Jacob Burleigh, son of John Burleigh, was born in Union, 5 June, 1756. John Burleigh was the first settler in Union; came there as early as 1732. The family originally came from England. Lucy Laflin was the daughter of John Laflin and Susanna Galbraith, and born 2 Feb., 1762. John Laflin came from Stowe, Mass., and bought land in Union, Ct., 9 Sept., 1740.--See _Town Record of Deeds, I. Vol., page 146_. John Burleigh (Burley) is said to have emigrated to this country with Gov. Belcher, of Mass., about 1740, when he was 14 years old.--See _Obituary Records of Yale College, 1863_. The Burleighs were connected by marriage with Gov. William Bradford, of Mass., and many of them are celebrated as writers and speakers. William H. Burleigh, the poet and editor, and Charles C. Burleigh, the eloquent anti-slavery and temperance lecturer, are known throughout the country. III. PHILENA, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 12 June, 1789; married 9 Jan., 1812, SALMON STRONG, ESQ., of Augusta, N. Y., son of Alexander Strong, and born at Union, 1 March, 1784. Children: 1. Salmon, born at Union, 25 Oct., 1812; died 18 Jan., 1834. 2. Philena, born at Augusta, N. Y., 14 Sept., 1815; married Oliver Frank Ranney, Nov. 9, 1836, and died without issue, 17 Sept., 1838. 3. Alvin, born 14 Feb., 1817; married Persis S. A. Powers, May, 1838; died 5 Nov., 1866; she was killed by a horse running away, in 1875. 4. Olive Adelpha, born 7 March, 1821; died 14 April, 1842; unmarried. 5. Abigail, born 4 June, 1824; married Sept. 1, 1848, Oliver Brown Kinne; she died. 6. Julius Alexander, born 20 Nov., 1826; married 8 April, 1849, Caroline Miranda Powers, daughter of Walter Powers. 7. Warren Groves, born 30 Oct., 1832; married Sept. 22, 1857, Fanny Smith. IV. GURDON, son of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 24 Feb., 1791; married 1 May, 1816, LUCY DAVIDSON, of Wales, Mass. Children: 1. Roysel, born 31 July, 1819; died 25 Sept., 1820. 2. Theodore Dwight, born 3 Aug., 1821; died in the hospital, Washington, D. C., 13 March, 1863. 3. Charles Riley, born 31 May, 1823; died 10 Sept., 1830. 4. Herman M., born 23 Feb., 1825; died 28 Oct., 1825. 5. Olive, born 23 April, 1827; died 27 August, 1830. 6. William Morgan, born 6 July, 1829; married Mary Ann Williams. 7. Francis G., born 6 July, 1829; died 26 Oct., 1833. (Twins.) 8. Eli, born 23 Nov., 1834; resides at Oaks, Wis. 9. Philena, born 22 Aug., 1838; married Williams; lives at N. Scriba, N. Y. Gurdon Horton resides at a Shaker community, Albany Co., N. Y. V. LUCINDA, daughter of Dea. Ezra Horton and Olive May, born 28 August, 1792; married 28 Jan., 1819, ALFRED MOORE, son of Thomas Moore, born at Union, 16 Jan., 1796. She died 2 April, 1845, at Smithfield, Madison Co., N. Y. Children: 1. Alfred Austin, born 26 April, 1820; married Mary McQien; died 21 June, 1871.