Fourth Generation. Jonathan I.

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I. Capt. Barnabas, son of Dea. James Horton and Anna Goldsmith (Jonathan I.), born in Southold, in 1720; married about 1742, to Susanna Bailey.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. Barnabas, married Mehitabel Wells. 2. Abigail, married Gershom Terry. 3. Anna, married Joseph Wickham. 4. Julia Ann, married Jonathan Wells. 5. Susanna, married Gilbert Case. 6. Col. Benjamin, married 1. Mehitabel Osborn; 2. Harmony Reeves. 7. Capt. James, born 1 Sept., 1757; married 1. Elizabeth Wood; 2. Elizabeth Milliken. 8. Bethia, married William Rogers. 9. Gilbert, married Returah Terry. 10. Jonathan, married Bethia Hallock.

IV. Thomas, son of Dea. James Horton and Anna Goldsmith, born in Southold, in 1728; married 24 Feb., 1757, to Susanna Conklin. Moved to Goshen, N. Y., about 1762, and settled there.

Children, all born in Goshen, except Thomas, who was born in Southold:

1. Thomas, born 5 Oct., 1760; married Hannah Moore. 2. James, married Abigail Tuthill. 3. Samuel, married Margaret Consalaris. 4. Hannah, born about 1773; married Abiram Reeve. 5. Gamaliel, died young. 6. Ezra, married Hannah Gardiner. 7. Paul, married Ruth Hardin. 8. Peter, died young. 9. Susan, married 1. Little; 2. Daniel Carpenter. 10. Bethia, married Peter Johnson.

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:

1. Bethia, born in 1757; married 28 Feb., 1778, Benjamin Hallock. 2. Anna, born 20 June, 1758; died 18 Sept., 1767. 3. Margaret, born 4 Sept., 1760; died 4 Sept., 1767. 4. James, born 5 Feb., 1762; died young. 5. Sarah, born 28 Nov., 1764; married 15 August, 1795, David Hawkins. 6. Silas, born 19 May, 1768; died 13 April, 1782. 7. William, born 2 July, 1771; married 21 Dec., 1793, Phebe Rumsey. 8. James, born 11 Sept., 1774; married.

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:

1. Ezra. 2. Anna. 3. Mary.

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:

1. Mary, married Jacob Morrill, Esq. 2. Hannah, married Lewis Woodruff, son of the Mayor of Elizabeth, N. J. 3. Charles, a surgeon in the Revolutionary Army; died in the service. 4. Forster, a very prominent man in the Parish; a merchant in Chatham Village, N. J. 5. Charlotte, married a Christy.

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.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. William, born 1731. 2. Jonathan. 3. Mehetabel, born 29 Sept., 1743; married James Corwin. 4. Hannah. 5. Asenath. 6. Bethia.

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:

1. David. 2. William. 3. Joshua. 4. Mehetabel. 5. Abigail. 6. Phebe. 7. Hannah.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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