tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10601663181304451192024-03-05T19:54:13.904-08:00In Search of Barnabas HortonA forum for updates, curiosities, and research tidbits not included in the book. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04472811126450312766noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060166318130445119.post-75929900048833788932018-10-04T06:52:00.000-07:002018-10-04T06:52:11.268-07:00It's Time to Talk: YDNA & the Horton Surname Project<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">While
investigating the life of Barnabas Horton, I purposely limited my time
examining scientific evidence such as genetic testing. I was new to the field
and information at that time caused more confusion than clarity. Now, however, it’s
time to discuss this important, parallel track of genealogical inquiry—YDNA
testing and its impact on known Horton family lines.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">In
a recent issue of its quarterly magazine, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">American
Ancestors</i>, the New England Historic Genealogical Society published an
article summarizing important findings of the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>Horton Surname
Project</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">
hosted at FamilyTreeDNA.com. I’m grateful to NEHGS for granting me permission
to upload the article permanently on my website. You can find it at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Resources</i> tab at the top of the webpage,
then under <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Books and Articles</i>. The
NEHGS article and this blog should be read together as companion pieces. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
Horton Surname Project seeks to determine possible connections among various
Horton lineages in the U.S. and U.K. The best way to do this is by comparing
YDNA samples from men whose surname is Horton (along with some spelling
variations), since YDNA is passed from father to son. My husband submitted his
YDNA in 2012 along with a written summary of his Horton lineage as he knew it,
ending with Barnabas Horton of Southold.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I
soon learned from project administrators, that test samples from men who
self-described as descendants of Barnabas fell into two distinct groups not one,
as expected. The surname project had samples from males who descended from
Barnabas’s son Joseph and from males who descended from Barnabas’s son Caleb. You
could think of these groups as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team
Joseph</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team Caleb</i>. In the
future, there could also <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team Joshua</i>
and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team Jonathan</i> as descendants of
those lines submit samples, but never <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team
Benjamin</i> because he died childless.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My
husband was assigned to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team Caleb</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Project
administrators noticed some unusual groupings. YDNA from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team Caleb</i> matched samples from men whose oldest known ancestor was
a Quaker named Abraham Horton, born in Pennsylvania around 1720. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team Caleb</i> also matched YDNA from men
with surnames other than Horton, such as Johnson and Curtis, all of whom had
southern lineages. In an attempt to find where these genetic breaks occurred,
project administrators actively recruited test samples from descendants of
other lines. Eventually, YDNA was secured from three previously untested teams—<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team Jonathan</i>, a new subset of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team Caleb</i>, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team UK</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Although
the meaning of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team Jonathan</i> should
be clear, the two others not so much. Try thinking of it this way: My husband
was on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team Caleb</i> via Caleb’s son
Richard. The new participant was on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team
Caleb</i> via Caleb’s son Elijah. And <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team
UK</i> was just as implied. A British national named Horton whose line traced
back to late-seventeenth century Mowsley, agreed to have his YDNA tested. A
first for the project. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I
won’t keep you in suspense. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team Jonathan</i>’s
sample matched those of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team Joseph</i>.
The sample from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team Caleb via Elijah</i>
matched those of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team Joseph</i>, but did
not match my husband’s sample, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team Caleb
via Richard</i>. And <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team UK</i>’s sample
matched those of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Teams Joseph</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jonathan</i>, and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Caleb via Elijah</i>, but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">not</b>
the sample from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team Caleb via Richard</i>.
My husband’s team had struck out. Science proved he and others on the same team
had no genetic connection to Barnabas Horton of Southold. Instead, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team Caleb via Richard </i>descended from a
Pennsylvania Quaker of unknown origins!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So
how did this <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">incorrect family assignment</i>
occur? Perhaps in a rush to align their families with Southold’s local hero,
Barnabas Horton the Immigrant, early 19<sup>th</sup>-century researchers
presumed kinship ties based on identical surnames, proximate locations, and the
inevitability of westward migration. Roxbury Township, New Jersey was formed in
1740, eight years before Caleb Horton (Barnabas<sup>3</sup>, Caleb<sup>2</sup>,
Barnabas<sup>1</sup>) arrived from Southold, Long Island, with his family. His 1759
last Will & Testament made no mention of a son named Richard, but did name
a son Elijah. A 1768 codicil to that Will also made no mention of a son named
Richard, but again named Elijah. Finally, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Salmon Papers</i> made no mention of Richard’s birth in Southold nor his
marriage to Elizabeth Harrison.<a href="file:///J:/GENEALOGY.horton/Blogs/2018.10.YDNA%20Update.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 107%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> The earliest records made
by Richard Horton of southeastern Pennsylvania are from the late 1760s, creating
a twenty-year gap from when Richard allegedly arrived in New Jersey to when he
was taxed in Pennsylvania. The absence of paper evidence mirrors the lack of
scientific evidence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">An
objective researcher would have to acknowledge that the documentary evidence cited
above concerning Richard’s relationship to Caleb Horton of Roxbury, faltered
under close scrutiny and collapsed under the weight of scientific evidence. As
a dedicated biographer, I appreciate what a big let-down this is for my family
and will be for hundreds of descendants on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team
Caleb via Richard</i>. Yet, it’s not unheard of in the age of genetic genealogy.
Buck up, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Team Caleb via Richard</i>! I’m
open to receiving primary evidence about Richard Horton and/or Elizabeth
Harrison, but please—no references to George Alloway’s book. He cites no
concrete evidence. Descendants on this line must consider an unfamiliar path
towards discovering their family’s new Immigrant Ancestor.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I
haven’t given up on the ultimate challenge however—identifying the parents of
Barnabas Horton of Southold. Earlier this summer, I spent a week at the
Leicestershire record office tracking down clues and indirect evidence
discussed in the book. I don’t know yet if there will be enough material for a
second edition of <i>In Search of Barnabas
Horton</i>, but perhaps a stand-alone expansion of Chapter One. Stay tuned. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="file:///J:/GENEALOGY.horton/Blogs/2018.10.YDNA%20Update.docx#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"> The <i>Salmon Papers</i> was a private account of marriages and deaths in
Southold. I should note that it missed many events, not just Richard’s
marriage. Interested readers are directed to a detailed treatise on the Horton
family of Roxbury, New Jersey written and posted by Terry Harmon at
GenForum.com, entitled “Caleb & Phebe Terry Horton Family Theories,” dated
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04472811126450312766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060166318130445119.post-46376413507919467542016-03-02T09:25:00.000-08:002016-03-02T09:25:33.228-08:00Context is king<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Comet of 1680 over Rotterdam by Verschuier</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The
most common feedback I get about <i>In
Search of Barnabas Horton</i> is how much readers enjoy the historical context
I created. Even as I started research on Barnabas, I knew I would develop a parallel
research track to include his environment. Our ancestors didn’t live in a
vaccuum and the vast majority left no personal papers. An understanding of the cultural,
economic, and political environment in which they lived brings our ancestors to
life in a way that a dry recitation of dates cannot. Context not only tells us <i>what</i> likely happened, but gives us an
idea as to <i>why</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Below
is a sampling of successful historical contexts from <i>In Search of Barnabas Horton</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Baking
Trade<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Researching
this context was a natural fit for me. Not only do I enjoy baking with yeast,
but many years ago I spent time in France at the home of a good friend whose
father baked bread and pastries professionally. Having observed a professional
baker at work, I found it relatively easy to situate Barnabas in the trade. How
years of working heavy loads of dough, inhaling moist flour particles, and firing
ovens took their physical toll. Nighttime work disrupted marital life. But in
order to explain why Barnabas broke the law or why his apprentice likely stole
from him, I needed to understand the <i>assize
of bread</i>. I needed to understand how the <i>guild</i> <i>economy</i> functioned. Once I discovered the Langton family’s milling background, knowledge of the changing relationship
between bakers and millers during this time enabled me to speculate on why
Barnabas chose to wed Mary Langton over other available marriage partners. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Frontier
Life<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Living
museums, like Plimoth Plantation, surround visitors with
sights and sounds of early colonial times. Like the baking trade, I found researching
Barnabas’s frontier life fun. Some of my favorite school trips had involved saw pit demonstrations and witch trial reenactments. Complex
questions soon emerged, however, that knowing how to churn butter could not answer. With a
life expectancy of roughly 50 years, Barnabas migrated with the mindset that he
would not likely live long in New England. So why move at such an “old”
age?<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"> <a href="file:///J:/GENEALOGY.horton/Blogs/2016.03.Context%20is%20King.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></a></span>
Why did he take on so much civic responsibility? What could be said of interpersonal
relationships among Southold’s townspeople? What would original town records
reveal? As it turned out—plenty. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Enclosure
& Primogeniture<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I
resisted delving into the English <i>enclosure</i>
process and hereditary laws, including primogeniture. They struck me as
tedious, complicated, and irrelevant to Barnabas. When an expert reader pointed
out weak spots in Chapter One concerning these issues, I regrouped to learn definitions such
as <i>entailment</i> and <i>dower rights.</i> Eventually, I gained
confidence to speculate why Barnabas’s great-great-great-grandmother, Anne,
wrote two wills months apart, to evaluate the impact of Libbeus Horton’s land
sales on his heirs, and to suggest why Barnabas himself eschewed primogeniture.
Arguably, there is more to explore within these generations in Leicestershire. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Not
every event will fit your timeline, however, or answer your questions. One historical event I tried to
include but ultimately omitted, happened the year Barnabas died—the Great
Comet of 1680. A global phenomenon, the comet’s sighting triggered days
of fasting and humiliation across New England. Puritan ministers believed earthly
events were direct messages from God to men. Calamities like King Philip’s War or
a poor harvest were “proof” of God’s displeasure. Successes were “proof” of His
approval. What better sign of Barnabas’s unruly children’s moral lapses than a
brilliant comet blazing across the sky, portending a great misfortune soon to befall
them? Unfortunately, Barnabas died five months <i>before</i> the Great Comet was sighted in New York.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">City of Albany to Anthony Brockholls,<br />
Acting Governor of Province of NY; Munsell's<br />
<i>Annals of Albany </i>Vol.6:95.<br />
Note: "<i>ye Domine</i>" = the pastor (Dutch).</td></tr>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Any family genealogist can
add historical context to his or her findings. Start with a simple search at Google
and Archive.org, browse your local library’s history shelves, or search the
online library catalog of a large university, like Columbia or Cornell. Then see
if your local library can request those books through their inter-library loan
program. Take time to read footnotes and bibliographies for new source material.
Check out the digital image collection at the Library of Congress website.<a href="file:///J:/GENEALOGY.horton/Blogs/2016.03.Context%20is%20King.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> Follow the trail of breadcrumbs, but stop when you feel overwhelmed. Context should be interesting, fun, and, most importantly, relevant.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="file:///J:/GENEALOGY.horton/Blogs/2016.03.Context%20is%20King.docx#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> “Plantations
are for young men that can endure all pains and hunger.”Robert Reyce to John
Winthrop, taken from <i>John Winthrop:
America’s Forgotten Founding Father</i> by Francis J. Bremer (Oxford University
Press, 2005), 155.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="file:///J:/GENEALOGY.horton/Blogs/2016.03.Context%20is%20King.docx#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 115%;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> Check
out their wonderful series of black and white photos of the Old House in
Cutchogue <a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ny0769.photos/?q=&sp=1&st=grid">here.</a></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04472811126450312766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060166318130445119.post-55896607973638584142016-02-01T11:32:00.001-08:002016-02-01T11:45:03.803-08:00At Long Last! Barnabas's Signature<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "garamond" , "serif";">Over the
course of writing this book, I spent a lot of time pondering whether or not
Barnabas knew how to write, including penning his own name. I knew it wouldn’t change
my opinion of him. He would remain a resourceful and pragmatic tradesman with
or without this particular skill. Curiosity drove me. Several people pointed out that his signature
regularly appeared in Southold’s town record books. What better reason to sit
at a microfilm reader at the Southold Free Library for hours?<a href="file:///J:/GENEALOGY.horton/Blogs/2016.02.Barnabas%20Signature.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
After reading and comparing dozens of pages, I concluded that Barnabas took
oral depositions which were then recorded by the town clerk. A dead
end. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A portion of the Southold Town Records Liber B, page 12,<br />
transcribed in the published record book Vol 1: 337.<br />
"...to which we underwritt do sett to our hands:<br />
Thomas Mapes, Charles Glover, Barnabas Hortton,<br />
John Booth, John Budd.<br />
Entred uppon Record by me Richard Terry Recordr febar: 12 1667"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A portion of the Southold Town Records Liber B, pages 126–131,<br />
not included in published Volume 1.<br />
"Deposed the day & yeare above written [1658]<br />
before us Barnabas Horton & Thomas Moore} Constables of Southold"</td></tr>
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I then considered probate documents and came across another Barnabas "signature." This time as one of five witnesses to Thomas Terry's will, written in 1671. Inconclusive again. The signatures I kept finding were too dissimilar to have been written by the same man, even across time.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A portion of Thomas Terry's will, New York Public Library.</td></tr>
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of 2014 while randomly googling on my computer, I came across an image of a blueish,
carbon copy of a typed transcription of Barnabas’s will. A handwritten note in
the margin said the transcription was made by the last known owner of the
document.</span><a href="file:///J:/GENEALOGY.horton/Blogs/2016.02.Barnabas%20Signature.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="font-family: Garamond, serif;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">[2]</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif;">
Several mouse clicks later, I had the names and addresses of the owner’s last
known family members. I carefully crafted a letter explaining my book and
interest in Barnabas’s will. I dropped the letters in the corner mailbox with
the expectations of someone flinging a message in a bottle into the vast ocean.
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , "serif";">I heard back
within a month. My postal inquiry had triggered an exchange of emails among the
four children of the will’s last owner—Peg (97), Allan (93), Alice (90), and
Betty (87). The older siblings remembered the will while the younger ones did
not, yet they all agreed that the treasured document was likely put in
safekeeping at the family’s summer retreat in northern New Hamphsire. What an
exciting addition to Barnabas’s biography! When could I see it? Mindful of my
impending publication date, the siblings tried to brainstorm a solution, but access
to the house was already blocked by deep snow and would remain impenetrable until
the spring thaw. I knew I couldn’t rewrite the text and related footnote without
significantly altering page numbers which would, in turn, delay publication and
increase my expenses. With mixed emotions, I decided that any information revealed
by the will would have to wait for a second edition. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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trips to New Hampshire in the summer of 2015, after the book’s publication. The
first trip included a lively lunch with Allan and Betty, swapping stories and
Barnabas lore. The second was to their family homestead for a viewing of the
will. I missed meeting Peg, but Alice and her family were wonderful hosts, and
graciously allowed me to take lots of photos to share with Horton cousins everywhere. (Once again, I'd like to express my thanks to Peg, Allan, Alice, Betty and their families!) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "garamond" , "serif";">The will is
beautiful. Cramped text fills one side of parchment. It's smaller than the two copies I had previously come across.<a href="file:///J:/GENEALOGY.horton/Blogs/2016.02.Barnabas%20Signature.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a>
It appears to have been framed in the early 20th century by a professional
archivist and is stored in a closet away from any light source, perhaps an
added layer of preservation in the days before UV-filter glass. A reverse-negative facsimile was created and placed on the protective cover. The text reads
like the copy entered into the Suffolk County court minute book at
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They are now available online at the website of Southold’s Town Clerk (click <a href="http://24.38.28.228:2040/weblink/0/fol/258340/Row1.aspx" target="_blank">here</a>).<o:p></o:p></div>
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The owner of the will was named, but out of consideration for the family’s
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One entered into the Suffolk County Court of Sessions minute book in Riverhead,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">President Theodore Roosevelt dedicates<br />
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I’ve found King Richard III to be more fascinating in
death than in life—the improbable discovery of his remains under a parking lot;
information pulled from his skeletal DNA (including a <i>nonpaternity event</i>); a reexamination of his tarnished legacy; and debates
over his final resting place. I devoured it all. The timing of Richard III’s
discovery just as my focus on Barnabas Horton kicked into high gear felt more than
a coincidence. It was providence. Like the forensic examiners painstakingly
dissecting King Richard’s remains, I couldn’t let Barnabas rest in peace. I
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Puritan gravestone iconography was an obvious place to
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but Barnabas’s stone bears text only—no hollow-eyed skull, no pudgy-cheeked cherub. I moved on to funeral customs. Did you know that Puritans sent gloves as an invitation to a funeral and afterwards distributed
<a href="http://cdm.reed.edu/cdm4/indianconverts/studyguides/death/mourning_rings.php">mourning
rings</a> to family members and high-status individuals? Interesting, yes, but I found no
evidence of these norms in Southold. <i>Digging up the
Dead: A History of Notable American Reburials</i> by Michael Kammen altered my
approach. I would stop looking in seventeenth-century records and focus on more recent records for clues regarding Southold's Old Burying Ground in general, and Barnabas's in particular.<br />
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Kammen
points out that “[a] widespread desire to ensure the perpetuity of graves dates
only from the 1790s and early 1800s…. The related practice of visiting graves
to pay respects…emerged gradually and became customary only as late as the
1840s (17).” The practice of “[e]xhuming and relocating remains,” he continues,”had
rather little connection with the prevailing Protestant eschatology and
everything to do with the needs of the living (20).” Driven by patriotism (both
national and regional), ancestor worship, and the commercial development of
privately-owned cemeteries, “Reburial was quite literally a civic occasion…rather
than an ecclesiastical event. Principal speakers devoted their eulogies or remarks
to the individual’s historical importance, not his divine destiny (21-22).”</div>
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Colonial public figures, originally buried in unmarked graves who were later reburied with civic ceremony, include Miles Standish (of Mayflower fame), George Whitefield (an Anglican preacher well-known in the American colonies), and Roger Williams (founder of Rhode Island). Self-proclaimed Governor of New York, Jacob Leisler, was hanged for treason in 1691, exonerated in 1695, and re-interred with appropriate pomp and circumstance soon afterwards, Examples of civic reburials (real or symbolic) on Long Island are easy to find: Honorable Mahlon Dickerson erected a marble
obelisk to commemorate his Southold ancestors in 1851;<a href="file:///J:/GENEALOGY.horton/Blogs/2015.12.Old%20Burying%20Ground.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></a> Nathaniel Sylvester received his <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2267171">memorial</a> on nearby Shelter Island in 1884; Reverend Epher Whitaker spearheaded
the effort to erect Founders Monument in 1890;<a href="file:///J:/GENEALOGY.horton/Blogs/2015.12.Old%20Burying%20Ground.docx#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[3]</span></span></span></a>
President Theodore Roosevelt dedicated an over-sized monument to Captain John Underhill in 1908, in Oyster Bay; and ancestors
of Reverend John Youngs outfitted his grave site with a heraldic slab in 1935.<a href="file:///J:/GENEALOGY.horton/Blogs/2015.12.Old%20Burying%20Ground.docx#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">[4]</span></span></span></a><br />
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I believe Reverend Whitaker masterminded much of today's Old Burying Ground in Southold, particularly its ancient and historic sections. His ministry in Southold (1851–1891) began with the dedication of the Dickerson momument and ended with the Founders Monument. In his own words, the “cemetery…doubled in extent” under his watch.<span style="color: #e69138;">[5]</span> He likely supervised the relocation of three tablestones from Orient to the hamlet of Southold,<span style="color: #e69138;">[6]</span> an undertaking driven more by local patriotism than religious necessity. Today, a wide array of people visit the cemetery, prompting Southold's foremost cemetery docent, Melissa Andruski, to tailor her <a href="http://northforker.com/2013/09/01/southold-library-offers-tours-of-new-yorks-oldest-english-cemetery/">tours of the Old Burying Ground</a> to specific interests—tourists, local adults, and school children.<br />
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Unfortunately, time has been unforgiving to the ancient markers. Three hundred years of wind and rain have worn smooth horizontal markers made of soft, red sandstone. Those carved from durable slate are cracking and splitting. All are susceptible to invasive lichens and discoloration from air-borne pollutants. A large crack threatens to break Barnabas's tablestone in two from repeated freezing and thaws. More photos are included in Appendix III of my book (<i>My thanks to Fred Andrews for the use of his photos, below</i>).<br />
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Fortunately, Reverend Whitaker's work has been taken up by a group of volunteers dedicated to restoring and preserving Southold's Old Burying Ground. Cemetery Director Jane Andrews has written a new guide with lush photographs and short biographies of notable "residents." Two years ago, Jane and her committee set aside $45,000 to fund Phase I of a preservation initiative—hiring a professional conservator to photograph, catalog and evaluate hundreds of markers in preparation of Phase II—securing foundation grants, training volunteers to clean and stabilize less damaged stones, and hiring professionals for more complicated repairs. They were awarded a $22,500 matching grant from the <a href="http://www.rdlgfoundation.org/">Robert D.L. Gardiner Foundation</a> and have planned fundraisers to maximize this award. I encourage readers to consider making a tax-deductible contribution to this multi-year preservation effort before year's end. Checks (payable to "The Old Burying Ground") may be sent to Southold Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 787, Southold, NY, 11971 or with a credit card by clicking <a href="http://www.fpcsouthold.org/Cemetery/OldBuryingGround.html">here</a>.<br />
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Did my research reveal anything new about Barnabas's tablestone? In short, no. I can offer only <i>personal opinion</i> rather than fact. But since this is a blog, that's okay. I'd guess there's a 50-50 chance that Barnabas's remains are buried beneath his tablestone. The town formally hired a grave digger six years before he died, but burials on private home lots were common during this time (more so perhaps, the greater distance one lived away from town). The slate slab was likely purchased and inscribed in the mid- to late-18th century, by a son or grandson of Jonathan Horton, who died in 1707. This opinion stems from two elements on the stone. First, the inclusion of the honorific <i>Mr.</i> By strict 17th-century, socioeconomic standards, Barnabas—a baker—would never have been considered for this title. By the 18th-century, however, its use had become a more widespread term of respect. Second, there appears to be enough space left on the slab for one more inscription. Perhaps the family member who commissioned the stone did so not only to honor his immediate ancestors, but in the hope that his name would one day be eternally linked with theirs. The economic depredations brought on by the American Revolution likely preserved this emptiness. Patriot Southolders, not killed in battle, fled to Connecticut in droves, while occupying British forces commandeered every commodity to supply their war effort—livestock and grain filled the bellies of their soldiers in New York City, felled North Fork trees kept those same British soldiers warm in winter, and plundered metals lined British officers' pockets or armed their weapons. Legend has it that the lead tablet missing from Reverend Hobart's tablestone was taken during the American Revolution and melted down to make bullets. The area remained economically depressed until 1844 when the railroad finally reached the North Fork, connecting the eastern village of Greenport to the city of Brooklyn. <br />
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I end with a toast given at Southold's Bicentennial Celebration, fitting for its Old Burying Ground residents: <i>Engrave deep on memory's tablet their virtues, bury deep their faults and errors!</i><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">[5]</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>"<i>The First Church of Southold's 250 Years </i>[A sermon by its pastor, October 19, 1890]," Brooklyn Historical Society, Epher Whitaker Papers [ARC 286], Folder #3.<br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">[6]</span> Jacqueline Dinan, <i>In Search of Barnabas Horton: From English Baker to Long Island Proprietor, 1600–1680</i>, 309. </div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 18.4px;">The answer is that I deliberately chose to exclude this image in order to squash yet another Barnabas myth. The picture, well-known to many Horton descendants, is not of the immigrant Barnabas, but of Jonathan Goldsmith Horton. Look at the image above and you will clearly see Jonathan’s initials, J. G. Horton, where the lapels of his suit overlap. (I assume the artist’s initials are to the left).</span><br />
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