William Bentley and Mary Houghton

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William Bentley married Mary Houghton 20 January 1675 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Mary was born 4 Nov 1653 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts to Ralph Houghton and Jane --.

William and Mary’s children are:

1	William Bentley, christened 12 April 1691 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts (on the same day as his sisters), married Mary Elliot 21 April 1703 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, owned the covenant with his wife 5 June 1704 at the First Congregational Church at Stonington, New London, Connecticut. Wife: Mary Elliot, bp. with several of her sisters on 22 May 1687 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, dau. of Henry and Deborah (Bell) Elliot.
2	Hannah Bentley, christened 12 April 1691 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts (on the same day as her siblings).
3	Mary Bentley, christened 12 April 1691 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts (on the same day as her siblings), married John Glazier 28 Nov 1701 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Husband: John Glazier, of Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts.

The three children were noted as the grandchildren of “Brother R. Haughton.” This R. Haughton would have been Ralph Houghton, who died in Milton in 1705 and whose wife Jane died there in 1701. Ralph and Jane are recorded as having a daughter Mary born in 1653 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts and a Mary Houghton married a William Bently in 1675 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts (some of Ralph’s other children are found dying in Suffolk county in 1679 at ages 11 and 24, indicating that the Houghtons had probably moved to that area by then). Therefore, the three children were almost certainly the children of William and Mary above.

Summary of Sources

Trask, William Blake, "Milton (Mass.) Church Records - 1678-1754," New England Historic and Genealogical Register, vol. 22, Oct 1868, p. 443.
Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Boston Registry Department, Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890, p. 23.
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Nourse, Henry Stedman, The birth, marriage, and death register, church records and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1850, Clinton, MA: W. J. Coulter, 1890.
Vital Records of Milton, Massachusetts, 1662-1843 (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004), (Boston, Alfred Mudge & Son, printers. Town of Milton, Milton Records: Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1662-1843, 1900).
Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

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Milton (Mass.) Church Records

April 12, 1691. William, Mary, and Hannah Bentlet, Grandchildren to Brother R. Haughton.

Source: Trask, William Blake, "Milton (Mass.) Church Records - 1678-1754," New England Historic and Genealogical Register, vol. 22, Oct 1868, p. 443.

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The birth, marriage, and death register, church records and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts

Copy of original manuscript in the Lancaster Record Book, written in Ralph Houghton's handwriting — Copy of original
manuscript in the
Lancaster Record
Book, written in
Ralph Houghton's
handwriting. Includes
the birth of his and
wife Jane's children.

Source: Nourse, Henry Stedman, The birth, marriage, and death register, church records and epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1850, Clinton, MA: W. J. Coulter, 1890.

Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

Name:    William Bentley
Marriage Date:    21 Apr 1703
Marriage Place:    Stonington, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    Mary Eliot
(Text from image: William, m. Mary Eliot, Apr. 21, 1703, by Rev. James Noyes)

Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825

William Bently & Mary Houghton were Married by Mr. William Stoughton January the (20) 1675.

Source: Boston Registry Department, Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890, p. 23.

Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Name:    Marie Houghton
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    4 Nov 1653
Birth Place:    Lancaster, Massachusetts
Father Name:    Ralph Houghton
Mother Name:    Jane

Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Vital Records of Milton, Massachusetts

John Glazier of Lanchester and Mary Bentley of Milton ...... Nov. 29, 1701

Source: Vital Records of Milton, Massachusetts, 1662-1843 (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004), (Boston, Alfred Mudge & Son, printers. Town of Milton, Milton Records: Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1662-1843, 1900).

Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850

Name:    Mary Bentley
Gender:    Female
Spouse:    John Glazier
Marriage Date:    29 Nov 1701
City:    Milton
County:    Norfork
Source:    Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0945618.

Source: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.