"Feb. 8, in the year 1742, then Jonathan Tuthill departed this life--the son of Henry Tuthill and Bethia (Horton) Tuthill. Susanna Tuthill, wife of Jonathan Tuthill, departed this life May 16, in the year 1743, in the 50th year of her age. Henry Tuthill, departed this life the 4th day of January, in the year 1750, aged 84. Bethia Tuthill, wife of Henry Tuthill, departed this life March 16th, 1744, in the 73d year of her age." OLD MUSKET, CASK, AND WALKING STAFF. _The old wood hooks_ are still attached to the big beam of the old house, upon which Barnabas used to hang his OLD MUSKET, which was called "uncle Barney's _quart pot_." He brought it with him from England. It is now in the possession of Barnabas B. Horton, of Southold. It is still a long old gun, though not as long as it was once, as it was bursted by overloading on one Thanksgiving Day, and about eight or ten inches of the muzzle cut off. The CASK, in which he packed a portion of his household goods, and brought over with him, is still in existence, and is owned by Gilbert W. Horton, of Bay View, Southold. It is doubly historic from the fact that when the British invaded Long Island it was filled with wheat and buried, thus securing the wheat from the foraging parties of the British army. It is made of solid oak--hoops and all--the hoops are square and about an inch and a quarter thick--only one hoop missing. It is used for a grain cask, and will hold about fifteen bushels. It was formerly called "uncle Barney's money barrel," as romance had it, that he brought it over full of gold and silver. His WALKING STAFF is still preserved. It is made of the Yew tree wood, has a fine ivory head with the letters "J. H." and the figures "1617" in apparently golden specks indented into it, from which it would seem that it once belonged to his father, and that J. H. (Joseph Horton) were his initials. It is now owned by Silas R. Horton, of Goshen, N. Y. Many other mementos of the old Puritan are in existence, some of them in the Long Island Historical Rooms, Brooklyn, N. Y. THE HORTON NAME--FIRST SETTLERS IN THIS COUNTRY. The word Horton in the Anglo-Saxon language means an enclosure, or garden of vegetables. It is said to be derived from _ort_ and _tun_, _ort_, meaning plant, and _tun_, enclosed. The name is evidently of Latin origin, and has been known in England ever since the conquest of Cæsar. The Hortons in England, and their descendants in America, have generally been cultivators of the soil. They have been found almost universally in the middle class of society, and it is not known that any royal blood has ever coursed in their veins. They are, and always have been, _producers_ rather than _consumers_, and for industry, integrity, and piety, they will lose nothing in a comparison with the renowned families of either the new or the old world.