Edward Houchin

  General Notes:

Edward Howchens is one of the first names found in Virginia records, a nd it is from him that most of the Houchins in this country are descen ded from. It is not known when he came to America from England. In 168 6, he was living in New Kent Co., Virginia as a Parishioner of St. Pet er's Parish. The originial register of St. Peter's Parish is in the Vi rginia Theological Seminary at Alexandria, Virginia, and it contains t he names of Edward Howchens and his wife Rebecca. The records of New K ent Co., were burned in 1866 and with their loss, all further recordso f this Edward Howchens and his family. He owned land in St. James Pari sh, Northam in Goochland Co., VA.
SOURCE: Houchin Ancestry by Barty Wyatt, Princeton Times, Princeton, W .VA.

Edward married Rebecca Unknown before 1686 in New Kent Co., Virginia. (Rebecca Unknown was born about 1670.)