Samuel Horton Colton

17 November 1804–12 September 1875 (Age 70)
Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

The Life Summary of Samuel Horton

When Samuel Horton Colton was born on 17 November 1804, in Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Reuben Colton, was 28 and his mother, Abigail Horton, was 26. He married Anna K Earle on 6 October 1830, in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States for about 5 years and Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States for about 5 years. He died on 12 September 1875, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Horton Colton
1804–1875
Anna K Earle
1806–1842
Marriage: 6 October 1830
John Colton
1830–
Samuel Colton
1831–
Mary Colton
1832–
Reuben Colton
1834–
Baby Colton
1835–1835
Edward Colton
1835–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    6 October 1830Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (4)

    World Events (8)

    1808
    Age 4
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.
    1818
    Age 14
    Illinois is the 21st state.
    1825 · The Crimes Act
    Age 21
    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    Name Meaning

    English (Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire): habitational name from any of various places called Colton in England. Examples in Norfolk, Staffordshire, and North Yorkshire are from the Old English personal name Cola (or the cognate Old Norse Koli; see Cole 2) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. The place so named in Somerset has as its first element the Old English personal name Cūla (of uncertain origin). The one in Cumbria has a river name apparently derived from a Celtic word meaning ‘hazel’. This English name is also common in Ireland; it was the name of a bishop of Derry in 1397. There seems also to have been confusion with Culliton .Scottish and Irish (Monaghan): shortened and altered form of Gaelic Mac Haldan, ‘son of Haldan’, see Haldane .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Culton
    Cole
    Colten
    Coulton

    Sources (38)

    • Samuel H Colton, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Samuel H Cotton, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Saml. H. Colton in entry for Saml. H., Jr. Colton, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"

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