Samuel Stoughton

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Samuel Stoughton is not in my direct ancestry. He is 1 step removed in the following ways: Brother of John Stoughton Son of William Stoughton and Unknown Voorhees

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	17 Aug 1795	NJ
1st Marriage			to Isabelle unknown
2nd Marriage	1821		to Catherine McCune
Death	9 May 1862	Butler Co. PA	Will, Bk D,p.152 signed 20 Feb 1862; filed 9 May 1862

Children

(Children with 1st wife Isabelle Unknown)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
James Stoughton	M	13 Jan 1817	Butler Co. PA	Sarah Grubb
Morgan Stoughton	M	1819		Anna Jane unknown

(Children with 2nd wife Catherine McCune)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Lucinda Stoughton	F	19 June 1822
Sarah Stoughton	F	22 Nov 1824
Nancy Stoughton	F	12 Feb 1827
Samuel K. Stoughton	M	29 July 1830
Mary Jane Stoughton	F	29 Dec 1832		Richard Coulter
Emily Stoughton	F	30 June 1836
Julianne Stoughton	F	21 Sept 1838
Lavina Stoughton	F	16 Sept 1840
Isabel Stoughton	F	31 Aug 1842
Elvira Stoughton	F	28 July 1844		Joseph Claypoole
Lewis Cass Stoughton	M	22 June 1846

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 Federal Census Centre Twp., Butler Co. PA. Date of census: 24 Sept 1850. Lines 17-25: Rev. Sam'l Stoughton age 54, R. Baptist Clergyman, $2400 real estate; Catharine age 47. Children: Nancy 23, Mary J. 17, Emily 13, Juliann (female) 11, Levina (fem) 9, Isabel 7, Elvina (fem) 5. The five younger girls are in school. All were born in PA. Lines ll-a6: Next door live James Stoughton, age 33, farmer; Sarah 38. Children: Amanda, 7, in school; Anna 5,Josiah 3, Edward age 1.
2	1860 Federal Census Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA. Date of census: 3 July 1860 Rev. (J/T?) Stoughton age 65, pastor, Regular Baptist church; Catherine Stoughton age 58; (Nancy?) Stoughton female,age 31; Emily Stoughton age 23; (---lia?) Ann Stoughton, female age 21; (illegible)Stoughton female age 17; Alvira Stoughton, female age 15; Samuel Knox, age 15/18?; Mary Knox age 5. census extracted from microfilm by E. W. Williams	N/A
3	"Muddy Creek Baptist Church was organized Oct 19, 1819, among the members being ...Samuel Stoughton,...Jacob Stoughton, Catherine Stoughton...; In 1844 a brick building was erected on the south bank of Muddy creek...The old deacons...were...Andrew Stoughton... 1895 Hist. Butler Co., p. 588
4	Jeanne Bortmes Eichelberger, correspondence, 2006, including 27-page manuscript, "Information on the Stoughton Line". Samuel Stoughton born 8-17-1795 in NJ, died 5-9-1862 in Butler Co. PA, married 1st to Isabelle ___; married 2nd in 1821 to Catherine McCune, who died 1-15-1865. Samuel was ordained as a Baptist minister on 11-28-1823 and was the minister of the Muddy Creek Baptist Church 1823-1862. He had a will on record in Will Book D, pg 152, dated 2-20-1862, filed 5-9-1862. Included are the names, dates, spouses, & some descendants, of 13 children: James, Morgan, Lucinda, Sarah, Nancy, Samuel K., Mary Jane, Emily, Julia, Lavina, Isabel, Elvira, & Lewis Cass.
5	Stoughton Family Genealogy and History research manuscript by Burke Stoughton, Apollo, PA, May-October 1996; G929.2 Butler Area Public Library, Butler, PA. Burke Stoughton, in his footnote 91, comments on the will of Rev. Samuel Stoughton: Rev. Samuel lists his children in his will of 1862 but does not name them all. He does mention his wife, Catherine. in the will. He names his brother Andrew as an executor and this Andrew signed the will as a witness. Also attached to Samuel's will was a listing of the division of his personal property and funds. Morgan S. Stoughton and his children were listed as heirs; Morgan is listed as "son of the decedent" Burke Stoughton believes that Samuel Stoughton was a son of John Walker Stoughton, from whom he traces the family back to the state of CT. We believe this to be in error; that John Stoughton of NJ and NY (rather than John Walker Stoughton of CT) was the father of our direct line Andrew Stoughton. Burke Stoughton also proposes that Rev. Samuel Stoughton (b. 1795) was a brother of Andrew Stoughton and a son of John (Walker) Stoughton; we believe this also to be in error, misplaced by one generation. Morgan Stoughton however my well have been a son of the Rev. Samuel Stoughton.

Source notes

• *The Stoughton organizers of Muddy Creek Baptist church may be Catherine Covert Stoughton, her sons Jacob and Andrew, and her brother in law Samuel Stoughton (who later became a Baptist minister). It is more likely however that the Catherine Stoughton mentioned is Catherine McCune, wife of Samuel Stoughton.
• Samuel was ordained as Baptist minister 28 Nov 1823; was minister of Muddy Creek Baptist Church 1823-1862.

Research Wishlist

• Samuel has a will, Will Book D, p. 152, dated 20 Feb 1862, filed 9 May 1862
• Separate children by mother; presumably James and Morgan came from the first marriage?