Part 4

2. Edward Baker, born 21 October, 1840; married Ellen Delma.

3. George Bertrand, born 27 April, 1844; married Henrietta Meeks.

By second wife:

4. Sarah Estella, born 12 December, 1861.

5. Harry, born 6 March, 1866.

6. Jason, born 2 May, 1867.

7. Frank A., born 16 January, 1870.

GEORGE PHILIP, son of Joseph Horton, (_Stephen, Daniel, David, Joseph I._), born in Claverack, N. Y., in 1798; married MAGDALENA MILLER, daughter of Cornelius Miller, and born in Claverack, N. Y., in 1800.

Children:

1. Rev. F. A., born in Philmont, N. Y., 15 September, 1841.

2. Cornelius Miller, born in Philmont, N. Y., 26 November, 1844.

"The original ancestor on the father's side was Michael, and on the mother's side it was Cornelius Stephanse Muldor, friend and companion of the old Patroon, the Hon. Stephen Van Rensalaer, and originally from Rykerk, Holland."--_Letter of Rev. F. A. Horton, of Catskill, now (1874), of Cleveland._

VI. THOMAS, son of Thomas Horton and Mary Wright (_Thomas, Thomas, David, Joseph I._), born in Hector, Schuyler Co., N. Y., 26 June, 1800; married, 27 February, 1823, to RACHEL LEE daughter of David Lee, of Duchess Co., N. Y.

Children, probably, all born in Pultney, Steuben Co., N. Y.:

1. David Lee, born 1824; married Susan Swarthout.

2. William Edward, born 14 March, 1826; married Nancy Bancroft.

3. Mary, born 26 July, 1828; married 5 June 1849, to Rev. J. C. Mallory.

4. Martha Cordelia, born 4 Oct., 1830; married 11 Oct., 1852, Rev. A. B. Chase.

5. Ann Eliza, born 15 March, 1833; married 4 July, 1852, Minor Swarthout.

6. Daniel Taylor, born 16 Nov., 1835; married, 1. Mary Ann Swarthout, 2. Mary Jane Knapp.

7. Sarah Maria, born 10 October, 1838; died 28 June, 1855.

8. Joseph Robert, born 25 April, 1841; married, 25 Feb., 1868, to Abbey Gaspar

9. Theodore Marcena, born 11 August, 1845; married Mary E. Jordan.

I. ELIAS QUEREAU, son of Wright Horton and Anna Quereau (_Stephen_, _Daniel_, _David_, _Joseph I._), born at Yorktown, 22 December, 1800; was married in Bedford, N. Y., 25 January, 1826, by Ezra Fountain, to MARY LYONS, daughter of Ezra Lyons, and born in Bedford, about 1802. He died 23 September, 1831, at Yorktown; was buried at Amawalk.

Children born at Yorktown:

1. Martha Ann, born 26 December, 1829.

2. Elizabeth M., born 27 May, 1831.

GEORGE WASHINGTON, son of Wright Horton and Anna Quereau, born at Yorktown, West Chester Co., N. Y., 10 September, 1804; married, 1. at Bedford, N. Y., by Daton Webus, Esq., 3 November, 1824, to CHARLOTTE GRIFFIN, daughter of Jacob and Rosanna Griffin; she died at Richfield Springs, 5 June, 1843; married, 2. to JULIA A. CANEY, 10 March, 1844, daughter of Edward and Mary Caney.

Children:

1. Charles W., born 2 November, 1825; died 13 December, 1826.

By second wife:

2. Anna, born 6 April, 1845; married Menzo Clapsadale.

3. Jane Elizabeth, born 25 November, 1848; died 20 February, 1864.

4. Mary Louisa, born 19 November, 1850; died 28 January, 1867.

5. William Van Hocson, born 22 June, 1864; died 28 March, 1870.

George W. Horton is now living at Richfield Springs, Otsego Co., N. Y. He is a liberal, kind-hearted man, much esteemed in the community.

IV. HON. FROST, son of Wright Horton and Ann Quereau, born in Yorktown, N. Y., 15 September, 1806; married at Yorktown, 17 October, 1827, by Thomas Tompkins, Esq., to PHEBE TOMPKINS, daughter of William Tompkins and Lydia Lane, and born at Yorktown, 25 November, 1803. William Tompkins was a cousin of Ex-Governor Daniel D. Tompkins, of New York.

Children, all born at Peekskill:

1. William James, born 10 December, 1828; married Leah B. Carpenter.

2. Sarah Jane, born 10 June, 1832; died 10 March, 1835.

3. Cornelia, born 17 February, 1837; died 18 February, 1852.

4. Stephen D., born 17 February, 1837; married Emily Horton.

Hon. Frost Horton is a retired manufacturer, and resides at Peekskill. He has always been a prominent man in the community, enjoying in a high degree the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens. He possesses fine social qualities, and, since retiring from business, he occasionally amuses himself in hunting and fishing. His integrity, industry and great business capacities, during the active part of his life, rendered him a most valuable acquisition to the community in which he carried on his business, and the articles he manufactured were of sterling value to the farming interests of the country.

Mr. Horton, on sending me his photograph for an engraving, accompanied it with the following very modest and unassuming sketch of his life:

"I was born in Yorktown, Westchester County, New York, 15 September, 1806. My parents were farmers, in moderate circumstances. I remained with them until I was seventeen, working on the farm in the summer, and going to school in the winter, thus acquiring merely a common-school education. When I was seventeen years old, at the suggestion of my parents, I decided to learn the blacksmith trade, and commenced the business at once, and served an apprenticeship for several years. On the 17th of October, 1827, I married Phebe Tompkins, and on the 9th of March, 1820, we moved to Peekskill village, where we have resided ever since. I bought some property, and set up the blacksmithing business. I succeeded well in the business. In the spring of 1835 I entered into a co-partnership business with Mr. Truman Minor, under the firm name of 'Minor & Horton,' and went into the foundry business, manufacturing agricultural implements, principally ploughs and plough-castings. Our business increased rapidly, and paid us well. We continued partners for twenty years. In 1855 Mr. Minor retired from business, and I took in Mr. Geo. W. Depeu as a partner, and about two years afterwards, we admitted each of us a son, and the firm then became, 'Horton, Depeu & Sons.' Our manufactured articles were sold in nearly every State in the Union, and also in many foreign countries.

"In 1862 we all sold out to a stock company, formed for that purpose. Having been in active business for thirty years, I now retired. In the spring of 1855 I was elected Supervisor of the town of Cortlandt, and I represented that town in the Board of Supervisors for five years in succession.

"In the winter of 1858, I was a member of the Legislature from this Assembly District. For many years I held the various offices of our village, but of late have declined official stations, preferring the enjoyments of private life."

Mr. Horton is not a public professor of Christianity, but is a gentleman of correct moral deportment, and very temperate in his habits. Mrs. Horton is an amiable lady, and a valued member of the Presbyterian Church.

V. STEPHEN D., son of Wright Horton and Ann Quereau, born at Yorktown, 3 October, 1808; moved to Peekskill in 1832; married in Peekskill, 13 January, 1841, by Rev. Mr. Westbrook, to DELIA CLAPP, daughter of Philip Clapp and ---- Ferris. They had one child, Emma, born at Peekskill in 1842, died in 1856. He was a lawyer, very industrious and ambitious, and died 5 March, 1842, probably from applying himself too closely to his profession and overtasking his mental powers.

VI. WILLIAM CLEMENTS, son of Wright Horton and Ann Quereau, born at Yorktown, 9 January, 1811; married 29 August, 1832, at Yorktown, by Thomas Tompkins, Esq., to PHEBE MCKEEL, daughter of Moses McKeel. She died at Yorktown, in 1845, leaving one child, which died young. He died 26 January, 1846. All buried in Yorktown Cemetery.

II. WRIGHT, son of Maj. Micajah Horton and Hannah Williams (_Hon. William_, _Daniel_, _David_, _Joseph I._), born at Colchester, N. Y., 24 April, 1803; married--resides in Howard County, Kansas.

III. ISAAC WILLIAMS, son of Maj. Micajah Horton and Hannah Williams, born in Colchester, N. Y., 10 October, 1805; married 10 October, 1832, in Colchester, to ADAH WASHBURN.

Children, all born in Colchester:

1. Mary Antoinette, born 7 January, 1834; married John R. Miller.

2. Elbridge Micajah, born 20 March, 1836; married Jane Pixley.

3. Ansell Phinney, born 27 December, 1837; married Mary T. Root.

4. Helen Delia, born 30 September, 1842; unmarried.

5. James Perry, born 28 February, 1845; married Lydia Dallsom.

6. Harriet Huntly, born 9 April, 1847; unmarried.

Isaac W. Horton moved from Colchester 2 June, 1847, to Vevay, Ingham County, Michigan; settled and remained there until September, 1853, when he removed to Mason, in the same county, and kept the "Mason Hotel" until about 1861; he still resides in Mason.

X. GEORGE WASHINGTON PAGE, son of John Horton and Sarah Hagar (_Hon. William_, _Daniel_, _David_, _Joseph I._), born in Colchester, New York, 6 February, 1816; married in Dryden, Tompkins County, New York, 16 September, 1852, by the Rev. S. Minier, to JULIA E. CARPENTER, daughter of John Y. Carpenter and Sarah Jane Delany, and born in 1818.

Children, both born in Colchester:

1. Edward Delany, born 15 August, 1854.

2. Eva Jane, born 6 September, 1857.

I. JOHN WHITE, son of James Horton and Martha White (_Hon. William_, _Daniel_, _David_, _Joseph I._), born at Colchester, New York, 12 October, 1802; married at Brownville, Jefferson County, New York, 17 September, 1826, by the Rev. Lyman Ackerman, to Candis Louisa Fox, daughter of Gabriel Ely Fox and Betsey, and born in Chestertown, Warren County, New York, 12 October, 1805. She died at Adams Centre, Jefferson County, New York, 13 December, 1872. He is a Deacon in the Baptist Church, embraced religion in early life, has always been a prominent man, and commanded the respect and esteem of all who knew him. He went to Jefferson County, New York, in his infancy, and in 1826 he purchased land at Adams Centre, and became a well-to-do farmer, exerting a salutary influence in the community, being active in the moral and religious enterprises of the day; he resided there until after the death of his wife, when he went to Troy, New York, where he now (1874) resides.

Children, all born at Adams Centre:

1. Louisa Maria, born 9 August, 1827; married Moses Pierson.

2. Lucinda Elizabeth, born 17 October, 1829; married James Taylor Main.

3. Lavanda Candis, born 15 November, 1832; married William D. Armo.

4. Licetta Augusta, born November, 1842; married Willard Reese Hammond.

The following auto-biographical sketch of Dea. John W. Horton, contained in one of his letters, is interesting and well worth preserving:

"I was born in the town of Colchester, Delaware County, New York, on the 12th of October, 1802. When a little over three years old, my father moved to Lyme, Jefferson County, New York, which was then known as the Black River Country, and settled on the shore of Chaumont Bay, at the east end of Lake Ontario. It was here I spent my childhood and my boyhood days, learning, as I grew up, how to endure the privations of a pioneer life in a northern wilderness. At the age of nine years I began to know what manual labor meant, working on the farm in the summer, and going to school in the winter. In those days our school-houses were frequently some old log house, which some settler had built and then vacated, and perhaps left the country, or moved into better quarters. Such school-houses were splendid for hot weather, being so well ventilated; but in the winter they required piles of wood and great physical endurance to keep warm. My facilities for acquiring an education were exceedingly limited. Being the eldest of eight children, perhaps I had to take a little more of the rough end of life than some of the others.

"At the commencement of my seventeenth year, my father commenced preparing for building a new house, and I then gave up going to school, and worked through the winter at quarrying stone and getting lumber for the new house. The house was commenced in the spring and completed before fall, myself and younger brother carrying the stone and mixing the mortar.

"I remained with my father until I was twenty-four years old. I then went for myself. I purchased land, and settled permanently at Adams Centre, after my marriage. In December, 1829, myself and wife connected ourselves with the Baptist Church, at the State Road, Jefferson County, New York.

"We were blessed with four daughters--all grew up to womanhood, married, made a public profession of religion, and became members of the Baptist Church. We occupied our old home until the 13th of December, 1872, when death removed my dear wife from this world of care, pain and suffering to the mansions of everlasting rest, as I humbly trust.

"The next April I sold my farm, and I am now spending the few remaining days of my life with my three surviving daughters, by whose affectionate care and tenderness I am made quite contented and happy."

II. GEORGE, son of James Horton and Martha White, born at Colchester, N. Y., 31 March, 1804; married, 29 January, 1829, to SABRA MILLS, born at Deering, N. H., 29 May, 1804. They reside at Point Salubrious, Jefferson Co., N. Y., and they are worthy members of the Baptist Church.

Children:

1. George Dinsmore, born at Chaumont, N. Y., 3 November, 1829.

2. Ann Elizabeth, born at Adams Centre, N. Y., 30 December, 1831.

3. James White, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 6 March, 1834.

4. Robert Mills, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 3 July, 1836.

5. Francis Newell, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 29 June, 1838.

6. Andrew Marcus, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 31 December, 1840.

7. Martha Maria, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 10 April, 1842.

8. John Williams, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 12 September, 1845.

9. Emily Agnes, born at Brownsville, N. Y., 12 March, 1847.

III. ANN CAROLINE, daughter of James Horton and Martha White, born at Chaumont, N. Y., 13 June, 1806; married, at Point Salubrious, 30 January, 1833, by the Rev. Asher Stanton, to BENJAMIN RYDER; 2. a farmer, and born at Dumerstown, Vt., 31 December, 1806; he died at his residence in Brownsville, N. Y., 12 November, 1871.

Children all born at Brownsville, except Watkins L., born at Chaumont:

1. Watkins L., born 6 March, 1834; married Mary E. Spaulding, resides at Montella, Ill. He was a faithful soldier in the Union army, served during the war, and was honorably discharged. He is a lawyer.

2. Cornelia W., born 7 January, 1836; married Charles J. Gillingham, lives at Watertown, N. Y.

3. William Wallace, born 22 August, 1838; married Frances M. Easterbrooks.

4. Walter Van Rantz, born 9 January, 1841; died in the service of his country, November, 1864.

"He was a good soldier; his kind and obliging disposition, and his soldierly bearing won for him the respect and good-will of all who knew him. His love for his country overrode all personal considerations, and he was often heard to say, that the life of a civilian had no attractions for him while armed traitors refused to acknowledge the laws and its institutions typified by the Stars and Stripes. He loved his friends and home, but he loved his country more, and he was willing to bid adieu to father and mother, brothers and sisters, and go into the foremost rank of those who were battling for the right, and he battled nobly, and fell at last a martyr for his country's freedom. He died in Millon Prison, Ga., aged 23 years and 10 months."--_Extract of Letter of Andrew Horton._

5. Willie Gaylord, born 15 May, 1843; died 30 January, 1849.

6. Mary L., born 26 ---- 1847.

7. Willis Bruce, born 19 September, 1850.

IV. VALIANT MCREA, son of James Horton and Martha White, born at Lyme, N. Y., 14 May, 1808; married at Adams, N. Y., 30 August, 1837, Delia M. Cook. They moved to Ridgefield, O., in 1837, where they both died, he 14 August, 1857; she 7 August, 1863.

Children all born at Grafton, O., except

1. Charles, born at Ridgefield, O., 18 June, 1838; died 20 May, 1840.

2. William Benton, born 13 ---- 1840; married Lavina Edgar, 9 September, 1862. He enlisted, 22 January, 1863, in the 8 Regiment N. Y. Sharpshooters, was taken prisoner at the Weldon Railroad, 19 August, 1864, was confined in Salisbury Prison, N. C., and died for his country, 2 January, 1865.

3. Cornelius C., born 8 January, 1843; died 1 August, 1865.

4. Edward W., born 30 December, 1844; enlisted in the 3d Regiment Ohio Cavalry, 28 March, 1864, was mustered out at Edgefield, Tenn., 4 August, 1865.

5. Eugene W., born 29 May, 1847; died 30 July, 1848.

6. Martha Louisa, born 15 January, 1852; a modest, unassuming, pious young lady, living with her cousin, Mrs. Hammond, in Troy.

V. JAMES INGERSOL, son of James Horton and Martha White, born on Point Salubrious, N. Y., 19 March, 1810; married 1st of January, 1839, to LUCY B. HUBBARD.

Children:

1. Ella Isadore, born in Lyme, N. Y., 6 July, 1844.

2. Theron Kimble, born in Lyme, N. Y., 2 November, 1847.

VI. CORNELIUS W. VAN RANTZ, son of James Horton and Martha White, born in Lyme, N. Y., 31 January, 1812; married 13 September, 1843, to EMELINE E. DICKERSON.

Children all born in Lyme, except Judson A., who was born in Somerville, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.

1. Emma A., born 23 June, 1845.

2. Georgia Ann, born 25 Sept., 1846; resides in Troy, is employed in preparing for the press, the Transactions of the Homœopathic Society of the State of New York. In 1865, she was a clerk in one of the Census Bureaus at Albany, occupying the same place her father had held in 1855. She is educated, intelligent, and pious, and possesses fine social qualities.

3. Annie, born 17 April, 1848; married, 1 June, 1866, to Alfred E. Field, a clerk in the New York Post-Office, have one child, Harriet Van Rantz Field, born at Glen Cove, L. I., 17 October, 1867.

4. Judson A., born 13 March, 1850.

5. Willet S., born 11 June, 1853.

6. Eva A., born 25 May, 1855.

7. Theodore, born 20 November, 1860; died 24 March, 1861.

C. Van Rantz Horton died at Lyme, 3 September, 1862. He was mostly self-educated, possessed a good literary taste, was a good writer, and left an interesting diary.

VII. WILLIAM HENRY, son of James Horton and Martha White, born on Point Salubrious, N. Y., 24 January, 1814; married 20 November, 1851, to HARRIET WRIGHT, born 16 August, 1824.

Children all born on Point Salubrious:

1. William Wirt, born 26 October, 1852.

2. Lucy Lavina, born 3 December, 1853.

3. Darwin D., born 22 August, 1855; died 8 September, 1865.

4. Beulah A. G., born 2 November, 1856; died 4 February, 1858.

5. Jessie M., born 2 March, 1859; died 11 August, 1865.

6. Winfield Scott, born 15 September, 1861; died 21 January, 1862.

7. Abraham Lincoln, born 9 September, 1863; died 31 August, 1865.

William Henry occupies the old homestead of his father on Point Salubrious, Jefferson Co., N. Y.

VII. SARAH MARIA, daughter of James Horton and Martha White, born on Point Salubrious, N. Y., 10 August, 1817; she is an interesting and intelligent lady, engaged heartily in the work of the Horton Genealogy, and has done more than any other one in looking up the descendants of the first Joseph. She resides at Chaumont, and is a worthy member of the Baptist Church, is much esteemed and highly respected in the community. Her health is somewhat impaired, nevertheless she is active in every benevolent work, and she has been unwearied in her efforts to ferret out the genealogical data of her branch of the family. She possesses genuine piety, a mild and affable disposition, and never forgets her friends, and even if she has enemies she remembers them only to do good to them, by teaching them by her words and deeds to have a better mind.

I. HOMER, son of Isaac Horton and Prudence Knapp (_Hon. William_, _Stephen_, _Daniel_, _David_, _Joseph I._), born at Colchester, N. Y., 29 June, 1809; married, at Liberty Corners, N. Y., to JANE DAVIDGE.

Children all born in Sullivan Co., N. Y.:

1. Walter married, lives at Sheffield, Pa., has one child.

2. Lucien, born 14 December, 1836; married Hattie Burr.

3. Elizabeth married ---- McNair, has three children.

4. Rachel married ---- McNair, has two children.

5. James, born 1 August, 1849; married Willimina Garrit.

6. Isaac.

7. Sarah.

III. JAMES, son of Isaac Horton and Prudence Knapp, born at Colchester, 5 June, 1813; married, 1. ELIZABETH KREMER, 2. ELIZA ANN CLEMENTS.

Children, by first wife:

1. Archer.

2. Mary married Mansfield.

Names of children by second wife, not given.

IV. CHARLES, son of Isaac Horton and Prudence Knapp, born at Colchester, 25 February, 1815; married BETSY GRANT.

Children, all born at Liberty Falls, New York:

1. Lucinda, born 14 Dec., 1843; married 16 Jan., 1867, to S. H. Yocum.

2. Gurdon B., born 8 July, 1845; married ----; dealer in hides, New York.

3. Melvin, born 25 May, 1847; unmarried.

4. Francis E., born 29 Nov., 1848.

5. Louisa, born 25 Jan., 1851.

6. Florence, born 19 Sept., 1854.

Charles Horton is a merchant and leather manufacturer, in Middletown, New York, and also interested in large tanneries, in western Pennsylvania. He is wealthy, is doing a large business, and has a beautiful lot and dwelling house in Middletown, New York.

V. ESTHER, daughter of Isaac Horton and Prudence Knapp, born at Colchester, 11 August, 1817; married NATHANIEL GILDERSLEEVE.

Children:

1. William.

2. Isaac.

3. Henry.

4. Annis.

5. Lizzie.

6. Elsie.

VI. CLARISSA, daughter of Isaac Horton and Prudence Knapp, born 11 May, 1819; married JOHN C. SMITH.

Children:

1. Perry.

2. Charles.

3. Flavius.

VII. OVID, son of Isaac Horton and Prudence Knapp, born at Colchester, New York, 7 May, 1821; married in Bethel, New York, 3 June, 1847, by Rev. William Reeves, to CATHERINE GRAHAM HOLIDAY, daughter of Rev. Thomas Holiday and Elizabeth McCoy, and born at New Scotland, Albany County, New York, 28 February, 1825.

Children, all born at Liberty Falls, New York:

1. George, born 27 March, 1848; he is superintendent of the Sheffield Tannery, Warren County, Pa.

2. Byron, born 24 Dec., 1851; he graduated at Union College, New York, in the class of 1872; he is now and has been for two years past, a teacher in an Academy, near New York City; he possesses a good moral character, is "apt to teach," and is much esteemed and respected.

3. Celia, born Jan., 1855.

4. Catherine, born 24 April, 1857.

5. James Holiday, born 11 Dec., 1859.

Ovid Horton is a merchant, and is the proprietor of the Liberty Falls Mills, and manufactures flour and lumber. He enjoys the confidence, respect and esteem of the community. He has taken a lively interest in the history of the Horton family, and has cheerfully answered the circulars and letters sent him.

The Rev. Thomas Holiday was a Presbyterian minister, and labored faithfully in the ministry in New Scotland, N. Y., for more than thirty years.

IX. WEBB, son of Isaac Horton and Prudence Knapp, born at Colchester, N. Y., 24 February, 1826; married at Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y., 28 August, 1855, by Rev. E. F. Fowler, of Monticello, N. Y., to ELIZABETH ANN RADAKER, daughter of Henry Radaker and Rachel Taylor, and born in Montgomery, N. Y., in 1833.

Children, all born in Damascus, Wayne Co., Pa.:

1. Eugene, born 22 May, 1856.

2. Junius Ray, born 2 March, 1860.

3. Carrie Josephine, born 18 Sept., 1861.

Webb Horton is largely engaged in the manufacture of leather and lumber, and also in general mercantile business at Sheffield, Warren Co., Pa. In a letter of 9th February, 1874, he says: