II. DAVID, son of Barnabas Horton and Mary Sweazy, born about 1724; married 31 May, 1744, MARY WARNER. They settled in the town of Goshen about 1760. He was a warm Whig, was one of the signers of the Pledge of Independence for the Colonies in 1775. Children: 1. David, born about 1745; married 29 Oct., 1773, Theodosia Allen. 6. Dorothy, born 3 April, 1756; married Eli Corwin. III. MATHIAS, son of Barnabas Horton and Mary Sweazy, born about 1726; married about 1750, and had Mathias, born in Goshen in 1751, and others, names not known. IV. ELIHU, son of Barnabas Horton and Mary Sweazy, born about 1728; married Colman, and had one child, which died young. He was a true patriot, and signed the Pledge of Independence in 1775. V. SILAS, son of Barnabas Horton and Mary Sweazy, born in Southold, about 1730; married about 1755, EXPERIENCE VAIL, daughter of Jeremiah Vail, Esq., and Mary, and born in Goshen, N. Y., about 1732. Children, probably, all born in Goshen: 1. Silas, born 24 August, 1756; married Mary Danes. 2. Benjamin, married 24 Sept., 1786, Anna Goldsmith. 3. Gamaliel, or Samuel, married Mehetabel Hulse. 4. Mathias, married Sarah Rumsey. 5. Elihu. 6. Barnabas, married Milicent Howell. 7. Nellie, married ---- Stringham. 8. Mary, married John L. Hommedinn. 9. Lucretia, married Henry Youngs. 10. Hannah, married Isaiah Vail, Jr. 11. Abigail, born 3 Sept., 1773; married Capt. Daniel Stringham. I. LIEUT. ISRAEL, son of Jonathan Horton and Elizabeth Goldsmith (_Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at Cutchogue, about 1728; married in 1755, to SARAH LEE, daughter of Rev. John Lee, of Lyme, Conn., born about 1730. The Rev. John Lee had two sons who were preachers. Israel and his family moved from Cutchogue to Goshen Township in 1762. He was a farmer. In the Autumn of 1771, he went to Newburgh with a load of grain. On the way home, he was taken sick, succeeded in getting home, but died in a day or two after. About 1782, his widow married Parshall Terry, formerly of Southold. He was a widower, was living with his family in Wyoming Valley in 1778. He and his family were in the famed Forty Fort the night after the Indian battle and massacre. The next morning they fled to the mountains and after suffering great hardships, crossing the "big swamp," afterwards known as "Swamp Dismal," or the "Shades of Death," they reached Stroudsburg, Pa., in safety. Leaving his family here, he hastened to Orange Co., N. Y., for assistance. During his absence his wife was taken sick with "camp distemper" (malignant dysentery), and died leaving a large family of children, the youngest but three years old.