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. James Edwin, born 15 Jan., 1816; married Jerusha Worth.
I. JONATHAN GOLDSMITH, son of Capt. Jonathan Horton and Mary
Goldsmith (_Lazarus_ (_Lawrence_), _Jonathan_, _Jonathan I._),
born at the old homestead in Southold, 19 May, 1789; married 1. in
Southold, 9 Dec., 1813, by Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to HANNAH BROWN,
daughter of James Brown and Rhoda Youngs, and born 25 Nov., 1792;
died 6 Sept., 1822, without issue; married 2. 25 Jan., 1825, by Rev.
Jonathan Huntting, to RUTH AUGUSTA TERRY, daughter of James Terry
and Mary Booth, and born in Southold, 23 Nov., 1792; died 30 Oct.,
1869, childless; married 3. 27 Nov., 1870, by Rev. Ezra Youngs, to
the widow BETHIA HORTON OVERTON BROWN, daughter of Jonathan Overton
and Lydia Rogers, and born 14 Feb., 1804; died July, 1872. Her first
husband was Samuel Brown, Jr., by whom she had David Horton and Lydia
Catherine.
Jonathan Goldsmith Horton died 3 July, 1873, having no issue. He
lived all his lifetime in the "Old Castle" built by Barnabas I., in
1660. He was a man of good social disposition, of little business
capacity, of short, stout make, and rosy complexion. He bequeathed
the old Homestead to Rev. Mrs. Charles S. William, of Brooklyn, who
was formerly his foster-daughter Hannah, who married 1. Goldsmith.
Jonathan G. Horton was Drum-Major of the 107th Reg., N. Y. Militia,
in 1812, and Deputy-Sheriff of Suffolk Co., in 1814.
III. RENSSELAER, son of Capt. Jonathan Horton and Mary Goldsmith,
born 5 March, 1793; married at Southampton, L. I., 10 March, 1814, to
RUTH RACHEL HALSEY, daughter of Moses Halsey and Sarah Rogers, and
born 1795; died 6 May, 1868.
Children, born at Greenport, L. I.:
1. Mary Caroline, born 17 July, 1819; married John Calvin
Wells; had W. H. Harrison Wells; died 14 Jan., 1847.
2. Ruth Elmira Halsey, born 29 May, 1830; died 29 August, 1845.
Rensselaer Horton is a plain, unassuming man; member of the
Presbyterian Church, and possesses good social qualities. He resides
at Greenport with his daughter, Mrs. S. E. Wells, who is a widow.
I. DAVID, son of "Good" Jonathan Horton and Mary Case (_Dea.
William_, _William_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold, about 1777;
married about 1795, MARY CASE.
Children, all born in Southold:
1. Joseph Hazzard, born 25 Jan., 1796; married Mehitabel Horton.
2. William, married 1. Clara Manny; 2. Leura Horton, daughter
of Joseph Horton.
3. David Laurens, married Charlotte Jennings, daughter of
Lazarus Jennings.
4. Christiana, married Ezra Boisseau.
5. Mary, married Samuel Hutchinson.
6. Julia, married Mathew Osborn.
7. Bethia, married Alvah Stratton Mulford. S. Harriet Newell,
married Capt. Benjamin Cole.
III. SPENCER, son of Dea. John Budd Horton and Hannah Webb
(_Jonathan_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._) born 12 Nov., 1801, in
Goshen; married 27 Feb., 1828, EMILY LEWIS; died 18 Oct., 1864.
Children, probably all born in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y.:
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