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
I. RICHARD, son of Elijah Horton and Jemima Currie (_Richard_,
_John_, _David_, _Joseph I._), born in Peekskill, N. Y., about 1766.
Moved with his father's family from Peekskill to Stroudsburg, Pa.
about 1782; married, in 1787, TABITHA JAYNE, daughter of Isaac Jayne
and Anna Lattemore, and probably born in New Jersey, about 1768. They
settled first at Middlesmithfield, Pa., but about 1790, he moved to
Bradford Co., Pa., and settled permanently in Sheshequin, on land
now, 1875, occupied by Joseph Towner, son of Enoch Towner. They have
both been dead many years--dates have not been given. Both buried in
Horn Brook Cemetery.
Children all born in Sheshequin except David, who was born in
Middlesmithfield, Pa.
1. David, born 22 October, 1788; married Hannah Newell.
2. Isaac Jayne, born 1790; married Ruth N. Ferguson. Both dead.
3. Infant, died before naming.
4. Anna, born 1792; married Caleb Shores.
5. Tabitha, died young.
6. Jemima, married John Lyons.
7. Tabitha, married Nathaniel Shores.
8. Betsey, married George Vibbert.
9. Diana, married Stephen Shores.
10. Richard, born 3 June, 1807; married Eliza Shores.
11. Josephine, born 6 April, 1809; married Daniel Culver. He
died 25 August, 1856. She died 27 September, 1856.
12. Jane, married Aaron Shores, live in the West.
13. Lorinda, married Orrin Smith.
II. ELIJAH M., son of Elijah Horton, and Jemima Currie, born in
Peekskill, N. Y., 9 June, 1768; married in 1791, PAMELA OGDEN, born
in Northumberland, now Columbia Co., Pa., at the mouth of Fishing
Creek. Soon after the birth of their first child, they moved up the
Susquehanna River, and settled in Sheshequin. Pamela Ogden died 11
February, 1804, aged forty years. He married, 2. ABIGAIL BULLARD,
born 11 April, 1780; died 3 March, 1845. He died August, 1835. All
buried in Horn Brook Cemetery.
Children all born in Sheshequin except Isaac S., who was born at
Fishing Creek:
1. Isaac Snyder, born 20 June, 1792; married Hannah Elliott.
2. Charles, born 5 September, 1793; married Sally Brink; died
24 February, 1873.
3. John, married ----
4. Lydia, married Rev. David Blackman.
5. Mary, married, 1. Smith Horton, 2. Rufus Cooley.
6. Betsey, married King Shores.
7. Elijah, married Elizabeth Ferguson Drake. She was born 1
August, 1799; died 23 October, 1863.
8. Jane Jemima, married Joseph Elliott.
By second wife:
9. William Bullard, born 27 September, 1807; married Melinda
Blackman.
10. Charles, married Sally Brink.
11. Lucinda, married John B. Smith.
12. John, married Sally Stevens, went West.
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