Caleb Horton

Biography

Caleb Horton (1687-1772)

Caleb was a yeoman and substantial land holder at Cutchogue and Acquabogue, Long Island. He was the son of Barnabas Horton and his wife Sarah Wines.

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.

Family

Retrieved from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Horton-194 and then edited

He married Phebe Terry, daughter of Nathaniel Terry, son of Richard Terry, and born in Southold in 1698.[1], in December 1709 in Southold,[4]

Children, born in Southold :[1][2]

1. Phebe Horton born 3 June 1715 (in DAR records) married Constant King (not Henry Tuthill)[5]
2. Caleb Horton 1715 married Sarah Benjamin
3. Hannah Horton 1717 married Samuel Swazey
4. Nathaniel Horton (1719-1804) married Mehitable Case
5. Elijah Horton 1724 married Lydia Swazey
6. Richard Horton (1726-1773) married Elizabeth Harrison [NO - DNA Disproven]
7. Mary Horton (1726-1807) married Richard Terry
8. Rhoda Horton 1728 married Robert Robinson
9. Nathan Horton (1730-1808) married Sarah Luce
10. Rachel, about 1733 married Jonathan Racket [not in his will]
11. Sarah, about 1735 married Stephen Swazey [Richard Swazey, not Stephen]

Richard Horton has been detached as son of Caleb & Phebe. The Y DNA test results of descendants of Richard do not match the Y DNA test results of descendants of Caleb’s son Elijah, who was named in Caleb’s will, and Richard was not.

Rachel Racket Who married Jonathan Racket has been detached as a daughter. She was not named in Caleb Horton’s will or codicil.

Relocation

Migrated to Roxbury (now Chester) in Morris County in 1748.

Death

Caleb died August 6, 1772, and his wife Phebe December 24, 1776.[1]

Will and Codicil

His will dated 16 May 1759 had a codicil dated 2 January 1768, added after the death of his wife Phebe 24 December 1767.[6][7]

Children named in his will:

• Sons - Caleb, Nathaniel, Nathan, and Elijah
• Daughters - Phebe, Hannah, Sarah, Mary and Rhoda
• Grandson - Justus King (note: son of Phebe, wife of Constant King)
• Witnesses to will: Richard Terry, Constant King

He cites, in the codicil of 1768 by name, his wife Phebe, being now dead, and his five daughters, Phebe, Hannah, Sarah, Mary and Rhoda, to receive all that was listed in the original will to be left to his wife, now to be divided evenly between them.

New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817, Liber K p. 508 - Will of Caleb Horton dated 16 May 1759, with 2 Jan. 1768 codicil, proved 21 Nov. 1772

Research Notes

Conflicting sources

Sons named in the will of Caleb Horton:

• Nathaniel married Mehitabel Case 15 August 1739.[8]
• Nathaniel married Mehitabel Wells[1]
• Nathan married Sarah Luce about 1749[1]
• Nathan married Mehitabel Case[1]

Daughter named in the will of Caleb Horton:

• Phebe married Constant King, because grandson Justus King named[7]
• Phebe married Henry Tuthill[1]

Comments

In the will that you mentioned, he names his sons: Caleb, Nathaniel, Elijah and Nathan. No Richard is mentioned. If he had a son named Richard, he would have had to have died before 1768. He also names his daughters: Phebe, Hannah, Sarah, Mary and Rhoda.

http://barnabashorton.blogspot.com/ (2018)

I won’t keep you in suspense. Team Jonathan’s sample matched those of Team Joseph. The sample from Team Caleb via Elijah matched those of Team Joseph, but did not match my husband’s sample, Team Caleb via Richard. And Team UK’s sample matched those of Teams Joseph, Jonathan, and Caleb via Elijah, but not the sample from Team Caleb via Richard. My husband’s team had struck out. Science proved he and others on the same team had no genetic connection to Barnabas Horton of Southold. Instead, Team Caleb via Richard descended from a Pennsylvania Quaker of unknown origins!

Children

• Daughter Sarah born 1735, as shown in Horton Genealogy,[1] may have been the daughter of his son Caleb and born about 1738.
• A Sarah Horton, born about 1718 and married to Richard Swayze,[5] is possibly his daughter Sarah.

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Older genealogy

Horton Genealogy: or Chronicles of the Descendants of Barnabas Horton, of Southold, L. I., 1640. COMPILED BY GEO. F. HORTON, M.D. PHILADELPHIA: PUBLISHED BY THE HOME CIRCLE PUBLISHING CO. 1876. < link >

Caleb, son of Barnabas Horton and Sarah Hines {Caleb /.), born in Southold 22 Dec, 1687; married 10 Dec, 1714, Phebe Terry, daughter of Nathaniel, son of Richard Terry I., and born in Sonthold, in 1698. They moved to Roxbury, now Chester, N. J., in 1748, and settled there.

Children all born in Southold :

I. Caleb, born 1715; married Sarah Benjamin. 2. Hannah, born 1717; married Samuel Sweazy, son of Joseph Sweazy. 3. Nathaniel, born 13 Oct. 1719; married Mehetabel Wells. 4. Nathan, born about 1720; married Mehetabel Case. 5. Phebe, born about 1722; married Henry Tuthill. [sic - married Constant King] 6. Elijah, born 19 June, 1724; married Lydia Sweazy. 7. Richard, born about 1726; married Elizabeth Harrison [sic - DNA disproven] . 8. Sarah, born about 1735; married Stephen Sweazy. [sic - Richard Sweazy] 9. Mary, born about 1831 ; married Richard Teriy. 10. Rachel, born about 1733; married 23 Aug., 1753, Jonathan Racket [sic - not in will]. 11. Rhoda, born about 1728; married Robert Robinson ; died in Chester, 30 June, 1771, aged 43 years and 5 days.

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4. “Caleb & Phebe Terry Horton Family Theories” (2011) (document attached)
5. The Salmon records : a private register of marriages and deaths of the residents of the town of Southold “ Wife of Caleb Horton — married December 10, 1714 in Riverhead, NY or in Southold, Suffolk Co., NY”
6. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Horton-194 cites
   1. Horton Genealogy; or, Chronicles of the Descendants of Barnabas Horton, of Southold, L. I., 1640 - Horton, Geo. F. - p. 68: Caleb Horton born in Southold 22 Dec. 1687; married Phebe Terry 1709 < Archive.org >
   2. The American Descendants of Henry Luce of Martha's Vineyard, Vol. 1, 1994, by Martha McCourt - p. 20: Caleb Horton b. 22 Dec 1687, son of Barnabas Horton & Sarah Wines - p. 33: Caleb Horton d. 6 Aug. 1772; Phebe Terry d. 24 Dec. 1767 - pp. 33-34: children of Caleb Horton - < Archive.org > (borrow with login)
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   4. The Salmon Records - A Private Register of Marriages and Deaths of the Residents of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y. 1696-1811 edited by William A. Robbins, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society 1918 - An account of Some of the Marriages in Southold since the year 1706 - p. 76: 1709 Dec. ___ Caleb Horton & Phebe Terry Archive.org
   5. Descendants of the Jersey Settlers, Kingston, Adams County, Mississippi - Henry Blackburn Eaton and Daniel S. Farrar - p. 20: Constant King married 1735 Phoebe Horton - p. 21: Richard Swayze married Sarah Horton viewer at FamilySearch < book >; page 20 < page >
   6. Abstract of Wills, New Jersey 1670-1817 - Liber K pp. 508-510 http://longislandgenealogy.com/barnabas/hortonwill.html
   7. New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817, Liber K p. 508 - Will of Caleb Horton dated 16 May 1759, with 2 Jan. 1768 codicil, proved 21 Nov. 1772 < AncestrySharing >
   8. The Salmon Records - A Private Register of Marriages and Deaths of the Residents of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y. 1696-1811 edited by William A. Robbins, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society 1918 - An account of Some of the Marriages in Southold since the year 1706 - page 85: 1739 Aug. 15 Nathll Horton & Mehitabel Case < Archive.org >
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