William Can I help you with your Houghton research? -- Charlie Charles J. Vella, Ph.D. <mailto:charlesvella@comcast.net> charlesvella@comcast.net I am writing an updated revision of the 1912 Houghton Genealogy. The Houghton Surname Project website now includes 80,000 descendants of Ralph and John Houghton of Lancaster, MA and John Houghton of Stony Brook, NJ, and all Houghton/Haughton surname individuals prior to 1930 who lived in or emigrated to the United States. Variants include Haughton, Hotton, Hotten, Hoten, Hoton, Howton, etc. I am also coordinating the Houghton/Haughton DNA Project. Please consider contributing your Houghton/Haughton descendancy data to the project. You will be cited as the contributor of any new data. I will try to help you with your research needs regarding this surname. Also check out the Houghton Surname Project and Houghton DNA Project Website: <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~houghtonfamily/> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~houghtonfamily/