Anna Goldsmith1

F, b. 2 January 1701, d. 8 March 1783
     Anna was born on Sunday, 2 January 1701 in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. Anna married Deacon James Horton, son of Jonathan Horton I Captain and Bethia Wells, on 3 December 1717 in the Town of Southold.2 Anna departed this life on Saturday, 8 March 1783 in the Town of Southold at age 82 years, 2 months and 6 days. She was buried there in the First Presbyterian Church burying ground in the village of Southold. The inscription on her tombstone reads: In Memory of Mrs Anna Horon widow of Deacon James Horton who departed this Life March 8th A. D. 1783 Aged 82 years 2 months 6 days.3

Family

Deacon James Horton b. 1695, d. 16 May 1762

Citations

  1. [S136] Adeline Horton White, Hortons In America, p. 407.
  2. [S181] William Salmon, The Salmon Records, a Private Registar of Marriages & Deaths of the Residents of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y., and of persons more or less closely associated with that place, 1696-1811., p. 121.
  3. [S2256] Edward Doubleday Harris, Ancient Burial-Grounds of Long Island, N. Y, page 80.