Life History

Notes

• Family Data Collection - Births
  Martha B Williams
  Father James Williams
  Mother Priscilla Roberts
  Birth 1726 Bucks, PA
  
  Martha Brissell
  Birth 1726 in Bucks County, Pa, Death Unknown
  Marriage 9 Jan 1746 Bucks County, Pa to Abraham Horton
  Birth 1722 in Bucks County, Pa
  Death 1816-01-01 in Bucks County, Pa
  Son John Brissell Horton 1748 - 1827
  --  Bob McIvor, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5766647/person/-1398858343
  
  In the marriage record of her son Abraham, his mother is referred to as Martha B Williams.  This is the only information I have that Martha was married before marrying Abraham Horton.  I later found one genealogy reporting her as Martha Williams Brissell, which might indicate her maiden name was Williams and her first married name Brissell.
  
  Family Data Collection - Individual Records
  Abraham 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
  
  Some records report her last name as Williams.  Rather than a married name, this is a maiden name, with the names of her parents given.  This B may be for an unrelated middle name, but best fits with Brisell as the middle name. I have found no evidence no time frame that she married a Brissell first before marrying Abraham Horton.  Genealogies that have her parents Martha name them James Williams and Priscilla Roberts.
  
  Family Data Collection - Individual Records
  Martha B Williams
  Spouse Abraham Horton
  Parents James Williams, Priscilla Roberts
  Birth 1726 Bucks County, PA
  Marriage 9 Jan 1745 Bucks County, PA Chester Co
  Death 1808 Tom S Creek, Surry Co, NC
  
  Likewise in her daughter Priscilla's information, the mother is identified as Martha B Williams.
  
  Family Data Collection - Individual Records
  Priscilla Horton
  Spouse: William Beals
  Parents: Abraham Horton, Martha B Williams
  Birth 1760 PA Or Surry Co, Bucks Co, NC
  Marriage 14 May 1777 Surry Co
  Death Date: 1783
  
  Another genealogy, which draws upon two published books on the Hortons, gives Martha's maiden name as Martha Brissell Williams.  Her parents in this compilation match those in the Family Data Collection reports above.  It would seem from the dates and the facts in the various early sources, that Brissell was Martha's middle name, not her last name or a first married name.  The two sources are Bolt American by Nina Leona Bolt Martin, and The Horton Connection by Arnold Horton Wilson.  The following records are reproduced from the Grigg-Fuhriman genealogy at the specific addresses given below each couple.
  
  Abraham HORTON was born in 1722 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. He died on 16 Jan 1816 in Westfield, Surry, NC. He was buried in 1816 in Tom's Creek, Surry, North Carolina. He married Martha Brissell WILLIAMS on 9 Jan 1746 in , Bucks, PA.
  Spouse:
  Martha Brissell WILLIAMS was born in 1726 in , Bucks, PA. She died in 1808 in Tom's Creek, Surry, NC. She was buried in 1808 in Tom's Creek, Surry, North Carolina.
  --  Grigg-Fuhriman, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~griggandfuhriman/griggandf/pafg16.htm#18573
  
  James WILLIAMS was born 1 in 1705 in , Philadelphia, PA. He married Priscilla ROBERTS about 1725 in Of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  Spouse:  Priscilla ROBERTS was born about 1707 in Of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  --  Grigg-Fuhriman, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~griggandfuhriman/griggandf/pafg22.htm#18574
  
  James' Parents:
  James WILLIAMS was born about 1675 in Of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died in 1707 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married Jane or Ann LEWIS in 1699 in Montgomery, Chester, PA.
  Spouse:  Jane or Ann LEWIS was born 1 about 1680 in Of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  --  Grigg-Fuhriman, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~griggandfuhriman/griggandf/pafg30.htm#18576
  
  Priscilla's Parents:
  Roland or Rowland ROBERTS was born in 1685 in Penllyn, Merion, Wales. He died on 22 Jul 1749 in Gwynedd Twp., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married Ann BENNETT in 1719.
  Spouse:  Ann BENNETT was born about 1688 in Of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  --  Grigg-Fuhriman, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~griggandfuhriman/griggandf/pafg30.htm#18578

Sources

• 1. Ancestry Trees
• 2. Family Data Collection - Births
• 3. Family Data Collection - Individual Records
• 4. Grigg & Fuhriman Genealogy
  • http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~griggandfuhriman/griggandf/pafg16.htm#18573
• 5. Genealogy.com Trees
• 6. Email Sources
• 7. Gravestone of Isaac Horton, Sugar Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Sugar Hill, Gwinnett, Georgia
  • Registry:  http://www.oldplaces.org/gwinnettga/cemeteries/sugar_hill_3.html
• 8. 1850 Federal Census, Gwinnett County, Georgia
  • 25 September, Sugar Hill District, page 388, Hse/Fam #935