Hi Mary Lou, Saw your message on the HOUGHTON board. I have your Alanson as a brother to my David (my great great grandfather) b January 17, 1804 in NY. Oldest son of Peter HOUGHTON and Nancy Ann STORMS. Peter was born January 25, 1768 in Leominster, Worcester, Mass. died in Fairlee August 21, 1853. Nancy was born February 10, 1785 in Stillwater, Sartoga, NY and died in Fairlee April 13, 1850. There are eleven children if you are interested in having Alanson's siblings. I have a question you might be able to answer. In searching the census I find an A.L. listed. Is he the same person as Alanson? Peter, a shoemaker was living with him in 1850 in Fairlee, VT just three years before his death. Nancy