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
IX. GEORGE FIRMAN, son of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born
at Terrytown, 2 Jan., 1806; married at Terrytown, 4 June, 1832, by
Thomas Ingham, Esq., to ABIGAIL TERRY, daughter of William Terry and
Nancy Sherman, and born at East Palmyra, N. Y., 8 Oct., 1807. He is
a physician, was a member of the late Constitutional Convention of
Pennsylvania.
They have children as follows, all born at Terrytown:
1. Francis William, born 15 March, 1833; died 22 Dec., 1833.
2. Julia, born 24 Oct., 1834; married C. S. Homet.
3. Jane Elizabeth, born 6 June, 1837; married Rev. D. Craft.
4. William Terry, born 9 April, 1839; married Prudence
Beardsley.
5. John Burleigh, born 8 Jan., 1842; married Eva Tupper.
6. Debbie Emily, born 7 Nov. 1843; married 30 June, 1868, Dr.
W. J. Hillis; died 26 March, 1869, of consumption.
7. Nancy Terry, born 15 July, 1846; died of consumption, 7
Jan., 1872; unmarried.
8. Mary Eliza, born 24 April, 1850; married 1 Oct., 1873, to
William R. Sutton, of Lyons, N. Y.
X. EDMUND, son of Maj. John Horton and Deborah Terry, born 9 August,
1808; married at Lewistown, Mifflin Co., Pa., 10 Nov., 1834, by
Rev. Mr. Wyles, to MARTHA ANN ROBINSON, daughter of Robert Robinson
and Elizabeth Stalford, and born near Waynesburg, 3 Sept., 1811.
Robert Robinson was the son of William Robinson and Martha Houston.
He emigrated to this country from Ireland in 1752, and landed at
Wilmington, Del., being then nineteen years old. He resided there
until 1771, when he moved to Waynesburg, Mifflin Co., Pa., where he
remained till the 12 June, 1817, when he died.
Robert Robinson was born 31 July, 1773, on the old farm in
Waynesburg, now McVeytown. He was married in Philadelphia 23
Oct., 1810, by an Episcopal clergyman, to Elizabeth Stalford,
only daughter of Joseph Stalford and Catharine Pauling. Joseph
Stalford was the son of Samuel Stalford and Elizabeth Richardson, of
Philadelphia. Catharine Pauling was the daughter of Henry Pauling,
who was originally from Germany. Henry Pauling had six sons and two
daughters, viz.: John, Henry, Benjamin, Jesse, Nathan, William,
Catharine, and Rachael. Robert Robinson died in Lewistown, 18 April,
1832.
Edmund Horton and Martha Robinson have children as follows, all born
at Terrytown, Pa.:
1. James Robert, born 15 Feb., 1836; died 10 Sept., 1838.
2. Elizabeth Robinson, born 15 May, 1838; unmarried; resides at
Terrytown, Pa.
3. Mary Lucretia, born 17 July, 1840; unmarried; resides at
Terrytown, Pa.
4. Parshall Terry, born 15 Feb., 1843; unmarried; resides at
Terrytown, Pa.
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