Barnabas Horton, >

Abt 1600 - 1680  (80 years)

• Name	Barnabas Horton  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	>
  Birth	Abt 1600	Mowsley, Leicestershire, England
  Birth	13 Jul 1600	Mowsley, Leicestershire, England   [1]
  Christening	20 Sep 1608	Mowsley, Leicestershire, England
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Southold (Presbyterian Cemetery), Southold, Suffolk, NY   [3, 5]
  Burial	Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church Southold, Suffolk County, New York, USA
  Burial	Jul 1680	Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church, Southold, Suffolk, Colony of New York, British Colonial America
  Death	13 Jul 1680	Southold, Suffolk, Colony of New York, British Colonial America
  Death	13 Jul 1680	Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America
  Name	Barnabas Horton
  Death	13 Jul 1680	Southold, Suffolk, NY   [3, 6]
  Person ID	I4356	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph Horton,   b. Apr 1578, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England d. 1640, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Mary Horton(),   b. 1578, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England d. 9 May 1613, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F12021	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joan Fletcher,   b. 1614, England
  Children	1. Mary Horton,   b. Sep 1636, Walsall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 1689, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F30455	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Anne Smith,   b. 1 Oct 1602, Leicestershire, England d. Abt 1635, England (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	1622	Mowsley, Leicestershire, England
  Children	1. Joseph Horton,   b. Abt 1625, Mowsley, Leicestershire, England d. Yes, date unknown   2. Benjamin Horton,   b. 16 Sep 1627, Mowsley, Harborough District, Leicestershire, England d. 3 Nov 1690, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America (Age 63 years)   3. Anne Horton,   b. Oct 1629   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Sarah Horton, >,   b. Abt 1630–1634, Southold, Suffolk, NY d. 1675, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F2084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Mary Langton, >,   b. 7 Feb 1607, Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, England d. 22 Oct 1670, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	1640  [3, 7]
  Children	1. Sarah Horton, >,   b. Abt 1630–1634, Southold, Suffolk, NY d. 1675, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America (Age 41 years)   2. Mary Horton,   b. Abt 1630–1635   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Caleb Horton, >,   b. 23 Dec 1642   d. 3 Oct 1702, Cutchogue, Southold, Suffolk, NY (Age 59 years)   4. Lt. Joshua Horton,   b. 1643, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 17 Jan 1728/9, Southold, Suffolk, NY (Age 86 years)   5. Capt Jonathan Horton, >,   b. 23 Feb 1648, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 23 Feb 1707, Southold, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 59 years)   6. Hannah Horton,   b. Abt 1632   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Mercy Horton,   b. Abt 1660   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Abigail Horton,   b. Abt 1665, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut d. Yes, date unknown   9. Mary Horton,   b. Abt 1667, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 26 Jan 1752, Southold, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F2085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Barnabas Horton and his sons were the wealthiest family in Southold at the time. His homestead descended from father to son for many years. As of 1895, it was still owned by one of his lineal descendents. (Whitaker)

  
  

• Sources

  [S561] http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jloops&id=I 9593. [S103] Epher Whitaker. 'The Founders of Southold.' V26:2 (Apr 1895). [S13] http://www.longislandsurnames.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I04664&tree=Hulse. [S649] http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/14834791/person/878864210/story/3e07301c-c7de-40cc-8f60-5e195339ce23?src=search&msg=ac#msgCmtAnchor. Barnabas Horton (1600-1680) was born and raised in England.  He first married in England in about 1622 to Anne Smith and they had children in England.  His first wife appears to have died in England in about 1630 before he immigrated.  He second married probably in England in about 1630 to Mary Langton and they also had children, perhaps some prior to immigrating and some after immigrating.  His second wife is thought to have died in about 1640 in Southold, CT.  He third married probably in Southold, CT in about 1640 to Mary South and they had children in Southold, CT.  It is not known for sure which of Barnabas Horton's (1600-1680) 10 children belonged to which mother/wife or the children's birthdates or birthplaces (especially those thought to have been in the middle of the birth order) and the birth dates and places in the FGS are guesses. TRADITION has it that Benjamin Horton (1600-1680) immigrated with second wife Mary Langton and children.  It is believed that they immigrated in the 1630s and landed and/or settled first at Hampton, MA.  It is not known how long they were at Hampton, MA, but by 1640 Barnabas Horton (1600-1680) and his family were at New Haven, CT and a part of a Congregational Church (Puritans) led by Reverend John Youngs.  This congregation purchased "Yennicott" on the northeastern end of Long Island, across Long Island Sound from Connecticut, from the Corchaug Indian Tribe in the summer of 1640.  On 21 October 1640 they landed at "Hashamamock" and it's name was soon changed to Southold.  The men who headed the settler families of this congregation that settled at Southold were John Youngs (minister and leader), Barnabas Horton, John Budd, John Conklin, William Wells, John Tuthill, thomas Mapes, Richard Terry, Matthias Corwin Robert Akerly, Zachariah Corey, and Issac Arnold.  Barnabas Horton (1600-1680) received a land grant in 1640 which included the land on which the Horton's Point Lighthouse is in the 20th century.  On this land Barnabas Horton built the first framed and shingled dwelling ever erected on the east end of Long Island.  Southold was part of the New Haven Colony initially.  Barnabas Horton served Southold as constable in 1654 and 1656 and 1659.  He was a Deputy (representative of Southold) to the General Court at New Haven in 1654 and 1656 and 1658 and 1659 and 1661.  Southold became part of the Connecticut Colony in 1662 and Baranabas Horton was listed as a Connecticut Freeman that year.  Barnabas Horton was a Deputy to the General Court at Hartford in 1663 and 1664.  He became a magistrate for Southold in 1664 and continued in this position until his death.  In 1673 the Dutch took over the area including Southold and in 1674 it was under English governance once again.  The English wanted Southold to be part of New York and the people of Southold wanted to be part of Connecticut.  By 1676, with land rights at stake, Southold yielded to the English and became part of New York.  Barnabas Horton was one of the Patentees of the Town of Southold in 1676 when land ownership was confirmed to the people of Southold by the English. TRADITION has it that Barnabas Horton (1600-1680) was large in stature and of a ruddy complexion and that he had fine social qualities.  He was a man of unquestionable character and great faith.  He was a strong advocate of civil and religious freedom.  He was one of the most prominent and influential men of Southold.  His will was dated 10 May 1680 and was proved 09 March 1681.  There are artifacts of Barnabas Horton that have been photographed and/or preserved: his old house or "castle" (western part built by Barnabas Horton and eastern two-story added by son Jonathan Horton; much photographed before being destroyed in 1879) was at the corner of Main Street and Horton's Lane, the Bible he brought with him from England, his old musket.  Barnabas Horton's tomb in the ancient part of the (Old Burying Ground" that is now part of the First Presbyterian Church was visible from the old house.  TRADITION has it that Benjamin Horton had the inscription (except for the date of his death) and the epitaph he wrote himself put on the tomb prior to his death:  "Here lieth buried the body of Mr. Barnabas Horton, who was born at Mousely, Leicestershire, Old England, and died at Southold, on the 13th day of July, 1680, aged 80 years" and "Here lies my body tombed in dust 'till Christ shall come to raise it with the just; my soul ascended to the throne of God, where with sweet Jesus now I make abode: then hasten after me, my dearest wife, to be partaker of this blessed life; and you, dear children, all follow the Lord, hear and obey His public sacred word; and in your houses call upon His name, for oft I have advised you to the same: then God will bless you with your children all, and to this blessed place He will you call."  Daughter Mary Horton (born about 1635) married at Southold in about 1653 to John Budd (1624-1684).  They settled permanently at Southold and had 6 children there. Daughter Mercy Horton (born about 1655) married at Southold in about 1675 to John Youngs (1635-1696).  They settled permanently at Southold and had 4 children there. Sources:  The Hortons in America by A. H. White, 1929; Long Island Genealogy (web site); William South research; Horton Genealogy or Chronicles of the Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, L.I., 1640 by G. F. Horton, 1876; The Budd Family by the BFA, 1981 [S103] H.R. Stiles. Notes on the Graveyards of Long Island. V2:1 (Jan 1871). [S103] Edison Salisbury Jones & Byron Barns Horton. 'Early Hortons of Westchester Co., New York. v26:1 (Jan 1905) p. 39. [S561] http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jloops&id=I 9597.