Bouton-Boughton Family

Children of Egbert H. and Elizabeth E. Meitsler Bonghton, of Rochester, N. Y. 2,431* i. Josephine Elizabeth Boughton, b. Rochester, N. Y., May 18, 1876, res. with parents 1889. 2,431" ii. Charles Harvey Boughton, b. Rochester, Mar. 25, 1878, res. with parents 1889. 2,431^ iii. Julia Augusta Boughton, b. Rochester, April 12, 1881, res. with parents 1889. Through the kindness of Mr. Anson Titus, of Amesbury, Mass., there was much of the following account of the families of Matthew and Nathan Boughton, the sons of Eleazer Bouton, of Norwalk, Conn., furnished from town records of West Stockbridge, Mass. Copied prom Records. Nathan Boughton and Rhoda Curtis was joined in lawful wedlock Jan. 3, 1771, by Rev. Stephen West. Note. — The following record was found at Norwalk, Ct.: '^ We, Eleazer Bouton, of Norwalk and Hezekiah, Seymour and Levi, of Genesee, N. Y., and Matthew and Nathan of Stockbridge, Mass., do remit, release, and forever quit claim to Daniel Weed, all our right, title and interest, in any and all the land formerly the property of our father, Eleazer Bouton, acknowledged by each in their respective towns, viz : Eleazer, Jr., Fairfield, Matthew and Nathan in Berkshire, Hezekiah, Seymour and Levi at Bloomfield, N. T. BouTON-BouGHTON Famtly. 281 Children of Nathan and Bhoda Curtis Bonghton of Stock- bridge^ Mass. 9688 2.432 i. Horatio Boughton, b. Stockbridge, Mass., May 24, 1773. 2.433 ii. Rhoda Boughton, b. Stockbridge, June 17, 1775. 2.434 iii. Gans Boughton, b. Stockbridge, May 2, 1777. 2.435 Levi Boughton (son of Eleazer and Elizabeth Sey- mour Boughton), of West Stockbridge was married to Polly Ketcham, Oct. 14, 1785, by Rev. Stephen West. Note. — The old records of Stockbridge mention Hezekiah Bouton (so spelled) as school commissioner in 1782, and Seymour Bouton in 1784, the above being but once men- tioned, while the names of Matthew and Nathan quite often are found, and at later dates. » • 2.436 Mary Boughton, a daughter of (2637) Enos Bough- ton, has an old family Bible in her possession from which the following records were copied : She says that her grandfather, Matthew Boughton, and his brother Nathan came from Fairfield county, Ct. (town not known), to Stockbridge, Mass., soon after the Revolutionaiy war. Matthew was the only one of them who remained th^re. Nathan and another brother, David, left there and went to the interior of New York state, and Nathan subsequently to Bath, O. (See under head of Eleazer.) The following was copied from Matthew Boughton's fam- ily Bible : 2.438 i. Matthew Boughton (son of Eleazer and Elizabeth Seymour Boughton), b. Mar. 17, 1735, 0. S., m. Jan. 5, 1757, Rachel B. who was born May 16, 1735 ; they died— he Jan. 7, 1803 : she died May 12, 1824. Children of Matthew and Rachel B« Boughton^ of Danbnry, Conn. 2.439 i. David Boughton, b. Danbury, Ct., Nov. 15, 1757, m. first (name not known); second, Dinah Hanford, b. Oct. 19, 1764 ; settled West Stockbridge. He died Dec. 11, 1834; she died March 14, 1839. 2.440 ii. Abram Boughton, b. Danbury, Nov. 23, 1760, m. first, Abigail . She died Victor, March 19, 1813, aged forty-nine years. Married second, Ruth Bement, who was a widow Brace. He died March 2, 1827. 252 BouTON-BouGHTON Family. 2.441 iii. Betsey Boughton, b. Danbury, Oct. 14, 1762, m, James Spencer. She d. March 24, 1848. 2.442 iv. AzER Boughton, b. Danbury, Oct. 31, 1764, m.^ Katharine Rees. He died Dec. 16, 1805. 2.443 V. Matthew S. Boughton, b. Danbury, Feb. 1, 1767, and died in youth at West Stockbridge, 1781. 2.444 vi. Enos Boughton, b. Danbury, March 2, 177^, m. Sefe Brown, Feb. 22, 1798, and died West Stockbridge,. Jan. 3, 1864. 2.445 vii. Rachel Boughton, b. Danbury, August 23, 1773, m. Webster, and died March 6, 1837. 2.446 viii. Sally Boughton, b. Danbury, Dec. 16, 1780, and died in infancy, probably in West Stockbridge. Recapitulation. David Boughton (son of Matthew and Rachel B. Bough- ton), lived in early Ufe in Danbury, Ct. In early manhood espoused the cause of his country, enUsted in the army and served seven years through the Revolutionary war. Mar- ried, first (name unknown). She died early and he married second, Dinah Hanford. He died December 11, 1834, she died 1839. Children of Darid Bongrhton and his first wife, probably of Dan- bnry, Ct 8489^ 2.447 i. WicKES Boughton, b., probably, Danbury, Ct. ; history unknown. 2.448 ii. Sally Boughton. Similar to last named. Children of Darid and Dinah Hanford Bonghton, 8489^ 2.449 iii. Matthew Seymour Boughton, b. West Stock- bridge, Feb. 8, 1788 ; lived unmarried and died July 24, 1872. 2.450 iv. Betsey Boughton, b. West Stockbridge, Feb. 7, 1790, m. Stephen Sperry ; she died in 1872. 2.451 V. Stephen Hanford Boughton, b. West Stockbridge, Oct. 16, 1792, m. Anna Rawson, of Victor, N. Y. ; he d. Oct. 28, 1873. 2.452 vi. Davh) Boughton, Jr., b. West Stockbridge, April 14, 1795, m. Clarissa Langworthy, settled at LeRoy, N. Y.:he d. Feb., 1863. 2.453 vii. George Boughton, b. West Stockbridge, July 8, 1797, m. Polly Lee, they had one child; he d. 1865. 2.454 viii. Dinah Boughton, b. West Stockbridge, May 12, 1799, m. Lyman Boughton, son of Jared Boughton; she d. June 11, 1^34 (see No. 2694). BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 253 5.455 xi. Martha (Patty) Boughton, b. West Stockbridge, Mar. 29, 1801, nx. Haskaline Collins ; she d. Aug. 16, 1886. 2.456 X. Albert G. Boughton, b. West Stockbridge, May 6, 1803, never married ; he d. Nov. 22, 1873. 2,467 xi. Ruth Boughton, b. West Stockbridge, Dec. 31, 1807, never married ; he died in Victor, Oct. 3, 1882. 2.458 xii. Helen S. Boughton, b. Aug. 18, 1810, unmar- ried, was living in Victor, 1889. Children of Stephen and Anna Rawson Boqgrhton, of Yictor^ Ontario County, N. Y. 2648 2.459 i. Adaline Boughton, b. probably, Victor, N. Y., Sept., 1824; unmarried. 2,459* Harriet Boughton, b. probably Victor, N. Y., m. Harvey Chase. Child of Haryey and Harriet Boughton Chase. 2459a 3,459*» i. Ida Chase, b. 1853, married James Wolcott ; they had three children : Carrie Wolcott, George Wolcott, Charles Wolcott. Children of Darid Jr. and Clarissa Langn'rorthy Bonghton^ of LeBoy. N. Y. 2524 2,459^ 1. Anne S. Boughton, b. LeRoy, N. Y., June 29, 1825, m. Brookfield, Wis., Sept. 18, 1845, ElbridgeG. Webb; he died Nov. 3, 1854 ; m. second, Orson Peck, of Lompoc, Cal. ; he d. Nov. 3, 1854, 2,459* ii. Julia W. Boughton, b. LeRoy, June 29, 1826, unmarried, d. Brookfield, Wis., Nov. 12, 1844. 2,459^ iii. Regina Boughton, b. Le Roy, Aug. 18, 1834, m. Merton, Wis., Dec. 25, 1853, James M. Hodges, set- tled Manitowoc, Wis. 2,459'? iv. Orrin Boughton, b. LeRoy, July 28, 1887, m. Manitowoc, Nov., 1869, Fannie Malette ; res. Mani- towoc, 1889. 2,459^ V. Clarissa L. Boughton, b. LeRoy, July 19, 1840, m. Dec, 25, 1856, Peter Johnston, from Scotland. Children of Elbridge G. and Anne S. Bonghton Webb, of Wankesha^ Wisconsin* 2469<i 2,459' i. John C. Webb, b. Genesee, Wis., June 20, 1846, m . June 2, 1874, Mattie M. Wilson. He is a Baptist minister, located at Bloomington, Wis., 1889. 2,459J ii. Julia B. Webb, b. Milwaukee, May 30, 1848, m. Victor, N. T. , Oct. 22, 1867, John Dunkleburg, set- tled Dansville, N. Y., where she died Sept. 4, 1868. 254 BouTON-BouGHTON Family. 2,459'^ iii. Erastus D. H. Webb, b. Waukesha, Wis., April 13, 1853 ; unmarried ; principal of school at Lompoc, Cal., 1889. Orson and widow Anne S. Boughton W ebb Peck, were married at Lompoc, Cal., Dec. 13, 1887. No children. Children of James A. and Begina Boughton Hodges, of Milwaukee and Manitowoe^ Wis. 9459r 2,459' i. Helen S. Hodges, b. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 29, 1854, m. William A. Walker, Sept. 7, 1876. 2,459"^ ii. Jennie S. Hodges, b. Merton, Wis., April 5, 1857, m. at Manitowoc, Wis., Sept. 7, 1876, Charles A. Esterbrook. 2,459" iii. Arthur L. Hodges, b. Manitowoc, Wis., May 27, 1862. 2,459° iv. Dora Hodges, b. Manitowoc, Feb., 1864, and d. there Feb., 1869. 2,459P V. James A. Hodges, b. Manitowoc, Oct, 1868, un- married. 2,459*» vi. Henry Hodges, b. Manitowoc ; died aged four weeks. Child of Orrin and Fannie Malette Boughton^ of Manitowoe^ Wisconsin. 2469? 2,459' i. Clara Boughton, b. Manitowoc, Wis., about 1870, unmarried, res. Manitowoc, Wis. Cliildren of Peter and Clarissa L. Boughton Johnston^ of Manitowoe, Wisconsin. 2469h 2,459* i. WiLUAM Johnston, b. Manitowoc, June 17, 1858. 2,459* ii. Albert D, Johnston, b. Manitowoc, July 3, 1860, m. , res. New London, Wis., 1889. 2,459« iii. Alice Johnston, b. Manitowoc, Sept. 5, 1863, not married. 2,459^ iv. Alexander Johnston, b. Manitowoc, Oct. 16, 1865, unmarried ; res. Milwaukee, 1889. 2,459^ V, Peter Johnston, Jr., b. Manitowoc, Dec. 11, 1867, unmarried. 2,459* vi. Robert Johnston, b. Manitowoc, June 6, 1870, unmarried. 2,459^ vii. Clarissa L. Johnston, b. Manitowoc, Dec. 19, 1872, unmarried. BOUTON-BOUGHTON FAMILY. 256 Clilldreii of Haskaline and Martha (Patty) Bonghton Collins. 2465 2,469'»» i. Delos J. Collins, b. May, 1832, not married ; d. at the age of 23 years. 2,459*''' ii. Guy Collins, b. May 4, 1834, In. Sarah Humphry (dau. Rufus Humphry), Victor ; he was killed by the cars, 1888. 2,459««^ iii. Seymour B, Collins, b. , m. Ellen Frost, who died and left son Lewis Collins, who res. in Chi- cago, 111. 2,459<»** iv. Albert Collins, b. , m. Josephine Pugsley, res. Bushnell's Basin, 1889. Children of Albert and Josephine Pugsley Collins, of Bnshnell's Basin, N. T. 2459<i 2,459'^* i. Delos Collins, b. Bushnell's Basin, N. T. 2,459^^^ ii. Belle Collins, b. Bushnell's Basin, N. Y. iii. (Name not known.) Children of George (son of Barld and Binah Hanford Bonghton) and Polly Lee Bonghton. 246S She came from Austerlitz ; she died 1832, leaving one daughter. 2,469ff» i. Celestia Boughton, b. , m. H. S. Fitch, Jan., 1853 ; res. Alford, N. Y. Abram Boughton, b. Nov. 23, 1760, m. May 9, 1784, Abigail, who was b. Aug. 4, 1763, and d. 1813. Married second, Ruth Bement jBrace. He d. March 2, 1827. They resided in West Stockbridge, Mass. , and moved to Victor, N. Y., beginning of this century, where they died. Children of Abram and Abigail Bonghton of West Stockbridge and of Yietor, N. Y. 2440