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. Benjamin, born 1743.
3. David, born 2 Sept., 1750; married Olive Skellinger.
4. Daniel, married Martha Terry.
5. Polly, married Caleb Terry.
6. Mehetabel, married Edward Lewis.
IV. NATHAN, son of Caleb Horton and Phebe Terry, born in Southold
about 1725; married about 1749, to MEHETABEL CASE, of Southold. They
moved to Chester, N. J., soon after marriage. He was a soldier and a
captain in the Revolutionary war.
Children, all born in Chester, or Black River, Morris Co., N. J.:
1. Israel, born 1750; died young.
2. Jemima, married Houston, or Hughson; lived at Mount Highest,
N. J.
3. David, no record.
4. Nathan, born 25 Feb., 1757; married Elizabeth Eagles.
5. Bethia, married Caleb Terry, of Black River.
6. Sarah, married Daniel Sweazy.
7. Zephaniah, born 13 Nov., 1760; married Jane McCurry.
8. Phineas, born 17 Feb., 1774; married 1. Bethia Luce; 2.
Esther Horton.
VI. ELIJAH, son of Caleb Horton and Phebe Terry, born in Southold, 19
June, 1724; married LYDIA SWEAZY, daughter of Joseph Sweazy, and born
in Southold about 1731. They moved to Roxbury, now Chester, N. J., in
1748. He died 7 Oct., 1799. She died 18 March, 1723. He was
a Justice of the Peace, of fair reputation, and much respected.
Children, all born in Chester:
1. Barnabas, born 27 Sept., 1749; married Elizabeth Coleman, or
Corwin.
2. Elijah, born 19 Dec., 1756; married Lydia Sweazy.
3. Silas, born 17 July, 1746: married 1. Susan Corwin; 2. Mary
Kelsey; 3. Esther Horton.
VII. RICHARD, son of Caleb Horton and Phebe Terry, born in Southold
about 1727; married ELIZABETH HARRISON, and moved to Chester, N.
J., about 1750; and thence to Radnor, Delaware Co., Pa. They were
Quakers, and attended the Radnor Meeting, but the early records
of Radnor Meeting cannot be found. The dates are mostly given by
estimate. He remained in Chester only a short time.
Children, all born in Radnor:
1. Samuel, born about 1752; settled in Huntington Co., Pa.
2. Nathan, born 1754; settled in Huntington Co., Pa.
3. Josiah, born 1756.
4. Jesse.
5. John, married Elizabeth Thomas.
6. Thomas.
7. Septimus, died in Baltimore, about 1850.
I. BARNABAS, son of Barnabas Horton and Mary Sweazy (_Barnabas_,
_Caleb I._), born in 1720; married in 1740, to ABIGAIL PARSHALL, born
in Goshen about 1721.
Children, born in Goshen:
1. Barnabas, born about 1743; married 8 Nov., 1767, to Abigail
Dickerson.
2. Abigail, born about 1748; married Henry Youngs.
3. Sarah, born about 1752; married 23 July, 1775, Henry Conklin.
4. Anna, born about 1754; married 12 Oct., 1774, Ichabod
Cleveland.
5. Lydia, born about 1756; married 5 Feb., 1775, Thomas Webb.
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