Geo. F. Horton

I. Huldah, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson (Nathaniel, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Chester, N. J., 14 Jan., 1762; married in 1781, to Joel Coe, of Middletown, Conn. Moved to Scipio, Cayuga Co., N. Y., where they settled. He died 23 Sept., 1846, aged 88 years, 4 months. She died 13 Dec., 1803. After her death he married Widow Hepzibah Smith.

Children, probably, all born in Scipio:

1. Mary C., born 8 Sept., 1782; married David Bennet; had Joel Coe, Mary Jane, Charles David, Emily, Nathaniel Curtis, and Rachel. 2. Joseph, born 12 Nov., 1784; married 1st 12 Jan., 1816, Pallas Wales, she died 4 Feb., 1822; he married 2d Sophia Harwood; he died in Ohio, 17 Oct., 1854. 3. Rachel, born 9 July, 1786; married 22 April, 1813, Benjamin Olney; he died 1st Sunday in April, 1850; she died 1st Sunday in April, 1874. 4. Nathaniel, born 6 Sept., 1788; married Mary Taylor White; he died in Oregon, 10 Oct., 1868. 5. Joel, born 8 March, 1791; died 21 May, 1791. 6. Huldah Horton, born 5 July, 1793; married Walter Bennet, of Portage, N. Y. 7. Joel, born 7 June, 1795; married Sophronia Roberts; he died in Louisiana, in June, 1834. 8. Curtis, born 25 August, 1797; married Hannah Clark; died 10 April, 1871, at Spring Post, N. Y. 9. Alma, born 25 Sept., 1802; married William Harwood; had Joel, William, and Alma; she died in Michigan, Jan., 1836.

A genealogy of the Coe family was published about twenty years ago. Many eminent men belong to that family.

II. Rebecca, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, 19 Dec., 1763; married Benjamin Fordyce. He died 13 March, 1819. She died 17 Nov., 1840, in Scipio, N. Y.

Children:

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.

III. Jonah, son of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, 1765; married 1. about 1789, to Jane Dalrymple. She died about 1795; married 2. in 1796, Hannah Bryant.

Children, probably all born in Chester:

1. Phebe, born 1790. 2. Huldah, born about 1792; married John King. 3. Nathaniel, born about 1794.

By 2d wife:

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.

Jonah Horton died in Lockport, N. Y.

IV. Susan, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, about 1767; married Robert McCollum, 30 March, 1788. Died in Calais, N. Y.

Children:

1. Joel. 2. Rebecca. 3. Isaiah. 4. Susan. 5. Robert L. 6. Hiram. 7. Esther. 8. Nathaniel. 9. Anna. 10. Mehitabel. 11. Polly. All now (1872), dead, excepting Hiram, Anna, and Esther.

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.

Children, probably, all born in Chester:

1. Isaiah, born 27 July, 1796; married Charlotte Chatfield. 2. Aaron, unmarried. 3. Phebe, married Stephen Robinson. 4. Esther, married Warren R. Atwood.

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.

Children, all born in Chester:

1. Julia, born 1802; married Nathan Horton. 2. Ann Eliza, born 1804; married Levi Vanosdell. 3. Martha, born 1806; married Isaac Oakford. 4. Lydia, born 1809; married Charles Dobbins.

XI. Hiram, son of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, 16 Feb., 1780; married in 1808, Mary Rose, born 29 Feb., 1778. He died 22 May, 1852. She died 8 March, 1855; both buried in Chester Cemetery.

Children, all born in Chester:

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.

XIII. Aaron, son of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, about 1788; married Nancy Cramer, and had children, viz.:

1. Silas, born about 1812. 2. Lydia. 3. Aaron Decatur. 4. Huldah. 5. Nathaniel Charles.

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.

Children, all born in Randolph, Morris Co., N. J.:

1. James, born 24 Dec., 1798; married Jane Putnam. 2. John, born 29 Oct., 1801; married Paulina Carrier. 3. David, born 4 July, 1804. 4. Daniel, born 17 March, 1808. 5. Horace, born 2 July, 1810.

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.

II. Mehitabel, daughter of David Horton and Olive Skellinger; born in Chester, N. J., 15 Jan., 1780; married Daniel Horton Miller; moved to Michigan; died in Calhoun Co.

Children, probably, all born in Chester:

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:

Children, probably, born in Wallkill:

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.

II. Barnabas, son of Silas Horton and Mary Danes, born in Wallkill, in 1780; married about 1804, Jerusha Wheat; she died and he married 2.

Children, born in Wallkill, and all by his first wife:

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.

Barnabas Horton died in 1867.

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.

Children:

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.

II. William Lee, son of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 21 Oct., 1782; married Eunice Tracey, of Spencer, N. Y.

Children:

1. James Parshall. 2. Lydia Ann, married Shepherd. 3. Caroline, married Harmer. 4. Charlotte, J., married Raymond. 5. Sarah R., married Nichols. 6. Clark, married, had sons, Henry N. and Elliott.

He moved with his father to Phelps, N. Y., in early life.

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.

Children, born at Phelps:

1. William. 2. and 3. (twins) Maria, married Edward Homet; Rachael, married Stephen Spoor. 4. Ellen, married Jacob Hicks. 5. Willard, born in 1823; died young.

IV. Phebe, daughter of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 6 March, 1786; married about 1806, to Frederick Schenick, of Owego, N. Y., and went to Canada; nothing further is known of her.

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.

Children, born in Phelps:

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.

VIII. Arietta, daughter of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 28 Nov., 1794; married about 1818, to Isaac Butler, of Phelps. She died 2 June, 1842.

Children:

1. Maria, married Eggleston. 2. Nancy, married Parshall. 3. Elizabeth, married Parshall. 4. Sarah Ann, married Service. 5. Mahala, married Van Scoy. 6. Amanda, married Larkin. 7. Elihu. 8. Samuel.

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.:

1. Joseph Dempster. 2. Thirza Ann. 3. Marcus C.

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.

X. Isaac Teneyck, son of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 28 Feb., 1799; married about 1822, Esther Clark. He died 7 Sept., 1869.

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.

Children of Eleanor, all born at Phelps, N. Y.:

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.

XII. Cornelius, son of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Owego, N. Y., 13 August, 1804; moved with his parents to Phelps, in 1816. He was a teacher for several years in his early life.

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.

Children:

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.

II. Sarah, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born in Basking Ridge, 20 Jan., 1788; married about 1808, to William Guest; he died at White House, N. J., 6 March, 1857.

Children:

1. George, dead. 2. Mary. 3. Elizabeth. 4. Fanny. 5. Phebe. 6. Martha, dead. 7. Sarah Ann. 8. William. 9. Amy.

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.

Children:

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.

By second husband:

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.

IV. Mary, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, married Geo. Beemer, of Beemersville, N. J.

Children:

Sarah, Horton, Elton and Halsey (twins), Abbey, Harriet and Jane.

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,

"'With all thy faults, I love thee still;

I see beauties on every hill;

Thy rocks in grandeur rise;

Thy rills are charming in my eyes.'"

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.

Children, all born at Beemersville:

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.

Children:

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.

Nathaniel Thompson

Sarah Thompson.

III. Eunice, daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith (Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born in Blooming Grove, Orange Co., N. Y., 2 March, 1791; married Edward Strong, of Blooming Grove.

Children, all born in Blooming Grove:

1. Nancy, married James Madison Smith. 2. Nathan, married Mary Morbin. 3. Edward. 4. Sarah Jane. 5. Benjamin Horton.

IV. Susan, daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith, born in Blooming Grove, 17 Oct., 1793; married Harry Clark.

Children, all born in Blooming Grove:

1. Nathan. 2. Walton. 3. Mary. 4. Sarah. 5. Eunice.

V. Mary, daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith, born in Blooming Grove, 23 Oct., 1795; married 1. Solomon Gray, and had two children, viz.:

Thomas and Leander.

Solomon Gray died about 1845. She married 2. Richard Gibston, and had:

1. Ann Maria. 2. Edward. 3. Julia. 4. Mary.

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.

Children, both born in Monroe, Orange Co., N. Y.:

1. Jeremiah Horton, born 13 Jan., 1821; married 10 Dec., 1845, Mary Webb. 2. George Washington, born 2 March, 1824; married 5 Jan., 1848, Charity Conklin; she died 15 March, 1875.

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.

IX. Amy, daughter of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith, born in Blooming Grove, 17 November, 1803; married Palmer Williamson.

Children:

1. Mary. 2. Susan. 3. Horton. 4. Jennie. 5. Marietta, dead. 6. Oscar. 7. Julia. 8. Harrison.

X. Benjamin Goldsmith, son of Jeremiah Horton, Esq., and Mary Goldsmith, born in Blooming Grove, 28 Aug., 1807; married 14 Feb., 1832, to Sarah Jane Stuart, born in Blooming Grove, about 1809. She died 13 May, 1847.

Children:

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.

Children:

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:

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.

Children, all born in Wyalusing:

IV. Maj. John, Jr., son of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born at Terrytown, 23 March, 1793. He was three times married, 1. 16 July, 1816, to Nancy G. Miller, daughter of John Miller and Lydia Gilbert. She was born in Connecticut; she died 27 Oct., 1839. He married 2. 3 Aug., 1841, to widow Lydia Molther, of Nazareth, Pa.; she died 4 June, 1850. Married 3. 9 Aug., 1852, to widow Amanda Cross, of Towanda, Pa., daughter of —— Spaulding and Huldah Kellogg. He died 21 Feb., 1867.

Children, by his first wife:

By his second wife:

By his third wife:

Maj. Horton possessed more than an ordinary fund of cheerfulness and joviality; and his humorous and genial nature was an unfailing source of interest and life in the family and in the social circle. He was a careful business man. Though long engaged in mercantile pursuits, he never had occasion to fear financial crises or revulsions, living always prepared at any moment to honor his pecuniary obligations. Punctuality and promptness were marked characteristics of the man. To perform was more pleasing to him than to promise; in enterprises for the public good he was always among the first. He was constable for many years, Justice of the Peace for five years, and declined a re-election; was Treasurer of the County for two years, and was one of the electors on the Democratic electoral ticket in 1848. He was Captain and then Major in the militia, and from 1828 to 1835 Brigade Inspector.

Though not a public professor of Christianity, he was its friend and supporter, and conscientiously and habitually practised its virtues. He was uniformly in attendance upon public worship, and paid more money for the Terrytown Tabernacle (Union meeting-house) than any other person.

He was popular and pleasing in his manners, and politically a man of mark, but never a politician—holding office only when the office sought him. His end was quiet and peaceful.

V. Eunice, daughter of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born at Terrytown, 14 Jan., 1796; married in the old log meeting-house at Merry All, Pa., 20 July, 1817, by Rev. Minor Manasseh York, to Thomas Ingham, Esq., son of Joseph Ingham and Pamelia Ellicott, and born in Bucks Co., Pa., 1 April, 1794. The ancestors of Thomas Ingham came from England. Jonas Ingham, the first known ancestor, came to this country about A. D. 1700. By trade he was a clothier. He married a Cheshire woman, who often told her grandson that she landed on the ground where the city of Philadelphia now stands before there was a house on it. They settled in Trenton, N. J., where their son Jonathan was born, in 1709 or 1710. They also had three daughters. Jonathan Ingham resided in Bucks County, at a place known as Ingham's Springs, where he owned a farm and woolen factory. He was a rigid Quaker. A cotemporary, who was well acquainted with him said, "He did not belong to the old aristocracy who governed Bucks County before the Revolution, but his position in life and high intelligence put him in their society." They made him a Justice of the Peace, a Judge of the Court, and a member of the Assembly. He died in 1798 or 1799, aged 89. He had 3 sons and 2 daughters. Jonas, his youngest son, was born in 1746. He learned the business of a clothier. January 3, 1771, he was married to Elizabeth Beaumont, and soon after leased his father's fulling mill, and was running it when the Revolutionary war commenced. When the contesting armies came near, he enlisted, and served first as a Lieutenant and then as a Captain in the militia. He was in service in 1777, and in the battle at Gulf Mills. In the early part of the year 1778 he was taken with a fever and sent home. He afterward purchased land and built a fulling mill near the Delaware River; he there lived some years and educated his children himself. In 1789 he commenced a settlement on the Wyalusing Creek, being the first settler above Lewis', on that stream. He was an ingenious mechanic, and invented the machine for shearing cloth, which afterwards came into general use. He was a good writer and public speaker. In 1804 he was elected a member of the Legislature from Luzerne County. He died October 28, 1820. He had three sons and three daughters.

Joseph, his eldest son, was born January 21, 1773, and his father taught him the common branches of education, including surveying and algebra. While his father was making his first improvements on the Wyalusing, Joseph remained at home in Bucks County, in charge of the business. He learned the trade of a millwright. About the year 1793 he married Pamelia Ellicott, and soon after bought three hundred acres of land on the Susquehanna River, at the mouth of the Sugar Run. He moved his family to this place in 1795, and commenced building a saw mill in the fall of 1801, and finished it in the spring following. Soon afterwards he built a grist mill. His wife, Pamelia Ellicott, died 17 November, 1824. He afterwards married Laura (Whitcomb) Vose, a widow, by whom he had two sons. He had six sons by his first wife—no daughters. He died 11 June, 1829. Thomas, his eldest son, was educated partly by his father at home and partly in the common-school at Wyalusing. He learned his father's business of millwright, running mills and farming. He bought a farm and settled first at Browntown, Pa. But he remained there but a short time, when he sold out and came back to Sugar Run, and lived near his father. After the death of his father, he bought the homestead, and there lived until his death. He re-built the mills, and also erected a store-house, and engaged in the mercantile business. While quite a young man he was appointed a Justice of the Peace, and held that office during the most of his life. His mind was well informed on all general topics; his judgment was excellent, and he was noted for his morality, honesty and truthfulness. He was mild and quiet in his manners, but decided and firm in his purposes. Eunice, his wife, was handsome in her appearance and pleasing in her manners, possessed a lively and cheerful disposition, and was exceedingly energetic. She managed all the affairs of her household with economy and skill, and often assisted her husband in his business. When he was absent she could as readily manage the business out-doors as in the house. She was remarkably generous, and always had a bountiful hand for the poor, and was active in assisting her neighbors who were in sickness or trouble. Without making a public profession, both she and her husband exhibited the virtues of Christianity in her daily walk and character. She died 2 March, 1844. He died 14 August, 1855. They were both buried in the Terrytown Cemetery.

Children, all born in Asylum, now Wilmot, Pa.:

J. W. Ingham owns and occupies the old homestead of his father, and is a manufacturer of lumber and flour. He is a good writer, and some of the soundest and best political articles published in the journals of the county are from his pen. Mrs. Ingham is a worthy and active member of the Presbyterian Church.

No child or grand-child of Eunice Horton Ingham has yet died.

VI. Sally, daughter of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born 29 May, 1798; married by Thomas Ingham, Esq., to John Morrow, son of John Morrow and Nancy Gamble, and born in Dunlevey, in the Parish of Aughobog, County of Monohan, Ireland, 20 June, 1801. He sailed from Ireland 14 March, 1811, and landed at Amboy, on 15 April, 1811. He was an excellent farmer, owned a good farm in "The Bend" Asylum, now Wilmot Township, Bradford County, Pa. He was engaged in early life in merchandising, and later in life in raising and selling stock and grain. He possessed good business capacities, and was a man of much influence and activity, of good, sound, moral character, and well read in the sacred Scriptures, and in sentiment a thorough Old School Presbyterian or Covenanter, but never made a public profession. He was fond of company, and always took pains to make pleasant visits for his friends when they called on him.

Sally was a good housekeeper—industrious, economizing and a skillful worker, often taking the premium at the County Fair for domestic articles of her own manufacture. She possessed a wonderfully retentive memory—readily stating, not only incidents that occurred at any time during her life, but also dates—dates of births, marriages and deaths of all her acquaintances, even from her early childhood. She had a peculiar faculty of stating a fact or circumstance so connected with others as to leave no doubt of its truthfulness. She died in Wyalusing, 27 April, 1874, leaving to her family and friends the consoling belief that she exchanged the cares and sorrows of this mortal life for the full fruition of that world

Mr. Morrow died in Wyalusing, at the residence of his son-in-law, Andrew Fee, 10 August, 1873, where he had lain sick about four months.

Children, all born in Wilmot, except George, who was born at Terrytown, Pa.:

VII. Elizabeth (Betsy), daughter of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, was born at Terrytown, Pa., 27 Dec., 1800; was married at Terrytown, by Thomas Ingham, Esq., to Francis E. Baillet, son of Francis Baillet and Lydia Terry, and born in Philadelphia, 9 June, 1797. He moved with his mother to Baltimore, where he served as an apprentice with a tobacconist.

He came to Terrytown when a young man, moved to Farmersville, Cataraugus Co., N. Y., soon after their marriage. Resided in Farmersville till 1837, when they removed to Ellicottville in the same county. He was clerk of Cataraugus Co. for twelve years in succession, was always, and is yet, a staunch Democrat. Cataraugus was largely a Whig county, yet his great popularity always drew Whig votes enough to elect him. He left Cataraugus Co. a few years ago, and went to Black River Falls, Wisconsin, where he now resides. He is a genial, whole-souled, sportive man, and his penmanship, now at the age of seventy-six years, is remarkably beautiful, round and fair, and almost as easily read as print. He is now clerk in the office of Carl C. Pope, Esq., of Black River Falls. He and his wife are both members of the Baptist Church, and if they live until the 30 of Nov. next (1874), they may celebrate their golden wedding.[5]

Children:

VIII. Francis, son of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born at Terrytown, Pa., 7 June, 1803. He purchased a farm in Farmersville, N. Y., went there and made the last payment for it. He was taken with inflammation of the stomach and bowels when on his way home, and died at his Uncle Joseph Horton's, at Palmyra, 30 June, 1829, was buried in the East Palmyra Cemetery.

IX. George Firman, son of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born at Terrytown, 2 Jan., 1806; married at Terrytown, 4 June, 1832, by Thomas Ingham, Esq., to Abigail Terry, daughter of William Terry and Nancy Sherman, and born at East Palmyra, N. Y., 8 Oct., 1807. He is a physician, was a member of the late Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania.

They have children as follows, all born at Terrytown:

X. Edmund, son of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born 9 August, 1808; married at Lewistown, Mifflin Co., Pa., 10 Nov., 1834, by Rev. Mr. Wyles, to Martha Ann Robinson, daughter of Robert Robinson and Elizabeth Stalford, and born near Waynesburg, 3 Sept., 1811. Robert Robinson was the son of William Robinson and Martha Houston. He emigrated to this country from Ireland in 1752, and landed at Wilmington, Del., being then nineteen years old. He resided there until 1771, when he moved to Waynesburg, Mifflin Co., Pa., where he remained till the 12 June, 1817, when he died.

Robert Robinson was born 31 July, 1773, on the old farm in Waynesburg, now McVeytown. He was married in Philadelphia 23 Oct., 1810, by an Episcopal clergyman, to Elizabeth Stalford, only daughter of Joseph Stalford and Catharine Pauling. Joseph Stalford was the son of Samuel Stalford and Elizabeth Richardson, of Philadelphia. Catharine Pauling was the daughter of Henry Pauling, who was originally from Germany. Henry Pauling had six sons and two daughters, viz.: John, Henry, Benjamin, Jesse, Nathan, William, Catharine, and Rachael. Robert Robinson died in Lewistown, 18 April, 1832.

Edmund Horton and Martha Robinson have children as follows, all born at Terrytown, Pa.:

XI. Harry Morgan, son of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born 24 Sept., 1811. He studied medicine with Dr. George F. Horton, and was also an office student of Prof. Samuel McClellan of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1833 and 1834. He graduated at Jefferson Medical College in March, 1835. During the last year of his residence in the city, he frequently visited patients in the city and its environs, and in Feb., 1835, he was attacked with disease of the lungs. He was examined for his degree by a part of the Professors while confined to his bed, and he bore a very successful examination, all the Professors voting in his favor. He came home to Terrytown, and lived but seven weeks after he reached home, dying on the 6 May, 1835. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, and had a complimentary letter from the Rev. Dr. Ely, introducing him to some of the leading men of Columbia, South Carolina, and there he would have gone if he had lived, as Dr. Ely had influential friends there. The idea of going South to locate himself in the practice of medicine was so deeply impressed upon his mind, that he could not get rid of it, and he would not be satisfied until he started on his journey, and he did start, rode four miles in a buggy, and died the next morning at Thomas Ingham's.

I. Samuel Todd, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, was born at Owego, N. Y., 27 July, 1792; was married at Palmyra, 27 March, 1812, to Mary Galloway, daughter of Captain James Galloway, and born at Palmyra in May, 1794. He was a farmer and merchant, a spirited business man, of commanding personal appearance, and greatly respected. He was a First Lieutenant of a volunteer company of militia in 1825. He died at Palmyra, 5 Sept., 1851.

His wife after his death moved to Genesee Co., Mich., where she died 13 May, 1867. They were both members of the Baptist Church of Palmyra.

Children:

III. Henry Wisner Horton, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, born at Owego, N. Y., 31 May, 1797. Moved with his parents to Palmyra, N. Y.; married at Penfield, N. Y., 31 Jan., 1819, to Adah Jennings, daughter of Joseph Jennings and Nancy Sherman. She was born at Broadalbin, Saratoga Co., N. Y., 8 Oct., 1800. She died 20 Jan., 1856. They moved from Palmyra to Royaltown, Niagara Co., N. Y., in 1819. Remained there until 1830, when they removed to Groveland, Oakland Co., Mich., and settled on the farm upon which they now live (1873). He purchased his farm of the Government, and it was the first Government land sold and occupied in that township. He was an Acting Justice of the Peace for twenty-two years. He was town-clerk for nine years, and supervisor for three years. He embraced Christianity in early life, became connected with the M. E. Church, and has been one of the Stewards in that church in Groveland, from 1839 to the present time. He has frequently been the class leader of the church, and his house has always been known as "The Methodist Tavern and Preacher's Home." Through his efforts mainly, a comfortable church building was erected on the corner of his farm, and it has always been known as the "Horton Methodist Church." He was Captain of the first volunteer militia company ever organized in that section of the country. He was always a true republican, and frequently received the nomination of the Whig party for a seat in the Legislature, but in consequence of the large Democratic majority in the district, he was never elected. With a character unblemished he has lived to an honorable old age, and by his many virtues he commands the respect and high esteem of the church and community in which he resides.

Children:

The rest, born at Groveland, Michigan:

He married 2. on 16 Sept., 1856, Mary Laser, widow of Isaac J. Laser, Esq., of Springfield, Mich.

IV. Sarah Parshall, daughter of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, born at Owego, N. Y., 28 May, 1799; married at Palmyra, N. Y., 27 Aug., 1818, by Elder Roe, to Nathan Durfee, son of Gideon Durfee and Hannah Wood, and born at Palmyra, 21 Aug., 1796. He died 28 May, 1868, at the homestead of his father-in-law, which he had bought, and upon which he had made great improvements. He was a member of the Baptist Church.

Children:

V. James Parshall, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, born at Owego, N. Y., 5 April, 1801. He married in Palmyra, 17 Feb., 1829, to Caroline M. Goldsmith; she died at Palmyra, 16 Jan., 1864; he died 13 July, 1871.

They had but one child, viz.:

Their daughter is living, and has a good property left her by her grandfather.

VII. Lewis Beers, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, born at Palmyra, N. Y., 24 May, 1806; married 1. at Royalton, N. Y., 22 Feb., 1827, to Lucy A. Bedell; she died 9 Aug., 1864. He was married 2. in the spring of 1866, to widow Elizabeth Spencer, of Michigan. By his first wife he had Caroline, born at Royalton. He is a farmer, and a deacon of the Baptist Church, of Royalton.

VIII. Anna, daughter of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, was born 5 July, 1808, died at Palmyra, N. Y., 29 July, 1854. She was never married, was a very pious girl; a member of the Baptist Church, lived a very exemplary life, had many friends; she was greatly afflicted with ill health all her life.

IX. Durfee Delano, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, born 25 July, 1813; married 25 Feb., 1836, to Sarah Boyce, daughter of William Boyce, of Marion, N. Y. Settled at Groveland, Oakland Co., Mich. His wife died at Groveland, 5 June, 1837; was married 2. to Sarah ——. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Children:

X. Wilson Osborn, son of Joseph Lee Horton and Hannah Todd, born 26 April, 1815. In his childhood he was subject to "fits," which clouded and dwarfed his mind; but to the extent of his ability he was a consistent Christian, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died by drowning, while bathing in the Erie Canal, at Palmyra, 20 July, 1866.

I. Margaret Vance, daughter of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance (Israel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at Sugar Loaf, Orange Co., N. Y., 9 Dec., 1796; married 13 Oct., 1821, to Peter Bennet, of Goshen. She died of consumption, 22 March, 1846. She was a member of the M. E. Church.

II. Milton, son of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance, born at Sugar Loaf, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 April, 1799; married at Monroe, Orange Co., N. Y., 10 Nov., 1821, by the Rev. Zalmon Lyon of the M. E. Church, to Lydia Bennet, daughter of Benjamin Bennet and Mary Belcher, and born in Monroe. She died in West Salem, Wis., 12 Sept., 1871.

Children:

Milton Horton is now (1873) living at West Salem, Wis. He has been a farmer all his days, an occupation as honorable, certainly as useful, as any other known to the family of man. The intelligent, conscientious, upright farmer is, and of right should be, one of the lords of our happy country. He cannot be surpassed by any profession or class of persons.

Milton Horton moved from Orange Co., N. Y., to Milan, Ohio, in 1835, and thence to West Salem, Wis., in 1865. He is a worthy follower, and so also was his wife, of the Good Shepherd, and he has always commanded the respect and esteem of all who have known him.

V. Nicholas Townsend, son of Benjamin Horton and Hannah Vance, born in Belvale, N. Y., 20 Jan., 1805; married 1. in New York City, 19 August, 1827, Sarah Van Orden, of Jersey City. She died in Cincinnati. He was married 2. in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Eliza A. Smith.

He commenced in New York City about 1826, the business of setting iron railings around door-steps and iron fences in front of dwelling-houses and other buildings. In 1832 he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and carried on his business on a large scale, manufacturing as well as setting iron-railings, mantels, grates, and fencings, giving employment to quite a number of workmen. He was doing a large business in and about Cincinnati, and was reputed to be worth $200,000.

In July, 1857, he was killed by one of his employees. The murderer was arrested, tried, convicted, and executed.

By his sudden death his business matters were so deranged that his wife and family realized only a small part of his large estate.

Children, by 1st wife:

By 2d wife:

3. Carrie Ella, born in Cincinnati; married Cunningham. 4. George Clifford, born in Cincinnati; unmarried; lives with his mother. 5. Nicholas Townsend, born in Cincinnati; unmarried; lives with his mother.