1. Prudence, born 20 January, 1787; married Isaac Horton. 2. Esther; married Charles Bliven. 3. Allen. 4. James. 5. Charles; married Sylvia Radaker.
I. Joseph, son of Stephen Horton and Sarah Owens (Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Sommers, formerly Stephentown, N. Y., 24 August, 1759; married, in 1784, Mary Beedle, born about 1760. He died in June, 1813.
Children all born at Sommers, N. Y.:
1. Benjamin, born 19 February, 1785; married Hannah Strang. 2. Jesse. 3. Philena. 4. Joel. 5. Phebe.
VIII. Wright, son of Stephen Horton and Elizabeth Frost, second wife, born at Yorktown, N. Y., 22 May, 1776; married 28 November, 1798, Anna Quereau, daughter of Dr. Quereau, and born 10 March, 1780. Died 4 January, 1852. He died 27 June, 1861. Children, probably, all born at Yorktown:
1. Elias Quereau, born 22 December, 1800; married Mary Lyons. He died 23 September, 1831.
2. Betsey Ann, born 4 November, 1802; married 10 January, 1827.
3. George W., born 10 September, 1804; married Charlotte Griffin.
4. Frost, born 15 September, 1806; married Phebe Tompkins.
5. Stephen D., born 3 October, 1808; married Delia Clapp. He died 5 March, 1842.
6. William C., born 9 January, 1811; married Phebe McKeel; he died 26 January, 1846.
7. Jane, born 17 July, 1813; married 19 May, 1839, Thomas C. Van Heusen.
8. Sarah, born 10 May, 1815; married 18 March, 1838, Joseph T. Hollow. She died 11 January, 1850.
9. Peter Quereau, born 26 December, 1817; resides at Sing Sing. Unmarried.
10. Wright Frost, born 22 February, 1820; died 23 March 1844. Unmarried.
I. Richard, son of Elijah Horton and Jemima Currie (Richard, John, David, Joseph I.), born in Peekskill, N. Y., about 1766. Moved with his father's family from Peekskill to Stroudsburg, Pa. about 1782; married, in 1787, Tabitha Jayne, daughter of Isaac Jayne and Anna Lattemore, and probably born in New Jersey, about 1768. They settled first at Middlesmithfield, Pa., but about 1790, he moved to Bradford Co., Pa., and settled permanently in Sheshequin, on land now, 1875, occupied by Joseph Towner, son of Enoch Towner. They have both been dead many years—dates have not been given. Both buried in Horn Brook Cemetery.
Children all born in Sheshequin except David, who was born in Middlesmithfield, Pa.
1. David, born 22 October, 1788; married Hannah Newell.
2. Isaac Jayne, born 1790; married Ruth N. Ferguson. Both dead.
3. Infant, died before naming.
4. Anna, born 1792; married Caleb Shores.
5. Tabitha, died young.
6. Jemima, married John Lyons.
7. Tabitha, married Nathaniel Shores.
8. Betsey, married George Vibbert.
9. Diana, married Stephen Shores.
10. Richard, born 3 June, 1807; married Eliza Shores.
11. Josephine, born 6 April, 1809; married Daniel Culver. He died 25 August, 1856. She died 27 September, 1856.
12. Jane, married Aaron Shores, live in the West.
13. Lorinda, married Orrin Smith.
II. Elijah M., son of Elijah Horton, and Jemima Currie, born in Peekskill, N. Y., 9 June, 1768; married in 1791, Pamela Ogden, born in Northumberland, now Columbia Co., Pa., at the mouth of Fishing Creek. Soon after the birth of their first child, they moved up the Susquehanna River, and settled in Sheshequin. Pamela Ogden died 11 February, 1804, aged forty years. He married, 2. Abigail Bullard, born 11 April, 1780; died 3 March, 1845. He died August, 1835. All buried in Horn Brook Cemetery.
Children all born in Sheshequin except Isaac S., who was born at Fishing Creek:
1. Isaac Snyder, born 20 June, 1792; married Hannah Elliott.
2. Charles, born 5 September, 1793; married Sally Brink; died 24 February, 1873.
3. John, married ——
4. Lydia, married Rev. David Blackman.
5. Mary, married, 1. Smith Horton, 2. Rufus Cooley.
6. Betsey, married King Shores.
7. Elijah, married Elizabeth Ferguson Drake. She was born 1 August, 1799; died 23 October, 1863.
8. Jane Jemima, married Joseph Elliott.
By second wife:
9. William Bullard, born 27 September, 1807; married Melinda Blackman.
10. Charles, married Sally Brink.
11. Lucinda, married John B. Smith.
12. John, married Sally Stevens, went West.
III. Isaac, son of Elijah Horton and Jemima Currie, born Peekskill, 19 April, 1772. Came to Sheshequin with his father married, 1. Sally Smith, 2. Laura Stevens, sister of Ira H. Stevens Esq., former Sheriff of Bradford Co., and born in Athens, Pa., 19 June, 1797. She died 19 June, 1851. Sally Smith died 18 August, 1814. He died 6 September. 1861,—without issue. All buried in Horn Brook Cemetery.
IV. Joshua, son of Elijah Horton and Jemima Currie, born in Peekskill, N. Y., 7 October, 1774; married, about 1800, Lucy Thompson, daughter of William Thompson and Elsie Welsh, and born 14 December, 1780. He came to Sheshequin about 1790.
Children all born in Sheshequin:
1. Elsie, born in 1801; married Abraham Durham. 2. Richard, born 1803; died aged 10 years, 1 month, and 10 days. 3. Lucy, born 1805; married Lemuel Landrus. She died. 4. Sally, born 1807; married Francis Forbes. 5. Joshua, born 1809; married Betsey Brink. 6. William, born 1811; married Sally Shores. 7. Richard T., born 20 May, 1813; married Rhoda Horton, daughter of David Horton.
Lucy Thompson Horton died 19 May, 1814, and he married Lucinda Ellis, born 2 January, 1788, and had—
8. Ithiel, born 1815; married Polly Brink, moved West. 9. Lucinda married Ethan Tuthill, both dead. 10. Esther married Jackson Blackman, no issue, they live in the West. 11. Ulysses married Sally Elliott. 12. Fanny married Elijah H. Blackman, lives in Illinois. 13. Eleazer married Harriet Chaffee, both dead. 14. Lewis born 6 February, 1822; married Sallie Maria Chaffee. 15. Luman P. married Phebe Horton, daughter of Richard N. Horton. 16. Nelson, married Lucy Bullis, moved to Rochelle, Ill.
Lucinda Ellis Horton died 20 April, 1864, and he married Phebe Goodsell. He died 19 February, 1863, she is still living. He and his two deceased wives were buried in Horn Brook Cemetery.
V. Gilbert, son of Elijah Horton and Jemima Currie, born in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1784; came to Bradford County with his father; married Mary Beardsley and settled in Sheshequin. He moved to the West about 1850.
Children, all born in Sheshequin:
1. Freeman, died at 18.
2. Clarissa, married Leonard Shaw.
3. Reuben, married Polly Pierce.
4. David, went West.
VI. Stephen, son of Elijah Horton and Jemima Currie, born in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, about 1786; died 23 November, 1868; married Susan Mayhew in 1807, she born on Long Island, New York, in 1788; died at North Towanda, Pennsylvania, 28 February, 1873. They lived in Sheshequin, Pennsylvania.
Children:
1. Elijah Harrison, born 12 November, 1808; married Mary Forster.
2. Hiram, married Hannah Hovey; they live at Lawrenceville, Pa.
3. Shepherd, married Harriet Accla; live at Painted Post, N. Y.
4. Mayhew, married Elizabeth Lyons; live at Blossburg, Pa.
5. Elizabeth, married Geo. Williams; he is dead.
6. Mary, married Benjamin Lyons.
7. Catharine, married Hiram Goff; live in Monroe, Pa.
8. Ann, married Rosin Fox; live on Hollon Hill, Pa.
VII. William, son of Elijah Horton and Jemima Currie, born in Stroudsburg, Pa., 14 May, 1789; married at the old Judge Gore place, in Sheshequin, 15 January, 1809, by Samuel Gore, Esq., to Esther Cowell, daughter of Christopher Cowell and Rachel Coolbough, and born in Kingswood, N. J., 19 January, 1789. He settled in 1811, in Sheshequin, about two miles from the river, where his widow now resides. She is now (1875) 87 years old, retains her mental faculties without any apparent failure, and, excepting dimness of sight, her bodily powers are remarkably well preserved. Her husband died 23d ——, 1858. Her son, Isaac Jackson, with whom she lives very comfortably, occupies the old homestead.
Children, all born in Sheshequin:
1. Eliza, born 29 April, 1811; married Joseph Tuthill; she is dead. They had Lucinda, Arletta, Murray, Josiah, dead, Jerusha, dead.
2. Delight, born 4 February, 1813; married Albert Tuthill. Children: William, who was shot by an Indian and instantly killed at Elm Grove, Minnesota, Esther, Lucinda, George, dead, Ursula, Franklin, Florence.
3. Richard Currie, born 29 May, 1816; married Elizabeth Smith.
4. Lucinda, born 17 October, 1819; married Guy Smith. Children: Ulysses, dead, Ethline, dead, Ward.
5. William, born 29 June, 1822; married Polly Margaret Rundell. Children: Relsamon, Mahlon, Alice, Mary, Jane, Franklin. Mahlon and Alice are dead. The rest live in Iowa.
6. Esther Jemima, born 27 March, 1824; married John Vought, son of David Vought and Nelly Huyck. Children: Amanda, Eliza, Helen, Thomas, John, dead, Eugene, Esther.
7. Rachel Amanda, born 5 April, 1826; married George Chaffee. Children: William Dallas, dead, Francis, Mahlon and Sevelon, twins, Ethline, Jackson, Julia.
8. Isaac Jackson, born 3 Dec., 1828; married 3 March, 1852, in Sheshequin, by Rev. Mr. Gibson, of the Universalist Church of Sheshequin, to Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of John Rogers and Elizabeth Petit, and born in Litchfield, Penn'a, 26 December, 1834; they reside at the old homestead of William Horton. No children.
9. Lucy Ann, born 12 September, 1830; married, in Sheshequin, 31 December, 1850, by Rev. S. J. Gibson, to Joseph Franklin Blackman, son of Col. Franklin Blackman and Sybil Beardsley, and born 9 June, 1825; they reside in Sheshequin, near Col. Blackman's. Children: William Wallace, born 7 October, 1851; Mary, born 28 July, 1854; Florence E., born 17 October, 1858, died 26 July, 1861; George, born 17 February, 1863; Grace, born 1 September, 1870.
I. Phebe, daughter of Henry Horton and Abigail Cook (Hon. William, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Colchester, New York, 27 December, 1794; married 15 January, 1817, by Esq. Robinson, to Daniel Robbins. He was born 29 July, 1792; he died 9 September. 1850. She died.
Children, born at Chaumont:
1. Caroline Horton, born 19 April, 1818; married, 9 Feb'y, 1837, Noah Dunham.
2. Marietta, born 3 April, 1820; married, 27 January, 1842, to James Stebbins.
3. Abigail Horton, born 18 Jan., 1823; married, 28 Feb., 1848, to Geo. W. Phelps.
4. James, born 26 November, 1824.
5. John D. A., born 2 January, 1827; married 30 June, 1850, to Elizabeth Lance.
6. Daniel C., born 29 May, 1829; married, 16 February, to Magdaline Zimmerman.
7. Eliza E., born 22 May, 1832; married Chauncy Canfield, 20 April, 1851.
8. Lucy Jane, born 20 August, 1834.
III. Eliza, daughter of Henry Horton and Abigail Cook, born 7 December, 1799; married Ralph W. Rogers, by Elder Farmer, 4 February, 1819. He born 27 September, 1792; died 29 Sept., 1866.
Children, born at Point Salubrious, the residence of their parents:
1. Perley, born 18 Aug., 1802; married, by Rev. J. Canfield, to Susanna Dunham.
2. Henry Horton, born 19 February, 1822; died 31 May, 1830.
3. Charles, born 24 September, 1823; married, 22 February, 184-, by Esq. Hoyt, to Angeline Bloget.
4. Byron, born 19 June, 1825; married Julia A. Warner.
5. Anna J., born 29 June, 1827; married Edwin Warner, by Esq. Hoyt.
6. Minot J., 23 July, 1829; married, 1. Adeline Dewey, 2. Jerusha Hagens.
7. Mercy Ann, born 3 Dec., 1832; married, by Rev. J. Canfield, to Daniel Owens.
8. James L., born 23 March, 1835; married, 1. Elizabeth Denison, 2. Louisa Warner, 3. Almyra Warner.
9. Gaylord, born 22 April, 1837.
10. Rebecca, born 24 December, 1838; married Ambrose Warner.
11. Cyrus, born 4 June, 1841; married Mary Moren.
V. John Todd, son of Henry Horton and Abigail Cook, born at Colchester, N. Y., 29 September, 1803; married at Point Salubrious, 14 January, 1827, by Esq. Lockwood, to Emeline Smith, born 15 June, 1806. He is a blacksmith by trade, resides at Mason City, Iowa. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Children all born at Point Salubrious, except William D., born at Mason, Iowa.
1. Albert F., born 26 December, 1827; married Lucinda Hunter.
2. Emily, born 9 March, 1830; died 18 August, 1836.
3. Martha M., born 11 March, 1832; married 27 February, 1851, by Rev. I. Canfield, to George Hunter.
4. Isabella D., born 9 November, 1834; married, 20 September, 1864, William Knapp. She died 29 December, 1873.
5. Emma F., born 2 June, 1838; died 20 December, 1838.
6. John S., born 29 November, 1840; married Olive Verder.
VI. Le Roy, son of Henry Horton and Abigail Cook, born in Colchester, N. Y., 10 November, 1805; married, 26 February, 1828, by Esq. Stone, to Jane Reynolds, born 22 November, 1807.
Children all born at Lyme, N. Y.
1. Henry, born 20 July, 1831; married Sally Bush.
2. Angelina Cook, born 31 August, 1833; married Isaac Adams.
3. William Dare, born 17 September, 1835; married Louisa Border.
4. Margaret, born 7 July, 1837; died 3 July, 1868.
5. Isaac Cook, born 27 April, 1839; married Helen F. Blodgett.
6. Dorr, born 12 September, 1841; married Eveline O. Fish.
7. James Le Roy, born 2 February, 1844; married Martha J. Williamson.
VII. Samuel McCrea, son of Henry Horton and Abigail Cook, born at Colchester, N. Y., 14 October, 1807; married 2 November, 1831, to Leah Trumper; she was born 2 April, 1810. He died at Chaumont, 1870. Moved to Chaumont with his father's family where he settled.
Children all born at Chaumont:
1. John McCrea, born 2 August, 1832; married 11 March, 1857, to Mary Jane Shelley, no children. 2. Henry Trumper, born 25 January, 1835; married 1 January, 1860, to Rachel Doty. 3. Abigail C., born 4 January, 1838; married James Lauer.
Henry T. Horton and Rachel Doty have two children:
1. Levi D., born 6 August, 1861, and 2. Estella, born 2 September, 1865.
X. Henry, son of Henry Horton and Abigail Cook, born at Point Salubrious, N. Y., 12 April, 1814; married 6 January, 1836, by Esq. Bouse, to Sarah P. Dunham; she was born 6 July, 1818; she died 28 July, 1858. He married, 2. on the 6 January, 1860, by George Smith, Esq., to Fidelia Horton; she died 26 January, 1870. He married, 3. by Esq. Ennons, 12 April, 1872, to Helonia Pluche.
Children by first wife, born at Point Salubrious.
1. Caroline, born 12 July, 1838; married Warren Horton. He died 4 July, 1870, leaving one son Willie, born 16 August, 1869.
2. Edward Baker, born 21 October, 1840; married Ellen Delma.
3. George Bertrand, born 27 April, 1844; married Henrietta Meeks.
By second wife:
4. Sarah Estella, born 12 December, 1861. 5. Harry, born 6 March, 1866. 6. Jason, born 2 May, 1867. 7. Frank A., born 16 January, 1870.
George Philip, son of Joseph Horton, (Stephen, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born in Claverack, N. Y., in 1798; married Magdalena Miller, daughter of Cornelius Miller, and born in Claverack, N. Y., in 1800.
Children:
1. Rev. F. A., born in Philmont, N. Y., 15 September, 1841.
2. Cornelius Miller, born in Philmont, N. Y., 26 November, 1844.
"The original ancestor on the father's side was Michael, and on the mother's side it was Cornelius Stephanse Muldor, friend and companion of the old Patroon, the Hon. Stephen Van Rensalaer, and originally from Rykerk, Holland."—Letter of Rev. F. A. Horton, of Catskill, now (1874), of Cleveland.
VI. Thomas, son of Thomas Horton and Mary Wright (Thomas, Thomas, David, Joseph I.), born in Hector, Schuyler Co., N. Y., 26 June, 1800; married, 27 February, 1823, to Rachel Lee daughter of David Lee, of Duchess Co., N. Y.
Children, probably, all born in Pultney, Steuben Co., N. Y.:
1. David Lee, born 1824; married Susan Swarthout.
2. William Edward, born 14 March, 1826; married Nancy Bancroft.
3. Mary, born 26 July, 1828; married 5 June 1849, to Rev. J. C. Mallory.
4. Martha Cordelia, born 4 Oct., 1830; married 11 Oct., 1852, Rev. A. B. Chase.
5. Ann Eliza, born 15 March, 1833; married 4 July, 1852, Minor Swarthout.
6. Daniel Taylor, born 16 Nov., 1835; married, 1. Mary Ann Swarthout, 2. Mary Jane Knapp.
7. Sarah Maria, born 10 October, 1838; died 28 June, 1855.
8. Joseph Robert, born 25 April, 1841; married, 25 Feb., 1868, to Abbey Gaspar
9. Theodore Marcena, born 11 August, 1845; married Mary E. Jordan.
I. Elias Quereau, son of Wright Horton and Anna Quereau (Stephen, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Yorktown, 22 December, 1800; was married in Bedford, N. Y., 25 January, 1826, by Ezra Fountain, to Mary Lyons, daughter of Ezra Lyons, and born in Bedford, about 1802. He died 23 September, 1831, at Yorktown; was buried at Amawalk.
Children born at Yorktown:
1. Martha Ann, born 26 December, 1829. 2. Elizabeth M., born 27 May, 1831.
George Washington, son of Wright Horton and Anna Quereau, born at Yorktown, West Chester Co., N. Y., 10 September, 1804; married, 1. at Bedford, N. Y., by Daton Webus, Esq., 3 November, 1824, to Charlotte Griffin, daughter of Jacob and Rosanna Griffin; she died at Richfield Springs, 5 June, 1843; married, 2. to Julia A. Caney, 10 March, 1844, daughter of Edward and Mary Caney.
Children:
1. Charles W., born 2 November, 1825; died 13 December, 1826.
By second wife:
2. Anna, born 6 April, 1845; married Menzo Clapsadale.
3. Jane Elizabeth, born 25 November, 1848; died 20 February, 1864.
4. Mary Louisa, born 19 November, 1850; died 28 January, 1867.
5. William Van Hocson, born 22 June, 1864; died 28 March, 1870.
George W. Horton is now living at Richfield Springs, Otsego Co., N. Y. He is a liberal, kind-hearted man, much esteemed in the community.
IV. Hon. Frost, son of Wright Horton and Ann Quereau, born in Yorktown, N. Y., 15 September, 1806; married at Yorktown, 17 October, 1827, by Thomas Tompkins, Esq., to Phebe Tompkins, daughter of William Tompkins and Lydia Lane, and born at Yorktown, 25 November, 1803. William Tompkins was a cousin of Ex-Governor Daniel D. Tompkins, of New York.
Children, all born at Peekskill:
1. William James, born 10 December, 1828; married Leah B. Carpenter.
2. Sarah Jane, born 10 June, 1832; died 10 March, 1835.
3. Cornelia, born 17 February, 1837; died 18 February, 1852.
4. Stephen D., born 17 February, 1837; married Emily Horton.
Hon. Frost Horton is a retired manufacturer, and resides at Peekskill. He has always been a prominent man in the community, enjoying in a high degree the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens. He possesses fine social qualities, and, since retiring from business, he occasionally amuses himself in hunting and fishing. His integrity, industry and great business capacities, during the active part of his life, rendered him a most valuable acquisition to the community in which he carried on his business, and the articles he manufactured were of sterling value to the farming interests of the country.
Mr. Horton, on sending me his photograph for an engraving, accompanied it with the following very modest and unassuming sketch of his life:
"I was born in Yorktown, Westchester County, New York, 15 September, 1806. My parents were farmers, in moderate circumstances. I remained with them until I was seventeen, working on the farm in the summer, and going to school in the winter, thus acquiring merely a common-school education. When I was seventeen years old, at the suggestion of my parents, I decided to learn the blacksmith trade, and commenced the business at once, and served an apprenticeship for several years. On the 17th of October, 1827, I married Phebe Tompkins, and on the 9th of March, 1820, we moved to Peekskill village, where we have resided ever since. I bought some property, and set up the blacksmithing business. I succeeded well in the business. In the spring of 1835 I entered into a co-partnership business with Mr. Truman Minor, under the firm name of 'Minor & Horton,' and went into the foundry business, manufacturing agricultural implements, principally ploughs and plough-castings. Our business increased rapidly, and paid us well. We continued partners for twenty years. In 1855 Mr. Minor retired from business, and I took in Mr. Geo. W. Depeu as a partner, and about two years afterwards, we admitted each of us a son, and the firm then became, 'Horton, Depeu & Sons.' Our manufactured articles were sold in nearly every State in the Union, and also in many foreign countries.
"In 1862 we all sold out to a stock company, formed for that purpose. Having been in active business for thirty years, I now retired. In the spring of 1855 I was elected Supervisor of the town of Cortlandt, and I represented that town in the Board of Supervisors for five years in succession.
"In the winter of 1858, I was a member of the Legislature from this Assembly District. For many years I held the various offices of our village, but of late have declined official stations, preferring the enjoyments of private life."
Mr. Horton is not a public professor of Christianity, but is a gentleman of correct moral deportment, and very temperate in his habits. Mrs. Horton is an amiable lady, and a valued member of the Presbyterian Church.
V. Stephen D., son of Wright Horton and Ann Quereau, born at Yorktown, 3 October, 1808; moved to Peekskill in 1832; married in Peekskill, 13 January, 1841, by Rev. Mr. Westbrook, to Delia Clapp, daughter of Philip Clapp and —— Ferris. They had one child, Emma, born at Peekskill in 1842, died in 1856. He was a lawyer, very industrious and ambitious, and died 5 March, 1842, probably from applying himself too closely to his profession and overtasking his mental powers.
VI. William Clements, son of Wright Horton and Ann Quereau, born at Yorktown, 9 January, 1811; married 29 August, 1832, at Yorktown, by Thomas Tompkins, Esq., to Phebe McKeel, daughter of Moses McKeel. She died at Yorktown, in 1845, leaving one child, which died young. He died 26 January, 1846. All buried in Yorktown Cemetery.
II. Wright, son of Maj. Micajah Horton and Hannah Williams (Hon. William, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Colchester, N. Y., 24 April, 1803; married—resides in Howard County, Kansas.
III. Isaac Williams, son of Maj. Micajah Horton and Hannah Williams, born in Colchester, N. Y., 10 October, 1805; married 10 October, 1832, in Colchester, to Adah Washburn.
Children, all born in Colchester:
1. Mary Antoinette, born 7 January, 1834; married John R. Miller.
2. Elbridge Micajah, born 20 March, 1836; married Jane Pixley.
3. Ansell Phinney, born 27 December, 1837; married Mary T. Root.
4. Helen Delia, born 30 September, 1842; unmarried.
5. James Perry, born 28 February, 1845; married Lydia Dallsom.
6. Harriet Huntly, born 9 April, 1847; unmarried.
Isaac W. Horton moved from Colchester 2 June, 1847, to Vevay, Ingham County, Michigan; settled and remained there until September, 1853, when he removed to Mason, in the same county, and kept the "Mason Hotel" until about 1861; he still resides in Mason.
X. George Washington Page, son of John Horton and Sarah Hagar (Hon. William, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born in Colchester, New York, 6 February, 1816; married in Dryden, Tompkins County, New York, 16 September, 1852, by the Rev. S. Minier, to Julia E. Carpenter, daughter of John Y. Carpenter and Sarah Jane Delany, and born in 1818.
Children, both born in Colchester:
1. Edward Delany, born 15 August, 1854. 2. Eva Jane, born 6 September, 1857.
I. John White, son of James Horton and Martha White (Hon. William, Daniel, David, Joseph I.), born at Colchester, New York, 12 October, 1802; married at Brownville, Jefferson County, New York, 17 September, 1826, by the Rev. Lyman Ackerman, to Candis Louisa Fox, daughter of Gabriel Ely Fox and Betsey, and born in Chestertown, Warren County, New York, 12 October, 1805. She died at Adams Centre, Jefferson County, New York, 13 December, 1872. He is a Deacon in the Baptist Church, embraced religion in early life, has always been a prominent man, and commanded the respect and esteem of all who knew him. He went to Jefferson County, New York, in his infancy, and in 1826 he purchased land at Adams Centre, and became a well-to-do farmer, exerting a salutary influence in the community, being active in the moral and religious enterprises of the day; he resided there until after the death of his wife, when he went to Troy, New York, where he now (1874) resides.
Children, all born at Adams Centre:
1. Louisa Maria, born 9 August, 1827; married Moses Pierson.
2. Lucinda Elizabeth, born 17 October, 1829; married James Taylor Main.
3. Lavanda Candis, born 15 November, 1832; married William D. Armo.
4. Licetta Augusta, born November, 1842; married Willard Reese Hammond.
The following auto-biographical sketch of Dea. John W. Horton, contained in one of his letters, is interesting and well worth preserving:
"I was born in the town of Colchester, Delaware County, New York, on the 12th of October, 1802. When a little over three years old, my father moved to Lyme, Jefferson County, New York, which was then known as the Black River Country, and settled on the shore of Chaumont Bay, at the east end of Lake Ontario. It was here I spent my childhood and my boyhood days, learning, as I grew up, how to endure the privations of a pioneer life in a northern wilderness. At the age of nine years I began to know what manual labor meant, working on the farm in the summer, and going to school in the winter. In those days our school-houses were frequently some old log house, which some settler had built and then vacated, and perhaps left the country, or moved into better quarters. Such school-houses were splendid for hot weather, being so well ventilated; but in the winter they required piles of wood and great physical endurance to keep warm. My facilities for acquiring an education were exceedingly limited. Being the eldest of eight children, perhaps I had to take a little more of the rough end of life than some of the others.
"At the commencement of my seventeenth year, my father commenced preparing for building a new house, and I then gave up going to school, and worked through the winter at quarrying stone and getting lumber for the new house. The house was commenced in the spring and completed before fall, myself and younger brother carrying the stone and mixing the mortar.
"I remained with my father until I was twenty-four years old. I then went for myself. I purchased land, and settled permanently at Adams Centre, after my marriage. In December, 1829, myself and wife connected ourselves with the Baptist Church, at the State Road, Jefferson County, New York.
"We were blessed with four daughters—all grew up to womanhood, married, made a public profession of religion, and became members of the Baptist Church. We occupied our old home until the 13th of December, 1872, when death removed my dear wife from this world of care, pain and suffering to the mansions of everlasting rest, as I humbly trust.
"The next April I sold my farm, and I am now spending the few remaining days of my life with my three surviving daughters, by whose affectionate care and tenderness I am made quite contented and happy."
II. George, son of James Horton and Martha White, born at Colchester, N. Y., 31 March, 1804; married, 29 January, 1829, to Sabra Mills, born at Deering, N. H., 29 May, 1804. They reside at Point Salubrious, Jefferson Co., N. Y., and they are worthy members of the Baptist Church.
Children:
1. George Dinsmore, born at Chaumont, N. Y., 3 November, 1829.
2. Ann Elizabeth, born at Adams Centre, N. Y., 30 December, 1831.
3. James White, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 6 March, 1834.
4. Robert Mills, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 3 July, 1836.
5. Francis Newell, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 29 June, 1838.
6. Andrew Marcus, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 31 December, 1840.
7. Martha Maria, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 10 April, 1842.
8. John Williams, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 12 September, 1845.
9. Emily Agnes, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 12 March, 1847.
III. Ann Caroline, daughter of James Horton and Martha White, born at Chaumont, N. Y., 13 June, 1806; married, at Point Salubrious, 30 January, 1833, by the Rev. Asher Stanton, to Benjamin Ryder; 2. a farmer, and born at Dumerstown, Vt., 31 December, 1806; he died at his residence in Brownsville, N. Y., 12 November, 1871.
Children all born at Brownsville, except Watkins L., born at Chaumont:
1. Watkins L., born 6 March, 1834; married Mary E. Spaulding, resides at Montella, Ill. He was a faithful soldier in the Union army, served during the war, and was honorably discharged. He is a lawyer.
2. Cornelia W., born 7 January, 1836; married Charles J. Gillingham, lives at Watertown, N. Y.
3. William Wallace, born 22 August, 1838; married Frances M. Easterbrooks.
4. Walter Van Rantz, born 9 January, 1841; died in the service of his country, November, 1864.
"He was a good soldier; his kind and obliging disposition, and his soldierly bearing won for him the respect and good-will of all who knew him. His love for his country overrode all personal considerations, and he was often heard to say, that the life of a civilian had no attractions for him while armed traitors refused to acknowledge the laws and its institutions typified by the Stars and Stripes. He loved his friends and home, but he loved his country more, and he was willing to bid adieu to father and mother, brothers and sisters, and go into the foremost rank of those who were battling for the right, and he battled nobly, and fell at last a martyr for his country's freedom. He died in Millon Prison, Ga., aged 23 years and 10 months."—Extract of Letter of Andrew Horton.
5. Willie Gaylord, born 15 May, 1843; died 30 January, 1849. 6. Mary L., born 26 —— 1847. 7. Willis Bruce, born 19 September, 1850.
IV. Valiant McRea, son of James Horton and Martha White, born at Lyme, N. Y., 14 May, 1808; married at Adams, N. Y., 30 August, 1837, Delia M. Cook. They moved to Ridgefield, O., in 1837, where they both died, he 14 August, 1857; she 7 August, 1863.
Children all born at Grafton, O., except