Person:Caleb Horton (1)

SOURCE: The History of the Descendants of the Jersey Settlers, Adams County, Mississippi, Vol. 2, Mills, Frances Preston, p. 270,390 (FHL book 976.226 D2h v. 2) also copy of Horton and related families in Carole Pearson's personal library. " Caleb Horton by Avis Groniger. Our information about Caleb is limited, except for what we can glean from the early records. We find that on May 12, 1664, Caleb and his brother, Benjamin, were admitted freemen of the Connecticut Colony. So far as we can determine, Caleb was never assigned a "homelot," but on 3 Feb. 1669, his father, Barnabas Horton, gave him 300 acres together with an additional 63 acres - all in Cutchogue. Caleb built a house there during that same year - a pretentious two-storied shingled dwelling, which was still standing in 1929, and in use as a museum.

"He accumulated, by purchase, many other pieces of land, so that he came to be recognized as the richest man on eastern Long Island, and was considered a substantial citizen. he dispersed much of his property to his children. He apparently could not write, for he signed documents by [his] mark. This seems a bit strange, since his father was a literate man for those times. Caleb signed his will, dated 30 Dec. 1699, with his mark. He married Abigail Hallock, daughter of William Hallock. They had nine children, three of whom were Jersey Settler ancestors. See Horton, King and Swayze families."

P. 390 - "Caleb ... was traditionally the first white child born at Southold."