There have been Houghtons in N Cheshire (Northwich,Great Budworth, Daresbury etc) since at least the 1500s to my knowledge and probably centuries before and Ralph appears amongst the family names the earliest Ralph with definite links to me is a Ralph b 1710/11. John is also a very common name in our family (but there again it is a common name) I have a John b around the beginning of the 1600s in Daresbury (other names at that time are Elizabeth, Peter, Hugo, Thomas and William). John, William and Thomas have come all they way down the generations and my father was John and his brothers William and Thomas and a cousin of mine were Thomas. I think there were other Houghtons from Prescot Lancs and I am sure there are more as well besides. My family appear to have been Yeomen. Hope that helps Jane Houghton ----- Original Message ----- From: <Patsan2721@aol.com> To: <houghton@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [HOUGHTON] Houghtons of Daresbury Cheshire > > Hi - hope you can maybe give us some info. According to the Houghton DNA > Database we are related to John Houghton born 4-28-1665, settled. near > Princeton, New Jersey. Our family "records" indicate that our John > Houghton > was the son of Ralph & Jane Houghton who came from Lancaster, England to > Massachusetts around 1654, but the Database seems to show that Ralph of > Lancaster, MA and John of New jersey are genetically separate, so we don't > know > which way to look at all of this. Is Ralph from anywhere near Daresbury? > > Thanks for contacting us. S. Bernardi > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HOUGHTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >