Jonathan Bani, son of [Barnabas Horton and Mary Tuthill] (Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb I.), born at Southold, 14 March, 1794; married 1. 20 May, 1815, by Rev. L. Thompson, to Deborah Osborn. She died in 1833, leaving children, as follows, all born in Southold:
1. Emily, born 11 March, 1816; married Gilbert Miller; she died in 1857. 2. Edwin, born 1 Sept., 1817; died 6 July, 1818. 3. Joseph Osborn, born 24 Aug., 1819; died in New York, in 1858. 4. [Edmund Bani], born 5 October, 1821. 5. Jerusha Conklin, born 14 June, 1824; married Orrin Case; died in 1874. 6. Deborah, born 7 Sept., 1828; married Charles Van Devort. 7. Catherine Conover, born 25 Dec., 1830; married Jonas Gulick.
Jonathan Bani married 2. in 1838, Jerusha Edwards, she died, and he married 3. Jerusha Peorney, she died, and he married 4. Hannah Blonvette, she died in 1870; he died in New York, 19 Feb., 1871, and was buried at Cutchogue, L. I. Mr. Horton was emphatically a servant of God. We here re-produce a portion of his obituary, which appeared in the Presbyterian, of Philadelphia, shortly after his decease:
"Mr. Horton has been for forty years the indefatigable and successful Tract Missionary of the Seventh Ward, New York City. When he first assumed the important task of laboring for the spiritual interests of this portion of the city, it was known as one of the most wicked and wretched wards. The 'Sailor Boarding-houses' of olden times, with their numerous 'land-sharks,' and temptations to sinful indulgence, swarmed here.... In process of time, the greater part of this territory was occupied by dwellings of opulent merchants. Then after another period of years, a new generation found the older inhabitants of the Seventh Ward crowded out, and their former homes became filled with a population of the dregs of old country emigrants, or gave place to shops and manufactories. Mr. Horton adapted himself and modified his work to meet these successive changes, and calling to his help a faithful band of distributors, teachers and visitors, made a Christian influence to be felt, increasing its power by every available means. A great multitude of conversions from year to year were the result of his faithful labors. Admonished by the approach of old age, he resigned his position as missionary, made all arrangements as to his worldly affairs, wrote farewell letters, and quietly looked forward to the close of his earthly career."
[Seventh Generation.—Caleb I.]
I. Huldah, daughter of Dea. [Nathaniel Horton and Rebecca Robinson] (Nathaniel, Caleb, Barnabas, Caleb I.), born in Chester, N. J., 14 Jan., 1762; married in 1781, to Joel Coe, of Middletown, Conn. Moved to Scipio, Cayuga Co., N. Y., where they settled. He died 23 Sept., 1846, aged 88 years, 4 months. She died 13 Dec., 1803. After her death he married Widow Hepzibah Smith.
Children, probably, all born in Scipio:
1. [Mary C., born 8 Sept., 1782; married David Bennet; had Joel Coe, Mary Jane, Charles David, Emily, Nathaniel Curtis, and Rachel.] 2. Joseph, born 12 Nov., 1784; married 1st 12 Jan., 1816, Pallas Wales, she died 4 Feb., 1822; he married 2d Sophia Harwood; he died in Ohio, 17 Oct., 1854. 3. Rachel, born 9 July, 1786; married 22 April, 1813, Benjamin Olney; he died 1st Sunday in April, 1850; she died 1st Sunday in April, 1874. 4. [Nathaniel], born 6 Sept., 1788; married Mary Taylor White; he died in Oregon, 10 Oct., 1868. 5. Joel, born 8 March, 1791; died 21 May, 1791. 6. Huldah Horton, born 5 July, 1793; married Walter Bennet, of Portage, N. Y. 7. Joel, born 7 June, 1795; married Sophronia Roberts; he died in Louisiana, in June, 1834. 8. Curtis, born 25 August, 1797; married Hannah Clark; died 10 April, 1871, at Spring Post, N. Y. 9. Alma, born 25 Sept., 1802; married William Harwood; had Joel, William, and Alma; she died in Michigan, Jan., 1836.
A genealogy of the Coe family was published about twenty years ago. Many eminent men belong to that family.