Mr. T. K. Horton is a first-class merchant in the city of Brooklyn, and is doing a large business. He visited Europe a few years ago, and when in England he went to Mousely, the birthplace of the old puritan, Barnabas. But he found no one there who knew anything of the ancestry of Barnabas.
Mr. Horton is distinguished for his business capacity, industry, strict integrity and honorable dealing with his fellow men. He is highly esteemed as a citizen and Christian gentleman, and is a liberal supporter of the Gospel.
III. Benjamin De Witt, son of [Osborn Horton and Sally Philips], born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 8 Nov., 1823; married 15 August, 1859, by Rev. Dr. Thrall, to Amanda F. Welch, daughter of William Welch, of Rockland, Me. Mrs. Horton died 12 Feb., 1871, leaving two daughters:
Florence Isabell and Elizabeth, who survived their mother but a few days, the former dying the 15th, and the latter the 22d of Feb., 1871. All died of malignant scarlatina, leaving the deeply-afflicted father and one son, viz.:—Frederick Osborn, born 4 July, 1860.
Mr. Horton married 2. in Brooklyn, 20 June, 1872, by Rev. Dr. Dillon, to Lydia A. Holbrook, daughter of Capt. Samuel Holbrook, of Portland, Maine (a gentleman who weighs only about 300 lbs.), and Catherine Rogers, of Liverpool, England, and born in Rockland, Me., 8 Feb., 1851. Mr. Horton was formerly a partner in the dry goods business of the old-established firm of Horton & Sons, of Brooklyn. He retired from business some years ago, and now lives in princely style, with his amiable and accomplished young wife in Brooklyn, 223 Clermont Avenue. She is a member of the Episcopal Church.
II. Mary Elizabeth, daughter of [Thomas Jefferson Horton and Eliza Davids] (Col. Benjamin, Capt. Barnabas, Dea. James, Jonathan I.), born in Southold, 11 Jan., 1832; married in Southold, 26 June, 1856, by the Rev. Mr. White, to Stuart Tuthill Terry, son of Daniel Tuthill Terry and Eunice Case, and born in Southold, 20 July, 1831. They reside in Southold near Hallock's Landing. They are both live members of the Presbyterian Church of Southold, and he is one of the ruling elders, and they are both wielding a strong influence for Christianity, and command the respect and esteem of the community. They own a good farm beautifully situated. Mr. Terry is a farmer, doing much of his farm-work himself, but still he finds time for study and reading, and for some years past he has been engaged in looking up, and collating and compiling the genealogy of the descendants of Richard Terry I. He has the work in a good state of forwardness, and much of it ready for the press. They have no children.
In a recent letter, he says, "I can truly say that I am a descendant of Barnabas Horton, the Pilgrim, although I do not bear his name. I descend from him thus:
"I. Stuart T. Terry; D. T. Terry; Esther Tuthill Terry; Christopher Tuthill; Henry Tuthill, who married Bethia Horton, grand-daughter of Barnabas I., being the 8th Generation.
"II. Stuart T. Terry; D. T. Terry; Thomas Terry; Lydia Tuthill, daughter of Mehitabel Bradley Horton, who married Deacon Daniel Tuthill, and was a daughter of Capt. Jonathan Horton, son of Barnabas I., 7th Generation.
"III. Stuart T. Terry; D. T. Terry; Eunice Case Terry; Israel Case, who married Zeruiah Horton, daughter of Joshua Horton, son of Barnabas I., 7th Generation."