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     Mary (?) was born say 1840 at Ireland; this is a guess based on the birth date of her child Bridget.^2,1 She married Edward Houghton.¹

     Timothy Houghton was born on 21 August 1727 at Bolton, Massachusetts.¹ Timothy, age 26 married Eunice Whitcomb, age 20, daughter of Deacon David Whitcomb and Betty White, on 10 December 1753 (Eunice's birthday) at Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.² Timothy Houghton was one of the founders of Chester, Nova Scotia; he obtained one hundred thousand acres of land for himself and fifty-two others.^3,4 He and Eunice Whitcomb left Boston, Massachusetts, on 30 July 1759 and arrived in Chester, Nova Scotia, on 4 August.³ Timothy Houghton was sentenced to six months in jail for seditious statements about the King. He "said the King had broke his Coronation Oath by establishing the Roman Catholic Religion at Quebec and that he could not in conscience serve his Majesty, etc. etc." He served two months of his sentence and was released on 10 February 1777.⁵ He died on 10 May 1780 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, at age 52 of small-pox.^3,4,6
     From Houghton Family: The writer of the Halifax record of Timothy says he came of a race who had been soldiers in the old and new worlds; his mother was Mary, daughter of Henry and great grandaughter of Major Simon Willard, in whose hands the early legislature of Massachusetts placed the command of various expeditions against the marauding savages. Captain Timothy began soldiering young and had seen much service. We find him from April to November, 1754, on the eastern frontier in Col. John Winslow's regiment. In the Crown Point expedition, Aug. 9, 1755, he was adjutant in Col. Samuel Willard's regiment. In 1756 he led a company largely recruited by his lieutenant from Walton, Mass. While in the east he saw Nova Scotia for the first time, and subsequently obtained 100,000 acres of land for himself and fifty-two others, settled at Chester, where mani fo his descendants are now, and whence many migrated to all parts of the world. He had fought on the banks of Lake Champlain, saw Port Royal once, and many other points were traversed by him.⁴
     The following article may be of interest: Cahill, Barry, "The Sedition Trial of Timothy Houghton: Repression in a Marginal New England Planter Township during the Revolutionary Years". XXIV, 1 (Autumn 1994), pp. 35-58.

     Jacob Houghton was born on 17 April 1674 at Lancaster, Massachusetts.^1,2 He married Rebecca Whitcomb, daughter of Josiah Whitcomb and Rebecca Waters, on 16 February 1694 at Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 19. She was 22.¹ Jacob Houghton was the first Town Clerk at Bolton.³ He administered his father's estate circa 1737. He died on 12 July 1750 at Bolton, Massachusetts, at age 76.^1,3

     John Houghton Jr. was also known as Justice John Houghton Jr.. He was born in 1650 at Dedham, Massachusetts.¹ Colonial Families of the United States, p. 260, claims that John was born in England, but there are inconsistencies in that document. He married Mary Farrer, daughter of Jacob Farrer and Ann (?), on 22 January 1671/72 at Lancaster, Massachusetts.^2,3 He signed the "Humble Petition of the distressed people of Lancaster" to the government on 11 Mar 1675/6. John Houghton Jr. witnessed the will of John Rugg on 9 December 1696 at Lancaster, Massachusetts.⁴
     He conducted the marriage ceremony of Thomas Sawyer and Mary Rice on 15 July 1718 at Lancaster, Massachusetts.^5,6
     He conducted the marriage ceremony of Keziah White and Jonathan Willard on 17 August 1719 at Lancaster, Massachusetts.^7,8
     He conducted the marriage ceremony of John Houghton and Sarah Gulliver on 7 January 1719/20 at Lancaster, Massachusetts.⁸ John Houghton Jr. became a widower upon the death of Mary 7 April 1724.¹ John Houghton Jr. married Hannah Atherton, daughter of James Atherton and Hannah, on 27 January 1724/25 at Lancaster, Massachusetts. She was 68.^9,10
     He conducted the marriage ceremony of Samuel Carter and Jemima Houghton on 14 February 1724/25 at Massachusetts.^11,12,13 John Houghton Jr. died on 3 February 1737 at Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.¹ He was buried in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.¹⁴

     Mary Hayward was born on 21 September 1667 at Concord, Massachusetts.^1,2 She married Jonathan Fairbank, son of Jonas Fairbank and Lydia Prescott, on 24 August 1688. She was 20. He was 21.^3,4 Mary Hayward became a widow when he and daughter Grace were killed by Indians 11 September 1697 Lancaster, Massachusetts.^3,4 She was taken captive by the Indians and carried to Canada. She was rescued or ransomed by the government, and returned home via "Cascoe Bay, aboard the Province Gally", on 17 Jan 1698/99.⁴ She married David Whitcomb, son of Josiah Whitcomb and Rebecca Waters, on 31 May 1700. She was 32. He was 32.^5,4,6 Mary Hayward died on 5 January 1733/34 at age 66.⁴

     Jonathan Houghton was born in 1703 at Lancaster, Massachusetts.^1,2 He married Mary Houghton on 20 January 1725 at Lancaster, Massachusetts.² Jonathan Houghton and Mary Houghton had 10 children.² Jonathan Houghton died in 1740.¹

     Patrick Cloherty was born at Ireland.

     John Prescott was born in 1604 at Standish Parish, Lancashire, England.^2,1 He married Mary Gawkroger Platts, daughter of Abraham Gawkroger and Martha Riley, on 11 April 1629 at Halifax, Yorkshire, England.¹ John Prescott was living in 1638 at Barbados; he owned more than ten acres of land there. He moved in 1640 to Watertown, Massachusetts, where he and his family settled for a time, and where he had large grants of land allotted to him.² He was one of the original settlers of the Nashaway Plantation, which became the town of Lancaster, Massachusetts, of which he is considered the founder. The town was named in honor of the town of Lancashire, England, where Prescott had grown up.² He and Thomas King purchased a ten mile by eight mile tract of land for the township from Sholem, the Indian Sachem of the Nashway tribe. 1654 after the completion of his corn-mill, he took up his residence near it, and the site of the garrison house has been described as being near the southeast corner of High and Water Streets, Clinton, Massachusetts.² He died in 1682 at Lancaster, Massachusetts.¹
     The English Ancestry of John Prescott should not be considered "proved". In fact, there have been strong cases made that the John Prescott who traveled to Massachusetts was not the son of Ralph Prescott of Standish Parish. Evidence exists that Ralph's son John was born circa 1590, stayed in England and was married there. An excerpt of an article written by Adell T. Prescott and published in Prescotts Unlimited, Vol. XIII, #2, was posted by the author in the Prescott surname forum (http://genforum.genealogy.com/prescott/) on 20 May 1999 and contains a summary of this evidence.

     John McOlive and Susan Philips are the parents of Isabelle McOlive. They may or may not have been married.

     Susan Philips and John McOlive are the parents of Isabelle McOlive. They may or may not have been married. Susan Philips and Susan (?) the wife of Lawrence Henage, may be the same person. At the time of the 1880 census, Isabelle Cardinal was a boarder in the Lawrence Henage household. It's possible that Susan Henage was originally Susan Philips. The "place of birth" entries do not match: Isabelle's mother's place of birth does not match Susan's place of birth. On the other hand, Isabelle is buried with Susan Henage.

     Thomas Joseph Lovett was born on 7 December 1863 at Providence, Rhode Island.^1,2 He appeared on the census of 1880 in the household of William Lovett and Hannah (?) at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.^3,4
     Thomas Joseph Lovett was a pitcher for the Brooklyun Dodgers and other major league clubs from 1890 to 1894.⁵ In the 1890 season he won 30 games, the only Dodger pitcher to record 30 wins in a season.⁶ He threw a no-hitter against the New York Giants on June 22nd, 1891, in a 4-0 victory for Brooklyn.⁶ He did not play in 1892, and the reason was a mystery until the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown sent me a newspaper article from 1943. The story recounts important events in baseball that occurred fifty years previously, in 1893:
     Lovett of Dodgers, First Holdout
     The inventor of the holdout was one Thomas Lovett, a pitcher for the Brooklyn Club. Dave Foutz had brought him to the Dodgers that winter. Lovett returned his contract unsigned, and much to the amazement of the fans, remained out of action the entire season.
     There had been salary-squawkers before Lovett. But he was the first to mean it so seriously as to hold out an entire year.
     Finding a picture of Lovett should not be difficult. When peace returns and the baseball writers are enabled to pay more attention to the romance of the game, they might erect a plaque to Tommy at Cooperstown. Minus the holdout, winter baseball writing through the years would have been more onerous, and certainly far duller.⁷ He died on 19 March 1928 at Providence, Rhode Island, at age 64.^8,9
     From the Associated Press, 1929:
     Lovett, Old Time Ball Player, Dead
     PROVIDENCE, R.I., March 19. -- (AP) -- Thomas J. Lovett, 64, reputed to have pitched one of the first no-hit, no-run games in the major leagues, died suddenly here late this afternoon after dropping unconscious to the sidewalk. Lovett began his big league playing career with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1883, later pitching with the Brooklyn Nationals, the Boston Nationals, the Providence Grays. He ended his pitching career with the Rochester team.
     He formerly pitched with the Williamtic and Waterbury teams of the Connecticut League and the Oshkosh and Omaha teams. He pitched the no hit, no run game against the Giants in 1889, while with Brooklyn.⁸

     Harriet Goodhue Hosmer was born on 9 October 1830 at Watertown, Massachusetts.¹ She was an artist, traveled extensively, and lived in Rome and other places in Europe and the United States during her life. She wrote poetry and pursued other artistic interests, but was known primarily as a sculptor. A sculpture of hers, "Hesper", was displayed in the Watertown Library, and the Prince of Wales bought her "Sleeping Faun". She returned to Watertown late in her life, and attended the opening ceremonies of the Hosmer School. She was pleased to see the school named for her father and cousin, and promised to carve a bust of her father for the school. She passed away before she could fulfill her promise.^2,3,4 She died on 21 February 1908 at Watertown, Massachusetts, at age 77.¹
     From a biography posted on the Hosmer GenForum⁵: Miss Harriet G. Hosmer, sculptor, born in Watertown, Mass., 9th October 1830. Her father was a physician. Her mother and sister died of consumption, and Harriet was led to live an outdoor life. Her genius for modeling in clay showed itself in her youth, when in a clay-pit near her home she spent her time in modeling horses, dogs and other forms. She received a fair education and took lessons in art in Boston. With her father she studied anatomy, and afterward went to St. Louis, MO, where she took a course of study in the medical college. In 1851, she executed her first important work, an ideal head of "Hesper." In 1852 whe went to Rome, Italy, with her father and her friend, Charlotte Cushman. There she was a pupil with Gibson. She at once produced two ideal heads, "Daphne" and "Medusa," which were exhibited in Boston in 1853. In 1855 she produced her first full-length marble figure "CEnone" Her other productions include "Will-o-the-Wisp," "Puck", "Sleeping Faun" "Waking Faun" "Zenobia" , a statue of Marie Sophia, Queen of the Sicilies, and other famous figures. Her "Beatrice Cenci" and her bronze statue of Tomas H. Benton are both in St. Louis, MO. Miss Hosmer's work has received the highest favor. Her commissions have brought her fortune as well as fame. Among her European patrons are the Prince of Wales, the church authorities in Rome, Lady Marian Alford, Earl Brownlow and others. Most of her best work is owned in St. Louis, where she has spent much of her time. Besides her talent in sculpture, Miss Hosmer has shown marked talent in poetical composition and in prose articles on sculpture, which she has treated in a philosophical way in the "Atlantic Monthly." Her works are numerous, and each one is an evidence of her greatness as a sculptor. She executed a statue of Queen Isabella for the Columbian Exposition.⁶

     Louis Cardinal was born on 15 February 1830 at Montréal, Québec.^2,1 He married Philomène Henrichon, daughter of Louis Henrichon and Josette Leduc, on 21 April 1857 at Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montréal, Québec. He was 27.^1,3 Louis Cardinal and Philomène Henrichon appeared on the census of 4 June 1880 at 88 Cabot Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts, with Louis Cardinal.⁴ Louis Cardinal died on 15 March 1911 at 20 Fenwick Street, Boston, Massachusetts, at age 81.^5,1 The cause of death was cerebral hemorrhage.⁵ He was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts.⁵

     Philomène Henrichon was born circa 1839.^2,1 She married Louis Cardinal, son of Laurent Cardinal and Théotiste Gougeon, on 21 April 1857 at Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montréal, Québec. He was 27.^1,3 Philomène Henrichon and Louis Cardinal appeared on the census of 4 June 1880 at 88 Cabot Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts, with Louis Cardinal.⁴ Philomène Henrichon was ill with cancer on 4 June 1880.^4,1

     Johnny Igoe was born circa 1873 at Ireland.¹ He came to the United States at 10 years old, alone, sent by his dying mother who remained in Ireland. The immigration date on his 1920 census entry was 1881.^2,1 He married Mary Brennan. Johnny Igoe and Mary Brennan appeared on the census of 1920 at 97 Malden Street, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, with Helen Mary Igoe.³ Johnny Igoe became a widower upon the death of his wife Mary Brennan at Malden, Massachusetts.² Johnny Igoe died circa 1950 at Lynnfield, Massachusetts.²

     Mary Brennan married Johnny Igoe, son of (?) Igoe. Mary Brennan and Johnny Igoe appeared on the census of 1920 at 97 Malden Street, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, with Helen Mary Igoe.¹ Mary Brennan died at Malden, Massachusetts, as a result of injuries she sustained when she fell down a bulkhead.²

     Hormisdas Cardinal was born on 10 March 1839 at Montreal, Quebec.² He married Harriet N. Reed, daughter of Tabitha N. (?).³ Hormisdas Cardinal was a blacksmith on 3 June 1880.⁴ He and Harriet N. Reed appeared on the census of 3 June 1880 at Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.⁴ Hormisdas Cardinal became a widower at age 48 upon the death of his wife Harriet N. Reed on 14 March 1887 at Roslindale, Massachusetts.⁵ Hormisdas Cardinal appeared on the census of 13 June 1900 at 4244 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.⁶ He died on 12 July 1916 at 4244 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts, at age 77.² The cause of death was carcinoma of stomach.² He was buried on 15 July 1916 in Forest Hills Cemetery.^2,7

     Harriet N. Reed was born on 11 September 1843 at Reading, Massachusetts.^4,1,2 She married Hormisdas Cardinal, son of Laurent Cardinal and Théotiste Gougeon.¹ Harriet N. Reed and Hormisdas Cardinal appeared on the census of 3 June 1880 at Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.⁴ Harriet N. Reed died on 14 March 1887 at Roslindale, Massachusetts, at age 43.² She died in the Bussey Bridge train accident; the bridge collapsed killing 23 people and injuring 115.² She was buried on 18 March 1887 in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.²