Life History

Notes

• Abraham Horton
  Birth 9 May 1759 in Bucks, Pennsylvania
  Death 11 Dec 1842 in Lawrence, Alabama
  Parents Abraham Horton 1722-1816
  Martha Brissell 1725-1808
  Marriage 28 Dec 1777 Surry, North Carolina, to Adythia Clark
  Birth Mar 1759 in Surry, North Carolina
  Death 8 Jun 1849 in Etowah, Alabama
  --  Cowin Family, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4824364/person/-66668300?ssrc=&ftm=1
  
  Abraham Horton
  Birth 9 May 1759 in Bucks, Pennsylvania
  Death 11 Dec 1842 in Courtland, Lawrence, Alabama
  Parents Abraham Horton 1722 - 1816
  Martha Brissell 1725 - 1808
  Marriage 28 Dec 1777 Surry, North Carolina to Adythia Clark
  --  Madorin Willett, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/287963/person/-2063715635?ssrc=&ftm=1
  
  U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  Abram Horton
  Gender: male
  Spouse Name: Aditha ???
  Marriage 1777 NC
  
  Family Data Collection - Births
  Abraham Horton
  Father Abram Abraham Horton
  Mother Martha Brissell
  Birth 9 May 1759 Bucks County, PA USA
  
  Family Data Collection - Individual Records
  Abraham Horton Horton
  Spouse: Adythia Clark
  Parents: Abraham Horton, Martha B Williams
  Birth 9 May 1759 Bucks Co, PA
  Marriage 28 Dec 1777 Chatham Co, NC
  Death 11 Dec 1842 Lawrence Co, AL
  
  I note that this compilation reports that the marriage took place in Chatham County, North Carolina, while I have found several genealogies that report the place of marriage as Surry County, North Carolina.
  
  Some genealogies report that Abraham, as most or all of his brothers, had the middle name Brissell in honor of his mother's previous name.  This naming of the sons would usually indicate that this name is the maiden name of the mother.  Sources indicate, however, that the maiden name was Williams, and Brissell a later name, though I have found no record of a marriage to anyone named Brissell.  But several records report her parents were surnamed Williams.
  
  Most genealogies name this person only Abraham Horton, but one or two have the middle name Brissell.  One, however, reports specifically on this middle name, citing a book on the Hortons.  This source states that Abe and Martha named (only) their first four sons Brissell.
  
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  The Virkus Compendium states that Abraham and Martha gave their first four sons the middle name of "Brissell" in order that the name would be perpetuated.
  
  All of the information on this generation of Hortons comes from the book The Horton Connection.
  Ancestors of Janet Lee Jinkins, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/u/l/Janet-J-Culp/GENE1-0015.html
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  Abraham was the fifth son, so perhaps the following genealogy was in error in reporting his middle name as Brissell.
  
  Abraham Brissell Horton
  Birth May 14 1759 in Bucks, Pennsylvania
  Death Dec 11 1842
  Parents Abraham Horton 1722 - 1816
  Martha Brissell 1725 - 1808
  Marriage 23 Jul 1833 to Sally Roden
  --  Horton, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6045713/person/-196322479

Sources

• 1. Family Data Collection - Individual Records
• 2. Ancestry Trees
• 3. Family Data Collection - Births
• 4. Email Sources
• 5. Ancestry Trees
  • Madorin Willett, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/287963/person/-2063715635?ssrc=&ftm=1
• 6. Ancestry Trees
  • Horton, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6045713/person/-196322479
• 7. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900