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John Robert Houston 1712–1769 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1712

Birth Location: Scotland

Death Date: 1769

Death Location: Gap, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: CHRISTOPHER HOUSTON

Mother: Martha Worke

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Capt Houston, Samuel Houston

John Robert Houston was born in 1712 in Scotland, the child of Christopher Houston And Martha Worke. John Robert Houston married Martha Work, and had children including Capt Christopher Houston, Samuel Houston. John Robert Houston passed away in 1769 in Gap, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • John Robert Houston was born in 1712 in Scotland, the child of Christopher Houston And Martha Worke.
  • John Robert Houston married Martha Work, and had children including Capt Christopher Houston, Samuel Houston.
  • John Robert Houston passed away in 1769 in Gap, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Houston's Ancestors

Self
John Houston
1712–1769
Birth Place: Scotland
Parents
CHRISTOPHER HOUSTON
1670–1762
scotland
Martha Worke
1670–1739
Scotland
Grandparents
John Huston
1640–1735
scotland
Esther Watson
1645–1747
Ireland
Great-Grandparents
John Houston
1611–1671
Margaret Hathaway
1616–1713
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alfred Huston)
1572–1615
Ruth (Scense)
1567–1615
Samuel Huston
–1784
Isabella Sherron
–1804

John Houston's Descendants

1.
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John (Robert) Houston (1712–1769)
  1. 1. Capt (Christopher) Houston 1744–1837
  2. 2. Samuel Houston 1728–1797

John Houston's Timeline

2 Records

1712
1712
Birth of John Robert Houston in Scotland
Scotland
1769
1769
Age 57
Death of John Robert Houston in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1712
    Event Place: Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR Membership Number: 93859
    [2] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 2381.088; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
    [3] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR Membership Number: 72405
    [4] Web: Pennsylvania, Find A Grave Index, 1682-2012

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1769
    Event Place: Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR Membership Number: 93859
    [2] Web: Pennsylvania, Find A Grave Index, 1682-2012

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Gap, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Web: Pennsylvania, Find A Grave Index, 1682-2012

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