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been members of Puritan congregations in March 13, 1832; Millicent Ellen, born England, and were forced to leave because Sept. 3, 1833, and Albert Howell, the sub of their religious predilections. Barnabas ject of this sketch, on the 12th of March, Horton built the first house on the east end 1837. Dr. Harvey Horton was an educated of the island; it was of frame, and in 1876 and skilful physician; he practised his pro still occupied and in a fair state of preserva fession with remarkable success in Minni tion. He died at Southold, on the 13th day sink and adjoining towns, enjoying the of July, 1680, at the advanced age of eighty. confidence of all with whom he associated. This Barnabas Horton is known in the His son, Harvey Addison, was instantly chronology of the fam

killed, Sept. 3, 1861, ily as " Barnabas, the by the fall of a bridge old Puritan." He was with a train of cars a man of the most j j upon it, in which he was a passenger, nine rigid orthodoxy, but a zealous advocate of miles east of St. Jo civil and religious free seph, Missouri, on the dom. His third son Little Platte River. was born in the au The bridge had been tumn of 1640, and j partially burned by christened Caleb. He Confederate troops, but left standing, ready settled at Cutchogue, to tumble into the Southold Township, stream the moment L. I., and died on the cars came upon it. the 3d of October, Millicent Ellen died 1702. Caleb's first on the 24th of March, child was born Sept. 1 841. Albert Howell 23, 1666, and was Horton, the Chief-Jus named Barnabas, af tice of Kansas, is the ter the " Old Puri second son of Dr. Har tan." Barnabas sevey Horton and Mary cundus had a second son who was likewise Bennett. He was named Barnabas, also born near Brookfield, GEORGE S. GREEN in the town of Minni born in Southold, about 1690. In 1732 sink, Orange County, he emigrated to Goshen, N. Y. The fifth N. Y., on the 12th of March, 1837. His son of this Barnabas was born in Southold early education was received in the public too, in 1730, and named Silas. The sixth schools of West Town, N. Y., and at the child of Silas was born in Goshen, on the youthful age of thirteen he was prepared 30th of June, 1770, and made heir to the an for college at "Farmer's Hall Academy," in cestral name, and with him Barnabas ceases Goshen. In 1855, when eighteen years old, to appear in the family record. This Bar he entered the celebrated University of nabas finis married Millicent Howell in 1794, Michigan, at Ann Arbor, as a Freshman. and died on the 24th of October, 1823, He remained there for a period of two years, in Minnisink, Orange County, N. Y. The when his eyesight became seriously affected, third child of this Barnabas was married to and he was reluctantly obliged to sever his Mary Bennett, and died on May 10, 1840. connection with the Institution. Three His children were : Harvey Addison, born years later he entered the office of Hon. J.