syllables of prayer, and whispers of saintly hope, "In the
vale--the vale--home yonder--good-by," and at six o'clock that
Sabbath evening the gentle-spirited Horton fell asleep in Jesus.
Thus perished a martyr to freedom and equal rights, as sincere
and pure a man as God ever welcomed "through great tribulation"
to the immortal pleasures of His presence.
To the tender consideration of her friends, never so numerous
as now, and to the merciful consolation of Almighty God, who
never pitied her as He now pities her, we commend the weeping
widow, and pray that she may long live to share the honor of
her martyred husband's fame.
THERON BROWN.
* * * * *
MONSON, MASS., _May 27th, 1874_.
A. E. HORTON, ESQ.
_My Dear Sir_: I have received several copies of the "_San
Diego Union_," the last No., April 30, also a copy of the
"_World_," March 20th, which contains a picture of San Diego.
Also a sketch of the city on a small sheet, which gives an
account of the origin of the new city, and of your relation to
it as the founder and the source of its enterprise.
For these favors I desire to express my cordial thanks. The
growth of your new city is indeed wonderful, and a brilliant
future is certain to come. Were I a young man, the temptation
would be strong to cross the continent and join in your great
enterprise. But my future is short, and must be devoted to the
commemoration of the past.
It has so happened that in my work as the genealogist of my
native town of Union, I have recently devoted special efforts
to the two families of _Horton_ and _Burleigh_. Dr. Horton, of
Terrytown, Pa., proposes to publish the annals of the Horton
family in this country, nearly all of whom are the posterity of
BARNABAS, who came from England.
I have in charge the genealogy of Rev. Ezra Horton, your
grandfather, and have nearly completed the collection of nearly
all his descendants of the fourth generation (to which you
belong), from Rev. Ezra, of Union. I have the names, with dates
of birth, of three of your father's children who (including
yourself) were born in Union. The rest of your father's family
I have not. I desire very much to obtain a complete list of
all the children of your father's family, with date of births,
marriages, and deaths, so far as possible. I understand that
your father is still living, though at an advanced age. I have
an obituary notice of your mother, published in a San Diego
paper soon after her death, a year ago last March.
Rev. Lucien Burleigh, the son of _Rinaldo Burleigh_, of
Plainfield, Conn., is endeavoring to obtain a complete record
of all the descendants of _John Burleigh_, the first comer of
the name to which your mother belonged. Your mother was first
cousin to Rinaldo Burleigh, who was a long time Principal of
Plainfield Academy, and the father of a number of sons who are
well known as writers, and as editors.
I visited Union last week, and saw my uncle, Capt. Chauncey
Paul, and his wife, whose name before marriage was Polly
Armour, daughter of John Armour. They both recollect your
father and mother. John Armour was a near neighbor of Mr. Jacob
Burleigh, and the children of the families grew up together.
The effort of Rev. Lucien Burleigh will result in obtaining
full accounts of all branches of his family. I was able to give
him a full account of the children of the first comer, _John_,
and his wife, _Meriam Fuller_, whose ancestry I have traced far
back among the early settlers of Willington and Ashford, in
Conn., and in Rehoboth, Mass.
My interest in the two families of Horton and Burleigh, arises
not from the recent efforts to procure genealogies of those
two families by parties specially interested. I have long been
engaged in collecting facts pertaining to the history of Union,
my native town. I have made it a point to study the history of
all the early settlers and long residents. I have traced the
ancestry of very many back to England and Scotland, through the
Scotch-Irish emigration, which took place nearly one hundred
and sixty years ago. Very many of the early settlers of Union
were Scotch-Irish--as the Pauls, the Lawlors, the Moores, the
Armours, the Crawfords, the McNalls, and others who, like all
the race, were genuine Scotch in their character, and were
among the best of the emigrants of the olden times. They were
not connected at all with the modern or ancient Irish race.
The Hortons, Burleighs, and Laflins were genuine Englishmen in
their ancestry. So were the Fosters, the Badgers, the Sessions,
the Newells, the Loomises, the Abbotts, and the Waleses.
From that little town, a great many enterprising emigrants have
gone forth to people the mighty West. The people of Union,
in respect to enterprise and education, are higher than the
average emigration of towns in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
My long and patient explorations into the history of Union, has
led me to such results as that I am not ashamed of the fame or
the name of my native town.
Having lost all my own children, and always cherishing a
sincere regard for the people of Union, I determined long ago
to find out all I could of their history and the fortunes of
their descendants.
The old town holds its own in population and in valuation. I
have a good memory of all who have lived there during the last
half century, and I think the town is as respectable now as it
was in my childhood. Some of the worthy names of the olden time
have wholly gone; though the descendants of some remain.
It is an interesting circumstance, that from that little town
_you_ have gone forth, and on the other side of the new world
have laid the foundations of a great city. Thus New England has
sent forth its best mind and muscle to build up new States in
this greatest Empire of freemen the sun has ever shone upon.
New England was founded by the best people of Old England
and Scotland. I like to look back, and also forward. It is
well that all parts of our great country can be able to trace
their origin to common sources. Great as are the intervening
distances in time and space which separate the different
generations, yet are they not wholly severed in interest, nor
ought they to be separated in sympathy. I hope that my long
studies in relation to the families of my native town, will
be of some benefit in making those of the same name somewhat
acquainted with each other; or at least it will prevent those
who are of kindred race and blood from utter forgetfulness of
each other.
Very Truly Yours,
C. HAMMOND.
The Rev. Mr. Hammond, writer of the foregoing letter, is, and has
been for many years past, the Principal of Monson Academy. His work
is nearly ready for the press. Prof. Hammond kindly furnished us the
records of the descendants of the Rev. Ezra Horton, of Union, which
will also appear more fully in his history of Union.
SUBSCRIBERS.
Subscribers. Copies. Amount.
Milton Horton, 3 $9 00
Benjamin Horton, 3 7 50
Hon. Frost Horton, 10 125 00
V. R. W. Horton, 1 3 00
Geo. W. Horton, 1 3 00
Capt. James E. Horton, 3 7 50
B. Bailey Horton, 1 3 00
Milicent H. Lee, 4 10 00
Cyrus B. Horton, 1 3 00
Stuart T. Terry, 2 5 00
Lucien Horton, 4 10 00
Stephen Horton, 2 5 00
James Horton, 1 3 00
Wm. H. Horton, 1 3 00
Walter Horton, 1 3 00
Geo. W. Thompson, 2 10 00
Webb Horton, 4 10 00
Hon. A. H. Horton, 4 10 00
Mrs. Mary Horton, 1 3 00
Dea. J. W. Horton, 8 13 25
Norman Horton, 1 3 00
George Horton, 2 5 00
Le Roy De Horton, 2 5 00
Rev. Wm. H. Thompson, 3 7 50
Prof. E. H. Cleveland, 2 $5 00
Mrs. J. W. Gardner, 2 5 00
Gurdon B. Horton, 4 10 00
Geo. W. Horton, 2 5 00
David C. Horton, 2 5 00
Mrs. Sawyer and Mrs. Austin, 2 10 00
Prof. D. P. Horton, 2 5 00
T. K. Horton, 6 15 00
J. Elbert Horton, 1 3 00
Mrs. Mary Welles, 2 5 00
Gordon Horton, 1 3 00
H. L. Horton, 10 100 00
A. E. Horton, 12 100 00
Mrs. A. C. Ryder, 1 3 00
Frank Bruce Ryder, 1 3 00
Stephen O. Horton, 2 6 00
Hon. T. J. Ingham, 3 10 00
Parshall T. Horton, 4 10 00
James Usher, 2 5 00
Hon. Wm. Horton, 3 10 00
Joseph M. Horton, 2 5 00
E. M. Horton, 5 15 00
100 copies subscribed for, on which nothing has yet been paid.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
The two Indexes are incomplete and contain many errors. With a few
exceptions these errors have not been adjusted; one valid page
number has been added to an entry when none was present in the
original Index. See below.
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example,
real-estate, real estate; heir-loom, heirloom; first class,
first-class; manumitted; cotemporary.
Pg xiii, 'History, vol. 1' replaced by 'History, vol. i'.
Pg xiii, 'ffremen and servants' replaced by 'freemen and servants'.
Pg 10, missing heading '_Second Generation.--Caleb I._' inserted.
Pg 16, 'wildness was soon' replaced by 'wilderness was soon'.
Pg 16, 'David Horton and Esther Lane' replaced by 'Daniel Horton and
Esther Lane'.
Pg 18, 'whip Bully Horton' replaced by 'whip Billy Horton'.
Pg 24, heading 'JOSEPH I.' changed to '_Joseph I._' for consistency.
Pg 26, 'He and and his two' replaced by 'He and his two'.
Pg 30, 'Abbey Gos ' replaced by 'Abbey Gaspar'.
Pg 37, 'Ohio Cavalary' replaced by 'Ohio Cavalry'.
Pg 38, '21 January' replaced by 'died 21 January'.
Pg 38, Duplicate heading "Eighth Generation.--Joseph I." removed
from the text. (Correct heading is on Pg 41.)
Pg 60, 'the Claas of 1849' replaced by 'the Class of 1849'.
Pg 63, '1. Mary Emeline' replaced by '2. Mary Emeline'.
Pg 72, 'Anna Vandevort' replaced by 'Anna Van Devort'.
Pg 79, 'Terra Haute' replaced by 'Terre Haute'.
Pg 84, '4. Julia Ann' replaced by '3. Julia Ann'.
Pg 95, 'By second wife' replaced by 'By second husband'.
Pg 95, 'Lambertsville' replaced by 'Lambertville'.
Pg 96, 'born at Beemerville:' replaced by 'born at Beemersville:'.
Pg 116, 'Rebecca Preist' replaced by 'Rebecca Priest'.
Pg 120, '5. William Henry' replaced by '6. William Henry'.
Pg 127, 'Libbeus L. Vail' replaced by 'Lebbeus L. Vail'.
Pg 128, 'Daniel Skilenger' replaced by 'Daniel Skellinger'.
Pg 128, 'He did in Wayland' replaced by 'He died in Wayland'.
Pg 139, 'Lambertsville, 13' replaced by 'Lambertville, 13'.
Pg 160, 'among the the Kansas' replaced by 'among the Kansas'.
Pg 164, 'lawyer and politican' replaced by 'lawyer and politician'.
Pg 164, 'Lemira Louisa' replaced by 'Lamira Louisa'.
Pg 169, 'Lambertvile, 1' replaced by 'Lambertville, 1'.
Pg 170, 'Genessee Co.' replaced by 'Genesee Co.'.
Pg 176, 'Nelson Cutting' replaced by 'Nelson Cutter'.
Pg 195, 'he was lead' replaced by 'he was led'.
Pg 201, 'Elizabeth Marsters' replaced by 'Elizabeth Masters'.
Pg 213, 'Carriboo mining' replaced by 'Cariboo mining'.
Pg 213, 'his inquistiveness' replaced by 'his inquisitiveness'.
Pg 218, 'Elizabeth Hurlbutt' replaced by 'Elizabeth Hurlburt'.
In the Index of Horton Christian (first) names:
Alvord, replaced by 'Alvor'.
Angeline Margaret, page number '197' added.
Archibald, page number '87' added.
Ariadne, page number '157' added.
David Snyker, replaced by 'David Snyder'.
Edward Delany, page number '34' added.
Eugene, page number '4' replaced by '40'.
Eunice Martha, page number '141' added.
Frank A, page number '30' added.
Haskell V, page number '177' added.
John Gillett, page number '176' added.
Justin, page number '69' added.
Lamira Louisa, page number '164' added.
Lemira Louisa, removed.
Liberty, page number '173' added.
Martha Louisa, page number '37' added.
In the Index of surnames:
Budd, page number '9' added.
Closson, page number '139' added.
Cortright, replaced by 'Cortwright'.
De Poe, page number '96' added.
Fitzpatrick, page number '138' added.
Gaylord, '443' replaced by '143'.
Hewitt, page number '60' added.
Hofford, page number '176' added.
Holbrook, page number '204' added.
Lafflin, replaced by 'Laflin' and page number '189' added.
L'Hommedien, replaced by 'L'Hommedieu' and '185' added.
Mills, page number '22' added.
Noel, replaced by 'Noell'.
Pinney, page number '162' added.
Service, page number '92' added.
Skillinger, replaced by 'Skellinger'.
Strong, two entries combined into '24, 190'.
Studdiford, page number '139' added.
Twist, page number '131' added.