Surname Saturday -- WORCESTER (England to colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm  up to Ancestor #1767, who is Sarah WORCESTER (1667-1721) [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through four generations of this WORCESTER family line is:

1. Randall J. Seaver (1943-????)

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 Ardelle "Della" Smith (1862-1944)

26.  Devier James Lamphier Smith (1849-1894)
27.  Abigail A. "Abbey" Vaux (1844-1931)

54.  Samuel Vaux (1816-1880)
55.  Mary Ann Underhill (1815-1883)

110.  Amos Underhill (1772-1865)
111.  Mary "Polly" Metcalf (1780-1855)

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

440.  John Underhill (1720-1793)
441.  Joanna Healey (1718-1809)

882.  William Healey (1688-1772)
883.  Mary Samborne (1690-1790)

1766.  Benjamin Samborne, born 20 December 1668 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States; died 15 December 1740 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.  He was the son of 3532. John Samborne and 3533. Mary Tucke.  He married before 1690 in New Hampshire, United States.
1767.  Sarah Worcester, born 15 August 1667 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 29 January 1721 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.

Children of Benjamin Samborne and Sarah Worcester are:

*  Mary Samborne (1690-1790), married 1716 William Healey (1688-1772)
*  Joanna Samborne (1692-1717), married 1714 Cornelius Clough (1680-????)
*  Sarah Samborne (1694-1756), married 1714 Reuben Samborne (1692-1756).
*  Theodate Samborne (1696-1756), married 1719 Jonathan Samborne (1700-????).
*  Dorothy Samborne (1698-1757), married (1) 1721 Jethro Bachiler (1698-1723); (2) 1736 Alexander Moulton (1695-????).
*  Abigail Samborne (1700-1741), married 1725 Enoch Colby (1702-1780).
*  Jemima Samborne (1702-????), married (1) 1720 John Stacy (1697-1736); (2) 1743 Samuel Lord (1700-1772).
*  Susanna Samborne (1704-1776), married 1750 Joshua Blake (1701-1777).
*  Benjamin Samborne (1706-????).
*  Judah Samborne (1708-????), married 1725 Robert Quimby (1701-????).
*  Benjamin Samborne (1712-1748), married (1) 1733 Hannah Tilton; (2) 1736 Dorothy Tilton (1713-1784).

3534.  Timothy Worcester, born 14 May 1642 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 1672 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 12. William Worcester and 13. Sarah.  He married before 1667 in Probably Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
3535.  Susanna LNU, born 1646 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 22 October 1730 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Timothy Worcester and Susanna are:

*  Sarah Worcester (1667-1721), married 1690 Benjamin Samborne (1668-1740).
*  Susanna Worcester (1672-1710), married Moses Pike (1658-1742).

7068.  William Worcester, born 1595 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England; died 28 October 1662 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 14136. Joseph Worcester and 14137. Alice LNU.  He married about 1628 in probably Buckinghamshire, England.
7069.  Sarah LNU, born about 1605 in England; died 23 April 1650 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of William Worcester and Sarah are:

*  Samuel Worcester (1628-1681), married 1659 Elizabeth Parrott (1640-????).
*  Pateince Worcester (1630-1630).
*  Mary Worcester (1630-1630).
*  Susannah Worcester (1634-1688), married 1653 Thomas Stacy (1622-1689).
*  John Worcester (1636-1637).
*  William Worcester (1638-1683), married 1660 Constant LNU (1640-????).
*  Sarah Worcester (1639-1641).
*  Sarah Worcester (1641-1646).
*  Timothy Worcester (1642-1672), married 1667 Susanna LNU (1646-1730).
*  Moses Worcester (1643-1731), married (1) 1676 Elizabeth Stark (1643-????); (2) 1695 Sarah LNU (1645-????).
*  Elizabeth Worcester (1648-1649).
*  Elizabeth Worcester (1650-????).

Information about the Worcester family was obtained from:

*  Malva Lynn Teed and Mary L. Emil, We Are Because They Were (1983), accessed on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 1,033,945 Item 6.

*  John P. Worcester, The Worcester Family in America [website] (http://www.worcesterfamily.com/index.htm : 2013).

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