Horton Genealogy: or Chronicles of the Descendants of Barnabas Horton, of Southold, L. I., 1640.Horton, Geo. F. (George Firman)
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Horton Genealogy: or Chronicles of the Descendants of Barnabas Horton, of Southold, L. I., 1640.
Horton, Geo. F. (George Firman)
Horton family
III. CALEB, son of Barnabas Horton I., born at Southold, in the
autumn of 1640; married in Southold, 23 December, 1665 to Abigail
Hallock, daughter of Peter Hallock, the Pilgrim. They settled at
Cutchogue, Southold Township, L. I. He was accepted as a freeman of
Connecticut, 1664. Land deeded to him by S. King the same year. In
1676 he is rated for 30 acres of land, 37 cattle, 5 horses, £282:
and in 1683 his valuation was £350. In 1686 he has four males and six
females in his family. He died 3d. October, 1702. His wife died in
1697. (See "_Moore's Indexes of Southold_.")
Children, all born at Cutchogue:
1. Barnabas, born 23 September, 1666; married Sarah Hines.
2. Jonathan, born in 1668; married Bethia _Conklin_.
3. Nathan, born in 1670; died without offspring.
4. David, born, 1672; married Mary Horton, daughter of Jonathan
Horton I.
5. Mary, born 1675; married Nathaniel Terry.
6. Hannah, married ensign John Booth, son of John Booth I.
7. Abigail, married David Booth, son of Charles Booth and
Abigail Horton.
8. Esther. 9. Rachel, died unmarried. 10. Ruth.
_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._
_Second Generation.--Jonathan I._
V. JONATHAN, youngest son of Barnabas I., born in Southold, L. I.,
23d February, 1648; married about 1672 to BETHIA WELLS, daughter of
William Wells, Esq., one of the original 13 settlers of Southold,
about 1750. Jonathan resided with his father, and inherited the
homestead. He was the first Captain of the first Company of Cavalry
ever organized in Suffolk County, New York, and his brother Joshua
was first Lieutenant of the same Company. He and his wife were
worthy members of the Southold Church, and highly esteemed in all
the relations which they sustained. For further particulars, see
"_Moore's Indexes of the town of Southold_," No. 348, page 90.
They had eleven children, viz.:
1. Caleb, born 1673, died young.
2. Bethia, born 1774.
3. Barnabas, born 1775, married Elizabeth Burnette.
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