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
II. SARAH, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born in Basking
Ridge, 20 Jan., 1788; married about 1808, to WILLIAM GUEST; he died
at White House, N. J., 6 March, 1857.
Children:
1. George, dead.
2. Mary.
3. Elizabeth.
4. Fanny.
5. Phebe.
6. Martha, dead.
7. Sarah Ann.
8. William.
9. Amy.
III. ELIZABETH, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born at
Basking Ridge, N. J., 6 January, 1790; married 1. in the spring of
1807, to JOHN DENISTON, son of William Deniston and Elizabeth Black,
and born about 1780; died in 1815. She married 2. ADAM HUYLER.
Children:
1. George, born near Morristown, N. J., 1808; married Dorothy
Smith.
2. Charles, born near Morristown, N. J., 4 April, 1809; married
Mary Workman.
3. Anna, born in Trenton, N. J., 12 March, 1812; married Sebra
Hough.
4. John Horton, born in Trenton, N. J., 15 Jan., 1815; married
1. Eliza Ricket, 2. Alice Palmer.
By second husband:
5. Elizabeth, born at Bound Brook, N. J., 6 Jan., 1818; married
Hiram Allen.
6. Adam, born at Lambertville, N. J., 27 Dec., 1820; married 1.
Elizabeth Roberts, 2. Hannah Snyder.
7. Jason Horton, born at New Brunswick, 23 Feb., 1823.
8. Edward Perrine, born at New Brunswick, 22 Aug., 1829.
Adam Huyler died in March, 1846; he was the son of William Huyler and
Gertrude Smock; family originally from Holland.
Mrs. Huyler resides at Newark, N. Y., is wonderfully preserved,
is active in body and mind, sight and hearing only very slightly
impaired, and her memory quite good, and now, at nearly 86, she is
getting a new set of natural teeth.
IV. MARY, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, married GEO.
BEEMER, of Beemersville, N. J.
Children:
Sarah,
Horton,
Elton and Halsey (twins),
Abbey,
Harriet and
Jane.
V. ABIGAIL, daughter of Jason Horton and Mary Terry, born in
Sommerville, N. J., 6 March, 1795; died 19 August, 1875; she was
never married. She made teaching her profession for many years. She
was a skillful educator and a great favorite of children. She early
professed Christianity, and became a member of the Presbyterian
Church. She was a lady of marked piety and intelligence; occasionally
wrote articles for the newspapers. In 1872 she writes:
"This is my hand-writing, so, through the mercy of the Lord, my
life is yet prolonged, but I am aged (77) and infirm, going the
down hill of life, living on borrowed time. Oh, how important
to be prepared for the final change!
"Of my sisters, the oldest is gone, taken in her 84th year,
departed suddenly, gone, we trust, to 'Heaven above, where all
is love,' and where sorrowing and sighing can never enter."
In another letter, she says: "Our home is pleasant, we live in a
beautiful village of New Jersey. Yes, little New Jersey,
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