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HOHTOXKXAPP*A Pleasant Family Re-Union.MRS. PRUDENCE HORTON’S NINE-I'SBf TIETII BIRTHDAY. i§llHDatcendanu of a Furiiau .AncestorWho Immigrated in 1033.On board the little English bark “Swallow” which landed at Hampton, Massachusetts, in 1633, were a numlier of Puritans who followed the example of the Mayflower pilgrims, preferring voluntary exile in an unbroken wilderness with freedom of worship, to remaining Sn a country' distracted with civil dissensions and oppressed with intolerant laws. Among these heroic i migrants was Barnabas Horton, the ancestor of Mr. Charles Horton of this village, Hon.Charles Knapp, of Deposit, and a large number bearing the same surnames residing in various portions of the State.One of the most esteemed members of the existing family group is Mrs. Prudence Horton, whose long life of ninety years has been marked with unvarying kindness ofdisposition and matronly (are of an unusually large family of sons and daughters, whom she lias reared and educated to become good citizens and worthy members ofsociety. Her mind is remarkably clear and alert and her memory distinctly traces the most important political and social events of more than three quarters of a century.Mrs. Horton, nee Knapp, was born June 20th, 1787—before Napoleon became Emperor, and before the Constitution of the United States was adopted. Her husband,Isaac Horton, died at Liberty Falla, ia 1855.Her living children are Homer, Ovid and Webb, of Sheffield, Pa.; Roy, of Montgomery. N. Y.: James, of Ridgway, Pa.; Esther and Charles, of Middletown, N. Y.; and Clarissa and Annis, of Liberty, N. Y. ; only one child, Emily, is deceased,Mrs. Prudence Horton has forty-four living grand-children and thirty-two great grand-children, the oldest of whom is Miss Jennie NcNair. of Sheffield, Pa., agedyear*.She was married to Isaac Horton at Colchester, N. Jan. 1st, 1807, at which place all of her children were born except Emily, and resided there until 1826 when she removed to Liberty, where she still resides. Her ancestors came from England and were among the early settlers of Connecticut about 1625,Her birthday which occurs to-day is be ing appropriately celebrated at the residence of her son, Mr. Charles Horton, on Roberts street, by a large number of relatives from this and other places, it is the first time all the children have been together since the death of their father.The number of those who have talked with the heroes of the Revolution, and who can remember the mighty reverberations throughout the civilized world caused by the result at Waterloo, are fast disappearing,and let us hope that this aged daughter of June will live many more years to enjoy the radiant sunshine and sweet roses of this season of the year.
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Middletown Daily Argus
Middletown, New York, US
Wed, Jun 20, 1877
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