SOME HORTON NOTES

Miles Terry, son of William and Rachel Terry of Botetourt Co., Va, married Hannah HORTON. About the same time of their marriage in 1783 on the tax lists for the county are two HORTON men: a William Horton and a Joseph Horton.

It is probable that this woman was a daughter and/or sibling to one or both of these men.

Since Miles Terry removed to points west (Tennessee and Kentucky) along with other family members in the days prior and after the death and estate settlement of his parents (he is on the tax list  until the late 1790's). 

Of note, is that the Bucks Co., PA group and the group out of Southold, Long Island, marry into several Horton lines across several generations. One group goes into New Jersey.

Any male descendants of HORTON might consider comparing their DNA to those family group projects online. Do the lines in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia and Kentucky share a common DNA or are their differences?

RICHARD TERRY ARRIVED ABOARD 'THE JAMES' (13 JULY 1635)

 He was the youngest of the three Terry men aboard the "James" in 1635, one of three presumed brothers, from Kent, England. All bearing, apparently, DNA of the I-02 Haplogroup. The other men were Robert Terry (1610-1675) and Thomas (1606-1672). Richard Terry was born 1616 Kent, England and died 16 May 1676,, Southold, Long Island. Like the others, it is believed they landed in Massachusetts, migrated into New York-Long Island area and then into New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

He married a woman named Abigail LNU and from his will the following children have been identified:

Gershom Terry (the name is from the Bible and means "exile" or "stranger here"; may reflect his feelings in going to a new land to start a new life), md Deborah LNU. He had at least one son, Gershom Jr. who married a Mary and had another Gersom 3; David b ca 1706 may have md a Mehitabil Aldrich and had a John and a James; and a Mary.

Samuel Terry

Abigail Terry

Nathaniel Terry, who md a Mary HORTON. Their daughter Phoebe Terry Horton md Caleb Horton (1687-1722) and had children, Mary Horton (possibly md a Terry), Elijah Horton, Nathan Horton, Nathaniel Horton, and Phoebe Horton Tuthill.

Richard Terry Jr.

John Terry

CROSSED LINES: WHEN SURNAMES APPEAR SEVERAL TIMES

In the line of William Terry of Botetourt Co., Va, his son Miles Terry married a Hannah Horton. At the time of their marriage the local tax records listed two Horton men: a Joseph and a William.

It was with great interest as I tracked down the lineage of the three Terry men who arrived in 1635 aboard the JAMES (Thomas, Richard and Robert) that I found in the line of Richard Terry (1618-1676) who married an Abigail, a son who married a HORTON.  Richard had children, listed in his Will, Gershom, Samuel, Abigail, Nathaniel, Richard Jr., and John.  Nathaniel md a Mary Horton and their daughter Phoebe Terry md Caleb Horton (1687-1772).

Most of these Hortons, like the Terry's arrived in Massachusetts, migrated briefly in Connecticut, then some into Burlington Co., NJ and then, for some of the Terry, into Pennsylvania. Most of the Horton and Richard Terry line are linked by graveyards to the Presbyterian churches of the areas.

Phoebe and her husband Caleb Horton had children: Mary Horton Terry, Elijah Horton, Nathan Horton, Nathaniel Horton, and Phoebe Horton Tuthill.

Anyone with information about the Horton DNA might look to these lines and see if they connect to the line of Hannah Horton Terry, wife of Miles Terry.