Deacon James Horton1

M, b. 1695, d. 16 May 1762
FatherJonathan Horton I Captain b. 23 Feb 1646, d. 23 Feb 1707
MotherBethia Wells b. 1653, d. 14 Apr 1733
     James was born in 1695 in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. James married Anna Goldsmith on 3 December 1717 in the Town of Southold.2 James and Anna had children: Anna [7/01/1721-3/27/1722]. James departed this life on Sunday, 16 May 1762 in the Town of Southold at age 67 years. He was buried there in the First Presbyterian Church burying ground in the village of Southold. The inscription on his tombstone reads: In Memory of Deacon James Horton who died ye 16th A. D. 1762 in the 68 th year of his age - Intombed beneath this ponderous heaey Load - Lies the man who loved and feared the Lord - A Husband dear, a Friend ever kind; To Ministers a close and confident friend. - Sober, Blameless to Chairty inclined - Meriting well of All he left behind.3

Family

Anna Goldsmith b. 2 Jan 1701, d. 8 Mar 1783

Citations

  1. [S136] Adeline Horton White, Hortons In America, page 407 - James b. 1694, m. Anna Goldsmith.
  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 79.