Thomas
Horton
Born in Mousley, Leicestershire, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Unknown) Ashley
— married
before 1638 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Jeremiah Horton and John Horton
Died about
at about age 38
in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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- Caution: This Thomas Horton of Springfield should not be confused with Thomas Horton/Orton of Charlestown, Massachusetts, a shipwright OR with Thomas Horton of Rehoboth. Please take care not to conflate these three men.
Biography
Thomas Horton was born about 1602 at Mowsley, Leicester, England.
He immigrated from England to the colonies in America via the ship 'John & Mary' about 1632-1633 and they settled in Springfield, MA having departed Windsor, CT in 1638.[1][2]
On July 15, 1636, Thomas Horton witnessed an Indian Deed for the town of Springfield (Agawam) to William Pynchon, Henry Smith, and Jehu Burr.[3][4]
- Children:
- Jeremy Horton, first mentioned in records in 1661. Died at Springfield in 1782[1682?].[3]
- John Horton, son of Thomas, first mentioned in records in 1661.[3]
THE Hortons in America names a third son Thomas.[5] However, he is probably the son of Thomas of Milton.[6]
He died in 1640/41 in Springfield Massachusetts.[6]
Research Notes
- Possible source for son John and Jeremy. https://archive.org/stream/firstcenturyofhi01spri#page/45/mode/1up/search/horton --Note there are many references to John and Jeremy but none to a Thomas in the correct time frame.
Sources
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230312015437/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=&thread=26523343 Re: Thomas Horton & Mary (Eddy?)] citing Hortons in America, 1929 by Adaline Horton White, accessed online 3/23/14.
- ↑ Fischer, Carl W. "Descendants of Thomas Horton of Springfield" Bayside, N. Y. 1965.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "The first century of the history of Springfield; the official records from 1636 to 1736, with an historical review and biographical mention of the founders" Author: Springfield (Mass .), Henry Martyn Burt , William Pynchon; Publisher: H.M. Burt; Year: 1898 Vol. 1, pp. 18, 41, 45.
- ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Vol. 15, p. 141
- ↑ White, Adaline Horton,. The Hortons in America : being a corrected reprint of the 1876 work by Dr. Geo. F. Horton ..., with the history and some lines of the posterity of Thomas Horton ..., and also a line of the posterity of Levi Horton .... Seattle, Wash.: H.D. and A.H. White, 1929. p 484 Accessed at Ancestry ($)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Fischer, Carl W. "Descendants of Thomas Horton of Springfield" Bayside, N. Y. 1965. Re alleged Thomas Jr. Accessed at Ancestry ($)
- Settlement at Springfield, MA, in 1636. Reference page 41 [ Volume 1]; https://archive.org/stream/firstcenturyofhi01spri#page/41/mode/1up/search/horton
- "The first century of the history of Springfield; the official records from 1636 to 1736, with an historical review and biographical mention of the founders" Author: Springfield (Mass .), Henry Martyn Burt , William Pynchon; Publisher: H.M. Burt; Year: 1898 Vol. 1, pp. 18, 41, 45.see at archive.org
- Fischer, Carl W. Descendants of Thomas Horton of Springfield Bayside, N. Y. 1965. WorldCat link for quote
- The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Vol. 15, p. 141.subscribers$
See also:
- Source from Torrey, Documents death of Thomas and infers two children with Mary (Unknown) Ashley. Trowbridge, Francis Bacon. The Ashley genealogy. A history of the descendants of Robert Ashley of Springfield, Massachusetts ( New Haven : Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1896)
- Re: Thomas Horton & Mary (Eddy?) citing Hortons in America, 1929 by Adaline Horton White, accessed online 3/23/14.
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First name(s) Thos Last name Horton Birth year 1602 Baptism year 1602 Baptism date ? Feb 1602 Baptism place Gumley Denomination Anglican County Leicestershire Country England Father's first name(s) William Event type Parish Registers Archive Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland Archive reference DE1559/1 Record set Leicestershire Baptisms Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Parish Baptisms Collections from England, Great Britain
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Please explain what on this profile has been conflated with other Thomas Horton/Orton and Mary Eddy.
Thanks.
Since I have communicated with you, in a private message, about the Horton family, will you please detach these "parents" from this Thomas Horton? I thank you so much for trying to get at the truth for this family. Cheryl
Libbeus Horton's wifes name was Mary (Unknown) Horton. According to Jacqueline Dinan in her 2015 book "In Search of Barnabas Horton," p. 266, Libbeus did not have a son named Thomas. Please see g2g discussion here:https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/374833/disconnect-parents-of-barnabas-horton and other g2g threads on the Horton family