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

Second Generation. Joshua I.

IV. Joshua, son of Barnabas Horton I., born at Southold, L. I., in 1643; married, about 1667, Mary Tuthill. In 1673, '76, '78 and '95 he deeds land to various persons. In 1676 he is one of the patentees of Southold, and has six males and five females in his family. He is a Lieutenant in 1693. (See "Moore's Indexes of Southold" p. 88.) He died in Southold, 1729. His wife died 2 January, 1718.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. Joshua, ensign, born 1669.

2. Joseph, born 1671; married.

3. Sarah, born 1673; married Richard Terry, son of Richard I.

4. Mary, born ; married 2 January, 1708, Zaccheus Goldsmith.

5. Bethia, born ; married in Jan., 1716, Ichabod Hallock. She died 1753. 6. Keziah or Zeruiah, married Israel Case.

7. Ephraim, born 1786; married, in 1707, Martha Vail.

"In the old Colonial Records of Connecticut, Joshua speaks of 'his brother Caleb, 15 September, in the 28th year of the reign of Charles II.'"—S. T. Terry.

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