Samuel 'John' Houston - Collection of Houston Articles and obits

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My fifth great grandmother was a Houston: Margaret Mayes Houston. Samuel John Houston is my 7th great grandfather. Sam Houston, President of Texas, is a second cousin.

Francis Noel Mitchell, 1943, geni.com (Frank Mitchell)

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My Cunningham family settled in Augusta County, Virginia. I don't know a link to the Margaret Cunningham in this tree, but I believe it's there to be found one day. Meanwhile, proud to be a more distant cousin.

Erica, sorry but I have no info of the Scots/Irish Margaret Cunningham Houston. Hugh Houston of Craigs Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, was married to Margaret Shaw Houston, who was the daughter of Sir James and Lady Isabella Shaw. The Shaws in Ireland built Ballyrally Castle on Ballyrally Bay, not far from the Houston estate (the king began granting lands in Northern Ireland to Scottish nobles in 1606). Hugh and Margaret had Samuel John Houston, who married Margaret McClug Houston. That Margaret was the widowed mom of our John Houston and together with John's wife (Margaret Cunningham Houston) and their 6 kids came to America in 1735. The Houston Castle near Paisley in Scotland was torn down c.1740, and likewise the Houston's Craigs Castle in Northern Ireland was destroyed (probably during the Irish Civil Wars), but Ballyrally Castle survives and is a 4-star hotel! Google it.

I believe a Geni member did find the castle

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Margaret Mayes (Houston) 1710 - 1782

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania _ Paxtang, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Thomas Mays, I, Husband

Fifth Great Grandparents

Squire John McClung Houston, II, 1689 - 1754

Margaret Mary Houston (Cunningham),

Ulster, Ireland - Timber Ridge, Rockbridge, Virginia

Sixth great Grandparents

Samuel John Houston, I, 1664 - 1730

Margaret Houston

Houstoun, Renfrewshire, Scotland - Antrim, Ulster, Ireland

7th Great Grandparents

Hugh Houston, I, 1622 -1702

Margaret Houston

Scottish Lowlands, Wighamshire - Craigs Castle, Antrim, Ireland

8th Great Grandparents

William Houston, III, 1608 - 1685

Sarah Houston

Castle Craig, Antrim, Ireland

9th Great Grandparents

William Houston, II, 1590 - 1631

Marianne Houston

Ireland

10th Great Grandparents

William Houston, I, 1570 - 1613

Catherine Houston

Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

11th Great Grandparents

Michael Houston, 1510

N. N. Houston

Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

12th Great Grandparents

John Houston, Jr., 1485 - 1545

N.N. Houston

Cutloy Cutreoch, Wigtownshire

13th Great Grandparents

Francis Noel Mitchell

Floyd Edgar Mitchell

Bobbie Mae Mitchell

Joseph Robert Mayes

Isaac Curtis Mayes

Andrew Jackson Mayes

Andrew J. Mayes, I

Margaret Mayes

Squire John McClung Houston, II

Samuel John Houston, I

Hugh Houston, I

William Houston, I

William Houston, II

William Houston, I

Michael Houston

John Houston, Jr.

John Houston, Sr.

Sir Peter Houstoun

Sir John Houstoun

Sir Patrick Houstoun

John Houston

John Houston

Robert Houston

Simon Houston

Finlay de Houston

Simon de Houston

Circa 1239 Scotland

23rd great Grandfather

Source Justin Cleve Swanstrom Howery

12th Cousin Twice Removed

Denver, Denver County, Colorado

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