Thomas
Horton
Born in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Son of [father unknown] and Mary (Unknown) Ashley
Brother of
Jeremiah Horton [half], John Horton [half], David Ashley [half], Unnamed Ashley [half], Mary (Ashley) Root [half], Jonathan Ashley [half], Sarah (Ashley) Lewis [half] and Joseph Ashley [half]
Husband of
Sarah (Unknown) Horton
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died after
after age 46
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Mar 2015
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Biography
Thomas Horton allegedly born about 1638 in Springfield, Massachusetts, as son of Thomas Horton of Springfield and his wife Mary.
- There are no records for a Thomas in Springfield during the correct timeframe; Birth; marriage; Death. In addition the marriage record of his mother to Robert Ashley does not support his existence. Widdow Horton and Robert Ashley marriage intention Aug. 7, 1641. She has 2 sons, one suckling and Jeremy age 3. The other proven son was John.[1]
The 1876 Horton Genealogy mentions the Springfield family in passing saying nothing of the immigrant Thomas' children.[2]
The Hortons in America[3] was published in 1929 and reprinted in 2006. It is from this we have the information on Thomas.
- "Thomas Horton left three sons: Jeremiah, born 1636; Thomas born 1638; John, born 1640." and "The children of Thomas Horton are likely to have been scattered as they grew up and were found in other localities -- Braintree, Milton, Reheboth, Charleston, Dorchester and Templeton show records of Hortons ... "[3]
- Thomas son of Thomas Horton and Mary Eddy[4], born 1638; married Sarah ______. Children:
- John b. 1672 in Milton, Mass
- Rachel b. 1674
- Jonathan b. 1675
- Thomas b. 1677
- David b. 1670
- Thomas son of Thomas Horton and Mary Eddy[4], born 1638; married Sarah ______. Children:
A 1965 text by Carl Fisher says of the immigrnt: "Thomas had no other surviving children and NONE named Thomas Jr. The son Thomas given in Hortons in America and elsewhere is probably the son of Thomas of Milton. The Pynchon Court Records would have had a Thomas Jr. had such a child existed.[5]
Conclusion
It is obvious looking at the children of Thomas m. Sarah (listed above) that he is the same person as Thomas Horton of Milton and Rehoboth who died about 1716.
Sources
- ↑ Springfield Vital Records.
- ↑ Horton, Geo. F. MD. Horton Genealogy or Chronicles of the Descendants of Barnabas Horton, of Southold, L. I., 1640. Philadelphia: Home circle Publishing Co. 1876. Project Gutenberg
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 White, Adaline Horton (compiler). The Hortons in America: being a corrected reprint of the 1876 work by Dr. Geo. F. Horton, with many succeeding generations brought down to the present time, with the history and some lines of the posterity of Thomas Horton, the Springfield, Mass., immigrant, 1636, and also a line of the posterity of Levi Horton, a descendant of Jeremy Horton, the sea captain. Originally published: Seattle, Wash.: H.D. and A.H. White, 1929. Reprint: Salem, Mass. : Higginson Book Co., 2006? Accessed at Ancestry ($)
- ↑ Note Mary Eddy, alleged mother, was married to a different Thomas
- ↑ Fischer, Carl W. "Descendants of Thomas Horton of Springfield" Bayside, N. Y. 1965. Re alleged Thomas Jr. Accessed at Ancestry ($)
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Thomas is 11 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 22 degrees from Carl Sagan, 18 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 27 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 20 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 17 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 23 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 8 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 15 degrees from Isaac Newton, 22 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 18 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 14 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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 (198490), 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
Noted: The brothers/sisters attached to this profile [Thomas Horton-3209], are children of Mary Unknown Ashley. The children of Thomas of Springfield. Mary Unknown Ashley have no connection to Thomas of Milton. Thomas Horton-3209, born Springfield, 1638, as son on Mary Unknown Ashley an Thomas Horton of Springfield, should be a Disproven Existence profile.
If the information IS prevalent elsewhere, then I would keep the profile, documenting both why it is an error and also the source of the bad information. I would then process it (one week's notice on G2G) as a Disproven Existence profile. Once the week's notice has past, all links with other profiles would be severed. The fake Thomas would no longer appear in anyone's tree, but if someone tried to re-create it, they would (hopefully) discover it. answered 1 day ago by Jack Day G2G6 Pilot (224k points)
"Thomas Horton,son of Thomas Horton the Regicide, is known as 'Thomas Horton of Milton & Rehoboth' and Barnabas' brother is known as 'Thomas Horton of Springfield' " http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hortonfamilyhistory/genealogy/THOMAS%20HORTON%20-%20REGICIDE.html