Luke Stoughton

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Luke Stoughton is not in my direct ancestry. He is 1 step removed in the following ways: Brother of Andrew Stoughton Son of John Stoughton and Catherine Covert

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	~1805, or 1792-93	PA, expect Butler Co.	died 1839 Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA
Marriage			to Margaret Wick
Military	unknown, between 1812-1815	battle of New Orleans 1815	with brother William
Death	May 1839	Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA	will filed 11 May 1839

Children

• Note: At least six children with Margaret Wick. From census data, one or more additional children are possible. However, these may be the result of errors in the census data. Birth order unknown except for last three.

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
unknown Stoughton	M	between 1820-1825		To	not with mother in 1840 census
Mary Ann Stoughton	F	between 1820-1825		To
William Stoughton	M	between 1825-1830		To	not with mother in 1840 census
Covert Stoughton	M	between 1825-1830		To
Margaret Jane Stoughton	F	~1834		To
Nancy Stoughton	F	~1836		To
Jacob Stoughton	M	~1838		To

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Center Twp, Butler Co. PA	1820 census, with parents
Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co. PA	1830 census, with parents
Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co. PA	1840 census, widow Margaret & children
Worth Twp, Butler Co. PA		farmer

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1820 United States Federal Census, Center Twp, Butler Co, PA Page 4. Census is not dated. Lists family headed by J. Stoughton: 2 males <10, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 16-25 1 male >45,, 1 female <10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female >45. This corresponds to John Stoughton age 53, wife Catherine Covert age 52. Children: 2 males under age 10 are Barnard age 3,& Luke, age ~13; 1 male age 10-15 is John age 15; 2 males age 16-25 are Andrew age 18,& Jacob age 20; 1 female <10 is Hannah age 5; 1 female age 10-15 is Effie age 10. (Son William age 23 not enumerated here; possibly working & living elsewhere; married in 1822).
2	1830 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 13. Census is not dated. Family headed by John Stoughton: 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 40-50, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 50-60. This corresponds to John Stoughton,age 53, & wife Catherine Covert, age 52. Children: 1 male 10-15 is Bernard age13; 1 male 15-20 probably John, Jr. age 25; 1 male 20-30 is Jacob age ~30; Andrew married by 1826, family enumerated in Center Twp); 1 female 5-10 is Jane age 8; 1 female 10-15 is Hannah age 14. (Euphemia age 20 is not enumerated here). Family headed by Luke Stoughton: 2 males under 5, 1 male 5-10, 1 male 20-30, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30. This corresponds to Luke age 23, wife, 3 sons and 1 daughter.
3	1840 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 23. Census is not dated. Family headed by Margaret Stoeton Margaret is age 30-40, so born ~1800-1810. Other females: one aged 15-20, and two aged 5-10. Males: one each at ages 10-15, 5-10, and under 5 yrs. This is possibly the recent widow and children of Luke Stoughton who died in 1839. The Margaret Stoeton entry is followed two entries later by that of Luke's brother Barnard Stoeton. William Wimer is the next entry after Barnard Stoeton.
4	Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania, Vol. 3, Editor-in-chief: John W. Jordan. Author: Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921. Pages 1272-1274. From the Historic Pittsburgh Full Text Collection. Collection is searchable; policy re. use on websites is ambiguous; may prohibit reproduction of text. See web address below for full text http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pitttext;cc=pitttext;q1=catherine%20covert;rgn=full%20text;idno=03aee8434m;didno=03aee8434m;view=image;seq=0247 Abstract: Catherine Covert was of Holland descent; her mother's maiden name was Van Zandt, a family that settled on Manhattan Island, NY. John Stoughton, of English descent, was a farmer and owned 350 acres of land in three farms. His brother Samuel Stoughton was a Baptist minister, and the entire family was strict in its religious observances. Children of John and Catherine Covert Stoughton were: William; Luke, a farmer in Worth township, was in active service in the war of 1812; Andrew, Jacob (died unmarried); John, (also a participant in the war of 1812), Barnard, Jane (married Thomas Boyle), Hannah (married John Patterson),Effie (married Robert Logan),Polly (died young).
5	Will of Lake (sic) Stoughton, abstract, from Book B, p.98. Lake Stoughton of Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co., PA filed 11 May. 1839 (possibly signed 16 Dec. 1838). Lists wife Margaret.
6	Jeanne Bortmes Eichelberger, correspondence, 2006
7	Burke Stoughton correspondence 2007 - ongoing. Luke was born 1792-93, & was a veteran of the War of 1812. Burke describes having had an old paper (now disintegrated), a note sent home by William Stoughton, who was with Andrew Jackson, at New Orleans and he mentions his brother Luke as being well. "The note opened with a short phrase praising God and then went on to say that he was as well as could be expected, as was Luke, and that he was not liking the south "because of the insects was so bad" and he mentioned the swamp. There was one passing mention of the British and the fact that a fight was imminent and he asked those at home to pray for them. The note was signed Will Stoten, and sent to ____ Stoton, Butler County PA"
8	A. Fix correspondence 2010 -ongoing; see Contributors. The 6 children of Luke Stoughton are Mary Ann, William, Covert, Margaret Jane, Nancy and Jacob.
9	1850 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co., PA, page 18. Census dated 29 Aug 1850. Lines 30-34: Alexander Maberry, age 55, farmer; Margaret, age 50; Margaret J., age 16; Nancy, age 14; Jacob, age 12, in school. All b. PA. * Note: This is Margaret Wick Stoughton remarried, with three of the children of Luke Stoughton.
10	Will of Luke Stoughton, from research of A. Fix. Page 1: Main text of will. Beneficiary and executrix listed as wife Margaret with Jacob Stoughton as co executor. All proceeds go to Margaret Stoughton until her death or remarriage, then to all his children. Page 2: Witnessed by Samuel Stoughton and John Stoughton. Sworn before probate judge on 11 May, 1839 by above witnesses. Page 3: Doctor's bill against the estate, showing treatment from August to December 1838 by Dr. Cowden. Dated 25 Nov 1839. Page 4: Agreement by Margaret Stoughton to administer the will. Dated 11 May 1839.
11	Orphan Court Actions related to disposition of land from estate of Luke Stoughton Page 1: Petition to Orphan's Court for appointment a guardian. Court appointed Robert Hampson (?) on 13 Dec 1848. Second petition requests appointment of Michael Standoff as guardian for minor children Nancy and Jacob. Court approved 30 March 1850. Page 2: Filing documents, dated 11 Jan 1851. Page 3: Court document dated 16 April 1855. Margaret Maberry, former wife of Luke Stoughton and now a widow again. Lists six children as heirs to Luke Stoughton (Mary Ann, William, Covert, Margaret Jane, Jacob and Nancy). Land in question is ~86 acres in Worth Twp, Butler Co., bounded by Wimer and others on North, Abt. Wilson on East, Thomas Cooper and John Wimer on South and John Patterson on the West. Portion belonging to Mary Ann, William and Covert was sold to Thomas Stoughton (son of Andrew Stoughton. Thomas has died, leaving a widow (Mary Jane) who was declared incompetent and five minor children (Rebecca E., Margaret C., John H., William R., and Anderson). Jacob Stoughton (presumedly Thomas's brother, not the son of Luke) is the executor of the Thomas Stoughton will. The portion of the Luke Stoughton land belonging to Margaret Jane was sold to William G. Stoughton. The portion belonging to Jacob and Nancy Stoughton remains in the Luke Stoughton estate. * Note: Most likely these various guardianship proceedings were done so that the control of Margaret's children's financial affairs would be separate from her new marriage. The minor children were living with in the Maberry household in 1850 (source 9).	|
12	Ownership Map of Worth Twp., Butler Co., PA, 1858. Map shops ownership of parcels in township. The parcel owned by W. B. Stoughton is probably the land owned earlier by Luke Stoughton and his heirs.