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

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.

"'Martha's care she had at heart,

And also chosen Mary's better part.'"

Children all born in Southold:

1. Caleb, born 1715; married Sarah Benjamin. 2. Hannah, born 1717; married Samuel Sweazy, son of Joseph Sweazy. 3. Nathaniel, born 13 Oct., 1719; married Mehetabel Wells. 4. Nathan, born about 1720; married Mehetabel Case. 5. Phebe, born about 1722; married Henry Tuthill. 6. Elijah, born 19 June, 1724; married Lydia Sweazy. 7. Richard, born about 1726; married Elizabeth Harrison. 8. Sarah, born about 1735; married Stephen Sweazy. 9. Mary, born about 1831; married Richard Terry. 10. Rachel, born about 1733; married 23 Aug., 1753, Jonathan Racket. 11. Rhoda, born about 1728; married Robert Robinson; died in Chester, 30 June, 1771, aged 43 years and 5 days.

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:

1. Barnabas, born in 1772; married Abigail Parshall. 2. David, born 1724; married Mary Warner. 3. Matthias, born 1726; married. 4. Elihu, born 1720; died young. 5. Silas, born 1730; married Experience Vail. 6. Mary, married Charles Seely.

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:

1. Israel, born in 1728; married Sarah Lee. 2. Jonathan, born in 1730; married Bethia Horton. 3. Barnabas, born in 1732; married, perhaps, Mary Tuthill. 4. Zaccheus, born in 1734; married widow Elizabeth Case. 5. Bethia, born in 1736. 6. Elizabeth, born in 1739; married David Tuthill, probably a son of Henry Tuthill and Phebe Youngs, and born in Southold about 1735.

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:

1. Jonathan, born 1722. 2. Bethia. 3. Calvin.

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:

1. Richard, born in 1720; married, probably, Mehitabel Jayne. 2. Mary, born in 1724. 3. Abigail. 4. John.

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