Leonard.
6. Edward Haskell, born 27 July, 1830; died 24 Dec., 1834.
7. Ezra Mason, born 3 June, 1832; married 2 August, 1859, Jane
Bartlett.
8. Charles, born 3 July, 1834; married 23 March, 1859, Jane
Frances Percy.
9. Olive, born 27 June, 1836; married 10 April, 1860, Joseph R.
Langdon.
10. William Harrison, born 10 Oct., 1837; married 13 Feb.,
1866, Armena Corbin; resides at Putnam, Ct.; no children.
11. Robert Bruce, born 13 Oct., 1843; married 8 Nov., 1865,
Mary E. Coon, daughter of Isaac Coon and Sabrina Hall; no
children.
VII. NORMAN, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 5 Dec.,
1795; married 27 Nov., 1823, ESTHER GRIGGS, daughter of Elisha
Griggs, and born 13 Jan., 1800, in Union.
Children:
1. Harriet, born at Union, 22 August, 1824; married William
Barron; died at Koskonong, Wis., 3 Sept., 1855.
2. Carlo, born at Union, 13 Feb., 1826; died at Koskonong,
Wis., 3 Nov., 1846.
3. Norman Sanford, born at Union, 17 April, 1828; married 25
Dec., 1855, Lucy Lewis.
4. Elisha Griggs, born at Stockbridge, N. Y., 20 August, 1830;
married Harriet Rawson.
5. Ezra, born at Stockbridge, N. Y., 13 August, 1832; died 21
April, 1862.
6. Esther Ann, born at Stockbridge, N. Y., 26 July, 1836;
married 15 Nov., 1860, Frank Delong.
7. Sarah L., born at Stockbridge, N. Y., 6 Feb., 1839.
8. Malvin M., born at Koskonong, Wis., 13 May, 1843; married 24
Dec., 1863, Sophronia Cheesebro.
9. Charlotte, born at Koskonong, 9 May, 1846; married 6 April,
1866, Charles Wilby.
Norman Horton resides at Cold Spring, Wis.
VIII. CHAUNCEY, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 13 May,
1797; married 30 Sept., 1824, AMANDA CHAFFEE, daughter of Amos
Chaffee, of Ashford, Conn., and Eunice Cummings, and born 4 July,
1801.
Children:
1. Sophronia, born at Ashford, Ct., 5 Jan., 1826; married 17
May, 1849, John J. Carver.
2. Almira Amanda, born in Ashford, Ct., 20 Jan., 1828; married
18 Oct., 1849, H. A. Coolidge; she died in the Spring of 1875.
3. Emeline born at Ashford, 22 Sept., 1829; married 8 March,
1854, Giles B. Cleveland.
4. Mary Ann, born at Ashford, 1 Feb., 1831; married 16 May,
1854, Rev. R. H. Clark.
5. Cynthia Malvina, born at Stockbridge, 22 Feb., 1833; married
3 Sept., 1857, Justus Williams.
6. Chauncey Chaffee, born at Stockbridge, 24 March, 1835;
married Elizabeth Hurlburt; died 24 July, 1870.
7. Harvey L., born at Stockbridge, 26 April, 1837; married 18
Oct., 1866, Clarissa Chapman, born at Smyrna, Chenango Co., N.
Y.; no children.
8. Eunice Angeline, born at Stockbridge, 30 Sept., 1839; died 4
Feb., 1841.
9. Gerrit Smith, born at Stockbridge, 9 Sept., 1841; died 3
Sept., 1848.
Chauncey Horton died 15 Sept., 1848, at Stockbridge, Madison Co., N.
Y.
IX. MARY, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union,
Ct., 17 Oct., 1798; married 31 May, 1821, at Union, ELIJAH KINNEY,
son of Eleazar Kinney, of Union, and born 25 May, 1797.
Children, all born at Union:
1. Elisha Edwin, born 25 Sept., 1822; died 27 March, 1828.
2. Mary Olive, born 12 Dec., 1823; died at Ft. Atkinson, Wis.,
6 June, 1859.
3. Harrison born 7 July, 1825; resides at Salem, Wis.
4. Eli Edwin, born 20 July, 1827; resides at Salem, Wis.
5. Decatur, born 30 Oct., 1830; died 18 Sept., 1832.
6. Fidelia, born in Madison Co., N. Y., 25 Jan., 1834; married
at Ft. Atkinson, Wis., 2 Sept., 1861, by Rev. D. C. Curtis,
to JOSEPH ALAND SHEPHERD, son of James Shepherd and Elizabeth
Joyce, and born in Melksham, England, 19 June, 1827. They
reside in San Diego, Cal., and he is a lawyer, and also, the
accomplished and very competent clerk and bookkeeper of A. E.
Horton, Esq., of San Diego, Cal.
XI. ALMIRA, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at
Union, 27 April, 1801; married at Stockbridge, N. Y., 31 March,
1825, DWIGHT FOSTER, of Ft. Atkinson, Wis., and born at Union, Ct.,
16 April, 1801; died 8 Feb., 1870; son of Edward Foster, a lineal
descendant of Samuel Foster and his wife Esther, who came from
England to Winham, Mass., as early as 1648.
Children:
1. Alvin, born 31 July, 1828; died 8 Oct., 1846.
2. Celeste, born 21 August, 1834; married 28 May, 1857, Henry
Southwell.
XII. ELI, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, Ct.,
6 May, 1803; married KATHERINE E. ELLSWORTH, of East Windsor, Ct.,
daughter of Stoddard Ellsworth and Clarissa Alden.
Stoddard Ellsworth was a lineal descendant of Josiah Ellsworth, of
Windsor, son of John Ellsworth, who was a resident of Windsor as
early as 1646.
Children, all born at Stafford, Conn.:
1. Stoddard Ellsworth, born 31 March, 1833; married Fanny C.
Chase.
2. Anna Ellsworth, born 17 Sept., 1835.
3. Katie Elsie, born 6 Jan., 1837; married Ezra B. Bailey, of
Franklin, Ct.
4. Eli, born 24 August, 1839; died at Stafford, 3 March, 1841.
Eli Horton settled at Stafford, Ct., remained there till ---- ----;
then moved to Windsor Locks, where he now resides. His life has been
characterized by industry, economy and strict integrity. He has
been an active business man,--become wealthy, and has always shared
largely the respect and esteem of his fellow-men.
He was the inventor of an _improved chuck for a turning-lathe_, which
he patented, and manufactures at a great profit. He also invented a
machine for setting pins, for which he secured a patent, and for the
right, he has been offered $10,000.
XIII. OLIVE, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at
Union, 1 April, 1805; died 19 April, 1855, married 30 April, 1830,
ELBERT FOSTER, of Stockbridge, N. Y., son of William Foster, Esq.,
Union, Ct., a descendant of Samuel Foster, of Chelmsford and Winham,
1648, and born at Union, 21 Oct., 1805. He died 1874.
Children:
1. Olive Lorinda, born 7 May, 1831; died 30 May, 1835.
2. Elbert Judson, born 3 Oct., 1834; died 30 March, 1836.
3. Edward Burke, born 31 Dec., 1837; unmarried; lives at the
old homestead.
4. Olive Adelphia, born 10 May, 1842; married William G.
Potter, of Anaheim, Los Angeles Co., Cal.
XIV. LAURENS, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union,
21 March, 1807; moved to Smithfield, N. Y., in 1825, and to Oswego,
N. Y., in 1832; married 1. 11 June, 1834, ALMIRA COE, daughter of
Albert Coe, of Scriba, N. Y. She died 21 June, 1842. He married 2.
LAURA BENNET, of Kingston, Canada, who died 5 July, 1867.
He had two children by his 1st wife; 4 by his 2d wife:
1. Emily, born at Scriba, N. Y., 21 May, 1835.
2. William Henry, born at Smithfield, N. Y., 12 Feb., 1840;
lives in San Francisco, Cal.; unmarried; now in company with W.
W. Bowers in the Bee business.
3. Almira, born at Oswego, N. Y., 8 March, 1850.
4. Alvin, born at Oswego, N. Y., 1 April, 1853, died 8 May,
1855.
5. Nora, born at Oswego, N. Y., 27 August, 1857.
6. Celia, born 8 Sept., 1861; died 20 Sept., 1863.
XV. FIDELIA, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at
Union, Ct., 5 Jan., 1809; married at Smithfield, N. Y., 15 Sept.,
1835, THOMAS MOORE, of Smithfield, N. Y., son of Thomas Moore, of
Union, Ct., and born at Union, Ct., 6 Oct., 1806; died at Smithfield,
N. Y., 5 July, 1853. She died 13 June, 1844.
Children, born at Smithfield:
1. Florilla, born 10 July, 1836; married Rev. Gordon Moore, son
of Dr. James Moore, of Stockbridge, N. Y.
2. Franklin, born 3 Nov., 1843; married 28 June, 1870, Mary M.
Clark.
II. DR. WILLIAM, son of Wm. Horton and Phebe Rumsey (_Silas_, _Dea.
James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Goshen, N. Y., 16 May, 1796; died
in Goshen, at the age of 47 years. He married 9 April, 1817, Maria
Ryneck, of Schenectady.
Children, all born in Goshen:
1. Silas Ryneck.
2. Eugene.
3. William.
4. Egbert, died young.
5. Emily, married J. J. Dobson.
6. Margaret, married S. W. Teddel.
7. Charlotte, married Jesse E. Moffat.
8. Gertrude, married Brown C. Ward.
At the age of 18 the Doctor entered the junior class at Union
College, and he was soon distinguished for his close application to
his studies and strict regard for integrity. After his collegiate
course, he studied medicine, and attended medical lectures in the
medical department of the University of New York, during the palmy
days of Mitchell and Hosack, and like these eminent teachers, he
cultivated a taste for patient, cautious and bold investigation,
which afterwards made him so distinguished and successful in the
medical profession.
He commenced the practice of medicine at the residence of his father,
and he soon possessed the confidence of the people and secured a
large practice. He afterwards moved to the village of Goshen, and
soon became a prominent man among his medical brethren, and, though
young, he was nevertheless called upon to perform all the difficult
and grave surgical operations occurring in the village, and also in
the surrounding country. He was a good surgeon, but he was still
more celebrated as a physician. By his skill and honorable bearing,
he early secured the confidence of his medical brethren, and he was
frequently called in consultation with the aged and experienced
physicians of his day. He was remarkably successful in the treatment
of fevers, carefully studying their pathology at the bedside, and
also by post-mortem examinations, and in his views he was greatly in
advance of the profession of his day. He prepared with great labor a
work on fevers, but never published it. His pamphlet on Dysentery,
and his Geological Reports, are his only published works, and these
are sufficient to establish his reputation as a profound thinker and
a clear and powerful writer.
At the bedside he was cheerful, affectionate and soothing, and always
dignified. In his intercourse with his medical brethren he was always
honorable, and in harmony with the code of medical ethics.
In the midst of his career of usefulness as a physician, he turned
his attention to the study of botany, mineralogy and geology, and
soon became one of the most noted men of his day in these sciences.
His great delight in these studies led him, at the age of 37, to
relinquish the practice of medicine and devote himself wholly to
these sciences, and had he lived a few days longer, he would have
published a large work on these subjects. The Doctor was also fond of
archæological lore, and he was the first to attempt a genealogical
history of the descendants of our old progenitor, Barnabas, of 1640.
The old Horton roll of names and lineage which he got up some 60
years ago, was kindly furnished me by his son, Dr. William Horton,
of Craigville, N. Y., and has rendered me valuable assistance in
compiling the "Chronicles."
Dr. Horton was always rigidly moral, and never sacrificed principle
to expediency. He had early been taught to respect the teachings
of the Bible, and towards the close of his life he was led, with a
child-like faith, to believe the doctrine of salvation by grace, and
to publicly give himself to the Saviour, wondering and regretting
that he had so long remained ignorant of the beauty, simplicity and
sublimity of the Gospel scheme of salvation. Thus he died, in hope of
a glorious immortality.
IV. BARNABAS BAILEY, son of Dea. Jonathan Horton and Bethia Hallock
(_Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold,
2 June, 1797; married 22 January, 1824, by Rev. Lathrop Thompson,
to HANNAH REEVES, daughter of Benjamin Reeves and Anna Corey, and
born in Southold, 4 Dec., 1799. They reside in Cutchogue, L. I.,
are very pious, intelligent, worthy people--esteemed members of the
Presbyterian Church of Southold--and he has given much valuable
information in regard to his branch of the family.
Children, all born in Cutchogue:
1. Jonathan Edwards, born 25 Dec., 1824; dedicated in baptism
30 Dec., 1824, and died 31st of same month.
2. Susan Evangelia, born 26 Feb., 1826; married Henry E. Wells,
of Greenport.
3. Andrew Philo, born 21 Sept., 1827; resides at Mattituck, L.
I.
4. Isabella Graham, born 19 Sept., 1831; married Henry Egbert
Horton.
I. BENJAMIN HULL, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Mehetabel Osborn
(_Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born 10 July, 1782;
married 14 Oct., 1802, ABIGAIL BOOTH, born in Southold, in 1784. He
was drowned in Plumb Creek, 16 Dec., 1810.
Children, all born in Southold:
1. Philander, born 9 Aug., 1803; died young.
2. Helen, born 18 June, 1805; married Cartwright.
3. Benjamin, born 2 March, 1807; died young.
4. Orange Hull, born 9 June, 1808; married Elmira Houston.
5. Benjamin Hull, born 28 July, 1810; married Phebe West.
III. OSBORN, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Mehetabel Osborn, born
in Southold, 5 Oct., 1787; married in 1812, SALLY PHILIPS.
Children:
1. Mary Elizabeth.
2. Benjamin.
3. Theodore King.
IV. JAMES REEVES, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves (2d
wife), born in Southold, 2 July, 1789; married AMY PHILIPS, daughter
of Samuel Philips and Mary Corwin. He was long a magistrate, and a
prominent man in Southold.
Children:
1. Lydia Rogers, married Franklin H. Overton.
2. Lydia, married J. Halsey Tuthill.
3. James.
4. George.
5. Fanny, married Oscar L. Case.
6. Benjamin Franklin, married Ann Eliza Horton.
VI. SALTER STORRS, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves,
born in Southold, 12 Nov., 1792; married 18 Jan., 1823, by Rev.
Nath'l Huntting, to HARRIET CASE, daughter of Moses Case and Lydia
Goldsmith, and born in Southold, about 1794. He died 15 May, 1846.
She perished on the _Golden Gate_, which was burned on the Pacific,
27 July, 1862.
Children, all born in Southold:
1. Salter Storrs, born 10 Nov., 1825; went to California about
1849; died 24 June, 1855.
2. Emma Harriet, born 5 Dec., 1827; married Dr. Frank Tuthill.
She was assistant editor of the _New York Times_ for some
years--went to California, became wealthy, and she is now
(1874) in Europe, educating her daughter Anna.
3. Sarah Elizabeth, born 8 March, 1830; married Blakey; resides
in California.
4. Jerusha Wickham, born 3 July, 1834. She is a teacher in
Brooklyn, N. Y.
5. Josephine L., born 16 Dec., 1838; died 9 Oct., 1838.
6. Silas Austin, born 19 April, 1839; died in 1857.
7. Henry Wickham, born 29 July, 1841.
VII. HON. SILAS, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves, born
in Southold, 13 Nov., 1794; married in Southold, 10 Jan., 1827, by
the Rev. Noble Thomas, to MARY LANDON, daughter of Elijah Landon and
Nancy Conklin, and born in Southold, 17 Dec., 1797. She died 19 Jan.,
1872. He is still living.
He was a member of the Legislature of New York in 1844--was Sheriff
of Suffolk Co., N. Y., in 1835. He has always been a prominent
man--is widely known, possesses an unblemished character, and
commands the respect and esteem of the community. His companion was
a lady of refinement, intelligence and piety, and her death was
deeply lamented, not only by a large circle of relatives and personal
friends, but by the whole community.
Children, all born in Southold:
1. Nancy Landon, born 17 March, 1828; married 8 Jan., 1850, by
Rev. J. Huntting, to David H. Horton.
2. Martha Virginia, born 4 March, 1829; married 5 July, 1855,
by Rev. E. Whittaker, to Rev. Carson W. Adams, of Wilmington,
Del.
3. Adaline Bethia, born in 1831; died in infancy.
4. Angeline Margaret, born 17 March, 1833.
5. Mehetabel, born 13 Aug., 1836; married by Rev. E. Whittaker,
12 Nov., 1867, to Geo. W. Dayton, of Southampton, L. I. They
reside in Brooklyn, N. Y.
VIII. HARMONY, daughter of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves,
born in Southold, 12 Sept., 1796. She was a maiden lady, greatly
distinguished for her hospitality and practical piety. She died some
years ago.
IX. THOMAS JEFFERSON, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves,
born in Southold, 6 Nov., 1798; married in Southold, 29 Jan., 1829,
by Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to ELIZA DAVIDS, daughter of Samuel Davids
and Nancy Wickham, and born in Southold, 22 May, 1804. He died 24
June, 1855. She is still living.
Children, all born in Southold:
1. Henrietta, born 14 June, 1830.
2. Mary Elizabeth, born 11 Jan., 1832; married Stuart T. Terry.
3. Henry Davids, died young.
4. Nancy Wickham, born 20 Jan., 1839. 5. Henry Davids, born 23
Jan., 1845; married Miriam R. Osborn.
I. WILLIAM, son of Micah Horton and Bethia Tuthill (_William_,
_William_, _Jonathan I._), born in Minnisink, 25 Dec., 1757; married
1. HANNAH CROSSMAN; married 2. about 1791, ELIZABETH MASTERS.
Children, all born in Minnisink, Orange Co., N. Y.; by his first wife:
1. Julia, born 30 July, 1782; died 29 July, 1807.
2. Henry, born 20 Sept., 1783; died 6 May, 1848.
3. Bethia, born 26 Dec., 1784; married Ferguson; moved to
Pennsylvania; died 24 Feb., 1860.
4. Hannah, born 7 Jan., 1786; died unmarried.
By his second wife:
5. William, born 30 July, 1792; died 20 Sept., 1806.
6. Susan, born 1 July, 1793; unmarried.
7. Elizabeth, born 29 May, 1795; married Howell; died 12 May,
1863.
8. Mehetabel, born 29 July, 1798; married Joseph Doty; moved to
Bradford Co., Pa.; died 6 Sept., 1863.
9. Benjamin, born 5 March, 1809; married 27 August, 1832,
Mehitabel Reeves.
"Elizabeth Masters was born in Minnisink, 21 March, 1757, then
a wilderness with but few inhabitants. When she was an infant
the settlement was attacked by the Indians. The mother, with
her child in her arms, fled, and made her way to a place of
safety, just before being taken by the Indians. Her mother's
sister, Mary Walling, was seized by them; and killed and
scalped. Her grandmother, Susan Walling, in making her escape
through the swamps, sank in the mire and mud. The Indians
passed within a few feet of her, but did not discover her. She
was found by her friends after the Indians left, and extricated
almost dead, having remained in the mud almost one whole
day."--_Letter of Henry Albert Horton, 1874._
III. HECTOR YOUNGS, son of Capt. James Horton and Elizabeth Milliken
(_Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold,
15 March, 1789; married in Southold, 28 Nov., 1812, by Rev. Lathrop
Thompson, to DENCY TUTHILL, born 29 Oct., 1791. She was a lineal
descendant of James Tuthill, brother of John, the Pilgrim. He died 6
August, 1825. She died.
Children, born in Southold:
1. John Franks, born 15 Dec., 1813; married Phebe Maria Reeves.
2. James Edwin, born 15 Jan., 1816; married Jerusha Worth.
I. JONATHAN GOLDSMITH, son of Capt. Jonathan Horton and Mary
Goldsmith (_Lazarus_ (_Lawrence_), _Jonathan_, _Jonathan I._),
born at the old homestead in Southold, 19 May, 1789; married 1. in
Southold, 9 Dec., 1813, by Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to HANNAH BROWN,
daughter of James Brown and Rhoda Youngs, and born 25 Nov., 1792;
died 6 Sept., 1822, without issue; married 2. 25 Jan., 1825, by Rev.
Jonathan Huntting, to RUTH AUGUSTA TERRY, daughter of James Terry
and Mary Booth, and born in Southold, 23 Nov., 1792; died 30 Oct.,
1869, childless; married 3. 27 Nov., 1870, by Rev. Ezra Youngs, to
the widow BETHIA HORTON OVERTON BROWN, daughter of Jonathan Overton
and Lydia Rogers, and born 14 Feb., 1804; died July, 1872. Her first
husband was Samuel Brown, Jr., by whom she had David Horton and Lydia
Catherine.
Jonathan Goldsmith Horton died 3 July, 1873, having no issue. He
lived all his lifetime in the "Old Castle" built by Barnabas I., in
1660. He was a man of good social disposition, of little business
capacity, of short, stout make, and rosy complexion. He bequeathed
the old Homestead to Rev. Mrs. Charles S. William, of Brooklyn, who
was formerly his foster-daughter Hannah, who married 1. Goldsmith.
Jonathan G. Horton was Drum-Major of the 107th Reg., N. Y. Militia,
in 1812, and Deputy-Sheriff of Suffolk Co., in 1814.
III. RENSSELAER, son of Capt. Jonathan Horton and Mary Goldsmith,
born 5 March, 1793; married at Southampton, L. I., 10 March, 1814, to
RUTH RACHEL HALSEY, daughter of Moses Halsey and Sarah Rogers, and
born 1795; died 6 May, 1868.
Children, born at Greenport, L. I.:
1. Mary Caroline, born 17 July, 1819; married John Calvin
Wells; had W. H. Harrison Wells; died 14 Jan., 1847.
2. Ruth Elmira Halsey, born 29 May, 1830; died 29 August, 1845.
Rensselaer Horton is a plain, unassuming man; member of the
Presbyterian Church, and possesses good social qualities. He resides
at Greenport with his daughter, Mrs. S. E. Wells, who is a widow.
I. DAVID, son of "Good" Jonathan Horton and Mary Case (_Dea.
William_, _William_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold, about 1777;
married about 1795, MARY CASE.
Children, all born in Southold:
1. Joseph Hazzard, born 25 Jan., 1796; married Mehitabel Horton.
2. William, married 1. Clara Manny; 2. Leura Horton, daughter
of Joseph Horton.
3. David Laurens, married Charlotte Jennings, daughter of
Lazarus Jennings.
4. Christiana, married Ezra Boisseau.
5. Mary, married Samuel Hutchinson.
6. Julia, married Mathew Osborn.
7. Bethia, married Alvah Stratton Mulford. S. Harriet Newell,
married Capt. Benjamin Cole.
III. SPENCER, son of Dea. John Budd Horton and Hannah Webb
(_Jonathan_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._) born 12 Nov., 1801, in
Goshen; married 27 Feb., 1828, EMILY LEWIS; died 18 Oct., 1864.
Children, probably all born in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y.:
1. Mary Jane, born 5 Jan., 1829.
2. John William, born 8 August, 1830.
3. Hannah Matilda, born 26 May, 1832.
4. James Edwin, born 13 Jan., 1835. 5. Amzi Spencer, born in
1838; died 28 August, 1849.
IV. BETHIA, daughter of Thomas Horton and Hannah Moore (_Thomas_,
_Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y.,
25 Sept., 1789; married 1. BENJAMIN C. MCCLURE in 1811; married 2.
WILLIAM DALES.
Children, all by her first husband, and probably all born in Hector,
N. Y.:
1. John, born 17 July, 1811; died 10 April, 1862.
2. Oliver Perry, born 17 Nov., 1813.
3. Daniel, born 17 Sept., 1815; died 6 Feb., 1868.
4. Thomas Horton, born 16 Oct., 1817.
5. Almena Cully, born 18 Sept., 1822; died 19 Aug., 1827.
Under date of Feb. 22d, 1873, "Aunt" Bethia writes:
"My Dear Friend and Cousin, Dr. Geo. F. Horton:
"Yours of the 5th came to hand on the 10th inst. I was away
from home when it came, or I should have replied sooner. I
thought I would write to-day, and let you hear once more from
your old cousin, now nearly 83 years old....
"My father's name was Thomas Horton. My mother's maiden name
was Hannah Moore. My grandfather's name was also Thomas Horton.
He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and he and his
brother-in-law, Nathan Moore, were taken prisoners when the
British captured Fort Montgomery, and they were imprisoned in
a vessel in New York Harbor, called 'a prison ship.' I never
heard any other name for it. In that prison, by hard treatment
and starvation, they were reduced so low that when set at
liberty they both died before they got home. There were several
other prisoners on that prison ship who lost their lives by the
same cruel treatment.
"My father had ten children--4 sons and 6 daughters--all lived
to be heads of families. I have often heard my father speak of
a certain cup with the name of a bank on it, where a large sum
of money was left by his father. When that cup was taken to the
bank they could draw money. He said the cup was lost and how
much money with it he did not know."
_Seventh Generation.--Jonathan I._
I. JOSEPH HAZZARD, son of David Horton and Mary Case (_"Good"
Jonathan_, _Dea. William_, _William_, _Jonathan I._), born in
Southold, 25 Jan., 1796; married 28 Nov., 1816, by the Rev. Jonathan
Huntting, to MEHITABEL HORTON, daughter of Jonathan Horton and Mary
Goldsmith, and born in Southold, 17 June, 1796.
Children, all born in Southold:
1. Orinda McGee, born 20 Feb., 1816.
2. Jonathan Azariah, born 7 April, 1821.
3. David Philander, born 31 Aug., 1827.
4. Martha Day, born 10 Oct., 1836; married Jonathan Horton
Boisseau.
Mr. J. H. Horton is well preserved--still active upon his farm--very
industrious, and always temperate. He and his family are esteemed
members of the Presbyterian Church.
BENJAMIN, son of William Horton and Elizabeth Masters (_William_,
_William_, _Jonathan I._), born in Minnisink, 5 March, 1809; married
27 Aug., 1832, to MEHITABEL REEVES, born 12 Jan., 1803.
Children, probably born in Minnisink, Orange Co., N. Y.:
1. Susan, born 13 May, 1823; died 24 June, 1825.
2. William, born 20 Feb., 1825; married 16 Nov., 1844, to
Emeline S. Clark.
3. Charles W., born 9 May, 1827; married 13 Jan., 1869, to
Elizabeth E. Post, of Wawaganda, N. Y.
4. Howell Reeve, born 24 Sept., 1829; married Julia Knapp.