I. Joshua, son of Joshua Horton and Asenath Mapes (Joseph, Ephraim, Joshua I.), born in Southold, 22 Sept., 1751; died in Putnam Valley, N. Y., 11 Nov., 1811; he went to Orange Co., N. Y., in early life; married about 1777, Phebe Rumsey, moved to Philipstown, now Putnam Valley, N. Y., where he settled. His wife was born in Goshen, N. Y., 15 Jan., 1760; died 8 Sept., 1807, in Putnam Valley. He was an honest, Christian man, a worthy member of the Baptist Church, and much respected by all who knew him.
Children, probably all born in Putnam Valley:
1. Isaac, born in 1778; married Margaret Odell. 2. John, born 1780. 3. James, born 1782. 4. Cyrus, born 1 June, 1784; married Sarah Mead. 5. Jasper, born in 1787.
III. Gilbert, son of Joshua Horton and Asenath Mapes, born in Southold, 1753; married and settled in Shenandoah Valley, Dutchess Co., N. Y.
IV. William, son of Joshua Horton and Asenath Mapes, born in Southold, 1755; married Mary Wright, in 1795; moved to Orange Co., and thence to Oneida Co., N. Y., and settled at Rome, N. Y. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, served during the war and came out unharmed.
Children, probably all born in Rome, N. Y.:
1. Anannias, born 1796; resides in Oriskany, N. Y. 2. Liberty, born 1798; resides in Whitesboro, N. Y. 3. Jeremiah, born 28 Oct., 1800; married Abigail Brownell. 4. Richmond Wright, born 30 Jan., 1803; married Martha McNall. 5. Irene, married —— Knaggs; lives at Little Falls, N. Y. 6. Rhoda, married —— Streetor. 7. Mary Shields, died in Rome, 9 Aug., 1855.
I. Dea. Joseph, son of Joseph Horton and Mary Hallock (Joseph, Ephraim, Joshua I.), born about 1761; moved to Orange Co., N. Y., in early life, settled in Wallkill; married Sally Decker. After her death he married the widow Sally Cox. He was a Deacon in the Presbyterian Church of Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y.
Children, born in Wallkill:
1. Joseph, married Mary Cox. 2. Polly. 3. Benjamin, married Phebe Vail. 4. Levi Decker. 5. Anna, born 1789; married Isaac M. Gillett. 6. Hannah. 7. Phebe. 8. John.
"In the year 1824 or 1825, Dea. Joseph Horton, with his horse and buggy, left home in the morning and went to work in a field about two miles from his house alone. Not returning, his family made search for him, and going to the field they found him dead, lying upon his face on the ground, and the bridle in his hand, indicating plainly that his horse had been turned into the pasture-field in the morning, and that he had finished his day's work, and started to get his horse to return home when he fell dead."—Letter of L. D. Horton, August, 1874.
His residence was in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y. He was about sixty-three years old at the time of his death, and living with his 2d wife, who was the widow Sally Cox.
