Chapter II: Part 2

8. Debora Ann, born 5 March, 1813; resides at Mason, Michigan.

9. Esther, born 27 December, 1814; married John Radaker;
resides at Mason, Michigan, and has Sophia, who married Isaac
Miller.

10. Peter Williams, born 9 September, 1816; died at Colchester,
April, 1843.

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.

1. Homer, born 28 June, 1809; married Jane Davidge.

2. Ray, born 8 April, 1811; married Martha A. Radaker, and has
Agnes.

3. James, born 5 June, 1813; married 1. Elizabeth Krimer, 2.
Eliza Ann Clements.

4. Charles, born 25 February, 1815; married Betsey Grant.

5. Esther, born 4 August, 1817; married Nathaniel Gildersleeve.

6. Clarissa, born 11 May, 1819; married John C. Smith.

7. Ovid, born 7 May, 1821; married Catharine Holliday.

8. Annis, born 16 January, 1824; unmarried.

9. Webb, born 24 February, 1826; married Elizabeth Ann Radaker.

10. Emily, born 11 Dec., 1829; married Nicholas M. Young; died
5 Jan., 1875.

"Isaac Horton moved from Colchester to Liberty, Sullivan Co.,
N. Y., 4 and 5 of April, 1826. The snow fell in April, after
they moved, about two feet deep. He had a large stock of cows,
sheep and hogs. In his flock of sheep were twenty-two ewes,
the finest that could be found in Colchester, nearly all of
them only two years old. He drove them to Liberty. Wolves
were seen on the way near Parkesville. He arrived at Liberty
Falls--salted his sheep in the evening. The next morning the
sheep were gone, and Isaac and his son Roy, went up the hill
at Liberty Falls to look for them. Before they got beyond the
clearing they found dead sheep scattered along the log fence,
and others dying. Nearly all the flock were killed. They even
killed a lamb in the pen adjoining the house.

"In 1837, Isaac Horton had thirty-seven grandchildren, all
living but two. His children all lived to maturity."--(_Letter
G. B. Horton, 1871._)

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.

1. Prudence, born 20 January, 1787; married Isaac Horton.

2. Esther; married Charles Bliven.

3. Allen.

4. James.

5. Charles; married Sylvia Radaker.

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.:

1. Benjamin, born 19 February, 1785; married Hannah Strang.

2. Jesse.

3. Philena.

4. Joel.

5. Phebe.

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:

1. Elias Quereau, born 22 December, 1800; married Mary Lyons.
He died 23 September, 1831.

2. Betsey Ann, born 4 November, 1802; married 10 January, 1827.

3. George W., born 10 September, 1804; married Charlotte
Griffin.

4. Frost, born 15 September, 1806; married Phebe Tompkins.

5. Stephen D., born 3 October, 1808; married Delia Clapp. He
died 5 March, 1842.

6. William C., born 9 January, 1811; married Phebe McKeel; he
died 26 January, 1846.

7. Jane, born 17 July, 1813; married 19 May, 1839, Thomas C.
Van Heusen.

8. Sarah, born 10 May, 1815; married 18 March, 1838, Joseph T.
Hollow. She died 11 January, 1850.

9. Peter Quereau, born 26 December, 1817; resides at Sing Sing.
Unmarried.

10. Wright Frost, born 22 February, 1820; died 23 March 1844.
Unmarried.

_Seventh Generation.--Joseph I._

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.

1. David, born 22 October, 1788; married Hannah Newell.

2. Isaac Jayne, born 1790; married Ruth N. Ferguson. Both dead.

3. Infant, died before naming.

4. Anna, born 1792; married Caleb Shores.

5. Tabitha, died young.

6. Jemima, married John Lyons.

7. Tabitha, married Nathaniel Shores.

8. Betsey, married George Vibbert.

9. Diana, married Stephen Shores.

10. Richard, born 3 June, 1807; married Eliza Shores.

11. Josephine, born 6 April, 1809; married Daniel Culver. He
died 25 August, 1856. She died 27 September, 1856.

12. Jane, married Aaron Shores, live in the West.

13. Lorinda, married Orrin Smith.

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:

1. Isaac Snyder, born 20 June, 1792; married Hannah Elliott.

2. Charles, born 5 September, 1793; married Sally Brink; died
24 February, 1873.

3. John, married ----

4. Lydia, married Rev. David Blackman.

5. Mary, married, 1. Smith Horton, 2. Rufus Cooley.

6. Betsey, married King Shores.

7. Elijah, married Elizabeth Ferguson Drake. She was born 1
August, 1799; died 23 October, 1863.

8. Jane Jemima, married Joseph Elliott.

By second wife:

9. William Bullard, born 27 September, 1807; married Melinda
Blackman.

10. Charles, married Sally Brink.

11. Lucinda, married John B. Smith.

12. John, married Sally Stevens, went West.

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:

1. Elsie, born in 1801; married Abraham Durham.

2. Richard, born 1803; died aged 10 years, 1 month, and 10 days.

3. Lucy, born 1805; married Lemuel Landrus. She died.

4. Sally, born 1807; married Francis Forbes.

5. Joshua, born 1809; married Betsey Brink.

6. William, born 1811; married Sally Shores.

7. Richard T., born 20 May, 1813; married Rhoda Horton,
daughter of David Horton.

Lucy Thompson Horton died 19 May, 1814, and he married LUCINDA ELLIS, born 2 January, 1788, and had--

8. Ithiel, born 1815; married Polly Brink, moved West.

9. Lucinda married Ethan Tuthill, both dead.

10. Esther married Jackson Blackman, no issue, they live in the
West.

11. Ulysses married Sally Elliott.

12. Fanny married Elijah H. Blackman, lives in Illinois.

13. Eleazer married Harriet Chaffee, both dead.

14. Lewis born 6 February, 1822; married Sallie Maria Chaffee.

15. Luman P. married Phebe Horton, daughter of Richard N.
Horton.

16. Nelson, married Lucy Bullis, moved to Rochelle, Ill.

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:

1. Freeman, died at 18.

2. Clarissa, married Leonard Shaw.

3. Reuben, married Polly Pierce.

4. David, went West.

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:

1. Elijah Harrison, born 12 November, 1808; married Mary
Forster.

2. Hiram, married Hannah Hovey; they live at Lawrenceville, Pa.

3. Shepherd, married Harriet Accla; live at Painted Post, N. Y.

4. Mayhew, married Elizabeth Lyons; live at Blossburg, Pa.

5. Elizabeth, married Geo. Williams; he is dead.

6. Mary, married Benjamin Lyons.

7. Catharine, married Hiram Goff; live in Monroe, Pa.

8. Ann, married Rosin Fox; live on Hollon Hill, Pa.

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:

1. _Eliza_, born 29 April, 1811; married _Joseph Tuthill_;
she is dead. They had Lucinda, Arletta, Murray, Josiah, dead,
Jerusha, dead.

2. _Delight_, born 4 February, 1813; married _Albert Tuthill_.
Children: William, who was shot by an Indian and instantly
killed at Elm Grove, Minnesota, Esther, Lucinda, George, dead,
Ursula, Franklin, Florence.

3. _Richard Currie_, born 29 May, 1816; married _Elizabeth
Smith_.

4. _Lucinda_, born 17 October, 1819; married _Guy Smith_.
Children: Ulysses, dead, Ethline, dead, Ward.

5. _William_, born 29 June, 1822; married _Polly Margaret
Rundell_. Children: Relsamon, Mahlon, Alice, Mary, Jane,
Franklin. Mahlon and Alice are dead. The rest live in Iowa.

6. _Esther Jemima_, born 27 March, 1824; married _John Vought_,
son of David Vought and Nelly Huyck. Children: Amanda, Eliza,
Helen, Thomas, John, dead, Eugene, Esther.

7. _Rachel Amanda_, born 5 April, 1826; married _George
Chaffee_. Children: William Dallas, dead, Francis, Mahlon and
Sevelon, twins, Ethline, Jackson, Julia.

8. _Isaac Jackson_, born 3 Dec., 1828; married 3 March, 1852,
in Sheshequin, by Rev. Mr. Gibson, of the Universalist Church
of Sheshequin, to _Elizabeth Rogers_, daughter of John Rogers
and Elizabeth Petit, and born in Litchfield, Penn'a, 26
December, 1834; they reside at the old homestead of William
Horton. No children.

9. _Lucy Ann_, born 12 September, 1830; married, in Sheshequin,
31 December, 1850, by Rev. S. J. Gibson, to _Joseph Franklin
Blackman_, son of Col. Franklin Blackman and Sybil Beardsley,
and born 9 June, 1825; they reside in Sheshequin, near Col.
Blackman's. Children: William Wallace, born 7 October, 1851;
Mary, born 28 July, 1854; Florence E., born 17 October, 1858,
died 26 July, 1861; George, born 17 February, 1863; Grace, born
1 September, 1870.

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:

1. Caroline Horton, born 19 April, 1818; married, 9 Feb'y,
1837, Noah Dunham.

2. Marietta, born 3 April, 1820; married, 27 January, 1842, to
James Stebbins.

3. Abigail Horton, born 18 Jan., 1823; married, 28 Feb., 1848,
to Geo. W. Phelps.

4. James, born 26 November, 1824.

5. John D. A., born 2 January, 1827; married 30 June, 1850, to
Elizabeth Lance.

6. Daniel C., born 29 May, 1829; married, 16 February, to
Magdaline Zimmerman.

7. Eliza E., born 22 May, 1832; married Chauncy Canfield, 20
April, 1851.

8. Lucy Jane, born 20 August, 1834.

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:

1. Perley, born 18 Aug., 1802; married, by Rev. J.
Canfield, to Susanna Dunham.

2. Henry Horton, born 19 February, 1822; died 31 May, 1830.

3. Charles, born 24 September, 1823; married, 22 February,
184-, by Esq. Hoyt, to Angeline Bloget.

4. Byron, born 19 June, 1825; married Julia A. Warner.

5. Anna J., born 29 June, 1827; married Edwin Warner, by Esq.
Hoyt.

6. Minot J., 23 July, 1829; married, 1. Adeline Dewey, 2.
Jerusha Hagens.

7. Mercy Ann, born 3 Dec., 1832; married, by Rev. J. Canfield,
to Daniel Owens.

8. James L., born 23 March, 1835; married, 1. Elizabeth
Denison, 2. Louisa Warner, 3. Almyra Warner.

9. Gaylord, born 22 April, 1837.

10. Rebecca, born 24 December, 1838; married Ambrose Warner.

11. Cyrus, born 4 June, 1841; married Mary Moren.

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.

1. Albert F., born 26 December, 1827; married Lucinda Hunter.

2. Emily, born 9 March, 1830; died 18 August, 1836.

3. Martha M., born 11 March, 1832; married 27 February, 1851,
by Rev. I. Canfield, to George Hunter.

4. Isabella D., born 9 November, 1834; married, 20 September,
1864, William Knapp. She died 29 December, 1873.

5. Emma F., born 2 June, 1838; died 20 December, 1838.

6. John S., born 29 November, 1840; married Olive Verder.

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.

1. Henry, born 20 July, 1831; married Sally Bush.

2. Angelina Cook, born 31 August, 1833; married Isaac Adams.

3. William Dare, born 17 September, 1835; married Louisa Border.

4. Margaret, born 7 July, 1837; died 3 July, 1868.

5. Isaac Cook, born 27 April, 1839; married Helen F. Blodgett.

6. Dorr, born 12 September, 1841; married Eveline O. Fish.

7. James Le Roy, born 2 February, 1844; married Martha J.
Williamson.

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:

1. John McCrea, born 2 August, 1832; married 11 March, 1857, to
Mary Jane Shelley, no children.

2. Henry Trumper, born 25 January, 1835; married 1 January,
1860, to Rachel Doty.

3. Abigail C., born 4 January, 1838; married James Lauer.

Henry T. Horton and Rachel Doty have two children:

1. Levi D., born 6 August, 1861, and 2. Estella, born 2
September, 1865.

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.

1. Caroline, born 12 July, 1838; married Warren Horton. He died
4 July, 1870, leaving one son Willie, born 16 August, 1869.

2. Edward Baker, born 21 October, 1840; married Ellen Delma.

3. George Bertrand, born 27 April, 1844; married Henrietta
Meeks.

By second wife:

4. Sarah Estella, born 12 December, 1861.

5. Harry, born 6 March, 1866.

6. Jason, born 2 May, 1867.

7. Frank A., born 16 January, 1870.

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:

1. Rev. F. A., born in Philmont, N. Y., 15 September, 1841.

2. Cornelius Miller, born in Philmont, N. Y., 26 November, 1844.

"The original ancestor on the father's side was Michael, and on the mother's side it was Cornelius Stephanse Muldor, friend and companion of the old Patroon, the Hon. Stephen Van Rensalaer, and originally from Rykerk, Holland."--_Letter of Rev. F. A. Horton, of Catskill, now (1874), of Cleveland._

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.:

1. David Lee, born 1824; married Susan Swarthout.

2. William Edward, born 14 March, 1826; married Nancy Bancroft.

3. Mary, born 26 July, 1828; married 5 June 1849, to Rev. J. C.
Mallory.

4. Martha Cordelia, born 4 Oct., 1830; married 11 Oct., 1852,
Rev. A. B. Chase.

5. Ann Eliza, born 15 March, 1833; married 4 July, 1852, Minor
Swarthout.

6. Daniel Taylor, born 16 Nov., 1835; married, 1. Mary Ann
Swarthout, 2. Mary Jane Knapp.

7. Sarah Maria, born 10 October, 1838; died 28 June, 1855.

8. Joseph Robert, born 25 April, 1841; married, 25 Feb., 1868,
to Abbey Gaspar

9. Theodore Marcena, born 11 August, 1845; married Mary E.
Jordan.

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:

1. Martha Ann, born 26 December, 1829.

2. Elizabeth M., born 27 May, 1831.

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:

1. Charles W., born 2 November, 1825; died 13 December, 1826.

By second wife:

2. Anna, born 6 April, 1845; married Menzo Clapsadale.

3. Jane Elizabeth, born 25 November, 1848; died 20 February,
1864.

4. Mary Louisa, born 19 November, 1850; died 28 January, 1867.

5. William Van Hocson, born 22 June, 1864; died 28 March, 1870.

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:

1. William James, born 10 December, 1828; married Leah B.
Carpenter.

2. Sarah Jane, born 10 June, 1832; died 10 March, 1835.

3. Cornelia, born 17 February, 1837; died 18 February, 1852.

4. Stephen D., born 17 February, 1837; married Emily Horton.

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:

"I was born in Yorktown, Westchester County, New York,
15 September, 1806. My parents were farmers, in moderate
circumstances. I remained with them until I was seventeen,
working on the farm in the summer, and going to school in the
winter, thus acquiring merely a common-school education. When
I was seventeen years old, at the suggestion of my parents,
I decided to learn the blacksmith trade, and commenced the
business at once, and served an apprenticeship for several
years. On the 17th of October, 1827, I married Phebe Tompkins,
and on the 9th of March, 1820, we moved to Peekskill village,
where we have resided ever since. I bought some property,
and set up the blacksmithing business. I succeeded well
in the business. In the spring of 1835 I entered into a
co-partnership business with Mr. Truman Minor, under the firm
name of 'Minor & Horton,' and went into the foundry business,
manufacturing agricultural implements, principally ploughs and
plough-castings. Our business increased rapidly, and paid us
well. We continued partners for twenty years. In 1855 Mr. Minor
retired from business, and I took in Mr. Geo. W. Depeu as a
partner, and about two years afterwards, we admitted each of us
a son, and the firm then became, 'Horton, Depeu & Sons.' Our
manufactured articles were sold in nearly every State in the
Union, and also in many foreign countries.

"In 1862 we all sold out to a stock company, formed for that
purpose. Having been in active business for thirty years, I now
retired. In the spring of 1855 I was elected Supervisor of the
town of Cortlandt, and I represented that town in the Board of
Supervisors for five years in succession.

"In the winter of 1858, I was a member of the Legislature from
this Assembly District. For many years I held the various
offices of our village, but of late have declined official
stations, preferring the enjoyments of private 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:

1. Mary Antoinette, born 7 January, 1834; married John R.
Miller.

2. Elbridge Micajah, born 20 March, 1836; married Jane Pixley.

3. Ansell Phinney, born 27 December, 1837; married Mary T. Root.

4. Helen Delia, born 30 September, 1842; unmarried.

5. James Perry, born 28 February, 1845; married Lydia Dallsom.

6. Harriet Huntly, born 9 April, 1847; unmarried.

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:

1. Edward Delany, born 15 August, 1854.

2. Eva Jane, born 6 September, 1857.

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:

1. Louisa Maria, born 9 August, 1827; married Moses Pierson.

2. Lucinda Elizabeth, born 17 October, 1829; married James
Taylor Main.

3. Lavanda Candis, born 15 November, 1832; married William D.
Armo.

4. Licetta Augusta, born November, 1842; married Willard Reese
Hammond.

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

"I was born in the town of Colchester, Delaware County, New
York, on the 12th of October, 1802. When a little over three
years old, my father moved to Lyme, Jefferson County, New York,
which was then known as the Black River Country, and settled on
the shore of Chaumont Bay, at the east end of Lake Ontario. It
was here I spent my childhood and my boyhood days, learning, as
I grew up, how to endure the privations of a pioneer life in a
northern wilderness. At the age of nine years I began to know
what manual labor meant, working on the farm in the summer, and
going to school in the winter. In those days our school-houses
were frequently some old log house, which some settler had
built and then vacated, and perhaps left the country, or moved
into better quarters. Such school-houses were splendid for
hot weather, being so well ventilated; but in the winter they
required piles of wood and great physical endurance to keep
warm. My facilities for acquiring an education were exceedingly
limited. Being the eldest of eight children, perhaps I had to
take a little more of the rough end of life than some of the
others.

"At the commencement of my seventeenth year, my father
commenced preparing for building a new house, and I then gave
up going to school, and worked through the winter at quarrying
stone and getting lumber for the new house. The house was
commenced in the spring and completed before fall, myself and
younger brother carrying the stone and mixing the mortar.

"I remained with my father until I was twenty-four years old. I
then went for myself. I purchased land, and settled permanently
at Adams Centre, after my marriage. In December, 1829, myself
and wife connected ourselves with the Baptist Church, at the
State Road, Jefferson County, New York.

"We were blessed with four daughters--all grew up to womanhood,
married, made a public profession of religion, and became
members of the Baptist Church. We occupied our old home until
the 13th of December, 1872, when death removed my dear wife
from this world of care, pain and suffering to the mansions of
everlasting rest, as I humbly trust.

"The next April I sold my farm, and I am now spending the few
remaining days of my life with my three surviving daughters,
by whose affectionate care and tenderness I am made quite
contented and happy."

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:

1. George Dinsmore, born at Chaumont, N. Y., 3 November, 1829.

2. Ann Elizabeth, born at Adams Centre, N. Y., 30 December,
1831.

3. James White, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 6 March, 1834.

4. Robert Mills, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 3 July, 1836.

5. Francis Newell, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 29 June, 1838.

6. Andrew Marcus, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 31 December, 1840.

7. Martha Maria, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 10 April, 1842.

8. John Williams, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 12 September,
1845.

9. Emily Agnes, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 12 March, 1847.

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:

1. Watkins L., born 6 March, 1834; married Mary E. Spaulding,
resides at Montella, Ill. He was a faithful soldier in
the Union army, served during the war, and was honorably
discharged. He is a lawyer.

2. Cornelia W., born 7 January, 1836; married Charles J.
Gillingham, lives at Watertown, N. Y.

3. William Wallace, born 22 August, 1838; married Frances M.
Easterbrooks.

4. Walter Van Rantz, born 9 January, 1841; died in the service
of his country, November, 1864.

"He was a good soldier; his kind and obliging disposition, and
his soldierly bearing won for him the respect and good-will
of all who knew him. His love for his country overrode all
personal considerations, and he was often heard to say, that
the life of a civilian had no attractions for him while armed
traitors refused to acknowledge the laws and its institutions
typified by the Stars and Stripes. He loved his friends and
home, but he loved his country more, and he was willing to bid
adieu to father and mother, brothers and sisters, and go into
the foremost rank of those who were battling for the right, and
he battled nobly, and fell at last a martyr for his country's
freedom. He died in Millon Prison, Ga., aged 23 years and 10
months."--_Extract of Letter of Andrew Horton._

5. Willie Gaylord, born 15 May, 1843; died 30 January, 1849.

6. Mary L., born 26 ---- 1847.

7. Willis Bruce, born 19 September, 1850.

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

1. Charles, born at Ridgefield, O., 18 June, 1838; died 20 May,
1840.

2. William Benton, born 13 ---- 1840; married Lavina Edgar,
9 September, 1862. He enlisted, 22 January, 1863, in the 8
Regiment N. Y. Sharpshooters, was taken prisoner at the Weldon
Railroad, 19 August, 1864, was confined in Salisbury Prison, N.
C., and died for his country, 2 January, 1865.

3. Cornelius C., born 8 January, 1843; died 1 August, 1865.

4. Edward W., born 30 December, 1844; enlisted in the 3d
Regiment Ohio Cavalry, 28 March, 1864, was mustered out at
Edgefield, Tenn., 4 August, 1865.

5. Eugene W., born 29 May, 1847; died 30 July, 1848.

6. Martha Louisa, born 15 January, 1852; a modest, unassuming,
pious young lady, living with her cousin, Mrs. Hammond, in Troy.

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:

1. Ella Isadore, born in Lyme, N. Y., 6 July, 1844.

2. Theron Kimble, born in Lyme, N. Y., 2 November, 1847.

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.

1. Emma A., born 23 June, 1845.

2. Georgia Ann, born 25 Sept., 1846; resides in Troy, is
employed in preparing for the press, the Transactions of the
Homœopathic Society of the State of New York. In 1865, she
was a clerk in one of the Census Bureaus at Albany, occupying
the same place her father had held in 1855. She is educated,
intelligent, and pious, and possesses fine social qualities.

3. Annie, born 17 April, 1848; married, 1 June, 1866, to Alfred
E. Field, a clerk in the New York Post-Office, have one child,
Harriet Van Rantz Field, born at Glen Cove, L. I., 17 October,
1867.

4. Judson A., born 13 March, 1850.

5. Willet S., born 11 June, 1853.

6. Eva A., born 25 May, 1855.

7. Theodore, born 20 November, 1860; died 24 March, 1861.

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:

1. William Wirt, born 26 October, 1852.

2. Lucy Lavina, born 3 December, 1853.

3. Darwin D., born 22 August, 1855; died 8 September, 1865.

4. Beulah A. G., born 2 November, 1856; died 4 February, 1858.

5. Jessie M., born 2 March, 1859; died 11 August, 1865.

6. Winfield Scott, born 15 September, 1861; died 21 January, 1862.

7. Abraham Lincoln, born 9 September, 1863; died 31 August, 1865.

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.:

1. Walter married, lives at Sheffield, Pa., has one child.

2. Lucien, born 14 December, 1836; married Hattie Burr.

3. Elizabeth married ---- McNair, has three children.

4. Rachel married ---- McNair, has two children.

5. James, born 1 August, 1849; married Willimina Garrit.

6. Isaac.

7. Sarah.

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:

1. Archer.

2. Mary married Mansfield.

Names of children by second wife, not given.

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:

1. Lucinda, born 14 Dec., 1843; married 16 Jan., 1867, to S. H.
Yocum.

2. Gurdon B., born 8 July, 1845; married ----; dealer in hides,
New York.

3. Melvin, born 25 May, 1847; unmarried.

4. Francis E., born 29 Nov., 1848.

5. Louisa, born 25 Jan., 1851.

6. Florence, born 19 Sept., 1854.

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:

1. William.

2. Isaac.

3. Henry.

4. Annis.

5. Lizzie.

6. Elsie.

VI. CLARISSA, daughter of Isaac Horton and Prudence Knapp, born 11 May, 1819; married JOHN C. SMITH.

Children:

1. Perry.

2. Charles.

3. Flavius.

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:

1. George, born 27 March, 1848; he is superintendent of the
Sheffield Tannery, Warren County, Pa.

2. Byron, born 24 Dec., 1851; he graduated at Union College,
New York, in the class of 1872; he is now and has been for two
years past, a teacher in an Academy, near New York City; he
possesses a good moral character, is "apt to teach," and is
much esteemed and respected.

3. Celia, born Jan., 1855.

4. Catherine, born 24 April, 1857.

5. James Holiday, born 11 Dec., 1859.

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.:

1. Eugene, born 22 May, 1856.

2. Junius Ray, born 2 March, 1860.

3. Carrie Josephine, born 18 Sept., 1861.

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:

"My mother is living and in good health; she is in the 87th
year of her age and resides at Liberty, Sullivan Co., N. Y.;
her father died aged 88, and her grandmother aged 94; she
has now living ten children, thirty-seven grandchildren and
nineteen great grandchildren."

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:

1. Amelia.

2. Reuben.

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:

1. William Nelson, born in Jerusalem, New York, 5 September,
1841.

2. Stephen, born in Jerusalem, 18 March, 1842; married at Lock
Haven, Pa., 2 Sept., 1872, to Alice Ferris, of Bath, N. Y.

3. Levi Eugene, born in Pultney, 29 Aug., 1845; married in
Bath, 6 April, 1867, by the Rev. Stephen Merritt, to Matilda M.
Hickok.

4. Thomas Carson, born in Jerusalem, 23 August, 1849.

5. Ida Caroline, born in Cameron, N. Y., 11 October, 1861.

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

_Eighth Generation.--Joseph I._

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:

1. Richard Newell, born 28 Jan., 1813; married by Rev. N.
Rouse, to Celinda Landrus.

2. Nancy Strickland, born 11 Oct., 1814; married by H. Morgan,
Esq., 9 April, 1833, to James De Money.

3. Rhoda B., born 16 Aug., 1816; married Richard T. Horton.

4. Daniel Jayne, born 18 July, 1818; married Rhoda Chaffee. He
died 21 March, 1867.

5. Tabitha, born 17 June, 1820; married Moses Canfield.

6. Eliza Ann, born 25 Feb., 1822; died 15 June, 1838.

7. Adaline, born 20 March, 1824; married Charles Chaffee.

8. David, born 25 Jan., 1826; married Arilla Newell.

9. Benjamin, born 25 Sept., 1827; married Lucinda D. Canfield.

10. William Franklin, born 2 Sept., 1829; died 11 Aug., 1830.

11. William Pesse, born 5 Sept., 1831; married Susan Lyon Young.

12. Hannah, born 10 June, 1834; married Dr. C. D. H. Cole.

13. Joseph Elliott, born 28 Oct., 1836; died unmarried.

14. George Landon, born 5 Aug., 1838; married Lucinda M.
Horton, daughter of Ulysses, son of Joshua Horton.

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.:

1. Tabitha Dorcas, born 20 Sept., 1812; married James D. Lent.

2. Ethlinda, born 30 May, 1814; Curtis D. Ferguson.

3. Jemima, born 23 Sept., 1815; married Lewis B. Gillett.

4. David, born 12 April, 1817; married Miranda Rippett; she is
dead.

5. Abraham J., born 2 Sept., 1818; married Jane Shores.

6. Richard, born 18 Jan., 1820; married Maria Shores; he is
dead.

7. Anna Lorinda, born 31 July, 1821; married Jos. R. Horton,
son of Wm. B. Horton.

8. Infant, born 7 Oct., 1825; died before naming.

9. Josephine, born 13 Sept., 1826; married William Post.

10. Irvine Caleb, born 28 Oct., 1828; married Elmira Shores.

11. Mary Amanda, born 19 May, 1834; married Merriman Shores.

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:

1. James, born 5 May, 1828; died in 1850; unmarried.

2. Elizabeth, born 31 Dec., 1829; married Abel Barnes.

3. Lawrence Clinton, born 16 Feb., 1832; died at 11 months old.

4. Tabitha Amanda, born 22 Feb., 1834; married Philip Sebic.

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:

1. Sylvester, born 28 April, 1814; married Abigail Cooley.

2. Emily, born 16 Oct., 1815; married Reuben Young.

3. John Elliott, born April, 1817; married Zippora Bidlack.

4. Joseph, born 2 Dec., 1818; married Anasthasia Stephenson.

5. Lydia, born 9 April, 1820; married Joseph Vought.

6. Elijah, born 25 Dec., 1821; married Eliza Hines.

7. George, born 22 Dec., 1823; married Emily Billings.

8. Elizabeth, born 11 Oct., 1825; married Dr. W. C. Ransom.

9. James, born 11 Dec., 1827; married, 1. Theresa Towner, 2.
Mary Collins, 3. Mary Purcell.

10. Snyder, born 22 Dec., 1830; married Helen Hayden.

11. Hannah, born 11 Oct., 1832; married Barnabas Horton White.

12. Pamela, born 6 June, 1836; died 14 Jan., 1837.

13. Isaac Rufus, born 30 Nov., 1837; married Tabitha Maria De
Money.

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:

1. Milton.

2. Sterling.

3. Elisha Billings.

4. Franklin.

5. Charles Ichabod.

6. Elijah B.

7. David S.

III. CHARLES, son of Elijah M. Horton and Pamela Ogden, born in Sheshequin; married SALLY BRINK.

Children:

1. Perley.

2. Myron.

3. Orrin.

4. Charles.

All born in Sheshequin.

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

Children:

1. John, married Sally Stevens.

2. Ellen, married John Brink.

VII. ELIJAH, son of Elijah M. Horton and Pamela Ogden, born in Sheshequin; married BETSEY FERGUSON; both dead.

Children, all born in Sheshequin:

1. Rockwell, married Forbes.

2. Stephen, married Forbes.

3. Ogden.

4. Curtis.

5. Jemima, married Fisher.

VIII. JANE JEMIMA, daughter of Elijah M. Horton and Pamela Ogden, born in Sheshequin; married JOSEPH ELLIOTT.

Children:

1. Isaac.

2. Irvine.

3. William Milton.

4. Jemima.

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:

1. Harry Lawrence, born 17 July, 1832; married 1. Helen E.
Breed, 2. Clara Patten.

2. Horace, born 25 Sept., 1834; married Mary Smith.

3. Elizabeth, born 25 Aug., 1836; married Perley Hutchins
Kinney.

4. Amazilla, born 18 Aug., 1840; married Henry Clay Kinney.

5. Mary Ellen, born 25 Oct., 1844; married William Miles Shores.

By 2d wife:

6. Miles Emmett, born in 1851; married Mary Arinda Webb.

7. Rowena Hortense, born 23 Oct., 1855; married Theodore
Gardner Smith.

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:

1. Ulysses M., born 10 Jan., 1843; died 17 July, 1859.

2. Ethline, born 19 Jan., 1850; died 19 June, 1850.

3. Clark.

4. Rachel.

5. William.

6. Cecelia.

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:

1. Joel, born 8 June, 1835; died 28 of the same month.

2. Horace Le Roy, born 22 June, 1836; died young.

3. Sarah,[2] born 7 Nov., 1837; married John Alloways.

4. Hannah Lucinda, born 15 Sept., 1840; married Munson Howe;
died in May, 1871.

5. Joel Stephen, born 10 April, 1845; resides at Terrytown;
school-teacher; unmarried.

6. Percilla Adaline,[3] born 14 March, 1847; married William L.
Fanning.

7. Andrew, born 26 Nov., 1848; died 12 Dec., 1849.

8. Richard Joshua, born 7 Dec., 1851; unmarried.

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:

1. Sidney Chaffee, born 17 Sept., 1852.

2. Edith Lucinda, born 12 Nov., 1855; married Cevellon Horton.

3. Theodore Parker, born 29 April, 1859.

4. Adela, died at 11 months old.

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:

1. Philander.

2. Infant son, died before naming.