with his parents and worked on the farm until he was seventeen years
old. He received but a moderate common-school education, and, during
his school-boy days, he was noted for his activity and sagacity, and
early exhibited more than ordinary business capacity. At the age of
seventeen he engaged as a clerk in the store of D. Brink & Son, at
Horn Brook, Pa., and remained with them until they sold out to H. W.
Langford & Co., and with them he continued his clerkship until they
closed business. Shortly after this, he was engaged for one year
by O. D. Bartlett, Esq., of Towanda, Pa., as clerk in his store,
and at the expiration of that time, he entered the store of Joseph
Powell & Co., of Towanda, with whom he served as clerk until 1854.
He always gave good satisfaction to his employers. Having by his
industry and economy laid up a small sum of money, he decided to go
West, and leaving Bradford County in 1854, he traveled extensively
in Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin, until he neared the bottom
of his purse, without locating or engaging in business anywhere. But
at length, in 1856, he went to Milwaukee, and engaged in the produce
commission business, in which he was very successful. Here he seemed
to be permanently settled. But after the death of his wife, his
business, which had been very remunerative, seemed to lose much of
its interest, and in March, 1865, having closed up his business in
Milwaukee, with about $15,000 in pocket, he went to New York City,
and immediately engaged in the banking and broker business, in which
he has continued until the present time, conducting a large business,
which, under the supervision of his keen eye and his assiduous
personal attention, he has made very lucrative. He now owns a fine
property on Staten Island, and, though he lost largely by the panic
of 1873, he is still doing a fair business, and, to use his own
language, he "has always managed to pay a hundred cents on the dollar
and never _failed_."
He possesses excellent social qualities, is kind-hearted, generous
and noble, and at his banking house, 56 Broadway, New York, or at
his island home, those who visit him will meet with such a frank
and cordial reception as to make them feel that they are not only
at home, but at the home of one whose words and deeds define the
character of a true gentleman.
Mr. Horton was married 2. in Trinity Chapel, N. Y., 12 October,
1875, by the Rev. Dr. Weston, to Sara Patten, a lady of culture and
refinement of the city of New York, and an esteemed member of the
Episcopal Church.
II. HORACE, son of Wm. B. Horton and Melinda Blackman, born in
Sheshequin, Pa., 25 Sept., 1834; married at the Valley House, in
Sheshequin, 15 Oct., 1856, by C. H. Ames, Esq., to MARY SMITH,
daughter of Henry C. Smith and Sarah Webb, and born in Genoa, Cayuga
Co., N. Y., 22 Feb., 1835. No children.
Horace is a well-to-do farmer, owns a large farm about two miles from
the river, has a very pretty dwelling-house with slate roof, a good
barn and out-buildings. He is a prominent man in the township, rents
his farm and lives at ease. He inherited a part of the old homestead
farm.
III. ELIZABETH, daughter of William B. Horton and Melinda Blackman,
born in Sheshequin, 25 Aug., 1836; married in Sheshequin, 23 Jan.,
1855, by Rev. J. M. Peebles, to PERLEY HUTCHINS KINNEY, son of Perley
Kinney, Esq., and Sarah Hutchins, and born in Sheshequin, 20 April,
1826. They have two children, viz.:
1. Sarah, born 18 Oct., 1856.
2. Flora, born 8 Oct., 1858.
They were both born in Sheshequin, are well educated, amiable and
highly accomplished young ladies.
IV. AMAZILLA, daughter of William B. Horton and Melinda Blackman,
born in Sheshequin, 18 Aug., 1840; married in Sheshequin, 18 Nov.,
1863, by Rev. Schuyler B. Gibson, to HENRY CLAY KINNEY, son of Guy
Kinney and Matilda Gore, and born in Sheshequin, 6 Aug., 1839. He
died 11 March, 1871.
Children, all born in Sheshequin:
1. H. Gordon, born 8 Sept., 1864.
2. Horace Horton, born 6 June, 1868.
3. Hilene S., born 7 April, 1870.
Mr. Kinney was an intelligent farmer. The Kinney family is one of the
oldest, most respectable and most intellectual families of Bradford
County. Among them we find editors, legislators, lawyers, and last,
but not least, educated farmers.
V. MARY ELLEN, daughter of William B. Horton and Melinda Blackman,
born in Sheshequin, 25 Oct., 1844; married in Sheshequin, 25 Oct.,
1866, by Rev. J. F. Brownell, to WILLIAM MILES SHORES, a farmer, son
of David Shores and Marinda Rippeth, and born in Wysox, Pa., 11 Jan.,
1843; have Henry Clay Shores, born in Wysox, 19 June, 1868. They
reside in Towanda, Pa.
VI. MILES EMMETT, son of William B. Horton and Saloma J. Kilmer
his second wife, born in Sheshequin, 18 Nov., 1851; married in
Sheshequin, 4 July, 1872, by Rev. George L. Williams, to MARY ARINDA
WEBB, daughter of Andrew Webb and Mary Bull, and born in Sheshequin,
15 Dec., 1851. They have one son, viz.:
William Bullard, born in Sheshequin, 13 Oct., 1873.
Miles E. Horton owns a part of the old homestead, has made many
improvements, is a good liver, and possesses fine social qualities.
The widow of W. B. Horton, a plain, intelligent, unassuming woman,
lives very happily with her son Miles and his amiable lady.
VII. ROWENA HORTENSE, daughter of William B. Horton and Saloma J.
Kilmer, born in Sheshequin, 23 Oct., 1855; married Jan., 1871, to
THEODORE GARDNER SMITH. They reside at Horn Brook, Pa.
JOSEPH ROSE, son of William B. Horton and Mary Rose, born in
Sheshequin, _when his father was but sixteen years old_; married ANNA
LORINDA SHORES, daughter of Caleb Shores and Anna Horton, and born on
Shores' Hill, 31 July, 1821. They live in Waverly, N. Y., and have
two children, Sophia and Melinda; Sophia married Smith Barnum--reside
in Litchfield; Melinda remains unmarried.
Joseph R. Horton possesses more than ordinary intellectual capacity,
and is highly respected and esteemed. He was a faithful Union soldier
in the war of the Rebellion, and lost a leg in the service.
_Third Generation.--Caleb I._
I. BARNABAS, son of Caleb Horton I. and Abigail Hallock, born at
Cutchogue, L. I., Sept., 1666; married about 1686, SARAH HINES.
Children, all born at Cutchogue:
1. Caleb, born 1687; married Phebe Terry.
2. Barnabas.
3. Penelope.
4. Bethia.
II. JONATHAN, son of Caleb I. and Abigail Hallock, born at Cutchogue,
about 1668; married about 1693, perhaps, BETHIA CONKLIN.
Children, born at Cutchogue:
1. Jonathan, born 1694; married Elizabeth Goldsmith.
2. Barnabas.
IV. DAVID, son of Caleb Horton I. and Abigail Hallock, born at
Cutchogue, about 1672; married MARY HORTON, daughter of Capt.
Jonathan Horton I.
Children, all born at Cutchogue:
1. David, born in 1697; married Eliza Sweazy.
2. Silas, born in 1700.
3. John.
4. Adam.
5. Patience.
6. Mary.
7. Abigail.
8. Lydia.
9. Phebe, born 1715; married Constant King, son of Capt. John
King, a mariner, of Southold.
V. MARY, daughter of Caleb Horton I. and Abigail Hallock, born at
Cutchogue; married 31 Nov., 1682, NATHANIEL TERRY, son of Richard
Terry I.
Children, all born at Cutchogue:
1. Phebe.
2. Uriah,
and others, names not known.
_Fourth Generation.--Caleb I._
I. CALEB, son of Barnabas Horton and Sarah Hines (_Caleb I._), born
in Southold 22 Dec., 1687; married 10 Dec., 1714, PHEBE TERRY,
daughter of Nathaniel, son of Richard Terry I., and born in Southold,
in 1689. They moved to Roxbury, now Chester, N. J., in 1748, and
settled there. They were both members of the Southold Church, and
liberal supporters of the Gospel. On their tombstone in Chester
Cemetery we find "Caleb Horton, of Southold, L. I., N. Y., died
6 Aug., 1772, having lived almost 85 years with an unblemished
character. Phebe, wife of Caleb Horton, died 24 Dec., 1767, having
finished a life of 78 years, 58 of which she was the wife of Caleb
Horton.
"'Martha's care she had at heart,
And also chosen Mary's better part.'"
Children all born in Southold:
1. Caleb, born 1715; married Sarah Benjamin.
2. Hannah, born 1717; married Samuel Sweazy, son of Joseph
Sweazy.
3. Nathaniel, born 13 Oct., 1719; married Mehetabel Wells.
4. Nathan, born about 1720; married Mehetabel Case.
5. Phebe, born about 1722; married Henry Tuthill.
6. Elijah, born 19 June, 1724; married Lydia Sweazy.
7. Richard, born about 1726; married Elizabeth Harrison.
8. Sarah, born about 1735; married Stephen Sweazy.
9. Mary, born about 1831; married Richard Terry.
10. Rachel, born about 1733; married 23 Aug., 1753, Jonathan
Racket.
11. Rhoda, born about 1728; married Robert Robinson;
died in Chester, 30 June, 1771, aged 43 years and 5 days.
II. BARNABAS, son of Barnabas Horton and Sarah Hines, born in
Southold, about 1690; married MARY SWEAZY and moved to Goshen, Orange
Co., N. Y., about 1732.
Children, probably all born in Southold:
1. Barnabas, born in 1772; married Abigail Parshall.
2. David, born 1724; married Mary Warner.
3. Matthias, born 1726; married.
4. Elihu, born 1720; died young.
5. Silas, born 1730; married Experience Vail.
6. Mary, married Charles Seely.
I. JONATHAN, son of Jonathan Horton and Bethia Conklin (_Caleb I._),
born at Cutchogue, L. I., about 1694; married in 1720, to ELIZABETH
GOLDSMITH, daughter John Goldsmith, and born at Southold, 3 Nov.,
1701. They were both members of the Southold Church.
Children, all born at Cutchogue:
1. Israel, born in 1728; married Sarah Lee.
2. Jonathan, born in 1730; married Bethia Horton.
3. Barnabas, born in 1732; married, perhaps, Mary Tuthill.
4. Zaccheus, born in 1734; married widow Elizabeth Case.
5. Bethia, born in 1736.
6. Elizabeth, born in 1739; married David Tuthill, probably a
son of Henry Tuthill and Phebe Youngs, and born in Southold
about 1735.
II. BARNABAS, son of Jonathan Horton and Bethia Conklin, born at
Cutchogue, in 1695; married about 1721, to SALLY CLARK.
Children, all born at Cutchogue:
1. Jonathan, born 1722.
2. Bethia.
3. Calvin.
I. DAVID, son of David Horton and Mary Horton (_Caleb I._), born at
Cutchogue, in 1697; married about 1720, perhaps, to ELIZA SWEAZY,
daughter of Richard Sweazy.
Children, all born at Cutchogue:
1. Richard, born in 1720; married, probably, Mehitabel Jayne.
2. Mary, born in 1724.
3. Abigail.
4. John.
_Fifth Generation.--Caleb I._
I. CALEB, son of Caleb Horton and Phebe Terry (_Barnabas_, _Caleb
I._), born in Southold in 1715; married in April, 1737, to SARAH
BENJAMIN, born in 1717. They moved to Chester, N. J., about 1748.
Children, all born in Southold, except Sally and Mary, who were born
in Chester:
1. Caleb, born in 1738.
2. Richard.
3. Stephen.
4. Justin.
5. Patty.
6. Sally.
7. Mary, married Richard Terry.
III. NATHANIEL, son of Caleb Horton and Phebe Terry, born in
Southold, 13 Oct., 1819; married MEHETABEL WELLS about 1740. They
moved to Chester, N. J., in 1748. "She died 10 Dec., 1801. He died
24 Jan., 1804, having lived about 85 years, with an unblemished
character."--_From tombstone, Chester Cemetery._
Children, 1. and 2. born in Southold, the rest in Chester:
1. Dea. Nathaniel, born in 1741; married Rebecca Robinson.
2. Benjamin, born 1743.
3. David, born 2 Sept., 1750; married Olive Skellinger.
4. Daniel, married Martha Terry.
5. Polly, married Caleb Terry.
6. Mehetabel, married Edward Lewis.
IV. NATHAN, son of Caleb Horton and Phebe Terry, born in Southold
about 1725; married about 1749, to MEHETABEL CASE, of Southold. They
moved to Chester, N. J., soon after marriage. He was a soldier and a
captain in the Revolutionary war.
Children, all born in Chester, or Black River, Morris Co., N. J.:
1. Israel, born 1750; died young.
2. Jemima, married Houston, or Hughson; lived at Mount Highest,
N. J.
3. David, no record.
4. Nathan, born 25 Feb., 1757; married Elizabeth Eagles.
5. Bethia, married Caleb Terry, of Black River.
6. Sarah, married Daniel Sweazy.
7. Zephaniah, born 13 Nov., 1760; married Jane McCurry.
8. Phineas, born 17 Feb., 1774; married 1. Bethia Luce; 2.
Esther Horton.
VI. ELIJAH, son of Caleb Horton and Phebe Terry, born in Southold, 19
June, 1724; married LYDIA SWEAZY, daughter of Joseph Sweazy, and born
in Southold about 1731. They moved to Roxbury, now Chester, N. J., in
1748. He died 7 Oct., 1799. She died 18 March, 1723. He was
a Justice of the Peace, of fair reputation, and much respected.
Children, all born in Chester:
1. Barnabas, born 27 Sept., 1749; married Elizabeth Coleman, or
Corwin.
2. Elijah, born 19 Dec., 1756; married Lydia Sweazy.
3. Silas, born 17 July, 1746: married 1. Susan Corwin; 2. Mary
Kelsey; 3. Esther Horton.
VII. RICHARD, son of Caleb Horton and Phebe Terry, born in Southold
about 1727; married ELIZABETH HARRISON, and moved to Chester, N.
J., about 1750; and thence to Radnor, Delaware Co., Pa. They were
Quakers, and attended the Radnor Meeting, but the early records
of Radnor Meeting cannot be found. The dates are mostly given by
estimate. He remained in Chester only a short time.
Children, all born in Radnor:
1. Samuel, born about 1752; settled in Huntington Co., Pa.
2. Nathan, born 1754; settled in Huntington Co., Pa.
3. Josiah, born 1756.
4. Jesse.
5. John, married Elizabeth Thomas.
6. Thomas.
7. Septimus, died in Baltimore, about 1850.
I. BARNABAS, son of Barnabas Horton and Mary Sweazy (_Barnabas_,
_Caleb I._), born in 1720; married in 1740, to ABIGAIL PARSHALL, born
in Goshen about 1721.
Children, born in Goshen:
1. Barnabas, born about 1743; married 8 Nov., 1767, to Abigail
Dickerson.
2. Abigail, born about 1748; married Henry Youngs.
3. Sarah, born about 1752; married 23 July, 1775, Henry Conklin.
4. Anna, born about 1754; married 12 Oct., 1774, Ichabod
Cleveland.
5. Lydia, born about 1756; married 5 Feb., 1775, Thomas Webb.
II. DAVID, son of Barnabas Horton and Mary Sweazy, born about 1724;
married 31 May, 1744, MARY WARNER. They settled in the town of Goshen
about 1760. He was a warm Whig, was one of the signers of the Pledge
of Independence for the Colonies in 1775.
Children:
1. David, born about 1745; married 29 Oct., 1773, Theodosia
Allen.
6. Dorothy, born 3 April, 1756; married Eli Corwin.
III. MATHIAS, son of Barnabas Horton and Mary Sweazy, born about
1726; married about 1750, and had Mathias, born in Goshen in 1751,
and others, names not known.
IV. ELIHU, son of Barnabas Horton and Mary Sweazy, born about 1728;
married Colman, and had one child, which died young. He was a true
patriot, and signed the Pledge of Independence in 1775.
V. SILAS, son of Barnabas Horton and Mary Sweazy, born in Southold,
about 1730; married about 1755, EXPERIENCE VAIL, daughter of Jeremiah
Vail, Esq., and Mary, and born in Goshen, N. Y., about 1732.
Children, probably, all born in Goshen:
1. Silas, born 24 August, 1756; married Mary Danes.
2. Benjamin, married 24 Sept., 1786, Anna Goldsmith.
3. Gamaliel, or Samuel, married Mehetabel Hulse.
4. Mathias, married Sarah Rumsey.
5. Elihu.
6. Barnabas, married Milicent Howell.
7. Nellie, married ---- Stringham.
8. Mary, married John L. Hommedinn.
9. Lucretia, married Henry Youngs.
10. Hannah, married Isaiah Vail, Jr.
11. Abigail, born 3 Sept., 1773; married Capt. Daniel Stringham.
I. LIEUT. ISRAEL, son of Jonathan Horton and Elizabeth Goldsmith
(_Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at Cutchogue, about 1728; married in
1755, to SARAH LEE, daughter of Rev. John Lee, of Lyme, Conn., born
about 1730. The Rev. John Lee had two sons who were preachers.
Israel and his family moved from Cutchogue to Goshen Township in
1762. He was a farmer. In the Autumn of 1771, he went to Newburgh
with a load of grain. On the way home, he was taken sick, succeeded
in getting home, but died in a day or two after. About 1782, his
widow married Parshall Terry, formerly of Southold. He was a widower,
was living with his family in Wyoming Valley in 1778. He and his
family were in the famed Forty Fort the night after the Indian battle
and massacre. The next morning they fled to the mountains and after
suffering great hardships, crossing the "big swamp," afterwards
known as "Swamp Dismal," or the "Shades of Death," they reached
Stroudsburg, Pa., in safety. Leaving his family here, he hastened
to Orange Co., N. Y., for assistance. During his absence his wife
was taken sick with "camp distemper" (malignant dysentery), and died
leaving a large family of children, the youngest but three years old.
He took his family to Little Britain, Orange Co., N. Y., and as
above-stated, married the widow Horton. The two families, all told,
numbering twenty-two persons. The house in which they lived being an
old-fashioned double log-house, they hired a school-master and made
one part of it a school-house, thus evincing a laudable determination
to have the education of their household properly cared for. The
writer obtained these facts in 1828, from Benjamin Horton, son of
Israel, who was one of the pupils. But this arrangement was not of
long continuance, for in 1786, Sarah, the mother and step-mother
died, and was buried by her first husband in Warwick Cemetery.
Israel Horton had children as follows, the first four born in
Southold, the rest in Goshen, Orange Co.:
1. Israel, born 23 Sept., 1756; married Anna Van Devort.
2. Jason, born 18 Dec., 1758; married Mary Terry.
3. Jeremiah, born 12 Nov., 1760; married Mary Goldsmith.
4. Eunice, born Dec., 1761; married George Howell.
5. John, born 30 July, 1763; married Deborah Terry.
6. Joseph Lee, born 27 April, 1765; married Hannah Todd.
7. Sarah, born in 1767; died young.
8. Mary, born 6 Dec., 1768; married John Clark.
9. Samuel, born in 1770; died of small-pox; unmarried.
10. Benjamin, born 7 Feb., 1772; married Hannah Vance.
Israel Horton and his wife were pious people, active members of the
Southold Church, and after removing to Orange County they became
members of the Presbyterian Church of Warwick. Their children were
trained up to love and fear the Lord and keep his commandments.
He was a soldier in the old French war, and, in 1758, bearing the
commission of Lieutenant, he had charge of Fort Stanwix, N. Y., and
remained there until the close of the war.
II. JONATHAN, son of Jonathan Horton and Elizabeth Goldsmith, born at
Cutchogue, L. I., about 1730; married BETHIA HORTON about 1752, and
moved to Orange Co., N. Y. He was a zealous Whig, and early espoused
the cause of the colonies against the mother country. He was one of
the signers for the Pledge for Independence, in 1775.--_Vide "History
of Orange County," page 499._
Children, probably born in Orange County:
1. John, born 1753, went to Wyoming Valley; married Mary De La
Montayne.
2. Caleb, went to New Jersey; married a Jayne.
3. Benjamin.
III. ZACCHEUS, son of Jonathan Horton and Elizabeth Goldsmith,
born at Cutchogue, 1734; married widow ELIZABETH CASE; moved to
Orange County; lived at Cornwall, where he signed the Pledge for
Independence. He was probably married twice. He had a son, Zaccheus,
who also signed the Pledge, and after the war was over he probably
settled at Penfield, Monroe Co., N. Y., and was appointed Postmaster,
at the first town meeting of that town, in 1811. Some of his
posterity are living in that part of the country yet, and some are
buried in East Palmyra Cemetery, Wayne Co., N. Y.
_Sixth Generation.--Caleb I._
I. DEA. NATHANIEL, son of Nathaniel Horton and Mehitabel Wells
(_Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Southold, about 1741;
married in 1761, to REBECCA ROBINSON, born 21 June, 1742; died, 14
Dec., 1819. He died 13 Aug., 1824; moved to Chester, N. J., with his
father's family, in 1748.
Children, all born at Chester:
1. Huldah, born 14 Jan., 1762; married Joel Coe; died 13 Dec.,
1803.
2. Rebecca, born 31 Dec., 1763; married Benj. Fordyce; died in
1840.
3. Jonah, born in 1765; married Jane Dalrymple; died in
Lockport, N. Y.
4. Susan, born in 1767; married 30 March, 1798, to Robert
McCollam; died in Calais, N. Y.
5. Polly, born in 1769; married David Lewis.
6. Nathaniel.
7. Hiram.
8. Mehitabel, all three died in childhood.
9. Elisha, born about 1777; married Mary Horton; died in
Scipio, N. Y.
10. Nathaniel, born 1778; married Eunice Horton, daughter of
Daniel Horton and Martha Terry.
11. Esther, born about 1782.
Dea. Nathaniel Horton was one of the excellent of the earth, loved by
all.
II. BENJAMIN, son of Nathaniel Horton and Mehitabel Wells, born in
Southold, in 1743; married 1767; moved to Brutus, N. Y., and settled
there; died in Brutus.
Children:
1. Benjamin, born 1778, had William, Wines and Omar.
2. David, born 1780, had Spencer, who lives in Lansing, Mich.,
and others.
3. Rhoda, born 1782.
III. DAVID, son of Nathaniel Horton and Mehitabel Wells, born in
Chester, 2 Sept., 1750; married OLIVE SKELLINGER, born 28 March,
1761.
Children, all born in Chester:
1. Edward, born 17 March, 1777; married Charlotte Seward.
2. Mehitabel.
3. Daniel.
David Horton was a soldier in the Revolution--served to the close of
the war--drew a pension to the close of his life. He was a man of
integrity and sound Christian character.
IV. DANIEL, son of Nathaniel Horton and Mehitabel Wells, born in
Chester, in 1751; married MARTHA TERRY, daughter of Richard Terry and
Mary Horton, and born in Chester, in 1757; died 9 Feb., 1842. He died
27 Nov., 1835.
Children, born in Chester:
1. Stephen, died young.
2. Eunice, born 1782; married Col. Nathaniel Horton.
3. Daniel, married Esther Terry.
4. Lydia, married William Skellinger.
5. Esther, married Phineas Horton, being his 3d wife.
Daniel Horton was a Justice of the Peace for many years, of fair
reputation and much respected.
II. JEMIMA, daughter of Capt. Nathan Horton and Mehitabel Case
(_Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Chester, about 1752;
married about 1770, ROBERT HUGHSON. They lived at a place called
Mount Highest, N. J.
Children, probably all born at Mount Highest:
1. John.
2. Elizabeth.
3. Nathan.
4. Jacob.
5. Sarah.
6. Samuel.
7. Phineas.
8. Robert.
9. Daniel.
10. Julia.
11. Lydia.
Jemima Hughson died 3 Oct., 1842. Her husband survived her six years.
The children nearly all had families. Phineas had Elizabeth, Emeline,
Theodore, Sarah, Mary, John and Lura; Julia married a Leek; Lydia
married a Messler.
IV. COL. NATHAN, son of Capt. Nathan Horton and Mehitabel Case, born
in Chester, N. J., 25 Feb., 1757; married in New York City, 10 July,
1783, to _Elizabeth Eagles_, daughter of John Eagles and Hannah ----,
and born in the city of New York, 1 Dec., 1766. They moved to North
Carolina about 1785, and settled on New River, then Wilkes, now
Watauga Co., N. C.
Children, probably, all born at New River, except--
1. Hannah, born at Chester, 15 Dec., 1784; and died at
Hagerstown, Md., while on the way to North Carolina.
2. William, born 15 August, 1786; married Milley Dula.
3. James, born 28 Feb., 1789; married Sydnia Webb.
4. David Eagles, born 4 May, 1792; married Sarah Dula.
5. Phineas, born 9 Jan., 1795; married Sarah Councill.
6. Sarah, born 19 Sept., 1797; died of croup when young.
7. John, born 11 June, 1800; died of croup when young.
8. Elizabeth, born 15 Sept., 1803; married Zephaniah Horton,
Jr., of Yancey Co.
9. Jonathan, born 26 Feb., 1806; married Malinda Hartzag.
Col. Nathan Horton was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was on
guard at the hanging of Major Andre. The gun which he then carried
has been carefully preserved, and is now in the possession of his
grandsons, who live near Elkville, Wilkes Co., N. C.
The Colonel was a farmer, a prominent man and for many years a
Colonel of a regiment of militia of his county. He represented the
county of Ashe in the Legislature in 1800-1-2. He was one of the
first settlers in the county, and became wealthy in lands and other
property. He died at his residence on New River, 22 July, 1824, and
there his wife also died, 19 May, 1854.
V. BETHIA, daughter of Capt. Nathan Horton and Mehitabel Case, born
in Chester, N. J., about 1759; married CALEB TERRY, of Chester.
Children, probably, all born in Chester:
1. Nathaniel, married Coleman.
2. Nathan, married Van Doren.
3. Richard, married Smith.
4. Julia, married Caleb Horton.
5. Deborah, married Thomas Stoute.
6. Jemima, died young.
7. Esther, married 1. Daniel Horton, son of David Horton;
married 2. Nathan Hughson, son of Robert Hughson.
VI. SARAH, daughter of Capt. Nathan Horton and Mehitabel Case, born
in Chester, N. J., about 1761; married DANIEL SWEAZY.
Children, probably, all born in Chester:
1. Benjamin, married Margaret Wiley.
2. James, married Effie Swackhammer.
3. Isaac, married an English lady, name not given.
4. Sarah, married Low Sliker.
5. Mehitabel, married John Sliker.
6. Mary, never married.
VII. ZEPHANIAH, son of Capt. Nathan Horton and Mehitabel Case, born
in Chester, N. J., 13 Nov., 1760; went to North Carolina when a young
man, soon returned to Chester, and 25 March, 1788, married JANE
MCCURRY, daughter of Malcolm McCurry, Esq., of Chester, and soon
afterwards moved to Wilkes Co., N. C., and thence in 1793, to Burke
Co., and thence to Tennessee, where he remained only a short time,
and then returned to North Carolina, and settled in Buncomb, now
Yancey Co., where he lived, and where, 5 April, 1844, he died. He
was a magistrate for many years, and also represented Buncomb Co. in
the Legislature, in 1810-1812, and 1815.
On the day he was seventy years old he had his funeral sermon
preached by Rev. Goodson McDaniel, of the Holston Conference. His
wife died at her residence, 13 August, 1857. Her father was born on
the Island of Ila, Highlands, Scotland. He was kidnapped when a small
boy and brought to New Jersey, where he obtained a good education,
became a lawyer, and practiced law at Morristown, N. J.
Children, 1. and 2. were born in Wilkes Co.; 3. born in Burke Co.,
and the rest in Buncomb Co., N. C.:
1. Nathan, born 24 Jan., 1789.
2. Rachel, born 31 May, 1791; died 29 Oct., 1800.
3. Sarah, born 30 June, 1794.
4. Malcolm, born 8 April, 1797.
5. Elizabeth, born 15 Nov., 1799.
6. Zephaniah, born 26 Nov., 1802.
7. Jane M., born 18 March, 1806.
8. Phebe D., born 30 Oct., 1810.