Thomas Horton (abt. 1641 - bef. 1716)

Born about 1641 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 8 Mar 1716 before about age 75 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony

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Biography

Thomas Horton of Milton & Rehoboth

Cautionary Notes: As far as I am aware, there are no sources to link Col. Thomas Horton to Thomas Horton of Milton, MA. Also "proved that Thomas Horton of Springfield, Mass., and Thomas of Milton, Mass., were unrelated," see reference, Margaret R. Jenks & Frank C. Seymour

1. Thomas Horton's date of birth and parents are not known/verified.

2. Thomas Horton's wife was Sarah, but her maiden name is not verified. Sarah is listed as Sarah Harmon in many genealogies, but that is only a possible and not proven.

3. Thomas Horton married 2nd Susannah Unknown , widow of John Keney.

"Thomas Horton (b.ca.1641) emigrated from England or Wales to Milton, Massachusetts during or before 1662, married three times, and moved to Rehoboth, Massachusetts ... " .^[1]

He married Sarah [Unknown] possibly daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Bliss) Harmon.^[1]

He married Susannah (Unknown) Keney, widow of John Keney, on 25 Dec. 1693.^[1][2]

[Possibly] He married Katherine Harrison on 6 June 1700.^[1][3]

John died before 8 March 1715/6.^[1]

His children were born in Milton and baptized at Braintree.

Children of Thomas and his first wife Sarah

1. Rachel b. 6 Aug. 1669; bp. 29 Sept. 1674
2. John Horton b. 6 June 1672; bp. 29 Sept. 1674
3. Jonathan Horton bapt. 12 July 1675
4. Thomas Horton b. 3 Oct. 1677; bp. 18 Nov. 1677
5. David Horton b. 14 Oct. 1679; bp. 2 Nov. 1679
6. Solomon Horton b. 11 Jan. 1682.^[4]

Research Notes

• Recent Findings from the Horton Surname Project ... Thomas Horton of Milton, Mass. Group #10 (—)6 [Footnote 6# as follows:] "This Horton branch has been expertly documented in Margaret R. Jenks and Frank C. Seymour, Thomas Horton of Milton and Rehoboth, Massachusetts (1984–90), which also proved that Thomas Horton of Springfield, Mass., and Thomas of Milton, Mass., were unrelated." http://barnabashorton.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NEHGS-article.YDNAHorton_web.pdf

• " Thomas Horton, a weaver by trade, was of Milton, Mass., in 1669 when the birth of his daughter Rachel was recorded there, and was also of that place in 1695 when he purchased lands adjoining his. own from John Fenno and wife Rachel. — Suffolk deeds, vol. 17, p. 124. The name of his first wife and the mother of his children, is unknown. His second wife, whom "he married Dec. 25, 1693, was Susanna the widow of John Kenny who died Aug. 12, 1693." The ancestry of Katharine Choate Paul, now Mrs. William J. Young, Jr. by Paul, Edward J. https://archive.org/details/ancestrykathari00paulgoog/page/n58/mode/1up?q=+Horton

• Those following the early Horton settlers may be interested in The Horton Surname Project - Y-DNA Classic Chart.

Found in the Horton family files of the Carpenter Museum in Rehoboth, MA. (2018)

• Virkus, Frederick A., ed. The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, Virkus, Chicago, 1928, Vol. 3, p.255. [Possible source for wife, Sarah Unknown.]

https://archive.org/details/bwb_P8-ABW-076/page/255/mode/1up?view=theater

• Barlow, Dr. Claude W. of Clark University in Letter of 30 Jan 1962. Source not cited. [possible source for birth, marriage, death]

• Cutter, Wm Richard, comp. New England Families. Lewis, 1915, V3, p.1163. [Source for children, including possible youngest child Esther, which is in error]. https://archive.org/details/newenglandfamili03cutt_1/page/1163/mode/1up?q=Horton

• Marriage to Sarah Unknown given as possibly 1 May 1652 in Braintree, MA dau. of Nathaniel and Mary (Bliss) Harmon, died bef Dec. 1693, Milton, MA. [Source not given]

• Ref. found in Horton Family Files at Carpenter Museum given as the Vital Records from Milton, Rehoboth, Braintree, Milton Church records, Bristol County probate, History of JMilton, Barlow MS, Milton Town Records 1662-1729 pp. 128, 144, 145, 170.

• Sumner, E. (Bartlett). (1948). Ancestry of Edward Wales Blake and Clarissa Matilda Glidden: with ninety allied families. Los Angeles. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062846829;view=1up;seq=158 p.148]. [sourced from Torrey's New England Marriages before 1700]

• Genealogical and Family History of Western New York: A Record of ..., Volume 2 edited by William Richard Cutter page 970 https://archive.org/details/genealogicaland04cuttgoog/page/970/mode/1up?q=horton

see also:

• Tilton, George H. A History of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Boston, pub by Tilton, 1918, p. 354-5. See ancestry of Henry T. Horton. https://archive.org/details/ahistoryrehobot00blisgoog/page/n444/mode/1up?q=Horton

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Margaret R. Jenks. - Thomas Horton of Milton and Rehoboth, Massachusetts Vol 1. Page 3. Available at FamilySearch.org.
2. ↑ Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.
3. ↑ Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths, with Supplement containing the Record of 1896, Colonial Returns, Lists of the Early Settlers, Purchasers, Freemen, Inhabitants, the Soldiers serving in Philip's War and the Revolution. Marriages
4. ↑ Children page 7 Jenks

1795 Rehoboth Map https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:2227nr54h

1795 Milton Map https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:2227nn32v

Acknowledgements

• Karen Mallory,