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
JOSEPH ROSE, son of William B. Horton and Mary Rose, born in
Sheshequin, _when his father was but sixteen years old_; married ANNA
LORINDA SHORES, daughter of Caleb Shores and Anna Horton, and born on
Shores' Hill, 31 July, 1821. They live in Waverly, N. Y., and have
two children, Sophia and Melinda; Sophia married Smith Barnum--reside
in Litchfield; Melinda remains unmarried.
Joseph R. Horton possesses more than ordinary intellectual capacity,
and is highly respected and esteemed. He was a faithful Union soldier
in the war of the Rebellion, and lost a leg in the service.
_Third Generation.--Caleb I._
I. BARNABAS, son of Caleb Horton I. and Abigail Hallock, born at
Cutchogue, L. I., Sept., 1666; married about 1686, SARAH HINES.
Children, all born at Cutchogue:
1. Caleb, born 1687; married Phebe Terry.
2. Barnabas.
3. Penelope.
4. Bethia.
II. JONATHAN, son of Caleb I. and Abigail Hallock, born at Cutchogue,
about 1668; married about 1693, perhaps, BETHIA CONKLIN.
Children, born at Cutchogue:
1. Jonathan, born 1694; married Elizabeth Goldsmith.
2. Barnabas.
IV. DAVID, son of Caleb Horton I. and Abigail Hallock, born at
Cutchogue, about 1672; married MARY HORTON, daughter of Capt.
Jonathan Horton I.
Children, all born at Cutchogue:
1. David, born in 1697; married Eliza Sweazy.
2. Silas, born in 1700.
3. John.
4. Adam.
5. Patience.
6. Mary.
7. Abigail.
8. Lydia.
9. Phebe, born 1715; married Constant King, son of Capt. John
King, a mariner, of Southold.
V. MARY, daughter of Caleb Horton I. and Abigail Hallock, born at
Cutchogue; married 31 Nov., 1682, NATHANIEL TERRY, son of Richard
Terry I.
Children, all born at Cutchogue:
1. Phebe.
2. Uriah,
and others, names not known.
_Fourth Generation.--Caleb I._
I. CALEB, son of Barnabas Horton and Sarah Hines (_Caleb I._), born
in Southold 22 Dec., 1687; married 10 Dec., 1714, PHEBE TERRY,
daughter of Nathaniel, son of Richard Terry I., and born in Southold,
in 1689. They moved to Roxbury, now Chester, N. J., in 1748, and
settled there. They were both members of the Southold Church, and
liberal supporters of the Gospel. On their tombstone in Chester
Cemetery we find "Caleb Horton, of Southold, L. I., N. Y., died
6 Aug., 1772, having lived almost 85 years with an unblemished
character. Phebe, wife of Caleb Horton, died 24 Dec., 1767, having
finished a life of 78 years, 58 of which she was the wife of Caleb
Horton.
"'Martha's care she had at heart,
And also chosen Mary's better part.'"
Children all born in Southold:
1. Caleb, born 1715; married Sarah Benjamin.
2. Hannah, born 1717; married Samuel Sweazy, son of Joseph
Sweazy.
3. Nathaniel, born 13 Oct., 1719; married Mehetabel Wells.
4. Nathan, born about 1720; married Mehetabel Case.
5. Phebe, born about 1722; married Henry Tuthill.
6. Elijah, born 19 June, 1724; married Lydia Sweazy.
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