Geo. F. Horton

II. Erastus, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May (Rev. Ezra, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Union, Ct., 7 Oct., 1787; married in Union, 28 April, 1808, by Samuel Crawford, Esq., to Tryphena Burleigh, daughter of Jacob Burleigh and Lucy Laflin, and born in Union; 25 March, 1788.

Children:

1. Almyra Minerva, born in Union, 1 June, 1809; married Anson Ranney. 2. Mary Emily, born in Union, 19 July, 1811; married Henry Francisco. 3. Alonzo Erastus, born in Union, 24 Oct., 1813; married 1. Sally Millington Wright; 2. Sarah Babe. 4. Ezra, born at Augusta, N. Y., 12 Feb., 1816; married. 5. Nelson Burleigh, born at Smithfield, N. Y., 27 March, 1818; died in Wisconsin, 1858. 6. Thomas de Lafayette, born at New Haven, N. Y., 16 Dec., 1824; died in Wisconsin, 17 Sept., 1850. 7. Lucy Jane, born at Scriba, N. Y., 7 April, 1835; married W. W. Bowers, Esq.

Erastus Horton moved, in 1815, to Oneida, N. Y.; thence, in 1832, to Scriba, N. Y., and next, in 1841, to Oakland, Jefferson Co., Wis., and finally to San Diego, Cal., where he and his wife both died, the latter 5 March, 1873, the former 19 Feb., 1875.

Jacob Burleigh, son of John Burleigh, was born in Union, 5 June, 1756. John Burleigh was the first settler in Union; came there as early as 1732. The family originally came from England. Lucy Laflin was the daughter of John Laflin and Susanna Galbraith, and born 2 Feb., 1762. John Laflin came from Stowe, Mass., and bought land in Union, Ct., 9 Sept., 1740.—See Town Record of Deeds, I. Vol., page 146. John Burleigh (Burley) is said to have emigrated to this country with Gov. Belcher, of Mass., about 1740, when he was 14 years old.—See Obituary Records of Yale College, 1863. The Burleighs were connected by marriage with Gov. William Bradford, of Mass., and many of them are celebrated as writers and speakers.

William H. Burleigh, the poet and editor, and Charles C. Burleigh, the eloquent anti-slavery and temperance lecturer, are known throughout the country.

III. Philena, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 12 June, 1789; married 9 Jan., 1812, Salmon Strong, Esq., of Augusta, N. Y., son of Alexander Strong, and born at Union, 1 March, 1784.

Children:

1. Salmon, born at Union, 25 Oct., 1812; died 18 Jan., 1834. 2. Philena, born at Augusta, N. Y., 14 Sept., 1815; married Oliver Frank Ranney, Nov. 9, 1836, and died without issue, 17 Sept., 1838. 3. Alvin, born 14 Feb., 1817; married Persis S. A. Powers, May, 1838; died 5 Nov., 1866; she was killed by a horse running away, in 1875. 4. Olive Adelpha, born 7 March, 1821; died 14 April, 1842; unmarried. 5. Abigail, born 4 June, 1824; married Sept. 1, 1848, Oliver Brown Kinne; she died. 6. Julius Alexander, born 20 Nov., 1826; married 8 April, 1849, Caroline Miranda Powers, daughter of Walter Powers. 7. Warren Groves, born 30 Oct., 1832; married Sept. 22, 1857, Fanny Smith.

IV. Gurdon, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 24 Feb., 1791; married 1 May, 1816, Lucy Davidson, of Wales, Mass.

Children:

1. Roysel, born 31 July, 1819; died 25 Sept., 1820. 2. Theodore Dwight, born 3 Aug., 1821; died in the hospital, Washington, D. C., 13 March, 1863. 3. Charles Riley, born 31 May, 1823; died 10 Sept., 1830. 4. Herman M., born 23 Feb., 1825; died 28 Oct., 1825. 5. Olive, born 23 April, 1827; died 27 August, 1830. 6. William Morgan, born 6 July, 1829; married Mary Ann Williams. 7. Francis G., born 6 July, 1829; died 26 Oct., 1833. (Twins.) 8. Eli, born 23 Nov., 1834; resides at Oaks, Wis. 9. Philena, born 22 Aug., 1838; married Williams; lives at N. Scriba, N. Y.

Gurdon Horton resides at a Shaker community, Albany Co., N. Y.

V. Lucinda, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 28 August, 1792; married 28 Jan., 1819, Alfred Moore, son of Thomas Moore, born at Union, 16 Jan., 1796. She died 2 April, 1845, at Smithfield, Madison Co., N. Y.

Children:

1. Alfred Austin, born 26 April, 1820; married Mary McQien; died 21 June, 1871. 2. Lucinda, born 3 June, 1822; died 6 Oct., 1826. 3. Olive Louisa, born 25 Sept., 1824; died 16 Oct., 1826. 4. Azubah Louisa, born 25 Sept., 1824; (Twins;) married William Baird; died 1 Aug., 1857. 5. Thomas, born 20 March, 1827; died 20 July, 1828. 6. Lucinda, born 2 Dec., 1828; died 8 August, 1830. 6. Ezra Horton, born 11 June, 1835; died 2 June, 1836.

VI. Ezra, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 12 June, 1794; married Lucy Shepherd, daughter of Whitmore Shepherd, of Hartford, Conn., and born 18 March, 1822.

Children, all born in Union, where he resides:

1. Jared, born 18 Jan., 1822; married Harriet Louisa Tredeau. 2. Helen, born 5 August, 1823; married 1 Dec., 1843, Orrin Morse. 3. Thomas, born 4 May, 1825; married 22 April, 1850, Delight Wales. 4. Edwin, born in 1826; died in infancy. 5. Elvira, born 30 July, 1828; married 27 Jan., 1851, Thomas P. Leonard. 6. Edward Haskell, born 27 July, 1830; died 24 Dec., 1834. 7. Ezra Mason, born 3 June, 1832; married 2 August, 1859, Jane Bartlett. 8. Charles, born 3 July, 1834; married 23 March, 1859, Jane Frances Percy. 9. Olive, born 27 June, 1836; married 10 April, 1860, Joseph R. Langdon. 10. William Harrison, born 10 Oct., 1837; married 13 Feb., 1866, Armena Corbin; resides at Putnam, Ct.; no children. 11. Robert Bruce, born 13 Oct., 1843; married 8 Nov., 1865, Mary E. Coon, daughter of Isaac Coon and Sabrina Hall; no children.

VII. Norman, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 5 Dec., 1795; married 27 Nov., 1823, Esther Griggs, daughter of Elisha Griggs, and born 13 Jan., 1800, in Union.

Children:

1. Harriet, born at Union, 22 August, 1824; married William Barron; died at Koskonong, Wis., 3 Sept., 1855. 2. Carlo, born at Union, 13 Feb., 1826; died at Koskonong, Wis., 3 Nov., 1846. 3. Norman Sanford, born at Union, 17 April, 1828; married 25 Dec., 1855, Lucy Lewis. 4. Elisha Griggs, born at Stockbridge, N. Y., 20 August, 1830; married Harriet Rawson. 5. Ezra, born at Stockbridge, N. Y., 13 August, 1832; died 21 April, 1862. 6. Esther Ann, born at Stockbridge, N. Y., 26 July, 1836; married 15 Nov., 1860, Frank Delong. 7. Sarah L., born at Stockbridge, N. Y., 6 Feb., 1839. 8. Malvin M., born at Koskonong, Wis., 13 May, 1843; married 24 Dec., 1863, Sophronia Cheesebro. 9. Charlotte, born at Koskonong, 9 May, 1846; married 6 April, 1866, Charles Wilby.

Norman Horton resides at Cold Spring, Wis.

VIII. Chauncey, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 13 May, 1797; married 30 Sept., 1824, Amanda Chaffee, daughter of Amos Chaffee, of Ashford, Conn., and Eunice Cummings, and born 4 July, 1801.

Children:

1. Sophronia, born at Ashford, Ct., 5 Jan., 1826; married 17 May, 1849, John J. Carver. 2. Almira Amanda, born in Ashford, Ct., 20 Jan., 1828; married 18 Oct., 1849, H. A. Coolidge; she died in the Spring of 1875. 3. Emeline born at Ashford, 22 Sept., 1829; married 8 March, 1854, Giles B. Cleveland. 4. Mary Ann, born at Ashford, 1 Feb., 1831; married 16 May, 1854, Rev. R. H. Clark. 5. Cynthia Malvina, born at Stockbridge, 22 Feb., 1833; married 3 Sept., 1857, Justus Williams. 6. Chauncey Chaffee, born at Stockbridge, 24 March, 1835; married Elizabeth Hurlburt; died 24 July, 1870. 7. Harvey L., born at Stockbridge, 26 April, 1837; married 18 Oct., 1866, Clarissa Chapman, born at Smyrna, Chenango Co., N. Y.; no children. 8. Eunice Angeline, born at Stockbridge, 30 Sept., 1839; died 4 Feb., 1841. 9. Gerrit Smith, born at Stockbridge, 9 Sept., 1841; died 3 Sept., 1848.

Chauncey Horton died 15 Sept., 1848, at Stockbridge, Madison Co., N. Y.

IX. Mary, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, Ct., 17 Oct., 1798; married 31 May, 1821, at Union, Elijah Kinney, son of Eleazar Kinney, of Union, and born 25 May, 1797.

Children, all born at Union:

1. Elisha Edwin, born 25 Sept., 1822; died 27 March, 1828. 2. Mary Olive, born 12 Dec., 1823; died at Ft. Atkinson, Wis., 6 June, 1859. 3. Harrison born 7 July, 1825; resides at Salem, Wis. 4. Eli Edwin, born 20 July, 1827; resides at Salem, Wis. 5. Decatur, born 30 Oct., 1830; died 18 Sept., 1832. 6. Fidelia, born in Madison Co., N. Y., 25 Jan., 1834; married at Ft. Atkinson, Wis., 2 Sept., 1861, by Rev. D. C. Curtis, to Joseph Aland Shepherd, son of James Shepherd and Elizabeth Joyce, and born in Melksham, England, 19 June, 1827. They reside in San Diego, Cal., and he is a lawyer, and also, the accomplished and very competent clerk and bookkeeper of A. E. Horton, Esq., of San Diego, Cal.

XI. Almira, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, 27 April, 1801; married at Stockbridge, N. Y., 31 March, 1825, Dwight Foster, of Ft. Atkinson, Wis., and born at Union, Ct., 16 April, 1801; died 8 Feb., 1870; son of Edward Foster, a lineal descendant of Samuel Foster and his wife Esther, who came from England to Winham, Mass., as early as 1648.

Children:

XII. Eli, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, Ct., 6 May, 1803; married Katherine E. Ellsworth, of East Windsor, Ct., daughter of Stoddard Ellsworth and Clarissa Alden.

Stoddard Ellsworth was a lineal descendant of Josiah Ellsworth, of Windsor, son of John Ellsworth, who was a resident of Windsor as early as 1646.

Children, all born at Stafford, Conn.:

Eli Horton settled at Stafford, Ct., remained there till —— ——; then moved to Windsor Locks, where he now resides. His life has been characterized by industry, economy and strict integrity. He has been an active business man,—become wealthy, and has always shared largely the respect and esteem of his fellow-men.

He was the inventor of an improved chuck for a turning-lathe, which he patented, and manufactures at a great profit. He also invented a machine for setting pins, for which he secured a patent, and for the right, he has been offered $10,000.

XIII. Olive, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, 1 April, 1805; died 19 April, 1855, married 30 April, 1830, Elbert Foster, of Stockbridge, N. Y., son of William Foster, Esq., Union, Ct., a descendant of Samuel Foster, of Chelmsford and Winham, 1648, and born at Union, 21 Oct., 1805. He died 1874.

Children:

XIV. Laurens, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, 21 March, 1807; moved to Smithfield, N. Y., in 1825, and to Oswego, N. Y., in 1832; married 1. 11 June, 1834, Almira Coe, daughter of Albert Coe, of Scriba, N. Y. She died 21 June, 1842. He married 2. Laura Bennet, of Kingston, Canada, who died 5 July, 1867.

He had two children by his 1st wife; 4 by his 2d wife:

XV. Fidelia, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born at Union, Ct., 5 Jan., 1809; married at Smithfield, N. Y., 15 Sept., 1835, Thomas Moore, of Smithfield, N. Y., son of Thomas Moore, of Union, Ct., and born at Union, Ct., 6 Oct., 1806; died at Smithfield, N. Y., 5 July, 1853. She died 13 June, 1844.

Children, born at Smithfield:

II. Dr. William, son of Wm. Horton and Phebe Rumsey (Silas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Goshen, N. Y., 16 May, 1796; died in Goshen, at the age of 47 years. He married 9 April, 1817, Maria Ryneck, of Schenectady.

Children, all born in Goshen:

At the age of 18 the Doctor entered the junior class at Union College, and he was soon distinguished for his close application to his studies and strict regard for integrity. After his collegiate course, he studied medicine, and attended medical lectures in the medical department of the University of New York, during the palmy days of Mitchell and Hosack, and like these eminent teachers, he cultivated a taste for patient, cautious and bold investigation, which afterwards made him so distinguished and successful in the medical profession.

He commenced the practice of medicine at the residence of his father, and he soon possessed the confidence of the people and secured a large practice. He afterwards moved to the village of Goshen, and soon became a prominent man among his medical brethren, and, though young, he was nevertheless called upon to perform all the difficult and grave surgical operations occurring in the village, and also in the surrounding country. He was a good surgeon, but he was still more celebrated as a physician. By his skill and honorable bearing, he early secured the confidence of his medical brethren, and he was frequently called in consultation with the aged and experienced physicians of his day. He was remarkably successful in the treatment of fevers, carefully studying their pathology at the bedside, and also by post-mortem examinations, and in his views he was greatly in advance of the profession of his day. He prepared with great labor a work on fevers, but never published it. His pamphlet on Dysentery, and his Geological Reports, are his only published works, and these are sufficient to establish his reputation as a profound thinker and a clear and powerful writer.

At the bedside he was cheerful, affectionate and soothing, and always dignified. In his intercourse with his medical brethren he was always honorable, and in harmony with the code of medical ethics.

In the midst of his career of usefulness as a physician, he turned his attention to the study of botany, mineralogy and geology, and soon became one of the most noted men of his day in these sciences. His great delight in these studies led him, at the age of 37, to relinquish the practice of medicine and devote himself wholly to these sciences, and had he lived a few days longer, he would have published a large work on these subjects. The Doctor was also fond of archÆological lore, and he was the first to attempt a genealogical history of the descendants of our old progenitor, Barnabas, of 1640. The old Horton roll of names and lineage which he got up some 60 years ago, was kindly furnished me by his son, Dr. William Horton, of Craigville, N. Y., and has rendered me valuable assistance in compiling the "Chronicles."

Dr. Horton was always rigidly moral, and never sacrificed principle to expediency. He had early been taught to respect the teachings of the Bible, and towards the close of his life he was led, with a child-like faith, to believe the doctrine of salvation by grace, and to publicly give himself to the Saviour, wondering and regretting that he had so long remained ignorant of the beauty, simplicity and sublimity of the Gospel scheme of salvation. Thus he died, in hope of a glorious immortality.

IV. Barnabas Bailey, son of Dea. Jonathan Horton and Bethia Hallock (Capt. Barnabas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Southold, 2 June, 1797; married 22 January, 1824, by Rev. Lathrop Thompson, to Hannah Reeves, daughter of Benjamin Reeves and Anna Corey, and born in Southold, 4 Dec., 1799. They reside in Cutchogue, L. I., are very pious, intelligent, worthy people—esteemed members of the Presbyterian Church of Southold—and he has given much valuable information in regard to his branch of the family.

Children, all born in Cutchogue:

I. Benjamin Hull, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Mehetabel Osborn (Capt. Barnabas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born 10 July, 1782; married 14 Oct., 1802, Abigail Booth, born in Southold, in 1784. He was drowned in Plumb Creek, 16 Dec., 1810.

Children, all born in Southold:

III. Osborn, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Mehetabel Osborn, born in Southold, 5 Oct., 1787; married in 1812, Sally Philips.

Children:

IV. James Reeves, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves (2d wife), born in Southold, 2 July, 1789; married Amy Philips, daughter of Samuel Philips and Mary Corwin. He was long a magistrate, and a prominent man in Southold.

Children:

VI. Salter Storrs, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves, born in Southold, 12 Nov., 1792; married 18 Jan., 1823, by Rev. Nath'l Huntting, to Harriet Case, daughter of Moses Case and Lydia Goldsmith, and born in Southold, about 1794. He died 15 May, 1846. She perished on the Golden Gate, which was burned on the Pacific, 27 July, 1862.

Children, all born in Southold:

VII. Hon. Silas, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves, born in Southold, 13 Nov., 1794; married in Southold, 10 Jan., 1827, by the Rev. Noble Thomas, to Mary Landon, daughter of Elijah Landon and Nancy Conklin, and born in Southold, 17 Dec., 1797. She died 19 Jan., 1872. He is still living.

He was a member of the Legislature of New York in 1844—was Sheriff of Suffolk Co., N. Y., in 1835. He has always been a prominent man—is widely known, possesses an unblemished character, and commands the respect and esteem of the community. His companion was a lady of refinement, intelligence and piety, and her death was deeply lamented, not only by a large circle of relatives and personal friends, but by the whole community.

Children, all born in Southold:

VIII. Harmony, daughter of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves, born in Southold, 12 Sept., 1796. She was a maiden lady, greatly distinguished for her hospitality and practical piety. She died some years ago.

IX. Thomas Jefferson, son of Col. Benjamin Horton and Harmony Reeves, born in Southold, 6 Nov., 1798; married in Southold, 29 Jan., 1829, by Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to Eliza Davids, daughter of Samuel Davids and Nancy Wickham, and born in Southold, 22 May, 1804. He died 24 June, 1855. She is still living.

Children, all born in Southold:

I. William, son of Micah Horton and Bethia Tuthill (William, William, Jonathan I.), born in Minnisink, 25 Dec., 1757; married 1. Hannah Crossman; married 2. about 1791, Elizabeth Masters.

Children, all born in Minnisink, Orange Co., N. Y.; by his first wife:

By his second wife:

III. Hector Youngs, son of Capt. James Horton and Elizabeth Milliken (Capt. Barnabas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Southold, 15 March, 1789; married in Southold, 28 Nov., 1812, by Rev. Lathrop Thompson, to Dency Tuthill, born 29 Oct., 1791. She was a lineal descendant of James Tuthill, brother of John, the Pilgrim. He died 6 August, 1825. She died.

Children, born in Southold:

I. Jonathan Goldsmith, son of Capt. Jonathan Horton and Mary Goldsmith (Lazarus (Lawrence), Jonathan, Jonathan I.), born at the old homestead in Southold, 19 May, 1789; married 1. in Southold, 9 Dec., 1813, by Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to Hannah Brown, daughter of James Brown and Rhoda Youngs, and born 25 Nov., 1792; died 6 Sept., 1822, without issue; married 2. 25 Jan., 1825, by Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to Ruth Augusta Terry, daughter of James Terry and Mary Booth, and born in Southold, 23 Nov., 1792; died 30 Oct., 1869, childless; married 3. 27 Nov., 1870, by Rev. Ezra Youngs, to the widow Bethia Horton Overton Brown, daughter of Jonathan Overton and Lydia Rogers, and born 14 Feb., 1804; died July, 1872. Her first husband was Samuel Brown, Jr., by whom she had David Horton and Lydia Catherine.

Jonathan Goldsmith Horton died 3 July, 1873, having no issue. He lived all his lifetime in the "Old Castle" built by Barnabas I., in 1660. He was a man of good social disposition, of little business capacity, of short, stout make, and rosy complexion. He bequeathed the old Homestead to Rev. Mrs. Charles S. William, of Brooklyn, who was formerly his foster-daughter Hannah, who married 1. Goldsmith. Jonathan G. Horton was Drum-Major of the 107th Reg., N. Y. Militia, in 1812, and Deputy-Sheriff of Suffolk Co., in 1814.

III. Rensselaer, son of Capt. Jonathan Horton and Mary Goldsmith, born 5 March, 1793; married at Southampton, L. I., 10 March, 1814, to Ruth Rachel Halsey, daughter of Moses Halsey and Sarah Rogers, and born 1795; died 6 May, 1868.

Children, born at Greenport, L. I.:

Rensselaer Horton is a plain, unassuming man; member of the Presbyterian Church, and possesses good social qualities. He resides at Greenport with his daughter, Mrs. S. E. Wells, who is a widow.

I. David, son of "Good" Jonathan Horton and Mary Case (Dea. William, William, Jonathan I.), born in Southold, about 1777; married about 1795, Mary Case.

Children, all born in Southold:

III. Spencer, son of Dea. John Budd Horton and Hannah Webb (Jonathan, Dea. James, Jonathan I.) born 12 Nov., 1801, in Goshen; married 27 Feb., 1828, Emily Lewis; died 18 Oct., 1864.

Children, probably all born in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y.:

IV. Bethia, daughter of Thomas Horton and Hannah Moore (Thomas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., 25 Sept., 1789; married 1. Benjamin C. McClure in 1811; married 2. William Dales.

Children, all by her first husband, and probably all born in Hector, N. Y.:

Under date of Feb. 22d, 1873, "Aunt" Bethia writes: