I may speak of the disposition manifested in my own line. Some
might set them down as too dogmatical. I do admit that most of
them are rather tenacious of their own opinions. Especially
were my grandfather and his brother Barnabas positive and firm
men. But I do not think this trait of character is so prominent
in other branches of the family. In regard to punctuality
and uprightness, they can present as untarnished a record as
any other family. I have never heard of any of them being
imprisoned for debt or misdemeanor. Their social standing has
always been good. As to mental capacity, I believe they have
generally been people of good common sense. They have not, so
far as I know, ever made any special mark in the literary or
scientific world. Politically, as a general thing, they embrace
and adhere to the _Democratic idea_--the idea of freedom and
equal rights. They have mainly followed agricultural pursuits.
I believe frugality has ever been a leading characteristic
of the family, in all its history, and we find this trait
of character still prominent, despite the great amount of
prodigality and unthrift witnessed in these times."
I. ELWOOD ELY, son of Alexander Horace Horton and Catherine Cline
Ditmars (_Uriah T._, _Jason_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_,
_Caleb I._), born at Lambertville, N. J., 26 Dec., 1844; married
in Trenton, N. J., 9 May, 1868, by the Rev. Mr. Bartine, to LYDIA
GAMBLE, daughter of Ellis Gamble, and born at Lambertville, 1 April,
1850. She died in Trenton, N. J., 7 May, 1874, leaving one son:
William Horton, born 22 Oct., 1869.
Elwood E. Horton resides at Lambertville, and is a car painter by
occupation.
II. CARLTON IRA, son of Ira Joseph Horton and Ruth Howard Spear
(_Samuel Todd_, _Joseph_, _Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb
I._), born in Atlas, Genesee Co., Mich., 3 Sept., 1841; married in
Atlas, 1 Oct., 1863, by Isaac Crawford, Esq., to MARIETTA FROST,
daughter of Jonathan Frost, and born in Atlas, 17 Sept., 1840.
Children, born in Atlas:
1. Sumner Green, born 16 June, 1865.
2. William Henry, born 29 March, 1869.
_Third Generation.--Joshua I._
I. JOSHUA, Ensign, son of Joshua Horton I. and Mary Tuthill, born in
Southold, 1669; married 1. ELIZABETH GROVER, daughter of Simon Grover
and Elizabeth Moore, and born in Southold, 15 Sept., 1672; died in
1713. He married 2. the widow MARY GILLAM. He died about 1744.
Children, all by first wife, and all born in Southold:
1. Eliza, born 1694; married in 1719, John Halloway.
2. Patience, born 1696; married in 1716, Joseph Lamb.
3. Deborah, born 1698; married in 1721, Nathaniel Buell.
4. Martha, born 1701; married in 1724, Robert Tustin.
5. Mary, died in 1724; unmarried.
6. Rhoda, died 1720.
7. Simon Grover, born 1711.
8. Joshua, married Sarah Hull in 1734.
II. JOSEPH, son of Joshua Horton I. and Mary Tuthill, born in
Southold, about 1671; married.
Children, probably all born in Southold:
1. Joshua, born 1730.
2. Benjamin.
3. Joseph.
4. Martha.
5. Lydia.
6. Deliverance, died young.
IV. MARY, daughter of Joshua Horton I. and Mary Tuthill, born in
Southold, 1687; married 2 Jan., 1708, ZACCHEUS GOLDSMITH, son of John
Goldsmith and Anna Wells, and born in Southold about 1689.
Children:
1. David, born 1709.
2. Mary.
3. Joseph.
V. BETHIA, daughter of Joshua Horton I. and Mary Tuthill, born in
Southold, 1679; married in 1716, ICHABOD HALLOCK, son of Thos.
Hallock and Mary Hope. He died in 1759. She died in 1753.
Children:
1. Thomas, born 1717.
2. Ichabod, born 1719.
3. Bethia, married Reeve.
4. Sarah, married Jeremiah Billard.
5. Patience, married Silas Moore.
6. Anna, married William Homan.
VII. EPHRAIM, son of Joshua Horton I. and Mary Tuthill, born in
Southold, in 1786; married about 1707, MARTHA VAIL, born in
Southold, 1788.
Children:
1. Joseph.
2. Benjamin.
3. Jeremiah, died 1729.
4. Joshua, died 1729.
_Fourth Generation.--Joshua I._
I. JOSEPH, son of Ephraim Horton and Martha Vail (_Joshua I._), born
in Southold in 1708; married perhaps DELIVERANCE REEVES.
Children, all born in Southold:
1. Joshua, born in 1733; married Asenath Mapes.
2. Benjamin, born 1735; married Anna Horton.
3. Joseph, born 1737; married Mary Hallock.
4. Mary, born 1739.
5. Martha, born 1741; married 6 April, 1769, Recompense Howell.
6. Lydia, died young.
7. Lydia, born 1744; married 13 Feb., 1775, to James Overton.
8. Deliverance, born 1747; she was sent to a wind grist-mill
when 11 years old, and venturing too near the wings, she was
struck by one of them and fatally injured; she was taken to the
house of Joseph Reeves and died the same day.
II. BENJAMIN, son of Ephraim Horton and Martha Vail, born in
Southold, about 1710; married.
Children:
1. Joseph, born 1735.
2. Jeremiah, born 1738.
3. Joshua, born 1740.
4. Eliza, born 1742; married 20 Nov., 1763, Josiah Gibbs.
III. JEREMIAH, son of Ephraim Horton and Martha Vail, born in
Southold, about 1712; married.
Children:
1. Joshua, born in 1747.
2. Justus, born in 1749.
3. Joseph, born 1757.
4. John, born in 1760; married and settled in Rhode Island, and
had John, Benjamin and Joseph.
VII. SIMON GROVER, son of Joshua Horton and Eliza Grover (_Joshua
I._), born in Southold, 30 March, 1711.
"He graduated at Yale College in 1731; was bred a
Congregationalist, but he was installed pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, in Connecticut Farms, L. I., between
Sept., 1734 and Sept., 1735. In 1746 he accepted a call to
Newtown, L. I., where he labored until 1772, when he resigned
and remained in retirement till his decease, 8 May, 1786, at
the residence of his son-in-law, Judge Benjamin Coe. He was
a man of unquestioned purity, and always sustained a good
character and standing. He was of middle size and solemn
deportment."--_Hatfield's History of Elizabeth, N. J._
He was twice married; his first wife, ABIGAIL HOWELL, died 5 May,
1752, and 7 Jan., 1762, he married ELIZABETH FISH, daughter of Samuel
Fish, Esq. He had but one child:
Phebe, who married the late Hon. Benjamin Coe.
He was an exile during the Revolutionary War, with his son-in-law, at
Warwick, Orange Co., N. Y. They returned to Newtown, L. I., in the
fall of 1783, and there he died, as stated above. He was a zealous
and active Whig, and early espoused the cause of the colonies against
the mother country.
_Fifth Generation.--Joshua I._
I. JOSHUA, son of Joseph Horton and Deliverance Reeves (_Ephraim_,
_Joshua I._), born in Southold about 1733; married about 1750,
perhaps ASENATH MAPES.
Children, all born in Southold:
1. Joshua, born 22 Sept., 1851.
2. Havens.
3. Gilbert.
4. William.
5. Deliverance.
6. Permela.
7. Asenath.
II. BENJAMIN, son of Joseph Horton and Deliverance Reeves, born about
1735; married about 1756, to ANNA HORTON, daughter of Calvin Horton
and Elizabeth Burnette, and born in Southold, in 1737.
Children, all born in Southold:
1. Elizabeth.
2. Elam Potter.
3. Joseph.
4. Benjamin.
5. Davis.
6. Martha.
III. JOSEPH, son of Joseph Horton and Deliverance Reeves, born about
1737; married MARY HALLOCK, and settled at Riverhead, L. I.
Children, all born at Riverhead:
1. Joseph, born 1759; married 1. Sally Decker, 2. Widow Cox.
2. William; born 1761; married Osborn.
3. Sybil, married Homan.
4. Mary, married Wm. Terry.
5. Hannah, married Hallock.
6. Benjamin, married Charlotte Wells.
_Sixth Generation.--Joshua I._
I. JOSHUA, son of Joshua Horton and Asenath Mapes (_Joseph_,
_Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born in Southold, 22 Sept., 1751; died in
Putnam Valley, N. Y., 11 Nov., 1811; he went to Orange Co., N. Y., in
early life; married about 1777, PHEBE RUMSEY, moved to Philipstown,
now Putnam Valley, N. Y., where he settled. His wife was born in
Goshen, N. Y., 15 Jan., 1760; died 8 Sept., 1807, in Putnam Valley.
He was an honest, Christian man, a worthy member of the Baptist
Church, and much respected by all who knew him.
Children, probably all born in Putnam Valley:
1. Isaac, born in 1778; married Margaret Odell.
2. John, born 1780.
3. James, born 1782.
4. Cyrus, born 1 June, 1784; married Sarah Mead.
5. Jasper, born in 1787.
III. GILBERT, son of Joshua Horton and Asenath Mapes, born in
Southold, 1753; married and settled in Shenandoah Valley, Dutchess
Co., N. Y.
IV. WILLIAM, son of Joshua Horton and Asenath Mapes, born in
Southold, 1755; married MARY WRIGHT, in 1795; moved to Orange Co.,
and thence to Oneida Co., N. Y., and settled at Rome, N. Y. He was a
soldier in the Revolutionary war, served during the war and came out
unharmed.
Children, probably all born in Rome, N. Y.:
1. Anannias, born 1796; resides in Oriskany, N. Y.
2. Liberty, born 1798; resides in Whitesboro, N. Y.
3. Jeremiah, born 28 Oct., 1800; married Abigail Brownell.
4. Richmond Wright, born 30 Jan., 1803; married Martha McNall.
5. Irene, married ---- Knaggs; lives at Little Falls, N. Y.
6. Rhoda, married ---- Streetor.
7. Mary Shields, died in Rome, 9 Aug., 1855.
I. DEA. JOSEPH, son of Joseph Horton and Mary Hallock (_Joseph_,
_Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born about 1761; moved to Orange Co., N.
Y., in early life, settled in Wallkill; married SALLY DECKER. After
her death he married the widow Sally Cox. He was a Deacon in the
Presbyterian Church of Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y.
Children, born in Wallkill:
1. Joseph, married Mary Cox.
2. Polly.
3. Benjamin, married Phebe Vail.
4. Levi Decker.
5. Anna, born 1789; married Isaac M. Gillett.
6. Hannah.
7. Phebe.
8. John.
"In the year 1824 or 1825, Dea. Joseph Horton, with his horse
and buggy, left home in the morning and went to work in a field
about two miles from his house alone. Not returning, his family
made search for him, and going to the field they found him
dead, lying upon his face on the ground, and the bridle in his
hand, indicating plainly that his horse had been turned into
the pasture-field in the morning, and that he had finished his
day's work, and started to get his horse to return home when he
fell dead."--_Letter of L. D. Horton, August, 1874._
His residence was in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y. He was about
sixty-three years old at the time of his death, and living with his
2d wife, who was the widow Sally Cox.
_Seventh Generation.--Joshua I._
I. JOSEPH, son of Dea. Joseph Horton and Sally Decker (_Benjamin_,
_Joseph_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born in Wallkill, in 1776; married
in Wallkill, N. Y., about 1806, MARY COX, born in Orange Co., N. Y.,
in 1779. They were members of the Presbyterian Church, and he was one
of the Deacons. They settled in Newfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y., in
1813, and there they died, he in 1823, and she in 1862.
Children, 1. and 2. born in Wallkill, the rest in Newfield:
1. Solomon.
2. Lewis.
3. Harry.
4. Stephen.
5. Joseph.
6. Mehitabel.
7. Sally.
8. Fanny.
9. Elizabeth.
10. James Madison.
III. BENJAMIN, son of Dea. Joseph Horton and Sally Decker, born
in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 July, 1787; married PHEBE VAIL,
daughter of Daniel Vail and Elizabeth Smith, and born in Ulster Co.,
N. Y., 27 July, 1786.
Children:
1. Maria, born 1809; married Baxter.
2. Levi Decker, born 22 April, 1811; married Susan Polhamus.
3. Julia, married Miller.
4. Betsey, married Kingsbury.
5. Joseph.
6. Stephen L., born 15 March, 1818; married Harriet Newell.
7. Benjamin I., born 13 March, 1820; married Phebe Perry.
8. Sally Ann, married Baldwin.
9. Asa C., born 1 Jan., 1822; married Sarah Wood.
10. Nancy, married Clark.
11. Clarissa, married Cisson; she is dead.
12. Amanda M., married Tibbits.
13. Rufus.
V. ANNA, daughter of Dea. Joseph Horton and Sally Decker, born in
Wallkill, in 1789; married ISAAC M. GILLETT.
Children, all born in Newfield, N. Y.:
1. Daniel Horton.
2. David Humley.
3. Charles Joseph, born 19 March, 1820; married Sarah Ann
Alexander.
I. ISAAC, son of Joshua Horton and Phebe Rumsey (_Joshua_, _Joseph,
phraim_, _Joshua I._), born in Putnam Valley, N. Y., about 1778;
married MARGARET ODELL.
Children:
1. Wright James, was born in Philipstown, Putnam Co., N. Y.;
married Deborah Wilcox.
III. HON. CYRUS, son of Joshua Horton and Phebe Rumsey, born in
Putnam Valley, N. Y., 1 June, 1784, and died there, 13 Feb., 1832. He
was married 27 Sept., 1809, to MARY MEAD. She was born 23 May, 1791,
died 27 May, 1842. She was the daughter of Anna Mead, who was born 12
March, 1765, and died 30 June, 1835.
"Cyrus Horton was a New York merchant for some years, but
by reason of ill-health, he abandoned active business and
purchased the homestead of his father in Philipstown, and
there he spent the closing years of his life in comparative
retirement, possessing a moderate competence, acquired in
merchandising. He died in the same house in which his father
had lived and died, thus two generations died on the homestead.
He was distinguished for his gentlemanly deportment, Christian
life, and public spirit. The old homestead was a _church and
a religious centre_ for more than sixty years. He knew well
the advantages of education, and he inculcated it in his
children."--_Letter of E. J. Horton._
His influence in society was of the true kind, and his death was
greatly lamented.
VI. LEONARD, son of Benjamin Horton and Peninah Newton (_John_,
_Jeremiah_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born at Naugatuck, Conn., 15
Nov., 1807; married JEMIMA CONOVER, born in New Jersey, 26 Sept.,
1809; moved from Connecticut to Chenango Co., N. Y.
Children, probably all born in Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y.:
1. Marcus Nelson, born 6 April, 1830.
2. Emily Jane, born 1832.
3. Avis Amelia.
4. Clark Lawrence.
_Eighth Generation.--Joshua I._
III. HARRY, son of Joseph Horton and Mary Cox (_Dea. Joseph_,
_Joseph_, _Benjamin_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born in Wallkill,
Orange Co., N. Y., 11 April, 1811; moved with his father, when 18
months old (1813), to Newfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y.; married in
Newfield, 5 May, 1834, by George Bailey, Esq., to SARAH SMITH,
daughter of Henry Smith and Anna E. Hufford, and born in Hamilton,
Northampton Co., Pa., 12 Oct., 1810.
Children, all born in Newfield, the residence of their parents:
1. William Henry, born 27 Feb., 1835; married Philena Nobles.
2. Stephen Joseph, born 31 May, 1838; married Kate Seabring.
3. Catherine Lonesa, born 14 March, 1841; married Nelson Cutter.
X. JAMES MADISON, son of Joseph Horton and Mary Cox, born in
Newfield, N. Y., 14 Dec., 1814; married in Newfield, 27 Aug., 1835,
by George D. Bailey, Esq., to ELIZABETH SMITH, daughter of Henry
Smith and Nancy Hofford, and born in Newfield, 31 July, 1816.
Children, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 born in Newfield, 9 and 10 in
Republic, Ohio:
1. A daughter, born 3 Feb., 1837; died unmarried.
2. Sarah Maria, born 26 Jan., 1838; married David Hubbard Clark.
3. Fannie Minerva, born 12 July, 1840; married Rufus Bishop
Hall.
4. Clara Jane, born 20 Aug., 1842; married Harry Axtel Palmer.
5. Francis Asbury, born 22 Oct., 1845; married Marian Chitenden.
6. Levi Wisner, born 8 Dec., 1847; married Alchamedy Lapham.
7. Ann Elizabeth, born 12 Oct., 1850; married William Clink.
8. Matilda Adelia, born 30 May, 1853; unmarried.
9. A son, born in 1856; died without a name.
10. Willie Eugene Seabring, born 29 March, 1858; unmarried.
Mr. Horton and family moved from Newfield to Republic, Seneca Co.,
Ohio, in Oct., 1855. He has been afflicted with ill-health for nine
years past. He resides at Green Springs, Ohio, and stands fair in the
community.
II. LEVI DECKER, son of Benjamin Horton and Phebe Vail (_Dea.
Joseph_, _Joseph_, _Joseph_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born in
Newfield, N. Y., 22 April, 1811; married in Enfield, Tompkins Co., N.
Y., 12 July, 1834, by Rev. Obediah Chase, to SUSAN POLHAMUS, daughter
of Cornelius Polhamus and Polly Caniff, and born in Ulster Co., N.
Y., 18 Feb., 1813.
Children:
1. Amos Curry, born in Newfield, 27 April, 1835; died 6 July,
1862.
2. Ruth Ann, born in Newfield, 20 Nov., 1836; married 30 April,
1860, by the Rev. Volney Powell, to John Hamilton Danthemus.
3. Phebe Jane, born in Newfield, 6 July, 1839; married 12 May,
1858, by the Rev. Volney Powell, to Charles W. Johnson.
4. George Washington, born in Newfield, 6 July, 1841.
5. John Gillett, born in New Milford, Ill., 23 Oct., 1844; died
14 Jan., 1849.
6. Clara Elizabeth, born in New Milford, Ill., 20 Feb., 1848;
unmarried.
7. Eva Louisa, born in New Milford, Ill., 12 Jan., 1853;
married by Rev. Henry Mahil, 25 Dec., 1871, to Charles Peake.
Levi D. Horton moved from Newfield, about 1842, to New Milford, Ill.,
where he now resides.
VI. STEPHEN L., son of Benjamin Horton and Phebe Vail, born in
Newfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y., 15 March, 1818; married in Harlem,
Winnebago Co., Ill., in 1847, by Rev. Mr. Wilson, to HARRIET NEWELL,
born 4 Jan., 1827, in Litchfield, Mass.; died in New Milford, Ill.,
23 May, 1868.
Children, by first wife:
1. Haskell V., born in New Milford, Ill., 16 March, 1850;
married Celestia Jameson.
2. Harvey, born in New Milford, Ill., 7 August, 1852.
3. Alva, born in New Milford, Ill., 5 Sept., 1856.
4. Wesley Gibbs, born in New Milford, Ill., 25 Sept., 1858.
Married 2. in Newfield, N. Y., 5 Nov., 1868, by Rev. Reuben C. Fox,
to MARY JANE STARR, born in Newfield, N. Y., 19 March, 1823.
Children:
1. Starr La Motte, born 19 Feb., 1870.
VII. BENJAMIN JOSEPH, son of Benjamin Horton and Phebe Vail, born in
Newfield, N. Y., 13 March, 1820; married in Newfield, 19 Oct., 1842,
by Rev. P. A. Johnson, to PHEBE PERRY, daughter of James E. Perry and
Susanna Adams, and born in Schoharie Co., N. Y., 13 Oct., 1819.
Children, probably all born in Newfield, N. Y.:
1. Henrietta, born 23 July, 1843; died 25 Sept., 1858.
2. La Fayette, born 12 April, 1846; died 21 Sept., 1849.
3. Augusta Maria, born 24 Feb., 1851.
4. Oscar Perry, born 26 Dec., 1853.
5. Bela Joseph, born 5 Oct., 1856.
6. Elmer Elsworth, born 8 Dec., 1862.
IX. ASA CALDWELL, son of Benjamin Horton and Phebe Vail, born in
Newfield, N. Y., 1 Jan., 1822; married at Beloit, Wis., in June,
1854, to SARAH WOOD, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Wood, and born
at Chatham, now Ontario, Canada, 22 June, 1831. They reside at New
Milford, Ill.
Children, all born at New Milford, Ill.:
1. Grace Edna, born 27 Dec., 1855.
2. Floyd Wallace, born 4 Nov., 1857.
3. William Wirt, born 16 March, 1861.
4. Amos Curry, born 6 Nov., 1863.
5. Lucy Lura, born 22 Nov., 1868.
I. WRIGHT JAMES, son of Isaac Horton and Margaret Odell (_Joshua_,
_Joshua_, _Joseph_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born in Philipstown,
Putnam County, N. Y., 25 October, 1813; married in Fishkill, N. Y., 1
January, 1837, by the Rev. Geo. Horton, of the same place, to DEBORAH
WILCOX, born in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., N. Y., 13 Oct., 1812;
she was daughter of Abner Wilcox and Sally ----. He was born 16
March, 1784. She was born 24 Sept., 1787.
Children, all born in Fishkill except Sarah Ann, who was born in Mt.
Morris, Genesee Co., Mich.:
1. Rev. Isaac, born in Fishkill, Dutchess Co., N. Y., 29 Aug.,
1839. A graduate of Rochester University, class of 1865; also a
graduate of Rochester Theological Seminary, class of 1868.
2. Amelia, born 24 Oct., 1841; a teacher.
3. Abner, born 24 June, 1844; a telegraph operator and
bookkeeper.
4. Cyrus B. Horton, born 13 Dec., 1846; a farmer.
5. Sarah Ann, born 26 July, 1849; married 3 Sept., 1867, to
Prof. Jefferson H. Lewis. Mr. Lewis is the Principal of the Mt.
Morris School. They have Nellie E. Lewis, born Sept., 1873.
Wright James Horton moved from Fishkill to Mt. Morris, Mich., in
1848, where he now resides.
I. EZRA JAMES, son of Hon. Cyrus Horton and Sarah Mead (_Joshua_,
_Joshua_, _Joseph_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born 20 July, 1826, in
Putnam Valley, Putnam Co., N. Y., about seven miles from Peekskill,
his present place of residence. He was married at Cold Springs
Village, 8 Sept., 1850, by Rev. S. W. Jones, to SARAH DAVENPORT, only
daughter of William Davenport and Euphemia Perry, and born at Cold
Springs.
Children, all born in Peekskill, N. Y.:
1. Rushman Davenport, born 7 July, 1853; died 10 Aug., 1854, at
Cold Springs.
2. Cyrus William, born 19 June, 1855; is now cadet midshipman,
3d class, Annapolis Academy.
3. Euphemia, born 17 Feb., 1857; died same day.
4. Linda E., born 24 Jan., 1859; died 2 Aug., 1859.
5. Walter, born 24 Sept., 1860; died 31 Oct., 1863, at
Philipstown.
6. Annie Woolsey, born 24 Sept., 1863; died at Philipstown.
7. Cornelia Southard Lelia, born 12 Dec., 1864.
8. Charles Davenport, born 16 Sept., 1866, at Peekskill.
9. Ezra James, born 7 Jan., 1869, at Peekskill.
10. Clarence Frost, born 10 Feb., 1871, at Peekskill.
11. Arthur, born 26 Dec., 1872, at Peekskill.
E. J. Horton came to Peekskill in 1844. He has been an editor and
publisher for twenty-four years, and he still follows the same
occupation, being at present editor and publisher of the "_West
Chester News_," an interesting and useful weekly paper, published at
White Plains, the Seat of Justice of West Chester Co., N. Y. He spent
two years at the New York University, but by reason of ill-health,
he was compelled to leave it. He also studied medicine, but for the
same reason he was forced to give this up also, and abandon all ideas
of a professional life. Publishing and editing seemed better adapted
to his health, and in this occupation he has been successful. He is
now (1875) also publishing a paper at Port Jervis, N. Y.
I. MARCUS NELSON, son of Leonard Horton and Jemima Conover
(_Benjamin_, _John_, _Jeremiah_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I._), born at
Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y., 6 April, 1830; married at Walton,
Delaware Co., 1 July, 1861, by Rev. J. S. Pattingill, to ADALINE MEAD
BRISACK, daughter of Sylvester Brisack and Ann Mead, and born in
Walton, 22 Feb., 1833.
Children:
1. Edward Bates, born at Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., 30
July, 1862.
2. Ernest Wayne, born at Elmira, N. Y., 4 August, 1871; dead.
3. John Marcus, born No. 25 Park Avenue, Williamsport, Pa., 19
July, 1873.
Mr. M. N. Horton was Superintendent of the public schools of the
city of Williamsport for some years past. He is now Superintendent
of the public schools of the city of Franklin, Venango Co., Pa. He
is a skillful educator, and a gentleman much distinguished for his
scholarly attainments, and correct moral habits and principles. He
graduated at Williams College, Mass., in 1853. Received his degree
of A. M. five years later. Studied law, and was admitted to the bar
in 1862, but did not continue in practice of law, preferring other
pursuits.
_Ninth Generation.--Joshua I._
VI. CHARLES WESLEY, son of Alvah Horton and Mary Elizabeth Tuthill
(_Benjamin_, _Dea. Joseph_, _Joseph_, _Joshua_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua
I._), born at Riverhead, about 1828; married SARAH OVERTON.
Children:
1. Francis.
2. Alvah.
VII. HENRY EGBERT, son of Alvah Horton and Mary Elizabeth Tuthill,
born at Cutchogue, L. I., 19 Sept., 1830; married in 1856, by Rev.
Frs. Hill, to ISABELLA GRAHAM HORTON, daughter of B. Bailey Horton
and Hannah Reeves, and born in Cutchogue, 19 Sept., 1831. They reside
at East Hampton, L. I.
Children, probably all born at East Hampton:
1. Charlotte Beatrice, born 1857.
2. Mary Elizabeth, born 7 August, 1859.
3. David, born in 1861; died in infancy.
4. Maggie Cora, born in Dec., 1863.
5. Susan Hannah, born in 1866.
6. Isabella Rose, born in 1868.
7. De Forest, born 15 June, 1871.
I. WILLIAM HENRY, son of Harry Horton and Sarah Smith (_Joseph_,
_Dea. Joseph_, _Joseph_, _Joseph_, _Ephraim_, _Joshua I_.), born in
Newfield, N. Y., 27 Feb., 1835; married 6 Dec., 1863, by the Rev. D.
Weaver, to PHILENA NOBLES, daughter of Amon Nobles and Mary Wilbour,
of Long Island, and born in 1837.
Children, born in Newfield, N. Y.:
1. Amanda Belle, born 12 August, 1865.
2. Kate Evelyn, born 25 Dec., 1872.
II. STEPHEN JOSEPH, son of Harry Horton and Sarah Smith, born
in Newfield, 31 May, 1838; married in Newfield, 5 May, 1859, to
KATE SEABRING, daughter of Richard Seabring and Betsey Hughes, of
Newfield, and born in 1840.
Children, born in Newfield:
1. Willie, born 5 August, 1862.
2. Lida May, born 11 April, 1865.
III. CATHERINE LONESA, daughter of Harry Horton and Sarah Smith, born
in Newfield, 14 March, 1841; married in Newfield, 3 Oct., 1864, to
NELSON CUTTER, son of Nyrum Cutter, Esq., and Rebecca Dennis, and
born in Newfield, in 1838. No children.
They reside in Newfield.
_Third Generation.--Jonathan I._
I. JONATHAN, son of Jonathan Horton I. and Bethia Wells, born at the
"Old Castle," 23 Dec., 1683; married 27 Nov., 1707, MARY TUTHILL,
daughter of Henry Tuthill, brother of John Tuthill, the Pilgrim. He
died 2 April, 1768; she died. Both buried in Southold Cemetery.
Children, probably all born in the Old Castle, at Southold: