Abigail Cook1

#20666, (4 July 1774 - )

Family

Henry Horton b. c 1770, d. 1857
Children 1.Phebe Horton+5 (1794 - )
 2.William Cook Horton+3 (1796 - 1839)
 3.Elisa Horton+5 (1799 - 1890)
 4.Stephen Horton5 (1801 - )
 5.John Todd Horton+3 (1803 - )
 6.Samuel McCrea Horton+1 (1805 - 1872)
 7.Le Ray D Horton+5 (1805 - )
 8.Jacob R Horton+5 (1809 - 1876)
 9.Susan Olive Horton+5 (1811 - )
 10.Henry Horton Jr+5 (1814 - )
Her married name was Horton.2 
Birth*4 July 1774She was born on 4 July 1774 at Delaware Co., New YorkG.3,1,2 
Marriage*10 March 1792She married Henry Horton, son of Hon. William Horton and Elizabeth Covert, on 10 March 1792 at Colchester, Delaware Co., New YorkG.3 
1811She and Henry Horton removed to Lyme, Jefferson Co., New YorkG, in 1811.4 
14 July 1850She and Henry Horton appeared on the census of 14 July 1850 at Lyme, Jefferson Co., New YorkG; (neis. Walter C and Clarissa Horton, fam. 32; wid. Polly (Mary) Horton, age 56, fam. 33; Noah and Sarah Dunham, fam. 35.)2 

Citations

  1. [S237] William H. Horton, editor, Geographical Gazetteer of Jefferson County, N.Y 1684–1890 (Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse Journal Company, 1890), p. 563, Henry O. Horton, b. Delaware Co. NY, m. Abigail Cook of same, first settler in Port Salubrious 1807, d. same place aged 84, served War of 1812. Children of Henry and Abigail: Eliza Phebe, William, Leray, Jacob, John T., McRea, Stephen, Henry Jr., Susan and Samuel M.
  2. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. Harry (78), b. NY, farmer, real estate value $3244; Abigail (76), b. NY.
  3. [S1865] Geo. F Horton, Horton Genealogy; or Chronicles of the Descendants of Barnabas Horton of Southold, L. I., 1640 (Philadelphia: Home Circle Publishing Vo., 1876), pp. 20-21. Hereinafter cited as Horton Genealogy.
  4. [S616] 1855 New York State Census. Henry, age 83, res. of town 44 yrs.
  5. [S1527] New York Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, online Ancestry.com, Wills Vol. 4, imgs. 513-533/548, pp. 459-460. Will dated 13 Jun 1849, Jefferson Co. NY. Names as heirs: sons Henry Jr., Stephen, Le Ray, John T, McCrea and Jacob R (who is named as executor); daus. Phebe Robbins, Elisa Rogers and Susan O Durham; and wife Abigail. Witn. John L Smith and Wm D Smith, both res. Lyme, Jefferson Co. NY.
    Abstract also available at http://www.jefferson.nygenweb.net/wills/henryhortonwill.htm, contributed by Marilyn Sapienza.