Ancestry of
Lily James

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Comfort Horton

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Lily James — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 160 
  • Father:
  • Jonathan Horton 
  • Mother:
  • Ann Millard   
  • Birth Date:
  • 29 Mar 1743 
  • Birth Location:
  • Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 14 Jun 1805 
  • Death Location:
  • Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Jonathan Horton Yard, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Joanna Wood
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 Feb 1768 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Children:
  
  

  Sarah Horton

  Stephen Horton (Ahnentafel No:80 )

  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

• Sources for Comfort Horton

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/13/2020).
  • ² Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Probate file for Comfort Horton.
  • ³ Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945, Death record for son Stephen Horton.
  • ⁴ The Mayflower Descendant, 1991, Vol. 41, p. 3.
  • ⁵ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. #41490, Membership application for James H Richardson.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 9.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 446, 477, 480, 501, 507.

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