'Horton01'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Horton of Barkisland, Horton of Chadderton, Horton of Howroyde, Horton of Sowerby
| Commoners identifies the arms of this family as "Gules a lion rampant, arg. charged on the shoulder with a boar's head couped az. within a bordure engrailed of the second". That indicates that there was no known connection with the family shown on Horton02. | |||||||||||||||
| William Horton of Firth House in Barkisland in Halifax, Yorkshire (a 1603) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Hanson (a 07.1660, dau of Thomas Hanson of Toothill or Tooth Hill) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Horton of Barkisland and of Howroyd or Howroyde, Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by 'Ducatus Leodiensis' (Ralph Thoresby, 1715, p12). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Gledhill (a 07.1670, dau of Thomas Gledhill of Barkisland) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Horton of Barkisland Hall (b 1651, d 02.01.1699/70) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elverida Thornhill (dau of John Thornhill) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Elizabeth Horton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Bold of Bold (d 1704) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Susan Horton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.10.1700) Richard Beaumont of Whitley | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Anne Horton (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | William Horton of Howroyde (d 10.02.1715-6) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Musgrave (dau of Sir Richard Musgrave, Bart of Hayton Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Horton of Coley in Halifax (d 1739-40) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Chester | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Mary Horton (a 1766) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Richard Horton (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Elizabeth Horton | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Batte of Okewell | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Sarah Horton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Butterworth of Belfield | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Judith Horton | ||||||||||||||
| Commoners suggests that Judith d unm but Thoresby suggests that she had the following family. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Finch 'of Leeds' (and London?) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Elizabeth Finch (d 1713) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (17.04.1692) Thomas Ramsden (bur 04.02.1697-8) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (by 1701) Sir Richard Musgrave | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Caroline Finch | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Lyndley (or Lindley) of Bolling, Sheriff of Lancashire | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Judith Finch | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c12.1697) Edward Copley of Batley | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Thomas Horton in Liverpool (dsp 30.03.1660) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Throppe (dau of Thomas Throppe, alderman of Chester) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Joshua Horton of Sowerby and Horton Manor (b 1619, d 07.04.1679) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Martha Binns (d 23.07.1694, dau/coheir of Thomas Binns of Rushworth) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Joshua Horton of Sowerby and Chadderton, Lancashire (d 15.12.1708) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1678) Mary Gregg (dau of Robert Gregg of Bradley) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Horton of Chadderton, Governor of the Isle of Man (b 04.05.1685, d 18.03.1757) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Mostyn (d 17.06.1725, dau/coheir of Richard Mostyn of London) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William Horton, Sheriff of Lancashire, 1st Bart of Chadderton (d 25.02.1774) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1751) Susannah Watts (dau of Francis Watts of Barnes Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Watts (not William) Horton, 2nd Bart of Chadderton (b 17.11.1753, d 15.11.1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.06.1778) Harriet Stanley (d 1830, dau of James, Lord Stanley, son/heir of 11th Earl of Derby) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Harriet Susanna Anne Horton (b 04.01.1790, d 29.12.1827) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1813) Charles Rees (brother of John of Killymaenllwyd) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir Thomas Horton, 3rd Bart of Chadderton (b 21.07.1758, d 02.03.1831, vicar of Badsworth) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1779) Elizabeth Stanley (d 1796, dau of James, Lord Stanley, son/heir of 11th Earl of Derby) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Charlotte Horton | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Pollard of Stanney Hall | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | William Horton (b 21.10.1767, d 15.04.1816, Lt. Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Joshua Horton of Howroyde (b 1720, d 1793, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Clarke (dsp 25.05.1764, dau of George Clarke, Lt. Governor of New York) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1765) Mary Woollin of Thornhill (d 08.02.1806, dau of Rev. John Woollin of Emley) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas Horton of Howroyde (b 29.08.1766) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.1789) Mary Gordon (dau of George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Joshua Thomas Horton of Howroyde (b 1791, d 11.1845, vicar of Ormskirk) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.11.1832) Harriet Hesketh (d 10.05.1836, dau of Sir Thomas Dalrymple Hesketh, Bart of Rufford) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | George William Horton (Lt. Colonel) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Esther Garnier (dau of Rev. William Garnier of Rookesbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Mary Horton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1816) Francis Beynon Hacket of Moor Hall | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Joshua Sidney Horton (b 07.03.1768, d 14.11.1835, Admiral RN) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Grace Treacher (relict of Henry Whorwood) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Sidney Lloyd, William, Mary Emily | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | William Horton (b 05.05.1769, vicar in Rochdale) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.11.1793) Elizabeth Lyon (dau of John Lyon of Liverpool) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Richard George Horton of Leeds had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.04.1828) Emily Boulton | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | 2 sons and 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (5) | Charlotte Horton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. W. Richardson of Ferrybridge | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Frances Horton | ||||||||||||||
| m(1). Richard Henry Horton (d 1813, Major) | |||||||||||||||
| (7)+ | other issue - Richard Henry (d unm, Lt. Colonel), Anna Maria (d unm), Jane (d unm), Harriett | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Susannah Horton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.03.1742) George Lloyd of Hulme | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue - Thomas (d 20.06.1726), Sarah, Mary (d unm), Anne (d unm), Jane (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Martha Horton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1697) Thomas (probably not Richard) Clayton of Adlington | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Jane Horton | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Parr of Liverpool | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Sarah Horton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Williamson of Liverpool | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Elizabeth Horton | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Williamson of Liverpool | |||||||||||||||
| vi.+ | other issue - James of London (b 10.04.1695, d unm 14.12.1734),7 others (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Thomas Horton (b 26.11.1660, dsp 1693-4, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Watmough (dau of Dr. _ Watmough of London) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Martha Horton | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Gill of Car House, Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - Elkanah of Thornton Hall (b 31.08.1659, dsp bur 28.01.1728/9), Sarah (d 04.09.1670), Elizabeth (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Sarah Horton (bpt 29.01.1609, bur 16.01.1639) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.10.1636) John Geldhill of Barkisland Hall | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Elizabeth Horton (d 07.1670) | ||||||||||||||
| 6. | Susan Horton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Hoyle | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Commoners (vol I, 'Horton of Howroyde', p283+), BEB1841 ('Horton of Chadderton') with support from BLG1886 ('Horton of Howroyde')
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