Ancestry of
Katharine Martha Houghton

(1878–1951)

Mary Witter

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of Katharine Martha Houghton — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 29 
  • Father:
  • William Witter 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Freeman   
  • Birth Date:
  • 12 May 1740 
  • Birth Location:
  • Preston, New London, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Apr 1781 
  • Death Location:
  • Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Oliver Spalding
  • Marriage Date:
  • 17 Jun 1762 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Erastus Spalding (Ahnentafel No:14 )

  • Notes: 

  • Mary and her 6 month old daughter Polly were killed by Mary's brother.

• Sources for Mary Witter

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Preston, p. 217, Birth record for Mary Witter.
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Plainfield, p. 122, Marriage record for Oliver Spalding and Mary Winter.
  • ³ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Plainfield, p. 122, Death record for Mary Spalding.
  • ⁴ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A107646, #A127277.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 118.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 285.
  • ⁷ Spalding, Samuel J., Spalding Memorial: A Genealogical History of Edward Spalding, of Massachusetts Bay, and His Descendants, Boston: Alfred Mudge and Son, Printers (1872), 93.