Caleb Horton1,2,3,4,5
M, b. 1640, d. 3 October 1702
| Father | Barnabas Horton b. 13 Jun 1600, d. 13 Jul 1680 |
| Mother | Mary Langton b. b 14 Feb 1607, d. c 1686 |
Caleb was born in 1640. It is not known whether he was born in England or New England.6 Caleb married his wife in 1665 in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. Caleb has been noted as the first white child born at Southold. According to the New Haven Town Records [1:455-6, 494] an incident is recorded of Caleb's 19th year - on the 21 June 1660, at the General Court of New Haven - at a meeting of the court at the Gouernors the 5th of May last, Caleb Horton of Southold, complained of John Tod of spreading a slanderous report concerning him, in saying that he saw him in Mr. Field's yard with two or three maids and that he threw them down upon heaps and sat on them, and that he called upon him to help him, for he could not serve three at once which Caleb Horton denied to be so. To prove that John Tod so said he desired that some witnesses might be heard; and first Stephen Bradely testified that John Tod told him that passing by Mr. Field's yard he saw a young man & three maids together and the man called to him to help him ... On 12 May 1664, Caleb & his brother Benjamin were admitted freemen of the Connecticut Colony. He settled at Cutchoque with his new wife in 1665. He never received a homelot. On 3 February 1669, his father gave him 300 acres in Cutchaque and there he built his home. He accumulated many other pieces of land & was considered as the richest man on the eastern part of the island. 1698, Caleb waslisted on the Southold Town Census. Enumerated in this household were Caleb Horton, Jonathan, David, Barnabas, Phebe. Caleb married 2nd Hester Mapes in April 1699 in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. On 26 April 1699, Caleb makes provisions for his second
wife. Caleb made his will on 30 December 1699 at the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
In ye name of God Amen I Caleb Horton of Southold in ye County of Suffolk on Nassau Island in ye Province of N. York Yeoman being in good health of body & of sound & perfect memory praise be therefore given to Almighty God do make and ordain this my last will & testamt. in manner & form following--That is to say first & principally I commend my soul into ye hands of Almighty God hoping through ye merits death & passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full pardon of my sins & to inherit everlasting life & my body I commit to ye earth to be decently buried according to ye discretion of all such temporal estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give & dispose thereof as followeth--First my mind & will is yt all my just debts & funeral charges be duly & truly paid & discharged by my Executors--
Item--I do devise give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Hester forty shillings yearly & every year to be duly paid unto her by my Executors in goods provisions wheat & meal at price current as it passeth from man to man as long as she shall remain my widow & also my Executors are to cart all ye firewood she shall have occasion of for her use she to be only at ye charge of cutting ye same at some convenient place on ye lands yt was mine & also she have liberty to keep 20 dunghill fowls during her natural life or widowhood all which is over & above wt is expressed & agreed upon in writing under my hand & seal bearing date 26 day of April 1699- I do give devise & bequeath unto my son Jonathan Horton all my lands meadows houses barn orchards gardens & yards on ye neck it now standeth on ye Southside of ye highway [excepting fifty acres more or less which I purchased of Isaac Willman of Southampton & all my meadows I purchased of Jeremiah Veile as low as Spring] also I give my son Jonathan all my Creak thatch purchased of Mr Tuthill Senr & Mr Thomas Mapes & also sixty acres of land more or less adjoining to ye land of Thomas Tusten on ye West & West side of said great lot that remaineth mine two fifths to be enjoyed by my son Jonathan when he shall attain to ye age of twenty years old & to his heirs & assigns for ever to enjoy occupy & improve & possess all & every part & parcel of ye abovesd premises [except what is excepted] in his & their own proper right use & behoof provided he shall make no alienation of any part or parcel of sd land & meadow before he shall attain to ye age of twenty three years old & he my son Jonathan to duly fulfill & perform what agreemt I made with Hesster my wife before our marriage & also what is herein bequeathed unto her in this my last will & testamt. & for ye better enabling my son Jonathan to perform ye injunctions abovesd to my widow I do give & bequeath unto him two oxen & two cows & one mare & one iron hake he to have his choice out of ye three & half my husbandry implements of all sorts [excepting my log chain] also I give my son Jonathan my great table & ye form belonging & my great Bible & a book upon ye deceitfulness of mans heart by Jeremiah Dike & a commentary upon ye Revelations by David Pareus & one flock bed bolster & covering belonging & one great chair & half ye hogsheads barrels & corn casks & ye loom & what tackling belongeth to ye same --
Item my mind & will is yt if it so happen that my son Jonathan die without issue then my son David & his heirs & assigns to enjoy all ye premises he died possessed of--Item--It is my Will & mind yt to him if it happen yt I die before he come to ye age of twenty one years & make ye best improvemt that he can to defray ye injunctions laid on him but in case he shall neglect to improve ye same my Executors shall have power to let it out to ye best advantage for ye use abovesd until he shall comply provided they let it out but for one year at a time & what overplus may be shall be for Jonathan's use.
Item---I do give devise & bequeath unto my son David Horton fifty acres more or less which I purchased from Isaac Willman of Southampton & also ye meadow which I purchased from Jeremiah Vaileso low as ye Spring up to ye highway as it was excepted above in my son Jonathan's part also three fifths of my great lot being ye Eastward part of ye sd lot adjoining to ye land of John Reeves & bounded by ye Sound North on ye South by ye land of John Reeve & ye highway & ye land of my son Jonathan on ye West also forty acres more or less in ye Fort Neck & ye meadow I purchased from Joseph Youngs adjoining to ye sd. land & also ye meadow & Creek thatch purchased by me from my brother Joshua Horton lying in ye Fort Neck also a second lot of meadow I purchased from Coll. John Youngs deceased. Also a second lot of meadow I purchased from Mr Christopher Youngs deceased lying & being in ye great meadow of Cortchague all & Every part & parcel of ye abovesd premises I give to my son David Horton & his heirs & assigns for ever to occupy & possess & enjoy after he shall attain to ye age of 21 years neither shall he alienate any part thereof until he shall attain ye age of twenty three years but in case my son David happen to die without any lawful issue of his body begotten in wedlock or any of the lands alienated then all ye sd lands & meadows to return to my son Jonathan & his heirs and assigns forever--Also I give unto my son David one bible & a commentary on ye ten commandments & a book entitled ye Excellency of holy carriage in evil times by Mrs. Burroughs also a sermon book by Mr. Jeremy Turner also two oxen three cows one horse my log chain half my husbandry implements & my small eight square table one iron hake & half ye hogshead barrels corn casks--Item--I do give debise & bequeath unto my grandson ye eldest son of my son Barnabus Horton deceased all my right of upland in Occabaugue divisions & all my shares & allotmts of meadow on both sides Peaconnecke River all & every part thereof to be enjoyed & possessed by my grandson Caleb Horton & his heirs & assigns forever--I do give devise & bequeath unto my daughter Mary ye wife of Nathaniel Terry one first lot of Commonage & a lot of upland in ye last division of ye old town bounds to have & to hold forever to her & her heirs & assigns forever--Item--I do give devise & bequeath unto my youngest daughter Phebe Horton a box & what is in it which was her mother's desire before her decease--Also I give her a feather bed bolster curtains & valence & two pillows with covering & all furniture belonging & one iron pot which I shall appoint & one small iron pot about a quart & one brim pewter basin yt was her grandmothers & one iron hake one box iron & heaters & two cows--Item--My mind & will is that my grandson Barnabus Horton shall be put after my decease to William Whitier until he shall attain to ye age of one and twenty years old to learn ye art & trade of a weaver & to learn to read & write in consideration thereof my executors are to deliver to William Whitier a cow out of my estate when he shall receive ye boy he ye sd Whitier to return to ye boy at expiration of his time he is to live with him another cow as good but in case William Whittier do not see cause to accept ye boy then my Executors are to put him to some good place to be educated & brought up to ye childs benefit according to their best discretion--Item--It is my mind & will yt my son David after my decease shall be put to Mr. Joshua Wells to live with him until he attain to ye age of twenty one years old, Mr Wells to profit him in his reading and learning him to write & instruct him in carpenter work but if Mr. Wells refuse I leave my son to disposal of my executors according to their best discretion form my sons good--Item--My mind & will is that my daughter Phebe shall live with her sister Hester Mapes until she shall attain to age to make choice of her Guardians but if Jonathan Mapes see cause not to accept I leave it to ye executors to dispose of her to one of her sisters but let jonathan Mapes have ye first refusal & those of her sisters she shall live with may & shall have ye use of her two cows & the three cows bequeathed to David & ye use of all ye meadows given to David until she shall attain to ye age of fourteen years to choose her guardians they returning ye principal good again for ye use as they are bequeathed--Item--I do give devise and bequeath unto my two sons Jonathan & David my grandson Caleb Horton all my wearing clothes to be equally divided between them three--item--I do give & bequeath unto my son David Horton the feather bed I lye on after my wife Hester is remarried or deceased which shall first happen together with furniture shall there belong to it--Item--My will & mind is yt all my just debts shall be truly paid & also all necessary charges yt may arise about ye premises to be paid by my executors out of my movables estate yt is not yet already bequeathed or disposed of by any contract or this my last Will & testamt. saving grain 7 provisions necessary for my wife & those yt shall remain in ye family--Item--I do give devise & bequeath unto my five daughters & one grandchild [viz] Mary ye wife Nathaniel Terry Hannah ye wife of Ensign John Booth Hester ye wife of Jonathan Mapes Abigail ye wife of Benjamin Moore & Phebe my youngest daughter & Barnabas Horton my grandson all my moveable goods and chattels of what kid or nature soever within doors or without except what is given & bequeathed by contracts or aforesd in this my last Will and Testamt. & it is to be understood that my beloved wife is to have her choice first of ye household goods for her use during her natural life or widowhood according to our agreemt before marriage & afterward that part is also to be equally divided between my five daughters & grandchild aforesd & my mind is that my widow shall have ye use of ye warming pan during her widowhood & what estate or goods my wife Hester brought with her or have brought since or shall hereafter bring of her own estate or yt was hers together with all her wearing clothes of what sort soever she or any of her children shall have free liberty to take & dispose of ye same at their will & pleasure & to remove them at or before or after her decease without any molestation---
Item---It is my mind & will yt my Executors may be careful to preserve ye timber on David's and make use of none but may be of pure necessity until he come to enjoy it himself--Item--I do hereby make authorize & appoint my son Jonathan Horton and Nathl Terry & John Booth to be my whole & sole Executors of this my last Will & testamt. & do hereby revoke & call back all former wills & bequests & do by these presents appoint this only to stand in force for my last Will & Testamt. Witness my hand & seal this 30th day of Decr 1699.
Sign The usual C of Caleb Horton [Seal]
Signed sealed & declared by Caleb Horton to be his last Will & testamt. in presence of us Thomas Mapes, John Goldsmith, Stephen Bayley
By ye tenor of these presents Know ye that on ye 14th day of Oct 1702 at the Manor of St. Georges in County of Suffolk before Coll. William Smith Judge of the Prerogative Court in ye sd County was proved and approved the Last Will & Testamt. of Caleb Horton late of Southoldin ye sd County Husbandman deceased Oct ye 3rd 1702 who by his sd Will did nominate & appoint his son Jonathan Horton Nathaniel Terry & John Booth his Executors to whom was granted ye administration of all & singular ye goods chattels & credits of ye sd deceased--.
Caleb departed this life on Tuesday, 3 October 1702 in Cutchogue in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.7
wife. Caleb made his will on 30 December 1699 at the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
In ye name of God Amen I Caleb Horton of Southold in ye County of Suffolk on Nassau Island in ye Province of N. York Yeoman being in good health of body & of sound & perfect memory praise be therefore given to Almighty God do make and ordain this my last will & testamt. in manner & form following--That is to say first & principally I commend my soul into ye hands of Almighty God hoping through ye merits death & passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full pardon of my sins & to inherit everlasting life & my body I commit to ye earth to be decently buried according to ye discretion of all such temporal estate as it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow upon me I give & dispose thereof as followeth--First my mind & will is yt all my just debts & funeral charges be duly & truly paid & discharged by my Executors--
Item--I do devise give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Hester forty shillings yearly & every year to be duly paid unto her by my Executors in goods provisions wheat & meal at price current as it passeth from man to man as long as she shall remain my widow & also my Executors are to cart all ye firewood she shall have occasion of for her use she to be only at ye charge of cutting ye same at some convenient place on ye lands yt was mine & also she have liberty to keep 20 dunghill fowls during her natural life or widowhood all which is over & above wt is expressed & agreed upon in writing under my hand & seal bearing date 26 day of April 1699- I do give devise & bequeath unto my son Jonathan Horton all my lands meadows houses barn orchards gardens & yards on ye neck it now standeth on ye Southside of ye highway [excepting fifty acres more or less which I purchased of Isaac Willman of Southampton & all my meadows I purchased of Jeremiah Veile as low as Spring] also I give my son Jonathan all my Creak thatch purchased of Mr Tuthill Senr & Mr Thomas Mapes & also sixty acres of land more or less adjoining to ye land of Thomas Tusten on ye West & West side of said great lot that remaineth mine two fifths to be enjoyed by my son Jonathan when he shall attain to ye age of twenty years old & to his heirs & assigns for ever to enjoy occupy & improve & possess all & every part & parcel of ye abovesd premises [except what is excepted] in his & their own proper right use & behoof provided he shall make no alienation of any part or parcel of sd land & meadow before he shall attain to ye age of twenty three years old & he my son Jonathan to duly fulfill & perform what agreemt I made with Hesster my wife before our marriage & also what is herein bequeathed unto her in this my last will & testamt. & for ye better enabling my son Jonathan to perform ye injunctions abovesd to my widow I do give & bequeath unto him two oxen & two cows & one mare & one iron hake he to have his choice out of ye three & half my husbandry implements of all sorts [excepting my log chain] also I give my son Jonathan my great table & ye form belonging & my great Bible & a book upon ye deceitfulness of mans heart by Jeremiah Dike & a commentary upon ye Revelations by David Pareus & one flock bed bolster & covering belonging & one great chair & half ye hogsheads barrels & corn casks & ye loom & what tackling belongeth to ye same --
Item my mind & will is yt if it so happen that my son Jonathan die without issue then my son David & his heirs & assigns to enjoy all ye premises he died possessed of--Item--It is my Will & mind yt to him if it happen yt I die before he come to ye age of twenty one years & make ye best improvemt that he can to defray ye injunctions laid on him but in case he shall neglect to improve ye same my Executors shall have power to let it out to ye best advantage for ye use abovesd until he shall comply provided they let it out but for one year at a time & what overplus may be shall be for Jonathan's use.
Item---I do give devise & bequeath unto my son David Horton fifty acres more or less which I purchased from Isaac Willman of Southampton & also ye meadow which I purchased from Jeremiah Vaileso low as ye Spring up to ye highway as it was excepted above in my son Jonathan's part also three fifths of my great lot being ye Eastward part of ye sd lot adjoining to ye land of John Reeves & bounded by ye Sound North on ye South by ye land of John Reeve & ye highway & ye land of my son Jonathan on ye West also forty acres more or less in ye Fort Neck & ye meadow I purchased from Joseph Youngs adjoining to ye sd. land & also ye meadow & Creek thatch purchased by me from my brother Joshua Horton lying in ye Fort Neck also a second lot of meadow I purchased from Coll. John Youngs deceased. Also a second lot of meadow I purchased from Mr Christopher Youngs deceased lying & being in ye great meadow of Cortchague all & Every part & parcel of ye abovesd premises I give to my son David Horton & his heirs & assigns for ever to occupy & possess & enjoy after he shall attain to ye age of 21 years neither shall he alienate any part thereof until he shall attain ye age of twenty three years but in case my son David happen to die without any lawful issue of his body begotten in wedlock or any of the lands alienated then all ye sd lands & meadows to return to my son Jonathan & his heirs and assigns forever--Also I give unto my son David one bible & a commentary on ye ten commandments & a book entitled ye Excellency of holy carriage in evil times by Mrs. Burroughs also a sermon book by Mr. Jeremy Turner also two oxen three cows one horse my log chain half my husbandry implements & my small eight square table one iron hake & half ye hogshead barrels corn casks--Item--I do give debise & bequeath unto my grandson ye eldest son of my son Barnabus Horton deceased all my right of upland in Occabaugue divisions & all my shares & allotmts of meadow on both sides Peaconnecke River all & every part thereof to be enjoyed & possessed by my grandson Caleb Horton & his heirs & assigns forever--I do give devise & bequeath unto my daughter Mary ye wife of Nathaniel Terry one first lot of Commonage & a lot of upland in ye last division of ye old town bounds to have & to hold forever to her & her heirs & assigns forever--Item--I do give devise & bequeath unto my youngest daughter Phebe Horton a box & what is in it which was her mother's desire before her decease--Also I give her a feather bed bolster curtains & valence & two pillows with covering & all furniture belonging & one iron pot which I shall appoint & one small iron pot about a quart & one brim pewter basin yt was her grandmothers & one iron hake one box iron & heaters & two cows--Item--My mind & will is that my grandson Barnabus Horton shall be put after my decease to William Whitier until he shall attain to ye age of one and twenty years old to learn ye art & trade of a weaver & to learn to read & write in consideration thereof my executors are to deliver to William Whitier a cow out of my estate when he shall receive ye boy he ye sd Whitier to return to ye boy at expiration of his time he is to live with him another cow as good but in case William Whittier do not see cause to accept ye boy then my Executors are to put him to some good place to be educated & brought up to ye childs benefit according to their best discretion--Item--It is my mind & will yt my son David after my decease shall be put to Mr. Joshua Wells to live with him until he attain to ye age of twenty one years old, Mr Wells to profit him in his reading and learning him to write & instruct him in carpenter work but if Mr. Wells refuse I leave my son to disposal of my executors according to their best discretion form my sons good--Item--My mind & will is that my daughter Phebe shall live with her sister Hester Mapes until she shall attain to age to make choice of her Guardians but if Jonathan Mapes see cause not to accept I leave it to ye executors to dispose of her to one of her sisters but let jonathan Mapes have ye first refusal & those of her sisters she shall live with may & shall have ye use of her two cows & the three cows bequeathed to David & ye use of all ye meadows given to David until she shall attain to ye age of fourteen years to choose her guardians they returning ye principal good again for ye use as they are bequeathed--Item--I do give devise and bequeath unto my two sons Jonathan & David my grandson Caleb Horton all my wearing clothes to be equally divided between them three--item--I do give & bequeath unto my son David Horton the feather bed I lye on after my wife Hester is remarried or deceased which shall first happen together with furniture shall there belong to it--Item--My will & mind is yt all my just debts shall be truly paid & also all necessary charges yt may arise about ye premises to be paid by my executors out of my movables estate yt is not yet already bequeathed or disposed of by any contract or this my last Will & testamt. saving grain 7 provisions necessary for my wife & those yt shall remain in ye family--Item--I do give devise & bequeath unto my five daughters & one grandchild [viz] Mary ye wife Nathaniel Terry Hannah ye wife of Ensign John Booth Hester ye wife of Jonathan Mapes Abigail ye wife of Benjamin Moore & Phebe my youngest daughter & Barnabas Horton my grandson all my moveable goods and chattels of what kid or nature soever within doors or without except what is given & bequeathed by contracts or aforesd in this my last Will and Testamt. & it is to be understood that my beloved wife is to have her choice first of ye household goods for her use during her natural life or widowhood according to our agreemt before marriage & afterward that part is also to be equally divided between my five daughters & grandchild aforesd & my mind is that my widow shall have ye use of ye warming pan during her widowhood & what estate or goods my wife Hester brought with her or have brought since or shall hereafter bring of her own estate or yt was hers together with all her wearing clothes of what sort soever she or any of her children shall have free liberty to take & dispose of ye same at their will & pleasure & to remove them at or before or after her decease without any molestation---
Item---It is my mind & will yt my Executors may be careful to preserve ye timber on David's and make use of none but may be of pure necessity until he come to enjoy it himself--Item--I do hereby make authorize & appoint my son Jonathan Horton and Nathl Terry & John Booth to be my whole & sole Executors of this my last Will & testamt. & do hereby revoke & call back all former wills & bequests & do by these presents appoint this only to stand in force for my last Will & Testamt. Witness my hand & seal this 30th day of Decr 1699.
Sign The usual C of Caleb Horton [Seal]
Signed sealed & declared by Caleb Horton to be his last Will & testamt. in presence of us Thomas Mapes, John Goldsmith, Stephen Bayley
By ye tenor of these presents Know ye that on ye 14th day of Oct 1702 at the Manor of St. Georges in County of Suffolk before Coll. William Smith Judge of the Prerogative Court in ye sd County was proved and approved the Last Will & Testamt. of Caleb Horton late of Southoldin ye sd County Husbandman deceased Oct ye 3rd 1702 who by his sd Will did nominate & appoint his son Jonathan Horton Nathaniel Terry & John Booth his Executors to whom was granted ye administration of all & singular ye goods chattels & credits of ye sd deceased--.
Caleb departed this life on Tuesday, 3 October 1702 in Cutchogue in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.7
Family 1 | ___ (?) d. 9 Apr 1697 |
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Family 2 | Hester Mapes |
Citations
- [S136] Adeline Horton White, Hortons In America, page 1 - Caleb b. 1640 m. Abigail Hallock.
page 137 - first white child b. at Southold;. - [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., page 5 - Caleb Horton m. 23 December 1696 Abigail Hallock; page 6 - Caleb Horton's wife dead 7 April 1697.
- [S183] Hemry Bainbridge Hoff, Long Island Source Records From the New Yow York Biographical & Genealogical Record, page 185 - Salmon Records - Caleb Horton died aged 62 on 3 October 1702.
- [S187] Indexed by Rosanne Conway Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, Lists of Inhabitants of Colonial New York: Excerpted from the Documentary History of the State of New York, page 50 - Southold Town Census.
- [S342] Wayland Jefferson, Southold Town, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, page 32 - (Note-The Abigail Hallock, who m. Caleb Horton was prob. the sister of William-1 and not his daughter as stated in Horton Genealogy. There exists no trace in the records of the four daughters of William.
- [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., page 7 - Caleb Horton died 3 October 1702 aged 62 years [making his birth 1640 - klm].
- [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., page 7 - Caleb Horton died 3 October 1702 aged 62 years.