Generation Four

Caleb (1687-1772)

Caleb was a yeoman and substantial land holder at Cutchogue and Acquabogue, Long Island.  When he moved with his family to what is now Chester Township, Morris County, New Jersey he acquired “1783 acres of land in Roxbury township…”

CALEB4 HORTON  (BARNABAS3, CALEB2, BARNABAS1)1,2 was born December 22, 1687 in Southold, Suffolk County, NY3, and died August 06, 1772 in Roxbury (now Chester),  NJ.  He married PHEBE TERRY3 December 10, 1714 in Riverhead, Suffolk County, NY.  She was born June 05, 16904, and died December 24, 1776.  They are both buried in the Chester Congregational Church Yard in Morris County, NJ

Children of CALEB HORTON and PHEBE TERRY are: 

i. SARAH5 HORTON5, b. 1713; d. 1812; m. RICHARD SWAYZE5; b. 1717; d. Abt. 1786, Mississippi.
ii. CALEB HORTON6, b. 1715, Southold, Suffolk County, NY; m. SARAH BENJAMIN7, April 17378; b. 1717.
iii. HANNAH HORTON8, b. 1717; m. SAMUEL SWEASEY, JR.9, October 07, 1731, Aquebogaue, NY10; b. July 04, 1712; d. 1784.
iv. PHOEBE HORTON11, b. 1718; d. November 03, 1793, Mattituck, Suffolk County, NY; m. HENRY TUTHILL III11, March 16, 
     1737/38, Southold, Suffolk County, NY11; b. Bef. 1715; d. September 17, 1793.
v. NATHANIEL HORTON12, b. October 13, 1719; d. January 24, 1804; m. MEHETABEL WELLS12, August 15, 173912; d. 
    December 10, 1801.
vi. CAPTAIN NATHAN HORTON13, b. 1720, Southold, Suffolk County, NY; d. August 1807, Roxbury (now Chester), NJ; m. 
     MEHETABLE CASE14, 1749, Southold, Suffolk County, NY14.
vii. ELIJAH HORTON15, b. June 19, 1724, Southold, Suffolk County, NY; d. October 07, 1799; m. LYDIA SWEAZY16; b. 1731; d. 
      March 18, 1823.
viii. MARY HORTON17, b. July 13, 1726; m. RICHARD TERRY18, June 10, 174519; b. 1721; d. 179119.
ix. RICHARD HORTON20, b. Abt. 1727, Southold, Suffolk County, NY; d. Aft. 1773; m. ELIZABETH HARRISON21, Abt. 175022.
x. RHODA HORTON23, b. Abt. 1728; d. June 30, 177123; m. ROBERT ROBINSON24, 1771, Roxbury (now Chester), NJ.
xi. RACHEL HORTON25, b. Abt. 1732; m. JONATHAN RACKET26, August 23, 175327.

Endnotes

1.   The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Morris County Gravestones, Chester Congregational  Church Yard, p. 39, Horton, Caleb, b. "at Southold, Long Island, Dec. 22, 1687,
        and in the year 1748  moved from thince to Roxbury and died there Aug 6, 1772, aged "585' years" (the stonecutter made  several mistakes, the year 1687 was cut over 1767and '585
        years" should be 85): wife Phebe, d.  December 24, 1767, aged 78 years, and who lived "58 years as wife of Caleb Horton".
2.   History of Suffolk County, New York, With Illustrations, Portraits & Sketches of Prominent Families  and Individuals; 1882, pg. 28.
3.   McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg. 189.
4.   McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg. 195.
5.   McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg. 197.
6.   McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg. 195.
7.   Ancestors and Descendants of Barnabas Pickle, complied by Kenn Stryker-Rodda, December 1956, p.  Horton (6).
8.   McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg. 195.
9.   Ancestors and Descendants of Barnabas Pickle, complied by Kenn Stryker-Rodda, December 1956, p.  Horton (6).
10.  McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg. 195.
11.  McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg. 196.
12.  McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg. 195.
13.  McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg. 199.
14.  McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg. 195.
15.  McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg 196.
16.  McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg. 196.
17.  McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg. 197.
18.  Ancestors and Descendants of Barnabas Pickle, complied by Kenn Stryker-Rodda, December 1956,  pg.  Horton (6).
19.  McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg. 197.
20.  McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg. 196.
21.  Ancestors and Descendants of Barnabas Pickle, complied by Kenn Stryker-Rodda, December 1956,  pg.  Horton (6).
22.  McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg. 196.
23.  McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg. 197.
24.  Ancestors and Descendants of Barnabas Pickle, complied by Kenn Stryker-Rodda, December 1956,  pg.  Horton (6).
25.  McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg. 197.
26.  Ancestors and Descendants of Barnabas Pickle, complied by Kenn Stryker-Rodda, December 1956,  pg.  Horton (6).
27.  McLaurin Jr., Banks, Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, Vol. 1, revised 1995, pg. 197.
 
 

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