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HORTON, JAMES (17??-1814)

HORTON, JAMES, JP and JCP; formerly of Rye, Westchester Co., N.Y.; m. Ann - ; d. c1814.

James Horton was a Loyalist who arrived on the Miramichi from Shelburne, N.S., in 1785 and settled at Bay du Vin. An ex-justice of the peace in Westchester County, N.Y., he was said to have had property worth £2,500 confiscated after the Revolution.

Horton was one of three magistrates commissioned in September 1785 to assist the first county magistrate, John Willson, and he was one of seven justices to attend the first session of the Northumberland County Court of Quarter Sessions in 1789. He stated in 1792 that he was advanced in age, but until 1803 he was one of the three most active magistrates, along with James Fraser and Alexander Taylor. He also had an appointment as a justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

In 1785 Horton and his wife had five unmarried children at home, all above the age of ten. Their sons James, Samuel, Sylvanus, and William Horton, came of age in the 1790s and also settled at Bay du Vin. The stream known as "Hortons Creek" continues to bear witness to their residency, but it would seem that all members of the family departed early in the 19th century. In his will, which was drafted in 1810, Horton made bequests to his wife and his daughter Miriam Horton, who was married to Jacob Kollock. The will was registered at the county office in Newcastle on 8 April 1814.

Sources

PANB (petitions #35, #61, #98, #211, #212, #265, #323, #344, #364, #378, and #396); Rayburn; Sabine; St Michael's Museum (copy of will of James Horton); Spray (ENC)


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