Chester, N. J., 17 Feb., 1774; married 1. 19 Oct., 1797, to BETHIA
LUCE (Lewis), she died 20 August, 1809. He married 2. the widow
ESTHER HORTON, daughter of Daniel Horton, and widow of Silas Horton.
Children, all born in Chester, 1, 2, 3, 4, by first wife; 5 and 6 by
2d wife:
1. Sarah, born 27 March, 1799; married Jeremiah Wilcox.
2. Nathan, born 27 Dec., 1801; married Julia Horton.
3. Elias, born 6 Feb., 1803; married Melinda Lewis.
4. Mary, born 6 Feb., 1806; married Daniel Skellinger.
5. Martha Esther, born 7 June, 1819.
6. Daniel, born 3 August, 1820; married Lydia C. Horton.
Phineas Horton died 8 Feb., 1857. Esther is still (1874) living,
resides at the homestead with her son Daniel.
I. BARNABAS, son of Barnabas Horton and Abigail Parshall (_Barnabas,
Barnabas, Caleb I._), born in Goshen, N. Y., about 1747; married 1. 8
Nov., 1767, to ABIGAIL DICKERSON, she died about 1777, he married 2.
RACHEL BOSTWICK.
Children, all born in Goshen, exact order of births not known:
1. David.
2. Isaac.
3. Selah.
4. Richard.
5. Barnabas, married Mehitabel Youngs.
6. Mary.
7. Betsey.
8. Henry.
9. Benjamin, born 12 April, 1788.
10. Abigail, married William Brewster.
I. SAMUEL, son of Richard Horton and Elizabeth Harrison (_Caleb,
Barnabas, Caleb I._), born in Radnor, Delaware Co., Pa., about 1752.
He moved to Huntingdon Co., Pa., married and raised a large family,
but no family record has been found. He was a blacksmith, and had the
reputation of being a first-class workman.
II. NATHAN, son of Richard Horton and Elizabeth Harrison, born in
Radnor about 1754. He settled in Huntingdon Co., Pa., and was a
blacksmith by occupation, a very skillful workman, and a man of good
character and standing. He married REBECCA PRIEST, and lived in West
Chester for a short time before he went to Huntingdon.
Children:
1. William, born in West Chester, Pa., about 1789.
2. Henry, born in West Chester, 25 Jan., 1791; married
Elizabeth White.
3. Mary, born in West Chester, 25 Jan., 1791; (twins).
The rest viz.:
4. Catherine.
5. Rebecca.
6. Deborah.
7. John.
8. Elizabeth.
9. Nathan Priest,
were all born in Huntingdon.
V. JOHN, son of Richard Horton and Elizabeth Harrison, born in Radnor
in 1762; married ELIZABETH THOMAS.
Children, all born in Newtown, Chester Co., Pa.:
1. Jesse, born in 1786; married about 1819, Mary Steel.
2. Jacob, born in 1791; married about 1813, Sarah Winans.
3. John, born 1798; married about 1828, Jane Lindsley.
4. Elizabeth, born 27 Nov., 1800; married Samuel Black.
I. LIEUT. JOHN, son of Jonathan Horton and Bethia Horton (_Jonathan,
Jonathan, Caleb I._), born in Southold, L. I., 1753; went in early
life to Chester, N. J., and thence to Wyoming Valley, where about
1782, he married MARY DE LA MONTAGNYE, daughter of John De La
Montagnye. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was a
Lieutenant at the battle of Wyoming, July, 1778. He and his wife both
died in Wyoming.
Children, all born in Wyoming:
1. Sarah, born about 1784; married John Hannas; settled in
Hanover, Pa.
2. Mary, born about 1786; married John Shalls; settled in
Kingston, Pa.
3. Ann, born about 1788; died unmarried.
4. John, born about 1790; married ---- Wickizer.
5. Miller, born 2 Feb., 1792; married Elizabeth Waller.
6. Josiah, born 1795; went south; died in Georgia.
7. Jesse, born 1797; married 1. ---- Headly; 2. Widow Cook.
8. Lewis Mulison, born 1799; married Priscilla Crisman.
9. Abigail, born 1803; died in Kingston, in 1808.
I. SILAS, son of Silas Horton and Experience Vail (_Barnabas_,
_Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Goshen, 24 Aug., 1756; married about
1777, MARY DANES. Settled in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y. He died 25
Dec., 1816.
Silas, though young, like his father, was truly patriotic, and signed
the Pledge of Independence for the Colonies in 1775.
Children, probably all born in Wallkill:
1. Silas Danes, born in July, 1778.
2. Barnabas, born 1780; died in 1867.
3. Hiram, born 1782; died in 1840.
4. Nelly, married Timothy Wheat.
5. Molly, married Israel Moore; had Alfred and William; she
married 2. Daniel Slawson, and had six children.
6. Mehala, married William Wheat.
This family were all dead in 1873, except Mehala.
IV. MATTHIAS, son of Silas Horton and Experience Vail, born in
Goshen, in 1765; married about 1800, SARAH RUMSEY, born in Goshen,
about 1765.
Children, probably all born in Goshen:
1. John, born in 1801.
2. James, born 1803.
3. Hector, born 26 Jan., 1805.
4. Gabriel, born 9 Aug., 1806; married Eliza Corwin; dead.
5. Dolly (Dorothy), born 1809; married John Coleman.
6. Matthias, born 26 Jan., 1812; married Eveline Williams.
7. Julia, born 1814; married Hector Tuthill.
Matthias Horton died 1815; his wife in 1842.
V. ELIHU, son of Silas Horton and Experience Vail, born 1758;
married, about 1779, HANNAH COLEMAN. He was a zealous Whig in
Revolutionary times, and signed the Pledge of Independence for the
Colonies in 1775.
Children, probably born in Goshen:
1. Ira, born 1780; married Sarah Vanduzen.
2. Gabriel H., married Margaret Faulkner.
VI. BARNABAS, son of Silas Horton and Experience Vail, born in
Goshen, 30 June, 1770 (Mrs. Lee says 3 Jan.); married in 1794,
MILICENT HOWELL, of Southampton, L. I., born 18 Sept., 1770; died 13
Jan., 1849. He died 24 Oct., 1823, both in Minnisink.
Children:
1. Parmenas Howell, born in Wallkill, 13 Dec., 1795; married
Fanny Cash.
2. Anna, born in Wallkill, N. Y., 21 Jan., 1798; married Simon
W. Stoddard; died 30 Sept., 1843.
3. Harvey, born in Goshen, 1 Feb., 1800; married Mary Bennet.
4. Horace, born in Minnisink, 6 Oct., 1803; left at 18; never
heard of afterwards.
5. Gabriel, born 9 Aug., 1806, in Minnisink; died 18 Dec., 1847.
6. Milicent Ellen, born 10 July, 1809; married Charles Lee.
7. Hampton Howell, born in Minnisink, 16 May, 1811; died 6
Jan., 1825.
XI. ABIGAIL, daughter of Silas Horton and Experience Vail, born in
Goshen, in 1773; married in Goshen, in 1794, CAPT. DANIEL STRINGHAM,
born in Wallkill, N. Y., in 1765. They moved to the State of Indiana
in 1816. He died in 1841. She died in 1842.
Children, all born in Middletown, N. Y.:
1. John D. Stringham, born in 1795; died in 1814.
2. Silas Horton Stringham, born 7 Nov., 1797.
3. Charles S., born 1799; died 1818.
4. Lewis, born 1801; died 1816.
5. William M., born 1803; died 1805.
6. Margaret, born 1805; married Z. C. Hovey in 1837; died 1874.
7. Jane, born 1808; married Randolph Widding; is now a widow in
Terre Haute, Ind.
8. William M., born 1808; died 1816.
9. Hannah, born 1811; married John Gilkey; now a widow,
Crawfordsville, Ind.
10. Mary, born 1814; died 1816.
X. HANNAH, daughter of Silas Horton and Experience Vail, born in
Goshen, about 1770; married in 1790, ISAIAH VAIL, JR. Settled in
Goshen.
Children, probably all born in Goshen:
1. Lebbeus Lathrop, born 27 Oct., 1791; married Sally Moore;
had 10 children.
2. Julia, married Whitehead Halstead; had 5 children.
3. Dolly, died in infancy.
4. Oliver Horton, married Eunice Moore; had 5 children.
5. Nathaniel, died unmarried.
6. William Morris, married Harriet Edwards; had 10 children.
7. James Williamson, married 1. Lindamira Jackson, had 2
children; married 2. Rebecca Sherman, grand-daughter of
the HON. ROGER SHERMAN, of Connecticut, of the CONTINENTAL
CONGRESS; had 5 children.
I. ISRAEL, JR., first son of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee
(_Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born in Cutchogue, Southold,
23 Sept., 1756. He died at Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., 22 July,
1813. She died Jan., 1842. He moved with his father from Southold to
Goshen, N. Y., in 1762. At the death of his father he was about 15
years old, and he being the oldest of the family, remained with his
mother, and assisted in taking care of the family. On the 23 Feb.,
1780, he married ANNA VAN DEVORT; she was the daughter of Thomas
Van Devort, and was born in Orange Co., N. Y., 29 Nov., 1763. He
removed from Orange County to Owego, N. Y., about 1801 or 1802, and
in 1816 from Owego to Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y., where he settled
permanently, and spent the remainder of his days. They were pious
people and members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Children:
1. Jason, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 23 Feb., 1781; married
Sally Miller, of Geneva.
2. William Lee, born in Orange County, New York, 21 October,
1781.
3. Sarah, born in Orange County, New York, 9 April, 1784;
married in Phelps, 1813, Samuel Minnis.
4. Phebe, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 6 March, 1786; married
Frederick Schenick, of Spencer, N. Y.
5. John, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 26 Feb., 1788; married
Rachel Hiler.
6. Thomas Van Devort, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 6 April, 1790;
died 21 July, 1811.
7. Benjamin, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 9 Sept., 1792; died 22
Sept., 1834.
8. Arietta, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 28 Nov., 1794; married
Isaac Butler.
9. Peter Davis, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 11 Dec., 1796;
married Hannah Couch.
10. Isaac T., born in Orange Co., N. Y., 28 Feb., 1799; married
Esther Clark.
11. Eleanor, born in Owego, N. Y., 27 Dec., 1802; married
Thomas Van Devort.
12. Cornelius, born in Owego, N. Y., 13 Aug., 1804; died
unmarried.
13. Joseph Lee, born in Owego, N. Y., 9 July, 1807; married
widow Elizabeth Hatfield.
II. JASON, son of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born at
Cutchogue, Southold, L. I., 18 Dec., 1758; married in 1783, to MARY
TERRY, daughter of Uriah Terry and Abigail Cleveland, and born in
Southold, L. I., in 1760. He was a clothier by trade, served his
apprenticeship in Chester, and then settled for a short time at
Boskenridge,--it is now Basking Ridge,--New Jersey, and then moved
to Somerville, New Jersey, where he settled permanently and where he
died. He was one of the most pious and exemplary men that ever lived,
a zealous, active, intelligent Presbyterian. He was a very strict
observer of the Sabbath, and violation of it by his neighbors always
gave him great displeasure. Observing one of his neighbors frequently
chopping firewood on the Sabbath, he went one Saturday afternoon
and took his neighbor a load of wood prepared for the fire, telling
him it was to save him the trouble of chopping his firewood on the
Sabbath. His neighbor took it kindly, and was careful afterwards to
see that his fuel was all ready beforehand for the Sabbath. It was a
common remark of one of the most reckless men of Somerville, that "If
all professors of religion would live like Old Jason Horton, he would
believe there was some reality in religion."
Jason Horton never failed to exert a strong influence for the
Christian religion as long as he lived. And his wife also was a
true help-meet for him in this regard, possessing genuine piety and
Christian activity. She died at Somerville, on Sabbath morning at 5
o'clock, 22 Aug., 1841.
Children:
1. Uriah, born in Sugar Loaf, Orange Co., N. Y., in 1784;
married Elizabeth Fairchild.
2. Sarah, born 20 Jan., 1788; married William Guest.
3. Elizabeth, married 1. John Denniston; 2. Adam Huyler.
4. Mary, born in 1793.
5. Abigail, born in Somerville, 6 March, 1795.
6. Eunice, born in 1797.
7. Fanny, born in 1799.
8. Israel, born in 1801; died young.
These children were all members of the Presbyterian Church, except
Elizabeth, who is a member of the M. E. Church.
III. JEREMIAH, son of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born at
Cutchogue, L. I., 24 Oct., 1759. He lived with his grandfather Lee
on Long Island, until he was sixteen years old, and then came to
Orange Co. On the 16th of Jan., 1783, he married MARY GOLDSMITH. One
of his hips was injured by sciatic rheumatism in early life, causing
him to be a cripple all his days. He was a stone-mason and farmer,
and notwithstanding he was lame, he still performed a great amount
of manual labor. He was a man of good judgment, and a Justice of the
Peace for many years, and was a man greatly beloved and respected in
the community. He and his wife were both members of the Presbyterian
Church. They settled in Blooming Grove, about a mile and a quarter
south of the present village of Washingtonville, and he built, mostly
with his own hands, the venerable old stone mansion now occupied by
the widow and family of his only son Benjamin G. Horton. Jeremiah
Horton died 17 Sept., 1841. His wife died 10 June, 1833.
Children, all born in Blooming Grove:
1. Julia, died young.
2. Fanny, died young.
3. Eunice, born 2 March, 1791.
4. Susan, born 17 Oct., 1793.
5. Mary, born 23 Oct., 1795.
6. Sarah, born 15 March, 1797.
7. Lydia, 24 April, 1799.
8. Eliza, died young.
9. Amy, born 17 Nov., 1803.
10. Benjamin G., born 28 August, 1807.
IV. EUNICE, daughter of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born at
Southold in 1761; married GEORGE HOWELL. They moved from Orange Co.,
in early life, and settled at Peach Orchard, Seneca Co., N. Y.
Children:
1. Benjamin.
2. William.
3. Jeremiah.
4. George.
5. Samuel.
6. Lucinda.
7. Anna.
8. Jemima.
9. Mehitabel.
10. Sally.
11. Hannah.
12. Eliza.
V. MAJ. JOHN, son of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born in
Goshen, 30 July, 1763. He married in Little Britain, Orange Co., N.
Y., 9 April, 1785, DEBORAH TERRY, daughter of Parshall Terry and
Deborah Clark, born in Little Britain, Orange Co., N. Y., on the 25
day of May, 1766. She was one of the inmates of the famed Forty Fort
the night after the Indian battle and massacre of Wyoming. She was
the tender and affectionate mother of eleven children, and raised
them all to maturity. They moved to Wyoming Valley in 1787, and
in 1792 moved to Terrytown, Pa., where he bought land and settled
permanently, and where he died on the 28th day of April, 1848, aged
almost 85 years, and where she died on the 25th day of May, 1844,
aged 78 years.
Major Horton built the first framed dwelling-house on the west side
of the river in the township of then Wyalusing, now Terry. He was
the owner of the first two-horse wagon ever brought into Terrytown,
and that wagon not only cheerfully bore the burdens he put upon it,
but also those of several of the neighbors. He also owned the first
fanning mill ever brought into the place. He built the first frame
barn that was ever built in the township. It was built in 1805, and
is still in a good state of preservation, and is owned by Edmund
Horton.
The framed house mentioned above, built by Major Horton in 1806,
accidentally took fire on the 23 Sept., 1861, and was burned up.
Major Horton was a wagoner in the Revolutionary War, towards the
close of the war, and was stationed in Mamakating Hollow, and
afterwards on the Neversink Creek, not far from the present Port
Jervis. He was Major of a battalion of militia in Wyalusing,
frequently held township offices, and was one of the leading men
of the place. He was not a public professor of Christianity, but
his life in the main was in harmony with its teachings, and he
loved, and was successful, in promoting good order in society. He
was universally esteemed, and at his funeral a larger concourse of
people were gathered than had ever before been witnessed in this
part of the country on a funeral occasion. Deborah, his wife, was a
woman distinguished for her eminent piety, unwearied industry, and
good economy; she knew well how to guide the house. Their children
were all born at Terrytown, except Ebenezer, who was born in Little
Britain, N. Y., and Anna and Lydia, who were born in Wyoming Valley.
Children:
1. Ebenezer, born 9 Jan., 1786; married Mary Terry.
2. Anna, born 21 Oct., 1788; died August, 1813; unmarried.
3. Lydia, born 14 March, 1791; married John P. Stalford.
4. John, born 23 March, 1793; married 1. Nancy Miller; 2. Lydia
Molther; 3. Amanda Cross.
5. Eunice, born 14 Jan., 1796; married Thomas Ingham.
6. Sallie, born 29 May, 1798; married John Morrow.
7. Betsey, born 27 Dec., 1800; married Francis Baillet.
8. Francis, born 7 June, 1803; died unmarried.
9. George F., born 2 Jan., 1806; married Abigail Terry.
10. Edmund, born 9 August, 1808; married Martha A. Robinson.
11. Harry Morgan, born 24 Sept., 1811; unmarried.
VI. JOSEPH LEE, son of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born in
Goshen, N. Y., 27 April, 1765; married in Sugar Loaf, N. Y., 27 Feb.,
1791, to HANNAH TODD, daughter of Joseph Todd, of Sugar Loaf, and
born there on the 31 Aug., 1771. He died in Palmyra, 10 July, 1831.
She died at the same place on 9 Aug., 1827.
He moved from Goshen, N. Y., soon after he was married, to Owego, N.
Y., where he remained until 1803, and he then removed to Palmyra,
N. Y., and took up land and settled about four miles north of the
village, where Mrs. Sarah Durfee, one of his daughters, now resides.
Joseph L. Horton and his wife were very pious people, both worthy
members of the Baptist Church, beloved and respected in the
community. He was a farmer and shoemaker. He had feeble health
for several years before his death, wasting away gradually by
consumption. He was a very patient and industrious man, and towards
the close of his life, suffering from the ravages of disease, and
much enfeebled, he would still work at his occupation, making
sometimes one shoe in a day, and at others only half a one, according
as he had strength and breath. His end was peace.
Children:
1. Samuel Todd, born at Owego, N. Y., 27 July, 1792.
2. Catharine, born at Owego, N. Y., 21 May, 1794; married Geo.
Spinner; he died without issue.
3. Henry Wisner, born at Owego, N. Y., 31 May, 1797.
4. Sarah Parshall, born at Owego, N. Y., 28 May, 1799.
5. James Parshall, born at Owego, N. Y., 5 April, 1801.
6. Millie Ann, born at Palmyra, N. Y., 20 July, 1803; died 7
Oct., 1818.
7. Lewis Beers, born at Palmyra, N. Y., 24 May, 1806.
8. Anna, born at Palmyra, N. Y., 5 July, 1808.
9. Durfee Delano, born at Palmyra, N. Y., 25 July, 1813.
10. Wilson Osborn, born at Palmyra, N. Y., 26 April, 1815.
VII. MARY, daughter of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born near
Goshen, N. Y., about 1767; married JOHN CLARK. Settled in Spencer, N.
Y.
Children:
John,
Benjamin,
Ann,
Sally,
and others.
VIII. SAMUEL, son of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born in
the township of Goshen, N. Y., in the year 1770. He was a master
builder in the city of New York, when quite a young man. He was said
to possess a mind peculiarly adapted to mechanical pursuits, and he
engaged in them before his majority. When about 23 years of age, he
took the small-pox, in New York, went home to his father's, in Orange
County, where he died in a few days.
IX. BENJAMIN, youngest child of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee,
was born at Sugar Loaf, N. Y., 7 Feb., 1772. He was married in
Belvale, Orange Co., N. Y., 29 Jan., 1795, by the Rev. Mr. Stevens,
to HANNAH VANCE. She was born in Belvale, N. Y., 28 March, 1777. He
bought a farm and settled there, but by indorsing for a friend, he
lost his farm and all that he had. He then, about 1822, removed to
New York, and entered largely into the business of a master builder.
In 1834 he moved to Milan, Ohio, where, on the 18th Feb., 1856, he
died, of congestion of the lungs. His wife died at the same place, 25
June, 1860. He and his wife were both members of the M. E. Church.
Children:
1. Margaret Vance, born 9 Dec., 1796.
2. Milton, born 7 April, 1799.
3. Julia Ann E., born 12 May, 1800; died of consumption, in
Ohio, 27 Nov., 1839; unmarried.
4. Samuel, born 28 July, 1802; died 21 Nov., 1841, of epilepsy
and consumption; unmarried.
5. Nicholas Townsend, born in Belvale, 20 Jan., 1805; married
Sarah Van Orden.
6. Sarah Jane, born in Belvale, 2 May, 1807; married Matthew
Mead, and settled in Philadelphia, Pa.
7. Eliza, born in Belvale, 19 March, 1809; died of lock-jaw, 18
July, 1815.
8. Hannah Maria, born in Belvale, 7 May, 1811; married James
Galloway Horton.
9. Catharine D., born in Belvale, 13 Aug., 1813; married Enoch
Nichols.
10. Elizabeth R., born in Belvale, 3 Oct., 1815; married Smith
Conley.
11. Eunice, born in Belvale, 6 Oct., 1817; died 8 Oct., 1826,
of dysentery.
12. Eloise, born in Belvale, 19 May, 1822; died 2 Oct., 1843,
of consumption; unmarried.
I. ELIJAH, son of Elijah Horton and Lydia Sweazy (_Caleb_,
_Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Chester, N. J., 19 Dec., 1756;
married 19 Dec., 1780, MARY ----, born in Roxbury, N. J., April,
1752; died 17 Dec., 1790, leaving two children, Anna and Betsy, who
married and settled in Canada. He married 2. about 1793, MEHITABEL
RUTH COLEMAN, of Goshen, N. Y., and had:
1. Elijah, born 15 Dec., 1794; married Sarah Oberton.
2. Ephraim Coleman, born 1796; died young.
Elijah Horton was a man of correct moral deportment, and a valuable
citizen. He died 29 August, 1799; buried in Chester Cemetery.
II. BARNABAS, son of Elijah Horton and Elizabeth Sweazy, born in
Chester, 27 Sept., 1759; married 1783, ELIZABETH COLEMAN. He died 6
Dec., 1800. She died 26 Jan., 1831. Both buried in Chester Cemetery.
Children, born at Chester:
1. Elizabeth, born 1784; married Nathan Corwin; died 5 May,
1806.
2. Ruth, married Lodwick Horton, of Goshen, N. Y.
3. Patty Coleman, born 23 Sept., 1802; married John W. Thorp.
III. SILAS, son of Elijah Horton and Lydia Sweazy, born in Chester,
17 July, 1764; married 1. SUSAN CORWIN, who died 9 July, 1790,
leaving Lydia Corwin Horton, who married Isaac H. Corwin, and died
in 1816, childless. He married 2. MARY KELSEY, born in Goshen, 26
Jan., 1770; died 21 Dec., 1803, without issue. He married 3. ESTHER
HORTON, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Horton, and had
Mary, born 8 Sept., 1811; died 8 Oct., 1811.
On the tombstone of Silas, we find: "Filled the measure of his days
with usefulness, and departed this life 10 Dec., 1842. He was a
consistent member of the Congregational Church for 55 years, and the
loss caused by his death can only be estimated by those who knew him.
One of his last bequests was $3,200, secured by bond and mortgage,
and the interest to be appropriated annually to the support of the
elected Congregational minister of the first Congregational Church of
Chester."
Esther, his 3d wife, died 5 Feb., 1852, aged 70.
JONATHAN BANI, son of Barnabas Horton and Mary Tuthill (_Jonathan_,
_Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at Southold, 14 March, 1794; married
1. 20 May, 1815, by Rev. L. Thompson, to DEBORAH OSBORN. She died in
1833, leaving children, as follows, all born in Southold:
1. Emily, born 11 March, 1816; married Gilbert Miller; she died
in 1857.
2. Edwin, born 1 Sept., 1817; died 6 July, 1818.
3. Joseph Osborn, born 24 Aug., 1819; died in New York, in 1858.
4. Edmund Bani, born 5 October, 1821.
5. Jerusha Conklin, born 14 June, 1824; married Orrin Case;
died in 1874.
6. Deborah, born 7 Sept., 1828; married Charles Van Devort.
7. Catherine Conover, born 25 Dec., 1830; married Jonas Gulick.
Jonathan Bani married 2. in 1838, JERUSHA EDWARDS, she died, and
he married 3. JERUSHA PEORNEY, she died, and he married 4. HANNAH
BLONVETTE, she died in 1870; he died in New York, 19 Feb., 1871, and
was buried at Cutchogue, L. I. Mr. Horton was emphatically a servant
of God. We here re-produce a portion of his obituary, which appeared
in the Presbyterian, of Philadelphia, shortly after his decease:
"Mr. Horton has been for forty years the indefatigable and
successful Tract Missionary of the Seventh Ward, New York
City. When he first assumed the important task of laboring
for the spiritual interests of this portion of the city, it
was known as one of the most wicked and wretched wards. The
'Sailor Boarding-houses' of olden times, with their numerous
'land-sharks,' and temptations to sinful indulgence, swarmed
here.... In process of time, the greater part of this territory
was occupied by dwellings of opulent merchants. Then after
another period of years, a new generation found the older
inhabitants of the Seventh Ward crowded out, and their former
homes became filled with a population of the dregs of old
country emigrants, or gave place to shops and manufactories.
Mr. Horton adapted himself and modified his work to meet
these successive changes, and calling to his help a faithful
band of distributors, teachers and visitors, made a Christian
influence to be felt, increasing its power by every available
means. A great multitude of conversions from year to year were
the result of his faithful labors. Admonished by the approach
of old age, he resigned his position as missionary, made all
arrangements as to his worldly affairs, wrote farewell letters,
and quietly looked forward to the close of his earthly career."
_Seventh Generation.--Caleb I._