John Houston

Abt 1757 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	John Houston  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1757	Somerset Co, Maryland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Will - Named in Fathers will	20 Jun 1761	Worcester Co, Maryland   [1]
  	He was shown as son John in the will of James Houston, wife Mary. He was given "Houston's Chance."
  Estate Settlement - Named in fathers settlement	27 Oct 1773	Worcester Co, Maryland   [3]
  	Another distribution of the estate of James Houston was made by William Lane admin, d.b.n. to widow and to (equally): James Houston, Mary Houston. Legatees: Isaac Houston, John Houston, James Houston, Mary Houston, widow (unnamed).
  Record ID	77810
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Siblings	2 brothers and 1 sister
  1. Isaac (of James) Houston,   b. Abt 1753, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown   2. James (of James of Joseph) Houston,   b. Abt 1755, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown   3. John Houston,   b. Abt 1757, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Mary Houston,   b. Abt 1759, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Bef 20 Dec 1822, Worcester Co, Maryland  (Age < 63 years) ╚═Capt. Matthew (of Thos of Matthew) Purnell,   b. Abt 1755, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 23 Aug 1791, Worcester Co, Maryland  (Age < 36 years),  m. Abt 1778, Worcester Co, Maryland   ╚═Joshua Townsend,   b. Abt 1744, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Abt 1792   ╚═Robert Townsend,   b. 30 Oct 1749, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. 14 Apr 1795, Worcester Co, Maryland
  Half-siblings	2 half brothers and 1 half sister (family of Levi Purnell and Mary (of Thos of Thos) Dixon)
  + 1. Thomas (of Levi) Purnell,   b. Abt 1743, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 9 Dec 1774, Worcester Co, Maryland  (Age < 31 years) ╚═Rhoda Brittingham,   b. Abt 1745, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 1781  (Age < 35 years),  m. Abt 1765, Worcester Co, Maryland   + 2. Levi (of Levi) Purnell, Jr.,   b. Abt 1745, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 30 Dec 1789, Worcester Co., Maryland  (Age < 44 years) ╚═Delilah Brittingham,   b. Abt 1750, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Abt 1775     3. Sarah (of Levi) Purnell,   b. Abt 1748, Worcester Co, Maryland d. 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)  (Great Grandfather)  Margaret Ivery,   b. Abt 1650   d. Yes, date unknown  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID	I77810	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	James (of Joseph) Houston,   b. Abt 1722, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Bef 24 Jul 1761, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age < 39 years)
  Mother	Mary (of Thos of Thos) Dixon,   b. Abt 1725, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown Other Partners: ╚═Levi Purnell,   b. Abt 1723, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Bef 6 Nov 1751, Worcester Co, Maryland  (Age < 28 years)  m. Abt 1743    ╚═William Lane, (Quaker),   b. Abt 1725, Worcester Co, Maryland d. Yes, date unknown  m. 1762
  Marriage	Abt 1753	Worcester Co, Maryland   [4]
  Family ID	F25483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2002] Sharon S. Jones, Jones, Worcester Co, MD Wills, 1759-1769, (Family Line Publications, Silver Springs, MD 1987), p. 9 (will of James Houston, wife Mary), 2002. [S726] Vernon L. Skinner Jr. & F. Edward Wright, Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 10, (Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2000), p. 104 (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. 103 (Robert Houston Family), 726. [S975] Wright, Col Fam of MD, Vol 09, (Lewes, DE: Delmarva Roots, 2000), p. 220 (Purnell Family), 975.