Nelson Horton is a well-to-do farmer--resides on the old homestead farm, to which he has made additions and improvements. He possesses fine social qualities--a remarkably retentive memory--tracing his ancestry back to the old Southold home, without the aid of written records. VIII. JANE, daughter of Silas Danes Horton and Mary McClean, married BRINK. "Her son, Leander, is a warm advocate of the Horton genealogy."--_Ruth A. Horton._ IX. WILLIAM HARRISON, son of Silas Danes Horton and Mary McClean, born in Wallkill, 18 Jan., 1814; married 1. at Mason, Mich., 8 Aug., 1840, by Rev. John W. Burchard, to MATILDA ROLF, daughter of Hazen Rolf and Mary ----, and born in 1814. On the 27th Sept., 1841, she gave birth to two female babes, and survived but a short time afterwards. He married 2. 16 April, 1846, by the Rev. Bezaleel Hill, to ACHSA SAMISA CHAPIN, daughter of Levi Chapin and Achsa ----, and born in Springfield, Mass., in 1819. They reside in Eden, Mich. Children: 1. Willis Hall, born in Eden, Mich., 23 July, 1849. I. REBECCA ROSE, daughter of Hiram Horton and Mary Rose (_Dea. Nathaniel_, _Col. Nathaniel_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Chester, 29 Dec., 1809; married at Chester, by the Rev. Stephen Overton, 3 May, 1828, to DAVID SCHUYLER DE CAMP, son of Zechariah De Camp and Experience Halsey, and born at Chester, 25 May, 1804. Children, all born in Chester except Stephen H., born in New York: 1. Hiram Horton, born 6 April, 1829; married Althea Laing; they live in Plainfield, N. J. 2. Stephen Halsey, born 23 May, 1831; married Catherine Maria Crouse. He is a Justice of the Peace; resides in Syracuse, N. Y. 3. Mary Eugenia, born 13 June, 1833; died 4 Oct., 1839. 4. Alonzo Dickerson, born 28 Sept., 1834; married Loretta Dixon; resides at Bound Brook, N. J. 5. Abbey Louisa, born 18 Sept., 1837. 6. Alfred Eugene, born 12 June, 1843; married Catherine McCurry. He is a hotel keeper, at Succasunna Plains, N. J. 7. Harriet Elizabeth, born 2 March, 1847; is a music teacher. 8. Silas Olney, born 3 April, 1849; is a merchant at Kingsland, N. J. Mr. De Camp is a wealthy farmer; his farm, a little below the surface of the ground, has many valuable beds of iron. He and his wife are intelligent, conscientious people, kind and hospitable; in religion, they are firm Universalists. They reside within about three miles of the borough of Chester, N. J. I. CLARISSA JANE, daughter of John Horton (_Matthias_, _Silas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Goshen, in 1810; married in 1832, to DAVID CONGER LOCKWOOD, son of Samuel Lockwood, and born in Goshen, in 1806; died in 1860. Samuel Lockwood's maternal great grandmother was JUDITH PECK, who came over in the _May Flower_. Children, all born in New Windsor, Orange Co., N. Y.: 1. Susan May, married William Allison; resides in New York City. 2. Charles Burrell.