Chapter IV: Part 4

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:

1. Samuel, born about 1752; settled in Huntington Co., Pa.

2. Nathan, born 1754; settled in Huntington Co., Pa.

3. Josiah, born 1756.

4. Jesse.

5. John, married Elizabeth Thomas.

6. Thomas.

7. Septimus, died in Baltimore, about 1850.

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:

1. Barnabas, born about 1743; married 8 Nov., 1767, to Abigail
Dickerson.

2. Abigail, born about 1748; married Henry Youngs.

3. Sarah, born about 1752; married 23 July, 1775, Henry Conklin.

4. Anna, born about 1754; married 12 Oct., 1774, Ichabod
Cleveland.

5. Lydia, born about 1756; married 5 Feb., 1775, Thomas Webb.

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:

1. David, born about 1745; married 29 Oct., 1773, Theodosia
Allen.

6. Dorothy, born 3 April, 1756; married Eli Corwin.

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:

1. Silas, born 24 August, 1756; married Mary Danes.

2. Benjamin, married 24 Sept., 1786, Anna Goldsmith.

3. Gamaliel, or Samuel, married Mehetabel Hulse.

4. Mathias, married Sarah Rumsey.

5. Elihu.

6. Barnabas, married Milicent Howell.

7. Nellie, married ---- Stringham.

8. Mary, married John L. Hommedinn.

9. Lucretia, married Henry Youngs.

10. Hannah, married Isaiah Vail, Jr.

11. Abigail, born 3 Sept., 1773; married Capt. Daniel Stringham.

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.:

1. Israel, born 23 Sept., 1756; married Anna Van Devort.

2. Jason, born 18 Dec., 1758; married Mary Terry.

3. Jeremiah, born 12 Nov., 1760; married Mary Goldsmith.

4. Eunice, born Dec., 1761; married George Howell.

5. John, born 30 July, 1763; married Deborah Terry.

6. Joseph Lee, born 27 April, 1765; married Hannah Todd.

7. Sarah, born in 1767; died young.

8. Mary, born 6 Dec., 1768; married John Clark.

9. Samuel, born in 1770; died of small-pox; unmarried.

10. Benjamin, born 7 Feb., 1772; married Hannah Vance.

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:

1. John, born 1753, went to Wyoming Valley; married Mary De La
Montayne.

2. Caleb, went to New Jersey; married a Jayne.

3. Benjamin.

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.

_Sixth Generation.--Caleb I._

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:

1. Huldah, born 14 Jan., 1762; married Joel Coe; died 13 Dec.,
1803.

2. Rebecca, born 31 Dec., 1763; married Benj. Fordyce; died in
1840.

3. Jonah, born in 1765; married Jane Dalrymple; died in
Lockport, N. Y.

4. Susan, born in 1767; married 30 March, 1798, to Robert
McCollam; died in Calais, N. Y.

5. Polly, born in 1769; married David Lewis.

6. Nathaniel.

7. Hiram.

8. Mehitabel, all three died in childhood.

9. Elisha, born about 1777; married Mary Horton; died in
Scipio, N. Y.

10. Nathaniel, born 1778; married Eunice Horton, daughter of
Daniel Horton and Martha Terry.

11. Esther, born about 1782.

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:

1. Benjamin, born 1778, had William, Wines and Omar.

2. David, born 1780, had Spencer, who lives in Lansing, Mich.,
and others.

3. Rhoda, born 1782.

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:

1. Edward, born 17 March, 1777; married Charlotte Seward.

2. Mehitabel.

3. Daniel.

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:

1. Stephen, died young.

2. Eunice, born 1782; married Col. Nathaniel Horton.

3. Daniel, married Esther Terry.

4. Lydia, married William Skellinger.

5. Esther, married Phineas Horton, being his 3d wife.

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:

1. John.

2. Elizabeth.

3. Nathan.

4. Jacob.

5. Sarah.

6. Samuel.

7. Phineas.

8. Robert.

9. Daniel.

10. Julia.

11. Lydia.

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--

1. Hannah, born at Chester, 15 Dec., 1784; and died at
Hagerstown, Md., while on the way to North Carolina.

2. William, born 15 August, 1786; married Milley Dula.

3. James, born 28 Feb., 1789; married Sydnia Webb.

4. David Eagles, born 4 May, 1792; married Sarah Dula.

5. Phineas, born 9 Jan., 1795; married Sarah Councill.

6. Sarah, born 19 Sept., 1797; died of croup when young.

7. John, born 11 June, 1800; died of croup when young.

8. Elizabeth, born 15 Sept., 1803; married Zephaniah Horton,
Jr., of Yancey Co.

9. Jonathan, born 26 Feb., 1806; married Malinda Hartzag.

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:

1. Nathaniel, married Coleman.

2. Nathan, married Van Doren.

3. Richard, married Smith.

4. Julia, married Caleb Horton.

5. Deborah, married Thomas Stoute.

6. Jemima, died young.

7. Esther, married 1. Daniel Horton, son of David Horton;
married 2. Nathan Hughson, son of Robert Hughson.

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:

1. Benjamin, married Margaret Wiley.

2. James, married Effie Swackhammer.

3. Isaac, married an English lady, name not given.

4. Sarah, married Low Sliker.

5. Mehitabel, married John Sliker.

6. Mary, never married.

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.:

1. Nathan, born 24 Jan., 1789.

2. Rachel, born 31 May, 1791; died 29 Oct., 1800.

3. Sarah, born 30 June, 1794.

4. Malcolm, born 8 April, 1797.

5. Elizabeth, born 15 Nov., 1799.

6. Zephaniah, born 26 Nov., 1802.

7. Jane M., born 18 March, 1806.

8. Phebe D., born 30 Oct., 1810.

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:

1. Sarah, born 27 March, 1799; married Jeremiah Wilcox.

2. Nathan, born 27 Dec., 1801; married Julia Horton.

3. Elias, born 6 Feb., 1803; married Melinda Lewis.

4. Mary, born 6 Feb., 1806; married Daniel Skellinger.

5. Martha Esther, born 7 June, 1819.

6. Daniel, born 3 August, 1820; married Lydia C. Horton.

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:

1. David.

2. Isaac.

3. Selah.

4. Richard.

5. Barnabas, married Mehitabel Youngs.

6. Mary.

7. Betsey.

8. Henry.

9. Benjamin, born 12 April, 1788.

10. Abigail, married William Brewster.

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:

1. William, born in West Chester, Pa., about 1789.

2. Henry, born in West Chester, 25 Jan., 1791; married
Elizabeth White.

3. Mary, born in West Chester, 25 Jan., 1791; (twins).

The rest viz.:

4. Catherine.

5. Rebecca.

6. Deborah.

7. John.

8. Elizabeth.

9. Nathan Priest,

were all born in Huntingdon.

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.:

1. Jesse, born in 1786; married about 1819, Mary Steel.

2. Jacob, born in 1791; married about 1813, Sarah Winans.

3. John, born 1798; married about 1828, Jane Lindsley.

4. Elizabeth, born 27 Nov., 1800; married Samuel Black.

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:

1. Sarah, born about 1784; married John Hannas; settled in
Hanover, Pa.

2. Mary, born about 1786; married John Shalls; settled in
Kingston, Pa.

3. Ann, born about 1788; died unmarried.

4. John, born about 1790; married ---- Wickizer.

5. Miller, born 2 Feb., 1792; married Elizabeth Waller.

6. Josiah, born 1795; went south; died in Georgia.

7. Jesse, born 1797; married 1. ---- Headly; 2. Widow Cook.

8. Lewis Mulison, born 1799; married Priscilla Crisman.

9. Abigail, born 1803; died in Kingston, in 1808.

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:

1. Silas Danes, born in July, 1778.

2. Barnabas, born 1780; died in 1867.

3. Hiram, born 1782; died in 1840.

4. Nelly, married Timothy Wheat.

5. Molly, married Israel Moore; had Alfred and William; she
married 2. Daniel Slawson, and had six children.

6. Mehala, married William Wheat.

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:

1. John, born in 1801.

2. James, born 1803.

3. Hector, born 26 Jan., 1805.

4. Gabriel, born 9 Aug., 1806; married Eliza Corwin; dead.

5. Dolly (Dorothy), born 1809; married John Coleman.

6. Matthias, born 26 Jan., 1812; married Eveline Williams.

7. Julia, born 1814; married Hector Tuthill.

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:

1. Ira, born 1780; married Sarah Vanduzen.

2. Gabriel H., married Margaret Faulkner.

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:

1. Parmenas Howell, born in Wallkill, 13 Dec., 1795; married
Fanny Cash.

2. Anna, born in Wallkill, N. Y., 21 Jan., 1798; married Simon
W. Stoddard; died 30 Sept., 1843.

3. Harvey, born in Goshen, 1 Feb., 1800; married Mary Bennet.

4. Horace, born in Minnisink, 6 Oct., 1803; left at 18; never
heard of afterwards.

5. Gabriel, born 9 Aug., 1806, in Minnisink; died 18 Dec., 1847.

6. Milicent Ellen, born 10 July, 1809; married Charles Lee.

7. Hampton Howell, born in Minnisink, 16 May, 1811; died 6
Jan., 1825.

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.:

1. John D. Stringham, born in 1795; died in 1814.

2. Silas Horton Stringham, born 7 Nov., 1797.

3. Charles S., born 1799; died 1818.

4. Lewis, born 1801; died 1816.

5. William M., born 1803; died 1805.

6. Margaret, born 1805; married Z. C. Hovey in 1837; died 1874.

7. Jane, born 1808; married Randolph Widding; is now a widow in
Terre Haute, Ind.

8. William M., born 1808; died 1816.

9. Hannah, born 1811; married John Gilkey; now a widow,
Crawfordsville, Ind.

10. Mary, born 1814; died 1816.

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:

1. Lebbeus Lathrop, born 27 Oct., 1791; married Sally Moore;
had 10 children.

2. Julia, married Whitehead Halstead; had 5 children.

3. Dolly, died in infancy.

4. Oliver Horton, married Eunice Moore; had 5 children.

5. Nathaniel, died unmarried.

6. William Morris, married Harriet Edwards; had 10 children.

7. James Williamson, married 1. Lindamira Jackson, had 2
children; married 2. Rebecca Sherman, grand-daughter of
the HON. ROGER SHERMAN, of Connecticut, of the CONTINENTAL
CONGRESS; had 5 children.

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:

1. Jason, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 23 Feb., 1781; married
Sally Miller, of Geneva.

2. William Lee, born in Orange County, New York, 21 October,
1781.

3. Sarah, born in Orange County, New York, 9 April, 1784;
married in Phelps, 1813, Samuel Minnis.

4. Phebe, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 6 March, 1786; married
Frederick Schenick, of Spencer, N. Y.

5. John, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 26 Feb., 1788; married
Rachel Hiler.

6. Thomas Van Devort, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 6 April, 1790;
died 21 July, 1811.

7. Benjamin, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 9 Sept., 1792; died 22
Sept., 1834.

8. Arietta, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 28 Nov., 1794; married
Isaac Butler.

9. Peter Davis, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 11 Dec., 1796;
married Hannah Couch.

10. Isaac T., born in Orange Co., N. Y., 28 Feb., 1799; married
Esther Clark.

11. Eleanor, born in Owego, N. Y., 27 Dec., 1802; married
Thomas Van Devort.

12. Cornelius, born in Owego, N. Y., 13 Aug., 1804; died
unmarried.

13. Joseph Lee, born in Owego, N. Y., 9 July, 1807; married
widow Elizabeth Hatfield.

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:

1. Uriah, born in Sugar Loaf, Orange Co., N. Y., in 1784;
married Elizabeth Fairchild.

2. Sarah, born 20 Jan., 1788; married William Guest.

3. Elizabeth, married 1. John Denniston; 2. Adam Huyler.

4. Mary, born in 1793.

5. Abigail, born in Somerville, 6 March, 1795.

6. Eunice, born in 1797.

7. Fanny, born in 1799.

8. Israel, born in 1801; died young.

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:

1. Julia, died young.

2. Fanny, died young.

3. Eunice, born 2 March, 1791.

4. Susan, born 17 Oct., 1793.

5. Mary, born 23 Oct., 1795.

6. Sarah, born 15 March, 1797.

7. Lydia, 24 April, 1799.

8. Eliza, died young.

9. Amy, born 17 Nov., 1803.

10. Benjamin G., born 28 August, 1807.

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:

1. Benjamin.

2. William.

3. Jeremiah.

4. George.

5. Samuel.

6. Lucinda.

7. Anna.

8. Jemima.

9. Mehitabel.

10. Sally.

11. Hannah.

12. Eliza.

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:

1. Ebenezer, born 9 Jan., 1786; married Mary Terry.

2. Anna, born 21 Oct., 1788; died August, 1813; unmarried.

3. Lydia, born 14 March, 1791; married John P. Stalford.

4. John, born 23 March, 1793; married 1. Nancy Miller; 2. Lydia
Molther; 3. Amanda Cross.

5. Eunice, born 14 Jan., 1796; married Thomas Ingham.

6. Sallie, born 29 May, 1798; married John Morrow.

7. Betsey, born 27 Dec., 1800; married Francis Baillet.

8. Francis, born 7 June, 1803; died unmarried.

9. George F., born 2 Jan., 1806; married Abigail Terry.

10. Edmund, born 9 August, 1808; married Martha A. Robinson.

11. Harry Morgan, born 24 Sept., 1811; unmarried.

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:

1. Samuel Todd, born at Owego, N. Y., 27 July, 1792.

2. Catharine, born at Owego, N. Y., 21 May, 1794; married Geo.
Spinner; he died without issue.

3. Henry Wisner, born at Owego, N. Y., 31 May, 1797.

4. Sarah Parshall, born at Owego, N. Y., 28 May, 1799.

5. James Parshall, born at Owego, N. Y., 5 April, 1801.

6. Millie Ann, born at Palmyra, N. Y., 20 July, 1803; died 7
Oct., 1818.

7. Lewis Beers, born at Palmyra, N. Y., 24 May, 1806.

8. Anna, born at Palmyra, N. Y., 5 July, 1808.

9. Durfee Delano, born at Palmyra, N. Y., 25 July, 1813.

10. Wilson Osborn, born at Palmyra, N. Y., 26 April, 1815.

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:

John,

Benjamin,

Ann,

Sally,

and others.

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:

1. Margaret Vance, born 9 Dec., 1796.

2. Milton, born 7 April, 1799.

3. Julia Ann E., born 12 May, 1800; died of consumption, in
Ohio, 27 Nov., 1839; unmarried.

4. Samuel, born 28 July, 1802; died 21 Nov., 1841, of epilepsy
and consumption; unmarried.

5. Nicholas Townsend, born in Belvale, 20 Jan., 1805; married
Sarah Van Orden.

6. Sarah Jane, born in Belvale, 2 May, 1807; married Matthew
Mead, and settled in Philadelphia, Pa.

7. Eliza, born in Belvale, 19 March, 1809; died of lock-jaw, 18
July, 1815.

8. Hannah Maria, born in Belvale, 7 May, 1811; married James
Galloway Horton.

9. Catharine D., born in Belvale, 13 Aug., 1813; married Enoch
Nichols.

10. Elizabeth R., born in Belvale, 3 Oct., 1815; married Smith
Conley.

11. Eunice, born in Belvale, 6 Oct., 1817; died 8 Oct., 1826,
of dysentery.

12. Eloise, born in Belvale, 19 May, 1822; died 2 Oct., 1843,
of consumption; unmarried.

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:

1. Elijah, born 15 Dec., 1794; married Sarah Oberton.

2. Ephraim Coleman, born 1796; died young.

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:

1. Elizabeth, born 1784; married Nathan Corwin; died 5 May,
1806.

2. Ruth, married Lodwick Horton, of Goshen, N. Y.

3. Patty Coleman, born 23 Sept., 1802; married John W. Thorp.

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

Mary, born 8 Sept., 1811; died 8 Oct., 1811.

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:

1. Emily, born 11 March, 1816; married Gilbert Miller; she died
in 1857.

2. Edwin, born 1 Sept., 1817; died 6 July, 1818.

3. Joseph Osborn, born 24 Aug., 1819; died in New York, in 1858.

4. Edmund Bani, born 5 October, 1821.

5. Jerusha Conklin, born 14 June, 1824; married Orrin Case;
died in 1874.

6. Deborah, born 7 Sept., 1828; married Charles Van Devort.

7. Catherine Conover, born 25 Dec., 1830; married Jonas Gulick.

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:

"Mr. Horton has been for forty years the indefatigable and
successful Tract Missionary of the Seventh Ward, New York
City. When he first assumed the important task of laboring
for the spiritual interests of this portion of the city, it
was known as one of the most wicked and wretched wards. The
'Sailor Boarding-houses' of olden times, with their numerous
'land-sharks,' and temptations to sinful indulgence, swarmed
here.... In process of time, the greater part of this territory
was occupied by dwellings of opulent merchants. Then after
another period of years, a new generation found the older
inhabitants of the Seventh Ward crowded out, and their former
homes became filled with a population of the dregs of old
country emigrants, or gave place to shops and manufactories.
Mr. Horton adapted himself and modified his work to meet
these successive changes, and calling to his help a faithful
band of distributors, teachers and visitors, made a Christian
influence to be felt, increasing its power by every available
means. A great multitude of conversions from year to year were
the result of his faithful labors. Admonished by the approach
of old age, he resigned his position as missionary, made all
arrangements as to his worldly affairs, wrote farewell letters,
and quietly looked forward to the close of his earthly career."

_Seventh Generation.--Caleb I._

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:

1. Mary C., born 8 Sept., 1782; married David Bennet; had Joel
Coe, Mary Jane, Charles David, Emily, Nathaniel Curtis, and
Rachel.

2. Joseph, born 12 Nov., 1784; married 1st 12 Jan., 1816,
Pallas Wales, she died 4 Feb., 1822; he married 2d Sophia
Harwood; he died in Ohio, 17 Oct., 1854.

3. Rachel, born 9 July, 1786; married 22 April, 1813, Benjamin
Olney; he died 1st Sunday in April, 1850; she died 1st Sunday
in April, 1874.

4. Nathaniel, born 6 Sept., 1788; married Mary Taylor White; he
died in Oregon, 10 Oct., 1868.

5. Joel, born 8 March, 1791; died 21 May, 1791.

6. Huldah Horton, born 5 July, 1793; married Walter Bennet, of
Portage, N. Y.

7. Joel, born 7 June, 1795; married Sophronia Roberts; he died
in Louisiana, in June, 1834.

8. Curtis, born 25 August, 1797; married Hannah Clark; died 10
April, 1871, at Spring Post, N. Y.

9. Alma, born 25 Sept., 1802; married William Harwood; had
Joel, William, and Alma; she died in Michigan, Jan., 1836.

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:

1. John, born 2 March, 1791; died 21 Jan., 1868.

2. Eunice, born 4 July, 1792; died 20 Nov., 1861.

3. Benjamin, born 11 June, 1797; died 10 Dec., 1870.

4. Nathaniel Horton, born 4 Jan., 1799.

5. Rebecca, born 27 July, 1805; died 7 July, 1829.

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:

1. Phebe, born 1790.

2. Huldah, born about 1792; married John King.

3. Nathaniel, born about 1794.

By 2d wife:

4. Elisha, born about 1798; died without issue.

5. Barnabas, born about 1800; married Ruth Cramer.

6. Archibald, born about 1802; married Matilda Smith.

7. Joanna, born about 1804; married David Horton Lewis.

8. Celestia, born about 1807; married John Cooper Horton.

9. Lydia, born about 1809; married Daniel Horton; no issue.

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:

1. Joel.

2. Rebecca.

3. Isaiah.

4. Susan.

5. Robert L.

6. Hiram.

7. Esther.

8. Nathaniel.

9. Anna.

10. Mehitabel.

11. Polly.

All now (1872), dead, excepting Hiram, Anna, and Esther.

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:

1. Isaiah, born 27 July, 1796; married Charlotte Chatfield.

2. Aaron, unmarried.

3. Phebe, married Stephen Robinson.

4. Esther, married Warren R. Atwood.

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:

1. Julia, born 1802; married Nathan Horton.

2. Ann Eliza, born 1804; married Levi Vanosdell.

3. Martha, born 1806; married Isaac Oakford.

4. Lydia, born 1809; married Charles Dobbins.

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:

1. Rebecca, born 29 Dec., 1809; married David Schuyler De Camp.

2. Stephen Overton, born 21 July, 1811; married Dency Cooper.

3. Elizabeth Celina, born 1813; married 1. Silas Olney; 2.
Capt. Lemon.

4. Mary Rose, born 8 April, 1818; married Alfred Horton.

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.

"With the most limited opportunities for early education, he
became a great and profound thinker. He was an upright and
conscientious man, and largely shared the esteem of all who
knew him. He was a most sincere and ardent Universalist, living
the life of the Christian, and dying in the full and perfect
triumph of Gospel faith and hope. He and his wife were, for
many years, members of the Congregational Church of Chester;
but about thirty years before his death, he and his wife
embraced Universalism, and avowed it openly ever afterwards.
Nevertheless, they continued to support the church and worship
within its walls, and we hazard nothing in saying that there
was no man in Chester, nor in all the region round about it,
who was more generally and highly respected for manly and
Christian character than Hiram Horton. Some time before his
death he had requested that a minister of the Universalist
denomination should attend his funeral services; but the pastor
of the church, the Rev. Luke I. Stoutenberg, and others,
refused to let them into the church, notwithstanding that the
salary of that preacher was paid in part by the 'Horton Fund,'
and the church itself had been built mainly by the Hortons.
His funeral had to be attended in the Presbyterian Church,
the Presbyterians generously offering them the use of their
church."--_Obituary of Hiram Horton._

XIII. AARON, son of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, about 1788; married NANCY CRAMER, and had children, viz.:

1. Silas, born about 1812.

2. Lydia.

3. Aaron Decatur.

4. Huldah.

5. Nathaniel Charles.

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.:

1. James, born 24 Dec., 1798; married Jane Putnam.

2. John, born 29 Oct., 1801; married Paulina Carrier.

3. David, born 4 July, 1804.

4. Daniel, born 17 March, 1808.

5. Horace, born 2 July, 1810.

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:

1. Olive, born 31 Dec., 1797; died 1st Sept., 1819.

2. David, born 30 Dec. 1799.

3. Phebe Ann, born 27 Jan., 1803; married Root.

4. Charles, born 13 Sept., 1809; died 23 Sept., 1828.

5. Esther, born 10 March, 1803; married Hackett.

6. Mary C., born 8 Sept., 1823; married Hicks; died 27 April,
1863.

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:

1. Fanny, born 1797.

2. Abbey, born 1799.

3. Warren, died 3 Oct., 1862.

4. Betsey.

5. Caroline.

6. Nelson, married Sarah Shons.

7. James M., died in 1816.

8. Jane, died in 1838.

9. William Harrison.

10. Lewis, died young.

11. Judson, died in 1859.

12. Alfred, died 27 July, 1873.

13. Emiline, died May 1861.

14. Mary Ann.

15. Smith.

16. Verdine, resides in Jersey City.

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:

1. Loton, married Adeline Horton.

2. Harrison, married Prudence Warner.

3. Anna, married Alanson Beeks.

4. Milicent, married Chauncey Horton, son of Gilbert, son of
Frederick.

5. Alfred M., married Adaline Wheat, they were double cousins;
had Silas Danes, and others.

6. Gabriel C., married 1. Mary Ann Slawon; 2. Elizabeth
Thompson; he had Loton, by his 1st wife, and Horace and
Gilbert, by 2d 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:

1. Ursula, born in Lansing, N. Y., 15 July, 1806; died in
Williamston, Mich., Feb., 1868; unmarried.

2. Ann, born in Lansing, N. Y., 11 Aug., 1808; married Daniel
Sutton.

3. Phebe, born in Phelps, N. Y., 11 May, 1811; married David
Beeman.

4. Joseph, born in Phelps, N. Y., 25 Sept., 1812; died at
Constantine, St. Joseph Co., Mich., 16 Sept., 1866.

5. Israel, born in Lansing, N. Y., 29 Jan., 1815.

6. Mary Ann, born in Lansing, N. Y., 20 Feb., 1817, married
---- Smith.

7. Minor Thomas, born in Phelps, 2 June, 1816.

8. Eleanor, born in Lansing, N. Y., 22 Nov., 1821; married
Samuel Barker, in Phelps, where she now lives.

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:

1. James Parshall.

2. Lydia Ann, married Shepherd.

3. Caroline, married Harmer.

4. Charlotte, J., married Raymond.

5. Sarah R., married Nichols.

6. Clark, married, had sons, Henry N. and Elliott.

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:

1. William.

2. and 3. (twins) Maria, married Edward Homet; Rachael, married
Stephen Spoor.

4. Ellen, married Jacob Hicks.

5. Willard, born in 1823; died young.

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:

1. John M., born 30 Dec., 1819; married Mary Martin Boardman.

2. Samuel Minnis, born 29 Oct., 1836; married Sylvia Ann Cole.

3. S. Van Rensalaer, born 11 Aug., 1829; married Rowena S.
Rafter.

4. Peter Davis, born 17 April, 1826; married Mary S. Aiken.

5. William P., born 26 Dec., 1821; married Phebe Ann Brink.

6. Eunice, married Edgar P. Lake.

7. Ella S., married Gross.

8. Sarah, unmarried.

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:

1. Maria, married Eggleston.

2. Nancy, married Parshall.

3. Elizabeth, married Parshall.

4. Sarah Ann, married Service.

5. Mahala, married Van Scoy.