Chapter IX: Part 9

3. Mehitabel, born 1712; married 2 Dec., 1743, to Walter
Brown, being his 3d wife. 4. Azariah W., born 20 March, 1715;
married. 5. Lazarus (Lawrence), born 1717; married Anna Corey.
6. Ambrose, born 1720; married.

In "_New Haven Colonial Records_," as furnished by Stuart T. Terry, of Southold, we learn that he was a very prominent man; a merchant, an auctioneer, teacher of a select school, and often drew up legal documents. He also had charge of the church money, and under date of 5 Nov., 1716, he says: "Uncle Joshua Horton came to my house and weighed the church's money, Uncle Wells also being present." To his eldest son, Azariah W., he wills Rawley's History and a small cane, and to his grandson, son of Jonathan Horton, deceased, "my homestead and houses in the first Parish of Southold, also my gun and silver-hilted sword." He gives to the three daughters of his son Lazarus, £15 each; to his grandsons, sons of his son Ambrose, "all the buildings where my son Ambrose now lives--son Ambrose to have the improvement of the land as long as he lives--also the farming implements he hath at Rone Oak." He also makes bequests to his daughter Mary Mabel, and her son Moses. He appoints for his executors "my trusty friend William Horton and my son Joseph Cleveland." Will signed 3 Oct., 1764. We have no other record of Joseph Cleveland.

II. JAMES, son of Jonathan Horton I. and Bethia Wells, born in Southold, at the "Old Castle," in 1694; married in 1717, ANNA GOLDSMITH, born in Southold, in 1698. He was an office-bearer in the church at Southold from his majority to the close of his life--a strong pillar of the church, eminent for his piety and sound Christian character. He was universally known as "Dea. James," and greatly respected. It is said that he often accompanied the Rev. Mr. Whitefield, and took an active part in his public meetings.

Jonathan Goldsmith Horton, as quoted by Stuart T. Terry, says of him in his epitaph:

"Intombed beneath this ponderous load
Lies the man who loved and feared the Lord;
A husband dear, a father ever kind,
To the poor a close and constant friend:
Sober, blameless, to charity inclined,
Meriting well of all he left behind."

He died 16 May, 1762; Anna, his wife, died 8 March, 1783. Both buried in Southold Cemetery.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. James, born 1718; married, and had an only child, James,
Jr., who died without issue.

2. Barnabas, born in 1720; married Susan Bailey.

3. Abigail, married 1. Pierson; 2. Jackson.

4. Anna, married Joseph Terry, son of Joseph Terry and Sarah
Dimond.

5. Thomas, married Susan Conklin.

6. Silas, born 25 Dec., 1730; married Mary Bull.

7. Ezra, born 25 Dec., 1733; married Mary Hempstead.

8. Bethia, married Jonathan Burnette Horton, son of Barnabas
Horton and Elizabeth Burnette.

_Fourth Generation.--Jonathan I._

I. CAPT. BARNABAS, son of Dea. James Horton and Anna Goldsmith (_Jonathan I._), born in Southold, in 1720; married about 1742, to SUSANNA BAILEY.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. Barnabas, married Mehitabel Wells.

2. Abigail, married Gershom Terry.

3. Anna, married Joseph Wickham.

4. Julia Ann, married Jonathan Wells.

5. Susanna, married Gilbert Case.

6. Col. Benjamin, married 1. Mehitabel Osborn; 2. Harmony
Reeves.

7. Capt. James, born 1 Sept., 1757; married 1. Elizabeth Wood;
2. Elizabeth Milliken.

8. Bethia, married William Rogers.

9. Gilbert, married Returah Terry.

10. Jonathan, married Bethia Hallock.

IV. THOMAS, son of Dea. James Horton and Anna Goldsmith, born in Southold, in 1728; married 24 Feb., 1757, to SUSANNA CONKLIN. Moved to Goshen, N. Y., about 1762, and settled there.

Children, all born in Goshen, except Thomas, who was born in Southold:

1. Thomas, born 5 Oct., 1760; married Hannah Moore.

2. James, married Abigail Tuthill.

3. Samuel, married Margaret Consalaris.

4. Hannah, born about 1773; married Abiram Reeve.

5. Gamaliel, died young.

6. Ezra, married Hannah Gardiner.

7. Paul, married Ruth Hardin.

8. Peter, died young.

9. Susan, married 1. Little; 2. Daniel Carpenter.

10. Bethia, married Peter Johnson.

VI. SILAS, son of Dea. James Horton and Anna Goldsmith, born in Southold, 25 Dec., 1730; married MARY BULL, about 1756. Her parentage is not known, although her name is illustrious in the annals of Orange Co.--_Vide History of Orange Co._

He went to Orange Co. about 1750, where he settled and died.

Children, all born in Goshen Township:

1. Bethia, born in 1757; married 28 Feb., 1778, Benjamin
Hallock.

2. Anna, born 20 June, 1758; died 18 Sept., 1767.

3. Margaret, born 4 Sept., 1760; died 4 Sept., 1767.

4. James, born 5 Feb., 1762; died young.

5. Sarah, born 28 Nov., 1764; married 15 August, 1795, David
Hawkins.

6. Silas, born 19 May, 1768; died 13 April, 1782.

7. William, born 2 July, 1771; married 21 Dec., 1793, Phebe
Rumsey.

8. James, born 11 Sept., 1774; married.

VII. REV. EZRA, son of Dea. James Horton and Anna Goldsmith, born in Southold, 25 Dec., 1733; married in the town of Hempstead, L. I., in 1757, MARY HEMPSTEAD, daughter of Robert Hempstead, and born in 1736. He graduated at Princeton College, N. J., in the class of 1754. He studied for the ministry in Princeton, and the honorary degree of A. M. was conferred upon him by Yale College, in 1772. He was ordained at Union, Ct., 14 June, 1759, and from that time until 1783, he was pastor of the Congregational Church at Union. After twenty years of faithful service, his health failing, at his own request, 6 August, 1783, he was dismissed from his charge. He died at Union, 13 Jan., 1789. His wife, remaining his widow, died at the residence of her son-in-law, Rev. Calvin Ingals, West Stafford, Conn., 23 Jan., 1815, aged 79.

Children, all born in Union:

1. Ezra.

2. Anna.

3. Mary.

IV. AZARIAH, son of Jonathan Horton and Mary Tuthill (_Jonathan I._), born in the "Old Castle," at Southold, 20 March, 1715; married EUNICE ----.

He was educated at Yale College, graduated in the close of 1735, being only twenty years of age.

Children, probably all born at Southold:

1. Mary, married Jacob Morrill, Esq.

2. Hannah, married Lewis Woodruff, son of the Mayor of
Elizabeth, N. J.

3. Charles, a surgeon in the Revolutionary Army; died in the
service.

4. Forster, a very prominent man in the Parish; a merchant in
Chatham Village, N. J.

5. Charlotte, married a Christy.

The Rev. Azariah Horton was a missionary among Long Island Indians from 1741 to 1750. He kept a very interesting diary of his labors from day to day, a part of which is published in PRIME'S History of Long Island. In 1751, he was installed pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Bottle Hill, now Madison, N. J. In Nov., 1776, at his own request, he was dismissed from his charge, and on 27 March, 1777, he died. He was an active and faithful minister, and he was one of the prominent men in founding the College of New Jersey. His wife kept a store at Bottle Hill. She was an energetic and successful business woman--active in the work of the church and highly esteemed.

About 15 or 20 years ago, some unknown gentleman came to Madison and put up a very pretty monument at the grave of the venerable Azariah Horton.

We are indebted to Mrs. Cuyler, mother of the Rev. Dr. Theodore S. Cuyler, of Brooklyn, for the above facts. She being a grand-daughter of Jacob Morrill, Esq., and great-grand-daughter of the Rev. Azariah Horton.

I. DEA. WILLIAM, son of William Horton and Christiana Youngs (_Jonathan I._), born in 1708; married 21 Jan., 1730, to MEHETABEL WELLS, daughter of Joshua Wells and Hannah Tuthill, and born in Southold, about 1709. He died 26 Sept., 1788.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. William, born 1731.

2. Jonathan.

3. Mehetabel, born 29 Sept., 1743; married James Corwin.

4. Hannah.

5. Asenath.

6. Bethia.

II. JONATHAN, son of William Horton and Christiana Youngs, born in 1710, in Southold; married about 1730, to ABIGAIL HORTON, daughter of Joseph Horton (_Ephraim_, _Joshua I._). He was remarkable for his kindness of heart, and his constant efforts to do good, so much so, that he was appropriately called "Good Jonathan," and by this appellation he has always been known.

Children, all born at Southold:

1. David.

2. William.

3. Joshua.

4. Mehetabel.

5. Abigail.

6. Phebe.

7. Hannah.

_Fifth Generation.--Jonathan I._

I. BARNABAS, son of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey (_Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold, 7 March, 1745; married 3 Nov., 1773, MEHETABEL WELLS, born in Southold, in Nov., 1747.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. James Wells, born 28 Oct., 1774; married Mary Terry.

2. Justus, born 13 June, 1776; married Nancy Conklin.

3. Bethia, born 25 August, 1799; married Joshua Billard.

4. Barnabas B., born 16 Dec., 1803; married Eliza Case.

5. Harrison, born 28 Nov., 1811; died young.

6. William, born 27 May, 1810; married Elizabeth Dickerson.

II. ABIGAIL, daughter of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey, born in Southold, about 1747; married Gershom Terry, son of Gershom Terry and Bethia Wells, and born in Southold.

Children, probably all born in Southold:

1. Betsey.

2. Barnabas.

3. Abigail.

4. Rensselaer.

5. Bethia.

6. Hetty.

IV. JULIA ANN, daughter of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey, born in Southold, in 1751; married JONATHAN WELLS.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. James.

2. Jonathan.

3. Giles.

4. Julia.

5. Susanna.

6. Deborah.

7. Temperance.

8. Polly.

VI. COL. BENJAMIN, son of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey, born in Southold, 2 April, 1755; married 22 Dec., 1778, to MEHITABEL OSBORN. She died 16 Oct., 1787. In 1788, he married HARMONY REEVES, daughter of Lawyer Reeves.

Children, all born in Southold. By his 1st wife:

1. Benjamin Hull, born 10 July, 1779; married Abigail Booth.

2. Barnabas, born 22 May, 1781; married 1. Anna Hawkins; 2.
Sally Hawkins; 3. Sally Penny.

3. Osborn, born 1783.

By 2. wife:

4. James Reeves, born 2 July, 1789; married Amy Philips.

5. Mehitabel, born 24 June, 1791; married Albert Goldsmith.

6. Salter Storrs, born 12 Nov., 1793; married Harriet Case.

7. Silas, born 13 Nov., 1794; married Mary Landon.

8. Harmony, born 12 Sept., 1796; died unmarried.

9. Thomas Jefferson, born 6 Nov., 1798; married Eliza Davids.

10. Benjamin Franklin, born 8 Dec., 1800; unmarried; died in
1820.

11. Ezra L'Hommedieu, born 16 Nov., 1802; died young.

12. David Austin, born 5 July, 1804; married Mary Conklin; no
children.

Col. Benjamin Horton was a prominent and genial man, highly respected. He was a Colonel of militia, and for many years a Deacon, and also a Trustee, of the Southold Church. He was a man of unblemished character. Griffin, in his Journal, says: "Col. Benj. Horton was esteemed as an officer, and as a valuable member of society, and a pillar of the church, as was his brother Gilbert, who with much and deserved respect, held the rank of Major, and was a Deacon of the church."

VII. CAPT. JAMES, son of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey (_Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born 1 Sept., 1757; married 1. the WIDOW ELIZABETH WOOD, of Orange Co., N. Y., born 14 Feb., 1751. She died of consumption, 27 March, 1787; married 2. 27 Dec., 1787, ELIZABETH MILLIKEN of Southold, born 25 July, 1770. She died 17 July, 1822. He died 30 July, 1825.

Children. By his 1st wife:

1. Elizabelh, born in Guilford, Conn., 14 March, 1783; died 25
Sept., 1864; unmarried.

2. Julia Ann, born in Southold, 16 May, 1785; married.

By his 2d wife:

3. Hector Youngs, born 15 March, 1789; married Dency Tuthill.

4. Mary, born 2 June, 1792; died 20 August, 1841; unmarried.

5. James Edwin, born 1 March, 1797; married Rejoice Horton;
died 7 July, 1843.

6. Ezra, born 17 March, 1802; married 15 May, 1851, Hannah
Bloomingburg.

7. Comfort, born 27 August, 1809; died 23 Oct., 1809.

Capt. James Horton was a blacksmith and farmer; a faithful soldier in the war of 1812-'15, bearing the commission of a Captain, and was honored and respected by all who knew him.

IX. MAJ. GILBERT, son of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey, born in Southold, in 1763; married 7 Dec., 1784, KETURAH TERRY, daughter of Jonathan Terry and Keturah Reeves, and born in Southold, in 1766.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. Jonathan Terry, married Mehitabel Horton, daughter of
Benjamin Horton and Charlotte Wells.

2. Keturah.

3. Gilbert, born 6 Nov., 1799; married Lydia Bailey.

4. Martha.

5. Susan Bailey.

Maj. Gilbert was a farmer and a blacksmith; also a Major in the militia, and a prominent man of fair reputation. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church, and he was a Deacon of the church. He died 6 May, 1822, and his wife died 2 Feb., 1844.

X. JONATHAN, son of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey, born in Southold, Sept., 1765. "Dea. Jonathan, as he was familiarly called, was the fifth son of Capt. Barnabas Horton of Hogneck, now Bay View, L. I. He married MISS HALLOCK, with whom he lived about thirty years in Mattituck Center. In early life he pursued the trade of a blacksmith. In later years that of a farmer. He embraced religion in early life, and united with the Presbyterian Church of Southold, and was chosen a Deacon and an Elder. He filled these offices for more than thirty years. For the greater part of his life he stood in official stations, and by them he was much burthened. But in all his civil, military, ecclesiastical and judicial relations, he was well sustained and gave general satisfaction. The many and complex cares wore upon his naturally good constitution, and at length led on to a lingering consumption which called him to his grave, 19 Jan., 1819, in the 54th year of his age.

His children were two sons and two daughters, viz.:

1. Silas, who died under one year of age.

2. Lydia, born in 1788; married John Clark.

3. Rejoice, born in 1792; married James E. Horton, son of Capt.
James Horton and Elizabeth Milliken.

4. Barnabas Bailey, born 2 June, 1797; married Hannah
Reeves."--_Letter of B. Bailey Horton._

I. WILLIAM, son of Dea. William Horton and Mehetabel Wells (_William_, _Jonathan I._), born at Southold, about 1732. "We have always heard him spoken of as 'Uncle' William. He was a large landholder--owned and occupied the old house in which I was born. It was taken down in 1854, and the house in which my father, Joseph Hazzard Horton, now lives, was erected upon its site. It was built by his grandfather, son of Jonathan I. He was thrice married, 1. to PATIENCE CORWIN; 2. MARTHA GARDINER, a very pious lady. She was confined to her bed a long time by sickness, previous to her death, and by her request, the Rev. Elam Potter prepared her funeral sermon, and read it to her previous to her death, which occurred in 1792; married 3. MARY GOLDSMITH.

"He occupied the east side of the old house, my grandfather,
David Horton, the west side. My grandfather took the farm,
and cared for 'Uncle' William's mother, who lived to be very
aged. He always lived in good style, and kept several slaves.
His third wife had the first woolen carpet ever known in that
vicinity. A good stock of liquors was always found upon his
board, and he allowed no wood except hickory to be used for
fuel.

"He was a gentleman who always rode in his chaise, and spent
much of his time in fishing and other amusements, and the
'William Horton Rock,' one of his most frequent fishing points,
is famous to this day. He died without issue. His third wife
survived him, and after his death she sold 'Tom' for $100, and
'Hagar' for $70. She married JOSIAH VAIL--lived happily for
many years in the cottage a little west of the old Barnabas
Horton Homestead."--_Letter of D. P. Horton, 1872._

I. DEA. JOHN BUDD, son of Jonathan Horton and Mary Budd (_Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Goshen, 19 August, 1762; married in 1796, to HANNAH WEBB, born in 1776. She died 22 Jan., 1835. He died 22 Jan., 1841. They were pious people, much esteemed by those who knew them. He was for many years a respected Deacon of the Presbyterian Church of Goshen.

Children, all born in Goshen:

1. Elizabeth Webb, born 29 Dec., 1797; died unmarried.

2. Sarah Ann, born 24 Dec., 1799; unmarried.

3. Spencer, born 12 Nov., 1801; married Emily Lewis.

4. Mary, born 5 Sept., 1803; unmarried.

5. James, born 17 Dec., 1805; married Mary G. Cummins; moved to
Iowa.

6. Abigail, born 23 Nov., 1807; unmarried.

7. Susan M., born 8 Jan., 1811; unmarried.

8. Silas, born 14 May, 1813; married Mary A. C. Thompson; she
died.

I. DEA. EZRA, son of Rev. Ezra Horton and Mary Hempstead (_Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Union, Conn., 12 April, 1761; married 15 May, 1785, OLIVE MAY, daughter of Nehemiah May, of Holland, Mass., and Anna Lyon, of Woodstock, Conn., and born in Holland, Mass., about 1787. He died 31 May, 1848. She died 15 March, 1833,--both buried in Union Cemetery.

Children, all born in Union:

1. Thomas, born 8 Oct., 1786; died, unmarried, by drowning in
Lake Erie, at Erie, Pa., in 1836.

2. Erastus, born 6 Oct., 1787; married Tryphena Burleigh.

3. Philena, born 12 June, 1789; married Salmon Strong.

4. Gurdon, born 24 Feb., 1791; married Lucy Davidson.

5. Lucinda, born 28 August, 1792; married Alfred Moore.

6. Ezra, born 12 June, 1794; married Lucy Shepherd.

7. Norman, born 5 Dec., 1795; married Esther Griggs.

8. Chauncey, born 13 May, 1797; married Amanda Chaffee.

9. Mary, born 17 Oct., 1798; married Elijah Kinney.

10. Joseph, born 16 Feb., 1799; died 27 March, 1800.

11. Almira, born 27 April, 1801; married Dwight Foster.

12. Eli, born 6 May, 1803; married Catharine E. Ellsworth.

13. Olive, born 1 April, 1805; married Elbert Foster.

14. Laurens, born 21 March, 1807; married 1. Almira Coe; 2.
Laura Bennet.

15. Fidelia, born 5 Jan., 1809; married Thomas Moore.

II. ANNA, daughter of Rev. Ezra Horton and Mary Hempstead, born 13 April, 1763; married 30 Jan., 1783, ROBERT LAWSON, ESQ., son of Capt. Thomas Lawson, of Union, and born at Union, 11 Jan., 1759. He died 19 April, 1835. She died 14 Dec., 1841.

Children, all born in Union:

1. Margaret, born 3 Dec., 1783; married Nathan Howard, of
Stockbridge, Mass.

2. Susannah, born 3 June, 1786; died 8 Feb., 1857.

3. Paul, born 31 March, 1789; married Lydia Holman, 9 Dec.,
1824; died 27 Sept., 1871.

4. Phebe, born 12 Feb., 1792; married Lyman Moore, 31 May,
1827; died 3 April, 1868.

5. Ira, born 4 July, 1796; married 1. Amy Remmington; 2. Anna
Bartlett.

6. David, born 8 July, 1800; married Polly Corbin, at
Woodstock, 17 Nov., 1844.

7. Esther, born 14 March, 1803; married John Moore, 28 Nov.,
1827.

And 8. Mary, born 14 March, 1803; married Roswell Blodgett, 19
July, 1857.

III. MARY, daughter of Rev. Ezra Horton and Mary Hempstead, born 24 Dec., 1768; married 28 May, 1795, REV. CALVIN INGALS, of West Stafford, Conn., and born at Pomfret, Conn., 22 Nov., 1760.

Children:

1. Catherine, born at Union, 12 June, 1796; married William
Thompson, 1 Dec., 1815.

2. Mary, born at West Stafford, 11 June, 1800; married Milo
Knight, 17 May, 1824.

VII. WILLIAM, son of Silas Horton and Mary Bull (_Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Goshen, 2 July, 1771; married 21 Dec., 1793, PHEBE RUMSEY, born 12 March, 1768.

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

1. Sarah, born 12 Oct., 1794; died 15 August, 1795.

2. Dr. William, born 16 May, 1796; married Maria Ryneck.

3. Margaret, born 4 Oct., 1797; died 15 Jan., 1817.

4. Charlotte, born 31 Oct., 1807; married Dr. Jerome Welles.
Their children all died young.

_Sixth Generation.--Jonathan I._

II. ERASTUS, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May (_Rev. Ezra_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Union, Ct., 7 Oct., 1787; married in Union, 28 April, 1808, by Samuel Crawford, Esq., to TRYPHENA BURLEIGH, daughter of Jacob Burleigh and Lucy Laflin, and born in Union; 25 March, 1788.

Children:

1. Almyra Minerva, born in Union, 1 June, 1809; married Anson
Ranney.

2. Mary Emily, born in Union, 19 July, 1811; married Henry
Francisco.

3. Alonzo Erastus, born in Union, 24 Oct., 1813; married 1.
Sally Millington Wright; 2. Sarah Babe.

4. Ezra, born at Augusta, N. Y., 12 Feb., 1816; married.

5. Nelson Burleigh, born at Smithfield, N. Y., 27 March, 1818;
died in Wisconsin, 1858.

6. Thomas de Lafayette, born at New Haven, N. Y., 16 Dec.,
1824; died in Wisconsin, 17 Sept., 1850.

7. Lucy Jane, born at Scriba, N. Y., 7 April, 1835; married W.
W. Bowers, Esq.

Erastus Horton moved, in 1815, to Oneida, N. Y.; thence, in 1832, to Scriba, N. Y., and next, in 1841, to Oakland, Jefferson Co., Wis., and finally to San Diego, Cal., where he and his wife both died, the latter 5 March, 1873, the former 19 Feb., 1875.

Jacob Burleigh, son of John Burleigh, was born in Union, 5 June, 1756. John Burleigh was the first settler in Union; came there as early as 1732. The family originally came from England. Lucy Laflin was the daughter of John Laflin and Susanna Galbraith, and born 2 Feb., 1762. John Laflin came from Stowe, Mass., and bought land in Union, Ct., 9 Sept., 1740.--See _Town Record of Deeds, I. Vol., page 146_. John Burleigh (Burley) is said to have emigrated to this country with Gov. Belcher, of Mass., about 1740, when he was 14 years old.--See _Obituary Records of Yale College, 1863_. The Burleighs were connected by marriage with Gov. William Bradford, of Mass., and many of them are celebrated as writers and speakers.

William H. Burleigh, the poet and editor, and Charles C. Burleigh, the eloquent anti-slavery and temperance lecturer, are known throughout the country.

III. PHILENA, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 12 June, 1789; married 9 Jan., 1812, SALMON STRONG, ESQ., of Augusta, N. Y., son of Alexander Strong, and born at Union, 1 March, 1784.

Children:

1. Salmon, born at Union, 25 Oct., 1812; died 18 Jan., 1834.

2. Philena, born at Augusta, N. Y., 14 Sept., 1815; married
Oliver Frank Ranney, Nov. 9, 1836, and died without issue, 17
Sept., 1838.

3. Alvin, born 14 Feb., 1817; married Persis S. A. Powers, May,
1838; died 5 Nov., 1866; she was killed by a horse running
away, in 1875.

4. Olive Adelpha, born 7 March, 1821; died 14 April, 1842;
unmarried.

5. Abigail, born 4 June, 1824; married Sept. 1, 1848, Oliver
Brown Kinne; she died.

6. Julius Alexander, born 20 Nov., 1826; married 8 April, 1849,
Caroline Miranda Powers, daughter of Walter Powers.

7. Warren Groves, born 30 Oct., 1832; married Sept. 22, 1857,
Fanny Smith.

IV. GURDON, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 24 Feb., 1791; married 1 May, 1816, LUCY DAVIDSON, of Wales, Mass.

Children:

1. Roysel, born 31 July, 1819; died 25 Sept., 1820.

2. Theodore Dwight, born 3 Aug., 1821; died in the hospital,
Washington, D. C., 13 March, 1863.

3. Charles Riley, born 31 May, 1823; died 10 Sept., 1830.

4. Herman M., born 23 Feb., 1825; died 28 Oct., 1825.

5. Olive, born 23 April, 1827; died 27 August, 1830.

6. William Morgan, born 6 July, 1829; married Mary Ann Williams.

7. Francis G., born 6 July, 1829; died 26 Oct., 1833. (Twins.)

8. Eli, born 23 Nov., 1834; resides at Oaks, Wis.

9. Philena, born 22 Aug., 1838; married Williams; lives at N.
Scriba, N. Y.

Gurdon Horton resides at a Shaker community, Albany Co., N. Y.

V. LUCINDA, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 28 August, 1792; married 28 Jan., 1819, ALFRED MOORE, son of Thomas Moore, born at Union, 16 Jan., 1796. She died 2 April, 1845, at Smithfield, Madison Co., N. Y.

Children:

1. Alfred Austin, born 26 April, 1820; married Mary McQien;
died 21 June, 1871.

2. Lucinda, born 3 June, 1822; died 6 Oct., 1826.

3. Olive Louisa, born 25 Sept., 1824; died 16 Oct., 1826.

4. Azubah Louisa, born 25 Sept., 1824; (Twins;) married William
Baird; died 1 Aug., 1857.

5. Thomas, born 20 March, 1827; died 20 July, 1828. 6. Lucinda,
born 2 Dec., 1828; died 8 August, 1830.

6. Ezra Horton, born 11 June, 1835; died 2 June, 1836.

VI. EZRA, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 12 June, 1794; married LUCY SHEPHERD, daughter of Whitmore Shepherd, of Hartford, Conn., and born 18 March, 1822.

Children, all born in Union, where he resides:

1. Jared, born 18 Jan., 1822; married Harriet Louisa Tredeau.

2. Helen, born 5 August, 1823; married 1 Dec., 1843, Orrin
Morse.

3. Thomas, born 4 May, 1825; married 22 April, 1850, Delight
Wales.

4. Edwin, born in 1826; died in infancy.

5. Elvira, born 30 July, 1828; married 27 Jan., 1851, Thomas P.
Leonard.

6. Edward Haskell, born 27 July, 1830; died 24 Dec., 1834.

7. Ezra Mason, born 3 June, 1832; married 2 August, 1859, Jane
Bartlett.

8. Charles, born 3 July, 1834; married 23 March, 1859, Jane
Frances Percy.

9. Olive, born 27 June, 1836; married 10 April, 1860, Joseph R.
Langdon.

10. William Harrison, born 10 Oct., 1837; married 13 Feb.,
1866, Armena Corbin; resides at Putnam, Ct.; no children.

11. Robert Bruce, born 13 Oct., 1843; married 8 Nov., 1865,
Mary E. Coon, daughter of Isaac Coon and Sabrina Hall; no
children.

VII. NORMAN, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 5 Dec., 1795; married 27 Nov., 1823, ESTHER GRIGGS, daughter of Elisha Griggs, and born 13 Jan., 1800, in Union.

Children:

1. Harriet, born at Union, 22 August, 1824; married William
Barron; died at Koskonong, Wis., 3 Sept., 1855.

2. Carlo, born at Union, 13 Feb., 1826; died at Koskonong,
Wis., 3 Nov., 1846.

3. Norman Sanford, born at Union, 17 April, 1828; married 25
Dec., 1855, Lucy Lewis.

4. Elisha Griggs, born at Stockbridge, N. Y., 20 August, 1830;
married Harriet Rawson.

5. Ezra, born at Stockbridge, N. Y., 13 August, 1832; died 21
April, 1862.

6. Esther Ann, born at Stockbridge, N. Y., 26 July, 1836;
married 15 Nov., 1860, Frank Delong.

7. Sarah L., born at Stockbridge, N. Y., 6 Feb., 1839.

8. Malvin M., born at Koskonong, Wis., 13 May, 1843; married 24
Dec., 1863, Sophronia Cheesebro.

9. Charlotte, born at Koskonong, 9 May, 1846; married 6 April,
1866, Charles Wilby.

Norman Horton resides at Cold Spring, Wis.

VIII. CHAUNCEY, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 13 May, 1797; married 30 Sept., 1824, AMANDA CHAFFEE, daughter of Amos Chaffee, of Ashford, Conn., and Eunice Cummings, and born 4 July, 1801.

Children:

1. Sophronia, born at Ashford, Ct., 5 Jan., 1826; married 17
May, 1849, John J. Carver.

2. Almira Amanda, born in Ashford, Ct., 20 Jan., 1828; married
18 Oct., 1849, H. A. Coolidge; she died in the Spring of 1875.

3. Emeline born at Ashford, 22 Sept., 1829; married 8 March,
1854, Giles B. Cleveland.

4. Mary Ann, born at Ashford, 1 Feb., 1831; married 16 May,
1854, Rev. R. H. Clark.

5. Cynthia Malvina, born at Stockbridge, 22 Feb., 1833; married
3 Sept., 1857, Justus Williams.

6. Chauncey Chaffee, born at Stockbridge, 24 March, 1835;
married Elizabeth Hurlburt; died 24 July, 1870.

7. Harvey L., born at Stockbridge, 26 April, 1837; married 18
Oct., 1866, Clarissa Chapman, born at Smyrna, Chenango Co., N.
Y.; no children.

8. Eunice Angeline, born at Stockbridge, 30 Sept., 1839; died 4
Feb., 1841.

9. Gerrit Smith, born at Stockbridge, 9 Sept., 1841; died 3
Sept., 1848.

Chauncey Horton died 15 Sept., 1848, at Stockbridge, Madison Co., N. Y.

IX. MARY, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, Ct., 17 Oct., 1798; married 31 May, 1821, at Union, ELIJAH KINNEY, son of Eleazar Kinney, of Union, and born 25 May, 1797.

Children, all born at Union:

1. Elisha Edwin, born 25 Sept., 1822; died 27 March, 1828.

2. Mary Olive, born 12 Dec., 1823; died at Ft. Atkinson, Wis.,
6 June, 1859.

3. Harrison born 7 July, 1825; resides at Salem, Wis.

4. Eli Edwin, born 20 July, 1827; resides at Salem, Wis.

5. Decatur, born 30 Oct., 1830; died 18 Sept., 1832.

6. Fidelia, born in Madison Co., N. Y., 25 Jan., 1834; married
at Ft. Atkinson, Wis., 2 Sept., 1861, by Rev. D. C. Curtis,
to JOSEPH ALAND SHEPHERD, son of James Shepherd and Elizabeth
Joyce, and born in Melksham, England, 19 June, 1827. They
reside in San Diego, Cal., and he is a lawyer, and also, the
accomplished and very competent clerk and bookkeeper of A. E.
Horton, Esq., of San Diego, Cal.

XI. ALMIRA, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, 27 April, 1801; married at Stockbridge, N. Y., 31 March, 1825, DWIGHT FOSTER, of Ft. Atkinson, Wis., and born at Union, Ct., 16 April, 1801; died 8 Feb., 1870; son of Edward Foster, a lineal descendant of Samuel Foster and his wife Esther, who came from England to Winham, Mass., as early as 1648.

Children:

1. Alvin, born 31 July, 1828; died 8 Oct., 1846.

2. Celeste, born 21 August, 1834; married 28 May, 1857, Henry
Southwell.

XII. ELI, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, Ct., 6 May, 1803; married KATHERINE E. ELLSWORTH, of East Windsor, Ct., daughter of Stoddard Ellsworth and Clarissa Alden.

Stoddard Ellsworth was a lineal descendant of Josiah Ellsworth, of Windsor, son of John Ellsworth, who was a resident of Windsor as early as 1646.

Children, all born at Stafford, Conn.:

1. Stoddard Ellsworth, born 31 March, 1833; married Fanny C.
Chase.

2. Anna Ellsworth, born 17 Sept., 1835.

3. Katie Elsie, born 6 Jan., 1837; married Ezra B. Bailey, of
Franklin, Ct.

4. Eli, born 24 August, 1839; died at Stafford, 3 March, 1841.

Eli Horton settled at Stafford, Ct., remained there till ---- ----; then moved to Windsor Locks, where he now resides. His life has been characterized by industry, economy and strict integrity. He has been an active business man,--become wealthy, and has always shared largely the respect and esteem of his fellow-men.

He was the inventor of an _improved chuck for a turning-lathe_, which he patented, and manufactures at a great profit. He also invented a machine for setting pins, for which he secured a patent, and for the right, he has been offered $10,000.

XIII. OLIVE, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, 1 April, 1805; died 19 April, 1855, married 30 April, 1830, ELBERT FOSTER, of Stockbridge, N. Y., son of William Foster, Esq., Union, Ct., a descendant of Samuel Foster, of Chelmsford and Winham, 1648, and born at Union, 21 Oct., 1805. He died 1874.

Children:

1. Olive Lorinda, born 7 May, 1831; died 30 May, 1835.

2. Elbert Judson, born 3 Oct., 1834; died 30 March, 1836.

3. Edward Burke, born 31 Dec., 1837; unmarried; lives at the
old homestead.

4. Olive Adelphia, born 10 May, 1842; married William G.
Potter, of Anaheim, Los Angeles Co., Cal.

XIV. LAURENS, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, 21 March, 1807; moved to Smithfield, N. Y., in 1825, and to Oswego, N. Y., in 1832; married 1. 11 June, 1834, ALMIRA COE, daughter of Albert Coe, of Scriba, N. Y. She died 21 June, 1842. He married 2. LAURA BENNET, of Kingston, Canada, who died 5 July, 1867.

He had two children by his 1st wife; 4 by his 2d wife:

1. Emily, born at Scriba, N. Y., 21 May, 1835.

2. William Henry, born at Smithfield, N. Y., 12 Feb., 1840;
lives in San Francisco, Cal.; unmarried; now in company with W.
W. Bowers in the Bee business.

3. Almira, born at Oswego, N. Y., 8 March, 1850.

4. Alvin, born at Oswego, N. Y., 1 April, 1853, died 8 May,
1855.

5. Nora, born at Oswego, N. Y., 27 August, 1857.

6. Celia, born 8 Sept., 1861; died 20 Sept., 1863.

XV. FIDELIA, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, Ct., 5 Jan., 1809; married at Smithfield, N. Y., 15 Sept., 1835, THOMAS MOORE, of Smithfield, N. Y., son of Thomas Moore, of Union, Ct., and born at Union, Ct., 6 Oct., 1806; died at Smithfield, N. Y., 5 July, 1853. She died 13 June, 1844.

Children, born at Smithfield:

1. Florilla, born 10 July, 1836; married Rev. Gordon Moore, son
of Dr. James Moore, of Stockbridge, N. Y.

2. Franklin, born 3 Nov., 1843; married 28 June, 1870, Mary M.
Clark.

II. DR. WILLIAM, son of Wm. Horton and Phebe Rumsey (_Silas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Goshen, N. Y., 16 May, 1796; died in Goshen, at the age of 47 years. He married 9 April, 1817, Maria Ryneck, of Schenectady.

Children, all born in Goshen:

1. Silas Ryneck.

2. Eugene.

3. William.

4. Egbert, died young.

5. Emily, married J. J. Dobson.

6. Margaret, married S. W. Teddel.

7. Charlotte, married Jesse E. Moffat.

8. Gertrude, married Brown C. Ward.

At the age of 18 the Doctor entered the junior class at Union College, and he was soon distinguished for his close application to his studies and strict regard for integrity. After his collegiate course, he studied medicine, and attended medical lectures in the medical department of the University of New York, during the palmy days of Mitchell and Hosack, and like these eminent teachers, he cultivated a taste for patient, cautious and bold investigation, which afterwards made him so distinguished and successful in the medical profession.

He commenced the practice of medicine at the residence of his father, and he soon possessed the confidence of the people and secured a large practice. He afterwards moved to the village of Goshen, and soon became a prominent man among his medical brethren, and, though young, he was nevertheless called upon to perform all the difficult and grave surgical operations occurring in the village, and also in the surrounding country. He was a good surgeon, but he was still more celebrated as a physician. By his skill and honorable bearing, he early secured the confidence of his medical brethren, and he was frequently called in consultation with the aged and experienced physicians of his day. He was remarkably successful in the treatment of fevers, carefully studying their pathology at the bedside, and also by post-mortem examinations, and in his views he was greatly in advance of the profession of his day. He prepared with great labor a work on fevers, but never published it. His pamphlet on Dysentery, and his Geological Reports, are his only published works, and these are sufficient to establish his reputation as a profound thinker and a clear and powerful writer.

At the bedside he was cheerful, affectionate and soothing, and always dignified. In his intercourse with his medical brethren he was always honorable, and in harmony with the code of medical ethics.

In the midst of his career of usefulness as a physician, he turned his attention to the study of botany, mineralogy and geology, and soon became one of the most noted men of his day in these sciences. His great delight in these studies led him, at the age of 37, to relinquish the practice of medicine and devote himself wholly to these sciences, and had he lived a few days longer, he would have published a large work on these subjects. The Doctor was also fond of archæological lore, and he was the first to attempt a genealogical history of the descendants of our old progenitor, Barnabas, of 1640. The old Horton roll of names and lineage which he got up some 60 years ago, was kindly furnished me by his son, Dr. William Horton, of Craigville, N. Y., and has rendered me valuable assistance in compiling the "Chronicles."

Dr. Horton was always rigidly moral, and never sacrificed principle to expediency. He had early been taught to respect the teachings of the Bible, and towards the close of his life he was led, with a child-like faith, to believe the doctrine of salvation by grace, and to publicly give himself to the Saviour, wondering and regretting that he had so long remained ignorant of the beauty, simplicity and sublimity of the Gospel scheme of salvation. Thus he died, in hope of a glorious immortality.

IV. BARNABAS BAILEY, son of Dea. Jonathan Horton and Bethia Hallock (_Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold, 2 June, 1797; married 22 January, 1824, by Rev. Lathrop Thompson, to HANNAH REEVES, daughter of Benjamin Reeves and Anna Corey, and born in Southold, 4 Dec., 1799. They reside in Cutchogue, L. I., are very pious, intelligent, worthy people--esteemed members of the Presbyterian Church of Southold--and he has given much valuable information in regard to his branch of the family.

Children, all born in Cutchogue:

1. Jonathan Edwards, born 25 Dec., 1824; dedicated in baptism
30 Dec., 1824, and died 31st of same month.

2. Susan Evangelia, born 26 Feb., 1826; married Henry E. Wells,
of Greenport.

3. Andrew Philo, born 21 Sept., 1827; resides at Mattituck, L.
I.

4. Isabella Graham, born 19 Sept., 1831; married Henry Egbert
Horton.

I. BENJAMIN HULL, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Mehetabel Osborn (_Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born 10 July, 1782; married 14 Oct., 1802, ABIGAIL BOOTH, born in Southold, in 1784. He was drowned in Plumb Creek, 16 Dec., 1810.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. Philander, born 9 Aug., 1803; died young.

2. Helen, born 18 June, 1805; married Cartwright.

3. Benjamin, born 2 March, 1807; died young.

4. Orange Hull, born 9 June, 1808; married Elmira Houston.

5. Benjamin Hull, born 28 July, 1810; married Phebe West.

III. OSBORN, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Mehetabel Osborn, born in Southold, 5 Oct., 1787; married in 1812, SALLY PHILIPS.

Children:

1. Mary Elizabeth.

2. Benjamin.

3. Theodore King.

IV. JAMES REEVES, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves (2d wife), born in Southold, 2 July, 1789; married AMY PHILIPS, daughter of Samuel Philips and Mary Corwin. He was long a magistrate, and a prominent man in Southold.

Children:

1. Lydia Rogers, married Franklin H. Overton.

2. Lydia, married J. Halsey Tuthill.

3. James.

4. George.

5. Fanny, married Oscar L. Case.

6. Benjamin Franklin, married Ann Eliza Horton.

VI. SALTER STORRS, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves, born in Southold, 12 Nov., 1792; married 18 Jan., 1823, by Rev. Nath'l Huntting, to HARRIET CASE, daughter of Moses Case and Lydia Goldsmith, and born in Southold, about 1794. He died 15 May, 1846. She perished on the _Golden Gate_, which was burned on the Pacific, 27 July, 1862.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. Salter Storrs, born 10 Nov., 1825; went to California about
1849; died 24 June, 1855.

2. Emma Harriet, born 5 Dec., 1827; married Dr. Frank Tuthill.
She was assistant editor of the _New York Times_ for some
years--went to California, became wealthy, and she is now
(1874) in Europe, educating her daughter Anna.

3. Sarah Elizabeth, born 8 March, 1830; married Blakey; resides
in California.

4. Jerusha Wickham, born 3 July, 1834. She is a teacher in
Brooklyn, N. Y.

5. Josephine L., born 16 Dec., 1838; died 9 Oct., 1838.

6. Silas Austin, born 19 April, 1839; died in 1857.

7. Henry Wickham, born 29 July, 1841.

VII. HON. SILAS, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves, born in Southold, 13 Nov., 1794; married in Southold, 10 Jan., 1827, by the Rev. Noble Thomas, to MARY LANDON, daughter of Elijah Landon and Nancy Conklin, and born in Southold, 17 Dec., 1797. She died 19 Jan., 1872. He is still living.

He was a member of the Legislature of New York in 1844--was Sheriff of Suffolk Co., N. Y., in 1835. He has always been a prominent man--is widely known, possesses an unblemished character, and commands the respect and esteem of the community. His companion was a lady of refinement, intelligence and piety, and her death was deeply lamented, not only by a large circle of relatives and personal friends, but by the whole community.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. Nancy Landon, born 17 March, 1828; married 8 Jan., 1850, by
Rev. J. Huntting, to David H. Horton.

2. Martha Virginia, born 4 March, 1829; married 5 July, 1855,
by Rev. E. Whittaker, to Rev. Carson W. Adams, of Wilmington,
Del.

3. Adaline Bethia, born in 1831; died in infancy.

4. Angeline Margaret, born 17 March, 1833.

5. Mehetabel, born 13 Aug., 1836; married by Rev. E. Whittaker,
12 Nov., 1867, to Geo. W. Dayton, of Southampton, L. I. They
reside in Brooklyn, N. Y.

VIII. HARMONY, daughter of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves, born in Southold, 12 Sept., 1796. She was a maiden lady, greatly distinguished for her hospitality and practical piety. She died some years ago.

IX. THOMAS JEFFERSON, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves, born in Southold, 6 Nov., 1798; married in Southold, 29 Jan., 1829, by Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to ELIZA DAVIDS, daughter of Samuel Davids and Nancy Wickham, and born in Southold, 22 May, 1804. He died 24 June, 1855. She is still living.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. Henrietta, born 14 June, 1830.

2. Mary Elizabeth, born 11 Jan., 1832; married Stuart T. Terry.

3. Henry Davids, died young.

4. Nancy Wickham, born 20 Jan., 1839. 5. Henry Davids, born 23
Jan., 1845; married Miriam R. Osborn.

I. WILLIAM, son of Micah Horton and Bethia Tuthill (_William_, _William_, _Jonathan I._), born in Minnisink, 25 Dec., 1757; married 1. HANNAH CROSSMAN; married 2. about 1791, ELIZABETH MASTERS.

Children, all born in Minnisink, Orange Co., N. Y.; by his first wife:

1. Julia, born 30 July, 1782; died 29 July, 1807.

2. Henry, born 20 Sept., 1783; died 6 May, 1848.

3. Bethia, born 26 Dec., 1784; married Ferguson; moved to
Pennsylvania; died 24 Feb., 1860.

4. Hannah, born 7 Jan., 1786; died unmarried.

By his second wife:

5. William, born 30 July, 1792; died 20 Sept., 1806.

6. Susan, born 1 July, 1793; unmarried.

7. Elizabeth, born 29 May, 1795; married Howell; died 12 May,
1863.

8. Mehetabel, born 29 July, 1798; married Joseph Doty; moved to
Bradford Co., Pa.; died 6 Sept., 1863.

9. Benjamin, born 5 March, 1809; married 27 August, 1832,
Mehitabel Reeves.

"Elizabeth Masters was born in Minnisink, 21 March, 1757, then
a wilderness with but few inhabitants. When she was an infant
the settlement was attacked by the Indians. The mother, with
her child in her arms, fled, and made her way to a place of
safety, just before being taken by the Indians. Her mother's
sister, Mary Walling, was seized by them; and killed and
scalped. Her grandmother, Susan Walling, in making her escape
through the swamps, sank in the mire and mud. The Indians
passed within a few feet of her, but did not discover her. She
was found by her friends after the Indians left, and extricated
almost dead, having remained in the mud almost one whole
day."--_Letter of Henry Albert Horton, 1874._

III. HECTOR YOUNGS, son of Capt. James Horton and Elizabeth Milliken (_Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold, 15 March, 1789; married in Southold, 28 Nov., 1812, by Rev. Lathrop Thompson, to DENCY TUTHILL, born 29 Oct., 1791. She was a lineal descendant of James Tuthill, brother of John, the Pilgrim. He died 6 August, 1825. She died.

Children, born in Southold:

1. John Franks, born 15 Dec., 1813; married Phebe Maria Reeves.

2. James Edwin, born 15 Jan., 1816; married Jerusha Worth.

I. JONATHAN GOLDSMITH, son of Capt. Jonathan Horton and Mary Goldsmith (_Lazarus_ (_Lawrence_), _Jonathan_, _Jonathan I._), born at the old homestead in Southold, 19 May, 1789; married 1. in Southold, 9 Dec., 1813, by Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to HANNAH BROWN, daughter of James Brown and Rhoda Youngs, and born 25 Nov., 1792; died 6 Sept., 1822, without issue; married 2. 25 Jan., 1825, by Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to RUTH AUGUSTA TERRY, daughter of James Terry and Mary Booth, and born in Southold, 23 Nov., 1792; died 30 Oct., 1869, childless; married 3. 27 Nov., 1870, by Rev. Ezra Youngs, to the widow BETHIA HORTON OVERTON BROWN, daughter of Jonathan Overton and Lydia Rogers, and born 14 Feb., 1804; died July, 1872. Her first husband was Samuel Brown, Jr., by whom she had David Horton and Lydia Catherine.

Jonathan Goldsmith Horton died 3 July, 1873, having no issue. He lived all his lifetime in the "Old Castle" built by Barnabas I., in 1660. He was a man of good social disposition, of little business capacity, of short, stout make, and rosy complexion. He bequeathed the old Homestead to Rev. Mrs. Charles S. William, of Brooklyn, who was formerly his foster-daughter Hannah, who married 1. Goldsmith. Jonathan G. Horton was Drum-Major of the 107th Reg., N. Y. Militia, in 1812, and Deputy-Sheriff of Suffolk Co., in 1814.

III. RENSSELAER, son of Capt. Jonathan Horton and Mary Goldsmith, born 5 March, 1793; married at Southampton, L. I., 10 March, 1814, to RUTH RACHEL HALSEY, daughter of Moses Halsey and Sarah Rogers, and born 1795; died 6 May, 1868.

Children, born at Greenport, L. I.:

1. Mary Caroline, born 17 July, 1819; married John Calvin
Wells; had W. H. Harrison Wells; died 14 Jan., 1847.

2. Ruth Elmira Halsey, born 29 May, 1830; died 29 August, 1845.

Rensselaer Horton is a plain, unassuming man; member of the Presbyterian Church, and possesses good social qualities. He resides at Greenport with his daughter, Mrs. S. E. Wells, who is a widow.

I. DAVID, son of "Good" Jonathan Horton and Mary Case (_Dea. William_, _William_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold, about 1777; married about 1795, MARY CASE.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. Joseph Hazzard, born 25 Jan., 1796; married Mehitabel Horton.

2. William, married 1. Clara Manny; 2. Leura Horton, daughter
of Joseph Horton.

3. David Laurens, married Charlotte Jennings, daughter of
Lazarus Jennings.

4. Christiana, married Ezra Boisseau.

5. Mary, married Samuel Hutchinson.

6. Julia, married Mathew Osborn.

7. Bethia, married Alvah Stratton Mulford. S. Harriet Newell,
married Capt. Benjamin Cole.

III. SPENCER, son of Dea. John Budd Horton and Hannah Webb (_Jonathan_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._) born 12 Nov., 1801, in Goshen; married 27 Feb., 1828, EMILY LEWIS; died 18 Oct., 1864.

Children, probably all born in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y.:

1. Mary Jane, born 5 Jan., 1829.

2. John William, born 8 August, 1830.

3. Hannah Matilda, born 26 May, 1832.

4. James Edwin, born 13 Jan., 1835. 5. Amzi Spencer, born in
1838; died 28 August, 1849.

IV. BETHIA, daughter of Thomas Horton and Hannah Moore (_Thomas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., 25 Sept., 1789; married 1. BENJAMIN C. MCCLURE in 1811; married 2. WILLIAM DALES.

Children, all by her first husband, and probably all born in Hector, N. Y.:

1. John, born 17 July, 1811; died 10 April, 1862.

2. Oliver Perry, born 17 Nov., 1813.

3. Daniel, born 17 Sept., 1815; died 6 Feb., 1868.

4. Thomas Horton, born 16 Oct., 1817.

5. Almena Cully, born 18 Sept., 1822; died 19 Aug., 1827.

Under date of Feb. 22d, 1873, "Aunt" Bethia writes:

"My Dear Friend and Cousin, Dr. Geo. F. Horton:

"Yours of the 5th came to hand on the 10th inst. I was away
from home when it came, or I should have replied sooner. I
thought I would write to-day, and let you hear once more from
your old cousin, now nearly 83 years old....

"My father's name was Thomas Horton. My mother's maiden name
was Hannah Moore. My grandfather's name was also Thomas Horton.
He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and he and his
brother-in-law, Nathan Moore, were taken prisoners when the
British captured Fort Montgomery, and they were imprisoned in
a vessel in New York Harbor, called 'a prison ship.' I never
heard any other name for it. In that prison, by hard treatment
and starvation, they were reduced so low that when set at
liberty they both died before they got home. There were several
other prisoners on that prison ship who lost their lives by the
same cruel treatment.

"My father had ten children--4 sons and 6 daughters--all lived
to be heads of families. I have often heard my father speak of
a certain cup with the name of a bank on it, where a large sum
of money was left by his father. When that cup was taken to the
bank they could draw money. He said the cup was lost and how
much money with it he did not know."

_Seventh Generation.--Jonathan I._

I. JOSEPH HAZZARD, son of David Horton and Mary Case (_"Good" Jonathan_, _Dea. William_, _William_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold, 25 Jan., 1796; married 28 Nov., 1816, by the Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to MEHITABEL HORTON, daughter of Jonathan Horton and Mary Goldsmith, and born in Southold, 17 June, 1796.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. Orinda McGee, born 20 Feb., 1816.

2. Jonathan Azariah, born 7 April, 1821.

3. David Philander, born 31 Aug., 1827.

4. Martha Day, born 10 Oct., 1836; married Jonathan Horton
Boisseau.

Mr. J. H. Horton is well preserved--still active upon his farm--very industrious, and always temperate. He and his family are esteemed members of the Presbyterian Church.

BENJAMIN, son of William Horton and Elizabeth Masters (_William_, _William_, _Jonathan I._), born in Minnisink, 5 March, 1809; married 27 Aug., 1832, to MEHITABEL REEVES, born 12 Jan., 1803.

Children, probably born in Minnisink, Orange Co., N. Y.:

1. Susan, born 13 May, 1823; died 24 June, 1825.

2. William, born 20 Feb., 1825; married 16 Nov., 1844, to
Emeline S. Clark.

3. Charles W., born 9 May, 1827; married 13 Jan., 1869, to
Elizabeth E. Post, of Wawaganda, N. Y.

4. Howell Reeve, born 24 Sept., 1829; married Julia Knapp.

5. Henry Albert, born 29 Aug., 1832; married Fanny Owens.

6. Mary Elizabeth, born 27 Oct., 1835; married Floyd Halstead;
2. Isaac Andrews.

V. EZRA, son of Thomas Horton and Anna Cully (_Thomas_, _Thomas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in New York in 1818; married in Clearfield Co., Pa., 18 Jan., 1841, by the Rev. Mr. Chapman, to ELIZA WEAVER, daughter of John Weaver and Ruth Zimmerman, and born in 1820.

Mr. Horton was a farmer and a mason, and resided in Banks Township, Indiana Co., Pa., where his children were born, and where his widow now resides. He died 31 Oct., 1852.

Children:

1. Samantha Catherine.

2. Sarah Elizabeth.

3. Ruth Ann.

4. Hannah Amanda.

5. Happylonia Amelia.

6. John F.

VI. JUSTUS ELBERT, son of Justus Horton and Nancy Conklin (_Justus_, _Barnabas Burnette_, _Barnabas_, _Jonathan I._), born on Shelter Island, Long Island, 8 July, 1816; married at Southampton, L. I., 9 Dec., 1840, by the Rev. Hugh N. Wilson, to SOPHIA HALSEY, daughter of Joshua Halsey and Experience Payne, and born in Southampton, 27 May, 1809.

Children:

1. Nancy Halsey, born in East Hampton. L. I., 29 April, 1842;
died 21 July, 1845.

2. Charles Henry, born in East Hampton, L. I., 28 Feb., 1844;
died 2 Aug., 1857.

3. Ann Eliza, born at Greenport, L. I., 22 May, 1846.

4. Schuyler Bogart, born at Greenport, L. I., March, 1849.

Justus E. Horton resides at Greenport. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Greenport--is a quiet, unassuming and pious man. He and his son are undertakers, and dealers in all kinds of household furniture, spring beds, mattresses, &c., Main Street, Greenport, L. I.

I. JOHN FRANKS, son of Hector Youngs Horton and Dency Tuthill (_Capt. James_, _Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold, 15 Dec.; married in Southold, 19 Nov., 1836, by the Rev. Abraham Luce, to PHEBE MARIA REEVES, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Reeves and Nancy Rogers, and born in Southold, 16 Nov., 1814.

Children:

1. Nancy Rogers.

2. Sophia Reeves; both died in infancy.

Mr. J. F. Horton and his wife are pious people--members of the Presbyterian Church of Southold, and he is one of the ruling elders of the church.

II. CAPT. JAMES EDWIN, son of Hector Youngs Horton and Dency Tuthill, born in Southold, 15 Jan., 1816; married in Mattituck, 10 May, 1848, by Rev. Abraham Luce, to JERUSHA WORTH, daughter of James Worth and Nancy Tooker, and born in Mattituck, 7 Jan., 1820.

Children, born in Southold:

1. Theodore Worth, born 7 Oct., 1849.

2. Edwin Willis, born 20 Jan., 1854.