Part 21

I. JONATHAN GOLDSMITH, son of Capt. Jonathan Horton and Mary Goldsmith (_Lazarus_ (_Lawrence_), _Jonathan_, _Jonathan I._), born at the old homestead in Southold, 19 May, 1789; married 1. in Southold, 9 Dec., 1813, by Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to HANNAH BROWN, daughter of James Brown and Rhoda Youngs, and born 25 Nov., 1792; died 6 Sept., 1822, without issue; married 2. 25 Jan., 1825, by Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to RUTH AUGUSTA TERRY, daughter of James Terry and Mary Booth, and born in Southold, 23 Nov., 1792; died 30 Oct., 1869, childless; married 3. 27 Nov., 1870, by Rev. Ezra Youngs, to the widow BETHIA HORTON OVERTON BROWN, daughter of Jonathan Overton and Lydia Rogers, and born 14 Feb., 1804; died July, 1872. Her first husband was Samuel Brown, Jr., by whom she had David Horton and Lydia Catherine.

Jonathan Goldsmith Horton died 3 July, 1873, having no issue. He lived all his lifetime in the "Old Castle" built by Barnabas I., in 1660. He was a man of good social disposition, of little business capacity, of short, stout make, and rosy complexion. He bequeathed the old Homestead to Rev. Mrs. Charles S. William, of Brooklyn, who was formerly his foster-daughter Hannah, who married 1. Goldsmith. Jonathan G. Horton was Drum-Major of the 107th Reg., N. Y. Militia, in 1812, and Deputy-Sheriff of Suffolk Co., in 1814.

III. RENSSELAER, son of Capt. Jonathan Horton and Mary Goldsmith, born 5 March, 1793; married at Southampton, L. I., 10 March, 1814, to RUTH RACHEL HALSEY, daughter of Moses Halsey and Sarah Rogers, and born 1795; died 6 May, 1868.

Children, born at Greenport, L. I.:

1. Mary Caroline, born 17 July, 1819; married John Calvin Wells; had W. H. Harrison Wells; died 14 Jan., 1847.

2. Ruth Elmira Halsey, born 29 May, 1830; died 29 August, 1845.

Rensselaer Horton is a plain, unassuming man; member of the Presbyterian Church, and possesses good social qualities. He resides at Greenport with his daughter, Mrs. S. E. Wells, who is a widow.

I. DAVID, son of "Good" Jonathan Horton and Mary Case (_Dea. William_, _William_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold, about 1777; married about 1795, MARY CASE.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. Joseph Hazzard, born 25 Jan., 1796; married Mehitabel Horton.

2. William, married 1. Clara Manny; 2. Leura Horton, daughter of Joseph Horton.

3. David Laurens, married Charlotte Jennings, daughter of Lazarus Jennings.

4. Christiana, married Ezra Boisseau.

5. Mary, married Samuel Hutchinson.

6. Julia, married Mathew Osborn.

7. Bethia, married Alvah Stratton Mulford. S. Harriet Newell, married Capt. Benjamin Cole.

III. SPENCER, son of Dea. John Budd Horton and Hannah Webb (_Jonathan_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._) born 12 Nov., 1801, in Goshen; married 27 Feb., 1828, EMILY LEWIS; died 18 Oct., 1864.

Children, probably all born in Wallkill, Orange Co., N. Y.:

1. Mary Jane, born 5 Jan., 1829.

2. John William, born 8 August, 1830.

3. Hannah Matilda, born 26 May, 1832.

4. James Edwin, born 13 Jan., 1835. 5. Amzi Spencer, born in 1838; died 28 August, 1849.

IV. BETHIA, daughter of Thomas Horton and Hannah Moore (_Thomas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., 25 Sept., 1789; married 1. BENJAMIN C. MCCLURE in 1811; married 2. WILLIAM DALES.

Children, all by her first husband, and probably all born in Hector, N. Y.:

1. John, born 17 July, 1811; died 10 April, 1862.

2. Oliver Perry, born 17 Nov., 1813.

3. Daniel, born 17 Sept., 1815; died 6 Feb., 1868.

4. Thomas Horton, born 16 Oct., 1817.

5. Almena Cully, born 18 Sept., 1822; died 19 Aug., 1827.

Under date of Feb. 22d, 1873, "Aunt" Bethia writes:

"My Dear Friend and Cousin, Dr. Geo. F. Horton:

"Yours of the 5th came to hand on the 10th inst. I was away from home when it came, or I should have replied sooner. I thought I would write to-day, and let you hear once more from your old cousin, now nearly 83 years old....

"My father's name was Thomas Horton. My mother's maiden name was Hannah Moore. My grandfather's name was also Thomas Horton. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and he and his brother-in-law, Nathan Moore, were taken prisoners when the British captured Fort Montgomery, and they were imprisoned in a vessel in New York Harbor, called 'a prison ship.' I never heard any other name for it. In that prison, by hard treatment and starvation, they were reduced so low that when set at liberty they both died before they got home. There were several other prisoners on that prison ship who lost their lives by the same cruel treatment.

"My father had ten children--4 sons and 6 daughters--all lived to be heads of families. I have often heard my father speak of a certain cup with the name of a bank on it, where a large sum of money was left by his father. When that cup was taken to the bank they could draw money. He said the cup was lost and how much money with it he did not know."

_Seventh Generation.--Jonathan I._

I. JOSEPH HAZZARD, son of David Horton and Mary Case (_"Good" Jonathan_, _Dea. William_, _William_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold, 25 Jan., 1796; married 28 Nov., 1816, by the Rev. Jonathan Huntting, to MEHITABEL HORTON, daughter of Jonathan Horton and Mary Goldsmith, and born in Southold, 17 June, 1796.

Children, all born in Southold:

1. Orinda McGee, born 20 Feb., 1816.

2. Jonathan Azariah, born 7 April, 1821.

3. David Philander, born 31 Aug., 1827.

4. Martha Day, born 10 Oct., 1836; married Jonathan Horton Boisseau.

Mr. J. H. Horton is well preserved--still active upon his farm--very industrious, and always temperate. He and his family are esteemed members of the Presbyterian Church.

BENJAMIN, son of William Horton and Elizabeth Masters (_William_, _William_, _Jonathan I._), born in Minnisink, 5 March, 1809; married 27 Aug., 1832, to MEHITABEL REEVES, born 12 Jan., 1803.

Children, probably born in Minnisink, Orange Co., N. Y.:

1. Susan, born 13 May, 1823; died 24 June, 1825.

2. William, born 20 Feb., 1825; married 16 Nov., 1844, to Emeline S. Clark.

3. Charles W., born 9 May, 1827; married 13 Jan., 1869, to Elizabeth E. Post, of Wawaganda, N. Y.

4. Howell Reeve, born 24 Sept., 1829; married Julia Knapp.

5. Henry Albert, born 29 Aug., 1832; married Fanny Owens.

6. Mary Elizabeth, born 27 Oct., 1835; married Floyd Halstead; 2. Isaac Andrews.

V. EZRA, son of Thomas Horton and Anna Cully (_Thomas_, _Thomas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in New York in 1818; married in Clearfield Co., Pa., 18 Jan., 1841, by the Rev. Mr. Chapman, to ELIZA WEAVER, daughter of John Weaver and Ruth Zimmerman, and born in 1820.

Mr. Horton was a farmer and a mason, and resided in Banks Township, Indiana Co., Pa., where his children were born, and where his widow now resides. He died 31 Oct., 1852.

Children:

1. Samantha Catherine.

2. Sarah Elizabeth.

3. Ruth Ann.

4. Hannah Amanda.

5. Happylonia Amelia.

6. John F.

VI. JUSTUS ELBERT, son of Justus Horton and Nancy Conklin (_Justus_, _Barnabas Burnette_, _Barnabas_, _Jonathan I._), born on Shelter Island, Long Island, 8 July, 1816; married at Southampton, L. I., 9 Dec., 1840, by the Rev. Hugh N. Wilson, to SOPHIA HALSEY, daughter of Joshua Halsey and Experience Payne, and born in Southampton, 27 May, 1809.

Children:

1. Nancy Halsey, born in East Hampton. L. I., 29 April, 1842; died 21 July, 1845.

2. Charles Henry, born in East Hampton, L. I., 28 Feb., 1844; died 2 Aug., 1857.

3. Ann Eliza, born at Greenport, L. I., 22 May, 1846.

4. Schuyler Bogart, born at Greenport, L. I., March, 1849.

Justus E. Horton resides at Greenport. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Greenport--is a quiet, unassuming and pious man. He and his son are undertakers, and dealers in all kinds of household furniture, spring beds, mattresses, &c., Main Street, Greenport, L. I.

I. JOHN FRANKS, son of Hector Youngs Horton and Dency Tuthill (_Capt. James_, _Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold, 15 Dec.; married in Southold, 19 Nov., 1836, by the Rev. Abraham Luce, to PHEBE MARIA REEVES, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Reeves and Nancy Rogers, and born in Southold, 16 Nov., 1814.

Children:

1. Nancy Rogers.

2. Sophia Reeves; both died in infancy.

Mr. J. F. Horton and his wife are pious people--members of the Presbyterian Church of Southold, and he is one of the ruling elders of the church.

II. CAPT. JAMES EDWIN, son of Hector Youngs Horton and Dency Tuthill, born in Southold, 15 Jan., 1816; married in Mattituck, 10 May, 1848, by Rev. Abraham Luce, to JERUSHA WORTH, daughter of James Worth and Nancy Tooker, and born in Mattituck, 7 Jan., 1820.

Children, born in Southold:

1. Theodore Worth, born 7 Oct., 1849.

2. Edwin Willis, born 20 Jan., 1854.

Capt. Horton commenced a sea-faring life when about 19 years old, with Capt. Nathaniel Case, in the ship _Triad_. With a crew of about 25 men, they made a voyage of about nine months in the South Atlantic Ocean, in latitude 35 to 40°, and longitude 10 to 20°. The voyage was prosperous and the business paid well. He afterwards made a voyage on the Indian Ocean and South Sea. He followed the business for 13 years, and during that time, he circumnavigated the earth four times. It is a remarkable fact that, notwithstanding all the hazard and danger of a sea-faring life, they never lost a man by accident or sickness. They were all temperate men, and this had much to do with their immunity from danger, sickness and death. The Captain quaintly remarks that a half gallon demi-john of liquor was not used by the whole crew, as a beverage, during any one of their voyages. During the time he followed the sea he visited the Sandwich Islands, the Society Isles, and also New Zealand. On the island of Owyhee he saw the place where Capt. Cook was killed by the natives.

The last voyage was in 1846-47 and 48, and during this voyage the Captain had command of the ship. He took but two gallons of spirits with him on that voyage, and part of that he brought back with him.

The Captain is beautifully situated at Peconic, L. I.--has a beautiful farm, which he knows how to keep in good order, and his house, among the best in the township of Southold, is admirably kept by his amiable and accomplished lady, and nearly every room in it is richly ornamented with frames and cases of rare, costly and beautiful sea-shells, most tastefully arranged, and all done by the delicate hands of Mrs. Horton herself. Great skill and persevering effort were required to accomplish so much.

I. MARY ELIZABETH, daughter of Osborn Horton and Sally Philips (_Col. Benjamin_, _Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born at West Hampton, L. I., 17 March, 1813; married 1. 13 Aug., 1833, by Rev. Dr. Carroll, of Brooklyn, N. Y., to SAMUEL DRAPER, son of Pliny Draper, and born in Pompey, N. Y., 26 Oct., 1808--had one son, viz.: Geo. Horton Draper, born 23 March, 1835. Sam'l Draper died in New Orleans, in Aug., 1839. She married 2. in Brooklyn, 25 July, 1849, by the Rev. M. Jacobus, to JOHN LEWIS, son of Benjamin Lewis and Cynthia Merritt, and born in Canterbury, Conn., 25 April, 1800. They have:

Osborn Horton Lewis, born in Greenport, L. I., 21 June, 1851.

Mr. John Lewis resides in Brooklyn; he was a merchant, but retired from business about eight years ago. He is a prominent member of Plymouth Church.

II. THEODORE KING, son of Osborn Horton and Sally Philips, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 12 Aug., 1819; married in Brooklyn, 3 Feb., 1847, by Rev. Dr. Stone, to MARTHA ALETTA SMITH, daughter of Isaac N. Smith and Clarissa Talmadge, and born in Ballston, N. Y., 14 Nov., 1823.

Children, all born in Brooklyn:

1. Franklin Munn, born 15 March, 1848.

2. Philip Hallock, born 14 Feb., 1850.

3. Talmadge Baker, born 25 Jan., 1852.

4. Benjamin Theodore, born 26 May, 1856.

5. Grace, born 8 Nov., 1860.

6. Howard, born 7 Oct., 1864.

Mr. T. K. Horton is a first-class merchant in the city of Brooklyn, and is doing a large business. He visited Europe a few years ago, and when in England he went to Mousely, the birthplace of the old puritan, Barnabas. But he found no one there who knew anything of the ancestry of Barnabas.

Mr. Horton is distinguished for his business capacity, industry, strict integrity and honorable dealing with his fellow men. He is highly esteemed as a citizen and Christian gentleman, and is a liberal supporter of the Gospel.

III. BENJAMIN DE WITT, son of Osborn Horton and Sally Philips, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 8 Nov., 1823; married 15 August, 1859, by Rev. Dr. Thrall, to AMANDA F. WELCH, daughter of William Welch, of Rockland, Me. Mrs. Horton died 12 Feb., 1871, leaving two daughters:

Florence Isabell and Elizabeth, who survived their mother but a few days, the former dying the 15th, and the latter the 22d of Feb., 1871. All died of malignant scarlatina, leaving the deeply-afflicted father and one son, viz.:--Frederick Osborn, born 4 July, 1860.

Mr. Horton married 2. in Brooklyn, 20 June, 1872, by Rev. Dr. Dillon, to LYDIA A. HOLBROOK, daughter of Capt. Samuel Holbrook, of Portland, Maine (a gentleman who weighs only about 300 lbs.), and Catherine Rogers, of Liverpool, England, and born in Rockland, Me., 8 Feb., 1851. Mr. Horton was formerly a partner in the dry goods business of the old-established firm of Horton & Sons, of Brooklyn. He retired from business some years ago, and now lives in princely style, with his amiable and accomplished young wife in Brooklyn, 223 Clermont Avenue. She is a member of the Episcopal Church.

II. MARY ELIZABETH, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Horton and Eliza Davids (_Col. Benjamin_, _Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born in Southold, 11 Jan., 1832; married in Southold, 26 June, 1856, by the Rev. Mr. White, to STUART TUTHILL TERRY, son of Daniel Tuthill Terry and Eunice Case, and born in Southold, 20 July, 1831. They reside in Southold near Hallock's Landing. They are both live members of the Presbyterian Church of Southold, and he is one of the ruling elders, and they are both wielding a strong influence for Christianity, and command the respect and esteem of the community. They own a good farm beautifully situated. Mr. Terry is a farmer, doing much of his farm-work himself, but still he finds time for study and reading, and for some years past he has been engaged in looking up, and collating and compiling the genealogy of the descendants of Richard Terry I. He has the work in a good state of forwardness, and much of it ready for the press. They have no children.

In a recent letter, he says, "I can truly say that I am a descendant of Barnabas Horton, the Pilgrim, although I do not bear his name. I descend from him thus:

"I. Stuart T. Terry; D. T. Terry; Esther Tuthill Terry; Christopher Tuthill; Henry Tuthill, who married Bethia Horton, grand-daughter of Barnabas I., being the 8th Generation.

"II. Stuart T. Terry; D. T. Terry; Thomas Terry; Lydia Tuthill, daughter of Mehitabel Bradley Horton, who married Deacon Daniel Tuthill, and was a daughter of Capt. Jonathan Horton, son of Barnabas I., 7th Generation.

"III. Stuart T. Terry; D. T. Terry; Eunice Case Terry; Israel Case, who married Zeruiah Horton, daughter of Joshua Horton, son of Barnabas I., 7th Generation."

V. HENRY DAVIDS, son of Thomas Jefferson Horton and Eliza Davids, born in Southold, 23 Jan., 1845; married in New York City, 28 Dec., 1868, by Rev. J. C. Annan, to MIRIAM REEVES OSBORN, daughter of Thomas Osborn and Miriam Reeves, and born in Southold, about 1847. They reside in Southold, and have--

1. Thomas Osborn, born 2 June, 1870.

I. MEHULA, daughter of Barnabas Horton and Anna Hawkins (_Col. Benjamin_, _Capt. Barnabas_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born at Mt. Hope, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 April, 1809; married NATHANIEL CONKLIN; reside in Middletown, N. Y., and have--

1. Charles.

2. De Witt.

3. Robert.

4. Alice.--All born in Middletown.

X. FRANK, son of Barnabas Horton by his 2 wife, Sally Penny, born at Mount Hope, 28 Sept., 1828; married in Brooklyn, N. Y., 21 Sept., 1854, by Rev. Mr. Lewis, Rector of Trinity Church, Brooklyn, SARAH JANE REYNOLDS, daughter of John A. Dayton and Adelia Trowbridge, and born in New York City, 21 June, 1835.

Children, born in Brooklyn:

1. Franklin Reynolds, born 17 August, 1856.

2. and 3. Twins, Edwin and Ella, born 27 Oct., 1854.

Frank has a jewelry store in New York. His residence is in Brooklyn. He is an out-spoken, intelligent man, apparently in good circumstances.

XII. GILBERT, son of Barnabas Horton and Sally Penny, born at Mt. Hope, 22 March, 1833; married in New York City, 8 March, 1855, ELIZABETH PARDEE PERKINS, born in Ridgefield, Conn., 19 May, 1834.

Children:

1. Mary Perkins, born in New York, 7 March, 1856.

2. William Robinson, born in New York, 19 July, 1860.

3. Jessie Pardee, born in New York, 12 August, 1862.

4. Gilbert La Fayette, born in Elizabeth, N. J., 9 July, 1864.

They moved to St. Paul, Minn., where his wife and children now reside, and where he died 10 Jan., 1873. He was a blacksmith by trade.

XIII. CAROLINE, daughter of Barnabas Horton and Sally Penny, born at Mt. Hope, 10 Nov., 1837; married in New York City, 14 Sept., 1858, by Rev. R. G. Dixon, to HENRY ALFRED BRADFORD, of New Jersey, son of Judge D. Bradford and Ann Brightwell, and born in England in 1830. He died in New Jersey, 7 April, 1866.

Children:

1. and 2., David and Carrie, twins, born 6 July, 1859, in New Jersey; David lived to be thirteen months old; Carrie died twelve hours after her birth.

3. David, born 23 Sept., 1860.

4. Lizzie, born 30 July, 1862, both in New Jersey.

Mrs. Bradford, with her children, now resides in Brooklyn. She is an intelligent and pious lady, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and attending faithfully to the proper training and education of her children.

I. ALMIRA MINERVA, daughter of Erastus Horton and Tryphena Burleigh (_Dea. Ezra_, _Rev. Ezra_, _Dea. James_, _Jonathan I._), born at Union, Ct., 1 June, 1809; died 17 March, 1860; married about 1830, ANSON RANNEY. They have two children:

Horton and Frances. Horton is now (1875), engaged as Inspector on the boundary line of Mexico.

II. MARY EMILY, daughter of Erastus Horton and Tryphena Burleigh, born at Union, Ct., 19 July, 1811; married at Ft. Atkinson, Wis., 5 Jan., 1835, HENRY FRANCISCO, son of John Francisco, who came from France, and born in Wellstown, Montgomery Co., N. Y., 20 March, 1811; died 13 April, 1865, at Lake Mills, Wis., where he moved in 1845.

Children, 1, 2, 3, and 4 born in Augusta, Oneida Co., N. Y.; 5, 6, and 7 born in Oakland, Jefferson Co., Wis.; 8 born at Ft. Atkinson, Wis.:

1. Philena Theressa, born 28 Sept., 1837.

2. Henry Alonzo, born 2 Sept., 1839.

3. Oscar Newton, born 16 Oct., 1841.

4. John Day, born 25 Sept., 1843.

5. Charles Francis, born 2 Sept., 1845.

6. Horton Erastus, born 25 Nov., 1848.

7. San E., born 29 Sept., 1852.

8. Manley Clayton, born 25 Sept., 1858.

Mrs. Francisco now resides in San Diego, Cal. Her son, Charles Francis, married Mary Evelyn Harvey, a niece of Gov. Harvey, of Wisconsin.

III. ALONZO ERASTUS, son of Erastus Horton and Tryphena Burleigh, born at Union, Ct., 24 Oct., 1813; married in Jefferson, Wis., 22 Dec., 1841, by Charles Rockwell, Esq., to SALLY MILLINGTON WRIGHT, eldest daughter of William Cobb Wright and Sylvia Shelden, and born in Russia, Herkimer Co., N. Y., 11 May, 1822. She died in Jefferson, Wis., 29 Dec., 1846, leaving no issue. He married 2. at Keyport, N. J., 29 July, 1861, by N. J. Beedle, Esq., to SARAH WILSON BABE, daughter of Joseph Babe and Margaret Wilson, and born at Sing Sing, N. Y., 3 Sept., 1824. They have no children.

We are indebted to Mr. J. A. Shepherd, of San Diego, for the following interesting sketch of the life of Mr. A. E. Horton:

ALONZO E. HORTON.

To a person acquainted with this gentleman our introduction would sound unfamiliar. "Here is A. E. Horton, of San Diego," is all that he would allow to be said before he would be acquainted with a room-full of strangers. His motto is "action," and he has practiced it long and faithfully. He would leave ceremony in the lurch to talk _business_, and never think apology necessary; and we can think of no better rule to follow in writing what we know of him.

His parents commenced their westward march in 1815, from Union, Ct., when Alonzo was two years old. Their home for the next four years was in Stockbridge, Madison Co., N. Y. Then a residence of two years in New Haven, Oswego County, where the first school lessons were taken under the direction of Miss Patty Woodward. When he was eleven years old the family reached the shore of Lake Ontario, in the town of Scriba, and moved into their new log-house.

Then followed a year of muscular as well as mental discipline to the lad Alonzo. His father was suddenly bereft of sight by a severe inflammatory attack upon his eyes. School was two miles away, and to and fro our student made his morning and evening tramps in pursuit of knowledge. But he was the eldest boy of the household, and to him after study came toil. His evenings were spent in basket-making, which assisted largely in providing for the wants of the family. Thus for about a year he bravely essayed to lift the burden from his father's shoulders. From that time until he was half through his twenty-first year, he was first assistant wood-chopper on the home-lot, where they filled Oswego orders for hewed timber.

He commenced business for himself by purchasing the remaining six months of his minority, agreeing to pay $50 to his father for that purpose. In eight months from that time he had been a grocery clerk at $12 a month; a lake sailor before the mast; and the last half of the time owner and captain of the "Wild Goose," a small vessel he had purchased, and put into the wheat trade between Oswego and Canada. His marine speculation proved quite a profitable one for those days; he sold out and closed business, paid all his obligations, and had $300 in his pocket. During the winter of 1834-'35 he learned the trade of a cooper, and his specialty for a time was flour-barrels. Then the city of Oswego elected him constable, by the largest majority given to any man on the Whig ticket. The young officer was too kind-hearted to make his office pay, and he lost all he made in trade by failing to enforce payment from poor debtors according to law. Out of office he invested $7 in a contract for land, and in a month made $336 on the venture. Young Horton had another strong point, which was often brought into play in the inevitable wrestling-matches incident to town-meetings of long ago. His 130 pounds was a most animated and unmanageable load for his largest companions to handle, and at "square hold" he was the acknowledged champion of the township. Yet he was pronounced a consumptive by Dr. Van Schaick, with the advice "Go West--it may do you good; but I think it probable you will not live more than six months." He took the doctor's prescription, and went West.

[Illustration: A. E. Horton]