID	F25476	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Tabitha Truitt,   b. 1687, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  Other Partners: ╚═William Kellam,   b. Abt 1678, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 11 Apr 1719, Somerset Co, Maryland  (Age < 41 years)  m. Abt 1710
  Marriage	Abt 1722	Somerset Co, Maryland   [2, 4, 5]
  Children	+ 1. James (of Joseph) Houston,   b. Abt 1722, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Bef 24 Jul 1761, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age < 39 years) ╚═ Mary (of Thos of Thos) Dixon  m. Abt 1753
  Family ID	F25486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S2166] Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Skinner, Wor Co, MD Wills 1666-1742, (V.L. Skinner Jr, Brookville, MD, 1987), p. 3 (will of Robert Houston, wife Grace), 2166. [S726] Vernon L. Skinner Jr. & F. Edward Wright, Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 10, (Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2000), p. 99 (Robert Houston Family), 726. [S726] Vernon L. Skinner Jr. & F. Edward Wright, Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 10, (Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2000), p. 98 (Robert Houston Family), 726. [S2190] Catherine Bond Gheesling, Gheesling, Robert Houston of Maryland, (Self-Published, Atlanta, GA 1991), 2190. [S975] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 09, (Lewes, DE: Delmarva Roots, 2000), p. 137 (John Kellam Family), 975.