Children, all born in Randolph, Morris Co., N. J.:
1. James, born 24 Dec., 1798; married Jane Putnam. 2. [John], born 29 Oct., 1801; married Paulina Carrier. 3. [David], born 4 July, 1804. 4. Daniel, born 17 March, 1808. 5. [Horace], born 2 July, 1810.
Edward Horton died 6 Feb., 1835. His wife died 10 Sept., 1872, at the remarkable age of 97 years and 21 days. In her funeral procession were four generations of her descendants. They were both buried in Brutus, N. Y.
II. Mehitabel, daughter of [David Horton and Olive Skellinger]; born in Chester, N. J., 15 Jan., 1780; married Daniel Horton Miller; moved to Michigan; died in Calhoun Co.
Children, probably, all born in Chester:
1. Olive, born 31 Dec., 1797; died 1st Sept., 1819. 2. David, born 30 Dec. 1799. 3. Phebe Ann, born 27 Jan., 1803; married Root. 4. Charles, born 13 Sept., 1809; died 23 Sept., 1828. 5. Esther, born 10 March, 1803; married Hackett. 6. Mary C., born 8 Sept., 1823; married Hicks; died 27 April, 1863.
I. Silas Danes, son of [Silas Horton and Mary Danes] (Silas, Barnabas, arnabas, Caleb I.), born in Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., in July, 1778. Moved to Wallkill, with his father, when young; married Mary McClean, 1796:
Children, probably, born in Wallkill:
1. Fanny, born 1797. 2. Abbey, born 1799. 3. Warren, died 3 Oct., 1862. 4. Betsey. 5. Caroline. 6. [Nelson], married Sarah Shons. 7. James M., died in 1816. 8. [Jane], died in 1838. 9. [William Harrison]. 10. Lewis, died young. 11. Judson, died in 1859. 12. Alfred, died 27 July, 1873. 13. Emiline, died May 1861. 14. Mary Ann. 15. Smith. 16. Verdine, resides in Jersey City.
Of the above children, the first to ninth, inclusive, were by his 1st wife, she died 30 Jan., 1814. In 1815, he married 2. Mary Calender, and she had the 10, 11, 12, and 13 of the above children, and died in Sept., 1826, and in August, 1827, he married 3. Ann Purdy, by whom he had the three last children.