John Horton

1763 - 1848  (84 years)

• Name	John Horton
  Birth	30 Jul 1763	Goshen, Orange, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Apr 1848	Terrytown, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States
  Burial	May 1848	Terrytown Cemetery,Bradford,Pennsylvania,United States
  Person ID	I312684224414	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Deborah Lucy Terry,   b. 17 May 1766, Little Britain, Orange, New York, British Colonial America d. 25 May 1844, Terrytown, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	09 Apr 1785	Little Britain, New Windsor, Orange, New York, United States
  Family ID	F1996	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  1761 1761 1 BIRT 2 DATE 1763 2 SOUR Internet so 1 BIRT 2 DATE 1763 2 SOUR Internet source http://www.tima.com/~fanderso/d0001/g0000009.htm#I2074 1 _MILT 2 PLAC Wagoner in the Revolutionary War 2 SOUR S172935 3 PAGE p 151 1 _MILT 2 PLAC Major MAJ. JOHN, son of Lieut. Israel Horton and Sarah Lee, born in Goshen, 30July, 1763. He married in Little Britain, Orange Co., N. Y., 9 April,1785, DEBORAH TERRY, daughter of Parshall Terry and Deborah Clark, bornin Little Britain, Orange Co., N. Y., on the 25 day of May, 1766. She wasone of the inmates of the famed Forty Fort the night after the Indianbattle and massacre of Wyoming. She was the tender and affectionatemother of eleven children, and raised them all to maturity. They moved toWyoming Valley in 1787, and in 1792 moved to Terrytown, Pa., where hebought land and settled permanently, and where he died on the 28th day ofApril, 1848, aged almost 85 years, and where she died on the 25th day ofMay, 1844, aged 78 years. Major Horton built the first framed dwelling-house on the west side ofthe river in the township of then Wyalusing, now Terry. He was the ownerof the first two-horse wagon ever brought into Terrytown, and that wagonnot only cheerfully bore the burdens he put upon it, but also those ofseveral of the neighbors. He also owned the first fanning mill everbrought into the place. He built the first frame barn that was ever builtin the township. It was built in 1805, and is still in a good state ofpreservation, and is owned by Edmund Horton. The framed house mentioned above, built by Major Horton in 1806,accidentally took fire on the 23 Sept., 1861, and was burned up. MajorHorton was a wagoner in the Revolutionary War, towards the close of thewar, and was stationed in Mamakating Hollow, and afterwards on theNeversink Creek, not far from the present Port Jervis. He was Major of abattalion of militia in Wyalusing, frequently held township offices, andwas one of the leading men of the place. He was not a public professor ofChristianity, but his life in the ma in was in harmony with its teachings,and he loved, and was successful, in promoting good order in society. Hewas universally esteemed, and at his funeral a larger concourse of peoplewere gathered than had ever before been witnessed in this part of thecountry on a funeral occasion. Deborah, his wife, was a womandistinguished for her eminent piety, unwearied industry, and goodeconomy; she knew well how to guide the house. Their children were allborn at Terrytown, except Ebenezer, who was born in Little Britain, N.Y., and Anna and Lydia, who were born in Wyoming Valley. [Source: The Hortons in America, p 151] !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.