The Project Gutenberg eBook of Horton Genealogy, by George F. Horton.

1. John, born 2 March, 1791; died 21 Jan., 1868. 2. Eunice, born 4 July, 1792; died 20 Nov., 1861. 3. Benjamin, born 11 June, 1797; died 10 Dec., 1870. 4. Nathaniel Horton, born 4 Jan., 1799. 5. Rebecca, born 27 July, 1805; died 7 July, 1829.

Mrs. Fordyce was a very pious woman, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and highly esteemed.

4. Elisha, born about 1798; died without issue. 5. Barnabas, born about 1800; married Ruth Cramer. 6. Archibald, born about 1802; married Matilda Smith. 7. Joanna, born about 1804; married David Horton Lewis. 8. Celestia, born about 1807; married John Cooper Horton. 9. Lydia, born about 1809; married Daniel Horton; no issue.

IX. Elisha, son of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, in 1777; married about 1800, to Polly, daughter of Caleb Horton and Sarah Benjamin. She was his second cousin, and born in Chester, about 1779. They moved to Scipio, N. Y., in 1797, and settled there, and there they died.

X. Col. Nathaniel, son of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, 15 Sept., 1778; married about 1801, to Eunice Horton, daughter of Daniel Horton and Martha Terry. He died in Chester, 17 Dec., 1856. She died 7 June, 1857; both buried in Chester Cemetery. He was an honorable and popular man, a Colonel in the militia, and much esteemed as an officer and citizen.

1. Rebecca, born 29 Dec., 1809; married David Schuyler De Camp. 2. Stephen Overton, born 21 July, 1811; married Dency Cooper. 3. Elizabeth Celina, born 1813; married 1. Silas Olney; 2. Capt. Lemon. 4. Mary Rose, born 8 April, 1818; married Alfred Horton.

Hiram Horton possessed fine social qualities, was well skilled in music, and always led the singing in the Congregational Church until prevented by the infirmities incident to old age.

"With the most limited opportunities for early education, he became a great and profound thinker. He was an upright and conscientious man, and largely shared the esteem of all who knew him. He was a most sincere and ardent Universalist, living the life of the Christian, and dying in the full and perfect triumph of Gospel faith and hope. He and his wife were, for many years, members of the Congregational Church of Chester; but about thirty years before his death, he and his wife embraced Universalism, and avowed it openly ever afterwards. Nevertheless, they continued to support the church and worship within its walls, and we hazard nothing in saying that there was no man in Chester, nor in all the region round about it, who was more generally and highly respected for manly and Christian character than Hiram Horton. Some time before his death he had requested that a minister of the Universalist denomination should attend his funeral services; but the pastor of the church, the Rev. Luke I. Stoutenberg, and others, refused to let them into the church, notwithstanding that the salary of that preacher was paid in part by the 'Horton Fund,' and the church itself had been built mainly by the Hortons. His funeral had to be attended in the Presbyterian Church, the Presbyterians generously offering them the use of their church."—Obituary of Hiram Horton.

Nancy Cramer Horton died, and he married the widow Maria Craig, and she died without children by him. He married next the widow, Pamela Smith; she died leaving no children by him. He married, for his fourth wife, Jane Hawk, and by her he had one son, viz.: William.

I. Edward, son of David Horton and Olive Skellinger (Nathaniel, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Chester, N. J., 17 March, 1777, married in Jan., 1798, Charlotte Seward, cousin of the late Gov. William H. Seward, of New York, and born in Chester, 19 August, 1775. They moved to Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1804, and settled in the town of Brutus.

Edward Horton died 6 Feb., 1835. His wife died 10 Sept., 1872, at the remarkable age of 97 years and 21 days. In her funeral procession were four generations of her descendants. They were both buried in Brutus, N. Y.

1. Olive, born 31 Dec., 1797; died 1st Sept., 1819. 2. David, born 30 Dec. 1799. 3. Phebe Ann, born 27 Jan., 1803; married Root. 4. Charles, born 13 Sept., 1809; died 23 Sept., 1828. 5. Esther, born 10 March, 1803; married Hackett. 6. Mary C., born 8 Sept., 1823; married Hicks; died 27 April, 1863.

I. Silas Danes, son of Silas Horton and Mary Danes (Silas, Barnabas, arnabas, Caleb I.), born in Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., in July, 1778. Moved to Wallkill, with his father, when young; married Mary McClean, 1796:

1. Fanny, born 1797. 2. Abbey, born 1799. 3. Warren, died 3 Oct., 1862. 4. Betsey. 5. Caroline. 6. Nelson, married Sarah Shons. 7. James M., died in 1816. 8. Jane, died in 1838. 9. William Harrison. 10. Lewis, died young. 11. Judson, died in 1859. 12. Alfred, died 27 July, 1873. 13. Emiline, died May 1861. 14. Mary Ann. 15. Smith. 16. Verdine, resides in Jersey City.

Of the above children, the first to ninth, inclusive, were by his 1st wife, she died 30 Jan., 1814. In 1815, he married 2. Mary Calender, and she had the 10, 11, 12, and 13 of the above children, and died in Sept., 1826, and in August, 1827, he married 3. Ann Purdy, by whom he had the three last children.

Silas Danes Horton was a farmer, upright, honest, and a man of more than ordinary mental capacity. He was a deacon of the Old School Baptist Church at the time of his death, and for many years before. He wrote frequently on religious subjects, and many of his articles appeared in the "Signs of the Times" a religious paper edited and published by the Rev. G. Beebee, of Middletown, N. Y.

Dea. Horton was one of the pillars of the church, greatly esteemed by his fellow-citizens, and his death, which occurred 21 Sept., 1850, was deeply lamented.

1. Loton, married Adeline Horton. 2. Harrison, married Prudence Warner. 3. Anna, married Alanson Beeks. 4. Milicent, married Chauncey Horton, son of Gilbert, son of Frederick. 5. Alfred M., married Adaline Wheat, they were double cousins; had Silas Danes, and others. 6. Gabriel C., married 1. Mary Ann Slawon; 2. Elizabeth Thompson; he had Loton, by his 1st wife, and Horace and Gilbert, by 2d wife.

I. Jason, son of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort (Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., 23 Feb., 1781; married in Lansing, Tompkins Co., N. Y., 9 Oct., 1805, Sally Miller; she was born in Lansing, in 1787.

1. Ursula, born in Lansing, N. Y., 15 July, 1806; died in Williamston, Mich., Feb., 1868; unmarried. 2. Ann, born in Lansing, N. Y., 11 Aug., 1808; married Daniel Sutton. 3. Phebe, born in Phelps, N. Y., 11 May, 1811; married David Beeman. 4. Joseph, born in Phelps, N. Y., 25 Sept., 1812; died at Constantine, St. Joseph Co., Mich., 16 Sept., 1866. 5. Israel, born in Lansing, N. Y., 29 Jan., 1815. 6. Mary Ann, born in Lansing, N. Y., 20 Feb., 1817, married —— Smith. 7. Minor Thomas, born in Phelps, 2 June, 1816. 8. Eleanor, born in Lansing, N. Y., 22 Nov., 1821; married Samuel Barker, in Phelps, where she now lives.

He died in Lansing, N. Y., 16 Sept., 1821. After his death his widow married a Taylor; she died in Watkins, N. Y., 19 Dec., 1861.

III. Sarah, daughter of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 9 April, 1784; married in Phelps, in 1813, to Samuel Minnis. She died 8 May, 1864, in Wyalusing, Bradford Co., Pa.; she was a quiet Christian woman, much esteemed by all who knew her. Her husband died in comparatively early life, leaving her with a family of children, and not much of this world's goods to help herself with. But by industry and care she managed to raise and educate her children. She was living with one of them, viz., Maria Homet, of Wyalusing, Pa., at the time of her death. In her early life she was very active—often rode on horseback—and at one time she made a trip on horseback and alone, from Phelps to Wyalusing, about three hundred miles circular.

V. John, son of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 26 Feb., 1788; married in Phelps, about 1810, to Rachael Hiler. He died at Phelps, 9 Sept., 1859. She is still living.

1. John M., born 30 Dec., 1819; married Mary Martin Boardman. 2. Samuel Minnis, born 29 Oct., 1836; married Sylvia Ann Cole. 3. S. Van Rensalaer, born 11 Aug., 1829; married Rowena S. Rafter. 4. Peter Davis, born 17 April, 1826; married Mary S. Aiken. 5. William P., born 26 Dec., 1821; married Phebe Ann Brink. 6. Eunice, married Edgar P. Lake. 7. Ella S., married Gross. 8. Sarah, unmarried.

IX. Peter Davis, son of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 11 Dec., 1796; married at Nelson, O., 5 May, 1830, by Rev. Ezra Booth, to Hannah Couch, daughter of Samuel Couch and Hannah Ferris, and born in Lee, Berkshire Co., Mass., 23 July, 1802. He was a minister of the M. E. Church, a pious man, and an acceptable preacher, standing fair among his brethren, and in the community. Hannah Couch Horton died at Hubbard, Trumble Co., O., 22 Feb., 1845, leaving three children, viz.:

He married 2. in 1846, Ann Chambers, daughter of Ezekiel Chambers, of Erie Co., Pa., and had one son, George W., born 2 Dec., 1849. Peter D. Horton died at Nelson, O., 21 Dec., 1867.

Children, 1. born in Phelps, N. Y., 7 born in Washtenaw, Mich., the rest in Orleans, N. Y.:

1. Myron, born 14 Oct., 1823; died 14 May, 1848. 2. Charlotte, born 26 Sept., 1825. 3. Tunis D., born 28 March, 1828. 4. Anne J., born 5 March, 1830. 5. Caroline, born 3 May, 1832. 6. Abbie, born 6 August, 1835. 7. Ellen V., born 28 Dec., 1843.

XI. Eleanor, daughter of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Owego, N. Y., 27 Dec., 1802; moved with her father to Phelps, N. Y., in 1816; married at Phelps, by the Rev. Mr. Strong (Presbyterian), on 1 Jan., 1828, to Thomas Van Devort, born in Warwick, N. Y., 27 August, 1802. He moved to Phelps, in 1823. He was a son of Cornelius Teneyck Van Devort and Maria Probosco, and was born in Warwick, N. Y., 12 Oct., 1773. Maria Probosco was born in Brunswick, N. J., 8 Oct., 1778. He died 7 April, 1855. She died 17 March, 1864.

Dr. Thomas Van Devort, of Somerset Co., N. J., the father of Cornelius, died 17 Oct., 1773, aged 32 years, 7 months, and 10 days. His wife's name was Arietta Teneyck. After his death she married —— Wood. He died and she subsequently married —— Clark. She died 31 Oct., 1826, aged 80 years.

1. Cornelius Teneyck, born 14 Oct., 1828; died 20 August, 1829. 2. Phebe Ann, born 24 Dec., 1829; died 20 Dec., 1862; unmarried. 3. Henry Christy, born 16 March, 1831; died 20 Nov., 1848. 4. Andrew Probosco, born 10 Sept., 1832; died 1 March, 1869. 5. Gilbert Mead, born 9 Dec., 1834. 6. Maria, born 21 Sept., 1836. 7. Sarah Ella, born 12 May, 1838. 8. Cornelius, born 16 Oct., 1842. 9. Thomas Spencer, born 26 Nov., 1844.

Quite early in life he engaged in mercantile business, selling dry-goods, groceries, hardware, etc., and also various agricultural implements, and generally carried on a successful business.

He was Supervisor of the township of Phelps for eight years in succession, and was one of the most prominent and influential citizens of the town, enjoying the fullest confidence of the people. He was a kind-hearted and upright man, a close figurer, but always just and honorable in his dealings. He was never married, never made a public profession of religion, although he was a man of very correct moral deportment and habits, and practically a Christian gentleman. On the 29 Oct., 1871, as he was riding with a friend in a buggy, the horse became frightened, and ran away, upsetting the wagon, and throwing Mr. Horton upon the ground with great violence, causing his death in a few hours afterwards. He was wholly unconscious, and never spoke after the fall. He was a tall man, over six feet high, of commanding appearance, and urbane and dignified in his manners. He left an estate of about $50,000, with one sister, and a large number of nephews and nieces to inherit it.

XIII. Joseph Lee, youngest son of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Owego, N. Y., 9 July, 1807. He married the widow Elizabeth Hatfield, of Newark, N. J. He was a very quiet, unassuming man, never had any children. He died in Phelps, in Jan., 1871. His wife died in Nov., 1870.

I. Uriah Terry, son of Jason Horton and Mary Terry (Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Orange Co., N. Y., in 1784; moved with his father to Basking Ridge, N. J., about 1790, and next to Mendham, N. J., where in 1806, he married Elizabeth Fairchild, daughter of Peter Fairchild, and born 13 June, 1782. They moved from Mendham to White House, Hunterdon Co., N. J., in 1808, and lived there until 1820, when they moved to Lambertville, N. J., and settled there. He was a hatter by trade. He died in the Fall of 1858. She died at Lambertville, 22 Oct., 1864. For her goodness of heart and fidelity to duty in all the relations of life, she had the esteem and respect of all who knew her. She united with the Presbyterian Church in Lambertville, in 1825, and she adorned and illustrated the profession of Christianity, she then made, in the whole of her after life. She was one of the excellent of the earth, and though far advanced in years, still her departure was greatly lamented by the church and congregation.

1. Mary Jane, born in Mendham, 24 Jan., 1809; married Charles Naylor. 2. Harriet Lacy, born in Mendham, 6 April, 1811; married James Gordon. 3. Andrew Jackson, born in Mendham, 13 May, 1813; left home at 17, never heard of afterwards. 4. Anna Maria, born at White House, 14 April, 1815; unmarried. 5. Brackey, born at White House, 27 Feb., 1819; married Asa Price. 6. Alexander Horace, born at Lambertville, 16 Oct., 1821. 7. Abbey Wilson, born at Lambertville, in 1825; died unmarried.

III. Elizabeth, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born at Basking Ridge, N. J., 6 January, 1790; married 1. in the spring of 1807, to John Deniston, son of William Deniston and Elizabeth Black, and born about 1780; died in 1815. She married 2. Adam Huyler.

1. George, born near Morristown, N. J., 1808; married Dorothy Smith. 2. Charles, born near Morristown, N. J., 4 April, 1809; married Mary Workman. 3. Anna, born in Trenton, N. J., 12 March, 1812; married Sebra Hough. 4. John Horton, born in Trenton, N. J., 15 Jan., 1815; married 1. Eliza Ricket, 2. Alice Palmer.

5. Elizabeth, born at Bound Brook, N. J., 6 Jan., 1818; married Hiram Allen. 6. Adam, born at Lambertville, N. J., 27 Dec., 1820; married 1. Elizabeth Roberts, 2. Hannah Snyder. 7. Jason Horton, born at New Brunswick, 23 Feb., 1823. 8. Edward Perrine, born at New Brunswick, 22 Aug., 1829.

Adam Huyler died in March, 1846; he was the son of William Huyler and Gertrude Smock; family originally from Holland.

Mrs. Huyler resides at Newark, N. Y., is wonderfully preserved, is active in body and mind, sight and hearing only very slightly impaired, and her memory quite good, and now, at nearly 86, she is getting a new set of natural teeth.

V. Abigail, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born in Sommerville, N. J., 6 March, 1795; died 19 August, 1875; she was never married. She made teaching her profession for many years. She was a skillful educator and a great favorite of children. She early professed Christianity, and became a member of the Presbyterian Church. She was a lady of marked piety and intelligence; occasionally wrote articles for the newspapers. In 1872 she writes:

"This is my hand-writing, so, through the mercy of the Lord, my life is yet prolonged, but I am aged (77) and infirm, going the down hill of life, living on borrowed time. Oh, how important to be prepared for the final change!

"Of my sisters, the oldest is gone, taken in her 84th year, departed suddenly, gone, we trust, to 'Heaven above, where all is love,' and where sorrowing and sighing can never enter."

In another letter, she says: "Our home is pleasant, we live in a beautiful village of New Jersey. Yes, little New Jersey,

She wrote and published a very pretty obituary of her sister, who died recently.

VI. Eunice, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born at Basking Ridge, N. J., 20 Feb., 1796; married at North Branch, N. J., 15 Sept., 1813, by Rev. Enoch Burt, to George Bockover, born at Beemersville, Sussex Co., N. J., 3 Jan., 1790; died 30 July, 1870.

1. Jason Horton, born 18 Oct., 1814; married Mary Insley; had 4 sons and 4 daughters; nearly all his life a wholesale merchant in the city of New York; died 22d April, 1875; he was truly one of the excellent of the earth. 2. John Jackson, born 20 Oct., 1816; married Ruth Coykendull. 3. Maria, born 19 May, 1819; married Jacob H. Todd, merchant. 4. Julia Ann, born 13 Oct., 1821; married John B. Adams. 5. Benjamin Terry, born 8 Aug., 1824; married Sarah E. Hathaway. 6. Miranda, born 20 Aug., 1827; married Charles Good; both dead. 7. and 8. (twins) Harriet, born 8 July, 1830; married Alvah Crone; he died. Jane, born 8 July, 1830; married Henry A. De Poe; he died. 9. Elizabeth, born 5 July, 1833; married Thomas C. Whider. 10. Emma, born 25 Feb., 1838; married Sanford E. Fitch, 15 Sept., 1863, during the very interesting celebration of the "Golden Wedding" of her honored parents.

VII. Fanny, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born at Basking Ridge, N. J., 15 Sept., 1799; married, at North Branch, N. J., 14 Feb., 1817, by Rev. Dr. Vadenburg, to John Williams, born at Redington, N. J., 27 Aug., 1791; a farmer; died 11 Dec., 1867.

1. George, born 15 Nov., 1818; a merchant in New York City. 2. Jason, born 6 March, 1824, also a merchant in New York. 3. John William Kline, born 15 Sept., 1831; merchant in New York. 4. Samuel, born 29 May, 1833; died 9 March, 1845.

VI. Sarah, daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith, born in Blooming Grove, 15 March, 1797; married 22 Jan., 1818, in Blooming Grove, by Rev. Luther Halsey, to Nathaniel Thompson, son of George Thompson and Elizabeth Gregory, and born in Blooming Grove, 22 Dec., 1792. She died 11 March, 1875, very suddenly.

Sarah H. Thompson was one of the excellent of the earth—faithful, kind, energetic and industrious—exemplifying Christianity in her daily walk and conversation; open, frank and cheerful, she was ever sunshine for the family. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Thompson is well preserved; has lived a long life of usefulness; an able and efficient farmer; an upright Christian man; began the world with little; is now wealthy. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

VII. Lydia, daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith, born in Blooming Grove, 24 April, 1799; married 1. by Rev. Mr. Arbuckle, in Blooming Grove, to Albert Gallatin Hildreth, son of John Hildreth, of Southampton, L. I.; had one son, died in infancy. Mr. Hildreth died. She married 2. Edward Strong, of Blooming Grove, and had Mary Bethia, born 20 May, 1840, who married, 20 May, 1863, Dr. George Hudson Thompson, a dentist, of Newburgh, and they have Edward Brewster Thompson, born in Newburgh, 9 March, 1844. Edward Strong died, and Lydia, his wife, moved to Newburgh, where she owns property and is very pleasantly situated. She has long been a professor of Christianity, and lived in harmony with its teachings.

1. Sarah Maria, born 23 Jan., 1833. 2. Anna F., born 1 Sept., 1835. 3. John W., born 27 May, 1837; dead. 4. Carrie S., born 30 Nov., 1840. 5. Phebe N., born 30 Aug., 1842; dead. 6. Jeremiah Henry, born 20 Dec., 1844. Anna F. remains unmarried. John W. and Phebe N. died unmarried.

Benjamin G. Horton married 2. in the Presbyterian Church, Merry All, Pa., 23 January, 1853, by Rev. Dr. S. F. Colt, to Anna Pamela Ingham, daughter of Thomas Ingham, Esq., and Eunice Horton, and born at Sugar Run, Bradford Co., Pa., 4 May, 1818.

His children were all born in the old stone mansion, built by his father, in 1802. It is one of the oldest dwellings in Blooming Grove, and it is still a very comfortable and venerable house. It, together with a good farm, was inherited by Benjamin, he being the only son; and here he lived until his death, which occurred on the 9th of Nov., 1874. He was a kind, unassuming man—always possessing a good moral character, and a few months before his death he made a public profession of Christianity, and became a member of the Blooming Grove Church. His wife early embraced Christianity, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church, of Wyalusing, Pa. She is now a member of the Blooming Grove Church, faithful and active in the work of the Church and Sabbath-school.

I. Ebenezer, son of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry (Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Little Britain, Orange Co., N. Y., 9 Jan., 1786; married, at Terrytown, Pa., by Guy Wells, Esq., in Oct., 1805, to Mary Terry, daughter of Jonathan Terry, Esq., and Abigail Terry, born in Wyalusing, Pa., 5 Dec., 1787. He died 1 May, 1826, of tuberculosis. She died 30 March, 1873, at the advanced age of nearly 86 years. He was one of the constituent members of the first Baptist Church of Asylum, now Terry Township. She was not a public professor of Christianity, but was Old School Baptist in sentiment for many years before she died.

Children, all born at the old homestead, in Wilmot, now occupied by N. T. Horton, except Jason and Nathaniel, who were born at Terrytown:

1. Jason, born 13 July, 1807; married (1) Olivia Ladd, (2) Roxana Cooey. 2. Nathaniel Terry, born 5 Jan., 1808; married Mehala Hancock. 3. Julia, born 6 Oct., 1810; married Samuel E. Miller. 4. Eunice, born 7 Sept., 1812; married James H. Turrell. 5. Hiram, born 7 June, 1815; unmarried. 6. Ebenezer, born 4 April, 1817; married Ellen M. Crandall. 7. Adela, born 13 April, 1819; married C. Schoonover. 8. Jane, born 22 July, 1821; married Lehman Turrell. 9. Lydia Ann, born 4 Feb., 1824; married Moses T. Slotery.

II. Anna, daughter of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born in Wyoming Valley, on the farm afterwards owned by Oliver Pettibone, 21 Oct., 1788; died at Terrytown, 27 Aug., 1813, of consumption; unmarried. She was intelligent, truly pious, and of a most amiable disposition.

III. Lydia, daughter of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born in Wyoming Valley, 14 March, 1791; married at Terrytown, 12 Nov., 1815, by Rev. M. M. York, to John Pauling Stalford, son of Joseph Stalford and Catherine Pauling, and born in Perkiomen, Montgomery Co., Pa., 20 Dec., 1788; died in Wyalusing, 27 Jan., 1863. Mrs. Stalford is still living; she is well preserved, resides at the old homestead, also occupied by her son, John B. Stalford. She was a very beautiful girl, always possessed an amiable disposition and fine social qualities, and now, at the age of 84 and upwards, she is active, cheerful and remarkably good looking for one of her age; devotedly attached to her grandchildren, who live with her, and for whom she is untiring in her care. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and has lived a long life of industry, economy and practical piety, beloved by all who know her.