4. [James Reeves], born 2 July, 1789; married Amy Philips. 5. Mehitabel, born 24 June, 1791; married Albert Goldsmith. 6. [Salter Storrs], born 12 Nov., 1793; married Harriet Case. 7. [Silas], born 13 Nov., 1794; married Mary Landon. 8. [Harmony], born 12 Sept., 1796; died unmarried. 9. [Thomas Jefferson], born 6 Nov., 1798; married Eliza Davids. 10. Benjamin Franklin, born 8 Dec., 1800; unmarried; died in 1820. 11. Ezra L'Hommedieu, born 16 Nov., 1802; died young. 12. David Austin, born 5 July, 1804; married Mary Conklin; no children.
Col. Benjamin Horton was a prominent and genial man, highly respected. He was a Colonel of militia, and for many years a Deacon, and also a Trustee, of the Southold Church. He was a man of unblemished character. Griffin, in his Journal, says: "Col. Benj. Horton was esteemed as an officer, and as a valuable member of society, and a pillar of the church, as was his brother Gilbert, who with much and deserved respect, held the rank of Major, and was a Deacon of the church."
VII. Capt. James, son of Capt. [Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey] (Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born 1 Sept., 1757; married 1. the Widow Elizabeth Wood, of Orange Co., N. Y., born 14 Feb., 1751. She died of consumption, 27 March, 1787; married 2. 27 Dec., 1787, Elizabeth Milliken of Southold, born 25 July, 1770. She died 17 July, 1822. He died 30 July, 1825.
Children. By his 1st wife:
1. Elizabelh, born in Guilford, Conn., 14 March, 1783; died 25 Sept., 1864; unmarried. 2. Julia Ann, born in Southold, 16 May, 1785; married.
By his 2d wife:
3. [Hector Youngs], born 15 March, 1789; married Dency Tuthill. 4. Mary, born 2 June, 1792; died 20 August, 1841; unmarried. 5. James Edwin, born 1 March, 1797; married Rejoice Horton; died 7 July, 1843. 6. Ezra, born 17 March, 1802; married 15 May, 1851, Hannah Bloomingburg. 7. Comfort, born 27 August, 1809; died 23 Oct., 1809.
Capt. James Horton was a blacksmith and farmer; a faithful soldier in the war of 1812-'15, bearing the commission of a Captain, and was honored and respected by all who knew him.
IX. Maj. Gilbert, son of Capt. [Barnabas Horton and Susanna Bailey], born in Southold, in 1763; married 7 Dec., 1784, Keturah Terry, daughter of Jonathan Terry and Keturah Reeves, and born in Southold, in 1766.
Children, all born in Southold: