Saturday, April 28, 2012

Surname Saturday - WATHEN/WORTHEN (England > Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  I am up  to number 443, Abigail Worthen (1714-????). [Note: The 6th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts] 

My ancestral line back through four generations of WORTHEN ancestral families is

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) 


6.  Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
7.  Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977)

12.  Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946)
13.  Abbie Ardell Smith (1863-1944)

26.  Devier James Lamphier Smith (1839-1894)
27.  Abbie A. Vaux (1844-1931)

54.   Samuel Vaux (1816-after 1880) 
55.  Mary Ann Underhill (1815-after 1880)

110.  Amos Underhill (1772-1865)
111. Mary Metcalf (1780-ca 1860)

220.  John Underhill (1745-1816)
221.  Hannah Colby (1745-????)




442.  Joseph Colby, born 30 July 1707 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died after 1768 in Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.  He was the son of 884. Joseph Colby and 885. Anne Bartlett.  He married  18 March 1736 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
443.  Abigail Worthen, born 14 May 1714 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died in Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.  
Children of Joseph Colby and Abigail Worthen are:  Ephraim Colby (1736-1736); Joseph Colby (1739-1839);/ Abigail Colby (1742-????); Hannah Colby (1745-????); Ephraim Colby (1750-????).

886.  Ezekiel Worthen, born 18 May 1672 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died October 1755 in Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.   He married  26 December 1704 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
887.  Abigail Carter, born 07 March 1686 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 1774. John Carter and 1775. Martha Brown.
Children of Ezekiel Worthen and Abigail Carter are:  Mary Worthen (1705-????); Jacob Worthen (1707-1791); Ezekiel Warren (1710-1783); Thomas Worthen (1712-1773); Abigail Worthen (1714-????); Hannah Worthen (1716-1750); Martha Worthen (1720-????); Mehitable Worthen (1722-????); Anne Worthen (1724-????); Samuel Worthen (1727-????); Ephraim Worthen (1728-1763).

1772.  Ezekiel Wathen/Worthen, born before 15 April 1636 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died 15 June 1716 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married  04 December 1661 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
1773.  Hannah Martin, born 01 February 1643/4 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 29 June 1730 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 3546. George Martin and 3547. Hannah.
Children of Ezekiel Worthen and Hannah Martin are:  Hannah Worthen (1663-1730); John Worthen (1665-1743); Thomas Worthen (1667-1702); George Worthen (1669-1745); Ezekiel Worthen (1672-1765); Margaret Worthen (1674-????); Samuel Worthen (1677-1760); Dorothy Worthen (1680-????); 
Judith Worthen (1685-1759); Deborah Worthen (1686-????).

3544.  George Wathen, born about 1595 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died before 27 December 1642 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 7088. George Wathen and 7089. Joyce White.  He married 15 April 1634 at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England.
3545.  Margery Hayward, born before 24 August 1593 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England; died before 27 August 1644 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 7090. Hugh Hayward and 7091. Joanna Sissell.
Children of George Wathen and Margery are:  Deborah Wathen (1625-1679); Eleanor Wathen (1627-????); Dorothy Wathen (1630-????); William Wathen (1632-????); Elizabeth Wathen (1632-1634); Ezekiel Wathen (1636-1716).

Information about the Wathen/Worthen families were obtained from:

1)  David Webster Hoyt, The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts ; with some related families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton (Providence, R.I., Snow & Farnham, printers, 1897-1917)

2)  Malva Lynn Teed and Mary Louise Emil, We Are Because They Were, (Dugway, Utah : Malva Teed, 1982, accessed on Family History Library US/CAN Film 1033945, Item 6.).

3)  Clifford L. Stott, "English Background of George and Margery (Hayward) Worthen of Salem and their Nephew, William Sargent of Gloucester, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Volume 148, Number 1, Pages 67-78 (January 1994).

4)  Joyce S. Pendery, "Descendants of George and Margery Wathen of Salem, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Volume 154, Number 3, Pages 325-352 (July 2000).

2 comments:

Karen K said...

Randy, we're cousins-- yay. :-) I have a ton of Colbys in my tree (I'm descended from original American "great migrant" Anthony Colby through four of his children.

And I'm also descended from Ezekiel WORTHEN through his daughter Hannah WORTHEN (1663-1729) who married Samuel FOWLER.

Anonymous said...

Hello. I am a Wathen/Worthen also. I am from the line of George and Joyce Wathen. I have much info on the family. E. Worthen/ dprebel@rainbowtel.net