Col. Benjamin Horton was a prominent and genial man, highly respected. He was a Colonel of militia, and for many years a Deacon, and also a Trustee, of the Southold Church. He was a man of unblemished character. Griffin, in his Journal, says: "Col. Benj. Horton was esteemed as an officer, and as a valuable member of society, and a pillar of the church, as was his brother Gilbert, who with much and deserved respect, held the rank of Major, and was a Deacon of the church." VII. CAPT. JAMES, son of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey (_Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born 1 Sept., 1757; married 1. the WIDOW ELIZABETH WOOD, of Orange Co., N. Y., born 14 Feb., 1751. She died of consumption, 27 March, 1787; married 2. 27 Dec., 1787, ELIZABETH MILLIKEN of Southold, born 25 July, 1770. She died 17 July, 1822. He died 30 July, 1825. Children. By his 1st wife: 1. Elizabelh, born in Guilford, Conn., 14 March, 1783; died 25 Sept., 1864; unmarried. 2. Julia Ann, born in Southold, 16 May, 1785; married. By his 2d wife: 3. Hector Youngs, born 15 March, 1789; married Dency Tuthill. 4. Mary, born 2 June, 1792; died 20 August, 1841; unmarried. 5. James Edwin, born 1 March, 1797; married Rejoice Horton; died 7 July, 1843. 6. Ezra, born 17 March, 1802; married 15 May, 1851, Hannah Bloomingburg. 7. Comfort, born 27 August, 1809; died 23 Oct., 1809. Capt. James Horton was a blacksmith and farmer; a faithful soldier in the war of 1812-'15, bearing the commission of a Captain, and was honored and respected by all who knew him. IX. MAJ. GILBERT, son of Capt. Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey, born in Southold, in 1763; married 7 Dec., 1784, KETURAH TERRY, daughter of Jonathan Terry and Keturah Reeves, and born in Southold, in 1766. Children, all born in Southold: 1. Jonathan Terry, married Mehitabel Horton, daughter of Benjamin Horton and Charlotte Wells. 2. Keturah. 3. Gilbert, born 6 Nov., 1799; married Lydia Bailey. 4. Martha. 5. Susan Bailey. Maj. Gilbert was a farmer and a blacksmith; also a Major in the militia, and a prominent man of fair reputation. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church, and he was a Deacon of the church. He died 6 May, 1822, and his wife died 2 Feb., 1844.