Part 9
The framed house mentioned above, built by Major Horton in 1806, accidentally took fire on the 23 Sept., 1861, and was burned up. Major Horton was a wagoner in the Revolutionary War, towards the close of the war, and was stationed in Mamakating Hollow, and afterwards on the Neversink Creek, not far from the present Port Jervis. He was Major of a battalion of militia in Wyalusing, frequently held township offices, and was one of the leading men of the place. He was not a public professor of Christianity, but his life in the main was in harmony with its teachings, and he loved, and was successful, in promoting good order in society. He was universally esteemed, and at his funeral a larger concourse of people were gathered than had ever before been witnessed in this part of the country on a funeral occasion. Deborah, his wife, was a woman distinguished for her eminent piety, unwearied industry, and good economy; she knew well how to guide the house. Their children were all born at Terrytown, except Ebenezer, who was born in Little Britain, N. Y., and Anna and Lydia, who were born in Wyoming Valley.
Children:
1. Ebenezer, born 9 Jan., 1786; married Mary Terry.
2. Anna, born 21 Oct., 1788; died August, 1813; unmarried.
3. Lydia, born 14 March, 1791; married John P. Stalford.
4. John, born 23 March, 1793; married 1. Nancy Miller; 2. Lydia Molther; 3. Amanda Cross.
5. Eunice, born 14 Jan., 1796; married Thomas Ingham.
6. Sallie, born 29 May, 1798; married John Morrow.
7. Betsey, born 27 Dec., 1800; married Francis Baillet.
8. Francis, born 7 June, 1803; died unmarried.
9. George F., born 2 Jan., 1806; married Abigail Terry.
10. Edmund, born 9 August, 1808; married Martha A. Robinson.
11. Harry Morgan, born 24 Sept., 1811; unmarried.
VI. JOSEPH LEE, son of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born in Goshen, N. Y., 27 April, 1765; married in Sugar Loaf, N. Y., 27 Feb., 1791, to HANNAH TODD, daughter of Joseph Todd, of Sugar Loaf, and born there on the 31 Aug., 1771. He died in Palmyra, 10 July, 1831. She died at the same place on 9 Aug., 1827.
He moved from Goshen, N. Y., soon after he was married, to Owego, N. Y., where he remained until 1803, and he then removed to Palmyra, N. Y., and took up land and settled about four miles north of the village, where Mrs. Sarah Durfee, one of his daughters, now resides.
Joseph L. Horton and his wife were very pious people, both worthy members of the Baptist Church, beloved and respected in the community. He was a farmer and shoemaker. He had feeble health for several years before his death, wasting away gradually by consumption. He was a very patient and industrious man, and towards the close of his life, suffering from the ravages of disease, and much enfeebled, he would still work at his occupation, making sometimes one shoe in a day, and at others only half a one, according as he had strength and breath. His end was peace.
Children:
1. Samuel Todd, born at Owego, N. Y., 27 July, 1792.
2. Catharine, born at Owego, N. Y., 21 May, 1794; married Geo. Spinner; he died without issue.
3. Henry Wisner, born at Owego, N. Y., 31 May, 1797.
4. Sarah Parshall, born at Owego, N. Y., 28 May, 1799.
5. James Parshall, born at Owego, N. Y., 5 April, 1801.
6. Millie Ann, born at Palmyra, N. Y., 20 July, 1803; died 7 Oct., 1818.
7. Lewis Beers, born at Palmyra, N. Y., 24 May, 1806.
8. Anna, born at Palmyra, N. Y., 5 July, 1808.
9. Durfee Delano, born at Palmyra, N. Y., 25 July, 1813.
10. Wilson Osborn, born at Palmyra, N. Y., 26 April, 1815.
VII. MARY, daughter of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born near Goshen, N. Y., about 1767; married JOHN CLARK. Settled in Spencer, N. Y.
Children:
John,
Benjamin,
Ann,
Sally,
and others.
VIII. SAMUEL, son of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born in the township of Goshen, N. Y., in the year 1770. He was a master builder in the city of New York, when quite a young man. He was said to possess a mind peculiarly adapted to mechanical pursuits, and he engaged in them before his majority. When about 23 years of age, he took the small-pox, in New York, went home to his father's, in Orange County, where he died in a few days.
IX. BENJAMIN, youngest child of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, was born at Sugar Loaf, N. Y., 7 Feb., 1772. He was married in Belvale, Orange Co., N. Y., 29 Jan., 1795, by the Rev. Mr. Stevens, to HANNAH VANCE. She was born in Belvale, N. Y., 28 March, 1777. He bought a farm and settled there, but by indorsing for a friend, he lost his farm and all that he had. He then, about 1822, removed to New York, and entered largely into the business of a master builder. In 1834 he moved to Milan, Ohio, where, on the 18th Feb., 1856, he died, of congestion of the lungs. His wife died at the same place, 25 June, 1860. He and his wife were both members of the M. E. Church.
Children:
1. Margaret Vance, born 9 Dec., 1796.
2. Milton, born 7 April, 1799.
3. Julia Ann E., born 12 May, 1800; died of consumption, in Ohio, 27 Nov., 1839; unmarried.
4. Samuel, born 28 July, 1802; died 21 Nov., 1841, of epilepsy and consumption; unmarried.
5. Nicholas Townsend, born in Belvale, 20 Jan., 1805; married Sarah Van Orden.
6. Sarah Jane, born in Belvale, 2 May, 1807; married Matthew Mead, and settled in Philadelphia, Pa.
7. Eliza, born in Belvale, 19 March, 1809; died of lock-jaw, 18 July, 1815.
8. Hannah Maria, born in Belvale, 7 May, 1811; married James Galloway Horton.
9. Catharine D., born in Belvale, 13 Aug., 1813; married Enoch Nichols.
10. Elizabeth R., born in Belvale, 3 Oct., 1815; married Smith Conley.
11. Eunice, born in Belvale, 6 Oct., 1817; died 8 Oct., 1826, of dysentery.
12. Eloise, born in Belvale, 19 May, 1822; died 2 Oct., 1843, of consumption; unmarried.
I. ELIJAH, son of Elijah Horton and Lydia Sweazy (_Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Chester, N. J., 19 Dec., 1756; married 19 Dec., 1780, MARY ----, born in Roxbury, N. J., April, 1752; died 17 Dec., 1790, leaving two children, Anna and Betsy, who married and settled in Canada. He married 2. about 1793, MEHITABEL RUTH COLEMAN, of Goshen, N. Y., and had:
1. Elijah, born 15 Dec., 1794; married Sarah Oberton.
2. Ephraim Coleman, born 1796; died young.
Elijah Horton was a man of correct moral deportment, and a valuable citizen. He died 29 August, 1799; buried in Chester Cemetery.
II. BARNABAS, son of Elijah Horton and Elizabeth Sweazy, born in Chester, 27 Sept., 1759; married 1783, ELIZABETH COLEMAN. He died 6 Dec., 1800. She died 26 Jan., 1831. Both buried in Chester Cemetery.
Children, born at Chester:
1. Elizabeth, born 1784; married Nathan Corwin; died 5 May, 1806.
2. Ruth, married Lodwick Horton, of Goshen, N. Y.
3. Patty Coleman, born 23 Sept., 1802; married John W. Thorp.
III. SILAS, son of Elijah Horton and Lydia Sweazy, born in Chester, 17 July, 1764; married 1. SUSAN CORWIN, who died 9 July, 1790, leaving Lydia Corwin Horton, who married Isaac H. Corwin, and died in 1816, childless. He married 2. MARY KELSEY, born in Goshen, 26 Jan., 1770; died 21 Dec., 1803, without issue. He married 3. ESTHER HORTON, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Horton, and had
Mary, born 8 Sept., 1811; died 8 Oct., 1811.
On the tombstone of Silas, we find: "Filled the measure of his days with usefulness, and departed this life 10 Dec., 1842. He was a consistent member of the Congregational Church for 55 years, and the loss caused by his death can only be estimated by those who knew him. One of his last bequests was $3,200, secured by bond and mortgage, and the interest to be appropriated annually to the support of the elected Congregational minister of the first Congregational Church of Chester."
Esther, his 3d wife, died 5 Feb., 1852, aged 70.
JONATHAN BANI, son of Barnabas Horton and Mary Tuthill (_Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born at Southold, 14 March, 1794; married 1. 20 May, 1815, by Rev. L. Thompson, to DEBORAH OSBORN. She died in 1833, leaving children, as follows, all born in Southold:
1. Emily, born 11 March, 1816; married Gilbert Miller; she died in 1857.
2. Edwin, born 1 Sept., 1817; died 6 July, 1818.
3. Joseph Osborn, born 24 Aug., 1819; died in New York, in 1858.
4. Edmund Bani, born 5 October, 1821.
5. Jerusha Conklin, born 14 June, 1824; married Orrin Case; died in 1874.
6. Deborah, born 7 Sept., 1828; married Charles Van Devort.
7. Catherine Conover, born 25 Dec., 1830; married Jonas Gulick.
Jonathan Bani married 2. in 1838, JERUSHA EDWARDS, she died, and he married 3. JERUSHA PEORNEY, she died, and he married 4. HANNAH BLONVETTE, she died in 1870; he died in New York, 19 Feb., 1871, and was buried at Cutchogue, L. I. Mr. Horton was emphatically a servant of God. We here re-produce a portion of his obituary, which appeared in the Presbyterian, of Philadelphia, shortly after his decease:
"Mr. Horton has been for forty years the indefatigable and successful Tract Missionary of the Seventh Ward, New York City. When he first assumed the important task of laboring for the spiritual interests of this portion of the city, it was known as one of the most wicked and wretched wards. The 'Sailor Boarding-houses' of olden times, with their numerous 'land-sharks,' and temptations to sinful indulgence, swarmed here.... In process of time, the greater part of this territory was occupied by dwellings of opulent merchants. Then after another period of years, a new generation found the older inhabitants of the Seventh Ward crowded out, and their former homes became filled with a population of the dregs of old country emigrants, or gave place to shops and manufactories. Mr. Horton adapted himself and modified his work to meet these successive changes, and calling to his help a faithful band of distributors, teachers and visitors, made a Christian influence to be felt, increasing its power by every available means. A great multitude of conversions from year to year were the result of his faithful labors. Admonished by the approach of old age, he resigned his position as missionary, made all arrangements as to his worldly affairs, wrote farewell letters, and quietly looked forward to the close of his earthly career."
_Seventh Generation.--Caleb I._
I. HULDAH, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson (_Nathaniel_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Chester, N. J., 14 Jan., 1762; married in 1781, to JOEL COE, of Middletown, Conn. Moved to Scipio, Cayuga Co., N. Y., where they settled. He died 23 Sept., 1846, aged 88 years, 4 months. She died 13 Dec., 1803. After her death he married Widow HEPZIBAH SMITH.
Children, probably, all born in Scipio:
1. Mary C., born 8 Sept., 1782; married David Bennet; had Joel Coe, Mary Jane, Charles David, Emily, Nathaniel Curtis, and Rachel.
2. Joseph, born 12 Nov., 1784; married 1st 12 Jan., 1816, Pallas Wales, she died 4 Feb., 1822; he married 2d Sophia Harwood; he died in Ohio, 17 Oct., 1854.
3. Rachel, born 9 July, 1786; married 22 April, 1813, Benjamin Olney; he died 1st Sunday in April, 1850; she died 1st Sunday in April, 1874.
4. Nathaniel, born 6 Sept., 1788; married Mary Taylor White; he died in Oregon, 10 Oct., 1868.
5. Joel, born 8 March, 1791; died 21 May, 1791.
6. Huldah Horton, born 5 July, 1793; married Walter Bennet, of Portage, N. Y.
7. Joel, born 7 June, 1795; married Sophronia Roberts; he died in Louisiana, in June, 1834.
8. Curtis, born 25 August, 1797; married Hannah Clark; died 10 April, 1871, at Spring Post, N. Y.
9. Alma, born 25 Sept., 1802; married William Harwood; had Joel, William, and Alma; she died in Michigan, Jan., 1836.
A genealogy of the Coe family was published about twenty years ago. Many eminent men belong to that family.
II. REBECCA, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, 19 Dec., 1763; married BENJAMIN FORDYCE. He died 13 March, 1819. She died 17 Nov., 1840, in Scipio, N. Y.
Children:
1. John, born 2 March, 1791; died 21 Jan., 1868.
2. Eunice, born 4 July, 1792; died 20 Nov., 1861.
3. Benjamin, born 11 June, 1797; died 10 Dec., 1870.
4. Nathaniel Horton, born 4 Jan., 1799.
5. Rebecca, born 27 July, 1805; died 7 July, 1829.
Mrs. Fordyce was a very pious woman, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and highly esteemed.
III. JONAH, son of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, 1765; married 1. about 1789, to JANE DALRYMPLE. She died about 1795; married 2. in 1796, HANNAH BRYANT.
Children, probably all born in Chester:
1. Phebe, born 1790.
2. Huldah, born about 1792; married John King.
3. Nathaniel, born about 1794.
By 2d wife:
4. Elisha, born about 1798; died without issue.
5. Barnabas, born about 1800; married Ruth Cramer.
6. Archibald, born about 1802; married Matilda Smith.
7. Joanna, born about 1804; married David Horton Lewis.
8. Celestia, born about 1807; married John Cooper Horton.
9. Lydia, born about 1809; married Daniel Horton; no issue.
Jonah Horton died in Lockport, N. Y.
IV. SUSAN, daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, about 1767; married ROBERT MCCOLLUM, 30 March, 1788. Died in Calais, N. Y.
Children:
1. Joel.
2. Rebecca.
3. Isaiah.
4. Susan.
5. Robert L.
6. Hiram.
7. Esther.
8. Nathaniel.
9. Anna.
10. Mehitabel.
11. Polly.
All now (1872), dead, excepting Hiram, Anna, and Esther.
IX. ELISHA, son of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, in 1777; married about 1800, to POLLY, daughter of Caleb Horton and Sarah Benjamin. She was his second cousin, and born in Chester, about 1779. They moved to Scipio, N. Y., in 1797, and settled there, and there they died.
Children, probably, all born in Chester:
1. Isaiah, born 27 July, 1796; married Charlotte Chatfield.
2. Aaron, unmarried.
3. Phebe, married Stephen Robinson.
4. Esther, married Warren R. Atwood.
X. COL. NATHANIEL, son of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, 15 Sept., 1778; married about 1801, to EUNICE HORTON, daughter of Daniel Horton and Martha Terry. He died in Chester, 17 Dec., 1856. She died 7 June, 1857; both buried in Chester Cemetery. He was an honorable and popular man, a Colonel in the militia, and much esteemed as an officer and citizen.
Children, all born in Chester:
1. Julia, born 1802; married Nathan Horton.
2. Ann Eliza, born 1804; married Levi Vanosdell.
3. Martha, born 1806; married Isaac Oakford.
4. Lydia, born 1809; married Charles Dobbins.
XI. HIRAM, son of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, 16 Feb., 1780; married in 1808, MARY ROSE, born 29 Feb., 1778. He died 22 May, 1852. She died 8 March, 1855; both buried in Chester Cemetery.
Children, all born in Chester:
1. Rebecca, born 29 Dec., 1809; married David Schuyler De Camp.
2. Stephen Overton, born 21 July, 1811; married Dency Cooper.
3. Elizabeth Celina, born 1813; married 1. Silas Olney; 2. Capt. Lemon.
4. Mary Rose, born 8 April, 1818; married Alfred Horton.
Hiram Horton possessed fine social qualities, was well skilled in music, and always led the singing in the Congregational Church until prevented by the infirmities incident to old age.
"With the most limited opportunities for early education, he became a great and profound thinker. He was an upright and conscientious man, and largely shared the esteem of all who knew him. He was a most sincere and ardent Universalist, living the life of the Christian, and dying in the full and perfect triumph of Gospel faith and hope. He and his wife were, for many years, members of the Congregational Church of Chester; but about thirty years before his death, he and his wife embraced Universalism, and avowed it openly ever afterwards. Nevertheless, they continued to support the church and worship within its walls, and we hazard nothing in saying that there was no man in Chester, nor in all the region round about it, who was more generally and highly respected for manly and Christian character than Hiram Horton. Some time before his death he had requested that a minister of the Universalist denomination should attend his funeral services; but the pastor of the church, the Rev. Luke I. Stoutenberg, and others, refused to let them into the church, notwithstanding that the salary of that preacher was paid in part by the 'Horton Fund,' and the church itself had been built mainly by the Hortons. His funeral had to be attended in the Presbyterian Church, the Presbyterians generously offering them the use of their church."--_Obituary of Hiram Horton._
XIII. AARON, son of Dea. Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson, born in Chester, about 1788; married NANCY CRAMER, and had children, viz.:
1. Silas, born about 1812.
2. Lydia.
3. Aaron Decatur.
4. Huldah.
5. Nathaniel Charles.
Nancy Cramer Horton died, and he married the widow MARIA CRAIG, and she died without children by him. He married next the widow, PAMELA SMITH; she died leaving no children by him. He married, for his fourth wife, JANE HAWK, and by her he had one son, viz.: William.
I. EDWARD, son of David Horton and Olive Skellinger (_Nathaniel_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Chester, N. J., 17 March, 1777, married in Jan., 1798, CHARLOTTE SEWARD, cousin of the late Gov. William H. Seward, of New York, and born in Chester, 19 August, 1775. They moved to Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1804, and settled in the town of Brutus.
Children, all born in Randolph, Morris Co., N. J.:
1. James, born 24 Dec., 1798; married Jane Putnam.
2. John, born 29 Oct., 1801; married Paulina Carrier.
3. David, born 4 July, 1804.
4. Daniel, born 17 March, 1808.
5. Horace, born 2 July, 1810.
Edward Horton died 6 Feb., 1835. His wife died 10 Sept., 1872, at the remarkable age of 97 years and 21 days. In her funeral procession were four generations of her descendants. They were both buried in Brutus, N. Y.
II. MEHITABEL, daughter of David Horton and Olive Skellinger; born in Chester, N. J., 15 Jan., 1780; married DANIEL HORTON MILLER; moved to Michigan; died in Calhoun Co.
Children, probably, all born in Chester:
1. Olive, born 31 Dec., 1797; died 1st Sept., 1819.
2. David, born 30 Dec. 1799.
3. Phebe Ann, born 27 Jan., 1803; married Root.
4. Charles, born 13 Sept., 1809; died 23 Sept., 1828.
5. Esther, born 10 March, 1803; married Hackett.
6. Mary C., born 8 Sept., 1823; married Hicks; died 27 April, 1863.
I. SILAS DANES, son of Silas Horton and Mary Danes (_Silas_, _Barnabas, arnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., in July, 1778. Moved to Wallkill, with his father, when young; married MARY MCCLEAN, 1796:
Children, probably, born in Wallkill:
1. Fanny, born 1797.
2. Abbey, born 1799.
3. Warren, died 3 Oct., 1862.
4. Betsey.
5. Caroline.
6. Nelson, married Sarah Shons.
7. James M., died in 1816.
8. Jane, died in 1838.
9. William Harrison.
10. Lewis, died young.
11. Judson, died in 1859.
12. Alfred, died 27 July, 1873.
13. Emiline, died May 1861.
14. Mary Ann.
15. Smith.
16. Verdine, resides in Jersey City.
Of the above children, the first to ninth, inclusive, were by his 1st wife, she died 30 Jan., 1814. In 1815, he married 2. MARY CALENDER, and she had the 10, 11, 12, and 13 of the above children, and died in Sept., 1826, and in August, 1827, he married 3. ANN PURDY, by whom he had the three last children.
Silas Danes Horton was a farmer, upright, honest, and a man of more than ordinary mental capacity. He was a deacon of the Old School Baptist Church at the time of his death, and for many years before. He wrote frequently on religious subjects, and many of his articles appeared in the "_Signs of the Times_" a religious paper edited and published by the Rev. G. Beebee, of Middletown, N. Y.
Dea. Horton was one of the pillars of the church, greatly esteemed by his fellow-citizens, and his death, which occurred 21 Sept., 1850, was deeply lamented.
II. BARNABAS, son of Silas Horton and Mary Danes, born in Wallkill, in 1780; married about 1804, JERUSHA WHEAT; she died and he married 2.
Children, born in Wallkill, and all by his first wife:
1. Loton, married Adeline Horton.
2. Harrison, married Prudence Warner.
3. Anna, married Alanson Beeks.
4. Milicent, married Chauncey Horton, son of Gilbert, son of Frederick.
5. Alfred M., married Adaline Wheat, they were double cousins; had Silas Danes, and others.
6. Gabriel C., married 1. Mary Ann Slawon; 2. Elizabeth Thompson; he had Loton, by his 1st wife, and Horace and Gilbert, by 2d wife.
Barnabas Horton died in 1867.
I. JASON, son of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort (_Israel_, _Jonathan_, _Jonathan_, _Caleb I._), born in Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., 23 Feb., 1781; married in Lansing, Tompkins Co., N. Y., 9 Oct., 1805, SALLY MILLER; she was born in Lansing, in 1787.
Children:
1. Ursula, born in Lansing, N. Y., 15 July, 1806; died in Williamston, Mich., Feb., 1868; unmarried.
2. Ann, born in Lansing, N. Y., 11 Aug., 1808; married Daniel Sutton.
3. Phebe, born in Phelps, N. Y., 11 May, 1811; married David Beeman.
4. Joseph, born in Phelps, N. Y., 25 Sept., 1812; died at Constantine, St. Joseph Co., Mich., 16 Sept., 1866.
5. Israel, born in Lansing, N. Y., 29 Jan., 1815.
6. Mary Ann, born in Lansing, N. Y., 20 Feb., 1817, married ---- Smith.
7. Minor Thomas, born in Phelps, 2 June, 1816.
8. Eleanor, born in Lansing, N. Y., 22 Nov., 1821; married Samuel Barker, in Phelps, where she now lives.
He died in Lansing, N. Y., 16 Sept., 1821. After his death his widow married a Taylor; she died in Watkins, N. Y., 19 Dec., 1861.
II. WILLIAM LEE, son of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 21 Oct., 1782; married EUNICE TRACEY, of Spencer, N. Y.
Children:
1. James Parshall.
2. Lydia Ann, married Shepherd.
3. Caroline, married Harmer.
4. Charlotte, J., married Raymond.
5. Sarah R., married Nichols.
6. Clark, married, had sons, Henry N. and Elliott.
He moved with his father to Phelps, N. Y., in early life.
III. SARAH, daughter of Israel Horton and Anna Van Devort, born in Orange Co., N. Y., 9 April, 1784; married in Phelps, in 1813, to SAMUEL MINNIS. She died 8 May, 1864, in Wyalusing, Bradford Co., Pa.; she was a quiet Christian woman, much esteemed by all who knew her. Her husband died in comparatively early life, leaving her with a family of children, and not much of this world's goods to help herself with. But by industry and care she managed to raise and educate her children. She was living with one of them, viz., Maria Homet, of Wyalusing, Pa., at the time of her death. In her early life she was very active--often rode on horseback--and at one time she made a trip on horseback and alone, from Phelps to Wyalusing, about three hundred miles circular.
Children, born at Phelps:
1. William.
2. and 3. (twins) Maria, married Edward Homet; Rachael, married Stephen Spoor.
4. Ellen, married Jacob Hicks.
5. Willard, born in 1823; died young.