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"GATHER THE CHILDREN."
HORTON GENEALOGY;
OR
CHRONICLES
OF THE
DESCENDANTS OF BARNABAS HORTON,
OF SOUTHOLD, L. I., 1640.
COMPILED BY GEO. F. HORTON, M.D.
PHILADELPHIA:
PUBLISHED BY THE HOME CIRCLE PUBLISHING CO.
1876.
_ERRATA._
Page 11, line 25, for _Zenia_ read _Zeruiah_, and in the same
line read _case_ instead of _cose_.
Page 18, line 13, for _Elizabeth_ read _Elijah_, and in the
same line read _Pamela_ instead of _Jarnella_.
Page 26, line 6, for _Elizabeth_ read _Jemima_.
Page 68, line 4, for _1698_ read _1689_, and in the 9th line
instead of _1776_ read _1767_.
Page 100, line 32, read _Rowena Nancy M., Capt. Familton, Harry
M., unmarried_.
Errors in spelling, and occasionally discrepancies in dates may
be found, but their correction will readily suggest itself to the
reader.
[Illustration: Horton.]
_HORTON ARMS. DERBYSHIRE._
A stag's head cabossed, _silver_; attired, _gold_; and, for
distinction, a canton ermine.
Crest, out of the waves of the sea _proper_, a tilting spear
erect, _gold_; enfiled with a dolphin, _silver_, finned,
_gold_, and charged with a shell.
[_Cabossed_ means cut off short so as not to show the neck; _attired_
denotes the horns; _canton ermine_, means the black spots upon the
white field in the left-hand corner. In the picture the artist has
not given the shell upon the dolphin.]
Motto.--"QUOD VULT, VALDE VULT,"--_What he wills, he wills cordially
and without stint._
Arms are hereditary, but the mottoes are not, and may be changed to
suit the taste or fancy of any family. There are other Arms of the
Horton family, varying somewhat from the above. The date of the grant
of the arms I have not found--probably many centuries ago.
PREFACE--INTRODUCTION.
We give BARNABAS HORTON as the _Preface_ and Introduction to this
little volume of Chronicles. He was probably the son of Joseph
Horton, of Leicestershire, England, and born in the little hamlet of
Mousely of that shire. Of his history before he came to America very
little is known. He came over in the ship "_Swallow_" in 1633-38.
He landed at Hampton, Mass. How long he remained at Hampton is not
known. But in 1640 we find him with his wife and two children in New
Haven, Conn., in company with the Rev. John Youngs, William Welles,
Esq., Peter Hallock, John Tuthill, Richard Terry, Thomas Mapes,
Matthias Corwin, Robert Ackerly, Jacob Corey, John Conklin, Isaac
Arnold, and John Budd, and on the 21st day of Oct., 1640, assisted
by the venerable Rev. John Davenport and Gov. Eaton, they organized
themselves into a Congregational Church, and sailed to the east end
of Long Island, now Southold. They had all been members of Puritan
churches in England, and all had families with them except Peter
Hallock. They doubtless had been on the island previous to this time
and looked out their homes. On nearing the shore they cast lots to
decide who should first set foot on the land. The lot fell on Peter
Hallock, and the place where he stepped upon the land has ever since
been known as Hallock's Landing.
On coming ashore, they all knelt down and engaged in prayer, Peter
Hallock leading, as had been determined by the lot. These were the
first persons of any civilized nation that had ever attempted to
settle on the east end of Long Island. _See Griffin's Journal._
Barnabas Horton was a man of deep-toned piety, and a warm advocate
of civil and religious freedom. He was one of the most prominent and
influential men of Southold. He was for many years a magistrate, and
several times a member of the General Court at New Haven and Harford.
He built the first framed dwelling-house ever erected on the east of
Long Island, and that house is still (1875) standing and occupied. It
is a shingle-house, that is, shingles are used for weather-boards,
and the sides have never been reshingled, and the roof but once,
according to the statement of Jonathan Goldsmith Horton, the last
Horton occupant of the old house.
It is said that Barnabas Horton I. was large in stature, and of a
ruddy complexion, and of fine social qualities.
His tombstone is of English blue marble, five feet long and about
three feet wide. It is placed horizontally over the grave. The stone
was re-lettered about fifty or sixty years ago by Jonathan G. Horton.
It is elevated about eighteen inches from the ground, on a good stone
base. The original base was of brick, but it had all crumbled down
many years ago. The present base was put under the stone at the time
it was re-lettered by Jonathan G. Horton.
The inscription surrounds the border of the stone, and reads as
follows:
"Here lieth buried the body of MR. BARNABAS HORTON, who was
born at Mousely, Leicestershire, Old England, and died at
Southold, on the 13th day of July, 1680, aged 80 years."
In the centre of the stone we find the Epitaph, as follows:
"Here lies my body tombed in dust
'Till Christ shall come to raise it with the just;
My soul ascended to the throne of God,
Where with sweet Jesus now I make abode:
Then hasten after me, my dearest wife,
To be partaker of this blessed life;
And you, dear children, all follow the Lord,
Hear and obey His public sacred word;
And in your houses call upon His name,
For oft I have advised you to the same:
Then God will bless you with your children all,
And to this blessed place He will you call."
Heb. xi: 4.--"He being dead, yet speaketh."
It is said that this epitaph was written by himself, and that it,
together with the inscription, date of his death excepted, was
all put upon the stone before he died. He was the only one of the
original thirteen who brought his tombstone with him, and this fact
seems to indicate a commendable desire to see that his name and
memory should not perish from the earth.
NOTE.--We have followed _Griffin's Journal_ in relation to the
thirteen old Puritans who first settled in Southold. But C.
B. Moore, Esq., of New York City, who has been more thorough
and faithful than any other person, in studying the history
and genealogy of the early settlers of Southold--examining all
the _deeds_ and _wills_, and other authentic documents to be
found, and also copying the inscriptions from every headstone,
not only in Southold, but over nearly the whole Island--makes
it very evident that some of those named were not there at so
early a date, and he also says that _Peter_ Hallock, who is
named as one of the thirteen, was the grandson of the Puritan
Hallock who settled at Southold, and whose Christian name
was William. Mr. Moore is one of the best genealogists of
the country, and in relation to Long Island, he is the best
authority extant.
MORE ABOUT THE OLD HOUSE.
It will be seen by the engraving that the old house is double. The
western part is that which was built by Barnabas in 1659-60. The east
or two-story part was built by Jonathan I., about 1682. The upper
room of this part was used for a court-house for nearly twenty years,
as we learn from Thompson's History of Long Island, and some of the
old benches used when it was a court-house are still preserved. The
old "castle," as Jonathan G. Horton, its last Horton occupant, used
to call it, is in all probability the oldest wood house in America. I
know of no dwelling-house of any kind, stone or brick, now standing,
that can date back as far as this venerable old mansion. There were
a few huts on the east of Long Island previous to 1640--two or three
it is said on Shelter Island. But these, as well as those built by
the Puritans, immediately on their settlement in Southold, soon all
passed away. Not a vestige of any of the first generation buildings
can be found except this one. It remained for the house that Barnabas
built to survive the wreck of ages, and to stand to-day as a noble
representative of the dwellings of two hundred and fifteen years ago.
But the old house stands to-day not only as peering above all others
by its age, but also by its occupancy. It is not very often that
we find two generations of the same name, living and dying in the
same house--rarely find three. But here we have six generations in
succession, all bearing the Horton name, living and dying in the same
house, and all born in it except Barnabas I., and his son Jonathan.
We may go to the castles and palaces of the old world, and search
long and diligently, and fail to find a parallel case.
With a few repairs, the old castle may yet stand for generations far
in the future.
It requires some thought and reflection to realize the lapse of time
since the old house was built. See the old Puritan himself there
twenty years; then his son Jonathan, twenty-eight years; and then
Jonathan, Jr., about sixty years; and next Lawrence and _his_ son
Jonathan over a half a century; and lastly Jonathan G. Horton, about
a half a century; making in all two hundred and thirteen years at the
death of Jonathan G. Horton, 3 July, 1873. These six generations all
living and dying in the old mansion! Could those old walls re-echo
all the words ever spoken there, and exhibit anew all the scenes
ever witnessed there--the book containing such a record would vastly
exceed in volume the size of the old castle. It would bring to light
much that is now in darkness, and must forever remain hidden from the
generations of the living.
At the death of Jonathan G. Horton, the old homestead became, by
will, the property of the Rev. Mrs. Williams, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who
was the adopted daughter of Jonathan G. Horton, he never having had
issue, so that on the 3d of July, 1873, the old homestead went out of
the Horton name.
Mrs. Williams proposes to sell it, and if some of the Hortons do
not buy it, it will indicate a lack of decent respect for the old
castle, if not for the Horton name. It should be bought back into
the Horton name, suitably repaired and preserved for the wonder and
admiration of generations of Hortons yet unborn. Jonathan G. Horton,
the short, thick man, and Stuart T. Terry, are the two men seen in
the engraving, in front of the old house.
Mr. Stuart T. Terry, of Southold, L. I., has kindly copied and
forwarded to me, many interesting facts from the New Haven Colonial
Records, some of which are here inserted:
"Concerning some farmers neere Southold, at a place called
Hashamamock, aboute whom BARNABAS HORTON, one of ye Constables
last yeare, which was 1656, also, Constable in 1659. 29
May, 1661, Barnabas Horton was a Deputy to the New Haven
Court--also, 31 May, 1654, the Deputies from Southold,
presented to ye court a wrighting from their towne, wherein
it is desired that BARNABAS HORTON and JOHN PEAKEN, the two
present Deputies of Southold, may be chosen Constables for
that plantation; which was done. Barnabas Horton was a Deputy
to the Court in New Haven, in 1654-'56-'58-'59 and 1661. In
1655 there was no election, but he wrote a letter to the
Court on public affairs. In 1662 he was admitted a Freeman of
Connecticut Colony, at Harford, and in 1663 and 1664 he was a
Deputy to the General Court, at Harford. He was a Magistrate in
1664, and until his death. He is one of the Patentees of the
Town of Southold in 1676." Made his will May 10, 1680. Died 13
July, 1680. Will proved. Lib. 2, N. Y., p. 54.--_Vide "Moore's
Indexes of Southold."_
THE OLD BIBLE.
Perhaps the most interesting relic left by our good old ancestor,
Barnabas, is the OLD BIBLE, which he brought with him from England.
It is now in the possession of the Hon. Silas Horton, of Southold. It
was taken to the Bible House, New York, some years ago, and carefully
repaired, and every torn leaf mended, so that it is now entire, and
in a good condition.
We find in it the following record:
"Imprinted at London, by the Deputies of Christian Barker."
_Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majestie, 1597._
CUM PRIVILEGIO.
Then follows in manuscript:
"Barnabas Horton, to his son Jonathan Horton, this BIBLE he did
bequeath, in the year of our Lord, 1680."
Then follows:
"Capt. Jonathan Horton, his _Book_. _God give him grace._
Jonathan Horton, 1683."
In another place, and probably in the handwriting of Jonathan Horton,
Jr., we find:
"_The Word of the Lord God of Jonathan Horton, 1748-'49._"
Again we find:
"Lydia Tuthill, her _Book_, given her by her mother, as it is
said."
And then follows:
"Feb. 8, in the year 1742, then Jonathan Tuthill departed this
life--the son of Henry Tuthill and Bethia (Horton) Tuthill.
Susanna Tuthill, wife of Jonathan Tuthill, departed this life
May 16, in the year 1743, in the 50th year of her age. Henry
Tuthill, departed this life the 4th day of January, in the year
1750, aged 84. Bethia Tuthill, wife of Henry Tuthill, departed
this life March 16th, 1744, in the 73d year of her age."
OLD MUSKET, CASK, AND WALKING STAFF.
_The old wood hooks_ are still attached to the big beam of the old
house, upon which Barnabas used to hang his OLD MUSKET, which was
called "uncle Barney's _quart pot_." He brought it with him from
England. It is now in the possession of Barnabas B. Horton, of
Southold. It is still a long old gun, though not as long as it was
once, as it was bursted by overloading on one Thanksgiving Day, and
about eight or ten inches of the muzzle cut off.
The CASK, in which he packed a portion of his household goods, and
brought over with him, is still in existence, and is owned by Gilbert
W. Horton, of Bay View, Southold. It is doubly historic from the fact
that when the British invaded Long Island it was filled with wheat
and buried, thus securing the wheat from the foraging parties of the
British army. It is made of solid oak--hoops and all--the hoops are
square and about an inch and a quarter thick--only one hoop missing.
It is used for a grain cask, and will hold about fifteen bushels. It
was formerly called "uncle Barney's money barrel," as romance had it,
that he brought it over full of gold and silver.
His WALKING STAFF is still preserved. It is made of the Yew tree
wood, has a fine ivory head with the letters "J. H." and the figures
"1617" in apparently golden specks indented into it, from which
it would seem that it once belonged to his father, and that J. H.
(Joseph Horton) were his initials. It is now owned by Silas R.
Horton, of Goshen, N. Y.
Many other mementos of the old Puritan are in existence, some of them
in the Long Island Historical Rooms, Brooklyn, N. Y.
THE HORTON NAME--FIRST SETTLERS IN THIS COUNTRY.
The word Horton in the Anglo-Saxon language means an enclosure, or
garden of vegetables. It is said to be derived from _ort_ and _tun_,
_ort_, meaning plant, and _tun_, enclosed. The name is evidently of
Latin origin, and has been known in England ever since the conquest
of Cæsar.
The Hortons in England, and their descendants in America, have
generally been cultivators of the soil. They have been found almost
universally in the middle class of society, and it is not known that
any royal blood has ever coursed in their veins. They are, and always
have been, _producers_ rather than _consumers_, and for industry,
integrity, and piety, they will lose nothing in a comparison with the
renowned families of either the new or the old world.
The first of the family who emigrated to this country, of whom we
have any authentic record, came over from England 1633 to 1638.
Thomas, Jeremiah, and Barnabas, were among the early emigrants, and
old tradition says they were brothers. Thomas came over in the "_Mary
and John_," in 1633, settled permanently in Springfield, Mass.
Jeremiah also settled in Massachusetts. There was a John Horton in
New York, in 1645, but no one has been found claiming descent from
him. He probably returned to England.
It is not known from what place in England either Thomas or Jeremiah
came, nor is there any certain evidence that they were brothers of
Barnabas, but the three coming over about the same time would favor
the tradition that they were brothers.
The Head Quarters of Cæsar's army was near the present _Leicester_,
the principal town of that county, and the Horton name has been
known there to the remotest period of any authentic records. This
fact, together with the name itself, favors the idea that the family
was of Roman origin. The name in olden time was frequently written
Orton, and it is highly probable, that the Ortons and Hortons were
originally from the same family, and perhaps also the Nortons.
ANTIQUITY OF THE HORTON FAMILY.
The antiquity of the Horton Family is established by the fact, that
one Robert De Horton, manumitted a bondman to his manor of Horton,
long before the time of Henry Larey, Earl of Lincoln, who died in
1310. It is also ascertained that the Hortons had a manor-house
in Great Horton, with a mill and certain demesne lands therewith
belonging, at a very remote period.
William Horton, Esq., of Frith House, in Barksland, Halifax,
descended from the above-mentioned Robert, married Elizabeth,
daughter of Thomas Hanson, Esq., of Toothill, had issue and died
about 1640, viz.:
1. William, of Barkisland, or Bark Island Hall, who purchased
in the 15th of Charles I., the estate of Howroyde, was born
about 1576.
2. Joseph, born about 1578.--_Burke's Landed Gentry, vol. 1, p.
345._
It is held that this Joseph settled in Mousely, Leicester Co.,
and was the father of Barnabas Horton. It is highly probable that
Barnabas was not the oldest son, and not inheriting real estate, may
have been one reason for his emigrating to America.
It is known that Capt. Jeremy Horton, 18 Aug., 1626, was the master
and owner of the ship "_Swallow_," of Barnstable, and that he made
voyages to New England, in 1633 and 1638, and in a subsequent voyage
he was shipwrecked and several lives lost--the crew and master came
to Boston, but the vessel was lost.
Capt. Roger Horton, about this time, had a prisoner delivered to
him, from the White Line Prison, to be transported into parts beyond
the seas, to serve in the wars of his majesty's plantations.
Tradition says that Barnabas Horton and family came over in the
"_Swallow_," in 1638, or perhaps earlier, but I have not found his
name on any of the lists of emigrants.
ORIGINAL NAME OF SOUTHOLD.
"The Indians called Southold,[1] 'Yennycock.' Mr. John Youngs,
who had been a minister at Hingham, England, came over with a
considerable part of his church, and here fixed his residence. He
gathered his church anew on the 21 Oct., 1640, and the planters
united themselves with New Haven. However, they soon departed from
the rule of appointing none to office, or of admitting none to be
freemen, but members of the church. New Haven insisted on this as a
fundamental article of the constitution. They were, therefore, for
a number of years, obliged to conform to the law of jurisdiction.
Some of the principal men were: Rev. Mr. Youngs, Mr. William Wells,
Mr. Barnabas Horton, Thomas Mapes, John Tuthill, and Matthias
Corwin."--_Trumbull's History of Connecticut._
CHAPTER VII.
Documentary History of New York, vol. ii., p. 439. "Rate-Lists of
Long Island, 1675, 1676, and 1683," page 447, Southold's Estimate, 16
Sept., 1675, p. 451:
_Barnabas Horton_, 2 heads (men? voters?), rated at £18 each;
37 acors land £37; 9 oxen, £54; 8 cows, at £40; 4 three
year-olds, £16; 4 two year-olds, £10; 4 yerlings, £6; 69 shepe,
£23; 6 horses, £72; 1 yerling (colt), £3; 8 swine, £8. Total,
£305.
_Jonathan Horton_, 1 heade, 36 acors land, 2 oxen, 6 cows,
3 three-year olds, 5 two-year olds, 2 yerlings, 3 horses, 1
yerling, 9 shepe, 6 swine. Total, £171, 10s.
Page 452. _Joshua Horton_, 1 heade, 20 acors land, 8 oxen, 4
cows, 7 three-year olds, 3 yerlings, 3 horses, 1 two-year old,
10 swine. Total, £197.
Page 454. _Caleb Horton_, 1 heade, 80 acors of land, 6 oxen, 12
cows, 5 three-year olds, 7 two-year olds, 7 yerlings, 2 horses,
1 three-year old horse, 1 two-year old, 1 yerling horse, 2
swine. Total, £282.
Page 456. _Benjamin Horton_, 1 heade, 70 acors land, 4 oxen, 8
cows, 4 three-year olds, 5 two-year olds, 4 horses, 4 swine.
Total, £232.
Page 535. Southold Estemation for ye year 1683. _Jonathan
Horton_, £440, 13s. _Joshua Horton_, £173. _Caleb Horton_,
£350. _Benjamin Horton_, £267.
Documentary History, vol. i, page 669. A list of names of old and
young, Christians and heathens, freemen and servants, white and
black, inhabittinge within the township of Southold, 1698:
Jonathan Horton, Bethia Horton, Jonathan Horton, Jr., William
Horton, James Horton, Mehetabel Horton, Mary Horton, Abigail
Horton, Patience Horton, Joshua Horton, Mary Horton, Ephraim
Horton, Mary Horton, Jr., Bathia Horton, Elizabeth Horton,
Zeruiah Horton, Caleb Horton, Sarah Horton, widow, Penelope
Horton, Mary Horton, widow, Caleb Horton, Jonathan Horton,
David, Barnabas, and Phebe Horton, Joshua Horton, Jr., Eliza
Horton, Eliza Horton, Jr., Patience Horton, Deborah Horton,
Martha Horton, Bethia Horton, Barnabas Horton.
Documentary History, vol. iii., p. 855.--Capt. James Horton, 1775,
takes a census of slaves in Westchester County, New York, in which he
sets down to himself 1 male and 1 female negro.
Same vol., p. 863.--Rev. Simon Horton, 1755, has 1 female and 2 male
slaves.
Documentary History, vol. iv., p. 200.--List of freeholders 27
February, 1737.
Jonathan and Joseph Horton, Joshua, Jr., and Jonathan, Jr.,
David and Caleb Horton.
NOTE.
The reader will see at a glance the plan of this book. We commence
with the Christian name. Then follows the parentage, genealogical
data, &c., and then the Christian names of the children and order
of births. In many of the early families the exact order of births
cannot be ascertained; but it has been approximated as nearly as
possible. The lineage is given in connection with the first member of
the family. The Roman numerals indicate the order of births. The sons
and daughters of the old Puritan, Barnabas, constitute the second
generation, but they are spoken by way of eminence as Joseph I.,
Hannah I., &c. The book contains much repetition, but none too much
to make it plain and easy to study.
This little book contains the chronicles of only about one-half of
the Horton families looked up. Those whose genealogical data are
given only in a small part, and those whose correct lineage has not
been satisfactorily ascertained, are not included in this book.
This book is mainly what those who have kindly furnished records
and sketches have made it. The whole has been carefully compiled.
But genealogical works, almost of necessity, contain many errors.
Doubtless this small work has its full share. But when errors are
discovered, notice thereof should be given, so that a second edition
may be made entirely truthful. Thankful to all who have generously
given their assistance, this work is sent out as a small contribution
to the genealogical literature of the day, and in the hope that a
more full and extensive book of Horton chronicles may be issued at no
very distant day.
_Terrytown, 10 Jan., 1876._
_First Generation.--Barnabas I._
I. BARNABAS HORTON, son of Joseph Horton, born in Mousely,
Leicestershire, England, 13 July (old style), 1600. Emigrated to
America in the ship "Swallow," Captain Jeremy Horton, master and
owner, in 1635 to '38, landed at Hampton, Massachusetts, came to New
Haven in 1640; his wife, MARY, and two children, Joseph and Benjamin,
with him. He settled permanently on the east end of Long Island, now
Southold, Suffolk County, New York, in October, 1640.
Children, all born in Southold, except Joseph and Benjamin, who were
born in England:
1. Joseph, born about 1632; married Jane Budd, daughter of John
Budd I.
2. Benjamin, born about 1634; married Anna Budd, sister of Jane.
3. Caleb, born about 1640; married Abigail Hallock.
4. Joshua, born about 1643; married Mary Tuthill.
5. Jonathan, born about 1648; married Bethia Wells.
6. Hannah, married Barnabas Terrill.
7. Sarah, married Joseph Conklin.
8. Mary, married Joseph Budd, son of John Budd.
9. Mercy, married Christopher Youngs.
10. Abigail, married Charles Booth.
_Second Generation.--Joseph I._
I. JOSEPH, the first son of Barnabas I., was born in Mousely,
England; exact date of his birth has not been found. Probably 1635.
He came to this country with his father. He married, about 1655, JANE
BUDD, daughter of John Budd, one of the original thirteen Puritans,
who settled in Southold in 1640. He resided near his father in
Southold for several years after his marriage; but about the year
1664, he moved to Rye, Westchester County, New York, to which place
his father-in-law, John Budd, had previously gone.
He was admitted a freeman of Connecticut Colony in 1662. In 1663 he
witnessed a deed of Tucker and Brush to Mapes. He sold his house, and
lot of four acres of land, to his father, Barnabas Horton, and also
deeded land to John Youngs, in 1665. In 1671 he was chosen one of
the Selectmen of Rye, and about this time he is one of a Committee
of three to procure a minister. In 1678 he was a Justice of the
Peace, and about this time he was a Lieutenant, and then a Captain
of a Militia Company, and also authorized by the General Court to
issue warrants, and to unite persons in holy matrimony. In 1690-'91
he was devisee of his brother Benjamin, and his brother Joshua was
executor. In 1695 he was chosen one of the vestrymen of the church,
and in 1699 he was licensed to keep a public house of entertainment.
In addition to all these dignities, he also filled the office of
miller, and in this useful calling he was succeeded by several of
his descendants. He had five sons and several daughters, only one of
whom is mentioned. (_Vide "Moore's Indexes of Southold," and "Baird's
History of Rye," New York._)
Children, all born at Southold, except Jeremiah, who was probably
born at Rye:
1. Joseph, born about 1654; married, perhaps, Mary Hallock.
2. John, born about 1656; married, perhaps, Sarah Vail.
3. Samuel, born about 1658.
4. David, born about 1661.
5. Abigail, born about 1663; married Roger Park.
6. Jeremiah, born about 1666.
II. BENJAMIN, son of Barnabas I., born in Mousely, England, 1637.
came to this country with his father; married about 1661 ANNA
BUDD, daughter of John Budd I., and settled near his father, in
Southold. He was a freeman of Connecticut Colony in 1664, deeds land
to Christopher Youngs in 1670, and to Samuel King and others at
various times. Anna, his wife, witnesses deeds in 1673, 1683-85. On
19 February, 1686, he makes his will, appointing his brother Joseph
devisee and his brother Joshua executor. He moved to Rye about 1665,
where he died, 3 November, 1690, without issue. (_Vide "Moore's
Indexes of Southold,"_ pp. 22 and 23.)
_Second Generation.--Caleb I._
III. CALEB, son of Barnabas Horton I., born at Southold, in the
autumn of 1640; married in Southold, 23 December, 1665 to Abigail
Hallock, daughter of Peter Hallock, the Pilgrim. They settled at
Cutchogue, Southold Township, L. I. He was accepted as a freeman of
Connecticut, 1664. Land deeded to him by S. King the same year. In
1676 he is rated for 30 acres of land, 37 cattle, 5 horses, £282:
and in 1683 his valuation was £350. In 1686 he has four males and six
females in his family. He died 3d. October, 1702. His wife died in
1697. (See "_Moore's Indexes of Southold_.")
Children, all born at Cutchogue:
1. Barnabas, born 23 September, 1666; married Sarah Hines.
2. Jonathan, born in 1668; married Bethia _Conklin_.
3. Nathan, born in 1670; died without offspring.
4. David, born, 1672; married Mary Horton, daughter of Jonathan
Horton I.
5. Mary, born 1675; married Nathaniel Terry.
6. Hannah, married ensign John Booth, son of John Booth I.
7. Abigail, married David Booth, son of Charles Booth and
Abigail Horton.
8. Esther. 9. Rachel, died unmarried. 10. Ruth.
_Second Generation.--Joshua I._
IV. JOSHUA, son of Barnabas Horton I., born at Southold, L. I., in
1643; married, about 1667, MARY TUTHILL. In 1673, '76, '78 and '95 he
deeds land to various persons. In 1676 he is one of the patentees of
Southold, and has six males and five females in his family. He is a
Lieutenant in 1693. (See "_Moore's Indexes of Southold_" p. 88.) He
died in Southold, 1729. His wife died 2 January, 1718.
Children, all born in Southold:
1. Joshua, ensign, born 1669.
2. Joseph, born 1671; married.
3. Sarah, born 1673; married Richard Terry, son of Richard I.
4. Mary, born; married 2 January, 1708, Zaccheus Goldsmith.
5. Bethia, born; married in Jan., 1716, Ichabod Hallock. She
died 1753.
6. Keziah or Zeruiah, married Israel Case.
7. Ephraim, born 1786; married, in 1707, Martha Vail.
"In the old Colonial Records of Connecticut, Joshua speaks of 'his
brother Caleb, 15 September, in the 28th year of the reign of Charles
II.'"--_S. T. Terry._
_Second Generation.--Jonathan I._
V. JONATHAN, youngest son of Barnabas I., born in Southold, L. I.,
23d February, 1648; married about 1672 to BETHIA WELLS, daughter of
William Wells, Esq., one of the original 13 settlers of Southold,
about 1750. Jonathan resided with his father, and inherited the
homestead. He was the first Captain of the first Company of Cavalry
ever organized in Suffolk County, New York, and his brother Joshua
was first Lieutenant of the same Company. He and his wife were
worthy members of the Southold Church, and highly esteemed in all
the relations which they sustained. For further particulars, see
"_Moore's Indexes of the town of Southold_," No. 348, page 90.
They had eleven children, viz.:
1. Caleb, born 1673, died young.
2. Bethia, born 1774.
3. Barnabas, born 1775, married Elizabeth Burnette.
4. William, born 1777, married Christiana Youngs.
5. Mehetabel, born 1679, married, 1. Peter Bradley, 2. Dea.
Daniel Tuthill.
6. Abigail, born 1681; married, 1. Lyons, 2. David Brewster;
settled in Orange County, New York.
7. Jonathan, born 23d December, 1683, married Mary Tuthill.
8. Mary, born 1687, married David Horton.
9. Caleb, born 1690, married 1. ----, 2. Widow Mary Goldsmith.
10. Patience, born 1692, died unmarried.
11. James, born 1694, married Anna Goldsmith.
Captain Jonathan made his will 21 February, 1707, and died on the
23d, two days afterwards. His wife, remaining his widow, died 14
April, 1733.
* * * * *
An inventory of the goods and chattels of Capt. Jonathan Horton, late
of Southold, who deceased February 23, Anno Domini 1706-7:
£ s. d.
Neat Cattle, 82 00 00
Horses, 9 00 00
Sheep and Swine, 30 00 00
Implements of Husbandry, 12 00 00
Beds and Bedding, 45 00 00
Linen, 18 00 00
Money and Plate, 10 01 03
Wearing Clothing and Arms, 22 00 00
Iron, Brass and Pewter Ware, 17 10 00
Chairs, Chest, and Wooden Ware, 14 14 00
Grain and Provision, 35 16 00
--- -- --
304 5 03
We, the subscribers, have prized the above written particulars
according to the best of our judgments.
THOMAS MAPES.
JOSHUA WELLS.
_Hannah I._
HANNAH, daughter of Barnabas Horton I., born in Southold, about 1651;
married, about 1670, BARNABAS TERRILL, son of Thomas Terrill.
Children, all born at Southold:
1. Barnabas.
2. Richard.
3. Abigail.
4. Nicholas.
5. Catherine.
6. Mary.
_Sarah I._
SARAH, daughter of Barnabas Horton I., born at Southold, about
1653; married, about 1670, JOSEPH CONKLIN, son of John Conklin, the
Pilgrim, and born in Southold, about 1650.
Children, all born at Southold:
1. Sarah.
2. Rachel.
3. Mary.
4. Joseph.
5. John.
6. Henry.
7. Thomas.
8. Elizabeth.
_Mary I._
MARY, daughter of BARNABAS HORTON I., born at Southold, about 1655;
married, about 1674, JOHN BUDD, son of John Budd, the Pilgrim. They
moved from Southold to Rye, New York, about 1680.
Children:
John and Joseph, born in Southold; Jonathan and others, born in
Rye.
MERCY, daughter of BARNABAS HORTON I., born at Southold, about 1660;
married, about 1678, CHRISTOPHER YOUNGS, son of Col. John Youngs,
grandson of Rev. John Youngs, the first pastor of the first church at
Southold.
Children, all born at Southold:
1. John, born 21 Oct., 1679.
2. Abram, born 1681.
3. Nathaniel, born 1683.
ABIGAIL, adopted daughter of BARNABAS HORTON I., born at Southold,
about 1665; married, about 1690, CHARLES BOOTH, son of John Booth.
She was probably the daughter of the second wife of Barnabas, by her
first husband. Her father's name is not known.
Children, born in Southold:
1. Charles, born 1691; married Mary ----, who died 13 April,
1774.
2. Abigail, born 1693; married Thomas Goldsmith.
3. David, born 1695; married, in 1717, Abigail Horton, daughter
of Caleb I.
_Third Generation.--Joseph I._
I. JOSEPH, son of Joseph Horton and Jane Budd (_Barnabas I._), born
in Southold, about 1654. Moved with his father's family to Rye,
Westchester County, N. Y., in 1664; married, perhaps, MARY HALLICK,
about 1678. Children all born in Rye:
1. Joseph, born in 1679.
2. John, born in 1631.
3. Benjamin,
4. Janetz, baptized in New York in 1696.
(_Moore's Indexes._)
II. JOHN, son of Joseph Horton and Jane Budd (_Barnabas I._), born in
Southold, about 1656. Married about 1680, perhaps, SARAH VAIL. Moved
with his father to Rye, N. Y. Was captain of a militia company in
Rye, in 1700. Children all born in Rye:
1. John; married, perhaps, Mary Vail.
2. Joseph.
3. Jonathan.
4. Benjamin; married and had Joseph, Benjamin and others.
5. Hannah.
IV. DAVID, son of Joseph Horton and Jane Budd, born in Rye, 1664;
married about 1688, perhaps, ESTHER KING. Settled at White Plains, N.
Y. Children probably all born at White Plains:
1. Joseph, born 1687; married Anna Howell.
2. Thomas, born 1690; married, perhaps, Mary Knapp, and had
Thomas and others.
3. Daniel, born 23 April, 1692; married Esther Lane.
4. Samuel.
5. John.
6. Jeremiah.
7. Abigail.
8. Ambrose.
_Fourth Generation--Joseph I._
I. JOSEPH, son of Joseph Horton and Mary Hallock (_Joseph I._), born
at Rye, in 1697; married about 1703, perhaps, ANNA HOWELL. He was
living in Rye, in 1722 and '23, and he probably died there. He had
Joseph, born about 1705, and probably others of whom no record has
been given.
II. JOHN, son of Joseph Horton and Mary Hallock, born at Rye, in
1681. He married and had family--John, born in Rye about 1707, is the
only one found.
I. JOSEPH, son of David Horton and Esther King (_Joseph I._), born at
Rye about 1689; married ANNA KNAPP. Moved to White Plains about 1725.
Died in 1763.
Children, probably, all born in Rye:
1. Joseph, born 1713.
2. Azariah.
3. Phebe.
4. Patience.
5. Hannah.
II. THOMAS, son of David Horton and Esther King, born at Rye, about
1691; married, perhaps, _Mary Knapp_, and probably moved to Rehoboth,
Mass.
Children all born in Rehoboth:
1. Thomas, born 1758, married Mary Hix.
2. Mary.
3. David.
III. DANIEL, son of David Horton and Esther King, born at White
Plains, N. Y., 23 April, 1602; married about 1724, ESTHER
LANE, born at Rye, 24 May, 1704. They settled at Yorktown, N. Y.,
about 1724. She died 18 April, 1769. He died 10 December, 1777.
Children all born at Yorktown:
1. Daniel, born 1725.
2. Elizabeth; married ---- Wright.
3. Rachel; married Daniel Wright.
4. Stephen, born 30 April, 1731; married 1. Sarah Owens. 2.
Elizabeth Frost.
5. Esther; married ---- Wright.
6. Phebe; married ---- Knapp.
7. Milicent; married 1. Owens. 2. Lee.
8. William born 10 January, 1743; married Elizabeth Covert.
V. JOHN, son of David Horton and Esther King, born at White Plains,
N. Y., about 1696; married, perhaps, ELIZABETH LEE, and settled in
Rye. He owned the mills at Horton's mill pond in Rye, from 1747 to
1769.--(See "_Baird's History of Rye_.")
Children.
1. Richard, born 1721; married Jemima Wright.
2. John, born 1722; married Mary Frost.
3. David.
4. Daniel.
_Fifth Generation.--Joseph I._
I. DANIEL, son of Daniel Horton and Esther Lane (_David_, _Joseph
I._), born at Yorktown, West Chester Co., N. Y., about 1725; married
about 1748, perhaps, MARY COREY, and moved to White Plains, N. Y.
Children probably all born at White Plains:
1. Stephen, born about 1749; married Mary Wright.
3. Samuel.
4. George W., settled at City Island.
5. Anna; married Samuel Crawford, of White Plains.
6. David, born 4 August, 1860; married Sabra Wheeler.
7. Margaret, born 1763.
III. RACHEL, daughter of Daniel Horton and Esther Lane, born at
Yorktown, N. Y., about 1730; married DANIEL WRIGHT.
Children all born at Yorktown:
1. Daniel, born 1751.
2. Sarah; married Frost.
3. Hannah.
4. Esther, born 1761; married Enoch Knapp.
5. Micajah.
6. Frances; married Field.
7. James.
8. Milicent; married Beadle.
9. Rachel; married Field.
10. Phebe; married Howland.
IV. STEPHEN, son of Daniel Horton and Esther Lane, born at Yorktown,
30 April, 1731; married 24 December, 1758, SARAH OWENS, born 19
November, 1737. Died 27 October, 1772. He married second, 29
December, 1773, ELIZABETH FROST, born 24 February, 1741. Died 20 May,
1825. He died 7 December, 1814. Children all born at Yorktown:
1. Joseph, born 24 August, 1759; married Mary Beedle; he died
in June, 1813.
2. Hannah, born 12 January, 1761; married 23 December, 1782;
died 30 October, 1827.
4. Elizabeth, born 23 October, 1764; married 25 November, 1787,
William Beedle.
5. Caleb, born 3 November, 1766; died 11 February, 1771.
6. Sarah, born 18 November, 1769; died 20 September, 1771.
By second wife:
7. Caleb, born 25 September, 1774; married 22 January, 1800,
Sarah Field; died 26 May, 1849.
8. Wright, born 22 May, 1776; married, 28 November, 1798, Anna
Quereau.
9. Jacob, born 19 February 1779; married 17 June 1802; died 15
July, 1808.
10. Sarah, born 11 March, 1781; married 10 July, 1824, Joseph
Lee; died 20 October, 1858.
VIII. HON. WILLIAM, son of Daniel Horton and Esther Lane, born at
Yorktown, 10 January, 1743. In 1768, he married LIZZIE (ELIZABETH)
COVERT, an accomplished and amiable lady of French descent, who was
born 9 January, 1743. He removed from the town of Sommers, formerly
Stephentown, to Colchester, Delaware Co., N. Y., in 1789. He was a
tanner and currier by trade, and he tanned the first leather that was
ever manufactured in Delaware Co. He purchased large tracts of lands,
built saw-mills and grist-mills, and carried on a large business in
the manufacture and sale of lumber and provisions, as well as of
leather. He was a healthy, muscular man. His father died when he was
sixteen, and he then for a while lived with his brother Stephen. He
was a man of sound judgment, and capable of enduring much hardship.
Colchester was an unbroken wilderness when he settled there, but by
his influence and great business capacity, it was soon settled by
an enterprising and industrious people, and the wilderness was soon
turned into well cultivated and productive fields. He was a very
prominent citizen among them. He was a Justice of the Peace for many
years, and in 1794, he was sent to the Legislature, and about this
time he was President Judge of Ulster Co., Ulster and Delaware being
then one county.
He and his wife were both worthy and active members of the Baptist
Church, and they trained up their children to fear the Lord and
keep his commandments. He died suddenly in 1831, at the age of
eighty-eight years, respected and lamented, not only by his numerous
friends and relatives, but by the whole community. His wife survived
him but two weeks. Children all born in Sommers:
1. John, born in 1769; married Sallie Hagan.
2. Henry, born 7 November, 1771; married Abigail Cook.
3. James, born 23 January, 1773; married Martha White.
4. Sarah, born in 1775; married Jacob Radaker.
5. Micajah, born in 1777; married Hannah Williams.
6. Isaac, born 13 April, 1780; married Prudence Knapp.
7. Hattie, born in 1783; married John Radaker.
I. THOMAS, son of Thomas Horton and Mary Knapp (_David, Joseph I._),
born, probably, at Rehoboth, Mass., 1784; married MARY HIX. Moved to
New Lebanon, N. Y., and afterwards to Duchess Co., N. Y.
Children:
1. John Hix, born in New Lebanon, 1792; married Sarah Bannister.
2. Thomas, born in 1774; married Mary Wright.
3. Joseph.
4. Phebe.
5. Elizabeth.
6. Patience.
7. Stephen, born in Marnacaton, Duchess Co., N. Y., 10 May,
1791; married Susan Hyatt.
I. RICHARD, son of John Horton and Elizabeth Lee (_David, Joseph
I._), born at White Plains; married, perhaps JEMIMA WRIGHT, and moved
to Peekskill.
Children, probably, all born at Peekskill:
1. Elijah, born 7 August, 1839; married Jemima Currie.
2. George.
3. William.
4. Richard.
II. JOHN, son of John Horton and Elizabeth Lee, born at White Plains,
about 1718; married, about 1742, perhaps, MARY FROST, and moved to
Philipstown, now Putnam Valley, Putnam Co., N. Y., about 1760.
Children, probably, all born at White Plains:
1. John, born 17 November, 1746; married perhaps, Sarah Lane.
2. Richard.
3. Jesse.
4. David.
5. Joseph.
6. Sarah.
7. Phebe.
_Sixth Generation.--Joseph I._
I. ELIJAH, son of Richard Horton and Jemima Wright (_John, David,
Joseph I._), born in Peekskill, N. Y., 7 August, 1739; married about
1762, JEMIMA CURRIE, born 6 July, 1744, probably in Peekskill. They
moved from Peekskill to Stroudsburg, Pa., about 1780, and purchased
a farm of Jacob Stroud, for which he was to pay in continental money,
of which he had enough to pay down for the farm, but Stroud kept
putting off making the deed until his money had so much depreciated
that he could not pay for it, and Stroud kept the land. He then
settled, for a time, in Middlesmithfield, Pa., but about 1789, he
came to Sheshequin, Bradford Co., Pa., and took up land where Edward
Brigham now resides, and here he spent the balance of his days. He
and his wife were members of the Baptist Church. He died 14 August,
1821. She died 11 March, 1825. They were both buried in Horn Brook
Cemetery.
Children all born in Peekskill:
1. Richard, born about 1766; married Tabitha Jayne.
2. Elijah M., born 9 June, 1768; married 1. Pamela Ogden. 2.
Abigail Bullard.
3. Joshua, born 7 October, 1774; married 1. Lucy Thompson. 2.
Lucinda Ellis. 3. Phebe Goodsell.
4. Isaac, born about 1778; married 1. Sally Smith. 2. Laura
Stevens.
5. Gilbert, born about 1782; married ---- Beardsley.
6 Stephen, born about 1786; married Susan Mayhew.
7. William, born 14 May, 1789; married Esther Cowell.
There were probably some daughters in this family, but we have no
knowledge of any. If there were any, they never came to Bradford
County.
II. GEORGE, son of Richard Horton and _Jemima Wright_, born in
Peekskill, N. Y., about 1741; married ELSIE SHOEMAKER.
Children, probably, all born in Peekskill,--all are now (1875) dead:
1. Anna; married Dunham.
2. Elizabeth; married Taylor.
3. Daniel; unmarried.
4. Esther; married Moses Cortwright.
5. Eleanor; married Cornelius De Witt.
6. Jane Depuy; married Evans.
7. George Cummins; married Hannah Cortwright.
8. Benjamin; married Jane Savage.
III. WILLIAM, son of Richard Horton and Jemima Wright, born in
Peekskill. No record of marriage or family has been given.
Tradition says that he was a man of uncommon physical powers. In
wrestling and prize-fighting he was never known to be beaten. At one
time, it is said, a prize-fighter known as the "Boston Bully," came
all the way from Boston to Peekskill to whip Billy Horton. It was
in cold weather, and Horton at first declined to fight. But he was
called a coward, and this he would not stand, and then the seconds
were chosen, and the fight began, Horton came off victorious, the
Boston man being so severely handled that it was several weeks before
he was able to return home. He was kindly cared for by Horton until
he was able to return.
JOHN HORTON, of Philipstown, now Putnam Valley, N. Y., son of John
Horton and Mary Frost (_John_, _David_, _Joseph I._), born at White
Plains, N. Y., 17 November, 1746. Went to Philipstown with his father
about 1760; married 2 April, 1768, to SARAH LANE, in Philipstown. She
died 16 September, 1773, probably without issue, April 4, 1775. He
married SARAH LEE, born 30 November, 1751. They settled permanently
at Philipstown, and lived to a good old age, he dying in 1830, and
she soon after him.
Children, all born at Philipstown:
1. John, born 31 December, 1775; died 30 September, 1776.
2. Jesse, born 29 January, 1777; married.
3. Sarah P., born 4 August, 1778; died 6 August, 1785.
4. Hannah, born 9 November, 1780; married 3 January, 1799, to
John Bryant.
5. David, born 18 July, 1782.
6. Tamar, born 5 February, 1784; married Joshua Smith.
7. Lee, born 11 July, 1785.
8. Israel, born 15 December, 1786; married Nancy Hills.
9. Samuel, born 3 May, 1788.
10. John, born 23 March, 1790.
11. Isaiah, born 15 August, 1791.
12. Phebe, born 25 December, 1792.
I. STEPHEN, son of Daniel Horton and Mary _Corey_ (_Daniel_, _David_,
_Joseph II._), born, probably at Yorktown, New York, in 1750;
married, about 1771, to Mary _Wright_; moved to White Plains.
Children, probably born at White Plains:
1. David, lived at Yonkers, New York.
2. Benjamin, " " "
3. Joseph, settled in Claverack, Columbia County, New York.
II. DANIEL, son of Daniel Horton and Mary Corey, born at Yorktown,
about 1753; married.
Children, probably born at White Plains:
1. Daniel, born 22 February, 1776; married Anne Strong.
VI. DAVID, son of Daniel Horton and Mary Corey, born, probably, at
Yorktown, 4 August, 1760; married, in 1784, SABRA WHEELER, born 11
May, 1766. They both died at Yorktown: he, 14 July, 1829, she, 20
July, 1831.
Children, born at Yorktown:
1. Platt, born 10 September, 1785; died 31 January, 1865.
2. Rhoda, born 1 April, 1787; died 14 January, 1859.
3. Amos, born 6 February, 1789; died 12 June, 1858.
4. David, born 29 October, 1790; died 21 January, 1758.
5. George, born 20 September, 1792; died 14 April, 1872.
6. Pearce, born 5 December, 1794; married Hannah Peak.
7. Peleg, born 23 February, 1797; died 2 April, 1834.
8. Leonard, born 2 November, 1798; died 17 February, 1858.
9. Alvor, born 2 November, 1800; died 24 December, 1871.
10. Mazor L., born 27 July, 1802.
11. Treuman, born 3 April, 1804; died 3 October, 1871.
12. Henry, born 15 April, 1808; died 12 December, 1872.
I. JOHN, son of Hon. William Horton and Elizabeth Covert (_Daniel_,
_David_, _Joseph I._), born at Somers, New York, in 1770; married, in
1792, SARAH HAGAR, born in Scoharrie County, New York, June, 1774.
He died 28 October, 1828. She died 31 July, 1849, at Colchester, New
York.
Children, probably all born at Colchester:
1. Daniel, born 17 February, 1793; died 29 January, 1861.
2. Peter, born 28 August, 1795; died 28 August, 1796.
3. David, born 23 August, 1797.
4. Peter, born 3 July, 1800.
5. Mary, born 7 February, 1803.
6. Samuel McCrea, born 28 June, 1805; died 28 April, 1829.
7. Elizabeth, born 16 June, 1807.
8. Col. Enoch, born 7 March, 1811.
9. Cornelia, born 5 July, 1813.
10. Geo. W. P., born 6 February, 1816; married Julia E.
Carpenter.
11. Benjamin, born 24 July, 1818.
Sarah Hagar was the daughter of Capt. Peter Hagar, who commanded the
upper Fort in Scoharrie County, in the Revolutionary War. He and his
family were in the Fort three months. He was a man of firmness, and
highly respected.
John Horton was a worthy man, a good citizen, taken away in the midst
of his usefulness. He and his family were always much respected.
II. HENRY, son of the Hon. William Horton and Lizzie Covert, born
at Sommers, New York, 7 November, 1771; married at Colchester, New
York, by Elder Woolsey, 10 March, 1792, to ABIGAIL COOK, born in
Duchess County, New York, 4 July, 1774. They were both worthy members
of the Baptist Church.
Children, all born at Colchester, except Susan Cook and Henry, who
were born at Point Salubrious, Jefferson County, New York:
1. Phebe, born 27 December, 1794; married Daniel Robbins.
2. William Cook, born 2 December, 1796.
3. Eliza, born December, 1799; married Ralph W. Rogers.
4. Stephen, born 1 October, 1801.