Part 13

The Colonel resides at the old homestead of his father, Col. Nathan, owns good lands, and is an excellent farmer. He lost heavily by Emancipation. He has been a very prominent man all his life--firm, intelligent and generous. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1832-'33-'34 and '35. He was a member of the Electoral College of North Carolina, on the Henry Clay ticket, in 1844. He was again elected to the State Legislature from Watauga County, in 1854. He was a volunteer in the service of the Confederate States, in 1861, and was elected Captain of Co. B., 37th Regiment North Carolina troops, infantry, and he was in the seven days' fight near Richmond, Va., towards the close of which the command of the regiment devolved on him. Soon after this, health failing, he resigned and came home, and in 1864 he was elected to the State Senate. He says, and no doubt truly, that his house was robbed, in the spring of 1865, eighteen times in fourteen days, by men professing to be, and wearing the garb of, Union soldiers.

The Colonel has never had any children.

I. NATHAN, son of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry (_Capt. Nathan_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Wilkes Co., N. C., 24 Jan., 1789; married 29 May, 1817, MARY YOUNG, born in Burke Co., N. C., about 1794; died 19 May, 1875. He was Col. Commander in the 15th Brigade, 9th Division, North Carolina Militia, for about 20 years--was offered the position of Brigadier General, but declined.

Children, all born in Buncombe County, except Mary I., born in Yancey Co., N. C.:

1. Zephaniah, born 20 Feb., 1818.

2. Martha E., born 16 Sept., 1819.

3. Malcolm, born 9 Feb., 1822.

4. Lucky, born 27 Dec., 1823.

5. Joshua, born 21 Oct., 1825.

6. Jesse, born 11 Nov., 1828.

7. Nathan Youngs, born 21 March, 1831.

8. Naomi A., born 10 Dec., 1832.

9. Mary I., born 14 April, 1835.

III. SARAH, daughter of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry, born 30 June, 1794; married in 1815, THOMAS YOUNG, of Buncombe County, and born 16 Jan., 1792.

Children (the 1 to 7, inclusive, born in Buncombe; 8, 9, and 10 born in Yancey County):

1. Elizabeth E., born 9 March, 1816.

2. Martha E., born 25 May, 1818.

3. Nathan, born 23 April, 1820.

4. Strawbridge, born 25 Jan., 1822; died 10 Nov., 1843.

5. Zephaniah, born 19 Oct., 1823.

6. Thomas, born 29 Sept., 1830.

7. Josiah, born 11 March, 1833.

8. Sarah I., born 12 Sept., 1835.

9. Mary A., born 12 Aug., 1837.

10. Tilman H., born 4 Oct., 1839.

IV. MALCOLM, son of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry, born 15 Nov., 1799; married 29 Feb., 1832, MARGARET A. DENHAM, of Virginia. He was for several years Col. Commander in the 15th Brigade, 9th Division, North Carolina Militia. He settled in Maryland and died there, 10 Aug., 1870.

Children:

1. Jane E., born 20 July, 1833.

2. Amos O., born 18 Aug., 1835.

3. David D., born 18 Dec., 1837.

4. Phebe E., born 25 June, 1840.

5. Amy I., born 5 Oct., 1842.

6. Charles A., born 3 Jan., 1846.

Amos I. and Charles A. are dead; the rest are all living, and have families.

V. ELIZABETH, daughter of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry, born 15 Nov., 1799; married JOSEPH SHEPHERD, ESQ., of North Carolina, 28 March, 1821. She died 2 Aug., 1838.

Children, all born in Buncombe Co., N. C.:

1. Jane A., born 6 Dec., 1826.

2. Julia, born 5 Sept., 1828.

3. Cordelia P., born 8 June, 1831.

4. Theressa E., born 3 Aug., 1833.

VI. ZEPHANIAH, son of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry, born 26 Nov., 1802; married 3 April, 1825, ELIZABETH HORTON, of Ashe Co., N. C., daughter of Nathan Horton, of Ashe County. She born 15 Sept., 1803. He died at his residence, in Yancey, 17 July, 1865.

Children, 1. and 2. born in Ashe, 3. born in Buncombe, all the rest born in Yancey:

1. Nathan, born 26 Jan., 1826.

2. McWilliam, born 14 Feb., 1828.

3. Jonathan, born 17 March, 1830; died 18 Aug., 1862.

4. Phineas, born 20 Dec., 1833; died 2 Oct., 1862.

5. Lorenzo D., born 30 July, 1836; died 25 Aug., 1862.

6. James P., born 13 Dec., 1839.

7. Elbert S., born 3 Sept., 1842.

8. Sarah I. E., born 8 Feb., 1845; died 20 Oct., 1845.

9. Harriet E., born 28 June, 1847; died 8 Nov., 1847.

10. Zephaniah I., born 12 May, 1849; died 4 Aug. 1849.

11. David E., born 5 Nov. 1851.

VII. JANE M., daughter of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry, born 18 March, 1806; married 25 Aug., 1823, JAMES H. POTEET, of Buncombe County, and born 23 Oct., 1796; moved in 1834 to Missouri, Gasconade County, where he died, 5 July, 1835, leaving two children, born in Buncombe County, viz.:

1.[6]Lorenzo D., born 5 June, 1824.

2. Sophronia, born 8 May, 1826.

Mrs. Poteet, soon after the death of her husband, returned to her native State, and, 23 Feb., 1840, married JOHN W. GARLAND, of Yancey County, born in Tennessee, 5 Sept., 1807. He was County Clerk of Yancey County for 12 years, and also represented that county in the Legislature in 1854-'55 and in 1865-'66, and was the Union Delegate in the State Convention of 1861.

VIII. PHEBE D., daughter of Zephaniah Horton, Esq., and Jane McCurry, born 3 Oct., 1810; married ADAM A. BROYLES, of Washington Co., Tenn., 15 July, 1835, born 11 May, 1813.

Children, all born in Washington Co., Tenn.:

1. Edmonia L., born 15 April, 1837.

2. Edwin A., born 2 Sept., 184-.

3. James W. McB., born 12 Jan., 1844.

4. Adam C., born 23 Jan., 1846.

5. Sarah E. I., born 7 Dec., 1848.

6. Lodelius H., born 8 May, 1855.

SILAS HORTON, son of Abigail Horton and Daniel Stringham (_Silas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Middletown, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 Nov., 1797; married in 1821, HENRIETTA HICKS, daughter of Jacob M. Hicks and Elizabeth ----, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and born in 1804. (Jacob M. Hicks died in 1843, aged 94. His wife died in 1854, aged 85.)

Children, probably all born in Brooklyn:

1. Maria Hicks Stringham, married William M. Richards.

2. Jane Horton Stringham, married Benjamin W. How; died in 1874.

3. Edwinna Hurlbut Stringham, married Johnston Blakeley Creighton; died in 1862.

4. Elizabeth Wynkoop Stringham, married Com. J. B. Creighton, being his 2d wife.

Silas H. Stringham entered the navy in June, 1810, as midshipman on the frigate _President_, Commodore John Rogers. In 1812 he was assigned to the _Guererre_, under Decatur. In 1813 he was on the _Spark_, one of the Algerine squadron. In 1817, having been promoted to a Lieutenancy, he was transferred to the sloop-of-war _Erie_, and in 1818, to the _Peacock_. He was next ordered to the sloop-of-war _Cyane_, in 1819. In 1821 he was upon the _Hornet_, 1st Lieutenant, at the West India station. In 1822 he was again on the _Cyane_, under Com. Creighton. From 1825 to 1829 he held a position at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and in 1829 he was again assigned to the _Peacock_, and sent in search of the _Hornet_, sloop-of-war, which was lost. We next find him on the _Falmouth_, and ordered to Carthagena. From 1830 to 1834 he was in shore service. In 1835 he has command of the _John Adams_, in the Mediterranean squadron. In 1837 he is second in command at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and from 1843 to 1846 he had the full command of this yard. During the Mexican war we find him in active service, and in command of the _Ohio_, ship-of-the-line. In 1851 he was commander of the Norfolk Navy Yard; and in 1852 assigned to the command of the Mediterranean squadron, which he held till 1855. He is next in command of the Charleston Navy Yard, which he held till May, 1859. In March, 1861, he was a member of a naval Court-martial, and while there was appointed flag officer of the Atlantic Blockade squadron. In 1861 Com. Stringham was honored with the preparation of the first of those combined naval and military expeditions which have crowned the American navy with such glory; and in his case, as in many others, the success has been almost exclusively due to the action of the navy. The result of this expedition being the capture of the rebel forts Clark and Hatteras, and the surrender of the garrison to Flag-officer Stringham and General Butler, consisting of 715 men, 1000 stand of arms, 75 kegs of powder, 5 stand of colors, 31 cannon (1 of them a 10-inch Columbiad), a brig loaded with cotton, a sloop with provisions and stores, 2 light-boats, 150 bags of coffee, &c. Not a man belonging to the fleet was killed. For this brilliant affair Flag-officer Stringham received the thanks of the Government.

On the 23d of September, 1861, at his own request, he was relieved from his command, and in August, 1862, he was made a Rear-Admiral, on the retired list, and soon after this he was President of the Naval Commission to locate a new Navy Yard. In 1863 he had command of the Navy Yard and station at Charleston, S. C., remained there till 1866. In 1869 he was Port Admiral at New York, and served three years. March 3d, 1873, by Act of Congress, retired officers are prohibited from being employed by Government, except in time of war. Since that time the Admiral is permitted to enjoy a retired life, at his residence, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

For a more full account of the noble and daring deeds and brilliant exploits of Admiral Stringham, see _The American Crisis of 1861-'62_, by Frank Moore.

I. LEBBEUS LATHROP, son of Hannah Horton and Isaiah Vail, Jr. (_Silas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Goshen, N. Y., 27 Oct., 1791; married SALLY MOORE, a lineal descendant of Thomas Moore, of Southold, L. I.

Children, probably all born in Newburgh, N. Y., where they settled soon after marriage:

1. Charles.

2. Hector.

3. Azuba.

4. Nathaniel.

5. Hannah.

6. Wilmot.

7. Richard.

8. Sally.

9. Egbert.

10. Anna.

"He early engaged in the business of transporting Orange County products to New York, and soon found himself in command of a first-class sloop, of extra heavy tonnage, and his carrying trade of merchandise, passengers, &c., became very extensive. The immense traffic at White Hall Street, East River, prompted Captain Vail to seek some other quarters, more commodious than that he occupied--the city at that time having a population of only about 100,000. He soon found an old acquaintance, formerly a Miss Horton, of West Chester Co., N. Y., who had married Mr. James Van Nostrand, a wholesale grocer. An arrangement was soon consummated, by which Van Nostrand was to move his stock to West Street, and Vail to leave East River and land at the Albany Basin, adjacent to Van Nostrand's store, which arrangement was at once announced to the Hudson River boatmen at White Hall, when, in derision, they laughed at the young Captain's presumption; but Vail and Van Nostrand soon had the laugh on the White Hall advocates, for the entire craft from Orange County soon followed Capt. Vail, discharging regularly his heavy loads of produce from the _Bayard_,[7] the first to establish a regular wharf for Orange County produce and passengers on the North River side of New York, and Van Nostrand's grocery was the first ever located in West Street. The following summer Capt. Vail's eyesight became impaired, and he moved to Goshen, New York, where he and Mrs. Vail were popular hotel keepers until the year 1834, when he was elected Clerk of Orange County, and re-elected in 1837, and again in 1840. In 1832 he established at Goshen a Baptist periodical, called the _Signs of the Times_, which is still in existence, and edited and published at Middletown, New York, by Elder Beebe, the venerable Old-School Baptist preacher. He, also, in 1844, established in Goshen the _Clarion_, the first Free-Soil newspaper ever established in this part of the State of New York. His religious and political opinions were regarded as _ultra_ or _radical_, and he was a recognized leader of his sect or party. His general urbanity and good judgment, and his enthusiastic nature, combined with his fine appreciation of the arts, made him popular with all classes of people. He died in Goshen.

"Mrs. Vail survived him over a quarter of a century. She was devotedly attached to him and his children. She was a beautiful woman, and her happiness seemed to centre in their welfare, which her husband reciprocated by leaving her his entire estate, which she left unimpaired at her death, after a life of over four-score years. Their youngest daughter is the well known Madame Martinez, the eminent soprano vocalist and teacher of the voice."

We are indebted to Nathaniel Vail, Esq., of Goshen, for the foregoing record and sketch of Lebbeus L. Vail and family.

I. SARAH, daughter of Phineas Horton and Bethia Luce (_Nathan_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Chester, N. J., 27 March, 1799; married about 1820, JEREMIAH WILCOX. He died in Illinois. His widow married a MR. RHOADS.

Children, probably, born in Chester:

1. Wilbur.

2. Phineas; he was taken by the Mormons and probably killed.

3. Esther Ann.

II. NATHAN, son of Phineas Horton and Bethia Luce, born in Chester, 27 Dec., 1801; married about 1825, JULIA HORTON, daughter of Nathaniel Horton and Eunice Horton, and born in Chester, about 1803.

Children, probably all born in Chester:

1. Nathaniel Jackson, born 1804; died 21 Jan., 1859; unmarried.

2. Phineas W.; died 2 May, 1849.

3. Eunice Ann, married Westbrook.

4. Mary Elizabeth.

5. Caroline.

6. Julia Elmira, born 28 Aug., 1836; died 8 Jan., 1838.

7. Martha.

III. ELIAS, son of Phineas Horton and Bethia Luce, born in Chester, 6 Feb., 1803; married MELINDA LEWIS.

Children, born in Chester:

1. David Lewis, married Mary Ann Dilldine.

2. Elias.

3. Mary Ann, married Frederick Morrow.

4. Esther, married William Moore.

IV. MARY, daughter of Phineas Horton and Bethia Luce, born 6 Feb., 1806; married DANIEL SKELLINGER, and had

1. Joseph, dead.

2. William.

3. James.

4. Phineas.

5. Elias.

6. Lydia, dead.

VI. DANIEL, son of Phineas Horton and Esther Horton, born in Chester, 3 Aug., 1820; married 8 Nov., 1851, by Rev. Mr. Fisher, to LYDIA CRAIG HORTON, daughter of Jonah Horton and Hannah Bryant, and born in Randolph, N. J., 2 Jan., 1827. She died 16 July, 1870; no children. Daniel Horton resides at the old homestead, a few miles from the borough of Chester. He is a well-to-do farmer, and his mother, now (1874) aged and feeble, resides with him. They are pious people, and of good repute among their neighbors.

_Eighth Generation.--Caleb I._

I. ISAIAH, son of Elisha Horton and Polly (Mary) Horton (_Dea. Nathaniel_, _Nathaniel_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Chester, N. J., 21 July, 1796; married in Aurelius, Cayuga Co., N. Y., 31 Jan., 1817, to CHARLOTTE CHATFIELD. She died 21 Feb., 1854. He died in Wayland, at Spring Water, Livingston Co., N. Y., 22 May, 1873:

Children, probably all born at Spring Water, N. Y.:

1. Amarilla, born 1818; married Stephen Pearl.

2. Maranda, married Luther T. Norton, Esq.

3. Hiram, married Mary Briggs.

4. Eliza, married Luther F. Norton, Esq., being his 2d wife.

5. Esther, married Augustus Boughton.

6. Elisha C., dead.

7. Isaiah, married Ruth E. Adams.

8. Mary, married J. B. Tiffany.

MARY, born at Spring Water, N. Y., 1 Sept., 1833; married 27 Feb., 1855, at Spring Water, by Rev. H. M. Boothe, to J. B. TIFFANY, son of Jacob Tiffany and Lavina Andrews, and born in Lenox, Madison Co., N. Y., 24 March, 1828. His father and mother were born at Austerlitz, Columbia Co., N. Y.; he, 1 Sept., 1795; she, 25 Sept., 1796; he died at Spring Water, 8 Jan., 1873; she is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Tiffany and family reside at East Bloomfield, N. Y. They have one son, viz.:

Charles Horton Tiffany, born 2 March, 1875.

ESTHER, born at Spring Water, 17 Aug., 1826; married at Spring Water, by Rev. Mr. Hunter, 9 Feb., 1848, to FREDERICK AUGUSTUS BOUGHTON, son of Nathaniel Boughton and Tryphenia Hart.

Children, all born at East Bloomfield, N. Y.:

1. Dwight Boughton, born 18 Aug., 1849; married Josephine Hunt; has Frank Dwight, born 26 Jan., 1873, and Grace Isabella, born 3 Aug., 1875.

2. Hiram, born 4 March, 1854; died 25 Sept., 1856.

3. Harriet Elizabeth, born 15 Nov., 1857.

4. Frederick, born 28 April, 1868.

HON. NATHANIEL COE, son of Huldah Horton and Joel Coe (_Dea. Nathaniel_, _Nathaniel_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Morris Co., N. J., 12 Sept., 1788; moved with his father to Scipio, N. Y., in 1795; went by sloop to Albany--4 days--thence in wagons up the Mohawk, by way of Schenectady--thence to Cayuga and Wood Creek to Auburn, N. Y., and then Scipio, being one month on the journey. He married in Auburn, N. Y., 5 Oct., 1827, to MARY TAYLOR WHITE, daughter of Lawrence Emery White and ---- ---- and born on Pearl Street, near Broadway, N. Y., 11 March, 1801.

Children:

1. Lawrence White.

2. Cornelia Elizabeth.

3. Charles Carroll.

4. Eugene Francis.

5. Susan Amelia.

6. Henry Clay.

Nathaniel Coe was an honest lawyer and an upright politician. He possessed a superior intellect, and always commanded the respect and esteem of his fellow men. He was long a magistrate, and for four years in succession he represented Livingston and Alleghany Counties in the Legislature of the State of New York. He was often an arbitrator, both in the Church and out of it. In religion he was what was then called, by way of reproach, a _radical_. In 1829 he went to Nevada. In 1851 he was appointed U. S. Mail Agent for Oregon. He finally settled at Hood River, where, on the 10th Oct., 1868, he died. For several years before his death, he carried on an extensive business in raising fruit, and became quite rich. He was a thoroughly anti-slavery man, and while the Liberty party was in existence, he was its firm and warm supporter. Mrs. Coe resides at Hood River, and her son Charles, who was a superior young man, noted for his piety and sound moral and Christian character, carried on successfully his father's business until his death, which occurred 24 Dec., 1874. His mother said of him, "My heart's beloved has left me, nothing can fill the void. He not only filled his father's place on the farm, but also at the family altar, and notwithstanding his youth, older men came to him for advice on matters temporal as well as religious."

Mrs. Coe is an educated, refined and talented Christian lady--an able and finished writer, and the author of many very pretty verses and poems, and though aged, and having suffered much from ill health, yet her penmanship is neat, and her thoughts and words fresh, warm and vigorous. Speaking of her deceased little infant, Susan Amelia, she says, "To whom, like a dew-drop, kissed off by the sun's morning beam, a beauteous existence was given, whose soul seemed to come down to earth in a dream, only to wake up when it ascended to Heaven." She has kindly given much valuable information in regard to the Hortons of New Jersey and their connections, only a small part of which can appear in the "Chronicles." Mrs. Coe's ancestors, both on her father and mother's side, were originally from England.

RACHEL BENNET, daughter of David Bennet and Mary Coe, and grand-daughter of Huldah Horton, is a maiden lady, intelligent, well educated and possesses good social qualities; she is a successful teacher. We are indebted to her for many interesting letters, giving genealogical data of members of the Horton family. Her residence was in Chicago, where she was a teacher a few years ago.

II. JOHN SEWARD, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward (_David_, _Nathaniel_, _Caleb_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born in Randolph, Morris Co., N. J., 24 Oct., 1801; married 13 March, 1823, by Elder Hough, of Port Byron, N. Y., to PAULINA CARRIER, daughter of Amziah Carrier and Wealthy Hatch, and born in Brutus, N. Y., 29 Sept., 1804.

Children, all born at Conquest, Cayuga Co., N. Y., except Jane A.:

1. Charlotte, born 8 Jan., 1826; died 14 Aug., 1858.

2. Mary Ann, born 1 March, 1828.

3. Hetty M., born June 9, 1830; died 2 Sept., 1830.

4. Edward L., born 28 Aug., 1824; died 28 March, 1839.

5. Paulina E., born 11 Feb., 1842.

6. Jane A., born at Clarence, Calhoun Co., Mich., 7 Nov., 1847.

Mr. Horton moved with his father to Brutus, N. Y., when three years old; moved to Calhoun, Mich., in 1846, and resides now at Marengo, Mich.

III. DAVID, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward, born in Randolph, Morris Co., N. J., 4 July, 1804; married in Conquest, Cayuga Co., N. Y., 19 Jan., 1826, by the Rev. Mr. Twist, to JANE MCCALLAM, daughter of William McCallam and Anna Crowell, all of Conquest, N. Y.

Children, all born in Conquest, N. Y.:

1. Margaret Ann, born 13 June, 1827; resides in Folsom, Cal.

2. Edward W., born 27 Jan., 1831; resides in Helena, Montana Ter.

3. Victoria E., born 1 May, 1839; resides in Conquest, N. Y.

4. David C., born 2 Sept., 1841; he is a merchant, keeps a general country store in Conquest, N. Y., where he resides. He was married in Conquest, N. Y., 19 April, 1871, by Rev. Daniel D. Davis, to Emma A. Slayton, daughter of Joseph Slayton and Nancy Crowell, and born in Conquest, 20 March, 1851; no children.

David Horton is a farmer--was largely engaged in the oil trade--carrying on a large business in the oil region in Pennsylvania a few years ago. He gave the compiler the first account he ever had of the old tombstone of Barnabas I., as we happened to meet on the cars between Lyons and Rochester, in Oct., 1870.

V. HORACE, son of Edward Horton and Charlotte Seward, born in Randolph, N. J., 2 July, 1810; married MELISSA PUTNAM about 1833.

Children, probably all born in Weedsport or Brutus, N. Y.:

1. Isabella, born 1834; married William E. Merrick, of Weedsport.

2. Eliza, born 31 Dec., 1836; married in Weedsport, 28 Sept., 1869, by Rev. A. R. Hewett, to Augustus Harley Whiting, son of Caleb Whiting, and born in Virgil, Cortlandt Co., N. Y.; have one son, Horace Horton Whiting.

Horace Horton died at Weedsport, in Jan., 1869. His widow lives at the homestead with Mrs. Whiting, who is an intelligent, active and lady-like woman. They are in good circumstances. Mr. Whiting holds some position under the United States Government, in Washington City.

HARRISON FAULKNER HORTON, son of Gabriel H. Horton and Margaret Faulkner (_Elihu_, _Silas_, _Barnabas_, _Barnabas_, _Caleb I._), born at Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y., 11 Sept., 1804; reared at Bloomingburgh, Sullivan Co., N. Y., and educated in the Presbyterian faith, and Democratic political school. Removed to Warwick, Orange Co., N. Y., in Nov., 1825; from thence to Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y., in March, 1831, and from there to New York City, in Feb., 1841; married 15 Dec., 1829, at New Milford, Orange Co., N. Y., by Rev. William Timlough, to EMILY COLEMAN, daughter of Merritt Coleman and Mary Smith. He is a retired merchant, living in New York City at the present time.

Children:

1. Annie M., born at Amity, Orange Co., N. Y., 7 Nov., 1830; died at St. Augustine, Fla., 9 May, 1852.

2. Mary Helen, born at Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y., 3 Feb., 1740.

Mary Smith, the mother-in-law of Harrison Faulkner, was the daughter of Deacon Smith and Sally Wisner, of Goshen. Dea. Smith was the father of Dea. William Smith of Florida, Orange Co., N. Y. Margaret Faulkner, the mother of Harrison, was the daughter of Samuel Faulkner and Helen Murray, who were early inhabitants of Orange Co., N. Y., and pioneers in Wallkill Township. Samuel Faulkner was of French origin. His wife, Helen Murray, came from Scotland. Samuel Faulkner and his brother, Col. William Faulkner, were staunch Whigs in 1776.