Micah Horton1,2

M, b. 1726, d. 4 January 1797
FatherWilliam Horton b. 1677, d. 27 Sep 1728
MotherMary (?) b. c 1682, d. 11 Jan 1753
     Micah was born in 1726 in Sterling, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.3 Micah married Bethia Tuthill, daughter of Henry Tuthill II and Phebe Youngs, on 25 January 1749 in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.4 Micah's wife, Bethia, died in Minisink Town, Orange County, New York, leaving him a widower. Micah married 2nd Mehitable Cleveland circa 1766 in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. Micah was listed on the Oath of Allegiance of 1778 in Southold as 52 years and a cordwainer. In the Village of Southold Census 1778, Micah Horton had 8 in his family. The 1790 U.S. Federal Census enumerates at Minisink Town, Orange County, New York, the family of Micha Horton - 1 male over 16; 2 male under 16; 1 female.5 Micah departed this life on Wednesday, 4 January 1797 in Sterling at age 71 years.

Family 1

Bethia Tuthill b. c 1730
Children

Family 2

Mehitable Cleveland
Children

Citations

  1. [S188] New York, 1778 Oath of Allegiance and Peaceable Behavior.
  2. [S136] Adeline Horton White, Hortons In America, page 428 - Micah, s/o Moses Horton & Mary Sweezy [Deacon William, William, Jonathan, Barnabas], b. 1830 Southold, L.I., m. 1752 Bethia Tuthill, children: Henry [b. ca. 1753 m. Margaret Cole], Tuthill [b. ca. 1755 m. Olive Beebe], William [b. ca. 1757 m. Hanna Crossman & 2nd Elizabeth Masters], Bethia [b. ca. 1760 m. John Brundige], Benjamin [b. ca. 1762 m. Anna, d/o Calvin Horton], by 2nd wife: Hannah [b. 1765], James [b. 1767]. They lived in Minisink, Orange County, New York.
  3. [S2] Major General, U.S. Army [retires] Karl Truesdell, Truesdell Genealogy [Trousdell, Truesdell, Truesdale, Truesdel, Trusdell] - Dealing principally with the Descendants of Samuel Truesdell of Newton, Massachusetts, New York Birth.
  4. [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. 137.
  5. [S668] 1790 United States Federal Census: Minisink Township, Orange County, New York - sheet 364, - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.