Moreland tree » Mary Catherine Houghton (1710-1773)
Personal data Mary Catherine Houghton
- She was born in the year 1710 in New Castle or Christiana Hundred, New Castle, Delaware, United States.
- She died on July 8, 1773 in Maiden Creek, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States OR Kennett Twp, Brandywine Creek, Pennsylvania, United States, she was 63 years old.
- A child of John Houghton and Anne Gregg
Household of Mary Catherine Houghton
She is married to Isaac Cook.
They got married
Child(ren):
- Abraham Cook 1731-????
- Peter Cook 1735-< 1773
- Dinah Cook 1737-1821
- Olive Cook 1739-± 1759
- Rebeckah Cook 1739-1803
- Colonel Isaac Cook 1741-1794
- Anna Marie Cook 1743-< 1805
- Martha Cook 1743-1824
- Diana Cook 1744-1794
- Amos Cook 1745-1820
- Mary Cook 1747-1824
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Historical events
Day of death July 8, 1773
- The temperature on July 8, 1773 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1773: Source: Wikipedia
- January 1 » The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.
- January 17 » Captain James Cook leads the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
- May 10 » The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by reducing taxes on its tea and granting it the right to sell tea directly to North America. The legislation leads to the Boston Tea Party.
- June 1 » Wolraad Woltemade rescues 14 sailors at the Cape of Good Hope from the sinking ship De Jonge Thomas by riding his horse into the sea seven times. He drowned on his eighth attempt.
- June 17 » Cúcuta, Colombia, is founded by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar.
- December 16 » American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
Same birth/death day
- 1716 » Robert South, English preacher and theologian (b. 1634)
- 1721 » Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1649)
- 1784 » Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1735)
- 1794 » Richard Mique, French architect (b. 1728)
- 1820 » Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (b. 1816)
- 1822 » Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (b. 1792)
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Christina Moreland, "Moreland tree", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/moreland-tree/I193.php : accessed March 6, 2026), "Mary Catherine Houghton (1710-1773)".