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
2. Eliphaz, born 1710; disappeared mysteriously when 18, never
heard of afterwards.
3. Mehitabel, born 1712; married 2 Dec., 1743, to Walter
Brown, being his 3d wife. 4. Azariah W., born 20 March, 1715;
married. 5. Lazarus (Lawrence), born 1717; married Anna Corey.
6. Ambrose, born 1720; married.
In "_New Haven Colonial Records_," as furnished by Stuart T. Terry,
of Southold, we learn that he was a very prominent man; a merchant,
an auctioneer, teacher of a select school, and often drew up legal
documents. He also had charge of the church money, and under date
of 5 Nov., 1716, he says: "Uncle Joshua Horton came to my house and
weighed the church's money, Uncle Wells also being present." To
his eldest son, Azariah W., he wills Rawley's History and a small
cane, and to his grandson, son of Jonathan Horton, deceased, "my
homestead and houses in the first Parish of Southold, also my gun
and silver-hilted sword." He gives to the three daughters of his son
Lazarus, £15 each; to his grandsons, sons of his son Ambrose, "all
the buildings where my son Ambrose now lives--son Ambrose to have
the improvement of the land as long as he lives--also the farming
implements he hath at Rone Oak." He also makes bequests to his
daughter Mary Mabel, and her son Moses. He appoints for his executors
"my trusty friend William Horton and my son Joseph Cleveland." Will
signed 3 Oct., 1764. We have no other record of Joseph Cleveland.
II. JAMES, son of Jonathan Horton I. and Bethia Wells, born in
Southold, at the "Old Castle," in 1694; married in 1717, ANNA
GOLDSMITH, born in Southold, in 1698. He was an office-bearer
in the church at Southold from his majority to the close of his
life--a strong pillar of the church, eminent for his piety and sound
Christian character. He was universally known as "Dea. James," and
greatly respected. It is said that he often accompanied the Rev. Mr.
Whitefield, and took an active part in his public meetings.
Jonathan Goldsmith Horton, as quoted by Stuart T. Terry, says of him
in his epitaph:
"Intombed beneath this ponderous load
Lies the man who loved and feared the Lord;
A husband dear, a father ever kind,
To the poor a close and constant friend:
Sober, blameless, to charity inclined,
Meriting well of all he left behind."
He died 16 May, 1762; Anna, his wife, died 8 March, 1783. Both buried
in Southold Cemetery.
Children, all born in Southold:
1. James, born 1718; married, and had an only child, James,
Jr., who died without issue.
2. Barnabas, born in 1720; married Susan Bailey.
3. Abigail, married 1. Pierson; 2. Jackson.
4. Anna, married Joseph Terry, son of Joseph Terry and Sarah
Dimond.
5. Thomas, married Susan Conklin.
6. Silas, born 25 Dec., 1730; married Mary Bull.
7. Ezra, born 25 Dec., 1733; married Mary Hempstead.
8. Bethia, married Jonathan Burnette Horton, son of Barnabas
Horton and Elizabeth Burnette.
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