I. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, son of Jonathan Terry Horton and Mehetabel Horton (_Maj. Gilbert_, _Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold; married 22 Nov., 1848, MARY FRANCES TERRY, daughter of Gilbert Terry and Nancy Hedges, and born in Southold, about 1826. Children, all born in Southold: 1. Benjamin Carpenter. 2. Hetty Eliza. 3. Franklin Terry. 4. Edward Barton. I. SILAS RYNECK, son of Dr. William Horton and Maria Ryneck (_William_, _Silas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born on the old Horton farm, between Goshen and Craigville, Orange Co., N. Y., 26 June, 1820; married 7 August, 1859, at Philipsport, N. Y., by Rev. A. Ackerly, to SARAH JANE DECKER, daughter of Jacob J. Decker and Lucretia Cameron, and born near Ellensville, Ulster Co., N. Y., 21 July, 1836. One child, viz.: Maggie B., born at the old homestead, 10 Dec., 1862. Silas R. Horton has been for twenty years a noted fire-insurance agent, and he is still engaged in this business for some of the best companies in the country. Mr. Horton, like his father, possesses a fine taste for scientific studies. He is well-known as a geologist and mineralogist. A few years ago he discovered a new and rare mineral, which has since been named by Prof. George J. Brush, of Yale College, "Horton-olite." II. EUGENE, son of Dr. William Horton and Maria Ryneck, born 27 Sept., 1824; married 7 June, 1867, ANNA T. HALEY. Children: 1. Eugene B., born 20 Dec., 1872. 2. William R., born 13 July, 1874. Mr. Horton is a noted agriculturalist; resides on the old homestead farm, which has now been in the possession of the Hortons for five generations. III. DR. WILLIAM, son of Dr. William Horton and Maria Ryneck, born in Goshen, opposite the old Court-House, 10 April, 1827; married in Blooming Grove, N. Y., 8 Dec., 1853, by the Rev. Austin Craig, to SARAH LOUISA TOWNSEND, daughter of Sylvanus Smith Townsend and Elizabeth Rogers, of New York City. Children: 1. Eugenia Townsend, born 18 March, 1858. 2. Elizabeth Emily, born 21 May, 1867. Dr. Horton, in his letter, after giving his record as above, remarks: "Our old home has been in the Horton name for five generations. It is characteristic of the Horton Family to be fixed to one spot." _Eighth Generation.--Jonathan I._ DAVID PHILANDER, son of Joseph Hazzard Horton and Mehitabel Horton (_David_, _"Good" Jonathan_, _Dea. William_, _William_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold, 31 Aug., 1827; married 3 Nov., 1857, by the Rev. B. Pillsbury, to CAROLINE RUSHMORE, of Hempstead, Queens Co., L. I., daughter of Benjamin Rushmore and Elizabeth Clowes, and born in Hempstead, 16 March, 1829. Children, all born in Brooklyn, N. Y.: 1. Caroline Rushmore, born 1 March, 1863. 2. Mary Goldsmith, born 9 Dec., 1865. 3. George Ellis, born 12 Aug., 1868.