Horton Genealogy

Errors in spelling, and occasionally discrepancies in dates may be found, but their correction will readily suggest itself to the reader.

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HORTON ARMS. DERBYSHIRE.

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We give Barnabas Horton as the Preface and Introduction to this little volume of Chronicles. He was probably the son of Joseph Horton, of Leicestershire, England, and born in the little hamlet of Mousely of that shire. Of his history before he came to America very little is known. He came over in the ship "Swallow" in 1633–38. He landed at Hampton, Mass. How long he remained at Hampton is not known. But in 1640 we find him with his wife and two children in New Haven, Conn., in company with the Rev. John Youngs, William Welles, Esq., Peter Hallock, John Tuthill, Richard Terry, Thomas Mapes, Matthias Corwin, Robert Ackerly, Jacob Corey, John Conklin, Isaac Arnold, and John Budd, and on the 21st day of Oct., 1640, assisted by the venerable Rev. John Davenport and Gov. Eaton, they organized themselves into a Congregational Church, and sailed to the east end of Long Island, now Southold. They had all been members of Puritan churches in England, and all had families with them except Peter Hallock. They doubtless had been on the island previous to this time and looked out their homes. On nearing the shore they cast lots to decide who should first set foot on the land. The lot fell on Peter Hallock, and the place where he stepped upon the land has ever since been known as Hallock's Landing.

On coming ashore, they all knelt down and engaged in prayer, Peter Hallock leading, as had been determined by the lot. These were the first persons of any civilized nation that had ever attempted to settle on the east end of Long Island. See Griffin's Journal.

Barnabas Horton was a man of deep-toned piety, and a warm advocate of civil and religious freedom. He was one of the most prominent and influential men of Southold. He was for many years a magistrate, and several times a member of the General Court at New Haven and Harford. He built the first framed dwelling-house ever erected on the east of Long Island, and that house is still (1875) standing and occupied. It is a shingle-house, that is, shingles are used for weather-boards, and the sides have never been reshingled, and the roof but once, according to the statement of Jonathan Goldsmith Horton, the last Horton occupant of the old house.

It is said that Barnabas Horton I. was large in stature, and of a ruddy complexion, and of fine social qualities.

His tombstone is of English blue marble, five feet long and about three feet wide. It is placed horizontally over the grave. The stone was re-lettered about fifty or sixty years ago by Jonathan G. Horton. It is elevated about eighteen inches from the ground, on a good stone base. The original base was of brick, but it had all crumbled down many years ago. The present base was put under the stone at the time it was re-lettered by Jonathan G. Horton.

The inscription surrounds the border of the stone, and reads as follows:

In the centre of the stone we find the Epitaph, as follows:

It is said that this epitaph was written by himself, and that it, together with the inscription, date of his death excepted, was all put upon the stone before he died. He was the only one of the original thirteen who brought his tombstone with him, and this fact seems to indicate a commendable desire to see that his name and memory should not perish from the earth.

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It will be seen by the engraving that the old house is double. The western part is that which was built by Barnabas in 1659–60. The east or two-story part was built by Jonathan I., about 1682. The upper room of this part was used for a court-house for nearly twenty years, as we learn from Thompson's History of Long Island, and some of the old benches used when it was a court-house are still preserved. The old "castle," as Jonathan G. Horton, its last Horton occupant, used to call it, is in all probability the oldest wood house in America. I know of no dwelling-house of any kind, stone or brick, now standing, that can date back as far as this venerable old mansion. There were a few huts on the east of Long Island previous to 1640—two or three it is said on Shelter Island. But these, as well as those built by the Puritans, immediately on their settlement in Southold, soon all passed away. Not a vestige of any of the first generation buildings can be found except this one. It remained for the house that Barnabas built to survive the wreck of ages, and to stand to-day as a noble representative of the dwellings of two hundred and fifteen years ago. But the old house stands to-day not only as peering above all others by its age, but also by its occupancy. It is not very often that we find two generations of the same name, living and dying in the same house—rarely find three. But here we have six generations in succession, all bearing the Horton name, living and dying in the same house, and all born in it except Barnabas I., and his son Jonathan. We may go to the castles and palaces of the old world, and search long and diligently, and fail to find a parallel case.

With a few repairs, the old castle may yet stand for generations far in the future.

It requires some thought and reflection to realize the lapse of time since the old house was built. See the old Puritan himself there twenty years; then his son Jonathan, twenty-eight years; and then Jonathan, Jr., about sixty years; and next Lawrence and his son Jonathan over a half a century; and lastly Jonathan G. Horton, about a half a century; making in all two hundred and thirteen years at the death of Jonathan G. Horton, 3 July, 1873. These six generations all living and dying in the old mansion! Could those old walls re-echo all the words ever spoken there, and exhibit anew all the scenes ever witnessed there—the book containing such a record would vastly exceed in volume the size of the old castle. It would bring to light much that is now in darkness, and must forever remain hidden from the generations of the living.

At the death of Jonathan G. Horton, the old homestead became, by will, the property of the Rev. Mrs. Williams, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who was the adopted daughter of Jonathan G. Horton, he never having had issue, so that on the 3d of July, 1873, the old homestead went out of the Horton name.

Mrs. Williams proposes to sell it, and if some of the Hortons do not buy it, it will indicate a lack of decent respect for the old castle, if not for the Horton name. It should be bought back into the Horton name, suitably repaired and preserved for the wonder and admiration of generations of Hortons yet unborn. Jonathan G. Horton, the short, thick man, and Stuart T. Terry, are the two men seen in the engraving, in front of the old house.

Mr. Stuart T. Terry, of Southold, L. I., has kindly copied and forwarded to me, many interesting facts from the New Haven Colonial Records, some of which are here inserted:

Perhaps the most interesting relic left by our good old ancestor, Barnabas, is the old Bible, which he brought with him from England. It is now in the possession of the Hon. Silas Horton, of Southold. It was taken to the Bible House, New York, some years ago, and carefully repaired, and every torn leaf mended, so that it is now entire, and in a good condition.

We find in it the following record:

Then follows in manuscript:

Then follows:

In another place, and probably in the handwriting of Jonathan Horton, Jr., we find:

Again we find:

And then follows:

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The old wood hooks are still attached to the big beam of the old house, upon which Barnabas used to hang his old musket, which was called "uncle Barney's quart pot." He brought it with him from England. It is now in the possession of Barnabas B. Horton, of Southold. It is still a long old gun, though not as long as it was once, as it was bursted by overloading on one Thanksgiving Day, and about eight or ten inches of the muzzle cut off.

The CASK, in which he packed a portion of his household goods, and brought over with him, is still in existence, and is owned by Gilbert W. Horton, of Bay View, Southold. It is doubly historic from the fact that when the British invaded Long Island it was filled with wheat and buried, thus securing the wheat from the foraging parties of the British army. It is made of solid oak—hoops and all—the hoops are square and about an inch and a quarter thick—only one hoop missing. It is used for a grain cask, and will hold about fifteen bushels. It was formerly called "uncle Barney's money barrel," as romance had it, that he brought it over full of gold and silver.

His WALKING STAFF is still preserved. It is made of the Yew tree wood, has a fine ivory head with the letters "J. H." and the figures "1617" in apparently golden specks indented into it, from which it would seem that it once belonged to his father, and that J. H. (Joseph Horton) were his initials. It is now owned by Silas R. Horton, of Goshen, N. Y.

Many other mementos of the old Puritan are in existence, some of them in the Long Island Historical Rooms, Brooklyn, N. Y.

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The word Horton in the Anglo-Saxon language means an enclosure, or garden of vegetables. It is said to be derived from ort and tun, ort, meaning plant, and tun, enclosed. The name is evidently of Latin origin, and has been known in England ever since the conquest of Cæsar.

The Hortons in England, and their descendants in America, have generally been cultivators of the soil. They have been found almost universally in the middle class of society, and it is not known that any royal blood has ever coursed in their veins. They are, and always have been, producers rather than consumers, and for industry, integrity, and piety, they will lose nothing in a comparison with the renowned families of either the new or the old world.

The first of the family who emigrated to this country, of whom we have any authentic record, came over from England 1633 to 1638. Thomas, Jeremiah, and Barnabas, were among the early emigrants, and old tradition says they were brothers. Thomas came over in the "Mary and John," in 1633, settled permanently in Springfield, Mass. Jeremiah also settled in Massachusetts. There was a John Horton in New York, in 1645, but no one has been found claiming descent from him. He probably returned to England.

It is not known from what place in England either Thomas or Jeremiah came, nor is there any certain evidence that they were brothers of Barnabas, but the three coming over about the same time would favor the tradition that they were brothers.

The Head Quarters of Cæsar's army was near the present Leicester, the principal town of that county, and the Horton name has been known there to the remotest period of any authentic records. This fact, together with the name itself, favors the idea that the family was of Roman origin. The name in olden time was frequently written Orton, and it is highly probable, that the Ortons and Hortons were originally from the same family, and perhaps also the Nortons.

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The antiquity of the Horton Family is established by the fact, that one Robert De Horton, manumitted a bondman to his manor of Horton, long before the time of Henry Larey, Earl of Lincoln, who died in 1310. It is also ascertained that the Hortons had a manor-house in Great Horton, with a mill and certain demesne lands therewith belonging, at a very remote period.

William Horton, Esq., of Frith House, in Barksland, Halifax, descended from the above-mentioned Robert, married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Hanson, Esq., of Toothill, had issue and died about 1640, viz.:

It is held that this Joseph settled in Mousely, Leicester Co., and was the father of Barnabas Horton. It is highly probable that Barnabas was not the oldest son, and not inheriting real estate, may have been one reason for his emigrating to America.

It is known that Capt. Jeremy Horton, 18 Aug., 1626, was the master and owner of the ship "Swallow," of Barnstable, and that he made voyages to New England, in 1633 and 1638, and in a subsequent voyage he was shipwrecked and several lives lost—the crew and master came to Boston, but the vessel was lost.

Capt. Roger Horton, about this time, had a prisoner delivered to him, from the White Line Prison, to be transported into parts beyond the seas, to serve in the wars of his majesty's plantations.

Tradition says that Barnabas Horton and family came over in the "Swallow," in 1638, or perhaps earlier, but I have not found his name on any of the lists of emigrants.

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"The Indians called Southold,[1] 'Yennycock.' Mr. John Youngs, who had been a minister at Hingham, England, came over with a considerable part of his church, and here fixed his residence. He gathered his church anew on the 21 Oct., 1640, and the planters united themselves with New Haven. However, they soon departed from the rule of appointing none to office, or of admitting none to be freemen, but members of the church. New Haven insisted on this as a fundamental article of the constitution. They were, therefore, for a number of years, obliged to conform to the law of jurisdiction. Some of the principal men were: Rev. Mr. Youngs, Mr. William Wells, Mr. Barnabas Horton, Thomas Mapes, John Tuthill, and Matthias Corwin."—Trumbull's History of Connecticut.

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Documentary History of New York, vol. ii., p. 439. "Rate-Lists of Long Island, 1675, 1676, and 1683," page 447, Southold's Estimate, 16 Sept., 1675, p. 451:

Documentary History, vol. i, page 669. A list of names of old and young, Christians and heathens, freemen and servants, white and black, inhabittinge within the township of Southold, 1698:

Documentary History, vol. iii., p. 855.—Capt. James Horton, 1775, takes a census of slaves in Westchester County, New York, in which he sets down to himself 1 male and 1 female negro.

Same vol., p. 863.—Rev. Simon Horton, 1755, has 1 female and 2 male slaves.

Documentary History, vol. iv., p. 200.—List of freeholders 27 February, 1737.

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The reader will see at a glance the plan of this book. We commence with the Christian name. Then follows the parentage, genealogical data, &c., and then the Christian names of the children and order of births. In many of the early families the exact order of births cannot be ascertained; but it has been approximated as nearly as possible. The lineage is given in connection with the first member of the family. The Roman numerals indicate the order of births. The sons and daughters of the old Puritan, Barnabas, constitute the second generation, but they are spoken by way of eminence as Joseph I., Hannah I., &c. The book contains much repetition, but none too much to make it plain and easy to study.

This little book contains the chronicles of only about one-half of the Horton families looked up. Those whose genealogical data are given only in a small part, and those whose correct lineage has not been satisfactorily ascertained, are not included in this book.

This book is mainly what those who have kindly furnished records and sketches have made it. The whole has been carefully compiled. But genealogical works, almost of necessity, contain many errors. Doubtless this small work has its full share. But when errors are discovered, notice thereof should be given, so that a second edition may be made entirely truthful. Thankful to all who have generously given their assistance, this work is sent out as a small contribution to the genealogical literature of the day, and in the hope that a more full and extensive book of Horton chronicles may be issued at no very distant day.

Terrytown, 10 Jan., 1876.

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I. Barnabas Horton, son of Joseph Horton, born in Mousely, Leicestershire, England, 13 July (old style), 1600. Emigrated to America in the ship "Swallow," Captain Jeremy Horton, master and owner, in 1635 to '38, landed at Hampton, Massachusetts, came to New Haven in 1640; his wife, Mary, and two children, Joseph and Benjamin, with him. He settled permanently on the east end of Long Island, now Southold, Suffolk County, New York, in October, 1640.

Children, all born in Southold, except Joseph and Benjamin, who were born in England:

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I. Joseph, the first son of Barnabas I., was born in Mousely, England; exact date of his birth has not been found. Probably 1635. He came to this country with his father. He married, about 1655, Jane Budd, daughter of John Budd, one of the original thirteen Puritans, who settled in Southold in 1640. He resided near his father in Southold for several years after his marriage; but about the year 1664, he moved to Rye, Westchester County, New York, to which place his father-in-law, John Budd, had previously gone.

He was admitted a freeman of Connecticut Colony in 1662. In 1663 he witnessed a deed of Tucker and Brush to Mapes. He sold his house, and lot of four acres of land, to his father, Barnabas Horton, and also deeded land to John Youngs, in 1665. In 1671 he was chosen one of the Selectmen of Rye, and about this time he is one of a Committee of three to procure a minister. In 1678 he was a Justice of the Peace, and about this time he was a Lieutenant, and then a Captain of a Militia Company, and also authorized by the General Court to issue warrants, and to unite persons in holy matrimony. In 1690-'91 he was devisee of his brother Benjamin, and his brother Joshua was executor. In 1695 he was chosen one of the vestrymen of the church, and in 1699 he was licensed to keep a public house of entertainment. In addition to all these dignities, he also filled the office of miller, and in this useful calling he was succeeded by several of his descendants. He had five sons and several daughters, only one of whom is mentioned. (Vide "Moore's Indexes of Southold," and "Baird's History of Rye," New York.)

Children, all born at Southold, except Jeremiah, who was probably born at Rye:

II. Benjamin, son of Barnabas I., born in Mousely, England, 1637. came to this country with his father; married about 1661 Anna Budd, daughter of John Budd I., and settled near his father, in Southold. He was a freeman of Connecticut Colony in 1664, deeds land to Christopher Youngs in 1670, and to Samuel King and others at various times. Anna, his wife, witnesses deeds in 1673, 1683–85. On 19 February, 1686, he makes his will, appointing his brother Joseph devisee and his brother Joshua executor. He moved to Rye about 1665, where he died, 3 November, 1690, without issue. (Vide "Moore's Indexes of Southold," pp. 22 and 23.)

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III. Caleb, son of Barnabas Horton I., born at Southold, in the autumn of 1640; married in Southold, 23 December, 1665 to Abigail Hallock, daughter of Peter Hallock, the Pilgrim. They settled at Cutchogue, Southold Township, L. I. He was accepted as a freeman of Connecticut, 1664. Land deeded to him by S. King the same year. In 1676 he is rated for 30 acres of land, 37 cattle, 5 horses, £282: and in 1683 his valuation was £350. In 1686 he has four males and six females in his family. He died 3d. October, 1702. His wife died in 1697. (See "Moore's Indexes of Southold.")

Children, all born at Cutchogue:

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IV. Joshua, son of Barnabas Horton I., born at Southold, L. I., in 1643; married, about 1667, Mary Tuthill. In 1673, '76, '78 and '95 he deeds land to various persons. In 1676 he is one of the patentees of Southold, and has six males and five females in his family. He is a Lieutenant in 1693. (See "Moore's Indexes of Southold" p. 88.) He died in Southold, 1729. His wife died 2 January, 1718.

Children, all born in Southold:

"In the old Colonial Records of Connecticut, Joshua speaks of 'his brother Caleb, 15 September, in the 28th year of the reign of Charles II.'"—S. T. Terry.

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V. Jonathan, youngest son of Barnabas I., born in Southold, L. I., 23d February, 1648; married about 1672 to Bethia Wells, daughter of William Wells, Esq., one of the original 13 settlers of Southold, about 1750. Jonathan resided with his father, and inherited the homestead. He was the first Captain of the first Company of Cavalry ever organized in Suffolk County, New York, and his brother Joshua was first Lieutenant of the same Company. He and his wife were worthy members of the Southold Church, and highly esteemed in all the relations which they sustained. For further particulars, see "Moore's Indexes of the town of Southold," No. 348, page 90.

They had eleven children, viz.:

Captain Jonathan made his will 21 February, 1707, and died on the 23d, two days afterwards. His wife, remaining his widow, died 14 April, 1733.

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An inventory of the goods and chattels of Capt. Jonathan Horton, late of Southold, who deceased February 23, Anno Domini 1706–7:

We, the subscribers, have prized the above written particulars according to the best of our judgments.

THOMAS MAPES.
JOSHUA WELLS.  

Hannah I.

Hannah, daughter of Barnabas Horton I., born in Southold, about 1651; married, about 1670, Barnabas Terrill, son of Thomas Terrill.

Children, all born at Southold:

Sarah I.

Sarah, daughter of Barnabas Horton I., born at Southold, about 1653; married, about 1670, Joseph Conklin, son of John Conklin, the Pilgrim, and born in Southold, about 1650.

Children, all born at Southold:

Mary I.

Mary, daughter of Barnabas Horton I., born at Southold, about 1655; married, about 1674, John Budd, son of John Budd, the Pilgrim. They moved from Southold to Rye, New York, about 1680.

Children:

Mercy, daughter of Barnabas Horton I., born at Southold, about 1660; married, about 1678, Christopher Youngs, son of Col. John Youngs, grandson of Rev. John Youngs, the first pastor of the first church at Southold.

Children, all born at Southold:

Abigail, adopted daughter of Barnabas Horton I., born at Southold, about 1665; married, about 1690, Charles Booth, son of John Booth. She was probably the daughter of the second wife of Barnabas, by her first husband. Her father's name is not known.

Children, born in Southold:

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I. Joseph, son of Joseph Horton and Jane Budd (Barnabas I.), born in Southold, about 1654. Moved with his father's family to Rye, Westchester County, N. Y., in 1664; married, perhaps, Mary Hallick, about 1678. Children all born in Rye:

II. John, son of Joseph Horton and Jane Budd (Barnabas I.), born in Southold, about 1656. Married about 1680, perhaps, Sarah Vail. Moved with his father to Rye, N. Y. Was captain of a militia company in Rye, in 1700. Children all born in Rye:

IV. David, son of Joseph Horton and Jane Budd, born in Rye, 1664; married about 1688, perhaps, Esther King. Settled at White Plains, N. Y. Children probably all born at White Plains:

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I. Joseph, son of Joseph Horton and Mary Hallock (Joseph I.), born at Rye, in 1697; married about 1703, perhaps, Anna Howell. He was living in Rye, in 1722 and '23, and he probably died there. He had Joseph, born about 1705, and probably others of whom no record has been given.

II. John, son of Joseph Horton and Mary Hallock, born at Rye, in 1681. He married and had family—John, born in Rye about 1707, is the only one found.

I. Joseph, son of David Horton and Esther King (Joseph I.), born at Rye about 1689; married Anna Knapp. Moved to White Plains about 1725. Died in 1763.

Children, probably, all born in Rye:

II. Thomas, son of David Horton and Esther King, born at Rye, about 1691; married, perhaps, Mary Knapp, and probably moved to Rehoboth, Mass.

Children all born in Rehoboth:

III. Daniel, son of David Horton and Esther King, born at White Plains, N. Y., 23 April, 1602; married about 1724, Esther Lane, born at Rye, 24 May, 1704. They settled at Yorktown, N. Y., about 1724. She died 18 April, 1769. He died 10 December, 1777.

Children all born at Yorktown:

V. John, son of David Horton and Esther King, born at White Plains, N. Y., about 1696; married, perhaps, Elizabeth Lee, and settled in Rye. He owned the mills at Horton's mill pond in Rye, from 1747 to 1769.—(See "Baird's History of Rye.")

Children.

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I. Daniel, son of Daniel Horton and Esther Lane (David, Joseph I.), born at Yorktown, West Chester Co., N. Y., about 1725; married about 1748, perhaps, Mary Corey, and moved to White Plains, N. Y.

Children probably all born at White Plains:

III. Rachel, daughter of Daniel Horton and Esther Lane, born at Yorktown, N. Y., about 1730; married Daniel Wright.

Children all born at Yorktown:

IV. Stephen, son of Daniel Horton and Esther Lane, born at Yorktown, 30 April, 1731; married 24 December, 1758, Sarah Owens, born 19 November, 1737. Died 27 October, 1772. He married second, 29 December, 1773, Elizabeth Frost, born 24 February, 1741. Died 20 May, 1825. He died 7 December, 1814. Children all born at Yorktown:

By second wife:

VIII. Hon. William, son of Daniel Horton and Esther Lane, born at Yorktown, 10 January, 1743. In 1768, he married Lizzie (Elizabeth) Covert, an accomplished and amiable lady of French descent, who was born 9 January, 1743. He removed from the town of Sommers, formerly Stephentown, to Colchester, Delaware Co., N. Y., in 1789. He was a tanner and currier by trade, and he tanned the first leather that was ever manufactured in Delaware Co. He purchased large tracts of lands, built saw-mills and grist-mills, and carried on a large business in the manufacture and sale of lumber and provisions, as well as of leather. He was a healthy, muscular man. His father died when he was sixteen, and he then for a while lived with his brother Stephen. He was a man of sound judgment, and capable of enduring much hardship. Colchester was an unbroken wilderness when he settled there, but by his influence and great business capacity, it was soon settled by an enterprising and industrious people, and the wilderness was soon turned into well cultivated and productive fields. He was a very prominent citizen among them. He was a Justice of the Peace for many years, and in 1794, he was sent to the Legislature, and about this time he was President Judge of Ulster Co., Ulster and Delaware being then one county.

He and his wife were both worthy and active members of the Baptist Church, and they trained up their children to fear the Lord and keep his commandments. He died suddenly in 1831, at the age of eighty-eight years, respected and lamented, not only by his numerous friends and relatives, but by the whole community. His wife survived him but two weeks. Children all born in Sommers:

I. Thomas, son of Thomas Horton and Mary Knapp (David, Joseph I.), born, probably, at Rehoboth, Mass., 1784; married Mary Hix. Moved to New Lebanon, N. Y., and afterwards to Duchess Co., N. Y.

Children:

I. Richard, son of John Horton and Elizabeth Lee (David, Joseph I.), born at White Plains; married, perhaps Jemima Wright, and moved to Peekskill.

Children, probably, all born at Peekskill:

II. John, son of John Horton and Elizabeth Lee, born at White Plains, about 1718; married, about 1742, perhaps, Mary Frost, and moved to Philipstown, now Putnam Valley, Putnam Co., N. Y., about 1760.

Children, probably, all born at White Plains:

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I. Elijah, son of Richard Horton and Jemima Wright (John, David, Joseph I.), born in Peekskill, N. Y., 7 August, 1739; married about 1762, Jemima Currie, born 6 July, 1744, probably in Peekskill. They moved from Peekskill to Stroudsburg, Pa., about 1780, and purchased a farm of Jacob Stroud, for which he was to pay in continental money, of which he had enough to pay down for the farm, but Stroud kept putting off making the deed until his money had so much depreciated that he could not pay for it, and Stroud kept the land. He then settled, for a time, in Middlesmithfield, Pa., but about 1789, he came to Sheshequin, Bradford Co., Pa., and took up land where Edward Brigham now resides, and here he spent the balance of his days. He and his wife were members of the Baptist Church. He died 14 August, 1821. She died 11 March, 1825. They were both buried in Horn Brook Cemetery.

Children all born in Peekskill:

There were probably some daughters in this family, but we have no knowledge of any. If there were any, they never came to Bradford County.

II. George, son of Richard Horton and Jemima Wright, born in Peekskill, N. Y., about 1741; married Elsie Shoemaker.

Children, probably, all born in Peekskill,—all are now (1875) dead:

III. William, son of Richard Horton and Jemima Wright, born in Peekskill. No record of marriage or family has been given.

Tradition says that he was a man of uncommon physical powers. In wrestling and prize-fighting he was never known to be beaten. At one time, it is said, a prize-fighter known as the "Boston Bully," came all the way from Boston to Peekskill to whip Billy Horton. It was in cold weather, and Horton at first declined to fight. But he was called a coward, and this he would not stand, and then the seconds were chosen, and the fight began, Horton came off victorious, the Boston man being so severely handled that it was several weeks before he was able to return home. He was kindly cared for by Horton until he was able to return.

John Horton, of Philipstown, now Putnam Valley, N. Y., son of John Horton and Mary Frost (John, David, Joseph I.), born at White Plains, N. Y., 17 November, 1746. Went to Philipstown with his father about 1760; married 2 April, 1768, to Sarah Lane, in Philipstown. She died 16 September, 1773, probably without issue, April 4, 1775. He married Sarah Lee, born 30 November, 1751. They settled permanently at Philipstown, and lived to a good old age, he dying in 1830, and she soon after him.

Children, all born at Philipstown:

I. Stephen, son of Daniel Horton and Mary Corey (Daniel, David, Joseph II.), born, probably at Yorktown, New York, in 1750; married, about 1771, to Mary Wright; moved to White Plains.

Children, probably born at White Plains:

II. Daniel, son of Daniel Horton and Mary Corey, born at Yorktown, about 1753; married.

Children, probably born at White Plains:

VI. David, son of Daniel Horton and Mary Corey, born, probably, at Yorktown, 4 August, 1760; married, in 1784, Sabra Wheeler, born 11 May, 1766. They both died at Yorktown: he, 14 July, 1829, she, 20 July, 1831.

Children, born at Yorktown:

I. John, son of Hon. William Horton and Elizabeth Covert (Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Somers, New York, in 1770; married, in 1792, Sarah Hagar, born in Scoharrie County, New York, June, 1774. He died 28 October, 1828. She died 31 July, 1849, at Colchester, New York.

Children, probably all born at Colchester:

Sarah Hagar was the daughter of Capt. Peter Hagar, who commanded the upper Fort in Scoharrie County, in the Revolutionary War. He and his family were in the Fort three months. He was a man of firmness, and highly respected.

John Horton was a worthy man, a good citizen, taken away in the midst of his usefulness. He and his family were always much respected.

II. Henry, son of the Hon. William Horton and Lizzie Covert, born at Sommers, New York, 7 November, 1771; married at Colchester, New York, by Elder Woolsey, 10 March, 1792, to Abigail Cook, born in Duchess County, New York, 4 July, 1774. They were both worthy members of the Baptist Church.

Children, all born at Colchester, except Susan Cook and Henry, who were born at Point Salubrious, Jefferson County, New York:

Henry Horton and family moved to Point Salubrious in the Autumn of 1809 and settled there. He died 4 February, 1855. Date of his wife's death is unknown. Both buried at Point Salubrious.

III. James, son of Hon. William Horton and Lizzie Covert, born at Sommers, New York, 23 January, 1773; was married 15 May, 1800, to Martha White, born at White Plains, 17 March, 1775. She died 16 July, 1862, aged 87.

He was about sixteen years of age when his father moved to Colchester, Delaware County, New York, where he endured the hardships and privations incident to a frontier settlement. In 1806 he moved from Colchester to Chaumont, Jefferson Co., New York, then a dense forest. He settled permanently on Point Salubrious, being the first family of white people who ever settled there. Here he was again exposed to hardships, causing continued ill health, until his death, which occurred on 5th November, 1833. He and his wife were members of the Baptist Church. He was a warm supporter of religion and a lover of good order in society, which he always labored zealously and successfully to promote. He was temperate in his habits and exemplary in his character. He never disgraced the name he bore, and his virtues are worthy of imitation by all his posterity. He and his elder brother Henry settled near each other on Point Salubrious, which is a neck of land running out about four miles into Chamount Bay. Here they took up farms, had fine fishing grounds, and raised large families.—Letter of Van Rantz Horton.

Children:

IV. Sarah, daughter of Hon. William Horton and Lizzie Covert, born in Westchester County, New York, in 1775; married Jacob Radaker.

Children:

They probably settled in Colchester and died there.

V. Maj. Micajah, son of Hon. William Horton and Lizzie Covert, born at Sommers, New York, 22 May, 1777; married in Colchester in 1800, to Hannah Williams, born in Norwich, Massachusetts, 15 September, 1773; died at Mason, Ingham County, Michigan, 1 September, 1868. He died at Colchester, 5 February, 1829. He was a volunteer in the war of 1812–15, and bore the commission of a Major.

Children, all born at Colchester:

VI. Isaac, son of the Hon. William Horton and Lizzie Covert, born at Sommers, 13 April, 1780; married at Colchester, 1 January, 1807, by Elder Woolsey, to Prudence Knapp, daughter of Enoch Knapp and Esther Wright, and born in June, 1787.

Children, all born at Colchester, except Emily, born at Liberty, Sullivan County, New York.

Isaac Horton was a member of the Baptist Church, of Colchester; but after he moved to Liberty, Sullivan Co., N. Y., he usually attended the Episcopal Church. He built a grist-mill at Liberty Falls, in 1827 or 1828, another in 1841–42. He was quite extensively engaged in the manufacture of bed-posts and other turned work, including wooden bowls; also in shipping curled and birds-eye maple. Politically he was a whig, and an ardent supporter of Clay and Webster. He died 10 May, 1855. She is still living.

Under date of 8 February, 1874, Webb Horton writes, "My mother is living and in good health. She resides at Liberty, Sullivan Co., N. Y. She is in the eighty-seventh year of her age. Her father died aged eighty-eight, and her grandmother, Prudence Schofield, aged ninety-four. She has now living ten children, thirty-seven grandchildren, and nineteen great-grandchildren."

This is a very remarkable family—so large and yet so few deaths. It is a rare occurrence to find a family of children, ten in number, the youngest forty-six years old, all living. And then so many grandchildren and great-grandchildren living. I have no record of any family equal to it, and doubtless, the number is now (1875), somewhat augmented.

IV. Esther, daughter of Rachel Horton and Daniel Wright (Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Yorktown, N. Y., in September, 1761; married Enoch Knapp, about 1786. Children all born at Yorktown.

I. Joseph, son of Stephen Horton and Sarah Owens (Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Sommers, formerly Stephentown, N. Y., 24 August, 1759; married, in 1784, Mary Beedle, born about 1760. He died in June, 1813.

Children all born at Sommers, N. Y.:

VIII. Wright, son of Stephen Horton and Elizabeth Frost, second wife, born at Yorktown, N. Y., 22 May, 1776; married 28 November, 1798, Anna Quereau, daughter of Dr. Quereau, and born 10 March, 1780. Died 4 January, 1852. He died 27 June, 1861. Children, probably, all born at Yorktown:

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I. Richard, son of Elijah Horton and Jemima Currie (Richard, John, David, Joseph I.), born in Peekskill, N. Y., about 1766. Moved with his father's family from Peekskill to Stroudsburg, Pa. about 1782; married, in 1787, Tabitha Jayne, daughter of Isaac Jayne and Anna Lattemore, and probably born in New Jersey, about 1768. They settled first at Middlesmithfield, Pa., but about 1790, he moved to Bradford Co., Pa., and settled permanently in Sheshequin, on land now, 1875, occupied by Joseph Towner, son of Enoch Towner. They have both been dead many years—dates have not been given. Both buried in Horn Brook Cemetery.

Children all born in Sheshequin except David, who was born in Middlesmithfield, Pa.

II. Elijah M., son of Elijah Horton, and Jemima Currie, born in Peekskill, N. Y., 9 June, 1768; married in 1791, Pamela Ogden, born in Northumberland, now Columbia Co., Pa., at the mouth of Fishing Creek. Soon after the birth of their first child, they moved up the Susquehanna River, and settled in Sheshequin. Pamela Ogden died 11 February, 1804, aged forty years. He married, 2. Abigail Bullard, born 11 April, 1780; died 3 March, 1845. He died August, 1835. All buried in Horn Brook Cemetery.

Children all born in Sheshequin except Isaac S., who was born at Fishing Creek:

By second wife:

III. Isaac, son of Elijah Horton and Jemima Currie, born Peekskill, 19 April, 1772. Came to Sheshequin with his father married, 1. Sally Smith, 2. Laura Stevens, sister of Ira H. Stevens Esq., former Sheriff of Bradford Co., and born in Athens, Pa., 19 June, 1797. She died 19 June, 1851. Sally Smith died 18 August, 1814. He died 6 September. 1861,—without issue. All buried in Horn Brook Cemetery.

IV. Joshua, son of Elijah Horton and Jemima Currie, born in Peekskill, N. Y., 7 October, 1774; married, about 1800, Lucy Thompson, daughter of William Thompson and Elsie Welsh, and born 14 December, 1780. He came to Sheshequin about 1790.

Children all born in Sheshequin:

Lucy Thompson Horton died 19 May, 1814, and he married Lucinda Ellis, born 2 January, 1788, and had—

Lucinda Ellis Horton died 20 April, 1864, and he married Phebe Goodsell. He died 19 February, 1863, she is still living. He and his two deceased wives were buried in Horn Brook Cemetery.

V. Gilbert, son of Elijah Horton and Jemima Currie, born in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1784; came to Bradford County with his father; married Mary Beardsley and settled in Sheshequin. He moved to the West about 1850.

Children, all born in Sheshequin:

VI. Stephen, son of Elijah Horton and Jemima Currie, born in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, about 1786; died 23 November, 1868; married Susan Mayhew in 1807, she born on Long Island, New York, in 1788; died at North Towanda, Pennsylvania, 28 February, 1873. They lived in Sheshequin, Pennsylvania.

Children:

VII. William, son of Elijah Horton and Jemima Currie, born in Stroudsburg, Pa., 14 May, 1789; married at the old Judge Gore place, in Sheshequin, 15 January, 1809, by Samuel Gore, Esq., to Esther Cowell, daughter of Christopher Cowell and Rachel Coolbough, and born in Kingswood, N. J., 19 January, 1789. He settled in 1811, in Sheshequin, about two miles from the river, where his widow now resides. She is now (1875) 87 years old, retains her mental faculties without any apparent failure, and, excepting dimness of sight, her bodily powers are remarkably well preserved. Her husband died 23d ——, 1858. Her son, Isaac Jackson, with whom she lives very comfortably, occupies the old homestead.

Children, all born in Sheshequin:

I. Phebe, daughter of Henry Horton and Abigail Cook (Hon. William, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Colchester, New York, 27 December, 1794; married 15 January, 1817, by Esq. Robinson, to Daniel Robbins. He was born 29 July, 1792; he died 9 September. 1850. She died.

Children, born at Chaumont:

III. Eliza, daughter of Henry Horton and Abigail Cook, born 7 December, 1799; married Ralph W. Rogers, by Elder Farmer, 4 February, 1819. He born 27 September, 1792; died 29 Sept., 1866.

Children, born at Point Salubrious, the residence of their parents:

V. John Todd, son of Henry Horton and Abigail Cook, born at Colchester, N. Y., 29 September, 1803; married at Point Salubrious, 14 January, 1827, by Esq. Lockwood, to Emeline Smith, born 15 June, 1806. He is a blacksmith by trade, resides at Mason City, Iowa. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Children all born at Point Salubrious, except William D., born at Mason, Iowa.

VI. Le Roy, son of Henry Horton and Abigail Cook, born in Colchester, N. Y., 10 November, 1805; married, 26 February, 1828, by Esq. Stone, to Jane Reynolds, born 22 November, 1807.

Children all born at Lyme, N. Y.

VII. Samuel McCrea, son of Henry Horton and Abigail Cook, born at Colchester, N. Y., 14 October, 1807; married 2 November, 1831, to Leah Trumper; she was born 2 April, 1810. He died at Chaumont, 1870. Moved to Chaumont with his father's family where he settled.

Children all born at Chaumont:

Henry T. Horton and Rachel Doty have two children:

X. Henry, son of Henry Horton and Abigail Cook, born at Point Salubrious, N. Y., 12 April, 1814; married 6 January, 1836, by Esq. Bouse, to Sarah P. Dunham; she was born 6 July, 1818; she died 28 July, 1858. He married, 2. on the 6 January, 1860, by George Smith, Esq., to Fidelia Horton; she died 26 January, 1870. He married, 3. by Esq. Ennons, 12 April, 1872, to Helonia Pluche.

Children by first wife, born at Point Salubrious.

By second wife:

George Philip, son of Joseph Horton, (Stephen, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born in Claverack, N. Y., in 1798; married Magdalena Miller, daughter of Cornelius Miller, and born in Claverack, N. Y., in 1800.

Children:

VI. Thomas, son of Thomas Horton and Mary Wright (Thomas, Thomas, David, Joseph I.), born in Hector, Schuyler Co., N. Y., 26 June, 1800; married, 27 February, 1823, to Rachel Lee daughter of David Lee, of Duchess Co., N. Y.

Children, probably, all born in Pultney, Steuben Co., N. Y.:

I. Elias Quereau, son of Wright Horton and Anna Quereau (Stephen, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Yorktown, 22 December, 1800; was married in Bedford, N. Y., 25 January, 1826, by Ezra Fountain, to Mary Lyons, daughter of Ezra Lyons, and born in Bedford, about 1802. He died 23 September, 1831, at Yorktown; was buried at Amawalk.

Children born at Yorktown:

George Washington, son of Wright Horton and Anna Quereau, born at Yorktown, West Chester Co., N. Y., 10 September, 1804; married, 1. at Bedford, N. Y., by Daton Webus, Esq., 3 November, 1824, to Charlotte Griffin, daughter of Jacob and Rosanna Griffin; she died at Richfield Springs, 5 June, 1843; married, 2. to Julia A. Caney, 10 March, 1844, daughter of Edward and Mary Caney.

Children:

By second wife:

George W. Horton is now living at Richfield Springs, Otsego Co., N. Y. He is a liberal, kind-hearted man, much esteemed in the community.

IV. Hon. Frost, son of Wright Horton and Ann Quereau, born in Yorktown, N. Y., 15 September, 1806; married at Yorktown, 17 October, 1827, by Thomas Tompkins, Esq., to Phebe Tompkins, daughter of William Tompkins and Lydia Lane, and born at Yorktown, 25 November, 1803. William Tompkins was a cousin of Ex-Governor Daniel D. Tompkins, of New York.

Children, all born at Peekskill:

Hon. Frost Horton is a retired manufacturer, and resides at Peekskill. He has always been a prominent man in the community, enjoying in a high degree the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens. He possesses fine social qualities, and, since retiring from business, he occasionally amuses himself in hunting and fishing. His integrity, industry and great business capacities, during the active part of his life, rendered him a most valuable acquisition to the community in which he carried on his business, and the articles he manufactured were of sterling value to the farming interests of the country.

Mr. Horton, on sending me his photograph for an engraving, accompanied it with the following very modest and unassuming sketch of his life:

Mr. Horton is not a public professor of Christianity, but is a gentleman of correct moral deportment, and very temperate in his habits. Mrs. Horton is an amiable lady, and a valued member of the Presbyterian Church.

V. Stephen D., son of Wright Horton and Ann Quereau, born at Yorktown, 3 October, 1808; moved to Peekskill in 1832; married in Peekskill, 13 January, 1841, by Rev. Mr. Westbrook, to Delia Clapp, daughter of Philip Clapp and —— Ferris. They had one child, Emma, born at Peekskill in 1842, died in 1856. He was a lawyer, very industrious and ambitious, and died 5 March, 1842, probably from applying himself too closely to his profession and overtasking his mental powers.

VI. William Clements, son of Wright Horton and Ann Quereau, born at Yorktown, 9 January, 1811; married 29 August, 1832, at Yorktown, by Thomas Tompkins, Esq., to Phebe McKeel, daughter of Moses McKeel. She died at Yorktown, in 1845, leaving one child, which died young. He died 26 January, 1846. All buried in Yorktown Cemetery.

II. Wright, son of Maj. Micajah Horton and Hannah Williams (Hon. William, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Colchester, N. Y., 24 April, 1803; married—resides in Howard County, Kansas.

III. Isaac Williams, son of Maj. Micajah Horton and Hannah Williams, born in Colchester, N. Y., 10 October, 1805; married 10 October, 1832, in Colchester, to Adah Washburn.

Children, all born in Colchester:

Isaac W. Horton moved from Colchester 2 June, 1847, to Vevay, Ingham County, Michigan; settled and remained there until September, 1853, when he removed to Mason, in the same county, and kept the "Mason Hotel" until about 1861; he still resides in Mason.

X. George Washington Page, son of John Horton and Sarah Hagar (Hon. William, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born in Colchester, New York, 6 February, 1816; married in Dryden, Tompkins County, New York, 16 September, 1852, by the Rev. S. Minier, to Julia E. Carpenter, daughter of John Y. Carpenter and Sarah Jane Delany, and born in 1818.

Children, both born in Colchester:

I. John White, son of James Horton and Martha White (Hon. William, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Colchester, New York, 12 October, 1802; married at Brownville, Jefferson County, New York, 17 September, 1826, by the Rev. Lyman Ackerman, to Candis Louisa Fox, daughter of Gabriel Ely Fox and Betsey, and born in Chestertown, Warren County, New York, 12 October, 1805. She died at Adams Centre, Jefferson County, New York, 13 December, 1872. He is a Deacon in the Baptist Church, embraced religion in early life, has always been a prominent man, and commanded the respect and esteem of all who knew him. He went to Jefferson County, New York, in his infancy, and in 1826 he purchased land at Adams Centre, and became a well-to-do farmer, exerting a salutary influence in the community, being active in the moral and religious enterprises of the day; he resided there until after the death of his wife, when he went to Troy, New York, where he now (1874) resides.

Children, all born at Adams Centre:

The following auto-biographical sketch of Dea. John W. Horton, contained in one of his letters, is interesting and well worth preserving:

II. George, son of James Horton and Martha White, born at Colchester, N. Y., 31 March, 1804; married, 29 January, 1829, to Sabra Mills, born at Deering, N. H., 29 May, 1804. They reside at Point Salubrious, Jefferson Co., N. Y., and they are worthy members of the Baptist Church.

Children:

III. Ann Caroline, daughter of James Horton and Martha White, born at Chaumont, N. Y., 13 June, 1806; married, at Point Salubrious, 30 January, 1833, by the Rev. Asher Stanton, to Benjamin Ryder; 2. a farmer, and born at Dumerstown, Vt., 31 December, 1806; he died at his residence in Brownsville, N. Y., 12 November, 1871.

Children all born at Brownsville, except Watkins L., born at Chaumont:

IV. Valiant McRea, son of James Horton and Martha White, born at Lyme, N. Y., 14 May, 1808; married at Adams, N. Y., 30 August, 1837, Delia M. Cook. They moved to Ridgefield, O., in 1837, where they both died, he 14 August, 1857; she 7 August, 1863.

Children all born at Grafton, O., except

V. James Ingersol, son of James Horton and Martha White, born on Point Salubrious, N. Y., 19 March, 1810; married 1st of January, 1839, to Lucy B. Hubbard.

Children:

VI. Cornelius W. Van Rantz, son of James Horton and Martha White, born in Lyme, N. Y., 31 January, 1812; married 13 September, 1843, to Emeline E. Dickerson.

Children all born in Lyme, except Judson A., who was born in Somerville, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.

C. Van Rantz Horton died at Lyme, 3 September, 1862. He was mostly self-educated, possessed a good literary taste, was a good writer, and left an interesting diary.

VII. William Henry, son of James Horton and Martha White, born on Point Salubrious, N. Y., 24 January, 1814; married 20 November, 1851, to Harriet Wright, born 16 August, 1824.

Children all born on Point Salubrious:

William Henry occupies the old homestead of his father on Point Salubrious, Jefferson Co., N. Y.

VII. Sarah Maria, daughter of James Horton and Martha White, born on Point Salubrious, N. Y., 10 August, 1817; she is an interesting and intelligent lady, engaged heartily in the work of the Horton Genealogy, and has done more than any other one in looking up the descendants of the first Joseph. She resides at Chaumont, and is a worthy member of the Baptist Church, is much esteemed and highly respected in the community. Her health is somewhat impaired, nevertheless she is active in every benevolent work, and she has been unwearied in her efforts to ferret out the genealogical data of her branch of the family. She possesses genuine piety, a mild and affable disposition, and never forgets her friends, and even if she has enemies she remembers them only to do good to them, by teaching them by her words and deeds to have a better mind.

I. Homer, son of Isaac Horton and Prudence Knapp (Hon. William, Stephen, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Colchester, N. Y., 29 June, 1809; married, at Liberty Corners, N. Y., to Jane Davidge.

Children all born in Sullivan Co., N. Y.:

III. James, son of Isaac Horton and Prudence Knapp, born at Colchester, 5 June, 1813; married, 1. Elizabeth Kremer, 2. Eliza Ann Clements.

Children, by first wife:

IV. Charles, son of Isaac Horton and Prudence Knapp, born at Colchester, 25 February, 1815; married Betsy Grant.

Children, all born at Liberty Falls, New York:

Charles Horton is a merchant and leather manufacturer, in Middletown, New York, and also interested in large tanneries, in western Pennsylvania. He is wealthy, is doing a large business, and has a beautiful lot and dwelling house in Middletown, New York.

V. Esther, daughter of Isaac Horton and Prudence Knapp, born at Colchester, 11 August, 1817; married Nathaniel Gildersleeve.

Children:

VI. Clarissa, daughter of Isaac Horton and Prudence Knapp, born 11 May, 1819; married John C. Smith.

Children:

VII. Ovid, son of Isaac Horton and Prudence Knapp, born at Colchester, New York, 7 May, 1821; married in Bethel, New York, 3 June, 1847, by Rev. William Reeves, to Catherine Graham Holiday, daughter of Rev. Thomas Holiday and Elizabeth McCoy, and born at New Scotland, Albany County, New York, 28 February, 1825.

Children, all born at Liberty Falls, New York:

Ovid Horton is a merchant, and is the proprietor of the Liberty Falls Mills, and manufactures flour and lumber. He enjoys the confidence, respect and esteem of the community. He has taken a lively interest in the history of the Horton family, and has cheerfully answered the circulars and letters sent him.

The Rev. Thomas Holiday was a Presbyterian minister, and labored faithfully in the ministry in New Scotland, N. Y., for more than thirty years.

IX. Webb, son of Isaac Horton and Prudence Knapp, born at Colchester, N. Y., 24 February, 1826; married at Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y., 28 August, 1855, by Rev. E. F. Fowler, of Monticello, N. Y., to Elizabeth Ann Radaker, daughter of Henry Radaker and Rachel Taylor, and born in Montgomery, N. Y., in 1833.

Children, all born in Damascus, Wayne Co., Pa.:

Webb Horton is largely engaged in the manufacture of leather and lumber, and also in general mercantile business at Sheffield, Warren Co., Pa. In a letter of 9th February, 1874, he says:

X. Emily, daughter of Isaac Horton and Prudence Knapp, born at Liberty, Sullivan Co., N. Y., 11 December, 1829; married Nicholas M. Young.

Children, born at Liberty Falls:

I. Thomas Hyatt, M. D., son of Stephen Horton and Susanna Hyatt, (Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, David, Joseph I.), born in Pultney, Steuben Co., N. Y., 9 June, 1819; married in Jerusalem, Yates Co., N. Y., 24 Sept., 1840, by Rev. A. B. Winchel, to Laura Ann Torrance, daughter of William H. Torrance and Salome, and born in Jerusalem, 1 November, 1818.

Children:

Thomas H. Horton is a physician, resides in Bath, Steuben County, New York, and is a successful practitioner, standing fair in the community.

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I. David, son of Richard Horton and Tabitha Jayne (Elijah, Richard, John, David, Joseph I.), born in Middle Smithfield, Pa., 22 Oct., 1788, came with his father to Bradford County, in 1792; married in Sheshequin, 31 May, 1812, by George Scott, Esq., to Hannah Newell, daughter of Abel Newell and Amy Wilcox, and born in Sheshequin, 5 Feb., 1794. She died 28 Jan., 1875; he died 23 June, 1875.

Children, all born in Sheshequin:

IV. Anna, daughter of Richard Horton and Tabitha Jayne, born in Sheshequin, in 1782; married at the residence of her father, in Sheshequin, 25 March, 1812, by William Myer, Esq., to Caleb Shores, son of Samuel Shores and Polly Stephens, and born at Canoe Brook, Sussex Co., N. J., 15 Sept., 1789.

Children, all born on Shores' Hill, Wysox Township, Pa.:

Children all live in Sheshequin except Irvine, Richard and David, who live in Wysox, Pa.

Caleb Shores and his wife both died in March, 1875—only four days between their deaths.

X. Richard, son of Richard Horton and Tabitha Jayne, born in Sheshequin, 3 June, 1807; married in Sheshequin, 4 July, 1827, by Esq. Holcomb, to Eliza Shores, daughter of James Shores and Elizabeth Hamilton, and born in Sheshequin, 31 Dec., 1807; he died 20 Feb., 1835; she is still living.

Children, all born in Sheshequin:

I. Isaac Snyder, son of Elijah M. Horton and Pamela Ogden (Elijah, Richard, John, David, Joseph I.), born at the mouth of Fishing Creek, Columbia County, Pa., 20 June, 1792; came to Bradford County with his father when he was but three weeks old; "was pushed up the Susquehanna River," as he says, "in a canoe." He was married in Sheshequin, Pa., 13 June, 1813, by Samuel Gore, Esq., to Hannah Elliott, daughter of John Elliott and Elizabeth Snyder, and born near the City of Hudson, N. Y., 2d of August, 1792. Elizabeth Snyder was a daughter of William Snyder, of Claverack, Columbia, New York. Isaac S. Horton died 9 January, 1874; his widow, now (1875) 83 years old, retains her mental faculties remarkably well; she is a fine old Christian lady and much esteemed.

Children all born in Sheshequin:

Isaac S. Horton was a farmer, and occasionally a hunter, "frequently taking his rifle," as he says, and going into the woods not far from his house, he would knock down a deer or two and return home by breakfast time. One morning in June, some forty years ago, he took his gun and went out into the woods, about half a mile from his house, when a fine buck appeared before him and down he went. While reloading his gun he heard a wolf howl, and going a little further he brought him down also. On returning to the place where he shot the buck, behold, a huge panther had taken possession of the buck, and was regaling himself by licking up the blood and preparing to feast upon the carcass. He stood still for some minutes, looking at the panther, thinking it rather cruel to kill him before he had a chance to take his fill of his much coveted food. But at length the panther saw him and showed signs of fight, and he then put a ball through his brain. On going home for his team, he found he had been gone only a little over an hour.

Mr. Horton took up land in a dense wilderness, several miles from any inhabitant, cleared it up, and then bought several other farms and assisted in clearing them up. He was a man of strong constitution, and lived to a good old age, dying at his old homestead, about two miles from Ghent meeting house, in Sheshequin, Pa.

II. Lydia, daughter of Elijah M. Horton and Pamela Ogden, born in Sheshequin; married Rev. David Blackman, of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Children, all born in Sheshequin:

III. Charles, son of Elijah M. Horton and Pamela Ogden, born in Sheshequin; married Sally Brink.

Children:

IV. John, son of Elijah M. Horton and Pamela Ogden, born in Sheshequin.

Children:

VII. Elijah, son of Elijah M. Horton and Pamela Ogden, born in Sheshequin; married Betsey Ferguson; both dead.

Children, all born in Sheshequin:

VIII. Jane Jemima, daughter of Elijah M. Horton and Pamela Ogden, born in Sheshequin; married Joseph Elliott.

Children:

IX. William Bullard, son of Elijah M. Horton and Abigail Bullard, his 2d wife (Elijah, Richard, John, David, Joseph I.), born in Sheshequin, 21 Sept., 1807; married 22 Sept., 1831, to Melinda Blackman, daughter of Col. Franklin Blackman and Sybil Beardsley, and born in Sheshequin, 28 Sept., 1810. She died 7 June, 1850. He married 2. on 19 Feb., 1851, to Saloma J. Kilmer, daughter of Jeremiah Kilmer and —— Barner, and born in Sheshequin, 27 April, 1827. He died 20 Aug., 1867. She is still living.

Children, all born in Sheshequin. By 1st wife:

By 2d wife:

William B. Horton was a man of good character and much esteemed as a neighbor and citizen.

XI. Lucinda, daughter of Elijah M. Horton and Abigail Bullard, his 2d wife, born in Sheshequin; married John B. Smith, son of John B. Smith.

Children, all born in Sheshequin:

VII. Richard Thompson, son of Joshua Horton and Lucy Thompson (Elijah, Richard, John, David, Joseph I.), born in Sheshequin, Pa., 20 May, 1813; married in Sheshequin, 23 Oct., 1834, by Chester Park, Esq., to Rhoda Horton, daughter of David Horton and Hannah Newell, and born 16 August, 1816.

Children all born in North Towanda, except Percilla Adaline, born in Sheshequin:

Mr. R. T. Horton resides at Terrytown, Pa., owns the Terrytown grist-mill, a dealer in flour, produce, etc. He and his wife are worthy members of the M. E. Church.

XIII. Lewis, son of Joshua Horton and Lucinda Ellis, born 6 Feb., 1822; married in Sheshequin, by Elder Joseph Towner, of the M. E. Church, 17 Sept., 1851, to Sallie Maria Chaffee, daughter of Sullivan Chaffee and Catherine Deo. Reside at Horn Brook, Pa.

Children all born at Horn Brook, Sheshequin Township:

I. Elijah Harrison, son of Stephen Horton and Susan Mayhew (Elijah, Richard, John, David, Joseph I.), born in Sheshequin, 12 Nov., 1808; married by David F. Barstow, Esq., in North Towanda, 12 Oct., 1830, to Mary Forster, daughter of Abial Forster and Mary Means, and born in North Towanda.

Children, all born on Hollon Hill:

Mr. E. H. Horton now lives at North Towanda. He resided for many years on Hollon Hill, now Liberty Corners, Bradford Co., Pa. He and his wife are esteemed members of the M. E. Church, active in the work of the church and Sabbath-school.

III. Richard Currie, son of William Horton and Esther Cowell, born 29 May, 1816; married in Sheshequin, 26 May, 1843, by George Kinney, Esq., to Elizabeth Smith, daughter of John M. Smith and Rachel Brink, and born in Sheshequin, 26 Dec., 1820. He died about 1858.

Children:

Mrs. Horton and her sons live very comfortably near the old homestead of William Horton in Sheshequin.

I. Rev. George Dinsmore, son of George Horton and Sabra Mills (James, Hon. William, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Chaumont, N. Y.; graduated at Hamilton College, N. Y., in the Class of 1857; graduated at Auburn Theological Seminary in 1860. He is now (1875), pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Coventryville, N. Y. Commenced his ministry at Dexter, Jefferson Co., N. Y., and was ordained there. He was married (1.) at Constantia, by Rev. Mr. Williams, to Carrie Ingersoll, on the 1 August, 1860; she was the daughter of Deacon Daniel W. Ingersoll, and was born at Constantia, Oswego Co., N. Y., 23 September, 1837; she died 24 July, 1868, leaving four children:

He was married (2.) at Coventryville, N. Y., 23 June, 1869, by Rev. A. Crocker, to Wealthy Arcence Blake; she is the daughter of Deacon Othniel Blake, and was born at Coventry on the 28 Feb., 1830; has no children by 2 wife. He is a faithful minister, well-drilled in theological lore, and an able and earnest expounder of the Scriptures.

II. Ann Elizabeth, daughter of George Horton and Sabra Mills, born in Adams Centre, N. Y., 30 Dec., 1831; married at Chaumont, N. Y., 20 April, 1856, to Abram Van Doren, a farmer, and born 13 August, 1827. She died at Chaumont, 19 Feb., 1859.

Children:

III. James White, a sea captain, son of George Horton and Sabra Mills, born at Brownsville, Jefferson Co., N. Y., 6 March, 1834; married at Cape Vincent, N. Y., 11 January, 1858, to Mary Jane Marks, born 8 August, 1838.

Children, all born at Dexter, N. Y.:

IV. Robert Mills, son of George Horton and Sabra Mills, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 3 July, 1836; married at Chaumont, 14 June, 1857, to Laura Jane Cross, born 9 July, 1836.

Children:

Robert Mills Horton enlisted in the Union Service at Hillsboro, Ill., 1 August, 1861, and died for his country at Memphis, Tenn., 8 Sept., 1862.

V. Francis Newell, son of George Horton and Sabra Mills, was born at Brownsville, N. Y., 29 June, 1838. Enlisted in the Union Service at Hillsboro, Ill., 1 August, 1861, Co. D, 126 Ill. Volunteers; died a martyr to freedom at Duvall's Bluff, Arkansas, 12 Dec., 1862; unmarried.

VI. Andrew Marcus, son of George Horton and Sabra Mills, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 31 Dec., 1840; enlisted in the Union Service, Co. E, 6. Reg. N. Y. Vol. Cavalry, 10 Sept., 1861; was orderly-sergeant; re-enlisted in Dec., 1863; served through the war, and was honorably discharged at Elmira, N. Y., 22 August, 1865, and is now (1873), editor of the "Algona Republican," Algona, Iowa; unmarried.

VII. Martha Maria, daughter of George Horton and Sabra Mills, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 10 April, 1842; married at Chaumont, N. Y., 18 June, 1867, to Peter Van Doren, a farmer, and born 21 June, 1839. Children:

III. Joseph Strang, son of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Strang (Joseph, Stephen, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Sommers, 24 Feb., 1812; married 23 Jan., 1839, in Putnam Valley, N. Y., to Ann Eliza Dusenbury, daughter of Charles Dusenbury and Elizabeth Hadden, and born in 1814.

Children:

Mr. J. S. Horton resides near Roundout, N. Y., and for twenty-one years past he has been Foreman and Director of Labor for the Newark Lime and Cement Manufacturing Company. That he possesses good business capacity and tact, and the confidence and esteem of his employers, is evident from the length of time he has been in their employ.

IV. Stephen, son of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Strang, born in Carmel, Putnam Co., N. Y., 8 Nov., 1813; married at Sommerstown, N. Y., 10 Jan., 1844, to Martha Lines, daughter of Stephen Lines and Hannah Peirsoll, and born in Sommers about 1815.

Children:

Stephen Horton now resides in Richford, N. Y.

I. Sarah, daughter of Israel Horton and Nancy Hills (John, John, John, David, Joseph I.), born in Philipstown, 9 Feb., 1815; married in 1833, to Joshua Nelson of Philipstown.

Children, all born at Philipstown, except Joshua George:

II. Jesse, son of Israel Horton and Nancy Hills, born at Philipstown, 5 Feb., 1816; married in Putnam Valley, N. Y., 3 March, 1842, by Rev. Samuel Weeks, to Caroline Jaycox, daughter of Thomas Jaycox and Sarah —— and born 8 May, 1819.

Children, all born at Philipstown:

III. Mary Ann, daughter of Israel Horton and Nancy Hills, born at Philipstown, 16 July, 1817; married in January, 1842, to Sylvester Haight, of Philipstown, and born in 1817. She died January, 1850; buried in South Highland Cemetery, but afterwards removed to Fishkill Cemetery. Children, all born in Philipstown:

IV. William John, son of Israel Horton and Nancy Hills, born at Philipstown, 1 July, 1819; married 20 Dec., 1843, by Rev. Richard Hopper, to Sarah Jane Entrott, daughter of Henry Entrott and Hanna ——, of Putnam Valley, and born 16 Sept., 1825.

Children:

V. Phebe Jane, daughter of Israel Horton and Nancy Hill, born in Philipstown, 14 April, 1821; married Cornelius J. Haight, 12 Nov., 1840, of Philipstown, by Rev. Richard Hopper, and born 28 Aug., 1814.

Children, all born at Philipstown:

VI. Cyrus, son of Israel Horton and Nancy Hills, born 8 Dec., 1822, at Philipstown, married in Philipstown, 27 Jan., 1849, to Catherine Warren, daughter of John Warren and Matilda ——, and born 25 May, 1829, in Philipstown.

Children, all born at Philipstown:

VII. Joshua J., son of Israel Horton and Nancy Hills, born in Philipstown, 4 June, 1826; married in Philipstown, 4 June, 1855, by Rev. D. L. Meeks, of Fishkill, N. Y., to Electa Ann Townsend, daughter of Talmadge Townsend and Julia Ann Bush, of Massachusetts, and born 21 May, 1838.

Children all born in Philipstown:

Henry Beach, son of Stephen Horton and Hettie Vandyke (Stephen, Stephen, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born in Marcellus, N. Y., about 1826; married 1. in Winsted, Connecticut, 5 May, 1851, to Adaline Holabird, daughter of William S. Holabird; married 2. in Elgin, Ill., 16 Dec., 1861, to Amanda J. Webster, daughter of Hazen Webster.

Children, born at Elgin, Ill. By 1st wife:

By 2d wife:

They reside in Chicago, Ill. He is Secretary of the Sherwood School Furniture Co. In his letter giving the above record he remarks, "I know nothing of your purpose in gathering up this information; but, as I seldom see the name of Horton in our reports of criminal prosecutions, I trust that in tracing the genealogy of the family, you will find little to reflect dishonor upon the name. I have never met a scalawag who called himself Horton."

I. David Lee, son of Thomas Horton and Rachel Lee (Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, David, Joseph I.), born in Pultney, N. Y., 6 Jan., 1827; married 12 Sept., 1847, to Susan Swarthout. He was a hotel keeper; died 11 May, 1872, in Pultney, N. Y.

VI. Capt. Daniel Taylor, son of Thomas Horton and Rachel Lee, born in Pultney, N. Y., 16 Nov. 1835; married in Barrington, N. Y., 1 Jan., 1861, by the Rev. A. B. Chace, to Mary Ann Swarthout, daughter of Asahel Swarthout. She died without issue, and on the 16th Nov., 1866, he married Mary Jane Knapp, and moved to Auburn, N. Y. He was Captain of Company A., 161st New York Volunteer Infantry, served during the war, and came out unharmed. He is now (1873) one of the Keepers in Auburn State Prison, and has charge of the Shoe Department. The Captain is intelligent, possesses a good character and fine social qualities.

IX. Theodore Marcena, son of Thomas Horton and Rachel Lee, born in Pultney, N. Y., 11 Aug., 1845; married in Tyrone, N. Y., 3 Oct., 1868, by Rev. Philetus Olney, to Mary E. Jordan. He is a merchant, doing a fair business in Weston, Schuyler Co., N. Y., where he resides. His wife is a daughter of William Jordan and Charity Lobdell, and born in Tyrone, Schuyler Co., N. Y., 15 May, 1850. They have one son, Milton Vern, born in Weston, N. Y., 25 Aug., 1871.

Cornelius Miller, son of George Philip Horton and Magdalena Miller, born in Claverack, Columbia, Co., N. Y., 25 June, 1822; married at Livingston, Columbia Co., N. Y., 26 Nov., 1844, by Rev. Mr. Fonda, to Caroline Denispaugh, daughter of Henry Denispaugh and Christiana Potts, and born in Livingston, Columbia Co., N. Y., 8 July, 1820.

Children:

I. Louisa Maria, daughter of Dea. John White Horton and Candis Louisa Fox (James, Hon. William, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Adams Centre, Jefferson County, New York, 9 Aug., 1827; married at Adams Centre, 4 April, 1850, by the Rev. Thomas Bright, to Moses Pierson, M. D., son of Henry Pierson and Polly Butler, and born at Charleston, Montgomery Co., N. Y., about 1824. They settled at Metuchen, N. J., where he died 13 July, 1874. He was, and so also is his wife, a worthy member of the Presbyterian Church.

Children:

II. Lucinda Elizabeth, daughter of Dea. John W. Horton and Candis L. White, born at Adams Centre, N. Y., 17 Oct., 1829; married at Adams Centre, 2 May, 1863, by the Rev. Edward Mills, to James Taylor Main, son of James Main and Susan Shelden, and born at Adams Centre, 8 June, 1816.

They are members of the Baptist Church. Have one son, Walter Taylor Main, born at Troy, N. Y., 13 Oct., 1870.

Mr. Main has a farm near the city of Troy, where he resides, and is a dealer in grain, cattle, &c., and he also has a store in Troy. He possesses good business capacities, and he and his amiable lady enjoy the confidence and respect of the community.

III. Lavanda Candis, daughter of Dea. John W. Horton and Candis L. Fox, born at Adams Centre, 15 Nov., 1832; married at Adams Centre, early in the morning, 4 April, 1855, by the Rev. E. G. Blount, to William D. Arms, son of Luman Arms and Caroline Arms, and born at Adams Centre, 14 Jan., 1829. She died 10 Aug., 1872, at Metuchen, N. J., leaving two children. She was a worthy member of the Baptist Church.

Children:

Mr. Arms is a merchant, in Troy; member of the Baptist Church.

IV. Licetta Augusta, daughter of Dea. John W. Horton and Candis L. Fox, born at Adams Centre, 16 Nov., 1842; married at Adams Centre, 29 Nov., 1866, to Willard Reese Hammond, son of William Hammond and Elizabeth James, of Watertown, N. Y., and born at Waterloo, N. Y., 20 March, 1842. Mr. Hammond is an active business man, engaged in grocery and provision merchandise, in the city of Troy, and both he and his wife are intelligent members of the Baptist Church.

I. Henry, son of Le Roy Horton and Jane Reynolds (Henry, Hon. William, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born in Lyme, N. Y., 20 July, 1831; married by G. P. Ainsworth, Esq., 4 July, 1855, to Sally Bush, born 22 April, 1839; they settled in Lyme, N. Y. He died 3 July, 1864.

Children all born in Lyme:

Most of this family now reside in Michigan.

II. Angeline Cook, daughter of Le Roy Horton and Jane Reynolds, born in Lyme, 31 August, 1833; married by Rev. Mr. Stanton to Isaac Adams, 12 Feb., 1856; he was born 4 Oct., 1835.

Children born in Lyme:

III. William Drake, son of Le Roy Horton and Jane Reynolds, born 27 Sept., 1835, at Lyme; married 29 July, 1869, by Rev. William Merrifield, to Louisa Border, born 5 June, 1843; no children.

IV. Margaret, daughter of Le Roy Horton and Jane Reynolds, born 7 July, 1837; married 14 Sept., 1861, by Rev. Mr. Green, to Charles Doty, born 18 May, 1840. She died 3 July, 1868.

Children, probably, all born in Lyme:

V. Isaac Cook, son of Le Roy Horton and Jane Reynolds, born 27 April, 1839; married 25 Dec., 1865, by Rev. George C. Greenleaf, to Helen F. Blodgett, born 27 July, 1843.

Children, born in Lyme:

VI. Dorr, son of Le Roy Horton and Jane Reynolds, born 12 Sept., 1841; married 22 January, 1867, by Rev. W. B. Joice, to Eveline O. Fish, born 4 July, 1848.

Children, all born in Lyme:

VII. James L., son of Le Roy Horton and Jane Reynolds, born 22 Feb., 1844; married 4 July, 1867, Martha J. Williamson, born 29 July, 1850. One child, viz.:

Rev. Francis A., son of George Philip Horton and Magdalena Miller, born in Philmont, N. Y., 15 September, 1841; married in New Brunswick, N. J., 9 Nov., 1865, by Rev. J. Y. Beatty, to Emily Van Dyke Adams, daughter of John Adams. He is a clergyman of the "Reformed (Dutch) Church in America," entered the ministry in 1865, was ordained 30 Oct., of that year, at Glenham, Dutchess Co., N. Y., and removed in 1867 to Catskill, Greene Co., N. Y., where he now (1873), resides; moved to Cleveland, O., in 1874.

Children:

The Rev. F. A. Horton, in his letter of April, 1871, says:

I. William James, son of the Hon. Frost Horton and Phebe Tompkins (Wright, Stephen, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Yorktown, 10 Dec., 1828; married at Peekskill, by Rev. Mr. Underhill, 8 Jan., 1851, to Leah B. Carpenter, daughter of William Carpenter and Winneford Carpenter, of Sommers, and born in 1830. He is a farmer, and resides at Yorktown.

Children, all born at Yorktown:

II. Stephen D., son of Hon. Frost Horton and Phebe Tompkins, born at Peekskill, 17 June, 1837; married at Cortland, N. Y., 28 Dec., 1857, by Rev. Mr. Bates, to Emily Clara Horton, daughter of Joshua Horton[4] and Sally Purdy, and born at Yorktown, 19 Dec., 1840.

Children, all born at Peekskill:

Stephen D. Horton is a manufacturer and doing a large business. His residence is in the village of Peekskill, and he has one of the most splendid dwellings in the village.

I. Albert F., son of John T. Horton and Emeline Smith (Henry, Hon. William, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born 26 Dec., 1827; married 27 Feb., 1851, by Rev. J. Canfield, to Lucinda Hunter.

Children:

VI. John Smith, son of John T. Horton and Emeline Smith, born 29 Nov., 1840; married 1 Jan., 1861, by Rev. M. Wheeler, to Olive Verdee.

Children:

II. Elbridge Micajah, son of Isaac W. Horton and Adah Washburn (Maj. Micajah, Hon. William, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Colchester, Delaware Co., N. Y., 20 March, 1836; moved with his father's family to Mason, Mich., in 1847. He left Mason, and went to Chicago, 8 July, 1862, and connected himself with the Illinois Central Railroad Co., as bookkeeper. He was married in Buffalo, N. Y., 17 Oct., 1867, to Jane Pixley, daughter of Philander Pixley and Adaline Hovey, and born in Warsaw, Wyoming Co., N. Y., 15 Oct., 1812.

Mr. E. M. Horton is a man of good business capacities, and has rendered valuable assistance in furnishing a correct statement of the names and genealogical data of his branch of the family from the Hon. William Horton to the present time. He has no children. He possesses more than ordinary mental ability, and gives good satisfaction to his employers, and commands their confidence and respect, and the esteem of all who know him.

II. Lucien, son of Homer Horton and Jane Davidge (Isaac, Hon. William, Stephen, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Bethel, Sullivan Co., N. Y., 14 December, 1836; married 12 Nov., 1861, at Liberty, Sullivan Co., N. Y., by the Rev. Mr. Mack, to Hattie Burr, daughter of Bradley Burr and Polly Sherwood, and born at Liberty, N. Y., 21 August, 1836.

Children:

Lucien Horton is a man of commanding form, and possesses good social qualities. Resides at Berkshire, Tioga Co., N. Y., and is one of the principals of the firm of "Davidge, Horton and Co., Sole Leather Tanners," Berkshire, N. Y.

VI. James, son of Homer Horton and Jane Davidge, born at Liberty Falls, Sullivan Co., N. Y., 1 August, 1849; married at Hancock, Delaware Co., N. Y., 4 March, 1872, by Rev. J. D. Cornell, to Willimina Gavitt, daughter of Cyrenius Gavitt and Dorothy Burr, and born at Liberty, N. Y., 3 March, 1851.

Children, both born at Hancock, N. Y.:

James Horton is an accomplished clerk and bookkeeper. He resided several years at Hancock, respected and esteemed by all who knew him. He now (1875), resides in Sheffield, Warren Co., Pa., interested in a large tanning establishment.

I. William Nelson, son of Thomas Hyatt Horton, M. D., and Laura Ann Torance (Stephen, Thomas, Thomas, David, Joseph I.), born in Jerusalem, Yates Co., N. Y., 5 Sept., 1841. He was a Union soldier, faithful and true, and died for his country in Georgia, 23 May, 1865, being shot by the rebels through the head and instantly killed. He left no issue.

II. Gurdon Bromley, son of Charles Horton and Betsey Grant (Isaac, Hon. William, Stephen, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Liberty Falls, N. Y., 8 July, 1845; married in New York City, 27 Dec., 1871, by Rev. Alexander Capron, Rector of Grace Church, Middletown, N. Y., to Mary Amanda Buckley, daughter of William Buckley and Jane ——, his wife, and born in New York City.

They have Bessie Grant, born 18 Nov., 1872, and Jennie, born 27 Oct., 1874, both born in Brooklyn, N. Y., where Mr. Horton resides. He is in the leather business, and is the principal of the firm of "G. B. Horton & Co., 98 Gold Street, New York." We are indebted to him for valuable records of the family.

III. Melvin, son of Charles Horton and Betsey Grant, born at Liberty Falls, N. Y., 25 May, 1847; unmarried. He deals in hides and leather, and is one of the firm of G. B. Horton & Co., Gold Street, New York. He traveled extensively in Europe, in 1873, possesses fair business capacities, is unassuming in his manners, and is wholly disinclined to "trumpet his own fame and name," as he expressed it, when he declined to get his portrait for the "Chronicles."

III. Edward Augustus, son of Jacob Horton and Charlotte Eugenia Knapp (Caleb, Stephen, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Yorktown, N. Y., 1 May, 1847; married at Middlebury, Scoharrie Co., N. Y., 15 June, 1872, by Rev. Mr. Savage, to Annie Maria Disbrow, daughter of Benjamin N. Disbrow and Sarah Haviland, and born in Croton, Westchester Co., N. Y., about 1848.

Children.

Mr. E. A. Horton is principal of the firm of Horton & Goodrich, 66 Dey Street, New York, who keep a wholesale seed store. He was formerly in business in Rochester, N. Y., and more recently in the employ of the General Government of the United States, in the Custom House, Brooklyn, N. Y.

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I. Richard Newell, son of David Horton and Hannah Newell (Richard, Elijah, Richard, John, David, Joseph I.), born at Horn Brook, Pa., 28 Jan., 1813; married in Sheshequin Pa., by the Rev. N. Rouse, to Celinda Landrus.

Children, all born in Sheshequin:

II. Nancy Strickland, daughter of David Horton and Hannah Newell, born 11 Oct., 1814; married at Horn Brook, 9 April, 1833, by Harry Morgan, Esq., to James de Money.

Children, all born in Sheshequin:

III. Rhoda, daughter of David Horton and Hannah Newell, born 16 August, 1816; married Richard Thompson Horton. (Vide his record.)

IV. Daniel Jayne, son of David Horton and Hannah Newell, born 18 July, 1818; married 3 March, 1841, by Elder Joseph Towner, to Rhoda Rebecca Chaffee, daughter of Sullivan Chaffee and Catherine Deo, and born 19 April, 1823, in Lexington, N. Y.

Children, all born in Sheshequin:

V. Tabitha, daughter of David Horton and Hannah Newell, born 17 June, 1820; married Moses Canfield.

Children, born in Sheshequin:

VII. Adaline, daughter of David Horton and Hannah Newell, born at Horn Brook, 20 March, 1824; married 19 Oct., 1842, by Rev. Joseph Towner, to Charles Chaffee, son of Sullivan Chaffee and Catherine Deo, and born in Lexington, Greene Co., N. Y., 28 Nov. 1813. He came to Bradford County in Oct., 1840.

Children, all born at Horn Brook, Sheshequin, Pa.:

Mr. Chaffee is a farmer, of good social qualities and business capacity, and is said to be very wealthy.

VIII. David, son of David Horton and Hannah Newell, born at Horn Brook, Pa., 25 Jan., 1826; married in Union, Tioga Co., Pa., 10 Oct., 1849, by Charles O. Spencer, Esq., to Arille Newell, daughter of Josiah Newell and Phebe, his wife, and born 28 June, 1827.

Children, both born at Horn Brook, Pa.:

IX. Benjamin, son of David Horton and Hannah Newell, born at Horn Brook, 25 Sept., 1827; married at Athens, Pa., 15 Oct., 1863, by Rev. H. R. Clark, to Lucinda D. Canfield, daughter of William B. Canfield and Matilda, his wife, and born 14 Dec., 1842.

Children, both born at Horn Brook:

XI. William Pesse, son of David Horton and Hannah Newell, born at Horn Brook, in Sheshequin, Pa., 5 Sept., 1831; married in Sheshequin 10 Nov., 1859, by Rev. J. W. Hewitt, to Susan Lyon Young, daughter of Reuben Young and Emily Horton, and born in Sheshequin, 28 Sept., 1839.

Children, all born Sheshequin:

William P. Horton and his wife are members of the M. E. Church, active in the work of the church and Sabbath-school. He follows the occupation of teaching in the public-schools of the county, and is a skillful educator.

XII. Hannah, daughter of David Horton and Hannah Newell, born in Sheshequin, 10 June, 1834; married in Wysox, Pa., 15 June, 1859, by Rev. Andrew Barr, to Cornelius Dubois Hasbrouck Cole, son of John Cole and Catharine Letts, and born in Kingston, Ulster Co., N. Y., 4 April, 1818. Read Medicine and Surgery with Drs. Eastman and Arnold, of Owego, N. Y. Graduated at Geneva Medical College in the Class of 1849; was Assistant Surgeon 172d Pennsylvania Volunteers 15 Dec., 1862; promoted 31 same month to Surgeon, with rank of Major, served to the close of the war; was Surgeon-in-Charge of Nelson General Hospital, Yorktown, Va., for over six months. The Doctor now practices medicine and resides in Sheshequin. They have one son—

XIV. George Landon, son of David Horton and Hannah Newell, born 5 August, 1838; married 23 Dec., 1864, Lucinda Maria Horton, daughter of Ulysses Horton and Sallie Elliot, and born 8 May, 1844. Children, all born at Horn Brook:

They reside at the old homestead.

I. Sylvester, son of Isaac S. Horton and Hannah Elliott (Elijah, Elijah M., Richard, John, David, Joseph I.), born in Sheshequin, Pa., 28 April, 1814; married in Sheshequin, by Esq. Kinney, to Abigail Cooly, daughter of Rufus Cooly and Mary Horton, and born about 1817.

Children:

He was a Union soldier and died in Kentucky, 16 May, 1862.

II. Emily, daughter of Isaac S. Horton and Hannah Elliott, born 16 Oct., 1815; married 8 Oct., 1835, by Rev. N. Rouse, to Reuben Young, son of Ephraim Young and Hannah Shaw, and born in Rhode Island, 19 Feb., 1815.

Children:

III. John Elliott, son of Isaac S. Horton and Hannah Elliott, born 9 April, 1817; married by Esq. Holcomb, to Zippora Bidlack, daughter of James Bidlack and Esther Moore.

Children:

IV. Joseph Harrison, son of Isaac S. Horton and Hannah Elliott, born 2 Dec., 1818; married, by Esq. Holcomb, Anasthasia Stephenson, daughter of Benjamin Stephenson.

Children:

V. Lydia, daughter of Isaac S. Horton and Hannah Elliott, born 9 April, 1820; married by Rev. Mr. Smith, to Edward Vought, son of Joseph Vought and Hannah Dietrick.

Children:

VI. Elijah, son of Isaac S. Horton and Hannah Elliott, born 25 Dec., 1821; married Eliza Hiney, daughter of Timothy Hiney and Sally Wright.

Children:

VII. George, son of Isaac S. Horton and Hannah Elliott, born 22 Dec., 1823; married by Rev. Joseph Towner, to Emily Billings, daughter of George Billings and Elizabeth Towner.

Children, all born in Sheshequin:

VIII. Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac S. Horton and Hannah Elliott, born 11 Oct., 1825; married 8 August, 1846, by Franklin Blackman, Esq., to Dr. William Chauncy Ranson, born in Orwell, Pa., 15 Nov., 1824, son of Henry Ranson and Hannah Spencer, who was a grand-daughter of Gen. Spencer.

Children:

They reside at the old homestead of Isaac S. Horton with the old lady. She is now (1875), eighty-three years old, but retains her mental faculties remarkably well, is a fine Christian old lady.

IX. James, son of Isaac S. Horton and Hannah Elliott, born 11 Dec., 1847; married 1. Theresa Towner, 2. Mary Collins, 3. Mary Purcell. He had three sons and four daughters by his first wife. Franklin, his oldest son, died in the army. By 2. wife he had Isaac, who lives in Tioga Co., Pa.

X. Snyder, son of Isaac S. Horton and Hannah Elliott, born 25 Dec., 1830; married Helen Hayden; they reside in Jones Co., Iowa; and have four sons.

XI. Hannah, daughter of Isaac S. Horton and Hannah Elliott, born 11 Oct., 1832; married Barnabas Horton White; have Herson, Lydia, and Herman.

XIII. Isaac Rufus, son of Isaac S. Horton and Hannah Elliott, born 30 Nov., 1837; married by Rev. Mr. Dutcher, 10 March, 1859, to Tabitha Maria De Money, daughter of James De Money and Nancy S. Horton. Children:

Isaac Rufus Horton was a Union soldier, and died for his country in the hospital at Alexandria, Va.

IV. Franklin, son of Lydia Horton and Rev. David Blackman (Elijah M., Elijah, Richard, John, David, Joseph I.), born in Sheshequin, Pa., 11 April, 1832; married in Sheshequin, 26 May, 1869, by Rev. W. H. Gavitt, to Ethleen Gillett, daughter of Ensley W. Gillett and Sarah E. Townsend, and born in Sheshequin, 27 Sept., 1844.

Children, all born in Ogle Co., Ill.:

Franklin Blackman is a very intellectual man, possesses superior social qualities, a high sense of honor, and extraordinary business capacities. He resides at Rochelle, Ill. He is self-educated, possesses a large store of general information and practical knowledge, a mind disciplined to study, and a generous spirit. He has made two European tours, the first in 1866–67, and the second in 1868–69. During his travels and after his return home he published, in the "Ogle County Reporter," fifty letters, under the title of "Rambles in the Orient," ably written, and full of interesting information. Under date of 17 June, 1875, he says, "In relation to my two voyages across the Atlantic and my travels in Europe, I must say, in all candor, that I revert to them as the most palmy days of my earthly pilgrimage. Should opportunity occur, I would again cheerfully place myself upon the perilous waves, that I might once more enjoy the rich feast spread out before me in the classic lands of the Orient."

I. Harry Lawrence, son of William B. Horton and Melinda Blackman (Elijah M., Elijah, Richard, John, David, Joseph I.), born in Sheshequin, Pa., 17 July, 1832; married at Milwaukee, Wis., 26 Oct., 1858, by Rev. I. P. G. Ingraham, of the Episcopal Church, to Helen Elizabeth Breed, daughter of A. O. T. Breed, Esq., and Margaret Shields, both of Milwaukee, Wis., and born in Milwaukee, 20 Jan., 1842. She died in Milwaukee, 25 Oct., 1864, and was buried in Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee.

Children, both born in Milwaukee:

Mrs. Horton was a lady of education and refinement. She possessed an excellent moral and religious character; was a worthy member of the St. James Episcopal Church, of Milwaukee, in which she took a lively interest, and was distinguished for her generosity—especially for her many deeds of benevolence to the suffering and the poor. She was a kind and dutiful wife, a most tender and affectionate mother, and her early departure was deeply lamented, not only by her bosom companion and near relatives, but also by the community in general.

Harry L. Horton's father was a well-to-do farmer, and Harry remained with his parents and worked on the farm until he was seventeen years old. He received but a moderate common-school education, and, during his school-boy days, he was noted for his activity and sagacity, and early exhibited more than ordinary business capacity. At the age of seventeen he engaged as a clerk in the store of D. Brink & Son, at Horn Brook, Pa., and remained with them until they sold out to H. W. Langford & Co., and with them he continued his clerkship until they closed business. Shortly after this, he was engaged for one year by O. D. Bartlett, Esq., of Towanda, Pa., as clerk in his store, and at the expiration of that time, he entered the store of Joseph Powell & Co., of Towanda, with whom he served as clerk until 1854. He always gave good satisfaction to his employers. Having by his industry and economy laid up a small sum of money, he decided to go West, and leaving Bradford County in 1854, he traveled extensively in Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin, until he neared the bottom of his purse, without locating or engaging in business anywhere. But at length, in 1856, he went to Milwaukee, and engaged in the produce commission business, in which he was very successful. Here he seemed to be permanently settled. But after the death of his wife, his business, which had been very remunerative, seemed to lose much of its interest, and in March, 1865, having closed up his business in Milwaukee, with about $15,000 in pocket, he went to New York City, and immediately engaged in the banking and broker business, in which he has continued until the present time, conducting a large business, which, under the supervision of his keen eye and his assiduous personal attention, he has made very lucrative. He now owns a fine property on Staten Island, and, though he lost largely by the panic of 1873, he is still doing a fair business, and, to use his own language, he "has always managed to pay a hundred cents on the dollar and never failed."

He possesses excellent social qualities, is kind-hearted, generous and noble, and at his banking house, 56 Broadway, New York, or at his island home, those who visit him will meet with such a frank and cordial reception as to make them feel that they are not only at home, but at the home of one whose words and deeds define the character of a true gentleman.

Mr. Horton was married 2. in Trinity Chapel, N. Y., 12 October, 1875, by the Rev. Dr. Weston, to Sara Patten, a lady of culture and refinement of the city of New York, and an esteemed member of the Episcopal Church.

II. Horace, son of Wm. B. Horton and Melinda Blackman, born in Sheshequin, Pa., 25 Sept., 1834; married at the Valley House, in Sheshequin, 15 Oct., 1856, by C. H. Ames, Esq., to Mary Smith, daughter of Henry C. Smith and Sarah Webb, and born in Genoa, Cayuga Co., N. Y., 22 Feb., 1835. No children.

Horace is a well-to-do farmer, owns a large farm about two miles from the river, has a very pretty dwelling-house with slate roof, a good barn and out-buildings. He is a prominent man in the township, rents his farm and lives at ease. He inherited a part of the old homestead farm.

III. Elizabeth, daughter of William B. Horton and Melinda Blackman, born in Sheshequin, 25 Aug., 1836; married in Sheshequin, 23 Jan., 1855, by Rev. J. M. Peebles, to Perley Hutchins Kinney, son of Perley Kinney, Esq., and Sarah Hutchins, and born in Sheshequin, 20 April, 1826. They have two children, viz.:

They were both born in Sheshequin, are well educated, amiable and highly accomplished young ladies.

IV. Amazilla, daughter of William B. Horton and Melinda Blackman, born in Sheshequin, 18 Aug., 1840; married in Sheshequin, 18 Nov., 1863, by Rev. Schuyler B. Gibson, to Henry Clay Kinney, son of Guy Kinney and Matilda Gore, and born in Sheshequin, 6 Aug., 1839. He died 11 March, 1871.

Children, all born in Sheshequin:

Mr. Kinney was an intelligent farmer. The Kinney family is one of the oldest, most respectable and most intellectual families of Bradford County. Among them we find editors, legislators, lawyers, and last, but not least, educated farmers.

V. Mary Ellen, daughter of William B. Horton and Melinda Blackman, born in Sheshequin, 25 Oct., 1844; married in Sheshequin, 25 Oct., 1866, by Rev. J. F. Brownell, to William Miles Shores, a farmer, son of David Shores and Marinda Rippeth, and born in Wysox, Pa., 11 Jan., 1843; have Henry Clay Shores, born in Wysox, 19 June, 1868. They reside in Towanda, Pa.

VI. Miles Emmett, son of William B. Horton and Saloma J. Kilmer his second wife, born in Sheshequin, 18 Nov., 1851; married in Sheshequin, 4 July, 1872, by Rev. George L. Williams, to Mary Arinda Webb, daughter of Andrew Webb and Mary Bull, and born in Sheshequin, 15 Dec., 1851. They have one son, viz.:

Miles E. Horton owns a part of the old homestead, has made many improvements, is a good liver, and possesses fine social qualities. The widow of W. B. Horton, a plain, intelligent, unassuming woman, lives very happily with her son Miles and his amiable lady.

VII. Rowena Hortense, daughter of William B. Horton and Saloma J. Kilmer, born in Sheshequin, 23 Oct., 1855; married Jan., 1871, to Theodore Gardner Smith. They reside at Horn Brook, Pa.

Joseph Rose, son of William B. Horton and Mary Rose, born in Sheshequin, when his father was but sixteen years old; married Anna Lorinda Shores, daughter of Caleb Shores and Anna Horton, and born on Shores' Hill, 31 July, 1821. They live in Waverly, N. Y., and have two children, Sophia and Melinda; Sophia married Smith Barnum—reside in Litchfield; Melinda remains unmarried.

Joseph R. Horton possesses more than ordinary intellectual capacity, and is highly respected and esteemed. He was a faithful Union soldier in the war of the Rebellion, and lost a leg in the service.

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I. Barnabas, son of Caleb Horton I. and Abigail Hallock, born at Cutchogue, L. I., Sept., 1666; married about 1686, Sarah Hines.

Children, all born at Cutchogue:

II. Jonathan, son of Caleb I. and Abigail Hallock, born at Cutchogue, about 1668; married about 1693, perhaps, Bethia Conklin.

Children, born at Cutchogue:

IV. David, son of Caleb Horton I. and Abigail Hallock, born at Cutchogue, about 1672; married Mary Horton, daughter of Capt. Jonathan Horton I.

Children, all born at Cutchogue:

V. Mary, daughter of Caleb Horton I. and Abigail Hallock, born at Cutchogue; married 31 Nov., 1682, Nathaniel Terry, son of Richard Terry I.

Children, all born at Cutchogue:

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I. Caleb, son of Barnabas Horton and Sarah Hines (Caleb I.), born in Southold 22 Dec., 1687; married 10 Dec., 1714, Phebe Terry, daughter of Nathaniel, son of Richard Terry I., and born in Southold, in 1689. They moved to Roxbury, now Chester, N. J., in 1748, and settled there. They were both members of the Southold Church, and liberal supporters of the Gospel. On their tombstone in Chester Cemetery we find "Caleb Horton, of Southold, L. I., N. Y., died 6 Aug., 1772, having lived almost 85 years with an unblemished character. Phebe, wife of Caleb Horton, died 24 Dec., 1767, having finished a life of 78 years, 58 of which she was the wife of Caleb Horton.

Children all born in Southold:

II. Barnabas, son of Barnabas Horton and Sarah Hines, born in Southold, about 1690; married Mary Sweazy and moved to Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., about 1732.

Children, probably all born in Southold:

I. Jonathan, son of Jonathan Horton and Bethia Conklin (Caleb I.), born at Cutchogue, L. I., about 1694; married in 1720, to Elizabeth Goldsmith, daughter John Goldsmith, and born at Southold, 3 Nov., 1701. They were both members of the Southold Church.

Children, all born at Cutchogue:

II. Barnabas, son of Jonathan Horton and Bethia Conklin, born at Cutchogue, in 1695; married about 1721, to Sally Clark.

Children, all born at Cutchogue:

I. David, son of David Horton and Mary Horton (Caleb I.), born at Cutchogue, in 1697; married about 1720, perhaps, to Eliza Sweazy, daughter of Richard Sweazy.

Children, all born at Cutchogue:

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I. Caleb, son of Caleb Horton and Phebe Terry (Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Southold in 1715; married in April, 1737, to Sarah Benjamin, born in 1717. They moved to Chester, N. J., about 1748.

Children, all born in Southold, except Sally and Mary, who were born in Chester:

III. Nathaniel, son of Caleb Horton and Phebe Terry, born in Southold, 13 Oct., 1819; married Mehetabel Wells about 1740. They moved to Chester, N. J., in 1748. "She died 10 Dec., 1801. He died 24 Jan., 1804, having lived about 85 years, with an unblemished character."—From tombstone, Chester Cemetery.

Children, 1. and 2. born in Southold, the rest in Chester:

IV. Nathan, son of Caleb Horton and Phebe Terry, born in Southold about 1725; married about 1749, to Mehetabel Case, of Southold. They moved to Chester, N. J., soon after marriage. He was a soldier and a captain in the Revolutionary war.

Children, all born in Chester, or Black River, Morris Co., N. J.:

VI. Elijah, son of Caleb Horton and Phebe Terry, born in Southold, 19 June, 1724; married Lydia Sweazy, daughter of Joseph Sweazy, and born in Southold about 1731. They moved to Roxbury, now Chester, N. J., in 1748. He died 7 Oct., 1799. She died 18 March, 1723. He was a Justice of the Peace, of fair reputation, and much respected.

Children, all born in Chester:

VII. Richard, son of Caleb Horton and Phebe Terry, born in Southold about 1727; married Elizabeth Harrison, and moved to Chester, N. J., about 1750; and thence to Radnor, Delaware Co., Pa. They were Quakers, and attended the Radnor Meeting, but the early records of Radnor Meeting cannot be found. The dates are mostly given by estimate. He remained in Chester only a short time.

Children, all born in Radnor:

I. Barnabas, son of Barnabas Horton and Mary Sweazy (Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in 1720; married in 1740, to Abigail Parshall, born in Goshen about 1721.

Children, born in Goshen:

II. David, son of Barnabas Horton and Mary Sweazy, born about 1724; married 31 May, 1744, Mary Warner. They settled in the town of Goshen about 1760. He was a warm Whig, was one of the signers of the Pledge of Independence for the Colonies in 1775.

Children:

III. Mathias, son of Barnabas Horton and Mary Sweazy, born about 1726; married about 1750, and had Mathias, born in Goshen in 1751, and others, names not known.

IV. Elihu, son of Barnabas Horton and Mary Sweazy, born about 1728; married Colman, and had one child, which died young. He was a true patriot, and signed the Pledge of Independence in 1775.

V. Silas, son of Barnabas Horton and Mary Sweazy, born in Southold, about 1730; married about 1755, Experience Vail, daughter of Jeremiah Vail, Esq., and Mary, and born in Goshen, N. Y., about 1732.

Children, probably, all born in Goshen:

I. Lieut. Israel, son of Jonathan Horton and Elizabeth Goldsmith (Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at Cutchogue, about 1728; married in 1755, to Sarah Lee, daughter of Rev. John Lee, of Lyme, Conn., born about 1730. The Rev. John Lee had two sons who were preachers.

Israel and his family moved from Cutchogue to Goshen Township in 1762. He was a farmer. In the Autumn of 1771, he went to Newburgh with a load of grain. On the way home, he was taken sick, succeeded in getting home, but died in a day or two after. About 1782, his widow married Parshall Terry, formerly of Southold. He was a widower, was living with his family in Wyoming Valley in 1778. He and his family were in the famed Forty Fort the night after the Indian battle and massacre. The next morning they fled to the mountains and after suffering great hardships, crossing the "big swamp," afterwards known as "Swamp Dismal," or the "Shades of Death," they reached Stroudsburg, Pa., in safety. Leaving his family here, he hastened to Orange Co., N. Y., for assistance. During his absence his wife was taken sick with "camp distemper" (malignant dysentery), and died leaving a large family of children, the youngest but three years old.

He took his family to Little Britain, Orange Co., N. Y., and as above-stated, married the widow Horton. The two families, all told, numbering twenty-two persons. The house in which they lived being an old-fashioned double log-house, they hired a school-master and made one part of it a school-house, thus evincing a laudable determination to have the education of their household properly cared for. The writer obtained these facts in 1828, from Benjamin Horton, son of Israel, who was one of the pupils. But this arrangement was not of long continuance, for in 1786, Sarah, the mother and step-mother died, and was buried by her first husband in Warwick Cemetery.

Israel Horton had children as follows, the first four born in Southold, the rest in Goshen, Orange Co.:

Israel Horton and his wife were pious people, active members of the Southold Church, and after removing to Orange County they became members of the Presbyterian Church of Warwick. Their children were trained up to love and fear the Lord and keep his commandments. He was a soldier in the old French war, and, in 1758, bearing the commission of Lieutenant, he had charge of Fort Stanwix, N. Y., and remained there until the close of the war.

II. Jonathan, son of Jonathan Horton and Elizabeth Goldsmith, born at Cutchogue, L. I., about 1730; married Bethia Horton about 1752, and moved to Orange Co., N. Y. He was a zealous Whig, and early espoused the cause of the colonies against the mother country. He was one of the signers for the Pledge for Independence, in 1775.—Vide "History of Orange County," page 499.

Children, probably born in Orange County:

III. Zaccheus, son of Jonathan Horton and Elizabeth Goldsmith, born at Cutchogue, 1734; married widow Elizabeth Case; moved to Orange County; lived at Cornwall, where he signed the Pledge for Independence. He was probably married twice. He had a son, Zaccheus, who also signed the Pledge, and after the war was over he probably settled at Penfield, Monroe Co., N. Y., and was appointed Postmaster, at the first town meeting of that town, in 1811. Some of his posterity are living in that part of the country yet, and some are buried in East Palmyra Cemetery, Wayne Co., N. Y.

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I. Dea. Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel Horton and Mehitabel Wells (Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Southold, about 1741; married in 1761, to Rebecca Robinson, born 21 June, 1742; died, 14 Dec., 1819. He died 13 Aug., 1824; moved to Chester, N. J., with his father's family, in 1748.

Children, all born at Chester:

Dea. Nathaniel Horton was one of the excellent of the earth, loved by all.

II. Benjamin, son of Nathaniel Horton and Mehitabel Wells, born in Southold, in 1743; married 1767; moved to Brutus, N. Y., and settled there; died in Brutus.

Children:

III. David, son of Nathaniel Horton and Mehitabel Wells, born in Chester, 2 Sept., 1750; married Olive Skellinger, born 28 March, 1761.

Children, all born in Chester:

David Horton was a soldier in the Revolution—served to the close of the war—drew a pension to the close of his life. He was a man of integrity and sound Christian character.

IV. Daniel, son of Nathaniel Horton and Mehitabel Wells, born in Chester, in 1751; married Martha Terry, daughter of Richard Terry and Mary Horton, and born in Chester, in 1757; died 9 Feb., 1842. He died 27 Nov., 1835.

Children, born in Chester:

Daniel Horton was a Justice of the Peace for many years, of fair reputation and much respected.

II. Jemima, daughter of Capt. Nathan Horton and Mehitabel Case (Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Chester, about 1752; married about 1770, Robert Hughson. They lived at a place called Mount Highest, N. J.

Children, probably all born at Mount Highest:

Jemima Hughson died 3 Oct., 1842. Her husband survived her six years. The children nearly all had families. Phineas had Elizabeth, Emeline, Theodore, Sarah, Mary, John and Lura; Julia married a Leek; Lydia married a Messler.

IV. Col. Nathan, son of Capt. Nathan Horton and Mehitabel Case, born in Chester, N. J., 25 Feb., 1757; married in New York City, 10 July, 1783, to Elizabeth Eagles, daughter of John Eagles and Hannah ——, and born in the city of New York, 1 Dec., 1766. They moved to North Carolina about 1785, and settled on New River, then Wilkes, now Watauga Co., N. C.

Children, probably, all born at New River, except—

Col. Nathan Horton was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was on guard at the hanging of Major Andre. The gun which he then carried has been carefully preserved, and is now in the possession of his grandsons, who live near Elkville, Wilkes Co., N. C.

The Colonel was a farmer, a prominent man and for many years a Colonel of a regiment of militia of his county. He represented the county of Ashe in the Legislature in 1800–1–2. He was one of the first settlers in the county, and became wealthy in lands and other property. He died at his residence on New River, 22 July, 1824, and there his wife also died, 19 May, 1854.

V. Bethia, daughter of Capt. Nathan Horton and Mehitabel Case, born in Chester, N. J., about 1759; married Caleb Terry, of Chester.

Children, probably, all born in Chester:

VI. Sarah, daughter of Capt. Nathan Horton and Mehitabel Case, born in Chester, N. J., about 1761; married Daniel Sweazy.

Children, probably, all born in Chester:

VII. Zephaniah, son of Capt. Nathan Horton and Mehitabel Case, born in Chester, N. J., 13 Nov., 1760; went to North Carolina when a young man, soon returned to Chester, and 25 March, 1788, married Jane McCurry, daughter of Malcolm McCurry, Esq., of Chester, and soon afterwards moved to Wilkes Co., N. C., and thence in 1793, to Burke Co., and thence to Tennessee, where he remained only a short time, and then returned to North Carolina, and settled in Buncomb, now Yancey Co., where he lived, and where, 5 April, 1844, he died. He was a magistrate for many years, and also represented Buncomb Co. in the Legislature, in 1810–1812, and 1815.

On the day he was seventy years old he had his funeral sermon preached by Rev. Goodson McDaniel, of the Holston Conference. His wife died at her residence, 13 August, 1857. Her father was born on the Island of Ila, Highlands, Scotland. He was kidnapped when a small boy and brought to New Jersey, where he obtained a good education, became a lawyer, and practiced law at Morristown, N. J.

Children, 1. and 2. were born in Wilkes Co.; 3. born in Burke Co., and the rest in Buncomb Co., N. C.:

VIII. Phineas, son of Capt. Nathan Horton and Mehitabel Case, born in Chester, N. J., 17 Feb., 1774; married 1. 19 Oct., 1797, to Bethia Luce (Lewis), she died 20 August, 1809. He married 2. the widow Esther Horton, daughter of Daniel Horton, and widow of Silas Horton.

Children, all born in Chester, 1, 2, 3, 4, by first wife; 5 and 6 by 2d wife:

Phineas Horton died 8 Feb., 1857. Esther is still (1874) living, resides at the homestead with her son Daniel.

I. Barnabas, son of Barnabas Horton and Abigail Parshall (Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Goshen, N. Y., about 1747; married 1. 8 Nov., 1767, to Abigail Dickerson, she died about 1777, he married 2. Rachel Bostwick.

Children, all born in Goshen, exact order of births not known:

I. Samuel, son of Richard Horton and Elizabeth Harrison (Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Radnor, Delaware Co., Pa., about 1752. He moved to Huntingdon Co., Pa., married and raised a large family, but no family record has been found. He was a blacksmith, and had the reputation of being a first-class workman.

II. Nathan, son of Richard Horton and Elizabeth Harrison, born in Radnor about 1754. He settled in Huntingdon Co., Pa., and was a blacksmith by occupation, a very skillful workman, and a man of good character and standing. He married Rebecca Priest, and lived in West Chester for a short time before he went to Huntingdon.

Children:

V. John, son of Richard Horton and Elizabeth Harrison, born in Radnor in 1762; married Elizabeth Thomas.

Children, all born in Newtown, Chester Co., Pa.:

I. Lieut. John, son of Jonathan Horton and Bethia Horton (Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Southold, L. I., 1753; went in early life to Chester, N. J., and thence to Wyoming Valley, where about 1782, he married Mary De La Montagnye, daughter of John De La Montagnye. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was a Lieutenant at the battle of Wyoming, July, 1778. He and his wife both died in Wyoming.

Children, all born in Wyoming:

I. Silas, son of Silas Horton and Experience Vail (Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Goshen, 24 Aug., 1756; married about 1777, Mary Danes. Settled in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y. He died 25 Dec., 1816.

Silas, though young, like his father, was truly patriotic, and signed the Pledge of Independence for the Colonies in 1775.

Children, probably all born in Wallkill:

This family were all dead in 1873, except Mehala.

IV. Matthias, son of Silas Horton and Experience Vail, born in Goshen, in 1765; married about 1800, Sarah Rumsey, born in Goshen, about 1765.

Children, probably all born in Goshen:

Matthias Horton died 1815; his wife in 1842.

V. Elihu, son of Silas Horton and Experience Vail, born 1758; married, about 1779, Hannah Coleman. He was a zealous Whig in Revolutionary times, and signed the Pledge of Independence for the Colonies in 1775.

Children, probably born in Goshen:

VI. Barnabas, son of Silas Horton and Experience Vail, born in Goshen, 30 June, 1770 (Mrs. Lee says 3 Jan.); married in 1794, Milicent Howell, of Southampton, L. I., born 18 Sept., 1770; died 13 Jan., 1849. He died 24 Oct., 1823, both in Minnisink.

Children:

XI. Abigail, daughter of Silas Horton and Experience Vail, born in Goshen, in 1773; married in Goshen, in 1794, Capt. Daniel Stringham, born in Wallkill, N. Y., in 1765. They moved to the State of Indiana in 1816. He died in 1841. She died in 1842.

Children, all born in Middletown, N. Y.:

X. Hannah, daughter of Silas Horton and Experience Vail, born in Goshen, about 1770; married in 1790, Isaiah Vail, Jr. Settled in Goshen.

Children, probably all born in Goshen:

I. Israel, Jr., first son of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee (Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Cutchogue, Southold, 23 Sept., 1756. He died at Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., 22 July, 1813. She died Jan., 1842. He moved with his father from Southold to Goshen, N. Y., in 1762. At the death of his father he was about 15 years old, and he being the oldest of the family, remained with his mother, and assisted in taking care of the family. On the 23 Feb., 1780, he married Anna Van Devort; she was the daughter of Thomas Van Devort, and was born in Orange Co., N. Y., 29 Nov., 1763. He removed from Orange County to Owego, N. Y., about 1801 or 1802, and in 1816 from Owego to Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., where he settled permanently, and spent the remainder of his days. They were pious people and members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Children:

II. Jason, son of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born at Cutchogue, Southold, L. I., 18 Dec., 1758; married in 1783, to Mary Terry, daughter of Uriah Terry and Abigail Cleveland, and born in Southold, L. I., in 1760. He was a clothier by trade, served his apprenticeship in Chester, and then settled for a short time at Boskenridge,—it is now Basking Ridge,—New Jersey, and then moved to Somerville, New Jersey, where he settled permanently and where he died. He was one of the most pious and exemplary men that ever lived, a zealous, active, intelligent Presbyterian. He was a very strict observer of the Sabbath, and violation of it by his neighbors always gave him great displeasure. Observing one of his neighbors frequently chopping firewood on the Sabbath, he went one Saturday afternoon and took his neighbor a load of wood prepared for the fire, telling him it was to save him the trouble of chopping his firewood on the Sabbath. His neighbor took it kindly, and was careful afterwards to see that his fuel was all ready beforehand for the Sabbath. It was a common remark of one of the most reckless men of Somerville, that "If all professors of religion would live like Old Jason Horton, he would believe there was some reality in religion."

Jason Horton never failed to exert a strong influence for the Christian religion as long as he lived. And his wife also was a true help-meet for him in this regard, possessing genuine piety and Christian activity. She died at Somerville, on Sabbath morning at 5 o'clock, 22 Aug., 1841.

Children:

These children were all members of the Presbyterian Church, except Elizabeth, who is a member of the M. E. Church.

III. Jeremiah, son of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born at Cutchogue, L. I., 24 Oct., 1759. He lived with his grandfather Lee on Long Island, until he was sixteen years old, and then came to Orange Co. On the 16th of Jan., 1783, he married Mary Goldsmith. One of his hips was injured by sciatic rheumatism in early life, causing him to be a cripple all his days. He was a stone-mason and farmer, and notwithstanding he was lame, he still performed a great amount of manual labor. He was a man of good judgment, and a Justice of the Peace for many years, and was a man greatly beloved and respected in the community. He and his wife were both members of the Presbyterian Church. They settled in Blooming Grove, about a mile and a quarter south of the present village of Washingtonville, and he built, mostly with his own hands, the venerable old stone mansion now occupied by the widow and family of his only son Benjamin G. Horton. Jeremiah Horton died 17 Sept., 1841. His wife died 10 June, 1833.

Children, all born in Blooming Grove:

IV. Eunice, daughter of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born at Southold in 1761; married George Howell. They moved from Orange Co., in early life, and settled at Peach Orchard, Seneca Co., N. Y.

Children:

V. Maj. John, son of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born in Goshen, 30 July, 1763. He married in Little Britain, Orange Co., N. Y., 9 April, 1785, Deborah Terry, daughter of Parshall Terry and Deborah Clark, born in Little Britain, Orange Co., N. Y., on the 25 day of May, 1766. She was one of the inmates of the famed Forty Fort the night after the Indian battle and massacre of Wyoming. She was the tender and affectionate mother of eleven children, and raised them all to maturity. They moved to Wyoming Valley in 1787, and in 1792 moved to Terrytown, Pa., where he bought land and settled permanently, and where he died on the 28th day of April, 1848, aged almost 85 years, and where she died on the 25th day of May, 1844, aged 78 years.

Major Horton built the first framed dwelling-house on the west side of the river in the township of then Wyalusing, now Terry. He was the owner of the first two-horse wagon ever brought into Terrytown, and that wagon not only cheerfully bore the burdens he put upon it, but also those of several of the neighbors. He also owned the first fanning mill ever brought into the place. He built the first frame barn that was ever built in the township. It was built in 1805, and is still in a good state of preservation, and is owned by Edmund Horton.

The framed house mentioned above, built by Major Horton in 1806, accidentally took fire on the 23 Sept., 1861, and was burned up. Major Horton was a wagoner in the Revolutionary War, towards the close of the war, and was stationed in Mamakating Hollow, and afterwards on the Neversink Creek, not far from the present Port Jervis. He was Major of a battalion of militia in Wyalusing, frequently held township offices, and was one of the leading men of the place. He was not a public professor of Christianity, but his life in the main was in harmony with its teachings, and he loved, and was successful, in promoting good order in society. He was universally esteemed, and at his funeral a larger concourse of people were gathered than had ever before been witnessed in this part of the country on a funeral occasion. Deborah, his wife, was a woman distinguished for her eminent piety, unwearied industry, and good economy; she knew well how to guide the house. Their children were all born at Terrytown, except Ebenezer, who was born in Little Britain, N. Y., and Anna and Lydia, who were born in Wyoming Valley.

Children:

VI. Joseph Lee, son of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born in Goshen, N. Y., 27 April, 1765; married in Sugar Loaf, N. Y., 27 Feb., 1791, to Hannah Todd, daughter of Joseph Todd, of Sugar Loaf, and born there on the 31 Aug., 1771. He died in Palmyra, 10 July, 1831. She died at the same place on 9 Aug., 1827.

He moved from Goshen, N. Y., soon after he was married, to Owego, N. Y., where he remained until 1803, and he then removed to Palmyra, N. Y., and took up land and settled about four miles north of the village, where Mrs. Sarah Durfee, one of his daughters, now resides.

Joseph L. Horton and his wife were very pious people, both worthy members of the Baptist Church, beloved and respected in the community. He was a farmer and shoemaker. He had feeble health for several years before his death, wasting away gradually by consumption. He was a very patient and industrious man, and towards the close of his life, suffering from the ravages of disease, and much enfeebled, he would still work at his occupation, making sometimes one shoe in a day, and at others only half a one, according as he had strength and breath. His end was peace.

Children:

VII. Mary, daughter of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born near Goshen, N. Y., about 1767; married John Clark. Settled in Spencer, N. Y.

Children:

VIII. Samuel, son of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born in the township of Goshen, N. Y., in the year 1770. He was a master builder in the city of New York, when quite a young man. He was said to possess a mind peculiarly adapted to mechanical pursuits, and he engaged in them before his majority. When about 23 years of age, he took the small-pox, in New York, went home to his father's, in Orange County, where he died in a few days.

IX. Benjamin, youngest child of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, was born at Sugar Loaf, N. Y., 7 Feb., 1772. He was married in Belvale, Orange Co., N. Y., 29 Jan., 1795, by the Rev. Mr. Stevens, to Hannah Vance. She was born in Belvale, N. Y., 28 March, 1777. He bought a farm and settled there, but by indorsing for a friend, he lost his farm and all that he had. He then, about 1822, removed to New York, and entered largely into the business of a master builder. In 1834 he moved to Milan, Ohio, where, on the 18th Feb., 1856, he died, of congestion of the lungs. His wife died at the same place, 25 June, 1860. He and his wife were both members of the M. E. Church.

Children:

I. Elijah, son of Elijah Horton and Lydia Sweazy (Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Chester, N. J., 19 Dec., 1756; married 19 Dec., 1780, Mary ——, born in Roxbury, N. J., April, 1752; died 17 Dec., 1790, leaving two children, Anna and Betsy, who married and settled in Canada. He married 2. about 1793, Mehitabel Ruth Coleman, of Goshen, N. Y., and had:

Elijah Horton was a man of correct moral deportment, and a valuable citizen. He died 29 August, 1799; buried in Chester Cemetery.

II. Barnabas, son of Elijah Horton and Elizabeth Sweazy, born in Chester, 27 Sept., 1759; married 1783, Elizabeth Coleman. He died 6 Dec., 1800. She died 26 Jan., 1831. Both buried in Chester Cemetery.

Children, born at Chester:

III. Silas, son of Elijah Horton and Lydia Sweazy, born in Chester, 17 July, 1764; married 1. Susan Corwin, who died 9 July, 1790, leaving Lydia Corwin Horton, who married Isaac H. Corwin, and died in 1816, childless. He married 2. Mary Kelsey, born in Goshen, 26 Jan., 1770; died 21 Dec., 1803, without issue. He married 3. Esther Horton, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Horton, and had

On the tombstone of Silas, we find: "Filled the measure of his days with usefulness, and departed this life 10 Dec., 1842. He was a consistent member of the Congregational Church for 55 years, and the loss caused by his death can only be estimated by those who knew him. One of his last bequests was $3,200, secured by bond and mortgage, and the interest to be appropriated annually to the support of the elected Congregational minister of the first Congregational Church of Chester."

Esther, his 3d wife, died 5 Feb., 1852, aged 70.

Jonathan Bani, son of Barnabas Horton and Mary Tuthill (Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at Southold, 14 March, 1794; married 1. 20 May, 1815, by Rev. L. Thompson, to Deborah Osborn. She died in 1833, leaving children, as follows, all born in Southold:

Jonathan Bani married 2. in 1838, Jerusha Edwards, she died, and he married 3. Jerusha Peorney, she died, and he married 4. Hannah Blonvette, she died in 1870; he died in New York, 19 Feb., 1871, and was buried at Cutchogue, L. I. Mr. Horton was emphatically a servant of God. We here re-produce a portion of his obituary, which appeared in the Presbyterian, of Philadelphia, shortly after his decease:

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I. Huldah, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson (Nathaniel, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Chester, N. J., 14 Jan., 1762; married in 1781, to Joel Coe, of Middletown, Conn. Moved to Scipio, Cayuga Co., N. Y., where they settled. He died 23 Sept., 1846, aged 88 years, 4 months. She died 13 Dec., 1803. After her death he married Widow Hepzibah Smith.

Children, probably, all born in Scipio:

A genealogy of the Coe family was published about twenty years ago. Many eminent men belong to that family.

II. Rebecca, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, 19 Dec., 1763; married Benjamin Fordyce. He died 13 March, 1819. She died 17 Nov., 1840, in Scipio, N. Y.

Children:

Mrs. Fordyce was a very pious woman, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and highly esteemed.

III. Jonah, son of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, 1765; married 1. about 1789, to Jane Dalrymple. She died about 1795; married 2. in 1796, Hannah Bryant.

Children, probably all born in Chester:

By 2d wife:

Jonah Horton died in Lockport, N. Y.

IV. Susan, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, about 1767; married Robert McCollum, 30 March, 1788. Died in Calais, N. Y.

Children:

IX. Elisha, son of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, in 1777; married about 1800, to Polly, daughter of Caleb Horton and Sarah Benjamin. She was his second cousin, and born in Chester, about 1779. They moved to Scipio, N. Y., in 1797, and settled there, and there they died.

Children, probably, all born in Chester:

X. Col. Nathaniel, son of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, 15 Sept., 1778; married about 1801, to Eunice Horton, daughter of Daniel Horton and Martha Terry. He died in Chester, 17 Dec., 1856. She died 7 June, 1857; both buried in Chester Cemetery. He was an honorable and popular man, a Colonel in the militia, and much esteemed as an officer and citizen.

Children, all born in Chester:

XI. Hiram, son of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, 16 Feb., 1780; married in 1808, Mary Rose, born 29 Feb., 1778. He died 22 May, 1852. She died 8 March, 1855; both buried in Chester Cemetery.

Children, all born in Chester:

Hiram Horton possessed fine social qualities, was well skilled in music, and always led the singing in the Congregational Church until prevented by the infirmities incident to old age.

XIII. Aaron, son of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, about 1788; married Nancy Cramer, and had children, viz.:

Nancy Cramer Horton died, and he married the widow Maria Craig, and she died without children by him. He married next the widow, Pamela Smith; she died leaving no children by him. He married, for his fourth wife, Jane Hawk, and by her he had one son, viz.: William.

I. Edward, son of David Horton and Olive Skellinger (Nathaniel, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Chester, N. J., 17 March, 1777, married in Jan., 1798, Charlotte Seward, cousin of the late Gov. William H. Seward, of New York, and born in Chester, 19 August, 1775. They moved to Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1804, and settled in the town of Brutus.

Children, all born in Randolph, Morris Co., N. J.:

Edward Horton died 6 Feb., 1835. His wife died 10 Sept., 1872, at the remarkable age of 97 years and 21 days. In her funeral procession were four generations of her descendants. They were both buried in Brutus, N. Y.

II. Mehitabel, daughter of David Horton and Olive Skellinger; born in Chester, N. J., 15 Jan., 1780; married Daniel Horton Miller; moved to Michigan; died in Calhoun Co.

Children, probably, all born in Chester:

I. Silas Danes, son of Silas Horton and Mary Danes (Silas, Barnabas, arnabas, Caleb I.), born in Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., in July, 1778. Moved to Wallkill, with his father, when young; married Mary McClean, 1796:

Children, probably, born in Wallkill:

Of the above children, the first to ninth, inclusive, were by his 1st wife, she died 30 Jan., 1814. In 1815, he married 2. Mary Calender, and she had the 10, 11, 12, and 13 of the above children, and died in Sept., 1826, and in August, 1827, he married 3. Ann Purdy, by whom he had the three last children.

Silas Danes Horton was a farmer, upright, honest, and a man of more than ordinary mental capacity. He was a deacon of the Old School Baptist Church at the time of his death, and for many years before. He wrote frequently on religious subjects, and many of his articles appeared in the "Signs of the Times" a religious paper edited and published by the Rev. G. Beebee, of Middletown, N. Y.

Dea. Horton was one of the pillars of the church, greatly esteemed by his fellow-citizens, and his death, which occurred 21 Sept., 1850, was deeply lamented.

II. Barnabas, son of Silas Horton and Mary Danes, born in Wallkill, in 1780; married about 1804, Jerusha Wheat; she died and he married 2.

Children, born in Wallkill, and all by his first wife:

Barnabas Horton died in 1867.

I. Jason, son of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort (Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., 23 Feb., 1781; married in Lansing, Tompkins Co., N. Y., 9 Oct., 1805, Sally Miller; she was born in Lansing, in 1787.

Children:

He died in Lansing, N. Y., 16 Sept., 1821. After his death his widow married a Taylor; she died in Watkins, N. Y., 19 Dec., 1861.

II. William Lee, son of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 21 Oct., 1782; married Eunice Tracey, of Spencer, N. Y.

Children:

He moved with his father to Phelps, N. Y., in early life.

III. Sarah, daughter of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 9 April, 1784; married in Phelps, in 1813, to Samuel Minnis. She died 8 May, 1864, in Wyalusing, Bradford Co., Pa.; she was a quiet Christian woman, much esteemed by all who knew her. Her husband died in comparatively early life, leaving her with a family of children, and not much of this world's goods to help herself with. But by industry and care she managed to raise and educate her children. She was living with one of them, viz., Maria Homet, of Wyalusing, Pa., at the time of her death. In her early life she was very active—often rode on horseback—and at one time she made a trip on horseback and alone, from Phelps to Wyalusing, about three hundred miles circular.

Children, born at Phelps:

IV. Phebe, daughter of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 6 March, 1786; married about 1806, to Frederick Schenick, of Owego, N. Y., and went to Canada; nothing further is known of her.

V. John, son of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 26 Feb., 1788; married in Phelps, about 1810, to Rachael Hiler. He died at Phelps, 9 Sept., 1859. She is still living.

Children, born in Phelps:

VIII. Arietta, daughter of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 28 Nov., 1794; married about 1818, to Isaac Butler, of Phelps. She died 2 June, 1842.

Children:

IX. Peter Davis, son of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 11 Dec., 1796; married at Nelson, O., 5 May, 1830, by Rev. Ezra Booth, to Hannah Couch, daughter of Samuel Couch and Hannah Ferris, and born in Lee, Berkshire Co., Mass., 23 July, 1802. He was a minister of the M. E. Church, a pious man, and an acceptable preacher, standing fair among his brethren, and in the community. Hannah Couch Horton died at Hubbard, Trumble Co., O., 22 Feb., 1845, leaving three children, viz.:

He married 2. in 1846, Ann Chambers, daughter of Ezekiel Chambers, of Erie Co., Pa., and had one son, George W., born 2 Dec., 1849. Peter D. Horton died at Nelson, O., 21 Dec., 1867.

X. Isaac Teneyck, son of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 28 Feb., 1799; married about 1822, Esther Clark. He died 7 Sept., 1869.

Children, 1. born in Phelps, N. Y., 7 born in Washtenaw, Mich., the rest in Orleans, N. Y.:

XI. Eleanor, daughter of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Owego, N. Y., 27 Dec., 1802; moved with her father to Phelps, N. Y., in 1816; married at Phelps, by the Rev. Mr. Strong (Presbyterian), on 1 Jan., 1828, to Thomas Van Devort, born in Warwick, N. Y., 27 August, 1802. He moved to Phelps, in 1823. He was a son of Cornelius Teneyck Van Devort and Maria Probosco, and was born in Warwick, N. Y., 12 Oct., 1773. Maria Probosco was born in Brunswick, N. J., 8 Oct., 1778. He died 7 April, 1855. She died 17 March, 1864.

Dr. Thomas Van Devort, of Somerset Co., N. J., the father of Cornelius, died 17 Oct., 1773, aged 32 years, 7 months, and 10 days. His wife's name was Arietta Teneyck. After his death she married —— Wood. He died and she subsequently married —— Clark. She died 31 Oct., 1826, aged 80 years.

Children of Eleanor, all born at Phelps, N. Y.:

XII. Cornelius, son of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Owego, N. Y., 13 August, 1804; moved with his parents to Phelps, in 1816. He was a teacher for several years in his early life.

Quite early in life he engaged in mercantile business, selling dry-goods, groceries, hardware, etc., and also various agricultural implements, and generally carried on a successful business.

He was Supervisor of the township of Phelps for eight years in succession, and was one of the most prominent and influential citizens of the town, enjoying the fullest confidence of the people. He was a kind-hearted and upright man, a close figurer, but always just and honorable in his dealings. He was never married, never made a public profession of religion, although he was a man of very correct moral deportment and habits, and practically a Christian gentleman. On the 29 Oct., 1871, as he was riding with a friend in a buggy, the horse became frightened, and ran away, upsetting the wagon, and throwing Mr. Horton upon the ground with great violence, causing his death in a few hours afterwards. He was wholly unconscious, and never spoke after the fall. He was a tall man, over six feet high, of commanding appearance, and urbane and dignified in his manners. He left an estate of about $50,000, with one sister, and a large number of nephews and nieces to inherit it.

XIII. Joseph Lee, youngest son of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Owego, N. Y., 9 July, 1807. He married the widow Elizabeth Hatfield, of Newark, N. J. He was a very quiet, unassuming man, never had any children. He died in Phelps, in Jan., 1871. His wife died in Nov., 1870.

I. Uriah Terry, son of Jason Horton and Mary Terry (Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Orange Co., N. Y., in 1784; moved with his father to Basking Ridge, N. J., about 1790, and next to Mendham, N. J., where in 1806, he married Elizabeth Fairchild, daughter of Peter Fairchild, and born 13 June, 1782. They moved from Mendham to White House, Hunterdon Co., N. J., in 1808, and lived there until 1820, when they moved to Lambertville, N. J., and settled there. He was a hatter by trade. He died in the Fall of 1858. She died at Lambertville, 22 Oct., 1864. For her goodness of heart and fidelity to duty in all the relations of life, she had the esteem and respect of all who knew her. She united with the Presbyterian Church in Lambertville, in 1825, and she adorned and illustrated the profession of Christianity, she then made, in the whole of her after life. She was one of the excellent of the earth, and though far advanced in years, still her departure was greatly lamented by the church and congregation.

Children:

II. Sarah, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born in Basking Ridge, 20 Jan., 1788; married about 1808, to William Guest; he died at White House, N. J., 6 March, 1857.

Children:

III. Elizabeth, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born at Basking Ridge, N. J., 6 January, 1790; married 1. in the spring of 1807, to John Deniston, son of William Deniston and Elizabeth Black, and born about 1780; died in 1815. She married 2. Adam Huyler.

Children:

By second husband:

Adam Huyler died in March, 1846; he was the son of William Huyler and Gertrude Smock; family originally from Holland.

Mrs. Huyler resides at Newark, N. Y., is wonderfully preserved, is active in body and mind, sight and hearing only very slightly impaired, and her memory quite good, and now, at nearly 86, she is getting a new set of natural teeth.

IV. Mary, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, married Geo. Beemer, of Beemersville, N. J.

Children:

V. Abigail, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born in Sommerville, N. J., 6 March, 1795; died 19 August, 1875; she was never married. She made teaching her profession for many years. She was a skillful educator and a great favorite of children. She early professed Christianity, and became a member of the Presbyterian Church. She was a lady of marked piety and intelligence; occasionally wrote articles for the newspapers. In 1872 she writes:

In another letter, she says: "Our home is pleasant, we live in a beautiful village of New Jersey. Yes, little New Jersey,

She wrote and published a very pretty obituary of her sister, who died recently.

VI. Eunice, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born at Basking Ridge, N. J., 20 Feb., 1796; married at North Branch, N. J., 15 Sept., 1813, by Rev. Enoch Burt, to George Bockover, born at Beemersville, Sussex Co., N. J., 3 Jan., 1790; died 30 July, 1870.

Children, all born at Beemersville:

VII. Fanny, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born at Basking Ridge, N. J., 15 Sept., 1799; married, at North Branch, N. J., 14 Feb., 1817, by Rev. Dr. Vadenburg, to John Williams, born at Redington, N. J., 27 Aug., 1791; a farmer; died 11 Dec., 1867.

Children:

III. Eunice, daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith (Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Blooming Grove, Orange Co., N. Y., 2 March, 1791; married Edward Strong, of Blooming Grove.

Children, all born in Blooming Grove:

IV. Susan, daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith, born in Blooming Grove, 17 Oct., 1793; married Harry Clark.

Children, all born in Blooming Grove:

V. Mary, daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith, born in Blooming Grove, 23 Oct., 1795; married 1. Solomon Gray, and had two children, viz.:

Solomon Gray died about 1845. She married 2. Richard Gibston, and had:

VI. Sarah, daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith, born in Blooming Grove, 15 March, 1797; married 22 Jan., 1818, in Blooming Grove, by Rev. Luther Halsey, to Nathaniel Thompson, son of George Thompson and Elizabeth Gregory, and born in Blooming Grove, 22 Dec., 1792. She died 11 March, 1875, very suddenly.

Children, both born in Monroe, Orange Co., N. Y.:

Sarah H. Thompson was one of the excellent of the earth—faithful, kind, energetic and industrious—exemplifying Christianity in her daily walk and conversation; open, frank and cheerful, she was ever sunshine for the family. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Thompson is well preserved; has lived a long life of usefulness; an able and efficient farmer; an upright Christian man; began the world with little; is now wealthy. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

VII. Lydia, daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith, born in Blooming Grove, 24 April, 1799; married 1. by Rev. Mr. Arbuckle, in Blooming Grove, to Albert Gallatin Hildreth, son of John Hildreth, of Southampton, L. I.; had one son, died in infancy. Mr. Hildreth died. She married 2. Edward Strong, of Blooming Grove, and had Mary Bethia, born 20 May, 1840, who married, 20 May, 1863, Dr. George Hudson Thompson, a dentist, of Newburgh, and they have Edward Brewster Thompson, born in Newburgh, 9 March, 1844. Edward Strong died, and Lydia, his wife, moved to Newburgh, where she owns property and is very pleasantly situated. She has long been a professor of Christianity, and lived in harmony with its teachings.

IX. Amy, daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith, born in Blooming Grove, 17 November, 1803; married Palmer Williamson.

Children:

X. Benjamin Goldsmith, son of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith, born in Blooming Grove, 28 Aug., 1807; married 14 Feb., 1832, to Sarah Jane Stuart, born in Blooming Grove, about 1809. She died 13 May, 1847.

Children:

Benjamin G. Horton married 2. in the Presbyterian Church, Merry All, Pa., 23 January, 1853, by Rev. Dr. S. F. Colt, to Anna Pamela Ingham, daughter of Thomas Ingham, Esq., and Eunice Horton, and born at Sugar Run, Bradford Co., Pa., 4 May, 1818.

Children:

His children were all born in the old stone mansion, built by his father, in 1802. It is one of the oldest dwellings in Blooming Grove, and it is still a very comfortable and venerable house. It, together with a good farm, was inherited by Benjamin, he being the only son; and here he lived until his death, which occurred on the 9th of Nov., 1874. He was a kind, unassuming man—always possessing a good moral character, and a few months before his death he made a public profession of Christianity, and became a member of the Blooming Grove Church. His wife early embraced Christianity, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church, of Wyalusing, Pa. She is now a member of the Blooming Grove Church, faithful and active in the work of the Church and Sabbath-school.

I. Ebenezer, son of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry (Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Little Britain, Orange Co., N. Y., 9 Jan., 1786; married, at Terrytown, Pa., by Guy Wells, Esq., in Oct., 1805, to Mary Terry, daughter of Jonathan Terry, Esq., and Abigail Terry, born in Wyalusing, Pa., 5 Dec., 1787. He died 1 May, 1826, of tuberculosis. She died 30 March, 1873, at the advanced age of nearly 86 years. He was one of the constituent members of the first Baptist Church of Asylum, now Terry Township. She was not a public professor of Christianity, but was Old School Baptist in sentiment for many years before she died.

Children, all born at the old homestead, in Wilmot, now occupied by N. T. Horton, except Jason and Nathaniel, who were born at Terrytown:

II. Anna, daughter of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born in Wyoming Valley, on the farm afterwards owned by Oliver Pettibone, 21 Oct., 1788; died at Terrytown, 27 Aug., 1813, of consumption; unmarried. She was intelligent, truly pious, and of a most amiable disposition.

III. Lydia, daughter of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born in Wyoming Valley, 14 March, 1791; married at Terrytown, 12 Nov., 1815, by Rev. M. M. York, to John Pauling Stalford, son of Joseph Stalford and Catherine Pauling, and born in Perkiomen, Montgomery Co., Pa., 20 Dec., 1788; died in Wyalusing, 27 Jan., 1863. Mrs. Stalford is still living; she is well preserved, resides at the old homestead, also occupied by her son, John B. Stalford. She was a very beautiful girl, always possessed an amiable disposition and fine social qualities, and now, at the age of 84 and upwards, she is active, cheerful and remarkably good looking for one of her age; devotedly attached to her grandchildren, who live with her, and for whom she is untiring in her care. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and has lived a long life of industry, economy and practical piety, beloved by all who know her.

Children, all born in Wyalusing:

IV. Maj. John, Jr., son of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born at Terrytown, 23 March, 1793. He was three times married, 1. 16 July, 1816, to Nancy G. Miller, daughter of John Miller and Lydia Gilbert. She was born in Connecticut; she died 27 Oct., 1839. He married 2. 3 Aug., 1841, to widow Lydia Molther, of Nazareth, Pa.; she died 4 June, 1850. Married 3. 9 Aug., 1852, to widow Amanda Cross, of Towanda, Pa., daughter of —— Spaulding and Huldah Kellogg. He died 21 Feb., 1867.

Children, by his first wife:

By his second wife:

By his third wife:

Maj. Horton possessed more than an ordinary fund of cheerfulness and joviality; and his humorous and genial nature was an unfailing source of interest and life in the family and in the social circle. He was a careful business man. Though long engaged in mercantile pursuits, he never had occasion to fear financial crises or revulsions, living always prepared at any moment to honor his pecuniary obligations. Punctuality and promptness were marked characteristics of the man. To perform was more pleasing to him than to promise; in enterprises for the public good he was always among the first. He was constable for many years, Justice of the Peace for five years, and declined a re-election; was Treasurer of the County for two years, and was one of the electors on the Democratic electoral ticket in 1848. He was Captain and then Major in the militia, and from 1828 to 1835 Brigade Inspector.

Though not a public professor of Christianity, he was its friend and supporter, and conscientiously and habitually practised its virtues. He was uniformly in attendance upon public worship, and paid more money for the Terrytown Tabernacle (Union meeting-house) than any other person.

He was popular and pleasing in his manners, and politically a man of mark, but never a politician—holding office only when the office sought him. His end was quiet and peaceful.

V. Eunice, daughter of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born at Terrytown, 14 Jan., 1796; married in the old log meeting-house at Merry All, Pa., 20 July, 1817, by Rev. Minor Manasseh York, to Thomas Ingham, Esq., son of Joseph Ingham and Pamelia Ellicott, and born in Bucks Co., Pa., 1 April, 1794. The ancestors of Thomas Ingham came from England. Jonas Ingham, the first known ancestor, came to this country about A. D. 1700. By trade he was a clothier. He married a Cheshire woman, who often told her grandson that she landed on the ground where the city of Philadelphia now stands before there was a house on it. They settled in Trenton, N. J., where their son Jonathan was born, in 1709 or 1710. They also had three daughters. Jonathan Ingham resided in Bucks County, at a place known as Ingham's Springs, where he owned a farm and woolen factory. He was a rigid Quaker. A cotemporary, who was well acquainted with him said, "He did not belong to the old aristocracy who governed Bucks County before the Revolution, but his position in life and high intelligence put him in their society." They made him a Justice of the Peace, a Judge of the Court, and a member of the Assembly. He died in 1798 or 1799, aged 89. He had 3 sons and 2 daughters. Jonas, his youngest son, was born in 1746. He learned the business of a clothier. January 3, 1771, he was married to Elizabeth Beaumont, and soon after leased his father's fulling mill, and was running it when the Revolutionary war commenced. When the contesting armies came near, he enlisted, and served first as a Lieutenant and then as a Captain in the militia. He was in service in 1777, and in the battle at Gulf Mills. In the early part of the year 1778 he was taken with a fever and sent home. He afterward purchased land and built a fulling mill near the Delaware River; he there lived some years and educated his children himself. In 1789 he commenced a settlement on the Wyalusing Creek, being the first settler above Lewis', on that stream. He was an ingenious mechanic, and invented the machine for shearing cloth, which afterwards came into general use. He was a good writer and public speaker. In 1804 he was elected a member of the Legislature from Luzerne County. He died October 28, 1820. He had three sons and three daughters.

Joseph, his eldest son, was born January 21, 1773, and his father taught him the common branches of education, including surveying and algebra. While his father was making his first improvements on the Wyalusing, Joseph remained at home in Bucks County, in charge of the business. He learned the trade of a millwright. About the year 1793 he married Pamelia Ellicott, and soon after bought three hundred acres of land on the Susquehanna River, at the mouth of the Sugar Run. He moved his family to this place in 1795, and commenced building a saw mill in the fall of 1801, and finished it in the spring following. Soon afterwards he built a grist mill. His wife, Pamelia Ellicott, died 17 November, 1824. He afterwards married Laura (Whitcomb) Vose, a widow, by whom he had two sons. He had six sons by his first wife—no daughters. He died 11 June, 1829. Thomas, his eldest son, was educated partly by his father at home and partly in the common-school at Wyalusing. He learned his father's business of millwright, running mills and farming. He bought a farm and settled first at Browntown, Pa. But he remained there but a short time, when he sold out and came back to Sugar Run, and lived near his father. After the death of his father, he bought the homestead, and there lived until his death. He re-built the mills, and also erected a store-house, and engaged in the mercantile business. While quite a young man he was appointed a Justice of the Peace, and held that office during the most of his life. His mind was well informed on all general topics; his judgment was excellent, and he was noted for his morality, honesty and truthfulness. He was mild and quiet in his manners, but decided and firm in his purposes. Eunice, his wife, was handsome in her appearance and pleasing in her manners, possessed a lively and cheerful disposition, and was exceedingly energetic. She managed all the affairs of her household with economy and skill, and often assisted her husband in his business. When he was absent she could as readily manage the business out-doors as in the house. She was remarkably generous, and always had a bountiful hand for the poor, and was active in assisting her neighbors who were in sickness or trouble. Without making a public profession, both she and her husband exhibited the virtues of Christianity in her daily walk and character. She died 2 March, 1844. He died 14 August, 1855. They were both buried in the Terrytown Cemetery.

Children, all born in Asylum, now Wilmot, Pa.:

J. W. Ingham owns and occupies the old homestead of his father, and is a manufacturer of lumber and flour. He is a good writer, and some of the soundest and best political articles published in the journals of the county are from his pen. Mrs. Ingham is a worthy and active member of the Presbyterian Church.

No child or grand-child of Eunice Horton Ingham has yet died.

VI. Sally, daughter of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born 29 May, 1798; married by Thomas Ingham, Esq., to John Morrow, son of John Morrow and Nancy Gamble, and born in Dunlevey, in the Parish of Aughobog, County of Monohan, Ireland, 20 June, 1801. He sailed from Ireland 14 March, 1811, and landed at Amboy, on 15 April, 1811. He was an excellent farmer, owned a good farm in "The Bend" Asylum, now Wilmot Township, Bradford County, Pa. He was engaged in early life in merchandising, and later in life in raising and selling stock and grain. He possessed good business capacities, and was a man of much influence and activity, of good, sound, moral character, and well read in the sacred Scriptures, and in sentiment a thorough Old School Presbyterian or Covenanter, but never made a public profession. He was fond of company, and always took pains to make pleasant visits for his friends when they called on him.

Sally was a good housekeeper—industrious, economizing and a skillful worker, often taking the premium at the County Fair for domestic articles of her own manufacture. She possessed a wonderfully retentive memory—readily stating, not only incidents that occurred at any time during her life, but also dates—dates of births, marriages and deaths of all her acquaintances, even from her early childhood. She had a peculiar faculty of stating a fact or circumstance so connected with others as to leave no doubt of its truthfulness. She died in Wyalusing, 27 April, 1874, leaving to her family and friends the consoling belief that she exchanged the cares and sorrows of this mortal life for the full fruition of that world

Mr. Morrow died in Wyalusing, at the residence of his son-in-law, Andrew Fee, 10 August, 1873, where he had lain sick about four months.

Children, all born in Wilmot, except George, who was born at Terrytown, Pa.:

VII. Elizabeth (Betsy), daughter of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, was born at Terrytown, Pa., 27 Dec., 1800; was married at Terrytown, by Thomas Ingham, Esq., to Francis E. Baillet, son of Francis Baillet and Lydia Terry, and born in Philadelphia, 9 June, 1797. He moved with his mother to Baltimore, where he served as an apprentice with a tobacconist.

He came to Terrytown when a young man, moved to Farmersville, Cataraugus Co., N. Y., soon after their marriage. Resided in Farmersville till 1837, when they removed to Ellicottville in the same county. He was clerk of Cataraugus Co. for twelve years in succession, was always, and is yet, a staunch Democrat. Cataraugus was largely a Whig county, yet his great popularity always drew Whig votes enough to elect him. He left Cataraugus Co. a few years ago, and went to Black River Falls, Wisconsin, where he now resides. He is a genial, whole-souled, sportive man, and his penmanship, now at the age of seventy-six years, is remarkably beautiful, round and fair, and almost as easily read as print. He is now clerk in the office of Carl C. Pope, Esq., of Black River Falls. He and his wife are both members of the Baptist Church, and if they live until the 30 of Nov. next (1874), they may celebrate their golden wedding.[5]

Children:

VIII. Francis, son of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born at Terrytown, Pa., 7 June, 1803. He purchased a farm in Farmersville, N. Y., went there and made the last payment for it. He was taken with inflammation of the stomach and bowels when on his way home, and died at his Uncle Joseph Horton's, at Palmyra, 30 June, 1829, was buried in the East Palmyra Cemetery.

IX. George Firman, son of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born at Terrytown, 2 Jan., 1806; married at Terrytown, 4 June, 1832, by Thomas Ingham, Esq., to Abigail Terry, daughter of William Terry and Nancy Sherman, and born at East Palmyra, N. Y., 8 Oct., 1807. He is a physician, was a member of the late Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania.

They have children as follows, all born at Terrytown:

X. Edmund, son of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born 9 August, 1808; married at Lewistown, Mifflin Co., Pa., 10 Nov., 1834, by Rev. Mr. Wyles, to Martha Ann Robinson, daughter of Robert Robinson and Elizabeth Stalford, and born near Waynesburg, 3 Sept., 1811. Robert Robinson was the son of William Robinson and Martha Houston. He emigrated to this country from Ireland in 1752, and landed at Wilmington, Del., being then nineteen years old. He resided there until 1771, when he moved to Waynesburg, Mifflin Co., Pa., where he remained till the 12 June, 1817, when he died.

Robert Robinson was born 31 July, 1773, on the old farm in Waynesburg, now McVeytown. He was married in Philadelphia 23 Oct., 1810, by an Episcopal clergyman, to Elizabeth Stalford, only daughter of Joseph Stalford and Catharine Pauling. Joseph Stalford was the son of Samuel Stalford and Elizabeth Richardson, of Philadelphia. Catharine Pauling was the daughter of Henry Pauling, who was originally from Germany. Henry Pauling had six sons and two daughters, viz.: John, Henry, Benjamin, Jesse, Nathan, William, Catharine, and Rachael. Robert Robinson died in Lewistown, 18 April, 1832.

Edmund Horton and Martha Robinson have children as follows, all born at Terrytown, Pa.:

XI. Harry Morgan, son of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born 24 Sept., 1811. He studied medicine with Dr. George F. Horton, and was also an office student of Prof. Samuel McClellan of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1833 and 1834. He graduated at Jefferson Medical College in March, 1835. During the last year of his residence in the city, he frequently visited patients in the city and its environs, and in Feb., 1835, he was attacked with disease of the lungs. He was examined for his degree by a part of the Professors while confined to his bed, and he bore a very successful examination, all the Professors voting in his favor. He came home to Terrytown, and lived but seven weeks after he reached home, dying on the 6 May, 1835. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, and had a complimentary letter from the Rev. Dr. Ely, introducing him to some of the leading men of Columbia, South Carolina, and there he would have gone if he had lived, as Dr. Ely had influential friends there. The idea of going South to locate himself in the practice of medicine was so deeply impressed upon his mind, that he could not get rid of it, and he would not be satisfied until he started on his journey, and he did start, rode four miles in a buggy, and died the next morning at Thomas Ingham's.

I. Samuel Todd, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, was born at Owego, N. Y., 27 July, 1792; was married at Palmyra, 27 March, 1812, to Mary Galloway, daughter of Captain James Galloway, and born at Palmyra in May, 1794. He was a farmer and merchant, a spirited business man, of commanding personal appearance, and greatly respected. He was a First Lieutenant of a volunteer company of militia in 1825. He died at Palmyra, 5 Sept., 1851.

His wife after his death moved to Genesee Co., Mich., where she died 13 May, 1867. They were both members of the Baptist Church of Palmyra.

Children:

III. Henry Wisner Horton, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, born at Owego, N. Y., 31 May, 1797. Moved with his parents to Palmyra, N. Y.; married at Penfield, N. Y., 31 Jan., 1819, to Adah Jennings, daughter of Joseph Jennings and Nancy Sherman. She was born at Broadalbin, Saratoga Co., N. Y., 8 Oct., 1800. She died 20 Jan., 1856. They moved from Palmyra to Royaltown, Niagara Co., N. Y., in 1819. Remained there until 1830, when they removed to Groveland, Oakland Co., Mich., and settled on the farm upon which they now live (1873). He purchased his farm of the Government, and it was the first Government land sold and occupied in that township. He was an Acting Justice of the Peace for twenty-two years. He was town-clerk for nine years, and supervisor for three years. He embraced Christianity in early life, became connected with the M. E. Church, and has been one of the Stewards in that church in Groveland, from 1839 to the present time. He has frequently been the class leader of the church, and his house has always been known as "The Methodist Tavern and Preacher's Home." Through his efforts mainly, a comfortable church building was erected on the corner of his farm, and it has always been known as the "Horton Methodist Church." He was Captain of the first volunteer militia company ever organized in that section of the country. He was always a true republican, and frequently received the nomination of the Whig party for a seat in the Legislature, but in consequence of the large Democratic majority in the district, he was never elected. With a character unblemished he has lived to an honorable old age, and by his many virtues he commands the respect and high esteem of the church and community in which he resides.

Children:

The rest, born at Groveland, Michigan:

He married 2. on 16 Sept., 1856, Mary Laser, widow of Isaac J. Laser, Esq., of Springfield, Mich.

IV. Sarah Parshall, daughter of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, born at Owego, N. Y., 28 May, 1799; married at Palmyra, N. Y., 27 Aug., 1818, by Elder Roe, to Nathan Durfee, son of Gideon Durfee and Hannah Wood, and born at Palmyra, 21 Aug., 1796. He died 28 May, 1868, at the homestead of his father-in-law, which he had bought, and upon which he had made great improvements. He was a member of the Baptist Church.

Children:

V. James Parshall, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, born at Owego, N. Y., 5 April, 1801. He married in Palmyra, 17 Feb., 1829, to Caroline M. Goldsmith; she died at Palmyra, 16 Jan., 1864; he died 13 July, 1871.

They had but one child, viz.:

Their daughter is living, and has a good property left her by her grandfather.

VII. Lewis Beers, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, born at Palmyra, N. Y., 24 May, 1806; married 1. at Royalton, N. Y., 22 Feb., 1827, to Lucy A. Bedell; she died 9 Aug., 1864. He was married 2. in the spring of 1866, to widow Elizabeth Spencer, of Michigan. By his first wife he had Caroline, born at Royalton. He is a farmer, and a deacon of the Baptist Church, of Royalton.

VIII. Anna, daughter of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, was born 5 July, 1808, died at Palmyra, N. Y., 29 July, 1854. She was never married, was a very pious girl; a member of the Baptist Church, lived a very exemplary life, had many friends; she was greatly afflicted with ill health all her life.

IX. Durfee Delano, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, born 25 July, 1813; married 25 Feb., 1836, to Sarah Boyce, daughter of William Boyce, of Marion, N. Y. Settled at Groveland, Oakland Co., Mich. His wife died at Groveland, 5 June, 1837; was married 2. to Sarah ——. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Children:

X. Wilson Osborn, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, born 26 April, 1815. In his childhood he was subject to "fits," which clouded and dwarfed his mind; but to the extent of his ability he was a consistent Christian, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died by drowning, while bathing in the Erie Canal, at Palmyra, 20 July, 1866.

I. Margaret Vance, daughter of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance (Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at Sugar Loaf, Orange Co., N. Y., 9 Dec., 1796; married 13 Oct., 1821, to Peter Bennet, of Goshen. She died of consumption, 22 March, 1846. She was a member of the M. E. Church.

II. Milton, son of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance, born at Sugar Loaf, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 April, 1799; married at Monroe, Orange Co., N. Y., 10 Nov., 1821, by the Rev. Zalmon Lyon of the M. E. Church, to Lydia Bennet, daughter of Benjamin Bennet and Mary Belcher, and born in Monroe. She died in West Salem, Wis., 12 Sept., 1871.

Children:

Milton Horton is now (1873) living at West Salem, Wis. He has been a farmer all his days, an occupation as honorable, certainly as useful, as any other known to the family of man. The intelligent, conscientious, upright farmer is, and of right should be, one of the lords of our happy country. He cannot be surpassed by any profession or class of persons.

Milton Horton moved from Orange Co., N. Y., to Milan, Ohio, in 1835, and thence to West Salem, Wis., in 1865. He is a worthy follower, and so also was his wife, of the Good Shepherd, and he has always commanded the respect and esteem of all who have known him.

V. Nicholas Townsend, son of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance, born in Belvale, N. Y., 20 Jan., 1805; married 1. in New York City, 19 August, 1827, Sarah Van Orden, of Jersey City. She died in Cincinnati. He was married 2. in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Eliza A. Smith.

He commenced in New York City about 1826, the business of setting iron railings around door-steps and iron fences in front of dwelling-houses and other buildings. In 1832 he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and carried on his business on a large scale, manufacturing as well as setting iron-railings, mantels, grates, and fencings, giving employment to quite a number of workmen. He was doing a large business in and about Cincinnati, and was reputed to be worth $200,000.

In July, 1857, he was killed by one of his employees. The murderer was arrested, tried, convicted, and executed.

By his sudden death his business matters were so deranged that his wife and family realized only a small part of his large estate.

Children, by 1st wife:

By 2d wife:

VI. Sarah Jane, daughter of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance, was born at Belvale, 2 May, 1807; was married in New York, 26 Dec., 1827, to Matthew Mead, and moved to Philadelphia, where she died of consumption, 28 April, 1843.

VIII. Hannah Maria, daughter of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance, was born at Belvale, 7 May, 1811; was married about 1830, to James Galloway Horton, son of Lieut. Samuel T. Horton, of Palmyra, N. Y. They moved to Michigan. She died 19 April, 1847, of consumption.

(For her family, see James Galloway Horton.)

IX. Catharine D., daughter of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance, was born at Belvale, 13 August, 1813; was married 12 Jan., 1837, at Norwalk, Ohio, by Rev. J. H. Powers, to Enoch Nichols. He died 22 March, 1861, of consumption. He was a son of Nathaniel Nichols, who emigrated from England, settled 1. in Connecticut: 2. in Oneida Co., N. Y.; 3. in Genesee Valley, N. Y., where he died.

Children:

To Mrs. Catharine D. Nichols we are indebted for the above record, and for other information in regard to the family of Benjamin Horton.

X. Elizabeth R., daughter of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance, born at Belvale, 3 Oct., 1815; married 7 Feb., 1833, to Smith Conley. She died 26 May, 1853, of inflammation of the bowels. No record of children.

IV. John, son of Lieut. John Horton and Mary De La Montanye (Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Wyoming, in 1790. He married Wickizer, and settled on Wysox Creek, now Rome, Bradford Co., Pa., about 1814.

Children:

V. Miller, son of Lieut. John Horton and Mary De La Montanye, born in Wyoming Valley, 12 Feb., 1792; married in Wilkesbarre, Pa., 19 Dec., 1813, by Esq. Campbell, to Elizabeth Waller, daughter of Nathan Waller, and born in Wilkesbarre, 24 May, 1786. She died in South Wilkesbarre, 30 June, 1833. He died 20 Oct., 1847. He was a stage proprietor, contractor on public works and a farmer.

Children, all born in South Wilkesbarre, Pa.:

Hon. Jesse, son of Lieut. John Horton and Mary De La Montanye, born in Wyoming Valley, near Forty Fort, 1797; married in Berwick, Pa., in Jan., 1820, by Rev. Mr. Penne, to Harriet Headley, daughter of Dr. Samuel Headley and Anna Fairchild, and born in Cherry Valley, N. Y., in 1800; died at Berwick, 17 Jan., 1823, leaving two children, viz.:

He married 2. the widow Martha Cook, daughter of James Lemon and Rachel Fishing, and born in Point Township, Northumberland Co., Pa., 25 Feb., 1796.

Children, all born in Northumberland:

By her first husband Mrs. Horton had Elizabeth and Edward, both died in infancy, and William Lemon Cook, who married —— Horton, and is now a clerk in the Pension Office, Washington, D. C.

Jesse Horton was a soldier in the war of 1812; came out unharmed. He was a member of the Assembly in 1841, and a member of the Senate in 1843–4–5. In early life he was engaged in the staging business, and afterwards was Captain of a packet-boat on the Penn'a Canal. But for many years past he has been a farmer and dealer in cattle, grain and flour. He died quite suddenly in Feb., 1874.

VIII. Lewis Mullison, son of Lieut. John Horton and Mary De La Montanye, born in Wyoming Valley, near Forty Fort, in May, 1799; married in Wyoming, 1827, to Priscilla Crisman, and removed to Rushville, in 1836. In 1842, he moved to the Littleton Prairie, Ill., and settled on the northeast of Section 21, and here he remained until the day of his death, which occurred on the 10 Sept., 1874. In early life he was interested in several stage lines, and in boating on the Penn'a Canal. After he went West he followed farming.

I. Jesse, son of John Horton and Elizabeth Thomas (Richard, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Newtown, Chester Co., Pa., in 1786; was married about 1819, to Mary Steel, daughter of Andrew Steel and Susanna ——. He died in Newtown in 1825. The date of his wife's death is not given. Children, all born in Newtown:

II. Jacob, son of John Horton and Elizabeth Thomas, born in Newtown, in 1791; was married in 1813, to Sarah Winans, daughter of Jacob Winans and Mary ——.

Children, all born in Newtown:

III. John, son of John Horton and Elizabeth Thomas, born in Newtown, in 1798; married in 1828, to Jane Lindsley, daughter of Andrew Lindsley and Christiana Vanleer; reside in Newtown.

Children, all born in Newtown:

IV. Elizabeth, daughter of John Horton and Elizabeth Thomas, born in Newtown, 27 Nov., 1800; married in Radnor, 20 March, 1828, by the Rev. Samuel C. Brinkley, an Episcopal clergyman, to Samuel Black, son of Samuel Black and Catharine Vanleer, and born in Marple, Delaware Co., Pa., in 1799, and died there in 1851.

Mrs. Black now resides there, and to her the compiler is indebted for nearly all the information he has in relation to the Hortons of Radnor. She is intelligent and retains her memory remarkably well.

Children, all born in Marple:

Benjamin, son of Barnabas Horton and Rachael Bostwick (Barnabas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born at Grey Court, Orange Co., N. Y., 12 April, 1788; was married 1. 31 Dec., 1810, by Rev. Dr. Lansing, to Sarah Rose, born 6 Jan., 1790; 2. 23 Dec., 1816, to Almira Osborn, born 4 July, 1798; 3. in Marseilles, N. Y., by Rev. Mr. Williams, 17 Dec., 1845, to Polly Brooks; 4. in Liverpool, N. Y., by the Rev. Silas Ball, 24. Jan., 1865, to Eliza Griffis, daughter of John Griffis, of Syracuse.

Children:

By second wife:

By his fourth wife:

Mr. Horton is still in good health. He moved to Syracuse in early life, where he has now a fine property. He is able to get up his horse and carriage himself, and drive wherever his business calls him.

II. Henry, son of Nathan Horton and Rebecca Priest (Richard, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Radnor, Delaware Co., Pa., 25 Jan., 1791; married in Broadtop, Pa., 22 Sept., 1812, to Elizabeth White, daughter of Thomas White and Elizabeth Jones.

Children, all born in Broadtop, Pa.:

Hon. Elijah, son of Elijah Horton and Mehitabel R. Coleman (Elijah, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born at Chester, N. J., 15 Dec., 1794; married at Chester, 16 Dec., 1812, by the Rev. Stephen Overton, to Sarah Overton, daughter of Rev. Stephen Overton and Phebe Rose, and born at Fire Place, L. I., 4 Jan., 1797.

Children:

Hon. Elijah Horton's present residence is Oswego, Kosciusko Co., Ia. In a letter bearing date 23d Sept., 1874, he says:

The letter contained about four pages foolscap, and it is no wonder that he, now just entering his eightieth year, should feel tired. The greater wonder is that he could write at all. It is written in a bold, plain hand, giving no indications of age.

I. Parmenas Howell, son of Barnabas Horton and Milicent Howell (Silas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Goshen, N. Y., 13 Dec., 1795; married in Minnisink, N. Y., 16 Nov., 1819, by Rev. Henry Ball, to Fanny Cash, daughter of Reuben Cash and Milicent Howell, and born in Minnisink, 11 June, 1799; died 31 March, 1838. He died 21 June, 1868.

Children, all born in Goshen:

III. Dr. Harvey Addison, son of Barnabas Horton and Milicent Howell, born in Middletown, N. Y., 1 Feb., 1800; married Mary Bennet, born in Goshen, 15 July, 1798; died 27 Sept., 1855. He died.

He was an educated and skillful physician and practiced with good success in Minnisink and adjoining towns, and enjoyed the confidence and respect of all who knew him.

Children, born in Minnisink:

VI. Milicent, daughter of Barnabas Horton and Milicent Howell, born in Minnisink, N. Y., 10 July, 1809; married in Minnisink, 10 March, 1827, by Rev. William Timlow, of Amity, N. Y., to Charles Smith Lee, of Minnisink, and born 12 Feb., 1804.

Children, all born in Minnisink, N. Y.:

II. John Seward, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward (Edward, Nathaniel, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Randolph, Morris Co., N. J., 24 Oct., 1801. He was married at Brutus, Cayuga Co., N. Y., 13 March, 1823, by Elder Hough, of Port Byron, N. Y., to Paulina Carrier, daughter of Amaziah Carrier and Wealthy Hatch, and born in Brutus, 29 Sept., 1804.

Children, all born in Conquest, N. Y., except Jane A., who was born in Clarence, Calhoun Co., Mich.:

III. David, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward, born in Randolph, Morris Co., N. J.

I. John, son of Matthias Horton and Sarah Rumsey (Silas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born about 1785, in Goshen, N. Y.

Children, born in Goshen:

IV. Gabriel, son of Matthias Horton and Sarah Rumsey, born in Goshen, 9 Aug., 1806; married Eliza Corwin, daughter of Joseph Corwin and Hannah Finch, and born in Goshen about 1808.

Children, probably all born in Goshen:

VI. Matthias, son of Matthias Horton and Sarah Rumsey (Silas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Orange Co., N. Y., 26 Jan., 1812; married 1 April, 1836, to Eveline Williams, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 19 Oct., 1807.

Children, probably all born in Goshen Township:

Matthias Horton died 6 March, 1863; his wife died 11 March, 1872.

IV. Edmund Bani, son of Jonathan Bani Horton and Deborah Osborn (Barnabas, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Southold, 5 Oct., 1821; married in New York City, 5 June, 1844, by the Rev. Dr. E. F. Hatfield, to Matilda G. Devoy, daughter of John M. Devoy and Margaret G. Coddington. He is a mechanic, but is now a salesman, warehousing and forwarding merchant, in New York City. He has a beautiful residence at White Stone, L. I. He is an active and intelligent member of the Presbyterian Church, and he, with a few other liberal Presbyterians, have erected a very pretty little church.

Children, all born in New York City:

II. Gen. William, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Elizabeth Eagles (Nathan, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born at New River, Wilkes, now Watauga Co., N. C., 15 Aug., 1786; married in 1814, at Yadkin River, Ashe Co., N. C., to Milly Dula, daughter of William and Theodoria, his wife.

Children, probably all born at Yadkin River:

After his marriage the General moved to Yadkin River, and settled near the mouth of Elk Creek, where he acquired a large amount of valuable land and other property, farming being his principal vocation. He represented Ashe County in the Legislature in 1814–'15–'16, and from Wilkes County he was elected in 1822–'23–'29–'30–'33–'34–'35 and '36. He was also for many years Brigadier General of the 9th Brigade, North Carolina Militia. He died at his residence on Yadkin River.

III. James, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Elizabeth Eagles, born at New River, 28 Feb., 1789; married Sidnea Webb, daughter of Benjamin Webb and Jane —— ——, of Beaver Dam, Ashe Co., N. C. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1830, and held other public positions for many years. He was a volunteer in the service of his country in the war of 1812–'15, and served until honorably discharged.

IV. David Eagles, son of Colonel Nathan Horton and Elizabeth Eagles, born at New River, 4 May, 1792; married Sarah Dula, a sister of the General's wife. They settled at Yadkin River, where they became quite wealthy in lands and negroes, owning, at the time they were made free, 150. He was a planter, and died at his residence, 3 July, 1870. He was also a volunteer in the war of 1812. His wife is still living.

Children:

V. Phineas, son of Colonel Nathan Horton and Elizabeth Eagles, born at New River, Watauga Co., N. C., 9 Jan., 1795; married about 1827, Rebecca Councill, daughter of Jordan Councill and Sarah Howard, of Ashe Co., N. C, and born 20 Feb., 1802.

Children, all born at New River:

Phineas Horton was a volunteer in the war of 1812. He served as a magistrate over 30 years. He was County Treasurer for several years. He is yet living, and remains upon the same place where he first settled at New River, five miles east of Boone. He has a considerable quantity of land, and at the time Emancipation was proclaimed, he owned six negroes. He has no inclination for anything but farming, and although in his 81st year, he is well preserved, and does a good deal of farm work.

Rebecca Councill, his wife, died of cancer of the breast, 12 August, 1863.

IX. Col. Jonathan, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Elizabeth Eagles, born on New River, 26 Feb., 1806; married 11 Jan., 1841, at Richland, Ashe Co., N. C., to Melinda Hartzag, daughter of Jacob Hartzag and Rebecca Coloway, and born at Richland, 10 May, 1824. She is a distant relative of the celebrated Daniel Boone, the bold old pioneer of the West, of former days.

The Colonel resides at the old homestead of his father, Col. Nathan, owns good lands, and is an excellent farmer. He lost heavily by Emancipation. He has been a very prominent man all his life—firm, intelligent and generous. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1832-'33-'34 and '35. He was a member of the Electoral College of North Carolina, on the Henry Clay ticket, in 1844. He was again elected to the State Legislature from Watauga County, in 1854. He was a volunteer in the service of the Confederate States, in 1861, and was elected Captain of Co. B., 37th Regiment North Carolina troops, infantry, and he was in the seven days' fight near Richmond, Va., towards the close of which the command of the regiment devolved on him. Soon after this, health failing, he resigned and came home, and in 1864 he was elected to the State Senate. He says, and no doubt truly, that his house was robbed, in the spring of 1865, eighteen times in fourteen days, by men professing to be, and wearing the garb of, Union soldiers.

The Colonel has never had any children.

I. Nathan, son of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry (Capt. Nathan, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Wilkes Co., N. C., 24 Jan., 1789; married 29 May, 1817, Mary Young, born in Burke Co., N. C., about 1794; died 19 May, 1875. He was Col. Commander in the 15th Brigade, 9th Division, North Carolina Militia, for about 20 years—was offered the position of Brigadier General, but declined.

Children, all born in Buncombe County, except Mary I., born in Yancey Co., N. C.:

III. Sarah, daughter of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry, born 30 June, 1794; married in 1815, Thomas Young, of Buncombe County, and born 16 Jan., 1792.

Children (the 1 to 7, inclusive, born in Buncombe; 8, 9, and 10 born in Yancey County):

IV. Malcolm, son of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry, born 15 Nov., 1799; married 29 Feb., 1832, Margaret A. Denham, of Virginia. He was for several years Col. Commander in the 15th Brigade, 9th Division, North Carolina Militia. He settled in Maryland and died there, 10 Aug., 1870.

Children:

V. Elizabeth, daughter of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry, born 15 Nov., 1799; married Joseph Shepherd, Esq., of North Carolina, 28 March, 1821. She died 2 Aug., 1838.

Children, all born in Buncombe Co., N. C.:

VI. Zephaniah, son of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry, born 26 Nov., 1802; married 3 April, 1825, Elizabeth Horton, of Ashe Co., N. C., daughter of Nathan Horton, of Ashe County. She born 15 Sept., 1803. He died at his residence, in Yancey, 17 July, 1865.

Children, 1. and 2. born in Ashe, 3. born in Buncombe, all the rest born in Yancey:

VII. Jane M., daughter of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry, born 18 March, 1806; married 25 Aug., 1823, James H. Poteet, of Buncombe County, and born 23 Oct., 1796; moved in 1834 to Missouri, Gasconade County, where he died, 5 July, 1835, leaving two children, born in Buncombe County, viz.:

Mrs. Poteet, soon after the death of her husband, returned to her native State, and, 23 Feb., 1840, married John W. Garland, of Yancey County, born in Tennessee, 5 Sept., 1807. He was County Clerk of Yancey County for 12 years, and also represented that county in the Legislature in 1854-'55 and in 1865-'66, and was the Union Delegate in the State Convention of 1861.

VIII. Phebe D., daughter of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry, born 3 Oct., 1810; married Adam A. Broyles, of Washington Co., Tenn., 15 July, 1835, born 11 May, 1813.

Children, all born in Washington Co., Tenn.:

Silas Horton, son of Abigail Horton and Daniel Stringham (Silas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Middletown, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 Nov., 1797; married in 1821, Henrietta Hicks, daughter of Jacob M. Hicks and Elizabeth ——, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and born in 1804. (Jacob M. Hicks died in 1843, aged 94. His wife died in 1854, aged 85.)

Children, probably all born in Brooklyn:

Silas H. Stringham entered the navy in June, 1810, as midshipman on the frigate President, Commodore John Rogers. In 1812 he was assigned to the Guererre, under Decatur. In 1813 he was on the Spark, one of the Algerine squadron. In 1817, having been promoted to a Lieutenancy, he was transferred to the sloop-of-war Erie, and in 1818, to the Peacock. He was next ordered to the sloop-of-war Cyane, in 1819. In 1821 he was upon the Hornet, 1st Lieutenant, at the West India station. In 1822 he was again on the Cyane, under Com. Creighton. From 1825 to 1829 he held a position at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and in 1829 he was again assigned to the Peacock, and sent in search of the Hornet, sloop-of-war, which was lost. We next find him on the Falmouth, and ordered to Carthagena. From 1830 to 1834 he was in shore service. In 1835 he has command of the John Adams, in the Mediterranean squadron. In 1837 he is second in command at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and from 1843 to 1846 he had the full command of this yard. During the Mexican war we find him in active service, and in command of the Ohio, ship-of-the-line. In 1851 he was commander of the Norfolk Navy Yard; and in 1852 assigned to the command of the Mediterranean squadron, which he held till 1855. He is next in command of the Charleston Navy Yard, which he held till May, 1859. In March, 1861, he was a member of a naval Court-martial, and while there was appointed flag officer of the Atlantic Blockade squadron. In 1861 Com. Stringham was honored with the preparation of the first of those combined naval and military expeditions which have crowned the American navy with such glory; and in his case, as in many others, the success has been almost exclusively due to the action of the navy. The result of this expedition being the capture of the rebel forts Clark and Hatteras, and the surrender of the garrison to Flag-officer Stringham and General Butler, consisting of 715 men, 1000 stand of arms, 75 kegs of powder, 5 stand of colors, 31 cannon (1 of them a 10-inch Columbiad), a brig loaded with cotton, a sloop with provisions and stores, 2 light-boats, 150 bags of coffee, &c. Not a man belonging to the fleet was killed. For this brilliant affair Flag-officer Stringham received the thanks of the Government.

On the 23d of September, 1861, at his own request, he was relieved from his command, and in August, 1862, he was made a Rear-Admiral, on the retired list, and soon after this he was President of the Naval Commission to locate a new Navy Yard. In 1863 he had command of the Navy Yard and station at Charleston, S. C., remained there till 1866. In 1869 he was Port Admiral at New York, and served three years. March 3d, 1873, by Act of Congress, retired officers are prohibited from being employed by Government, except in time of war. Since that time the Admiral is permitted to enjoy a retired life, at his residence, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

For a more full account of the noble and daring deeds and brilliant exploits of Admiral Stringham, see The American Crisis of 1861-'62, by Frank Moore.

I. Lebbeus Lathrop, son of Hannah Horton and Isaiah Vail, Jr. (Silas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Goshen, N. Y., 27 Oct., 1791; married Sally Moore, a lineal descendant of Thomas Moore, of Southold, L. I.

Children, probably all born in Newburgh, N. Y., where they settled soon after marriage:

We are indebted to Nathaniel Vail, Esq., of Goshen, for the foregoing record and sketch of Lebbeus L. Vail and family.

I. Sarah, daughter of Phineas Horton and Bethia Luce (Nathan, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Chester, N. J., 27 March, 1799; married about 1820, Jeremiah Wilcox. He died in Illinois. His widow married a Mr. Rhoads.

Children, probably, born in Chester:

II. Nathan, son of Phineas Horton and Bethia Luce, born in Chester, 27 Dec., 1801; married about 1825, Julia Horton, daughter of Nathaniel Horton and Eunice Horton, and born in Chester, about 1803.

Children, probably all born in Chester:

III. Elias, son of Phineas Horton and Bethia Luce, born in Chester, 6 Feb., 1803; married Melinda Lewis.

Children, born in Chester:

IV. Mary, daughter of Phineas Horton and Bethia Luce, born 6 Feb., 1806; married Daniel Skellinger, and had

VI. Daniel, son of Phineas Horton and Esther Horton, born in Chester, 3 Aug., 1820; married 8 Nov., 1851, by Rev. Mr. Fisher, to Lydia Craig Horton, daughter of Jonah Horton and Hannah Bryant, and born in Randolph, N. J., 2 Jan., 1827. She died 16 July, 1870; no children. Daniel Horton resides at the old homestead, a few miles from the borough of Chester. He is a well-to-do farmer, and his mother, now (1874) aged and feeble, resides with him. They are pious people, and of good repute among their neighbors.

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I. Isaiah, son of Elisha Horton and Polly (Mary) Horton (Dea. Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Chester, N. J., 21 July, 1796; married in Aurelius, Cayuga Co., N. Y., 31 Jan., 1817, to Charlotte Chatfield. She died 21 Feb., 1854. He died in Wayland, at Spring Water, Livingston Co., N. Y., 22 May, 1873:

Children, probably all born at Spring Water, N. Y.:

Mary, born at Spring Water, N. Y., 1 Sept., 1833; married 27 Feb., 1855, at Spring Water, by Rev. H. M. Boothe, to J. B. Tiffany, son of Jacob Tiffany and Lavina Andrews, and born in Lenox, Madison Co., N. Y., 24 March, 1828. His father and mother were born at Austerlitz, Columbia Co., N. Y.; he, 1 Sept., 1795; she, 25 Sept., 1796; he died at Spring Water, 8 Jan., 1873; she is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Tiffany and family reside at East Bloomfield, N. Y. They have one son, viz.:

Esther, born at Spring Water, 17 Aug., 1826; married at Spring Water, by Rev. Mr. Hunter, 9 Feb., 1848, to Frederick Augustus Boughton, son of Nathaniel Boughton and Tryphenia Hart.

Children, all born at East Bloomfield, N. Y.:

Hon. Nathaniel Coe, son of Huldah Horton and Joel Coe (Dea. Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Morris Co., N. J., 12 Sept., 1788; moved with his father to Scipio, N. Y., in 1795; went by sloop to Albany—4 days—thence in wagons up the Mohawk, by way of Schenectady—thence to Cayuga and Wood Creek to Auburn, N. Y., and then Scipio, being one month on the journey. He married in Auburn, N. Y., 5 Oct., 1827, to Mary Taylor White, daughter of Lawrence Emery White and —— —— and born on Pearl Street, near Broadway, N. Y., 11 March, 1801.

Children:

Nathaniel Coe was an honest lawyer and an upright politician. He possessed a superior intellect, and always commanded the respect and esteem of his fellow men. He was long a magistrate, and for four years in succession he represented Livingston and Alleghany Counties in the Legislature of the State of New York. He was often an arbitrator, both in the Church and out of it. In religion he was what was then called, by way of reproach, a radical. In 1829 he went to Nevada. In 1851 he was appointed U. S. Mail Agent for Oregon. He finally settled at Hood River, where, on the 10th Oct., 1868, he died. For several years before his death, he carried on an extensive business in raising fruit, and became quite rich. He was a thoroughly anti-slavery man, and while the Liberty party was in existence, he was its firm and warm supporter. Mrs. Coe resides at Hood River, and her son Charles, who was a superior young man, noted for his piety and sound moral and Christian character, carried on successfully his father's business until his death, which occurred 24 Dec., 1874. His mother said of him, "My heart's beloved has left me, nothing can fill the void. He not only filled his father's place on the farm, but also at the family altar, and notwithstanding his youth, older men came to him for advice on matters temporal as well as religious."

Mrs. Coe is an educated, refined and talented Christian lady—an able and finished writer, and the author of many very pretty verses and poems, and though aged, and having suffered much from ill health, yet her penmanship is neat, and her thoughts and words fresh, warm and vigorous. Speaking of her deceased little infant, Susan Amelia, she says, "To whom, like a dew-drop, kissed off by the sun's morning beam, a beauteous existence was given, whose soul seemed to come down to earth in a dream, only to wake up when it ascended to Heaven." She has kindly given much valuable information in regard to the Hortons of New Jersey and their connections, only a small part of which can appear in the "Chronicles." Mrs. Coe's ancestors, both on her father and mother's side, were originally from England.

Rachel Bennet, daughter of David Bennet and Mary Coe, and grand-daughter of Huldah Horton, is a maiden lady, intelligent, well educated and possesses good social qualities; she is a successful teacher. We are indebted to her for many interesting letters, giving genealogical data of members of the Horton family. Her residence was in Chicago, where she was a teacher a few years ago.

II. John Seward, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward (David, Nathaniel, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Randolph, Morris Co., N. J., 24 Oct., 1801; married 13 March, 1823, by Elder Hough, of Port Byron, N. Y., to Paulina Carrier, daughter of Amziah Carrier and Wealthy Hatch, and born in Brutus, N. Y., 29 Sept., 1804.

Children, all born at Conquest, Cayuga Co., N. Y., except Jane A.:

Mr. Horton moved with his father to Brutus, N. Y., when three years old; moved to Calhoun, Mich., in 1846, and resides now at Marengo, Mich.

III. David, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward, born in Randolph, Morris Co., N. J., 4 July, 1804; married in Conquest, Cayuga Co., N. Y., 19 Jan., 1826, by the Rev. Mr. Twist, to Jane McCallam, daughter of William McCallam and Anna Crowell, all of Conquest, N. Y.

Children, all born in Conquest, N. Y.:

David Horton is a farmer—was largely engaged in the oil trade—carrying on a large business in the oil region in Pennsylvania a few years ago. He gave the compiler the first account he ever had of the old tombstone of Barnabas I., as we happened to meet on the cars between Lyons and Rochester, in Oct., 1870.

V. Horace, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward, born in Randolph, N. J., 2 July, 1810; married Melissa Putnam about 1833.

Children, probably all born in Weedsport or Brutus, N. Y.:

Horace Horton died at Weedsport, in Jan., 1869. His widow lives at the homestead with Mrs. Whiting, who is an intelligent, active and lady-like woman. They are in good circumstances. Mr. Whiting holds some position under the United States Government, in Washington City.

Harrison Faulkner Horton, son of Gabriel H. Horton and Margaret Faulkner (Elihu, Silas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born at Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y., 11 Sept., 1804; reared at Bloomingburgh, Sullivan Co., N. Y., and educated in the Presbyterian faith, and Democratic political school. Removed to Warwick, Orange Co., N. Y., in Nov., 1825; from thence to Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y., in March, 1831, and from there to New York City, in Feb., 1841; married 15 Dec., 1829, at New Milford, Orange Co., N. Y., by Rev. William Timlough, to Emily Coleman, daughter of Merritt Coleman and Mary Smith. He is a retired merchant, living in New York City at the present time.

Children:

Mary Smith, the mother-in-law of Harrison Faulkner, was the daughter of Deacon Smith and Sally Wisner, of Goshen. Dea. Smith was the father of Dea. William Smith of Florida, Orange Co., N. Y. Margaret Faulkner, the mother of Harrison, was the daughter of Samuel Faulkner and Helen Murray, who were early inhabitants of Orange Co., N. Y., and pioneers in Wallkill Township. Samuel Faulkner was of French origin. His wife, Helen Murray, came from Scotland. Samuel Faulkner and his brother, Col. William Faulkner, were staunch Whigs in 1776.

VI. Nelson, son of Silas Danes Horton and Mary McClean (Silas, Silas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Wallkill, 5 June, 1807; married in Wallkill, 1 Jan., 1836, by Elder Beebe, to Sarah Shons, daughter of ——.

Children, all born in Wallkill, N. Y.:

Nelson Horton is a well-to-do farmer—resides on the old homestead farm, to which he has made additions and improvements. He possesses fine social qualities—a remarkably retentive memory—tracing his ancestry back to the old Southold home, without the aid of written records.

VIII. Jane, daughter of Silas Danes Horton and Mary McClean, married Brink. "Her son, Leander, is a warm advocate of the Horton genealogy."—Ruth A. Horton.

IX. William Harrison, son of Silas Danes Horton and Mary McClean, born in Wallkill, 18 Jan., 1814; married 1. at Mason, Mich., 8 Aug., 1840, by Rev. John W. Burchard, to Matilda Rolf, daughter of Hazen Rolf and Mary ——, and born in 1814.

On the 27th Sept., 1841, she gave birth to two female babes, and survived but a short time afterwards. He married 2. 16 April, 1846, by the Rev. Bezaleel Hill, to Achsa Samisa Chapin, daughter of Levi Chapin and Achsa ——, and born in Springfield, Mass., in 1819. They reside in Eden, Mich.

Children:

I. Rebecca Rose, daughter of Hiram Horton and Mary Rose (Dea. Nathaniel, Col. Nathaniel, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Chester, 29 Dec., 1809; married at Chester, by the Rev. Stephen Overton, 3 May, 1828, to David Schuyler De Camp, son of Zechariah De Camp and Experience Halsey, and born at Chester, 25 May, 1804.

Children, all born in Chester except Stephen H., born in New York:

Mr. De Camp is a wealthy farmer; his farm, a little below the surface of the ground, has many valuable beds of iron. He and his wife are intelligent, conscientious people, kind and hospitable; in religion, they are firm Universalists. They reside within about three miles of the borough of Chester, N. J.

I. Clarissa Jane, daughter of John Horton (Matthias, Silas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Goshen, in 1810; married in 1832, to David Conger Lockwood, son of Samuel Lockwood, and born in Goshen, in 1806; died in 1860. Samuel Lockwood's maternal great grandmother was Judith Peck, who came over in the May Flower.

Children, all born in New Windsor, Orange Co., N. Y.:

Mrs. Lockwood moved from New Windsor, N. Y., to New Brunswick, N. J., some years ago, where she now resides.

II. Ann, daughter of Jason Horton and Sallie Miller (Israel, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Lansing, Tompkins Co., N. Y., 11 Aug., 1808; married in Reading, N. Y., 26 Dec., 1826, by Rev. Elder Noell, of the Baptist Church, to Daniel Sutton. He was born in Ovid, N. Y., 13 May, 1807.

Children:

III. Phebe, daughter of Jason Horton and Sally Miller, born in Phelps, N. Y., 11 May, 1811; married to David Beeman, 26 March, 1829; died 1 May, 1844, at Leoni, Jackson Co., Mich.

V. Israel, son of Jason Horton and Sally Miller, born in Lansing, N. Y., 26 Feb., 1817; married in the town of Rathbone, Steuben Co., N. Y., 29 April, 1847, to Eliza Adamson, daughter of John Adamson and Minerva Mulford, and born in Lindley, N. Y., 27 Jan., 1827.

Children, all born in Rathbone, except Nellie, born in Watkins, Schuyler Co., N. Y.:

VII. Minor Thomas, son of Jason Horton and Sally Miller, born in Phelps, N. Y., 2 June, 1819; married in Sandstone, Jackson Co., Mich., 7 October, 1841, by J. Haddock, Esq., to Lucinda Sophia Spaulding, daughter of Joseph Spaulding and Lucinda Spaulding, and born in Sandstone, Mich., 18 Sept., 1820.

Children, all born in Williamston, Mich.:

They reside in Williamston, Michigan.

I. John Martin, son of John Horton and Rachael Hiler (Israel, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Phelps, N. Y., 30 Dec., 1819; married in Rushville, Ontario Co., N. Y., 25 Nov., 1851, by Rev. Robert Parker, to Mary Martin Boardman, born in the town of Goshen, Ontario Co., N. Y., 30 Dec., 1824. She is the daughter of Jesse Churchill Boardman and Mary Bunyan.

Children, all born in Phelps:

The little girl whose death is mentioned above, was a remarkable instance of early piety. She possessed a precocious intellect, which very early became deeply pervaded with the religious element soon ripening into genuine Christianity. Her death-bed scene, though she was less than six years old, was like that of a matured Christian, exhibiting a brilliant trophy of Divine grace, deeply impressive and comforting to all who witnessed it.

II. Samuel Minnis, son of John Horton and Rachael Hiler, born in Phelps, 29 Oct., 1836; married in Phelps, 19 March, 1867, by Rev. George Van Alstine, to Sylvia Ann Cole, daughter of Cyrus Chapman Cole and Charity Boardman.

Children:

III. Van Renssalaer Waugh, son of John Horton and Rachel Hiler, born in Phelps, N. Y., 11 Aug., 1829; married in Orleans, N. Y., 28 Aug., 1862, by Rev. Jacob Wader, to Rowena Spencer Rafter, daughter of John Rafter and Eleanor Wilson, and born at Orleans, Phelps Township, 15 April, 1841.

Children:

IV. Peter Davis, son of John Horton and Rachael Hiler, born at Phelps, N. Y., 17 April, 1826; married in Arcadia, Wayne Co., N. Y., 8 Jan., 1855, by Edwin Pultz, Esq., to Mary Sophia Aiken, daughter of William Burr Aiken and Mary Marinda Clark, and born in Arcadia, 3 Jan., 1836. They have one son, an only child:

Mr. P. D. Horton is one of the best masters of penmanship in the country, is widely known as a teacher, and much respected; he resides in Marshall, Michigan.

V. William Person, son of John Horton and Rachael Hiler, born at Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., 26 Dec., 1821; married by E. Jones, Esq., in Huron, Wayne Co., N. Y., 4 March, 1845, to Phebe Ann Brink, daughter of John Brink and Catherine Brink; she was born in Huron, Wayne Co., N. Y., 1 July, 1831.

Children:

VI. Eunice, daughter of John Horton and Rachael Hiler, born in Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., 13 Sept., 1833; married in Phelps, 21 July, 1859, by Rev. John Brown, to Edgar Phineas Lake, of Shelburn, Vermont, son of Hazleton Lake and Deborah Miller. He died 13 April, 1867.

Children, all born in Shelburn, Vermont:

Mrs. Lake is a very industrious, intelligent Christian lady, and resides at Shelburn, with her family well cared for.

I. Joseph Dempster, son of Peter D. Horton and Hannah Couch (Israel, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at Randolph, Portage Co., Ohio, 3 Jan., 1833; married 25 Dec., 1858, by Rev. Geo. Duffield, to Fanny Finley, daughter of Richard Finley and Ann Fitzpatrick.

Children:

Joseph D. Horton is a lawyer of very fair ability and good reputation; he was a member of the recent Constitutional Convention of Ohio; he resides at Ravenna, Ohio.

II. Thirza Ann, daughter of Peter D. Horton and Hannah Couch, born at Wesleyville, Erie Co., Pa., 12 April, 1836; died at Shalersville, O., 15 March, 1861, and was buried at Nelson, O.; unmarried.

III. Capt. Marcus Cornelius, son of Peter D. Horton and Hannah Couch, born at Nelson, O., 21 June, 1838. He was Captain of Co. D., 104th Reg. Ohio Vol. Infantry. He died at Dallas, Georgia, 28 May, 1864. He was buried at Nelson, O. He was much esteemed and respected, both as a man and as an officer, and his death was very greatly lamented.

IV. George Washington, son of Peter D. Horton and his 2d wife, Ann Chambers, born at Nelson, O., 2 Dec., 1849. He is a farmer, and resides at Nelson, O. He was married 15 Sept., 1875, at Nelson, Portage Co., by the Rev. John Vetter, to Ersie F. Vanderslice, daughter of Benjamin P. Vanderslice and Sylvia W. Llewellen, and born at Hartstown, Crawford Co., Pa., 23 July, 1856.

I. Harriet Lacy, daughter of Uriah Horton and Elizabeth Fairchild (Jason, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at Mendham, Morris Co., N. J., 6 April, 1811; married at Lambertville, 13 Sept., 1830, by the Rev. Peter O. Studdiford, to James Gordon, son of David Gordon and Margaret West, and born in Trenton, N. J., 19 Dec., 1809. He died in New Orleans, 25 Nov., 1847.

Children:

Mrs. Gordon now (1874) resides in Trenton, N. J., and is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

II. Anna Maria, daughter of Uriah Horton and Elizabeth Fairchild, born at White House, N. J., 15 April, 1813. She is a maiden lady—a member of the Baptist Church—is intelligent, possesses good social qualities, and is in easy circumstances.

Brackey, daughter of Uriah Horton and Elizabeth Fairchild, born at White House, N. J., 29 Feb., 1819; married at Headquarters, N. J., 22 Feb., 1839, by the Rev. Geo. Snyder, to Asa Price, son of Andrew Price and Mary Closson, and born at Lumberville, Pa., 2 Dec., 1807.

Children, all born at Lambertville, N. J.:

They reside at Lambertville, N. J.

VII. Alexander Horace, son of Uriah Horton and Elizabeth Fairchild, born at Lambertville, 16 Oct., 1821; married 4 May, 1843, by George Young, Esq., to Catherine Cline Ditmars, daughter of Abraham Ditmars and Anne Moore, and born at Canandaigua, N. Y., 22 Feb., 1822.

Children, all born at Lambertville:

I. George Washington, son of Nathaniel Thompson and Sarah Horton (Jeremiah, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Monroe, Orange Co., N. Y., 2 March, 1824; married 5 Jan., 1848, Charity Conklin, daughter of Sylvester Conklin and Charity Reynolds, and born in Monroe, 15 April, 1826.

Children, both born in Monroe:

Mrs. Thompson died 1875; she was a lady of refinement, possessing fine social qualities, tenderness of heart, and correct moral and Christian character. She was greatly afflicted with feeble health for several years before her death; but she always bore her sufferings with cheerfulness and Christian resignation.

I. Sarah Mariah, daughter of Benjamin G. Horton and Sarah Jane Stuart (Jeremiah, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Blooming Grove, Orange Co.; married at Blooming Grove, 14 Feb., 1861, by Rev. Austin Craig, to Henry Van Cleft, son of Lewis Van Cleft and Henrietta W. Cooper, and born 25 Nov., 1834. Sarah Mariah H. Van Cleft died 30 Aug., 1871, leaving three children, viz.:

Mr. Van Cleft is a farmer and dealer in cattle.

IV. Carrie S., sister of Sarah Mariah (above), married at Vail's Gate, Orange Co., N. Y., 29 Nov., 1871, to Henry Van Cleft, being his 2d wife.

Children:

VI. Jeremiah Henry, son of Benjamin G. Horton and Sarah Jane Stuart, born in Blooming Grove, 20 Dec., 1844; married in Newburgh, 20 Aug., 1872, by Rev. Andrew Longacre, to Mary Smith Parmelee, daughter of John W. Parmelee and Catharine Cole Smith, and born in Newburgh, 31 March, 1846. Have one child:

J. H. Horton is a retired merchant. He and his wife are both very acceptable members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

I. Jason, son of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry (John, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at Terrytown, Pa., 13 July, 1807; married in Albany, Pa., 29 Dec., 1835, by Thomas Ingham, Esq., to Olivia Ladd, daughter of Horatio Ladd and Asenath Ives, and born 20 May, 1810. She died at Terrytown, 11 Sept., 1847. He married again in Terry, 5 Jan., 1848, by Thos. Ingham, Esq., to Roxey Covey, daughter of John Covey and Mary Sabens, and born in Grafton, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., 15 July, 1819.

Children, all born in the township of Terry. By first wife:

By second wife:

Jason Horton is a farmer, has been a merchant, a hotel keeper and a Justice of the Peace for one term of five years. He made a public profession of Christianity in 1871, and united with the Baptist Church, of Terrytown, Rev. B. Jones officiating at his Baptism.

II. Nathaniel Terry, son of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born at the old homestead of Ebn'r Horton, in Asylum, now Wilmot, Pa., 5 Jan., 1808; married in Albany, Pa., 15 Dec., 1851, by George Burdick, Esq., to Mehala Hancock, daughter of Amasa Hancock and Delilah Vincent, and born in Terry, about 1833.

Children:

N. T. Horton is a farmer and lumber dealer, was Captain of a militia company in 1835.

III. Julia, daughter of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in Wilmot, Pa., 6 Oct., 1810; married in Wilmot, 21 Nov., 1833, by Thomas Ingham, Esq., to Samuel E. Miller, son of John Miller and Lydia Gilbert, and born at Frenchtown, Pa., in 1808.

Children:

IV. Eunice, daughter of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in Asylum, now Wilmot, Pa., 7 Sept., 1812; married at the old homestead, 6 July, 1837, by Ephraim Beeman, Esq., to James Horace Turrell, son of Beebe H. Turrell and Olive Turrell, and born 1 Nov., 1809; died in Wilmot, 3 Sept., 1863. She is still living, and has been a worthy member of the Baptist Church for about fifty years.

Children, all born in Wilmot:

Mr. James H. Turrell was a farmer and lumber manufacturer. He was a prompt business man—a Justice of the Peace for five years, and enjoyed the confidence and respect of all who knew him. He began the world with nothing, but at the time of his death he was worth a fine property.

V. Hiram, son of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in Wilmot, 7 June, 1815. He is unmarried, and has lived all his life at the old homestead—is a farmer and lumber manufacturer.

VI. Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in Wilmot, 4 April, 1817; married in Terry, to Ellen Minerva Crandall, daughter of Josias G. Crandall and Olive Burdick, and born in Grafton, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., 18 Oct., 1823.

Children, born in Albany, Bradford Co., Pa.:

Ebenezer Horton's residence was in Albany, Pa., but he died at his father's old residence in Wilmot, where he had gone to spend the closing days of his life with his mother and her family. He was an industrious, upright farmer, esteemed by all who knew him. His widow and family still occupy his old homestead, and live comfortably.

VII. Adela, daughter of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in Asylum, now Wilmot, Penn'a, 13 April, 1819; married in Towanda, by Elhanan Smith, Esq., 5 Feb., 1840, to Chester Schoonover, son of Joseph Schoonover and Rachel Corsaw, and born near where the city of Binghamton now stands, 17 April, 1817.

Children, all born in Terry:

Adela Horton Schoonover died March, 1844, and he married 2. in Sussex Co., N. J., by the Rev. Mr. Bookstaver, to Eliza Hornbeck, daughter of Cornelius Hornbeck. They live in Terry. He has for many years been a preacher of the Old School Baptist Church.

VIII. Jane, daughter of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in Asylum, now Wilmot, Penn'a, 22 July, 1821; married Lehman Turrell, brother of J. H. Turrell. They reside in West Webster, Monroe Co., N. Y., no children. They are both worthy members of the M. E. Church. He is a carpenter and joiner by trade.

IX. Lydia Ann, daughter of Ebenezer Horton and Mary Terry, born in Wilmot, 4 February, 1825; married in Wilmot, 27 Feb., 1851, by Henry Gaylord, Esq., to Moses Thompson Slotery, son of Daniel Slotery and Elizabeth Firman, and born in Allentown, Pa., 22 July, 1829.

Children, all born in Terry:

I. Elmore, son of Maj. John Horton, Jr., and Nancy Miller, born at Terrytown, 6 May, 1817; married in Wyalusing, 22 August, 1843, to Mary Stone, daughter of Raphael Stone and Mary Ingham, and born in Wyalusing, 8 Dec., 1815.

Children, all born at Sugar Run, Pa.:

Elmore Horton and family reside at Sugar Run, Bradford Co., Pa. He is a farmer and lumberman; was an engineer on the Pennsylvania canal when a young man; has some part of his life been engaged in mercantile business. His son is now one of the partners in carrying on a general country store and doing a fair business.

II. Mary, daughter of Maj. John Horton, Jr., and Nancy Miller, born at Terrytown, 19 Nov., 1818; married at Terrytown, 15 June, 1841, by Rev. Geo. Printz, to Dr. Nathan Wells, son of Nathan Wells and Sarah Coleman, and born in Orange Co., N. Y., 15 Oct., 1815. Dr. Wells and wife are esteemed members of the Presbyterian Church. They settled at Meshoppen, Wyoming Co., Pa., soon after their marriage, where they reside at the present time. The Doctor is a first class physician, has done a large business, has accumulated a fine property, and is universally esteemed, both as a physician and worthy citizen. He was Associate Judge of Wyoming Co. for one term of five years.

Children:

III. Orice Miller, daughter of Maj. John Horton, Jr., and Nancy Miller, born at Terrytown, 16 Jan., 1821; married at Terrytown, 1 Sept., 1840, by Rev. Geo. Printz, to Austin Stalford, son of Benjamin Stalford and Urania Turrell, and born in Wyalusing, Pa., 15 Dec., 1812. He settled first in Browntown, Pa., remained there until 1852, when he moved to Rochelle, Ill. He carried on a large farming business. They were both members of the Presbyterian Church, and he was a ruling elder. He died suddenly whilst harnessing his horse to go to the meeting of the Presbytery in Chicago, on the 14 Oct., 1868.

Children: 1, 2, 3, born in Wyalusing; 4, born at Elkhorn, Ill.; 5, born at Rochelle.

The widow and family, except Rowena, reside near the village of Rochelle; are well-to do farmers. Charles L.'s wife is a lady of refinement and education, is a teacher and writer; many of her poetical lines are excellent, and some of them have been published.

IV. John Miller, son of Maj. John Horton, Jr., and Nancy Miller, born at Terrytown, 7 Feb., 1823; married in Huntington, Pa., 13 Nov., 1849, by Rev. E. Wadsworth, to Susan L. Bacon, daughter of Rev. Septimeus Bacon.

Children, all born at Terrytown:

John M. Horton was a shoemaker and hotel-keeper, a very industrious and public spirited man. He built the Terrytown Hotel, and kept it in such a manner as to make it superior to most of the country hotels. He died suddenly in the midst of his usefulness, 24 April, 1861, greatly lamented by all who knew him.

Joseph Homet Horton was born 2 June, 1842, at Terrytown, Bradford Co., Pa., the youngest son of Major John Horton, and the only son of his wife, Lydia Horton, nee Kimball.

In boyhood Joseph possessed a person of rare physical beauty, and evinced a bright and happy disposition. He was frank spoken, open, genial and social. His native industry, all through his childhood and youth, displayed great aptitude for business. In all these respects, as was the boy so is the man.

After availing himself of the schools of his native town, in his 16th year he entered upon the English and the commercial courses of study, in the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, at Towanda, remaining there through 1858 and 1859. He then continued as an efficient clerk in his father's store until August, 1862.

The war for the Union had burst upon the nation. His heart was ablaze with enthusiasm for the Constitution and the Union. His father was proud of the valor and patriotism of his young son. Joseph had become as his right hand, and was his main-stay in business. The fond father hesitated to spare a son so dear to his heart, and so essential to the success of his affairs. At length, like tens of thousands of other fathers, he made the sacrifice for his country, consented, and allowed Joseph to enlist on the 7th of August, 1862, at Wyalusing, under Captain George W. Jackson, in Company "A," of the 141st Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Joseph was a week afterwards (August 14th,) elected 1st Lieutenant of this Company.

In September his Regiment was assigned to the 1st Brigade of Birney's (formerly Kearney's) Division in the 3d Army Corps. It was almost immediately put into most active service. Five days after his first battle (that of Fredericksburg,) Lieut. Horton was made Captain of his Company, viz.: on the 18th of December.

On the 4th day of the following May (1863) Captain Horton was engaged with his Regiment in the battle of Chancellorville, Virginia. The Regiment went into this engagement with 419 men, and during the fight had 234 killed or wounded; and for its firm constancy and bravery was warmly complimented, both by General Birney and General Graham.

At Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in July, 1863, this Regiment was again actively engaged. And of Capt. Horton, Gen. Madill, in his report says: "Capt. Horton, though severely stunned by concussion of shell, remained in the field, and I am greatly indebted to him for his services, as he was the only Captain left with the Regiment." On the 3d of July, at Gettysburg, Capt. Horton commanded the Regiment. At the morning roll-call of this fearful day, 198 men answered to their names; of this number, 136 were either killed or wounded. On the 31st of the following January (1864) Captain Horton was commissioned Major, commanding his Regiment. And on the 28th of the next month (February, 1864,) he was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding his Regiment until Lee's surrender, April 9th, 1865.

On the 12th of May, Col. Horton was wounded, during the engagement at Spottsylvania, Virginia, by a gun-shot through his left forearm and in his left hip.

During his wounded condition, he was visited by his uncle, Hon. George F. Horton, M. D., and was tenderly nursed by his sister Louisa, wife of Hon. Uriah Terry. While convalescing, and not yet well enough to take the field, he was appointed on several Courts-Martial, and also had charge of several convoys of new men, conducting them to posts along the southern sea-board.

With his Regiment, he was honorably mustered out of the service at the close of the war, May 28th, 1865.

Of Col. Horton's old Company "A," consisting of 117 members, there were killed, 16; died, 9; discharged for disability, 20; discharged for wounds, 15; transferred to veteran corps for wounds, 7; transferred to 57th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, for unexpired term of service, 14; absent in hospital, wounded, 4; dishonorably discharged, 1; leaving, at the mustering out of the Regiment, of the whole 117, only 31.

Col. Horton was engaged in the following battles, namely: Fredericksburg, Cedars, Chancellorville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, White-Oak Road, Sailors' Creek, and at Lee's surrender; besides participating in many small skirmishes.

Honorably freed from his military service by the happy close of the war, Col. Horton hasted home to be the business stay of his aged father, and was actively engaged in mercantile pursuits up to 1871.

In October (24th) 1866, he was married, at Worcester, Massachusetts, to Abby H. Newcomb, only daughter of Charles and Lucy R. Newcomb, of that city. Miss Lucy Sanderson Horton is their only child; she was born December 18th, 1872.

Since 1871, Col. Horton has been living at Birch Creek (formerly Bernice Colliery), Sullivan County, Pa., and is Superintendent of "The Sullivan Anthracite Coal Company's" works, located at that place.

The high appreciation in which he is held by the Company, is shared by the community under his employ, who have several times combined in tendering to him, as their Superintendent and considerate friend, testimonials of large intrinsic value, but still more valuable as evidences of their cordial and grateful esteem.

The Republicans of his County unanimously urged him as their nominee for Congress in the fall of 1874, but were overruled by the other Counties of the District.

II. Julia, daughter of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry (John, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at Terrytown, Bradford Co., Pa., 24 Oct., 1834; married at Terrytown, 11 June, 1861, by Rev. D. Cook, of the Presbyterian Church, to Charles Stevens Homet, son of Charles Homet and Lucy Stevens, and grandson of Frederick Nicholas Charles Homet and Maria Theresa Scheilenger, who were born in France, the former being one of the commissaries of the household of Louis XVI., the latter one of the chambermaids of the Queen. At the fall of Louis they made their escape and came to America. They had never had any acquaintance with each other until they found themselves passengers on the same ship to this country. Their acquaintance on the ship soon ripened into a mutual attachment, and on their arrival in New York they were married. After tarrying awhile at Bottle Hill, now Madison, in New Jersey, where Charley, the 1st child, was born, they came to Asylum, settling for two years away back in the wilderness, but at length on the Susquehanna River, where Francis X. Homet, Esq., now resides.

C. S. Homet was born in Asylum 20 May, 1830; settled in Wyalusing in 1861, where he now resides, and is a successful farmer. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he is one of the elders.

Children:

III. Jane Elizabeth, daughter of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry, born at Terrytown, 6 June, 1837; married at Terrytown, 11 June, 1861, by Rev. D. Cook, to Rev. David Craft, son of William Craft and Phebe Baker, and born in Carmel, Putnam Co., N. Y., 3 Oct., 1832.

He graduated at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., in the class of 1857, was Principal of the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute at Towanda during the years 1857-'58-'59; spent some six months in Princeton Theological Seminary in 1859 and '60; commenced his ministry in Terrytown, 1860, was ordained by the Susquehanna Presbytery, in August, 1862, and went into the army as chaplain of the 141st Pa. Volunteers in August, 1862, served for about a year, and then resigned on account of ill-health, and returned to Bradford Co., was installed pastor of the 2d Presbyterian Church, Wyalusing, 28 Feb., 1866, and also installed pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Terrytown, 1st March, 1866.

Children, born in Terrytown:

They reside at the parsonage in Wyalusing, Pa.

IV. William Terry, son of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry, born at Terrytown, 9 April, 1839; married at Auburn, Susquehanna Co., 14 June, 1871, by Rev. G. Greenfield, to Prudence Beardsley, daughter of John Beach Beardsley and Lucy S. Kasson, and born in Auburn, 27 Oct., 1842.

Children, born at Terrytown:

W. T. Horton is a farmer and merchant at Terrytown. He volunteered in the service of his country in July, 1862, assisted in raising Co. A, 141 Regiment Pa. Volunteers, Infantry, and was chosen 2d Lieutenant. He was honorably discharged per order of the Secretary of War, by reason of chronic diarrhœa, in Dec., 1862. He shortly afterwards engaged in the service again as clerk in the Quarter Master's department, at Murfreesboro, Tenn., where he remained until the close of the war.

V. John Burleigh, son of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry, born at Terrytown, 8 Jan., 1842; married at West Danby, Tompkins Co., N. Y., 24 Feb., 1875, by Rev. Wm. Sharp, to Eva Lamira Tupper, daughter of James Sturdevant Tupper and Lamira Truesdell, and born in Rush, Susquehanna Co., Pa., 12 April, 1851.

John B. Horton is a farmer and merchant at Terrytown.

VI. Debbie Emily, daughter of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry, born at Terrytown, 7 Nov., 1843; married at Terrytown, 30 June, 1868, by Rev. D. Craft, to William James Hillis, M. D., son of Richard Hillis and Margaret Nesbit, and born in Herrick, Bradford Co., Pa., in 1841. He commenced the practice of medicine at Barclay, Bradford Co., Pa., where he commenced housekeeping, but his wife's health failing, she returned to Terrytown, where she died from tuberculosis; vide obituary.

VII. Nancy Terry, daughter of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry, born at Terrytown, 15 July, 1846; vide obituary:

Hillis.—On Friday, March 26th, 1869, at the residence of her father, Dr. G. F. Horton, in Terrytown, Mrs. Deborah E., wife of Dr. W. J. Hillis, of Barclay. She was born Nov., 1844, born again Feb., 1866, and has passed from earth to heaven.

The following lines were written by a lady in the West, on the death of Mrs. Hillis:

LINES ON THE DEATH OF COUSIN DEBBIE.

E. I. P. S.

Rochelle, Ill., May, 1869.

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Horton.—In Terrytown, Jan. 7, 1872, Miss Nancy T., daughter of Dr. G. F. and Abigail Horton, aged 25 years.

Decided in her convictions, yet with charity for all, amiable in disposition and warm in her affections, she won a large circle of friends, who sympathize with her immediate relatives in this bereavement. She availed herself of every advantage afforded to store her mind with useful knowledge. Diligent as a pupil, she was successful as a teacher, exhibiting unflagging energy and patience in the school room, she surpassed most in securing the love and advancement of her pupils. She was sustained through a long and painful illness by an unfaltering trust in her covenant keeping Saviour, and with her feet firmly set on the Rock of Ages by a living faith, fearlessly entered the dark valley, fearing no evil.

She referred to the following stanzas, as expressing her own hopes when near the close of her earthly existence, and which are inserted for this as well as for their exquisite beauty:

NEARER HOME.

BY ALICE CARY.

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[From the Presbyterian.]

In Terrytown, Pa., on the 7th inst., Miss Nancy T. daughter of Dr. G. F. and Abigail Horton, aged twenty-five years. Born of pious parents, from infancy she enjoyed the advantages of religious culture. In early life she made profession of faith in Christ, and ever after adorned that profession with a consecrated life and godly deportment. She was among the first to unite with the then recently organized Presbyterian church at Terrytown, which she loved with the ardor of a sanctified affection. Possessed of unusual decision of character and strong convictions of the truth of her opinions, she nevertheless exercised a broad charity for those whom she thought conscientiously differed from her. Her amiability, intelligence, purity, and warm affection won her a large circle of friends, over whom she had great influence. Her end was peace, and in full assurance of a blessed immortality. One incident, among many others, may be given as illustrating the ground of her confidence. Shortly before her death, clasping her arms around her brother's neck, she whispered:

This simple clinging to the cross was her support through the long months of wasting sickness, the secret of her patience in suffering, and the staff of her strength through the valley of the shadow of death.

Com.

VIII. Mary Eliza, daughter of Geo. F. Horton and Abigail Terry, born at Terrytown, 24, April, 1850, married at Terrytown, 1 Oct., 1873, by Rev. D. Craft, to William Ross Sutton, son of Oliver C. Sutton and Harriet Maria Ross, and grandson of Robert Blaine Sutton and Juliette Bradley, and born in Lyons, 27 Nov., 1850. He is a farmer, and also engaged in the manufacture and sale of an improved forcing pump. They reside in Lyons, N. Y.

I. James Galloway, son of Samuel Todd Horton and Mary Galloway (Joseph Lee, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at Palmyra, N. Y., 23 Feb., 1813; married 26 Jan., 1832, by the Rev. Mr. Allen, to Hannah Maria Horton, daughter of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance, and born at Belvale, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 May, 1811. She died at Atlas, Mich., 19 April, 1847, leaving four children, all born in Atlas, viz.:

Married 2. in Atlas, 16 July, 1848, to Adaline Susan Dorr Baldwin, daughter of Dr. Cyrus Baldwin, of Berkshire, Mass., and Susan Dorr, of Boston. Susan Dorr was a daughter of Joseph Dorr, made historic from the fact that he was a prominent man of the party who threw the tea overboard in Boston Harbor. Dr. Baldwin was the founder of the village of Baldwinsville, N. Y. J. G. Horton, in a letter of August 26, 1874, says: "We moved from Palmyra to Michigan when it was yet a territory. We were three miles from any white settlers, but we had plenty of Indians. Where the city of Flint now stands, it was then all a dense wilderness, and when the town of Atlas was organized, forty years ago, we had seventeen votes all told. The county of Genesee has now twelve flourishing villages besides the city of Flint, which has a population of about eleven thousand."

By his 2. wife he has one daughter, Mary Susan, born in Atlas, 22 May, 1851. They moved from Atlas to Flint in 1859, where they now reside. He is a farmer and surveyor.

III. Ira Joseph, son of Samuel Todd Horton and Mary Galloway, born 1 April, 1815, in Palmyra, N. Y.; married in Palmyra, 21 April, 1836, by Rev. H. V. Jones (Baptist) to Ruth Howard Spear, daughter of Lemuel Spear and Sarah Rogers, and born in Mendon, N. Y., 23 June, 1815.

Children, all born in Atlas, Genesee Co., Mich.:

Lemuel Spear was born in Conn., died in Macedon, N. Y. Sarah Rogers was born in Vermont, died in Palmyra, N. Y.

Cynthia E., daughter of Samuel Todd Horton and Mary Galloway, born in Palmyra, N. Y., 27 Feb., 1818; married in Palmyra, 12 Jan., 1837, to Abram Norris, born in Fishkill, Dutchess Co., N. Y., 28 April, 1809. He died.

Children: They have had six children,—one son and five daughters. Three daughters are dead. The son and two daughters living. Names and dates not given. Mrs. Norris resides in Buffalo, N. Y. A more full account was promised, but it has never been received.

I. Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett (Benjamin, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at Belvale, N. Y., 10 Aug., 1822; married about 1842, to Nelson Brown; died 24 March, 1864.

Children:

II. Benjamin, son of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett, born at Belvale. N. Y., 19 Dec., 1823; married 1 Sept., 1852, in Cincinnati, Ohio, by the Rev. J. W. Weakly, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to Carrie Hart, daughter of William and Mary C. Hart, and born in Cincinnati, 6 Feb., 1833.

Children:

Benjamin Horton went to Cincinnati in early life, and remained there until 1859, when he moved to St. Louis, where he now resides. He is principal of the firm of "B. Horton & Co., Importers and Jobbers of Tin Plate, Metals, &c.," of St. Louis. He is a prominent and much respected citizen, and highly esteemed by all who know him. He and his wife are both active and worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which they have been connected for twenty-six years.

III. Townsend Nicholas, son of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett, born at Belvale, 8 March, 1826. In 1835 he moved with his father to Milan, Ohio, remained there until 1855, when he went to La Crosse, and was one of the early founders of the city, assisting the early settlers in surveying and laying it out. He shared the confidence of the community, was elected a member of the Legislature, and gave promise of future usefulness as a statesman. He met with success as a merchant at West Salem. On his way to New York for goods he was killed, at the dreadful disaster on the Erie Railway, at Carr's Rock, fourteen miles west of Port Jervis, which occurred on the 13 April, 1868. He lived forty-eight hours after the accident. His sudden and shocking death cast a deep gloom over all the village where he lived. He was buried in West Salem.

IV. Eunice Lucada, daughter of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett, born at Belvale, 27 Dec., 1827; married in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Caleb Evans.

Children:

V. Hannah, daughter of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett, born at Belvale, 19 Aug., 1829; married at Milan, Ohio, by Rev. Mr. Barret, to Caleb Oakes.

Children:

VI. Sarah Delia, daughter of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett, born at Belvale, 3 June, 1831; married at Milan, by Rev. Alfred Wheeler, to A. G. Smith; died 15 July, 1859. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and greatly beloved by her Christian friends. She had one child—Dudley; he also died.

VII. Josephine Deborah, daughter of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett, born at Belvale, 17 July, 1834. She is an accomplished maiden lady, and a successful teacher in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a lady of marked piety and much beloved.

VIII. Emma Alma, daughter of Milton Horton and Lydia Bennett, born in Milan, Ohio, 4 Sept., 1836; married at West Salem, by Rev. Mr. Clark, to William Upton, about 1866. One child—Lucius.

II. Capt. Benjamin Jason, son of Nicholas Townsend Horton and Sarah Van Orden (Benjamin, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in New York City, 13 Feb., 1831; moved with his father to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1832, and here he grew up to manhood, and was married on the 18 April, 1858, by the Rev. Chauncey Giles, to Virginia Yeatman, daughter of Walker M. Yeatman and Eva Ammon, and born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 8 Feb., 1835. Eva Ammon is a sister of Gen. Jacob Ammon, formerly of the U. S. Regular Army, and also of Commodore Daniel Ammon, of the U. S. Navy.

Children:

Capt. B. J. Horton graduated at Yale College, in 1852; read law with the Hon. Timothy Walker, of Cincinnati, closing up with a six months' term at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. He was admitted to the bar in 1854. At the breaking out of the great Rebellion he volunteered in the service of his country, and entered the army as 1st Lieutenant of Co. "I," 24th Ohio Vol. Inf., and was placed on the staff of Col. Nelson; and after Gen. Nelson's death, he was on the staff of Maj. Gen. Gilbert. He was in the action at the taking of Nashville; at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, also at the taking of Corinth, and went as far as Athens, Alabama; then came to Kentucky with Gen. Nelson, and was at the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, and at the battle of Perryville, on the staff of Gen. Gilbert, and subsequently in command of Co. "I," 24th Ohio Vol. Inf., at Stone River, where he lost his left leg, and received several other wounds. He was honorably discharged from the service in August, 1863. He is now engaged in the practice of law at Lawrence, Kansas.

VIII. The Hon. Dexter Horton, son of Henry W. Horton and Adah Jennings (Joseph, Israel, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at Groveland, 24 June, 1836; married 25 April, 1861, by O. H. P. Green, Esq., to Lavinia Loseel.

Children, all born at Fenton, Mich., except Mary A., born at Groveland:

Maj. D. Horton is an extensive dealer in flour, grain and wool, and also in farming implements. He was Postmaster at Fenton, in 1861, which office he resigned in 1863, to accept an appointment from President Lincoln as Captain and Commissary of Subsistence in the United States Volunteers, and remained with the armies of Tennessee and Georgia until they were disbanded. While in the army he was promoted to the rank of Major by President Lincoln, for meritorious services. In 1869 he was a member of the Legislature of Michigan.

I. John Waller, son of Miller Horton and Elizabeth Waller (John, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at South Wilkesbarre, 22 Nov., 1814; married in Kingston, 9 Jan., 1844, by Rev. L. S. Bennet, to Sarah Gates, daughter of Nathaniel Gates and Ruth Richards, and born in Kingston, Pa. He was formerly a contractor, but is now (1873) Ticket Agent of the L. V. R. R., at South Wilkesbarre Depot.

Children:

II. Elizabeth, daughter of Miller Horton and Elizabeth Waller, born in South Wilkesbarre, 14 Oct., 1816; married about 1835, to P. M. C. Gilchrist. He kept the Phenix Hotel, in Wilkesbarre for many years; died a few years ago. She remains his widow, and now keeps a boarding house in Philadelphia.

Children, all born in Wilkesbarre:

III. Mary, daughter of Miller Horton and Elizabeth Waller, born in South Wilkesbarre, 23 Oct., 1818; married William L. Cook, son of William Cook and Martha Lemon. They reside in Washington, D. C. He is a clerk in the U. S. Pension Office.

IV. Nathan Miller, son of Miller Horton and Elizabeth Waller, born at Wilkesbarre, Pa., 5 Jan., 1821; married in Wilkesbarre, in 1840, by the Rev. John Darrom, to Susan Richards, daughter of David Richards and Mary Primer, and born in Wilkesbarre, 15 Feb., 1824. He is a contractor on public works, resides at South Wilkesbarre.

Children, all born in Wilkesbarre:

I. Zephaniah, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young (Zephaniah, Esq., Capt. Nathan, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born 20 Feb., 1818; married 31 Oct., 1841, Charlotte T. Mast, born in Ashe Co., 25 Nov., 1820; died 13 Feb., 1872. Mr. Horton was for several years, Col. commander of the 84th Reg., N. C. Militia.

Children, all born in Yancey Co., N. C.:

II. Martha E., daughter of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 16 Sept., 1819; married 16 Aug., 1834, Marcus L. Penland of Buncombe Co., N. C., 6 Feb., 1813.

Children, all born in Yancey Co., except Charles M., born in Buncombe Co.:

III. Malcolm, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 9 Feb., 1822; married Clarissa A. Westall, of Yancey, and born in Buncombe, 26 July, 1832. He died 4 Nov., 1870.

Children, all born in Yancey:

IV. Locky, daughter of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 27 Dec., 1823; married 29 Sept., 1846, William E. Piercy, Esq., of Yancey, formerly high sheriff of that County, and born in Buncombe Co., 2 Sept., 1820.

Children, all born in Yancey:

V. Joshua, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 21 Oct., 1825; married 20 April 1856, Sarah C. Deyton, of Yancey, and born 12 June, 1833.

Children, all born in Yancey:

VI. Jesse, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 11 Nov., 1828; married 29 Oct., 1865, Harriet E. McCourry, of Yancey, and born 19 Aug., 1839.

Children, all born in Yancey:

VII. Nathan Young, son of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 21 March, 1831; married about 1855, Louisa E. Stuart, of Yancey, and born 11 June, 1840. He died 4 July, 1864.

Children, all born in Yancey:

VIII. Naomi A., daughter of Col. Nathan Horton and Mary Young, born 10 Dec., 1832; married 1 Sept., 1849, Samuel I. Westall, of Yancey, and born in Buncombe, 26 April, 1828.

Children, all born in Yancey:

I. Harvey Addison, M. D., son of Dr. Harvey Horton and Mary Bennet (Barnabas, Silas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born at Greenville, Orange Co., N. Y., 12 March, 1832; married in Middletown, N. Y., in March, 1859, to Fanny Caroline Beebe, daughter of Elder Gilbert Beebe, the distinguished and able editor of the "Signs of the Times," and sister of the Hon. George M. Beebe, member of Congress from Orange Co., N. Y., and born in Middletown, N. Y., exact date not given. Dr. Horton graduated in Albany Medical College, Class of 1856. He established an office and commenced the practice of medicine at Middletown, N. Y., and was very successful. After his marriage he removed to Kansas, and settled at Atchison. On his way returning home from a journey East he was instantly killed, 3 Sept., 1861, by the fall of a bridge with a train of cars upon it, one of which he was in, which spanned the Little Platte River, nine miles east of St. Joseph, Missouri. The bridge had been partly burned by the rebels, but left standing ready to fall when the cars came upon it, for the purpose of killing Union soldiers. Thirteen persons were killed, and over eighty badly injured by this barbarous outrage. The Doctor's corpse was taken to Middletown, and buried in the Hill Cemetery by the side of his father, and mother, and sisters.

They had one child, Mary Evelyn, born 3 Aug., 1861. After the death of her husband, the Doctor's wife returned to Orange Co., where the little child died, 21 Oct., 1861, and was buried by the side of its dead father.

Dr. Horton was a man of superior mental capacity, possessed high literary talent, was deeply learned in his profession, and doubtless, had he lived, would have attained to great eminence in the science of medicine.

III. Hon. Albert Howell, son of Dr. Harvey A. Horton and Mary Bennet, born near Brookfield, in the town of Minnisink, Orange Co., N. Y., 13 March, 1837; married in Middletown, N. Y., by the Rev. Mr. Harris, 26 May, 1864, to Anna Amelia Robertson, daughter of William Wells Robertson and Adaline Sayer, and born in Centerville, Minnisink Township, 2 July, 1840.

Children:

Albert H. Horton attended the public school at West Town, N. Y., until 13 years of age, and then attended the "Farmer's Hall Academy," at Goshen, Orange Co., New York, and was there prepared for college. He entered the "University of Michigan," as a freshman, and remained there two years, but was compelled to leave college on account of inability to study, owing to some trouble with his eyes. In 1857, he entered the law office of Hon. Joseph W. Gott, at Goshen, New York, as a law student, and remained there until December 18th, 1858, when he was admitted as a counsellor and attorney at-law, at a general term of the N. Y. Supreme Court, held in Brooklyn, New York. In 1859, he went West, with his brother, and the Hon. George M. Beebe, now member of Congress from New York State, to engage in the practice of the law. He formed a partnership in the law business with Mr. Beebe, under the firm name of Beebe & Horton, at Macon, Moscow, Mo., in 1859, but both parties soon became tired of Missouri, and removed to Kansas. Mr. Beebe soon became Secretary of the Territory of Kansas, and their acting Governor. Mr. Horton selected Atchison, Atchison Co., Kansas, as his adopted home, and has resided there ever since. In 1860, he was appointed City Attorney of Atchison, by the Mayor, the Hon. Geo. H. Fairchild. In the Spring of 1861, he was elected City Attorney of the same city, on the Union ticket. In September of 1864, he was appointed District Judge of the 2d Judicial District, of Kansas, by the Governor, Hon. Chas. H. Robinson. He was elected and re-elected to the same office, and then resigned in 1865, to continue the practice of his profession. On his entering practice, he was again elected City Attorney of Atchison, and held the position one year. In 1868, he was elected as one of the State Electors on the Republican State ticket in Kansas, and was selected the messenger to take the vote of Kansas to Washington, to be deposited with the Vice-President for Grant and Colfax. From 1861 to 1864, in addition to attending to the duties of Judge of the District Court, he edited, with Hon. John J. Ingalls, the weekly "Champion,"—a newspaper printed and published at Atchison. Mr. Ingalls is now the U. S. Senator from Kansas. In May, 1869, Mr. Horton was appointed, by President Grant, U. S. District Attorney of Kansas, and he held this office till July 18th, 1873, and then resigned the position. Upon the resignation of Judge Delabay, U. S. Judge of Kansas, in 1874, Mr. Horton's name was mentioned very prominently in connection with the vacant Judgeship, and at a State Bar meeting, called to recommend names for the position, Mr. Horton was presented by the majority of the lawyers present for the place. Owing to some difference of opinion among the Kansas delegation in Congress, however, Hon. C. G. Foster, of Atchison, was appointed in his stead. Mr. Horton still continues the practice of his profession at Atchison, and is the local attorney of the Chicago and Rock Island R. R. Co., and the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe R. R. Co., at that place. In March, 1873, Horton was associated with the Hon. Caleb Cushing, of Massachusetts, in the defence of Senator S. C. Pomeroy, before the U. S. Senate Investigating Committee, charged to inquire into certain pretended charges of bribery, connected with the Senatorial election in Kansas, in January, 1873. After a lengthy examination, Senator Pomeroy was acquitted by a majority of the Senatorial Committee. Afterwards the charges against Mr. Pomeroy were dismissed in Kansas, and the case against him never came to trial. In the Fall of 1873, Horton was elected by upwards of 500 majority to the Legislature of Kansas, and took a prominent part in the impeachment of Hon. Josiah E. Hayes, State Treasurer of Kansas. Mr. Horton was chairman of the committee which reported and carried the impeachment through the House, in February, 1874, and was then appointed Chairman of the Board of Managers to prosecute the impeached Treasurer before the State Senate. The State Treasurer then resigned, and the impeachment ended. In politics Mr. Horton is a Republican, but belongs to the Conservative side of the party.

The celebrated York-Pomeroy Bribery Case was brought to a final termination on the eleventh of March, 1875, and the $7,000 historic package was turned over to Mr. Pomeroy's counsel, the Hon. A. H. Horton. Great credit is due Judge Horton for his untiring efforts in having such an unjust and malicious prosecution brought to a close.

IV. Anna Eliza, daughter of Parmenas H. Horton and Milicent Howell (Barnabas, Silas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Middletown, N. Y., 15 Jan., 1830; married in Middletown, 23 March, 1859, by the Rev. Daniel F. Wood, to John Wheeler Gardner, son of John Gardner and Elizabeth Wheeler, and born in Warwick, N. Y., 7 Feb., 1827.

Children, born in Middletown:

They reside in Middletown, N. Y., and rank among the first families of that village. Mrs. Gardner says: "Milicent Howell was the name of both my paternal and maternal grandmothers, and yet they were not at all related as we know of; we have often spoken of it as quite a singular coincidence."

Mrs. Gardner was the first to propose a GENERAL GATHERING and SOCIAL UNION and RE-UNION of the Horton family of our country, which is to take place in Philadelphia in July, 1876.

VII. Alson Warren, son of Benjamin Horton and Almira Osborn (Barnabas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Onondaga, N. Y., 28 May, 1829; married in DeWitt, N. Y., 10 Feb., 1852, by Elder R. R. Raymond, to Electa Louisa Ainslee, daughter of William Ainslee and Nancy Pinney. He is now living in DeWitt, Onondaga Co., N. Y.; is a farmer.

Children, probably all born in DeWitt:

I. Thomas White, son of Henry Horton and Elizabeth White (Nathan, Richard, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born at Broadtop, Pa., 12 June, 1813; married 1. Barbara Barnette; she died, and he married 2. the widow, Elizabeth Wood. Reside at Wells' Tannery, Fulton Co., Pa. He died in 1875.

II. Nathan White, son of Henry Horton and Elizabeth White, born at Broadtop, Pa., 3 May, 1815; married 1. about 1835, to Rosanna Miller; she died about 1860, and he married 2. the widow Susanna Ready. They reside at Spearsville, Fulton Co., Pa.

Children, by 1st wife:

III. Hon. William, son of Henry Horton and Elizabeth White, born at Broadtop, Pa., 4 July, 1817; married at Broadtop, 15 March, 1837, by Rev. Zophar D. Pasco, to Anna Cerathers, daughter of Andrew Cerathers and Ellen Cerathers.

Children, born at Wells' Tannery, Fulton Co., Pa.:

The Hon. William Horton resides at Wells' Tannery, Pa. He is a farmer, intelligent and self educated, and a few years ago was a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature. He is one of the leading men of the county, and he has kindly given his assistance in looking up the Hortons of West Chester, Pa. He remarks in one of his letters,

I. James C., son of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula (Nathan, Nathan, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born on New River, Ashe Co., N. C., 9 March, 1817; married Sarah Dickson, daughter of Col. Dickson, of Caldwell Co., N. C. He is a first class farmer, resides on the Yadkin River one mile below Elkville. He was a volunteer in the Cherokee war, and had command of a company at the age of 19. He was county surveyor for many years.

Children, all born near Elkville:

II. William Leander, son of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, married Frances Corpening. They have:

William Leander was also a volunteer in the Cherokee war at the age of 16, and was a Lieut. in his brother's company.

III. Eliza, daughter of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, married Jackson Corpening of Burke Co., N. C. He is dead. He was a prominent man and much respected—left several children. One of his daughters married Col. Burgers S. Gaithers, a lawyer and politician, and one of the foremost men in the State.

IV. Theodocia Elvira, daughter of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, born at Yadkin River, in Wilkes Co., N. C., 22 Aug., 1825; married at the residence of her father, 23 Jan., 1845, by the Rev. Smith Ferguson, a Baptist minister, to Geo. Haga Hamilton, born at Salem, N. C., 5 Jan., 1814. He is a first class farmer; resides near Jefferson, Ashe Co., N. C.

Children, all born at Jefferson:

V. Rebecca, daughter of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, married David E. Bower. They have several children—we only have names of two, as follows:

VI. Nathan, son of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula. He is a farmer; resides at Beaver Creek, Wilkes Co., N. C.; unmarried.

VII. Phineas, son of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula. He is a farmer and merchant; resides at Elkville. He was a member of the House of Representatives of North Carolina in 1860-'63-'65 and '67, and in 1872 he was elected Senator.

IX. Lamira Louisa, daughter of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, born at Yadkin River, N. C.; married at Elkville, Wilkes Co., N. C., 13 April, 1853, by the Rev. Smith Ferguson, to Wiley Perkins Thomas, son of Stephen Thomas and Rebecca Perkins, and born at Heltore, Ashe Co., N. C., 20 April, 1823. Mr. Thomas resides at Jefferson, Ashe Co. He is a well-to-do farmer, also a merchant and stock dealer.

Children, born at Jefferson:

X. Alexander Hamilton, son of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, born at Yadkin River; married Mary Jane Vogler, of Salem, N. C. They reside at Elkville. He is a merchant, in company with his brother, Phineas Horton; he is also Clerk of the Superior Court of Wilkes County.

XI. Rufus Dula, son of Gen. William Horton and Milley Dula, born at Yadkin River. He resides at Elkville, at the old homestead of his father, and his sister Sarah lives with him. He is not married.

I. Hon. William, son of Phineas Horton and Rebecca Councill (Nathan, Nathan, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born on New River, 9 March, 1828; married at the residence of his wife's father, near Boone, N. C., 1860, to Nancy Rebecca Blair, only daughter of Henry Blair and Mary ——, and born in Caldwell Co., N. C., 26 Aug., 1835,—the Rev. Joseph Harrison, a deaf preacher, officiating.

Children, all born at New River:

William Horton, at the early age of 18 years, was elected Lieutenant in the militia, and afterwards from one position to another, until he held the office of Colonel, in 1862, and during the war. He also held the office of County Surveyor, from 1849 to 1862, when he was elected to the State Legislature, and re-elected in 1864, and again in 1866. Notwithstanding his official stations, he still claims the honor of being a farmer, and makes his home with his honored father, making the old gentleman's closing years as pleasant as possible.

II. Nathan, son of Phineas Horton and Rebecca Councill, born on New River, 22 Oct., 1829. He was a Captain in the militia before the war, and also held the office of county processioner for several years.

He volunteered in Capt. T. V. Crumpter's Co. A., 1st Reg't, N. C. Troops (cavalry), and was promoted to a Lieutenancy in Capt. Jonathan Horton's Co. (B.), 37 Reg't, N. C. Troops (infantry), in the Fall of 1863. He was in the battle of Chancellorsville, Va., and others which followed, until he reached Gettysburg, where he was severely wounded by a minnie ball, which he yet carries under his shoulder. He was captured and taken to the hospital near Chester, Pa., I think, where he remained about two months. He was then taken to Johnson's Island, Ohio, where he says, that the suffering from hunger was so great that rats were freely eaten by the prisoners. After remaining there about twenty months, he was released on parole, and got home in March, 1865. Soon after his return home he was elected County Surveyor, and he has been re-elected several times, and he still holds the office. He was married 27 May, 1875, by Rev. Dr. Wogg, to Juliett Gentry, daughter of W. H. Gentry, of Jefferson, N. C.

III. Jonathan Fillmore, son of Phineas Horton and Rebecca Councill, born 3 March, 1836. He was a Capt. in the militia before the war. When the war broke out he also volunteered, with his brother Nathan, in Capt. Crumpter's Co. He died from relapse of fever, at Moore's Hospital, Manassas Junction, Va., 2 March, 1862.

IV. James Harrison, son of Phineas Horton and Rebecca Councill, born 27 May, 1841. He was an officer in the militia, and like his brothers, volunteered in Capt. Miller's Co. I., 58th Reg't, N. C., Troops (infantry), and was chosen Lieutenant. He was slightly wounded at the battle of Chickamauga. He acted as Adjutant for Col. J. B. Palmer at the battle of Missionary Ridge. He died from brain-fever at Dalton, Ga., 22 Dec., 1863. His body was brought home and interred on the hill in front of his father's house.

James Theodore, son of David Eagles Horton and Sarah Dula (Col. Nathan, Nathan, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Caldwell Co., N. C., 16 Oct., 1829; married in Yadkin Co., N. C., 12 Oct., 1859, by John Williams, Esq., to Sarah Rosa Lynch, daughter of Larkin Lynch and Elizabeth Hunter. Moved to Yadkin Co., N. C., in Oct., 1863, and in Dec., 1866, removed to the old homestead again in Caldwell Co. He is a well-to-do farmer, and respected by those who know him.

Children:

I. Edmund Burke, son of Edmund Bani Horton and Matilda Devoy (Jonathan Bani, Barnabas, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in New York City, 14 April, 1845; married 25 Oct., 1866, by Rev. F. Rallston Smith, D. D., to Harriet Moores, daughter of Charles W. Moores and Susan Ann Mallory.

Children, born at White Stone, L. I.:

Harriet Moores Horton died in 1872. He married 2. in the Reformed Church, Port Richmond, Staten Island, 11 Nov., 1874, by the Rev. Dr. James Brownlee, to Kate Crocheron Brownlee, eldest daughter of the officiating clergyman, and born at the parsonage in Port Richmond, Staten Island, on the 9 Feb., 1845.

Mr. Horton is a clerk and bookkeeper for the Howe Sewing Machine Co., in the city of New York.

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I. Dr. Samuel Miller, son of Nathan White Horton and Rosanna Miller (Henry, Nathan, Richard, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born at Broadtop, Pa., 5 May, 1835; studied medicine with Dr. John Lowman, of Johnstown, Pa., and graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in the Class of 1862. He married Sarah Dunnica, daughter of the Hon. Judge Dunnica, of St. Louis, Mo. They have three children: names not given. He is now (1874) a Surgeon in the U. S. Army, and stationed at Fort McKavitt, Texas. He was breveted Major at the battle of Vicksburg.

II. Joseph Miller, son of Nathan White Horton and Rosanna Miller, born at Broadtop, Bedford Co., Pa., 22 April, 1840; married in Philadelphia, 19 May, 1864, by the Rev. M. C. Sutphin, to Bell Mathews Lee, daughter of Matthias H. Lee and Ellen Mathews, of Philadelphia, born in Philadelphia, in 1836; died 8 Jan., 1871.

Children, born in Philadelphia:

He married 2. in Philadelphia, 14 Oct., 1875, Clara Eugenia Girvin, daughter of John Girvin and Emily Bowman, and born in Philadelphia.

Mr. Horton is now, and has been for about twelve years past, compositor in the "Evening Bulletin Office," Philadelphia. He has had charge of the Religious department of that paper for about eight years past. He is the Philadelphia correspondent of the "Nashville Bulletin." He was a Union soldier, served one year, and was honorably discharged. He edits the "Home Circle," a monthly literary journal, published in Philadelphia. He is an active member of the Spring Garden Presbyterian Church, and is also a member of the Board of Trustees. In October, 1874, he formed a partnership with R. F. Thorne and E. C. Cake, under the name of Thorne, Cake & Co., and they are now the proprietors of the Home Circle Publishing Company, of Philadelphia.

He is a ready, racy writer, and possesses a mind of good culture, enjoying the confidence and respect of all who know him.

IX. Elizabeth, daughter of Eunice Horton and George Bockover (Jason, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at Beemerville, N. J., 5 July, 1833; married 1. Thomas C. Wilder, a merchant, who died leaving no issue; married 2. at Beemerville, 8 March, 1859, by Rev. Mr. Crosette, to the Hon. John Parker Jordan, of North Carolina. A happy union of the North and South. The bridal party left immediately for New York City, stopping for a few days at the St. Nicholas, where they received the elite of the city, and then went to Baltimore, where at Barnum's, Mrs. Jordan, with the ease and grace of manner so natural to her, received their friends, and made the entertainment very interesting. From Baltimore they proceeded to Mr. Jordan's home in the Old North State.

Mr. Jordan is a son of Matthias Jordan and Sally Smith, both of illustrious English descent, and on the mother's side tracing back to the Colonial Governor of Virginia. They were planters, on the James River, but moved to North Carolina in early life, engaged largely in the East India trade—lost a large fortune by the ravages of the war of 1812.

Hon. J. P. Jordan is a lawyer, self-educated, but rose gradually to eminence in his profession, and has several times been a member of the Legislature. He is at present (Dec., 1875,) engaged in important business in Washington, D. C.

I. Ruth Ann, daughter of Nelson Horton and Sarah Shons (Silas Danes, Silas, Silas, Barnabas, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Wallkill, N. Y., 14 June, 1838. She is an intelligent maiden lady—a live member of the Old School Baptist Church. She has rendered valuable assistance in gathering up genealogical data of her branch of the Horton family; under date of May, 1871, she says:

I. Elwood Ely, son of Alexander Horace Horton and Catherine Cline Ditmars (Uriah T., Jason, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at Lambertville, N. J., 26 Dec., 1844; married in Trenton, N. J., 9 May, 1868, by the Rev. Mr. Bartine, to Lydia Gamble, daughter of Ellis Gamble, and born at Lambertville, 1 April, 1850. She died in Trenton, N. J., 7 May, 1874, leaving one son:

Elwood E. Horton resides at Lambertville, and is a car painter by occupation.

II. Carlton Ira, son of Ira Joseph Horton and Ruth Howard Spear (Samuel Todd, Joseph, Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Atlas, Genesee Co., Mich., 3 Sept., 1841; married in Atlas, 1 Oct., 1863, by Isaac Crawford, Esq., to Marietta Frost, daughter of Jonathan Frost, and born in Atlas, 17 Sept., 1840.

Children, born in Atlas:

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I. Joshua, Ensign, son of Joshua Horton I. and Mary Tuthill, born in Southold, 1669; married 1. Elizabeth Grover, daughter of Simon Grover and Elizabeth Moore, and born in Southold, 15 Sept., 1672; died in 1713. He married 2. the widow Mary Gillam. He died about 1744.

Children, all by first wife, and all born in Southold:

II. Joseph, son of Joshua Horton I. and Mary Tuthill, born in Southold, about 1671; married.

Children, probably all born in Southold:

IV. Mary, daughter of Joshua Horton I. and Mary Tuthill, born in Southold, 1687; married 2 Jan., 1708, Zaccheus Goldsmith, son of John Goldsmith and Anna Wells, and born in Southold about 1689.

Children:

V. Bethia, daughter of Joshua Horton I. and Mary Tuthill, born in Southold, 1679; married in 1716, Ichabod Hallock, son of Thos. Hallock and Mary Hope. He died in 1759. She died in 1753.

Children:

VII. Ephraim, son of Joshua Horton I. and Mary Tuthill, born in Southold, in 1786; married about 1707, Martha Vail, born in Southold, 1788.

Children:

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I. Joseph, son of Ephraim Horton and Martha Vail (Joshua I.), born in Southold in 1708; married perhaps Deliverance Reeves.

Children, all born in Southold:

II. Benjamin, son of Ephraim Horton and Martha Vail, born in Southold, about 1710; married.

Children:

III. Jeremiah, son of Ephraim Horton and Martha Vail, born in Southold, about 1712; married.

Children:

VII. Simon Grover, son of Joshua Horton and Eliza Grover (Joshua I.), born in Southold, 30 March, 1711.

He was twice married; his first wife, Abigail Howell, died 5 May, 1752, and 7 Jan., 1762, he married Elizabeth Fish, daughter of Samuel Fish, Esq. He had but one child:

He was an exile during the Revolutionary War, with his son-in-law, at Warwick, Orange Co., N. Y. They returned to Newtown, L. I., in the fall of 1783, and there he died, as stated above. He was a zealous and active Whig, and early espoused the cause of the colonies against the mother country.

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I. Joshua, son of Joseph Horton and Deliverance Reeves (Ephraim, Joshua I.), born in Southold about 1733; married about 1750, perhaps Asenath Mapes.

Children, all born in Southold:

II. Benjamin, son of Joseph Horton and Deliverance Reeves, born about 1735; married about 1756, to Anna Horton, daughter of Calvin Horton and Elizabeth Burnette, and born in Southold, in 1737.

Children, all born in Southold:

III. Joseph, son of Joseph Horton and Deliverance Reeves, born about 1737; married Mary Hallock, and settled at Riverhead, L. I.

Children, all born at Riverhead:

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I. Joshua, son of Joshua Horton and Asenath Mapes (Joseph, Ephraim, Joshua I.), born in Southold, 22 Sept., 1751; died in Putnam Valley, N. Y., 11 Nov., 1811; he went to Orange Co., N. Y., in early life; married about 1777, Phebe Rumsey, moved to Philipstown, now Putnam Valley, N. Y., where he settled. His wife was born in Goshen, N. Y., 15 Jan., 1760; died 8 Sept., 1807, in Putnam Valley. He was an honest, Christian man, a worthy member of the Baptist Church, and much respected by all who knew him.

Children, probably all born in Putnam Valley:

III. Gilbert, son of Joshua Horton and Asenath Mapes, born in Southold, 1753; married and settled in Shenandoah Valley, Dutchess Co., N. Y.

IV. William, son of Joshua Horton and Asenath Mapes, born in Southold, 1755; married Mary Wright, in 1795; moved to Orange Co., and thence to Oneida Co., N. Y., and settled at Rome, N. Y. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, served during the war and came out unharmed.

Children, probably all born in Rome, N. Y.:

I. Dea. Joseph, son of Joseph Horton and Mary Hallock (Joseph, Ephraim, Joshua I.), born about 1761; moved to Orange Co., N. Y., in early life, settled in Wallkill; married Sally Decker. After her death he married the widow Sally Cox. He was a Deacon in the Presbyterian Church of Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y.

Children, born in Wallkill:

His residence was in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y. He was about sixty-three years old at the time of his death, and living with his 2d wife, who was the widow Sally Cox.

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I. Joseph, son of Dea. Joseph Horton and Sally Decker (Benjamin, Joseph, Ephraim, Joshua I.), born in Wallkill, in 1776; married in Wallkill, N. Y., about 1806, Mary Cox, born in Orange Co., N. Y., in 1779. They were members of the Presbyterian Church, and he was one of the Deacons. They settled in Newfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y., in 1813, and there they died, he in 1823, and she in 1862.

Children, 1. and 2. born in Wallkill, the rest in Newfield:

III. Benjamin, son of Dea. Joseph Horton and Sally Decker, born in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 July, 1787; married Phebe Vail, daughter of Daniel Vail and Elizabeth Smith, and born in Ulster Co., N. Y., 27 July, 1786.

Children:

V. Anna, daughter of Dea. Joseph Horton and Sally Decker, born in Wallkill, in 1789; married Isaac M. Gillett.

Children, all born in Newfield, N. Y.:

I. Isaac, son of Joshua Horton and Phebe Rumsey (Joshua, Joseph, phraim, Joshua I.), born in Putnam Valley, N. Y., about 1778; married Margaret Odell.

Children:

III. Hon. Cyrus, son of Joshua Horton and Phebe Rumsey, born in Putnam Valley, N. Y., 1 June, 1784, and died there, 13 Feb., 1832. He was married 27 Sept., 1809, to Mary Mead. She was born 23 May, 1791, died 27 May, 1842. She was the daughter of Anna Mead, who was born 12 March, 1765, and died 30 June, 1835.

His influence in society was of the true kind, and his death was greatly lamented.

VI. Leonard, son of Benjamin Horton and Peninah Newton (John, Jeremiah, Ephraim, Joshua I.), born at Naugatuck, Conn., 15 Nov., 1807; married Jemima Conover, born in New Jersey, 26 Sept., 1809; moved from Connecticut to Chenango Co., N. Y.

Children, probably all born in Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y.:

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III. Harry, son of Joseph Horton and Mary Cox (Dea. Joseph, Joseph, Benjamin, Ephraim, Joshua I.), born in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y., 11 April, 1811; moved with his father, when 18 months old (1813), to Newfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y.; married in Newfield, 5 May, 1834, by George Bailey, Esq., to Sarah Smith, daughter of Henry Smith and Anna E. Hufford, and born in Hamilton, Northampton Co., Pa., 12 Oct., 1810.

Children, all born in Newfield, the residence of their parents:

X. James Madison, son of Joseph Horton and Mary Cox, born in Newfield, N. Y., 14 Dec., 1814; married in Newfield, 27 Aug., 1835, by George D. Bailey, Esq., to Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Henry Smith and Nancy Hofford, and born in Newfield, 31 July, 1816.

Children, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 born in Newfield, 9 and 10 in Republic, Ohio:

Mr. Horton and family moved from Newfield to Republic, Seneca Co., Ohio, in Oct., 1855. He has been afflicted with ill-health for nine years past. He resides at Green Springs, Ohio, and stands fair in the community.

II. Levi Decker, son of Benjamin Horton and Phebe Vail (Dea. Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Ephraim, Joshua I.), born in Newfield, N. Y., 22 April, 1811; married in Enfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y., 12 July, 1834, by Rev. Obediah Chase, to Susan Polhamus, daughter of Cornelius Polhamus and Polly Caniff, and born in Ulster Co., N. Y., 18 Feb., 1813.

Children:

Levi D. Horton moved from Newfield, about 1842, to New Milford, Ill., where he now resides.

VI. Stephen L., son of Benjamin Horton and Phebe Vail, born in Newfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y., 15 March, 1818; married in Harlem, Winnebago Co., Ill., in 1847, by Rev. Mr. Wilson, to Harriet Newell, born 4 Jan., 1827, in Litchfield, Mass.; died in New Milford, Ill., 23 May, 1868.

Children, by first wife:

Married 2. in Newfield, N. Y., 5 Nov., 1868, by Rev. Reuben C. Fox, to Mary Jane Starr, born in Newfield, N. Y., 19 March, 1823.

Children:

VII. Benjamin Joseph, son of Benjamin Horton and Phebe Vail, born in Newfield, N. Y., 13 March, 1820; married in Newfield, 19 Oct., 1842, by Rev. P. A. Johnson, to Phebe Perry, daughter of James E. Perry and Susanna Adams, and born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., 13 Oct., 1819.

Children, probably all born in Newfield, N. Y.:

IX. Asa Caldwell, son of Benjamin Horton and Phebe Vail, born in Newfield, N. Y., 1 Jan., 1822; married at Beloit, Wis., in June, 1854, to Sarah Wood, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Wood, and born at Chatham, now Ontario, Canada, 22 June, 1831. They reside at New Milford, Ill.

Children, all born at New Milford, Ill.:

I. Wright James, son of Isaac Horton and Margaret Odell (Joshua, Joshua, Joseph, Ephraim, Joshua I.), born in Philipstown, Putnam County, N. Y., 25 October, 1813; married in Fishkill, N. Y., 1 January, 1837, by the Rev. Geo. Horton, of the same place, to Deborah Wilcox, born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., N. Y., 13 Oct., 1812; she was daughter of Abner Wilcox and Sally ——. He was born 16 March, 1784. She was born 24 Sept., 1787.

Children, all born in Fishkill except Sarah Ann, who was born in Mt. Morris, Genesee Co., Mich.:

Wright James Horton moved from Fishkill to Mt. Morris, Mich., in 1848, where he now resides.

I. Ezra James, son of Hon. Cyrus Horton and Sarah Mead (Joshua, Joshua, Joseph, Ephraim, Joshua I.), born 20 July, 1826, in Putnam Valley, Putnam Co., N. Y., about seven miles from Peekskill, his present place of residence. He was married at Cold Springs Village, 8 Sept., 1850, by Rev. S. W. Jones, to Sarah Davenport, only daughter of William Davenport and Euphemia Perry, and born at Cold Springs.

Children, all born in Peekskill, N. Y.:

E. J. Horton came to Peekskill in 1844. He has been an editor and publisher for twenty-four years, and he still follows the same occupation, being at present editor and publisher of the "West Chester News," an interesting and useful weekly paper, published at White Plains, the Seat of Justice of West Chester Co., N. Y. He spent two years at the New York University, but by reason of ill-health, he was compelled to leave it. He also studied medicine, but for the same reason he was forced to give this up also, and abandon all ideas of a professional life. Publishing and editing seemed better adapted to his health, and in this occupation he has been successful. He is now (1875) also publishing a paper at Port Jervis, N. Y.

I. Marcus Nelson, son of Leonard Horton and Jemima Conover (Benjamin, John, Jeremiah, Ephraim, Joshua I.), born at Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., 6 April, 1830; married at Walton, Delaware Co., 1 July, 1861, by Rev. J. S. Pattingill, to Adaline Mead Brisack, daughter of Sylvester Brisack and Ann Mead, and born in Walton, 22 Feb., 1833.

Children:

Mr. M. N. Horton was Superintendent of the public schools of the city of Williamsport for some years past. He is now Superintendent of the public schools of the city of Franklin, Venango Co., Pa. He is a skillful educator, and a gentleman much distinguished for his scholarly attainments, and correct moral habits and principles. He graduated at Williams College, Mass., in 1853. Received his degree of A. M. five years later. Studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1862, but did not continue in practice of law, preferring other pursuits.

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VI. Charles Wesley, son of Alvah Horton and Mary Elizabeth Tuthill (Benjamin, Dea. Joseph, Joseph, Joshua, Ephraim, Joshua I.), born at Riverhead, about 1828; married Sarah Overton.

Children:

VII. Henry Egbert, son of Alvah Horton and Mary Elizabeth Tuthill, born at Cutchogue, L. I., 19 Sept., 1830; married in 1856, by Rev. Frs. Hill, to Isabella Graham Horton, daughter of B. Bailey Horton and Hannah Reeves, and born in Cutchogue, 19 Sept., 1831. They reside at East Hampton, L. I.

Children, probably all born at East Hampton:

I. William Henry, son of Harry Horton and Sarah Smith (Joseph, Dea. Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Ephraim, Joshua I.), born in Newfield, N. Y., 27 Feb., 1835; married 6 Dec., 1863, by the Rev. D. Weaver, to Philena Nobles, daughter of Amon Nobles and Mary Wilbour, of Long Island, and born in 1837.

Children, born in Newfield, N. Y.:

II. Stephen Joseph, son of Harry Horton and Sarah Smith, born in Newfield, 31 May, 1838; married in Newfield, 5 May, 1859, to Kate Seabring, daughter of Richard Seabring and Betsey Hughes, of Newfield, and born in 1840.

Children, born in Newfield:

III. Catherine Lonesa, daughter of Harry Horton and Sarah Smith, born in Newfield, 14 March, 1841; married in Newfield, 3 Oct., 1864, to Nelson Cutter, son of Nyrum Cutter, Esq., and Rebecca Dennis, and born in Newfield, in 1838. No children.

They reside in Newfield.

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I. Jonathan, son of Jonathan Horton I. and Bethia Wells, born at the "Old Castle," 23 Dec., 1683; married 27 Nov., 1707, Mary Tuthill, daughter of Henry Tuthill, brother of John Tuthill, the Pilgrim. He died 2 April, 1768; she died. Both buried in Southold Cemetery.

Children, probably all born in the Old Castle, at Southold:

In "New Haven Colonial Records," as furnished by Stuart T. Terry, of Southold, we learn that he was a very prominent man; a merchant, an auctioneer, teacher of a select school, and often drew up legal documents. He also had charge of the church money, and under date of 5 Nov., 1716, he says: "Uncle Joshua Horton came to my house and weighed the church's money, Uncle Wells also being present." To his eldest son, Azariah W., he wills Rawley's History and a small cane, and to his grandson, son of Jonathan Horton, deceased, "my homestead and houses in the first Parish of Southold, also my gun and silver-hilted sword." He gives to the three daughters of his son Lazarus, £15 each; to his grandsons, sons of his son Ambrose, "all the buildings where my son Ambrose now lives—son Ambrose to have the improvement of the land as long as he lives—also the farming implements he hath at Rone Oak." He also makes bequests to his daughter Mary Mabel, and her son Moses. He appoints for his executors "my trusty friend William Horton and my son Joseph Cleveland." Will signed 3 Oct., 1764. We have no other record of Joseph Cleveland.

II. James, son of Jonathan Horton I. and Bethia Wells, born in Southold, at the "Old Castle," in 1694; married in 1717, Anna Goldsmith, born in Southold, in 1698. He was an office-bearer in the church at Southold from his majority to the close of his life—a strong pillar of the church, eminent for his piety and sound Christian character. He was universally known as "Dea. James," and greatly respected. It is said that he often accompanied the Rev. Mr. Whitefield, and took an active part in his public meetings.

Jonathan Goldsmith Horton, as quoted by Stuart T. Terry, says of him in his epitaph:

He died 16 May, 1762; Anna, his wife, died 8 March, 1783. Both buried in Southold Cemetery.

Children, all born in Southold:

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I. Capt. Barnabas, son of Dea. James Horton and Anna Goldsmith (Jonathan I.), born in Southold, in 1720; married about 1742, to Susanna Bailey.

Children, all born in Southold:

IV. Thomas, son of Dea. James Horton and Anna Goldsmith, born in Southold, in 1728; married 24 Feb., 1757, to Susanna Conklin. Moved to Goshen, N. Y., about 1762, and settled there.

Children, all born in Goshen, except Thomas, who was born in Southold:

VI. Silas, son of Dea. James Horton and Anna Goldsmith, born in Southold, 25 Dec., 1730; married Mary Bull, about 1756. Her parentage is not known, although her name is illustrious in the annals of Orange Co.—Vide History of Orange Co.

He went to Orange Co. about 1750, where he settled and died.

Children, all born in Goshen Township:

VII. Rev. Ezra, son of Dea. James Horton and Anna Goldsmith, born in Southold, 25 Dec., 1733; married in the town of Hempstead, L. I., in 1757, Mary Hempstead, daughter of Robert Hempstead, and born in 1736. He graduated at Princeton College, N. J., in the class of 1754. He studied for the ministry in Princeton, and the honorary degree of A. M. was conferred upon him by Yale College, in 1772. He was ordained at Union, Ct., 14 June, 1759, and from that time until 1783, he was pastor of the Congregational Church at Union. After twenty years of faithful service, his health failing, at his own request, 6 August, 1783, he was dismissed from his charge. He died at Union, 13 Jan., 1789. His wife, remaining his widow, died at the residence of her son-in-law, Rev. Calvin Ingals, West Stafford, Conn., 23 Jan., 1815, aged 79.

Children, all born in Union:

IV. Azariah, son of Jonathan Horton and Mary Tuthill (Jonathan I.), born in the "Old Castle," at Southold, 20 March, 1715; married Eunice ——.

He was educated at Yale College, graduated in the close of 1735, being only twenty years of age.

Children, probably all born at Southold:

The Rev. Azariah Horton was a missionary among Long Island Indians from 1741 to 1750. He kept a very interesting diary of his labors from day to day, a part of which is published in Prime's History of Long Island. In 1751, he was installed pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Bottle Hill, now Madison, N. J. In Nov., 1776, at his own request, he was dismissed from his charge, and on 27 March, 1777, he died. He was an active and faithful minister, and he was one of the prominent men in founding the College of New Jersey. His wife kept a store at Bottle Hill. She was an energetic and successful business woman—active in the work of the church and highly esteemed.

About 15 or 20 years ago, some unknown gentleman came to Madison and put up a very pretty monument at the grave of the venerable Azariah Horton.

We are indebted to Mrs. Cuyler, mother of the Rev. Dr. Theodore S. Cuyler, of Brooklyn, for the above facts. She being a grand-daughter of Jacob Morrill, Esq., and great-grand-daughter of the Rev. Azariah Horton.

I. Dea. William, son of William Horton and Christiana Youngs (Jonathan I.), born in 1708; married 21 Jan., 1730, to Mehetabel Wells, daughter of Joshua Wells and Hannah Tuthill, and born in Southold, about 1709. He died 26 Sept., 1788.

Children, all born in Southold:

II. Jonathan, son of William Horton and Christiana Youngs, born in 1710, in Southold; married about 1730, to Abigail Horton, daughter of Joseph Horton (Ephraim, Joshua I.). He was remarkable for his kindness of heart, and his constant efforts to do good, so much so, that he was appropriately called "Good Jonathan," and by this appellation he has always been known.

Children, all born at Southold:

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I. Barnabas, son of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey (Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Southold, 7 March, 1745; married 3 Nov., 1773, Mehetabel Wells, born in Southold, in Nov., 1747.

Children, all born in Southold:

II. Abigail, daughter of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey, born in Southold, about 1747; married Gershom Terry, son of Gershom Terry and Bethia Wells, and born in Southold.

Children, probably all born in Southold:

IV. Julia Ann, daughter of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey, born in Southold, in 1751; married Jonathan Wells.

Children, all born in Southold:

VI. Col. Benjamin, son of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey, born in Southold, 2 April, 1755; married 22 Dec., 1778, to Mehitabel Osborn. She died 16 Oct., 1787. In 1788, he married Harmony Reeves, daughter of Lawyer Reeves.

Children, all born in Southold. By his 1st wife:

By 2. wife:

Col. Benjamin Horton was a prominent and genial man, highly respected. He was a Colonel of militia, and for many years a Deacon, and also a Trustee, of the Southold Church. He was a man of unblemished character. Griffin, in his Journal, says: "Col. Benj. Horton was esteemed as an officer, and as a valuable member of society, and a pillar of the church, as was his brother Gilbert, who with much and deserved respect, held the rank of Major, and was a Deacon of the church."

VII. Capt. James, son of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey (Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born 1 Sept., 1757; married 1. the Widow Elizabeth Wood, of Orange Co., N. Y., born 14 Feb., 1751. She died of consumption, 27 March, 1787; married 2. 27 Dec., 1787, Elizabeth Milliken of Southold, born 25 July, 1770. She died 17 July, 1822. He died 30 July, 1825.

Children. By his 1st wife:

By his 2d wife:

Capt. James Horton was a blacksmith and farmer; a faithful soldier in the war of 1812-'15, bearing the commission of a Captain, and was honored and respected by all who knew him.

IX. Maj. Gilbert, son of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey, born in Southold, in 1763; married 7 Dec., 1784, Keturah Terry, daughter of Jonathan Terry and Keturah Reeves, and born in Southold, in 1766.

Children, all born in Southold:

Maj. Gilbert was a farmer and a blacksmith; also a Major in the militia, and a prominent man of fair reputation. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church, and he was a Deacon of the church. He died 6 May, 1822, and his wife died 2 Feb., 1844.

X. Jonathan, son of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey, born in Southold, Sept., 1765. "Dea. Jonathan, as he was familiarly called, was the fifth son of Capt. Barnabas Horton of Hogneck, now Bay View, L. I. He married Miss Hallock, with whom he lived about thirty years in Mattituck Center. In early life he pursued the trade of a blacksmith. In later years that of a farmer. He embraced religion in early life, and united with the Presbyterian Church of Southold, and was chosen a Deacon and an Elder. He filled these offices for more than thirty years. For the greater part of his life he stood in official stations, and by them he was much burthened. But in all his civil, military, ecclesiastical and judicial relations, he was well sustained and gave general satisfaction. The many and complex cares wore upon his naturally good constitution, and at length led on to a lingering consumption which called him to his grave, 19 Jan., 1819, in the 54th year of his age.

His children were two sons and two daughters, viz.:

I. William, son of Dea. William Horton and Mehetabel Wells (William, Jonathan I.), born at Southold, about 1732. "We have always heard him spoken of as 'Uncle' William. He was a large landholder—owned and occupied the old house in which I was born. It was taken down in 1854, and the house in which my father, Joseph Hazzard Horton, now lives, was erected upon its site. It was built by his grandfather, son of Jonathan I. He was thrice married, 1. to Patience Corwin; 2. Martha Gardiner, a very pious lady. She was confined to her bed a long time by sickness, previous to her death, and by her request, the Rev. Elam Potter prepared her funeral sermon, and read it to her previous to her death, which occurred in 1792; married 3. Mary Goldsmith.

I. Dea. John Budd, son of Jonathan Horton and Mary Budd (Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Goshen, 19 August, 1762; married in 1796, to Hannah Webb, born in 1776. She died 22 Jan., 1835. He died 22 Jan., 1841. They were pious people, much esteemed by those who knew them. He was for many years a respected Deacon of the Presbyterian Church of Goshen.

Children, all born in Goshen:

I. Dea. Ezra, son of Rev. Ezra Horton and Mary Hempstead (Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Union, Conn., 12 April, 1761; married 15 May, 1785, Olive May, daughter of Nehemiah May, of Holland, Mass., and Anna Lyon, of Woodstock, Conn., and born in Holland, Mass., about 1787. He died 31 May, 1848. She died 15 March, 1833,—both buried in Union Cemetery.

Children, all born in Union:

II. Anna, daughter of Rev. Ezra Horton and Mary Hempstead, born 13 April, 1763; married 30 Jan., 1783, Robert Lawson, Esq., son of Capt. Thomas Lawson, of Union, and born at Union, 11 Jan., 1759. He died 19 April, 1835. She died 14 Dec., 1841.

Children, all born in Union:

III. Mary, daughter of Rev. Ezra Horton and Mary Hempstead, born 24 Dec., 1768; married 28 May, 1795, Rev. Calvin Ingals, of West Stafford, Conn., and born at Pomfret, Conn., 22 Nov., 1760.

Children:

VII. William, son of Silas Horton and Mary Bull (Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Goshen, 2 July, 1771; married 21 Dec., 1793, Phebe Rumsey, born 12 March, 1768.

Children, all born in Goshen, N. Y.:

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II. Erastus, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May (Rev. Ezra, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Union, Ct., 7 Oct., 1787; married in Union, 28 April, 1808, by Samuel Crawford, Esq., to Tryphena Burleigh, daughter of Jacob Burleigh and Lucy Laflin, and born in Union; 25 March, 1788.

Children:

Erastus Horton moved, in 1815, to Oneida, N. Y.; thence, in 1832, to Scriba, N. Y., and next, in 1841, to Oakland, Jefferson Co., Wis., and finally to San Diego, Cal., where he and his wife both died, the latter 5 March, 1873, the former 19 Feb., 1875.

Jacob Burleigh, son of John Burleigh, was born in Union, 5 June, 1756. John Burleigh was the first settler in Union; came there as early as 1732. The family originally came from England. Lucy Laflin was the daughter of John Laflin and Susanna Galbraith, and born 2 Feb., 1762. John Laflin came from Stowe, Mass., and bought land in Union, Ct., 9 Sept., 1740.—See Town Record of Deeds, I. Vol., page 146. John Burleigh (Burley) is said to have emigrated to this country with Gov. Belcher, of Mass., about 1740, when he was 14 years old.—See Obituary Records of Yale College, 1863. The Burleighs were connected by marriage with Gov. William Bradford, of Mass., and many of them are celebrated as writers and speakers.

William H. Burleigh, the poet and editor, and Charles C. Burleigh, the eloquent anti-slavery and temperance lecturer, are known throughout the country.

III. Philena, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 12 June, 1789; married 9 Jan., 1812, Salmon Strong, Esq., of Augusta, N. Y., son of Alexander Strong, and born at Union, 1 March, 1784.

Children:

IV. Gurdon, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 24 Feb., 1791; married 1 May, 1816, Lucy Davidson, of Wales, Mass.

Children:

Gurdon Horton resides at a Shaker community, Albany Co., N. Y.

V. Lucinda, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 28 August, 1792; married 28 Jan., 1819, Alfred Moore, son of Thomas Moore, born at Union, 16 Jan., 1796. She died 2 April, 1845, at Smithfield, Madison Co., N. Y.

Children:

VI. Ezra, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 12 June, 1794; married Lucy Shepherd, daughter of Whitmore Shepherd, of Hartford, Conn., and born 18 March, 1822.

Children, all born in Union, where he resides:

VII. Norman, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 5 Dec., 1795; married 27 Nov., 1823, Esther Griggs, daughter of Elisha Griggs, and born 13 Jan., 1800, in Union.

Children:

Norman Horton resides at Cold Spring, Wis.

VIII. Chauncey, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 13 May, 1797; married 30 Sept., 1824, Amanda Chaffee, daughter of Amos Chaffee, of Ashford, Conn., and Eunice Cummings, and born 4 July, 1801.

Children:

Chauncey Horton died 15 Sept., 1848, at Stockbridge, Madison Co., N. Y.

IX. Mary, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, Ct., 17 Oct., 1798; married 31 May, 1821, at Union, Elijah Kinney, son of Eleazar Kinney, of Union, and born 25 May, 1797.

Children, all born at Union:

XI. Almira, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, 27 April, 1801; married at Stockbridge, N. Y., 31 March, 1825, Dwight Foster, of Ft. Atkinson, Wis., and born at Union, Ct., 16 April, 1801; died 8 Feb., 1870; son of Edward Foster, a lineal descendant of Samuel Foster and his wife Esther, who came from England to Winham, Mass., as early as 1648.

Children:

XII. Eli, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, Ct., 6 May, 1803; married Katherine E. Ellsworth, of East Windsor, Ct., daughter of Stoddard Ellsworth and Clarissa Alden.

Stoddard Ellsworth was a lineal descendant of Josiah Ellsworth, of Windsor, son of John Ellsworth, who was a resident of Windsor as early as 1646.

Children, all born at Stafford, Conn.:

Eli Horton settled at Stafford, Ct., remained there till —— ——; then moved to Windsor Locks, where he now resides. His life has been characterized by industry, economy and strict integrity. He has been an active business man,—become wealthy, and has always shared largely the respect and esteem of his fellow-men.

He was the inventor of an improved chuck for a turning-lathe, which he patented, and manufactures at a great profit. He also invented a machine for setting pins, for which he secured a patent, and for the right, he has been offered $10,000.

XIII. Olive, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, 1 April, 1805; died 19 April, 1855, married 30 April, 1830, Elbert Foster, of Stockbridge, N. Y., son of William Foster, Esq., Union, Ct., a descendant of Samuel Foster, of Chelmsford and Winham, 1648, and born at Union, 21 Oct., 1805. He died 1874.

Children:

XIV. Laurens, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, 21 March, 1807; moved to Smithfield, N. Y., in 1825, and to Oswego, N. Y., in 1832; married 1. 11 June, 1834, Almira Coe, daughter of Albert Coe, of Scriba, N. Y. She died 21 June, 1842. He married 2. Laura Bennet, of Kingston, Canada, who died 5 July, 1867.

He had two children by his 1st wife; 4 by his 2d wife:

XV. Fidelia, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, Ct., 5 Jan., 1809; married at Smithfield, N. Y., 15 Sept., 1835, Thomas Moore, of Smithfield, N. Y., son of Thomas Moore, of Union, Ct., and born at Union, Ct., 6 Oct., 1806; died at Smithfield, N. Y., 5 July, 1853. She died 13 June, 1844.

Children, born at Smithfield:

II. Dr. William, son of Wm. Horton and Phebe Rumsey (Silas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Goshen, N. Y., 16 May, 1796; died in Goshen, at the age of 47 years. He married 9 April, 1817, Maria Ryneck, of Schenectady.

Children, all born in Goshen:

At the age of 18 the Doctor entered the junior class at Union College, and he was soon distinguished for his close application to his studies and strict regard for integrity. After his collegiate course, he studied medicine, and attended medical lectures in the medical department of the University of New York, during the palmy days of Mitchell and Hosack, and like these eminent teachers, he cultivated a taste for patient, cautious and bold investigation, which afterwards made him so distinguished and successful in the medical profession.

He commenced the practice of medicine at the residence of his father, and he soon possessed the confidence of the people and secured a large practice. He afterwards moved to the village of Goshen, and soon became a prominent man among his medical brethren, and, though young, he was nevertheless called upon to perform all the difficult and grave surgical operations occurring in the village, and also in the surrounding country. He was a good surgeon, but he was still more celebrated as a physician. By his skill and honorable bearing, he early secured the confidence of his medical brethren, and he was frequently called in consultation with the aged and experienced physicians of his day. He was remarkably successful in the treatment of fevers, carefully studying their pathology at the bedside, and also by post-mortem examinations, and in his views he was greatly in advance of the profession of his day. He prepared with great labor a work on fevers, but never published it. His pamphlet on Dysentery, and his Geological Reports, are his only published works, and these are sufficient to establish his reputation as a profound thinker and a clear and powerful writer.

At the bedside he was cheerful, affectionate and soothing, and always dignified. In his intercourse with his medical brethren he was always honorable, and in harmony with the code of medical ethics.

In the midst of his career of usefulness as a physician, he turned his attention to the study of botany, mineralogy and geology, and soon became one of the most noted men of his day in these sciences. His great delight in these studies led him, at the age of 37, to relinquish the practice of medicine and devote himself wholly to these sciences, and had he lived a few days longer, he would have published a large work on these subjects. The Doctor was also fond of archæological lore, and he was the first to attempt a genealogical history of the descendants of our old progenitor, Barnabas, of 1640. The old Horton roll of names and lineage which he got up some 60 years ago, was kindly furnished me by his son, Dr. William Horton, of Craigville, N. Y., and has rendered me valuable assistance in compiling the "Chronicles."

Dr. Horton was always rigidly moral, and never sacrificed principle to expediency. He had early been taught to respect the teachings of the Bible, and towards the close of his life he was led, with a child-like faith, to believe the doctrine of salvation by grace, and to publicly give himself to the Saviour, wondering and regretting that he had so long remained ignorant of the beauty, simplicity and sublimity of the Gospel scheme of salvation. Thus he died, in hope of a glorious immortality.

IV. Barnabas Bailey, son of Dea. Jonathan Horton and Bethia Hallock (Capt. Barnabas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Southold, 2 June, 1797; married 22 January, 1824, by Rev. Lathrop Thompson, to Hannah Reeves, daughter of Benjamin Reeves and Anna Corey, and born in Southold, 4 Dec., 1799. They reside in Cutchogue, L. I., are very pious, intelligent, worthy people—esteemed members of the Presbyterian Church of Southold—and he has given much valuable information in regard to his branch of the family.

Children, all born in Cutchogue:

I. Benjamin Hull, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Mehetabel Osborn (Capt. Barnabas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born 10 July, 1782; married 14 Oct., 1802, Abigail Booth, born in Southold, in 1784. He was drowned in Plumb Creek, 16 Dec., 1810.

Children, all born in Southold:

III. Osborn, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Mehetabel Osborn, born in Southold, 5 Oct., 1787; married in 1812, Sally Philips.

Children:

IV. James Reeves, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves (2d wife), born in Southold, 2 July, 1789; married Amy Philips, daughter of Samuel Philips and Mary Corwin. He was long a magistrate, and a prominent man in Southold.

Children:

VI. Salter Storrs, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves, born in Southold, 12 Nov., 1792; married 18 Jan., 1823, by Rev. Nath'l Huntting, to Harriet Case, daughter of Moses Case and Lydia Goldsmith, and born in Southold, about 1794. He died 15 May, 1846. She perished on the Golden Gate, which was burned on the Pacific, 27 July, 1862.

Children, all born in Southold:

VII. Hon. Silas, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves, born in Southold, 13 Nov., 1794; married in Southold, 10 Jan., 1827, by the Rev. Noble Thomas, to Mary Landon, daughter of Elijah Landon and Nancy Conklin, and born in Southold, 17 Dec., 1797. She died 19 Jan., 1872. He is still living.

He was a member of the Legislature of New York in 1844—was Sheriff of Suffolk Co., N. Y., in 1835. He has always been a prominent man—is widely known, possesses an unblemished character, and commands the respect and esteem of the community. His companion was a lady of refinement, intelligence and piety, and her death was deeply lamented, not only by a large circle of relatives and personal friends, but by the whole community.

Children, all born in Southold:

VIII. Harmony, daughter of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves, born in Southold, 12 Sept., 1796. She was a maiden lady, greatly distinguished for her hospitality and practical piety. She died some years ago.

IX. Thomas Jefferson, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves, born in Southold, 6 Nov., 1798; married in Southold, 29 Jan., 1829, by Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to Eliza Davids, daughter of Samuel Davids and Nancy Wickham, and born in Southold, 22 May, 1804. He died 24 June, 1855. She is still living.

Children, all born in Southold:

I. William, son of Micah Horton and Bethia Tuthill (William, William, Jonathan I.), born in Minnisink, 25 Dec., 1757; married 1. Hannah Crossman; married 2. about 1791, Elizabeth Masters.

Children, all born in Minnisink, Orange Co., N. Y.; by his first wife:

By his second wife:

III. Hector Youngs, son of Capt. James Horton and Elizabeth Milliken (Capt. Barnabas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Southold, 15 March, 1789; married in Southold, 28 Nov., 1812, by Rev. Lathrop Thompson, to Dency Tuthill, born 29 Oct., 1791. She was a lineal descendant of James Tuthill, brother of John, the Pilgrim. He died 6 August, 1825. She died.

Children, born in Southold:

I. Jonathan Goldsmith, son of Capt. Jonathan Horton and Mary Goldsmith (Lazarus (Lawrence), Jonathan, Jonathan I.), born at the old homestead in Southold, 19 May, 1789; married 1. in Southold, 9 Dec., 1813, by Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to Hannah Brown, daughter of James Brown and Rhoda Youngs, and born 25 Nov., 1792; died 6 Sept., 1822, without issue; married 2. 25 Jan., 1825, by Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to Ruth Augusta Terry, daughter of James Terry and Mary Booth, and born in Southold, 23 Nov., 1792; died 30 Oct., 1869, childless; married 3. 27 Nov., 1870, by Rev. Ezra Youngs, to the widow Bethia Horton Overton Brown, daughter of Jonathan Overton and Lydia Rogers, and born 14 Feb., 1804; died July, 1872. Her first husband was Samuel Brown, Jr., by whom she had David Horton and Lydia Catherine.

Jonathan Goldsmith Horton died 3 July, 1873, having no issue. He lived all his lifetime in the "Old Castle" built by Barnabas I., in 1660. He was a man of good social disposition, of little business capacity, of short, stout make, and rosy complexion. He bequeathed the old Homestead to Rev. Mrs. Charles S. William, of Brooklyn, who was formerly his foster-daughter Hannah, who married 1. Goldsmith. Jonathan G. Horton was Drum-Major of the 107th Reg., N. Y. Militia, in 1812, and Deputy-Sheriff of Suffolk Co., in 1814.

III. Rensselaer, son of Capt. Jonathan Horton and Mary Goldsmith, born 5 March, 1793; married at Southampton, L. I., 10 March, 1814, to Ruth Rachel Halsey, daughter of Moses Halsey and Sarah Rogers, and born 1795; died 6 May, 1868.

Children, born at Greenport, L. I.:

Rensselaer Horton is a plain, unassuming man; member of the Presbyterian Church, and possesses good social qualities. He resides at Greenport with his daughter, Mrs. S. E. Wells, who is a widow.

I. David, son of "Good" Jonathan Horton and Mary Case (Dea. William, William, Jonathan I.), born in Southold, about 1777; married about 1795, Mary Case.

Children, all born in Southold:

III. Spencer, son of Dea. John Budd Horton and Hannah Webb (Jonathan, Dea. James, Jonathan I.) born 12 Nov., 1801, in Goshen; married 27 Feb., 1828, Emily Lewis; died 18 Oct., 1864.

Children, probably all born in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y.:

IV. Bethia, daughter of Thomas Horton and Hannah Moore (Thomas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., 25 Sept., 1789; married 1. Benjamin C. McClure in 1811; married 2. William Dales.

Children, all by her first husband, and probably all born in Hector, N. Y.:

Under date of Feb. 22d, 1873, "Aunt" Bethia writes:

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I. Joseph Hazzard, son of David Horton and Mary Case ("Good" Jonathan, Dea. William, William, Jonathan I.), born in Southold, 25 Jan., 1796; married 28 Nov., 1816, by the Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to Mehitabel Horton, daughter of Jonathan Horton and Mary Goldsmith, and born in Southold, 17 June, 1796.

Children, all born in Southold:

Mr. J. H. Horton is well preserved—still active upon his farm—very industrious, and always temperate. He and his family are esteemed members of the Presbyterian Church.

Benjamin, son of William Horton and Elizabeth Masters (William, William, Jonathan I.), born in Minnisink, 5 March, 1809; married 27 Aug., 1832, to Mehitabel Reeves, born 12 Jan., 1803.

Children, probably born in Minnisink, Orange Co., N. Y.:

V. Ezra, son of Thomas Horton and Anna Cully (Thomas, Thomas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in New York in 1818; married in Clearfield Co., Pa., 18 Jan., 1841, by the Rev. Mr. Chapman, to Eliza Weaver, daughter of John Weaver and Ruth Zimmerman, and born in 1820.

Mr. Horton was a farmer and a mason, and resided in Banks Township, Indiana Co., Pa., where his children were born, and where his widow now resides. He died 31 Oct., 1852.

Children:

VI. Justus Elbert, son of Justus Horton and Nancy Conklin (Justus, Barnabas Burnette, Barnabas, Jonathan I.), born on Shelter Island, Long Island, 8 July, 1816; married at Southampton, L. I., 9 Dec., 1840, by the Rev. Hugh N. Wilson, to Sophia Halsey, daughter of Joshua Halsey and Experience Payne, and born in Southampton, 27 May, 1809.

Children:

Justus E. Horton resides at Greenport. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Greenport—is a quiet, unassuming and pious man. He and his son are undertakers, and dealers in all kinds of household furniture, spring beds, mattresses, &c., Main Street, Greenport, L. I.

I. John Franks, son of Hector Youngs Horton and Dency Tuthill (Capt. James, Capt. Barnabas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Southold, 15 Dec.; married in Southold, 19 Nov., 1836, by the Rev. Abraham Luce, to Phebe Maria Reeves, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Reeves and Nancy Rogers, and born in Southold, 16 Nov., 1814.

Children:

Mr. J. F. Horton and his wife are pious people—members of the Presbyterian Church of Southold, and he is one of the ruling elders of the church.

II. Capt. James Edwin, son of Hector Youngs Horton and Dency Tuthill, born in Southold, 15 Jan., 1816; married in Mattituck, 10 May, 1848, by Rev. Abraham Luce, to Jerusha Worth, daughter of James Worth and Nancy Tooker, and born in Mattituck, 7 Jan., 1820.

Children, born in Southold:

Capt. Horton commenced a sea-faring life when about 19 years old, with Capt. Nathaniel Case, in the ship Triad. With a crew of about 25 men, they made a voyage of about nine months in the South Atlantic Ocean, in latitude 35 to 40°, and longitude 10 to 20°. The voyage was prosperous and the business paid well. He afterwards made a voyage on the Indian Ocean and South Sea. He followed the business for 13 years, and during that time, he circumnavigated the earth four times. It is a remarkable fact that, notwithstanding all the hazard and danger of a sea-faring life, they never lost a man by accident or sickness. They were all temperate men, and this had much to do with their immunity from danger, sickness and death. The Captain quaintly remarks that a half gallon demi-john of liquor was not used by the whole crew, as a beverage, during any one of their voyages. During the time he followed the sea he visited the Sandwich Islands, the Society Isles, and also New Zealand. On the island of Owyhee he saw the place where Capt. Cook was killed by the natives.

The last voyage was in 1846–47 and 48, and during this voyage the Captain had command of the ship. He took but two gallons of spirits with him on that voyage, and part of that he brought back with him.

The Captain is beautifully situated at Peconic, L. I.—has a beautiful farm, which he knows how to keep in good order, and his house, among the best in the township of Southold, is admirably kept by his amiable and accomplished lady, and nearly every room in it is richly ornamented with frames and cases of rare, costly and beautiful sea-shells, most tastefully arranged, and all done by the delicate hands of Mrs. Horton herself. Great skill and persevering effort were required to accomplish so much.

I. Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Osborn Horton and Sally Philips (Col. Benjamin, Capt. Barnabas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born at West Hampton, L. I., 17 March, 1813; married 1. 13 Aug., 1833, by Rev. Dr. Carroll, of Brooklyn, N. Y., to Samuel Draper, son of Pliny Draper, and born in Pompey, N. Y., 26 Oct., 1808—had one son, viz.: Geo. Horton Draper, born 23 March, 1835. Sam'l Draper died in New Orleans, in Aug., 1839. She married 2. in Brooklyn, 25 July, 1849, by the Rev. M. Jacobus, to John Lewis, son of Benjamin Lewis and Cynthia Merritt, and born in Canterbury, Conn., 25 April, 1800. They have:

Mr. John Lewis resides in Brooklyn; he was a merchant, but retired from business about eight years ago. He is a prominent member of Plymouth Church.

II. Theodore King, son of Osborn Horton and Sally Philips, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 12 Aug., 1819; married in Brooklyn, 3 Feb., 1847, by Rev. Dr. Stone, to Martha Aletta Smith, daughter of Isaac N. Smith and Clarissa Talmadge, and born in Ballston, N. Y., 14 Nov., 1823.

Children, all born in Brooklyn:

Mr. T. K. Horton is a first-class merchant in the city of Brooklyn, and is doing a large business. He visited Europe a few years ago, and when in England he went to Mousely, the birthplace of the old puritan, Barnabas. But he found no one there who knew anything of the ancestry of Barnabas.

Mr. Horton is distinguished for his business capacity, industry, strict integrity and honorable dealing with his fellow men. He is highly esteemed as a citizen and Christian gentleman, and is a liberal supporter of the Gospel.

III. Benjamin De Witt, son of Osborn Horton and Sally Philips, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 8 Nov., 1823; married 15 August, 1859, by Rev. Dr. Thrall, to Amanda F. Welch, daughter of William Welch, of Rockland, Me. Mrs. Horton died 12 Feb., 1871, leaving two daughters:

Mr. Horton married 2. in Brooklyn, 20 June, 1872, by Rev. Dr. Dillon, to Lydia A. Holbrook, daughter of Capt. Samuel Holbrook, of Portland, Maine (a gentleman who weighs only about 300 lbs.), and Catherine Rogers, of Liverpool, England, and born in Rockland, Me., 8 Feb., 1851. Mr. Horton was formerly a partner in the dry goods business of the old-established firm of Horton & Sons, of Brooklyn. He retired from business some years ago, and now lives in princely style, with his amiable and accomplished young wife in Brooklyn, 223 Clermont Avenue. She is a member of the Episcopal Church.

II. Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Horton and Eliza Davids (Col. Benjamin, Capt. Barnabas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Southold, 11 Jan., 1832; married in Southold, 26 June, 1856, by the Rev. Mr. White, to Stuart Tuthill Terry, son of Daniel Tuthill Terry and Eunice Case, and born in Southold, 20 July, 1831. They reside in Southold near Hallock's Landing. They are both live members of the Presbyterian Church of Southold, and he is one of the ruling elders, and they are both wielding a strong influence for Christianity, and command the respect and esteem of the community. They own a good farm beautifully situated. Mr. Terry is a farmer, doing much of his farm-work himself, but still he finds time for study and reading, and for some years past he has been engaged in looking up, and collating and compiling the genealogy of the descendants of Richard Terry I. He has the work in a good state of forwardness, and much of it ready for the press. They have no children.

In a recent letter, he says, "I can truly say that I am a descendant of Barnabas Horton, the Pilgrim, although I do not bear his name. I descend from him thus:

V. Henry Davids, son of Thomas Jefferson Horton and Eliza Davids, born in Southold, 23 Jan., 1845; married in New York City, 28 Dec., 1868, by Rev. J. C. Annan, to Miriam Reeves Osborn, daughter of Thomas Osborn and Miriam Reeves, and born in Southold, about 1847. They reside in Southold, and have—

I. Mehula, daughter of Barnabas Horton and Anna Hawkins (Col. Benjamin, Capt. Barnabas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born at Mt. Hope, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 April, 1809; married Nathaniel Conklin; reside in Middletown, N. Y., and have—

X. Frank, son of Barnabas Horton by his 2 wife, Sally Penny, born at Mount Hope, 28 Sept., 1828; married in Brooklyn, N. Y., 21 Sept., 1854, by Rev. Mr. Lewis, Rector of Trinity Church, Brooklyn, Sarah Jane Reynolds, daughter of John A. Dayton and Adelia Trowbridge, and born in New York City, 21 June, 1835.

Children, born in Brooklyn:

Frank has a jewelry store in New York. His residence is in Brooklyn. He is an out-spoken, intelligent man, apparently in good circumstances.

XII. Gilbert, son of Barnabas Horton and Sally Penny, born at Mt. Hope, 22 March, 1833; married in New York City, 8 March, 1855, Elizabeth Pardee Perkins, born in Ridgefield, Conn., 19 May, 1834.

Children:

They moved to St. Paul, Minn., where his wife and children now reside, and where he died 10 Jan., 1873. He was a blacksmith by trade.

XIII. Caroline, daughter of Barnabas Horton and Sally Penny, born at Mt. Hope, 10 Nov., 1837; married in New York City, 14 Sept., 1858, by Rev. R. G. Dixon, to Henry Alfred Bradford, of New Jersey, son of Judge D. Bradford and Ann Brightwell, and born in England in 1830. He died in New Jersey, 7 April, 1866.

Children:

Mrs. Bradford, with her children, now resides in Brooklyn. She is an intelligent and pious lady, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and attending faithfully to the proper training and education of her children.

I. Almira Minerva, daughter of Erastus Horton and Tryphena Burleigh (Dea. Ezra, Rev. Ezra, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born at Union, Ct., 1 June, 1809; died 17 March, 1860; married about 1830, Anson Ranney. They have two children:

II. Mary Emily, daughter of Erastus Horton and Tryphena Burleigh, born at Union, Ct., 19 July, 1811; married at Ft. Atkinson, Wis., 5 Jan., 1835, Henry Francisco, son of John Francisco, who came from France, and born in Wellstown, Montgomery Co., N. Y., 20 March, 1811; died 13 April, 1865, at Lake Mills, Wis., where he moved in 1845.

Children, 1, 2, 3, and 4 born in Augusta, Oneida Co., N. Y.; 5, 6, and 7 born in Oakland, Jefferson Co., Wis.; 8 born at Ft. Atkinson, Wis.:

Mrs. Francisco now resides in San Diego, Cal. Her son, Charles Francis, married Mary Evelyn Harvey, a niece of Gov. Harvey, of Wisconsin.

III. Alonzo Erastus, son of Erastus Horton and Tryphena Burleigh, born at Union, Ct., 24 Oct., 1813; married in Jefferson, Wis., 22 Dec., 1841, by Charles Rockwell, Esq., to Sally Millington Wright, eldest daughter of William Cobb Wright and Sylvia Shelden, and born in Russia, Herkimer Co., N. Y., 11 May, 1822. She died in Jefferson, Wis., 29 Dec., 1846, leaving no issue. He married 2. at Keyport, N. J., 29 July, 1861, by N. J. Beedle, Esq., to Sarah Wilson Babe, daughter of Joseph Babe and Margaret Wilson, and born at Sing Sing, N. Y., 3 Sept., 1824. They have no children.

We are indebted to Mr. J. A. Shepherd, of San Diego, for the following interesting sketch of the life of Mr. A. E. Horton:

ALONZO E. HORTON.

VII. Lucy Jane, daughter of Erastus Horton and Tryphena Burleigh, born at Scriba, N. Y., 7 April, 1835; married at Hebron, Jefferson Co., Wis., about 1857, William W. Bowers, Esq., born at Whitesboro', N. Y., 20 Oct., 1834. They reside in San Diego, Cal.

Children, all born in San Diego:

Mr. Bowers moved from Whitesboro' to Oakland, Wis., 30 Nov., 1851, and thence to San Diego, 30 Sept., 1869. He is engaged in the bee business, which, it is said, pays remarkably well.

VI. William Morgan, son of Gurdon Horton and Lucy Davidson (Dea. Ezra, Rev. Ezra, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born at Stockbridge, Madison Co., N. Y., 6 July, 1829. Enlisted 4 Sept., 1861, in Co. B.. 81st Reg. N. Y. Volunteers—was honorably discharged 19 Jan., 1865, by reason of wounds received in action. He married 8 April, 1848, in Oswego, by the Rev. Dr. Voltair, to Mary Ann Williams, daughter of Charles Williams and Ann Kenally. He is now living at North Scriba, Oswego Co., N. Y., and is a cooper by occupation.

Children, all born in Oswego Co., N. Y.:

I. Jared, son of Ezra Horton and Lucy Shepherd (Dea. Ezra, Rev. Ezra, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born at Hartford, Ct., 18 Jan., 1822; moved to Albany, N. Y., in 1840, where he now resides. He is a butcher by occupation; married at Albany, 30 Dec., 1847, by Rev. Joseph Belnap, to Harriet Tredeau, daughter of Alaxcie Tredeau and Sary Ann Percy.

Children, all born in Albany:

II. Helen, daughter of Ezra Horton and Lucy Shepherd, born 5 Aug., 1823, at Union, Conn.; married at Union, Conn., 1 Dec., 1843, Orrin Morse, of Putnam, Conn., born in Union, Ct., 27 Jan., 1822, son of Jedediah Morse, born 14 Sept., 1780, son of Nathan Morse, of Ashford, Ct., born at Sturbridge, in 1734, son of David Morse, of Sturbridge, born in Medfield, in 1709, son of David Morse, born in 1683, son of Ezra Morse, born 5 Feb., 1644, the sixth child of John Morse, born in England, in 1611, and had eleven children, who was the son of Samuel Morse, of Medfield, the common ancestor of the Morses in New England, who was born in Old England, in 1585.

Children:

III. Thomas, son of Ezra Horton and Lucy Shepherd, born in Union, Ct., 4 May, 1825; married in Union, 29 April, 1850, Delight Wales, daughter of Aaron Allen Wales, of Union, who was a lineal descendant of Dea. Nathaniel Wales, who came from England in 1635, in the ship James, of Bristol, a fellow-passenger with Rev. Richard Mather.

Children:

They reside at Stafford Springs.

V. Elvira, daughter of Ezra Horton and Lucy Shepherd, born in Union, 30 July, 1829; married 27 Jan., 1851, Thomas P. Leonard, of Putnam, Ct., son of Daniel Leonard, of Union, and born 22 Aug., 1828.

Children, born in Putnam:

VII. Ezra Mason, son of Ezra Horton and Lucy Shepherd, born in Union, 3 June, 1832; married in Union, 2 Aug., 1859, Jane Bartlett, daughter of Daniel Bartlett and Lucy Paine, and born in Union, about 1834.

Children, all born in Union, where he resides:

VIII. Charles, son of Ezra Horton and Lucy Shepherd, born in Union, 3 July, 1834; married in Albany, N. Y., 23 March, 1859, Jane Frances Percy, daughter of John Percy and Eliza Ann ——, and born in Albany; reside in New York City.

Children:

IX. Olive, daughter of Ezra Horton and Lucy Shepherd, born in Union, 27 June, 1836: married 10 April, 1860, Joseph R. Langdon, of Woodstock Valley, Ct., born in Yorkshire, Eng., in 1834; died 29 July, 1872.

Children:

IV. Elisha Griggs, M. D., son of Norman Horton and Esther Griggs (Dea. Ezra, Rev. Ezra, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born at Stockbridge, N. Y., 20 Aug., 1830; married 1 April, 1855, Harriet Rawson, daughter of Emery Rawson and Julia Ruggles, and born in Linden, Vt., 2 Sept., 1832.

Children, born at Whitewater:

They reside at Whitewater, Wis. The Doctor is a skillful physician, doing a fair business.

VIII. Melvin Morris, son of Norman Horton and Esther Griggs, born at Koskonong, Wis., 13 May, 1843; married at Koskonong, 24 Dec., 1863, Sophronia Cheesebro, born at Koskonong, Jan., 1843.

Children, born at Cold Spring, Wis., where he resides:

I. Sophronia, daughter of Chauncey Horton and Amanda Chaffee (Dea. Ezra, Rev. Ezra, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born at Ashford, Ct., 5 Jan., 1826; married 17 May, 1849, John J. Carver, of Stockbridge, N. Y. No children.

II. Almira Amanda, daughter of Chauncey Horton and Amanda Chaffee, born in Ashford, Ct., 20 Jan., 1828; married 18 Oct., 1849, H. A. Coolidge. She died in Feb., 1875.

Children:

III. Emeline, daughter of Chauncey Horton and Amanda Chaffee, born in Ashford, Ct., 22 Sept., 1829; married in Stockbridge, Madison Co., N. Y., 8 March, 1854, to the Rev. Giles Butler Cleveland, born 12 Aug., 1825, in Durham, Greene County, N. Y. They have one son, viz.:

Mrs. Cleveland graduated from the Ladies' Department of Oberlin College (Ohio), in 1853, and from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, in 1855. She was elected to the Chair of Anatomy in that College, in 1857, which she held until 1862, when she was transferred to the Chair of Obstetrics. This she still occupies, and is also a member of the Board of Corporators.

In 1860, at the solicitation of a number of philanthropic ladies of Philadelphia, who had in view the establishment of a Hospital for Women and Children, Professor Cleveland went abroad for medical study, and to make herself acquainted with the arrangements and management of hospitals. She entered the School of Obstetrics in connection with the Maternite of Paris, and after receiving the diploma of that institution, found ready access to the wards and lecture-rooms of other hospitals, and was allowed free inspection of their administrative departments.

On her return, she was chosen Resident Physician of the then chartered Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia, which position she continued to fill for seven years. She has been one of the Managers of the Hospital from its organization, and a member of the Consulting Board since her retirement from the office of Resident Physician.

Professor Cleveland has made a number of important surgical operations, and is the first woman, so far as known, who ever performed ovariotomy. In her second case, a tumor, weighing fifty pounds, was successfully removed, the patient making a good recovery.

IV. Mary Ann, daughter of Chauncey Horton and Amanda Chaffee, born in Ashford, Ct., 1 Feb., 1831; married 16 May, 1854, the Rev. Richard Holton Clark, born in Carolina Centre, Tompkins Co., N. Y., about 1828.

Children:

V. Cynthia Malvina, daughter of Chauncey Horton and Amanda Chaffee, born in Stockbridge, N. Y., 22 Feb., 1833; married 27 Aug., 1857, Justus Williams, of Ft. Atkinson, Wis., born at Cazenovia, about 1830.

Children:

VI. Chauncey Chaffee, son of Chauncey Horton and Amanda Chaffee, born in Stockbridge, N. Y., 24 March, 1835; married 18 Jan., 1859, Elizabeth Hurlburt, born about 1837.

Children, all born in Stockbridge, where he resided:

I. Stoddard Ellsworth, son of Eli Horton and Katherine E. Ellsworth (Dea. Ezra, Rev. Ezra, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born at Stafford, Ct., 31 March, 1833; died 24 Jan., 1873, at his residence, Windsor Locks, Ct. He was a man of excellent character, and talent as a machinist; married 14 Nov., 1865, Fanny E. Chase, daughter of John Chase and Emma Greenleaf, and born 16 March, 1816, at Lyme, N. H.

Children, all born at Windsor Locks:

III. Katie Elsie, daughter of Eli Horton and Katherine E. Ellsworth, born at Stafford, Ct., 6 Jan., 1837; married 14 Dec., 1870, Ezra B. Bailey, born at Franklin, Ct., about 1835. They reside at Windsor Locks and have one son, viz.:

Rev. William Horton Thompson, son of William Thompson and Catherine Ingals, and grandson of the Rev. Calvin Ingals and Mary Horton (Rev. Ezra, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born at West Stafford, Ct., 7 July, 1818. He fitted for college at Morison Academy, Mass., in 1840, under the care of Rev. Charles Hammond. Entered Amherst College, and remained there three years. In 1844, he entered the Theological Seminary at Columbia, S. C., whence he graduated, in 1847. Settled first in the ministry at Atlanta, Ga. In 1849, he had charge of a mission church in Augusta, Ga. He was settled in Chattanooga in 1851, and in Bolivar, West Tennessee, for twelve years. In 1865, he was settled in Columbus, Kentucky, and in July, 1873, he moved to Lexington, Miss., where he is now engaged in the ministry.

He married 11 May, 1852, Mary Jane Safford, daughter of Rev. Henry Safford, of Greenboro, Georgia, and Eliza Burr, daughter of Dr. William Burr, of Philadelphia, who was a nephew of President Burr, of Princeton College, N. J. The Safford family is large, and includes many persons of distinction. The Hon. A. B. Safford, of Cairo, has written the history of the family, and says he has written to every penitentiary in the United States, and not a Safford can be found on their records.

Children:

I. Susan Bailey, daughter of Gilbert Horton and Lydia Bailey (Maj. Gilbert, Capt. Barnabas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born at Bay View, Southold Township, 11 July, 1820; married at Bay View, 12 Dec., 1839, by the Rev. Ralph Smith, to Hiram Terry, son of Jesse Terry and Hannah ——, and born in Southold.

Children, all born in Southold:

II. Gilbert Wilson, son of Gilbert Horton and Lydia Bailey, born at Bay View, 31 March, 1824; married in Cutchogue, L. I., 13 Dec., 1848, by the Rev. Ezra Youngs, to Phebe Ann Youngs, daughter of Richard Youngs and Deborah Tuthill. She died 27 Nov., 1858, without issue, and he married 2. in Bridge Hampton, L. I., 12 Nov., 1862, by the Rev. Thomas Gray, to Janie Maria Halsey, daughter of Daniel S. Halsey and Amanda Smith, and born in Bridge Hampton, about 1826.

Children, both born at Bay View:

Mr. Horton has a farm and a very pretty situation at Fair View, Southold Township, and he owns the celebrated old cask in which were brought over a portion of the household goods of the old puritan, Barnabas, facetiously called "Uncle Barney's Money Pot," which it was said, he brought over with him, filled with gold and silver.

I. Nancy Landon, daughter of Hon. Silas Horton and Mary Landon (Col. Benjamin, Capt. Barnabas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Southold, 17 March, 1828; married 8 June, 1850, by Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to David Hawkins Horton, son of Barnabas Horton and Mehetabel Osborn, and born at Mt. Hope, N. Y., 25 Feb., 1817.

Children:

IV. James Edwin, son of Spencer Horton and Emily Lewis (Dea. John, Budd, Jonathan, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y., 13 Jan., 1835; married in Newburgh, 24 Oct., 1806, by Rev. John Brown, D. D., to Sarah Sneeden Hathaway, daughter of Col. Odell S. Hathaway and Helen Maria Birdsall, and born in Newburgh, 11 June, 1836.

Children, all born in Newburgh:

Mr. Horton is a successful merchant in the city of Newburgh. He and his wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and highly respected in the community.

I. Benjamin Franklin, son of Jonathan Terry Horton and Mehetabel Horton (Maj. Gilbert, Capt. Barnabas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Southold; married 22 Nov., 1848, Mary Frances Terry, daughter of Gilbert Terry and Nancy Hedges, and born in Southold, about 1826.

Children, all born in Southold:

I. Silas Ryneck, son of Dr. William Horton and Maria Ryneck (William, Silas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born on the old Horton farm, between Goshen and Craigville, Orange Co., N. Y., 26 June, 1820; married 7 August, 1859, at Philipsport, N. Y., by Rev. A. Ackerly, to Sarah Jane Decker, daughter of Jacob J. Decker and Lucretia Cameron, and born near Ellensville, Ulster Co., N. Y., 21 July, 1836. One child, viz.:

Silas R. Horton has been for twenty years a noted fire-insurance agent, and he is still engaged in this business for some of the best companies in the country. Mr. Horton, like his father, possesses a fine taste for scientific studies. He is well-known as a geologist and mineralogist. A few years ago he discovered a new and rare mineral, which has since been named by Prof. George J. Brush, of Yale College, "Horton-olite."

II. Eugene, son of Dr. William Horton and Maria Ryneck, born 27 Sept., 1824; married 7 June, 1867, Anna T. Haley.

Children:

Mr. Horton is a noted agriculturalist; resides on the old homestead farm, which has now been in the possession of the Hortons for five generations.

III. Dr. William, son of Dr. William Horton and Maria Ryneck, born in Goshen, opposite the old Court-House, 10 April, 1827; married in Blooming Grove, N. Y., 8 Dec., 1853, by the Rev. Austin Craig, to Sarah Louisa Townsend, daughter of Sylvanus Smith Townsend and Elizabeth Rogers, of New York City.

Children:

Dr. Horton, in his letter, after giving his record as above, remarks: "Our old home has been in the Horton name for five generations. It is characteristic of the Horton Family to be fixed to one spot."

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