Ancestry of
E. C. Segar

Cartoonist (Popeye creator)

Benjamin Horton

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of E. C. Segar — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 22 
  • Father:
  • Gideon Horton 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Newcomb   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 Mar 1775 
  • Birth Location:
  • Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Mar 1848 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Norton Center Cemetery, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Danforth
  • Marriage Date:
  • 17 Apr 1796 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Abigail Danforth Horton (Ahnentafel No:11 )

• Sources for Benjamin Horton

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 06/19/2021).
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Norton, Vol. 1, p. 81, Birth record for Benjamin Horton.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Taunton, Vol. 2, p. 258, Marriage record for Benjamin Horton and Abigail Danforth.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Norton, Vol. 1, p. 258, Marriage intention for Benjamin Horton and Abigail Danforth.
  • ⁵ May, John Joseph, Danforth Genealogy: Nicholas Danforth of Framlingham, England, and Cambridge, N.E. (1589-1638) and William Danforth . ., Boston, Massachusetts: Charles H. Pope (1902), 52-53.

E. C. Segar photo by U. S. War Stamp Council