Martha Wheelock

  General Notes:

The Wheelock Family in America, 1637-1969, Walter T. Wheelock, Uxbridge, MA, Privately Published, 1969

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information: The Descendants of Reverand Ralph Wheelock, p. 47
Martha Wheelock was born 31 Jul 1703, and died on 1 Jan 1768 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts. She married Israel Houghton 31 Jul 1723 in Lancaster. Israel Houghton was born about 1700 and died 29 Jan 1777 in Lancaster. Israel was the son of Jacob Houghton, and his brother married Ruth Wheelock.

• Children: The Descendants of Reverand Ralph Wheelock, p.48
Children of Martha Wheelock and Israel Houghton, all born in Lancaster, Worcester, MA : ^688,689

• Israel Houghton, b. 13 Dec 1723; m. Martha Vaughn
• Joseph Houghton b. 3 Dec 1724; d. 17 Nov 1726
• Benjamin Houghton; b. 3 Dec 1724, d. 27 Oct 1737
• Phinehas Houghton; b. 22 Sep 1726; d. 10 Nov 1797
• Martha Houghton, b. 24 Apr 1728
• Mary Houghton, b. 8 Jan 1729/30
• Joseph Houghton, b. 21 May 1733
• Prudence Houghton, b. 7 Feb 1734/5; d. 23 Oct 1793
• Eunice Houghton, b. 31 Jan 1736/7
• Capt. Benjamin Houghton; b. 5 Sep 1739; d. 31 Jul 1802; m. 14 Oct 1763, Achsa Whitcomb
• Israel Houghton, b. 26 Feb 1741/2; d. 21 Apr 1801; m. 18 Feb 1766, Elizabeth Wilder
• Major Jonathan Houghton, b. 24 Dec 1743; d. 11 Jan 1840; m. 1st, 26 Jun 1783, Rachael Hale, m. 2nd, Mary Bryant; served in the Revolutionary War
• John Houghton b. 14 Oct 1745; m. Mary Allen

Martha married Israel Houghton Deacon, son of Jacob Houghton and Rebecca Whitcomb, on 31 Jul 1723 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts ³⁶⁰.^,689 (Israel Houghton Deacon was born about 1700 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts ^356,359, baptized on 13 Jul 1718 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts ^356,359,689 and died on 29 Jun 1777 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts ^356,359,689.)