Horton Genealogy / or Chronicles of the Descendants of Barnabas Horton, of Southold, L. I., 1640.

Isaac Rufus Horton was a Union soldier, and died for his country in the hospital at Alexandria, Va.

IV. Franklin, son of Lydia Horton and Rev. David Blackman (Elijah M., Elijah, Richard, John, David, Joseph I.), born in Sheshequin, Pa., 11 April, 1832; married in Sheshequin, 26 May, 1869, by Rev. W. H. Gavitt, to Ethleen Gillett, daughter of Ensley W. Gillett and Sarah E. Townsend, and born in Sheshequin, 27 Sept., 1844.

Children, all born in Ogle Co., Ill.:

Franklin Blackman is a very intellectual man, possesses superior social qualities, a high sense of honor, and extraordinary business capacities. He resides at Rochelle, Ill. He is self-educated, possesses a large store of general information and practical knowledge, a mind disciplined to study, and a generous spirit. He has made two European tours, the first in 1866–67, and the second in 1868–69. During his travels and after his return home he published, in the "Ogle County Reporter," fifty letters, under the title of "Rambles in the Orient," ably written, and full of interesting information. Under date of 17 June, 1875, he says, "In relation to my two voyages across the Atlantic and my travels in Europe, I must say, in all candor, that I revert to them as the most palmy days of my earthly pilgrimage. Should opportunity occur, I would again cheerfully place myself upon the perilous waves, that I might once more enjoy the rich feast spread out before me in the classic lands of the Orient."

I. Harry Lawrence, son of William B. Horton and Melinda Blackman (Elijah M., Elijah, Richard, John, David, Joseph I.), born in Sheshequin, Pa., 17 July, 1832; married at Milwaukee, Wis., 26 Oct., 1858, by Rev. I. P. G. Ingraham, of the Episcopal Church, to Helen Elizabeth Breed, daughter of A. O. T. Breed, Esq., and Margaret Shields, both of Milwaukee, Wis., and born in Milwaukee, 20 Jan., 1842. She died in Milwaukee, 25 Oct., 1864, and was buried in Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee.

Children, both born in Milwaukee:

Mrs. Horton was a lady of education and refinement. She possessed an excellent moral and religious character; was a worthy member of the St. James Episcopal Church, of Milwaukee, in which she took a lively interest, and was distinguished for her generosity—especially for her many deeds of benevolence to the suffering and the poor. She was a kind and dutiful wife, a most tender and affectionate mother, and her early departure was deeply lamented, not only by her bosom companion and near relatives, but also by the community in general.

Harry L. Horton's father was a well-to-do farmer, and Harry remained 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.:

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:

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.:

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:

II. Jonathan, son of Caleb I. and Abigail Hallock, born at Cutchogue, about 1668; married about 1693, perhaps, Bethia Conklin.

Children, born at Cutchogue:

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:

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:

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.

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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.:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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.:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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—

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: