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
HARRISON FAULKNER HORTON, son of Gabriel H. Horton and Margaret
Faulkner (_Elihu_, _Silas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._),
born at Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y., 11 Sept., 1804; reared at
Bloomingburgh, Sullivan Co., N. Y., and educated in the Presbyterian
faith, and Democratic political school. Removed to Warwick, Orange
Co., N. Y., in Nov., 1825; from thence to Newburgh, Orange Co., N.
Y., in March, 1831, and from there to New York City, in Feb., 1841;
married 15 Dec., 1829, at New Milford, Orange Co., N. Y., by Rev.
William Timlough, to EMILY COLEMAN, daughter of Merritt Coleman and
Mary Smith. He is a retired merchant, living in New York City at the
present time.
Children:
1. Annie M., born at Amity, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 Nov., 1830;
died at St. Augustine, Fla., 9 May, 1852.
2. Mary Helen, born at Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y., 3 Feb.,
1740.
Mary Smith, the mother-in-law of Harrison Faulkner, was the daughter
of Deacon Smith and Sally Wisner, of Goshen. Dea. Smith was the
father of Dea. William Smith of Florida, Orange Co., N. Y. Margaret
Faulkner, the mother of Harrison, was the daughter of Samuel Faulkner
and Helen Murray, who were early inhabitants of Orange Co., N. Y.,
and pioneers in Wallkill Township. Samuel Faulkner was of French
origin. His wife, Helen Murray, came from Scotland. Samuel Faulkner
and his brother, Col. William Faulkner, were staunch Whigs in 1776.
"So far as my knowledge extends, the Hortons as a family have
not been renowned for their attainments in literature, in
the fine arts, or in natural science; not distinguished as
warriors or statesmen, or in the learned professions. Indeed
they have not been celebrated for great heroic achievements
of any kind. Nevertheless, with but few exceptions, they
have been industrious, peaceable, law-abiding, and very
respectable citizens, possessing commendable self-reliance
and independence. They belong to the middle class of the
people--the class which has always constituted the basis of
a good-ordered, well-regulated, and prosperous State and
Nation. Let their merits and their virtues be inscribed on the
tablets of our memories, and preserved for our veneration and
emulation."--_Letter of Harrison Faulkner Horton, September,
1872._
VI. NELSON, son of Silas Danes Horton and Mary McClean (_Silas_,
_Silas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Wallkill, 5
June, 1807; married in Wallkill, 1 Jan., 1836, by Elder Beebe, to
SARAH SHONS, daughter of ----.
Children, all born in Wallkill, N. Y.:
1. Ruth Ann, born 14 June, 1838.
2. Ellen V., born 2 Feb., 1840.
3. Samuel Danes, born 31 Dec., 1843.
4. James M., born 26 April, 1845.
5. Charles Shons, born 3 March, 1850.
6. DeWitt Shons, born 4 Aug., 1857.
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