VI. Silas, son of Dea. James Horton and Anna Goldsmith, born in Southold, 25 Dec., 1730; married Mary Bull, about 1756. Her parentage is not known, although her name is illustrious in the annals of Orange Co.—Vide History of Orange Co.

He went to Orange Co. about 1750, where he settled and died.

Children, all born in Goshen Township:

VII. Rev. Ezra, son of Dea. James Horton and Anna Goldsmith, born in Southold, 25 Dec., 1733; married in the town of Hempstead, L. I., in 1757, Mary Hempstead, daughter of Robert Hempstead, and born in 1736. He graduated at Princeton College, N. J., in the class of 1754. He studied for the ministry in Princeton, and the honorary degree of A. M. was conferred upon him by Yale College, in 1772. He was ordained at Union, Ct., 14 June, 1759, and from that time until 1783, he was pastor of the Congregational Church at Union. After twenty years of faithful service, his health failing, at his own request, 6 August, 1783, he was dismissed from his charge. He died at Union, 13 Jan., 1789. His wife, remaining his widow, died at the residence of her son-in-law, Rev. Calvin Ingals, West Stafford, Conn., 23 Jan., 1815, aged 79.

Children, all born in Union:

IV. Azariah, son of Jonathan Horton and Mary Tuthill (Jonathan I.), born in the "Old Castle," at Southold, 20 March, 1715; married Eunice ——.

He was educated at Yale College, graduated in the close of 1735, being only twenty years of age.

Children, probably all born at Southold:

The Rev. Azariah Horton was a missionary among Long Island Indians from 1741 to 1750. He kept a very interesting diary of his labors from day to day, a part of which is published in Prime's History of Long Island. In 1751, he was installed pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Bottle Hill, now Madison, N. J. In Nov., 1776, at his own request, he was dismissed from his charge, and on 27 March, 1777, he died. He was an active and faithful minister, and he was one of the prominent men in founding the College of New Jersey. His wife kept a store at Bottle Hill. She was an energetic and successful business woman—active in the work of the church and highly esteemed.

About 15 or 20 years ago, some unknown gentleman came to Madison and put up a very pretty monument at the grave of the venerable Azariah Horton.

We are indebted to Mrs. Cuyler, mother of the Rev. Dr. Theodore S. Cuyler, of Brooklyn, for the above facts. She being a grand-daughter of Jacob Morrill, Esq., and great-grand-daughter of the Rev. Azariah Horton.

I. Dea. William, son of William Horton and Christiana Youngs (Jonathan I.), born in 1708; married 21 Jan., 1730, to Mehetabel Wells, daughter of Joshua Wells and Hannah Tuthill, and born in Southold, about 1709. He died 26 Sept., 1788.

II. Jonathan, son of William Horton and Christiana Youngs, born in 1710, in Southold; married about 1730, to Abigail Horton, daughter of Joseph Horton (Ephraim, Joshua I.). He was remarkable for his kindness of heart, and his constant efforts to do good, so much so, that he was appropriately called "Good Jonathan," and by this appellation he has always been known.

Children, all born at Southold:

Fifth Generation.—Jonathan I.

I. Barnabas, son of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey (Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Southold, 7 March, 1745; married 3 Nov., 1773, Mehetabel Wells, born in Southold, in Nov., 1747.

Children, all born in Southold:

II. Abigail, daughter of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey, born in Southold, about 1747; married Gershom Terry, son of Gershom Terry and Bethia Wells, and born in Southold.

Children, probably all born in Southold:

IV. Julia Ann, daughter of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey, born in Southold, in 1751; married Jonathan Wells.

Children, all born in Southold:

VI. Col. Benjamin, son of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey, born in Southold, 2 April, 1755; married 22 Dec., 1778, to Mehitabel Osborn. She died 16 Oct., 1787. In 1788, he married Harmony Reeves, daughter of Lawyer Reeves.

Children, all born in Southold. By his 1st wife:

By 2. wife:

Col. Benjamin Horton was a prominent and genial man, highly respected. He was a Colonel of militia, and for many years a Deacon, and also a Trustee, of the Southold Church. He was a man of unblemished character. Griffin, in his Journal, says: "Col. Benj. Horton was esteemed as an officer, and as a valuable member of society, and a pillar of the church, as was his brother Gilbert, who with much and deserved respect, held the rank of Major, and was a Deacon of the church."

VII. Capt. James, son of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey (Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born 1 Sept., 1757; married 1. the Widow Elizabeth Wood, of Orange Co., N. Y., born 14 Feb., 1751. She died of consumption, 27 March, 1787; married 2. 27 Dec., 1787, Elizabeth Milliken of Southold, born 25 July, 1770. She died 17 July, 1822. He died 30 July, 1825.

Children. By his 1st wife:

By his 2d wife:

Capt. James Horton was a blacksmith and farmer; a faithful soldier in the war of 1812-'15, bearing the commission of a Captain, and was honored and respected by all who knew him.

IX. Maj. Gilbert, son of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey, born in Southold, in 1763; married 7 Dec., 1784, Keturah Terry, daughter of Jonathan Terry and Keturah Reeves, and born in Southold, in 1766.

Children, all born in Southold:

Maj. Gilbert was a farmer and a blacksmith; also a Major in the militia, and a prominent man of fair reputation. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church, and he was a Deacon of the church. He died 6 May, 1822, and his wife died 2 Feb., 1844.

X. Jonathan, son of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey, born in Southold, Sept., 1765. "Dea. Jonathan, as he was familiarly called, was the fifth son of Capt. Barnabas Horton of Hogneck, now Bay View, L. I. He married Miss Hallock, with whom he lived about thirty years in Mattituck Center. In early life he pursued the trade of a blacksmith. In later years that of a farmer. He embraced religion in early life, and united with the Presbyterian Church of Southold, and was chosen a Deacon and an Elder. He filled these offices for more than thirty years. For the greater part of his life he stood in official stations, and by them he was much burthened. But in all his civil, military, ecclesiastical and judicial relations, he was well sustained and gave general satisfaction. The many and complex cares wore upon his naturally good constitution, and at length led on to a lingering consumption which called him to his grave, 19 Jan., 1819, in the 54th year of his age.

His children were two sons and two daughters, viz.:

I. William, son of Dea. William Horton and Mehetabel Wells (William, Jonathan I.), born at Southold, about 1732. "We have always heard him spoken of as 'Uncle' William. He was a large landholder—owned and occupied the old house in which I was born. It was taken down in 1854, and the house in which my father, Joseph Hazzard Horton, now lives, was erected upon its site. It was built by his grandfather, son of Jonathan I. He was thrice married, 1. to Patience Corwin; 2. Martha Gardiner, a very pious lady. She was confined to her bed a long time by sickness, previous to her death, and by her request, the Rev. Elam Potter prepared her funeral sermon, and read it to her previous to her death, which occurred in 1792; married 3. Mary Goldsmith.

I. Dea. John Budd, son of Jonathan Horton and Mary Budd (Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Goshen, 19 August, 1762; married in 1796, to Hannah Webb, born in 1776. She died 22 Jan., 1835. He died 22 Jan., 1841. They were pious people, much esteemed by those who knew them. He was for many years a respected Deacon of the Presbyterian Church of Goshen.

Children, all born in Goshen:

I. Dea. Ezra, son of Rev. Ezra Horton and Mary Hempstead (Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Union, Conn., 12 April, 1761; married 15 May, 1785, Olive May, daughter of Nehemiah May, of Holland, Mass., and Anna Lyon, of Woodstock, Conn., and born in Holland, Mass., about 1787. He died 31 May, 1848. She died 15 March, 1833,—both buried in Union Cemetery.

Children, all born in Union:

II. Anna, daughter of Rev. Ezra Horton and Mary Hempstead, born 13 April, 1763; married 30 Jan., 1783, Robert Lawson, Esq., son of Capt. Thomas Lawson, of Union, and born at Union, 11 Jan., 1759. He died 19 April, 1835. She died 14 Dec., 1841.

Children, all born in Union:

III. Mary, daughter of Rev. Ezra Horton and Mary Hempstead, born 24 Dec., 1768; married 28 May, 1795, Rev. Calvin Ingals, of West Stafford, Conn., and born at Pomfret, Conn., 22 Nov., 1760.

Children:

VII. William, son of Silas Horton and Mary Bull (Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Goshen, 2 July, 1771; married 21 Dec., 1793, Phebe Rumsey, born 12 March, 1768.

Children, all born in Goshen, N. Y.:

Sixth Generation.—Jonathan I.

II. Erastus, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May (Rev. Ezra, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Union, Ct., 7 Oct., 1787; married in Union, 28 April, 1808, by Samuel Crawford, Esq., to Tryphena Burleigh, daughter of Jacob Burleigh and Lucy Laflin, and born in Union; 25 March, 1788.

Children:

Erastus Horton moved, in 1815, to Oneida, N. Y.; thence, in 1832, to Scriba, N. Y., and next, in 1841, to Oakland, Jefferson Co., Wis., and finally to San Diego, Cal., where he and his wife both died, the latter 5 March, 1873, the former 19 Feb., 1875.

Jacob Burleigh, son of John Burleigh, was born in Union, 5 June, 1756. John Burleigh was the first settler in Union; came there as early as 1732. The family originally came from England. Lucy Laflin was the daughter of John Laflin and Susanna Galbraith, and born 2 Feb., 1762. John Laflin came from Stowe, Mass., and bought land in Union, Ct., 9 Sept., 1740.—See Town Record of Deeds, I. Vol., page 146. John Burleigh (Burley) is said to have emigrated to this country with Gov. Belcher, of Mass., about 1740, when he was 14 years old.—See Obituary Records of Yale College, 1863. The Burleighs were connected by marriage with Gov. William Bradford, of Mass., and many of them are celebrated as writers and speakers.

William H. Burleigh, the poet and editor, and Charles C. Burleigh, the eloquent anti-slavery and temperance lecturer, are known throughout the country.

III. Philena, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 12 June, 1789; married 9 Jan., 1812, Salmon Strong, Esq., of Augusta, N. Y., son of Alexander Strong, and born at Union, 1 March, 1784.

Children:

IV. Gurdon, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 24 Feb., 1791; married 1 May, 1816, Lucy Davidson, of Wales, Mass.

Children:

Gurdon Horton resides at a Shaker community, Albany Co., N. Y.

V. Lucinda, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 28 August, 1792; married 28 Jan., 1819, Alfred Moore, son of Thomas Moore, born at Union, 16 Jan., 1796. She died 2 April, 1845, at Smithfield, Madison Co., N. Y.

Children:

VI. Ezra, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 12 June, 1794; married Lucy Shepherd, daughter of Whitmore Shepherd, of Hartford, Conn., and born 18 March, 1822.

Children, all born in Union, where he resides:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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.:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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: