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
III. JEREMIAH, son of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born at
Cutchogue, L. I., 24 Oct., 1759. He lived with his grandfather Lee
on Long Island, until he was sixteen years old, and then came to
Orange Co. On the 16th of Jan., 1783, he married MARY GOLDSMITH. One
of his hips was injured by sciatic rheumatism in early life, causing
him to be a cripple all his days. He was a stone-mason and farmer,
and notwithstanding he was lame, he still performed a great amount
of manual labor. He was a man of good judgment, and a Justice of the
Peace for many years, and was a man greatly beloved and respected in
the community. He and his wife were both members of the Presbyterian
Church. They settled in Blooming Grove, about a mile and a quarter
south of the present village of Washingtonville, and he built, mostly
with his own hands, the venerable old stone mansion now occupied by
the widow and family of his only son Benjamin G. Horton. Jeremiah
Horton died 17 Sept., 1841. His wife died 10 June, 1833.
Children, all born in Blooming Grove:
1. Julia, died young.
2. Fanny, died young.
3. Eunice, born 2 March, 1791.
4. Susan, born 17 Oct., 1793.
5. Mary, born 23 Oct., 1795.
6. Sarah, born 15 March, 1797.
7. Lydia, 24 April, 1799.
8. Eliza, died young.
9. Amy, born 17 Nov., 1803.
10. Benjamin G., born 28 August, 1807.
IV. EUNICE, daughter of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born at
Southold in 1761; married GEORGE HOWELL. They moved from Orange Co.,
in early life, and settled at Peach Orchard, Seneca Co., N. Y.
Children:
1. Benjamin.
2. William.
3. Jeremiah.
4. George.
5. Samuel.
6. Lucinda.
7. Anna.
8. Jemima.
9. Mehitabel.
10. Sally.
11. Hannah.
12. Eliza.
V. MAJ. JOHN, son of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born in
Goshen, 30 July, 1763. He married in Little Britain, Orange Co., N.
Y., 9 April, 1785, DEBORAH TERRY, daughter of Parshall Terry and
Deborah Clark, born in Little Britain, Orange Co., N. Y., on the 25
day of May, 1766. She was one of the inmates of the famed Forty Fort
the night after the Indian battle and massacre of Wyoming. She was
the tender and affectionate mother of eleven children, and raised
them all to maturity. They moved to Wyoming Valley in 1787, and
in 1792 moved to Terrytown, Pa., where he bought land and settled
permanently, and where he died on the 28th day of April, 1848, aged
almost 85 years, and where she died on the 25th day of May, 1844,
aged 78 years.
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