It has so happened that in my work as the genealogist of my native town of Union, I have recently devoted special efforts to the two families of _Horton_ and _Burleigh_. Dr. Horton, of Terrytown, Pa., proposes to publish the annals of the Horton family in this country, nearly all of whom are the posterity of BARNABAS, who came from England. I have in charge the genealogy of Rev. Ezra Horton, your grandfather, and have nearly completed the collection of nearly all his descendants of the fourth generation (to which you belong), from Rev. Ezra, of Union. I have the names, with dates of birth, of three of your father's children who (including yourself) were born in Union. The rest of your father's family I have not. I desire very much to obtain a complete list of all the children of your father's family, with date of births, marriages, and deaths, so far as possible. I understand that your father is still living, though at an advanced age. I have an obituary notice of your mother, published in a San Diego paper soon after her death, a year ago last March. Rev. Lucien Burleigh, the son of _Rinaldo Burleigh_, of Plainfield, Conn., is endeavoring to obtain a complete record of all the descendants of _John Burleigh_, the first comer of the name to which your mother belonged. Your mother was first cousin to Rinaldo Burleigh, who was a long time Principal of Plainfield Academy, and the father of a number of sons who are well known as writers, and as editors. I visited Union last week, and saw my uncle, Capt. Chauncey Paul, and his wife, whose name before marriage was Polly Armour, daughter of John Armour. They both recollect your father and mother. John Armour was a near neighbor of Mr. Jacob Burleigh, and the children of the families grew up together. The effort of Rev. Lucien Burleigh will result in obtaining full accounts of all branches of his family. I was able to give him a full account of the children of the first comer, _John_, and his wife, _Meriam Fuller_, whose ancestry I have traced far back among the early settlers of Willington and Ashford, in Conn., and in Rehoboth, Mass.