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161. Documentation for Lydia Gorham (14 May 1701 to 01 March 1763)

mother of Joseph Worth Jr. (29th 9 mo. 1729 to Before May 1816)

(The following was taken from John Howland of the Mayflower Volume I The First Five Generations Documented Descendants through his first child Desire Howland and her husband Captain John Gorham by Elizabeth Pearson White.) Lydia Gorham was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, 14 May 1701. She was the daughter of Shubael and Puella (Hussey) Gorham.(1) She died on the Island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1 March 1763 (1st 3 mo. 1763).(2) Lydia Gorham married on Nantucket 8 September 1720 Joseph Worth.(3) Joseph Worth was born on Nantucket in 1696, the son of John and Miriam (Gardner) Worth.(4) Joseph Worth died on Nantucket 14 July 1790 (14th 7 mo. 1790), at 94 years of age.(5) Lydia's brother, Daniel Gorham, in his will dated 24 January 1740, proved in Barnstable County, in January 1746, named Lydia as his "second sister," and gave her two-elevenths of his estate.(6) Lydia's father, Shubael Gorham of Barnstable, in his will dated 23 September 1748, probated 7 August 1750, listed Lydia as one of his "seven beloved daughters."(7) Joseph Worth was called "of Sherborn, housewright," when he sold to his son, Silvanus Worth of Sherborn, weaver, for £60, the dwelling house in Sherborn in which Silvanus lived, with a piece of land "on which the house stood." Joseph Worth acknowledged his signature, 10 February 1759, but the deed was not recorded until 31 July 1763, after Lydia's death. Therefore her signature relinquishing her dower rights was not included with the document.(8) No probate records for Joseph and Lydia Worth have been found. [An account of this family was published in The National Genealogical Society Quarterly (December 1988) 76:169-88.] Children (Worth), born in Sherborn, Nantucket, Mass.(9): i. Abigail, born 23d 5 mo. 1721 (twin). ii. Anna, born 23d 5 mo. 1721 (twin). iii. Nathaniel, born 4th 7mo. 1723. iv. Reuben, born 14th 7 mo. 1725. v. Silvanus, born 27th 6 mo. 1727. vi. Joseph, born 29th 9 mo. 1729. vii. Lydia, born 12th 12 mo. 1731. viii. Miriam, born 22d 4 mo. 1734. ix. Thomas, born 1st 11 mo. 1736. x. Daniel, born 10th 12 mo. 1739. xi. William, born 4th 1 mo. 1741. xii. Shubael, born 6th 5 mo. 1745.

ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL to support the RELATIONSHIP between LYDIA GORHAM and her son JOSEPH WORTH JR

1) White, Elizabeth Pearson, John Howland of the Mayflower, Volume 1, The First Five Generations Documented Descendants Through his first child Desire Howland and her husband Captain John Gorham, page 591 through 593, pages 721 and 722, and pages 729 and 730 for an extensive listing of original source documents to substantiate Joseph Worth Sr. as the father of Joseph Worth Jr.

2) Nantucket Vital Records to 1850, Volume 4, page 526, Marriages, Joseph Worth, son of Joseph and Lydia (Gorham) Worth, and Judith Starbuck, daughter of William and Anna (Folger) Starbuck, married Nantucket, 6th 12 mo. “called December,” 1753. Removed from Nantucket 29-9-1774. 3) Nantucket Vital Records to 1850, Volume 2, page 503, birth record for Judith Starbuck, October 10, 1734, daughter of William Starbuck and Anna Folger, wife of Joseph Worth (son of Joseph and Lydia Worth). 4) Starbuck, Nantucket, 743, 807, 827; Lydia S. Hinchman, Early Settlers of Nantucket, 2d ed. (Philadelphia: Ferris and Leach, 1901), 195. Joseph Worth, was born on Nantucket in 1696 as one of John and Miriam Worth's seven children.

5) Nantucket Vital Records, 4:526; Otis G. Hammond, "Marriages in Nantucket, 1717-1777." On 8 September 1720 there was recorded at Nantucket the marriage of Joseph to Lydia Gorham, an "off-islander" with strong Nantucket connections.

6) Nantucket Vital Records to 1850, Births, Volume 2, page 630, Joseph Worth, husband of Lydia (daughter of Shubael Gorham and Puella), son of John and Miriam (Gardner) Worth (first wife): _____, 1696.

7) Nantucket Vital Records to 1850, Births, Volume 2, page 630, Joseph Worth, child of Joseph and Lydia (Gorham) Worth, 29th, 9 mo. 1729, husband of Judith (daughter of William Starbuck and Anna).

8) Nantucket Vital Records, Marriages, 3:555, Lydiah (Goarham) Gorham and Joseph Worth, both of Nantucket, September 8, 1720.

9) Henry Barnard Worth, "Nantucket Genealogies. 1608-1910" (MS, Nantucket County Historical Association, Nantucket, Mass.); 425; microfilmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints and available as Family History Library [FHL] film 906,499. This work is helpful for clues but must be used with discretion and in conjunction with court records. Henry Barnard Worth, in his Nantucket Genealogies, 1608-1910, says, "the exodus of Nantucket families to Guilford and New Garden, North Carolina, took place from 1771 to 1774. About twenty families went, among them Francis, Daniel and Joseph Worth."(15)

10) Wm. C. Folger, "A Record of Births, Deaths, and Marriages on Nantucket, Beginning in 1662," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 7 (April 1853): 181-82; reprinted in Mayflower Source Records, 255.

11) National Genealogical Society Quarterly (NGSQ) 76:275-77.

REFERENCES (1) Mayflower Descendant 5:73. (2) Nantucket Vital Records 5:615. (3) Nantucket Vital Records 4:526.

(4) Nantucket Vital Records 2:630. (5) Nantucket Vital Records 5:614. (6) Barnstable Co. Prob. 8:6 (Daniel Gorham) [FHL #904601]. (7) Barnstable Co. Prob. 8:265-66 (Shubael Gorham) [FHL #904601]. (8) Nantucket Co. Deeds 6:333 [FHL #906233]. (9) Nantucket VR 2:620, 621, 623, 630, 633, 634, 635, 637, 639; Alexander Starbuck, Hist. of Nantucket: County, Island and Town, 827-28.

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Wo~ Jo~ s. Jonathan, I~ z mo. I7I3- [h. Mazy (d. Solomon Gardner and Anna)~ s. Jonathan and !bry (Hnssey )~ P..It.J&]

John Esq~ h. Sarah Ath~ s. John 4lld Dorcas (Smith) (Hawes) (third w.). I 4th,. 9 mo. 1725~ P.lt.J&

Jo~ ch. John and ll.ary~ ~ 4 mo. 1730, C'.R-4 £b- Jemima (d. J obn Swain and Lydia), s. John aDd Mary (Gardner), P.Jt.J8.]

Jo~ s. John Esq. and Dorcas (third w.),. ~ 1751,. P.R...38. John., ch. Benjamin and Phe~ 19~ 12 mo. 1777,. c.R 1 [h.

--Clark [of) ~bin~ s. Benjamin and Phebe (Coffin), P.R..38.)

Jo~ h. Fanny Handy,. s. George and Phebe (\Vyer) ,. sth,. 5 mo. 17~ P .1t.38.

Jo~ s.\Valte:r F. and .Abigail (~!acy),. I~ 9 mo. I~ P..R..38. John, s.John and :\Hriam (Gardner) (first w.),. ,. P.R.JS. J o~ s. Nathaniel and Abigail (Coffin) (Swain),. ,

P.R.38. John~ s. Thomas and Aikin (third w.),. (?

in N.Y.],. P.R.38. Jo~ ch. William and Mary [(Butler) P.R.38.],. ~ 10 mo.

1723-Jonatban,. s. Jo~ Oct. 31 ~ 1685. (h. Mary {d. Stephen Hus

sey and ~iartha) ,. s. ] obn and Miriam (Gardner) (first w.). Jist,. 10 mo_ P.R..38.]

Jonathan (see Ezekiel). Jonathan. ch. John and l\1CL-y,. zstb.,. 7 mo. 1745. C.R-4 [h.

Mary Ed-wards of LI~ s. Jolm and ~!ary (Edwards), 2;th. 7 mo~ P .R.38.]

Jonathan. Dea.. h. Sarah Mayhew, h. l\fercy Smith,. s. J obn Esq. and Dorcas (third ,v.),. , 1756, P.R.38.

Joseph. h. Lydia (d. Sbubael Gorham and Puella). s. John and 1viiriam (Gardner) (first w.); , t6g6, P.R..38.

Joseph. ch. Joseph and Lydia. 29~ 9 mo. Ii29~ c..R..+ [h. Judith (d. William Starbuck and Anna), s. Joseph and Lydia (Gorham), P.R.38.]

Joseph. ch. Richard and Sarah [Sarah Hoag, P .R.38.] , 30~ 5 mo. 1731.

Joseph. s. Francis and Phebe (Coleman), 19th. 9 mo. Ii79, P.R.38.

Joseph. ch. Rich[ar]d and Elizabeth. , C.Jt.4. [Joseph R, h. 11ary Ann Rowley. s. Richard and Elizabeth (Folger), 26th {dup. 21St). II mo. Ij86~ P.R.38.)

NAN'TtTCXEX BllltlHS 637

WoRI"H, Sarah J.., w. ~O"UStus l!ason, <L George B. and Sarah (Barnard) 7 7 p .Jt.38.

Sarah ~ w. Lemuel S. Harlow., d. George and Phebe (Wyer) 7

16th, 8 mo. I8o8. P .R.38. Sarah ~ w. Asher Taylor [of] Calif., d. George F. and l1a.ty

(Elkins) 7 7 p .R..38. ~ ch. Jolm and Mary. 9~ 8 mo. 1738~ C.R 1 (b_ Hnldah

(d. Benjamin Coleman and Huldah) 7 s. John and Mary (Gardner), P.R..38.] ~ h. Merab (d. Obed Macy 2d and Lydia) . h.. Lydia M.

(wid. Benjamin Franklin Ray. d. Thaddeus 'Vorth)7 s. Uriah and Elizabeth (Mayo), 12th, II mo. 1797 [dup. xJ98]. P .R.38.

Shubae4 ch. Joseph and Ly~ ~ 5 mo. 1745, Cll4 [h. lkthiah (d. Thomas Jenkins and Judith), s. Joseph and Lydia (Gorham), P.R.38.]

ShttbaeL h. Anna (d. Thomas Gardner and Anna) , s. Francis and Phebe (Coleman), 28th, 9 mo. Ii73· P .1t.38.

Shubael h. Elizabeth (d. Tristram Starbuck and Miri3m) , h. Harriet K. ('vi d. Peter W . Potter) , s. Richard and Phebe (Hayden), 2j'th. 6 mo. 1797. P..R..38.

Shuba4 Capt.. h. Harriet K. (wid. Peter W. Potter), s. Shu-bael and Elizabeth (Starbuck) , , P ..R..JS.

Sidney (see George S .). Silas, h. l\Ian1da (d. Paul l'lacy and Bethiah of N [ ew] G [ ar

denT), uof the Ne\v Garden emigrcmts.~ s. Joseph Jr. and Judith (Starbuck),. • I7iO, P.R..38.

Silvanus. ch. Joseph and Lytiia, 2j'ih. 6 mo. 1727, C.R.4- [h. Rachel (d. Silvanus Allen and Jemima), s. Joseph and Lydia (Gorham) . P .R.38.]

Simeon, ch. Reuben and Lydia, 3d, 8 mo. I 782, C.R.4- [ s. Reuben and Lydia (Gardner), P..R..38.]

Solon. ch. Silvanus and Rachel, 2,5th, 2 mo. t76o, C.J4. [ s. Silvanus and Rachel (Allen), P .R.38.]

Solon. h. Phebe (d. George Bunker and Phebe) , s. Gideon and Phebe (Taber) . 8th. 12 mo. 1783. P.R.38.

Stephen. ch. John and Mary. 8th. 8 mo. I 735· C.R-4- [ s. J obn and l\! ary (Gardner) , P.R.38.]

Stephen. ch. Daniel and Eunice, --, C.J4. [ s. Daniel and Eunice (Hussey) , P .R.38.]

Susan. ,v. Benjamin A. Mason. d. George B~ and Sarah (Bar· nard) , f' 1828, P.R.J8.

Susan. ,v. Thomas McLaughlin, d. Henry and Persis (Bunker) , --., P.R.38.

NANTUCKET UAlUUAGES 555 GoRHA~r, Lois (Goreham) and Jonathan Macy, 6th, 10 mo.,

Hcalled December," 1744, c.R.4.t Lydia (see Lydiah). Lydia and William Swain, Feb. 14, 1750. [Lydiah, N.C.ll.

Lydia (first w.), d. Stephen and Elizabeth (Gardner), and William Swain Jr., s. William and Jemima (Coffin), P.R.38.)

Lydia B. and Phineas Fish, Sept. 10, I848.t Lydiab (Goarham) and Joseph Worth, both of N., Sept. 8,

1720.*t • Mary, d. Stephen oftJamstable, and Andrew Gardner, s. Na

thaniel of N., 1st, 7 mo., "called September," 1721, in N., c.R.4. [Mary, d. Stephen and Elizabeth (Gardner), and Andrew Gardner, s. Nathaniel and Abigail (Coffin), Jan. -, P.R.38.)

lfary and Prince Gardner, 1oth, 11 mo. 18o3, C.R.4-t Mary Ann and Charles F. Alley, Aug. 27, t848.t Mary G. and William Mckeel, 18th, 6 mo. 1849, c.R4 t Nathaniel, s. Stephen and Elizabeth (Gardner), and Mary

Soley,.d. John o~ Charlestown and Dorcas (Coffin), , 1736, 1n Boston, P.R.JS. ·

Nathaniel and Betsey Baker, Nov. 24, 1814. [Nathaniel. s .. Josiah and Eunice, and Betsy Baker, d. Lemuel and Abial (Pinkham), P .R.J8.]

Parnell and Matthe\v Barney, 7th, 10 mo. I8ot, c.a4.t Phebe C., 22, of N., b. N., d. Edw[ar]d and Susan, and Charles

H. Dunham, single, 26, mariner, of N., b. N., s. Geo[rge] F. and Piana, int. Feb. 13, 1848. "This publishment taken down by request of Phebe C. Gorham."

Phebe C. and John; Ray, May 21, t848.t Polly and Obed Wyer 3d, int. Oct. 5, x811. [m. Oct. 6, c.R.2 ..

Polly, d. Jonathan and Mary (Davis), and Obed Wyer, s. Obed and Polly, rn. , P.R.38.]

Priscilla (Goreharn) and E(l]iphaz Folger, 20th, 9 mo., "called November,'' 1735, c.R4.t

Sarah and Daniel Hussey, Feb. 13, 1734-5·* fSarah, d. Stephen and Elizabeth (Gardner), and Daniel Hussey, s. Sylvanus and Abial (Browne) (first w.), P.R.J8.]

Shubael, b. Yannouth, s. Capt. John of Plymouth (b. England, s. Ralph of Benefield, N orthhampshire, Eng.) and Desire (d. John Howland of the Mayflower and Elizabeth (Tilley)), and Puella Hussey, d. Stephen and Martha (Bun-ker), May - , I6gs,• P.R.g8. -

•IntenUon not recorded. tFor deta1Jed Information eee record of coJUJOrt.

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.IU:Nm'•:K e:c VAKUAGPS

WOJCtB? Jonathan aDd MaTy Hnssey~ I~ 4 mo. 1707·* Uooatban, s. Jo1m and MD iam (Gudner) (first w ... ), and MaTy

0 Hussey~ d.. Stephen 2Dd Martha. {Bmlker)p Apr.~ P.Jt.38. 1 Ja catlran and Rut1i Garduer~ ~ ~ I74L • Donathan Jr~ s..

Jouatban and Mary (Hussey), and Rltth ~d. Rich. ard 3d and Leah (Folger)~ P.Jt.3&]

Jonathan, ~ s. John Esq. and Dorcas (tbild w.)~ and Mercy Smith, Nov. I$ I~* P.Jt..38 ...

]ona1ban. ~ s. Jolm Esq. and Do.tcas (third w ... ), and Sanh Mayhew, .* .-P.JLJS_

Joseph and Lydiah Goarllam, both of N_ ~ 8, I720-* [Joseph. s. John and Miriam (Gardner). and Lydia Gorlraxtl,. d.. Sbnbael (s. Capt. John of Bamstabte and Desire (Howland)) and PaeDa. (Hussey)~ P .R.s8- Lediah Goatl ta" ,, P.lt.68.)

Joscp~ s. Joseph- 3Dd Lydia. of Sherborn in N~ and Judith Starbuck, d. WiDiam 211d Anna of ~ in N~ ~ X2 mo., '"c:allcd December," I7SJ,. in Sherborn inN.,. CR 4· O'osep~ s. Joseph and Lydia ( Gorllam). and Judith Star~ d. WiDiam 2nd Anna (Folger) (mst w.), -. IO mo ... '"Removed 29- 9-- I774." P .1t.38-] ·

Joseph T~ aud Sophronia Ridd~ Aug. 22p I8I3- Uoseph s. and Sophronia RiddD~ c.:a 2 Joseph T.,. s. Gideon and Phebe (Taber). and Sophronia Ridd~ d. Samud and Judith (Coleman). p .x.JB.]

Judith. d. John and :Miriam (Gardner) (first w.), and John Macy Jr., s. John Ist and Debor.ah (Gardner). Apr. 25, 1707. * p .Jt..38-

Judith and Daniel Folger,. 2d, 2 mo., "caDed February,." I~ CR4t

Lavinia of N. and Warren Phinney of Barnstable, J nne 6, 1837 ... [Lavinia (first w.), d. Joseph T. and Sophronia {Riddell). P.Jt.JS.J

Lydia. and Peleg Bunker, 8th, 12 mo., '"called February," 1749. C:B4T

Lydia and Stephen Fish, 3d, 12 mo. 18oo, c.:a-4-t Lydia B. [and) Edward C. Joy, June II. 1835- [Lydia B.

(second w.) ~ wid. Thomas, d. Samuel Gardner and Lydia (Btmker) , and Edward C. Joy, s.. William and Jedidah (Meader)~ P.R.38.] ·

Lydia M. and Benjamin F. Ray,. Nov. IS,. 1836. [L'ydia M., d. Thaddeus and Love (Macy), and Benjamin F. Ray, s. Obed and Lurania (Swain), P.It.38.]

•ID..telttlon DOt reeorde4. tFor 4etane4 tnforma.tSon see recm4 of COD.aOrt.

NA!ITUI :X ttt DEATHS

WoJrm, John, s. John and Miriam (Gardner) (first w.), 15th, 8 mo. 1707, P .R.38.

Jo~ h. Miriam {Gardner), h. Mrs. Ann~ h. Dorcas (Smith) Hawes, s. William and s~ (Macy). I Ith, 2 mo. I7JI [dup. Ist, 2 mo. 1732], a.~ P.R.J8. .

John, s. John Esq. and Dorcas (third w.), drowned, ~ 10 mo. 1777, a. 26, P.R..J8.

J ~ h. Abigail (d. Stephen Swain and Catherine), s. Nathan-iel and Jane (I.atbrop) , , 1778, P.R.J8. Uolm 2d, 27th, 3 mo., P .R..63.]

John Esq'"? h. Sarah Athearn, s. John and Dorcas (Smith) (Hawes) (third w.), 1st, 2 mo. I8o2, P.R.J8.

John, h. Mary (d. Solomon Gardner and Anna), s. Jonathan and Mary (Hussey), 3oth [sic], 2 mo. 18o3, a. go, P.R.38. [22d, 2 mo., a. goy. 10m., P.ll.6J.]

John, h. Fanny Handy, s. George and Phebe (\Vyer) , -, 7 mo. 1820, in Port au Prince, P.R.J8. [Aug. 14, a. 28 y. 3m., P..R.6J.]

John A., single; s. Thomas and Aikin (third w.), 23d, 3 mo. 1847 [lith, I mo. 1827 written above date], a. 46, in Hudson, N.Y., P.R.J8.

Jonah, 17th, 9 mo. 1&>7, a. 84, c.:a 4 [s. William and Mary (Butler), P.LJ8.]

Jonathan, 26th, 7 mo. 1719. [h. Mary (Hussey), s. John and Miriam (Gardner) (first w.), P .R.J8.]

Jonathan, "Lived on Long Island," h. Mary Edwards of L.L, s. John and Mary (Gardner) [in birlh of Jonathan for (Edwards) read (Gardner)], 20th, 4 mo. 1835, in ~1ore-ches, L.I., P.R.38. [formerly of N ., a. &) y. 6 m.., P.R.62.]

Joseph, ch. Richard and Sarah [Sarah Hoag, P.R.38.], 2d, 7 mo. I-7J2.

Joseph, h~ Lydia, 14th, 7 mo. 1790, C.R4 [h. Lydia (Gorham), s. John and Miriam (Gardner) (first w.), P .R.JS.]

Josep~ s. Richard and Phebe (Hayden), , "young," P.R.J8.

Joseph R, h. Mary Ann Rowley, s. Richard and Elizabeth (Folger), 26th, 9 mo. 1840, P.R.J8.

Joseph S., s. W[illia]m and Lucretia, Aug. 3, 1834. a. 22 m., G.R.I.

Judith, ch. William and Mary, - , I mo. 1739, C.R-4- [d. William and Mary (Butler), 26th, 2 mo. 1738, P.R.J8.]

Judith, wid. Andrew, (dup. d. Barnebas Coleman and Rachel (second w.)] 30th, 5 mo. r8og, c.R-4. [w. Andrew (s.

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Christopher and Dinah), d. Barnabas Coleman and Rachael (Hussey) (secood w.), P..R.JS. :zd, 5 mo., P.K..6~]

Judith, w. Joseph (s. Joseph and Lydia), d. William Starbttclc and Anna (Folger) (first w.), 25th:, IO mo. I8JO, P.1LJ8.

K., Aug. t8, I8I~ C.R.2. Love. June J, I828 [dup. x827], Cll2. [June 3, 1828, c.IL~

w. Thaddeus Worth ( s. Uriah and Elizabeth), d. Sbubael Macy and Eunice (Gardner), 4th, 6 mo. 1828, P .lt.J8.]

Love, Mrs., Dec:. 22, 1836, a. 63, C.'R,2. [ w. Capt. Benjamin. Dec. 23, a. 63 y. 5 m., G.lLI. second w. Benjamin, wid. Absalom Bunker, d. Jonathan Downs and Lydia {Coffin), 23d, 12 mo., P.1t.38. w. Capt. Benjamin, d. Jonathan Downes, Dec. 23, a. 63 y. 4tt1.y P.R.62.} ·

Lydia, w. Josep~ Ist, 3 mo. z7fi3, C.R· 4· [w. Joseph (s. John and Miriam), d. Shubael Gorham and Puella (Hussey), P.R.J8.]

Lydia, w. Reuben, d. Simeon Gardner and Sarah, 24th, 2 mo. 1784, c R.4. [w. Reuben Jr., P.B.J8. PJL63.]

Lydia, 27th, 3 mo. 1795-6 [sic], P.R.63. Lydia, w. Richard of N.J., d. Benjamin Swain and Mary Tay

lor, 25th [dup. 26th], I mo. Ij96, a. 8g y. II m. 21 ~ P.R.JS.

Lydia, ch. Andrew and Judi~ 18th, 2 mo. x835, C.JL4.. [d. Andrew and Judith (Coleman), 17th, z mo., P.JL38. Feb. I7, a. abt. 6) y. 8 m., P .a.62.]

Lydia, Miss, b. N., ch. Francis, old age, June I9. 1846, a. 76, inN. Uune 18, c.R.J. d. Francis and Phebe (Coleman), 2oth, 6 mo., P .1t.38.]

Lydia, b. N., w. Charles, consumption, Aug. 5, 1847, a. 50, inN. [ w. Charles ( s. Obed and ] ennette), d. Edward Starbuck and Lydia (Macy), 6th, 8 mo., P.R.38.]

Maria, b. N ., ch. George and Phe~ consumption, Mar. 24, 1847, a. 45, in N. [d. George and Phebe {Wyer), 22d, 3 mo., at Quaise Farm, P.R.38.]

Maria B., d. Walter F. and Abigajl (Macy), 9th, to mo. 1822, P.R.J8.

Martha, b. N., d. Fred[eric]k and Eliz[abe]th, July 29, 1844, a. 19, inN. [d. Frederick and Elizabeth (Pinkham), a. 20, P.R.J8.] .

Mary, w. William,-, 8 mo. 1756, c.R-4- [w. William (s. John and Miriam), d. Thomas Butler and Jemima of Martha's Vineyard, 8th, 8 mo., P.R.38.]

426 GEl\:t:ALOGlCAL XO:l'~S OJ:, .B.:!.RN8TA.BL~ FA:-.UL.l~S.

-l4. IV. ~hu bacl, 168<>, d ied 1 ;a4~ uo i:;:;ue . 45. Y. lsau~: 16~9 . 46. VI. ,J oltn~ l ti90 ~ uieu 171;, no issue. 4 7. VI L Joseph, 16~2, died without i~~me. 48 . Vlii. Ilannah~ 1 6~4. 49. IX. Heojamin; 1695. iJO. X. Thomas, 1701.

12-11. ~hubacl Gorhsmot youngest son of Capt. John GOJ· .. ham, married in 1696, Puella, duughter () f Stephen Hussey, of Xantucket.

Children. bo·rn in l:Jar.,stable. 51. I. George, 29th Jan. 1696-7. ~2. II. Abigail, 31st ~1a1·cb, 1699. bS. lii. Lydia, 14th :\ln)•, 1701. 54. lY. Hannah, 28th July, 1703. ~a. V. Theodale, 18t-h July,..1705. i>6. VI. Daniel, i4.th :Sept. 1708. f}7. Vll. Desire, ~6th Sept. 1710. b8. Y!Jl. Ruth, 7th Mny, 1713. 59. IX. Deborah.

Shubael Gorham in his will dated 23d Sept. 1448, proved Ang. 7, 1750, says be is ''advanced in years," and gh'es all his renl estate to his Bon G·eorge an<1 allows him to retain whatever he owes him or hi~ wife. He gives his personal estate to his seven dnughters1 to be equally divided to them. !lis personal estste was appr~ed at£~~, 10 ~; his real at £266,13 4.

51. Respecting G·eorge Gorham I nnd nothing on tbe rec-ords.

52. Abigail Gorham married Oct. ~!>, 17 t 6, James Lovell, Jr. She resided st 1-l,yaonis Port , and di~d June 28, 1778r aged 79 vears . ..

53. Lydia Gorham tnarried ~ept. 8, 1720, Joseph '\\T orth, of Nantucket. • The records say they were then both of Nantucket. 'fhey had eight sons and four d1\ughtera, w bo lived and married. 'l'hey have ruany descendants at N autucket, ill New York, In diann, and other states.. She died March 1, 1763, aged 6:l years. lleL· son Daniel, with six in his famih', removed to ~orth Cat·olina .. in 17·71.

54.. HauoaL Got· ham married Oct. 24 ~ 1726, \Villiam .ManniDg, and Dee. 21 t J 7~)z , \Ym. ~tubb!), of Nantucket.. She d ied 16th 8 mo., 1 7~1, n.t N antucket .

O(), T heod.s.te m.arrLed td :N O\". 172~ , F•·ancis Coftio. ~ud ~ecood, Kenbcn G~\nlner . ~ he d ied 6th April~ 1/87, aged 81 _year~, leaving nu merou.:s <le::;ceaclr.t.ut5. ·

56 . Daniel Ourlmm helongetl to the society of friends, unci

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Joseph and Lydia (Gorham) Worth of Nantucket, Massachusetts; and Their Wandering Children

By ELIZABETH P EARSON WHITE, C.G., F.A.S.G., F.N.G.S.

and Eo wiN W. CoLES*

One of the interesting families Jiving on Nantucket Island before the American Revolution was that of Joseph Worth and his wife, Lydia Gorham. The story of this family, and the migration of some of their descendants to New York and North Carolina. illustrates the beginning of the movement of colonial families westward and southward across the vastness of North America. No accurate and documented account of this family bas been published. Alexander Starbuck, in his History of Nantucket, provides some undocumented material on the children of Joseph and Lydia Worth.1 "The Gorham Family," an unpublished manuscript compiled earlier in this century by Henry S. Gorham of Noroton, Connecticut and deposited at the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, provides the best account of this family; but it is unsupported by court records and is inaccurate and incomplete in some areas.2 Researchers using such Nantucket-area publications should note that when the Worths started to move out across the country, they did not travel alone. Many of their Nantucket neighbors went with them and can be found with them in the same records discussed throughout this article.

Joseph Worth's grandfather, William1 Worth, had been born in England about 1640. He had come to Nantucket Island in 1662, soon after the arrival of the original owners (called "first purchasers"), who had bought the land in 1659 while Nantucket was under the rule of the colony of New York. Of the "first purchasers," there were a number whose descendants intermarried with William Worth's descendants-particularly Tristram and Peter Coffin, Thomas Macy, Christopher Hussey, Richard and John Swain, and Thomas Barnard.3 Worth, not being an original purchaser, was called a "half share" mao, as illustrated by the following contract recorded on 20 July 1662 in Nantucket's town records:

These presents do witness that wee wh05C names are underwritten do give and grant unto William Worth sailer half a share of land and meadow wood and Timber and all manner of privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging upon the Island of Nantucket both bouse Lot and other Division of land, mecadow, wood, Timber and Commonage we say half as much as any one of the Twenty first purchasers have both in plantation and patent Right to him the aforesaid William· Worth, his heirs and assigns, forever.•

William Worth first married Sarah Macy, the daughter of "first purchaser" Thomas Macy and his wife, Sarah Hopcot.5 Their only son, John1 Worth, married Miriam Gardner, daughter of another early Nantucket settler, Richard Gardner.6 The subject of this paper, Josepb3 Worth, was born on Nantucket in 1696 as one of John and Miriam's seven children.?

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On 8 September 1720 there was recorded at Nantucket the marriage of Joseph to Lydia Gorbam,8 an "off-islander" with strong Nantucket connections. Born in the Cape Cod town of Barnstable on 14 May 1701,9 she was the daughter of Shubael and Puella (Hussey) Gorham. Her father Shubael was a grandson of Mayflower passenger John Howland and the son of Howland's daughter Desire, who had married Captain John Gorham in Plymouth about 1643.10 The John Gorhams subequently lived in Marshfield, Massachusetts, from 1645 until they moved to Yarmouth, on Cape Cod, in 1652. Finally they settled at nearby Barnstable, where Captain Gorham built a gristmill, reared his family, and became an influentia l man in local atfairs.11 When their son Shubael married, he chose a native of Nantucket- Puella Hussey, the daughter of Stephen and Martha (Bunker) Hussey, who had been early settlers of the island.U Sbubael and PueUa seem to have spent their married life on Cape Cod, near Hyannis Port, where Shubael owned a tavern; however, Amos Otis, in his Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, feels that they may have lived part of their lives on Nantucket because their daughter Lydia and four of her six: sisters all married Nantucket men. 13

Nantucket Island was a haven for Massachusetts families who were tired of the savage Indian wars of the late 1600s. Nantucketers became intrepid men of the sea, developing what was called the Southern Whale Fishery. These whalers sailed from the Davis Straits of Greenland, on the Arctic Circle, down south to the Falldand Islands, near the tip of South America, and across the South Atlantic from the West Indies to the coast of Africa.14 They developed the industry that supplied oil for the lamps of England as well as America. Being residents of an island, they had to import most of their wood and flour from the mainland. These shipments were interfered with during King George's War, the French and Indian War, and the other more localized conflicts between the competing colonies in the mid- l700s. Many Nantucket men were taken prisoner by the French, and Nantucketers who preferred farming to the precarious life of sailing Jooked for other places to settle. Most of the residents of Nantucket were Quakers. Therefore it was natural for them to find new homes in other Quaker communities.

Some of the children and grandchild ren of Joseph and Lydia Worth followed their Quaker neighbors and relatives to Guilford County, North Carolina, while others joined the movement of Friends to areas along the Hudson River in New York. Henry Barnard Worth, in his Nantucket Genealogies, 1608-19/0, says, "the exodus of Nantucket families to Guilford and New Garden, North Carolina, took place from 1771 to 1774. About twenty families went, among them Francis, Daniel and Joseph Wortb."15 From there, some of their offspring joined the Quaker out-migration to Ohio and lndiana. Meanwhile, Edouard A. Stackpole's Nantucket in the American Revolution reports, "A number of shipmasters were aware of the potential danger on the horizon. Among these were Captain William Swain and Captain William Coffin. Late in June 1775, they took their families aboard a sloop and sailed for the Hudson River and settlement in Saratoga County, where they believed they were safely removed from the war spreading along the coast. A week later they were joined by John Worth and his family." 16

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Not much is known about Joseph and Lydia Worth beyond the fact that Joseph was a carpenter who Jived in the town of Sherborn, on Nantucket. 11

Lyrua's brother Daniel Gorham, in his will dated 24 January 1740 and proved in Barnstable County in January 1746, named Lydia among the brothers and sisters who were to be his heirs.18 Similarly, Lydia's father Shubael, calling himself "of Barnstable in the Province of Massachusetts Bay," drafted a will on 23 September 1748 (probated there on 7 August 1750), which lists Lydia as one of his "seven beloved daughters."19

Joseph was called "of Sherborn, housewright'' when he sold land to his son Silvanus on the " tenth day of the Second month called February in the thirty Second year of the Reign of George of Great Britain & King Annoque Domoni 1759." In this lengthy deed, he acknowledges receipt of sixty pounds paid by his "son Silvanus Worth of Sherborn aforesaid, Weaver," in exchange for a dwelling house in Sherborn, "now in the tennore and occupation of him the said Silvanus Worth, with a Piece of Land on which the Said House Now Stands." A description of the land follows. The deed was witnessed by Hezekiah Coffin and Ebenezer Calfe. Joseph acknowledged his signature to this document on 10 February 1759; but the deed was not recorded unti131 July 1763, shortly after his wife's death.20

Lydia died on Nantucket 1st 3 mo. 1763. Joseph died there on 14th 7 mo. 1790, age ninety-four years.21 No probate records have been found on Nantucket for either.

Children of Joseph3 and Lydia (Gorham) Worth, all born on Nantucket, were as follows:22

+ I i. Abigail' Worth (twin), born 23 May 1721. + 2 ii. Anna Worth (twin), born 23 May 1721. + 3 iii. Nathaniel Worth, born 4 July 1723. + 4 iv. Reuben Worth, born 13 July 1725. + S v. Silvanus Worth, born 27 June 1727. + 6 vi. Joseph Worth, born 29 September 1729. + 7 vii. Lydia Worth, born 12 December 1731. + 8 viii. Miriam Worth, born 22 April1734. + 9 ix. Thomas Worth, born l November 1736. + 10 x. Danie!Worth,bornl0 Decemberl739. + I I xi. William Worth, born 4 January 1741. + 12 xii. Shubael Worth, born 6 May 1745.

1. Abigail4 Worth (Joseph3, Jobn1

, William1) was born on Nantucket, 23

May 1721, a twin to her sister Anna. She died there, 24 Aprill788. Abigail married her first husband, George Bunker, on Nantucket, 1 April 1738.23 Also a native of the island (birth date unknown), George was the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Coffin) Bunker.24 A resident of the town of Sherborn, George died intestate before 15 September 1741. On that date his brother Simeon, also of Sherborn, was appointed administrator of the estate of "George Bunker, matiner, deceased," and was directed to file an accounting "before the tenth day of June next ensuing."25

Abigail married her second husband, Benjamin Bunker, on Nantucket, 9 December 1743. Benjamin, her first husband's cousin, had been born on the

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island, 14 April 1721, as the son of J albez and Hannah- (Gardner) Bunker;26

and he is mentioned in the will of his father, Jabez, probated 25 May 1750.27

Starbuck writes that Benjamin "removed from the Island 29th 9 mo_ 1788," six months after Abigail's death; but he is contradicted by the published compendium of Nantucket vital records, which states that be died there a day earlier, 28 September 1788.28

Only one known child was born to George and Abigail4 (Worth) Bunker, as follows: 29

l 3 i. Lydia Bunke~. said to have been 'bom on Nantucket on 24 July 1737, although 1739 is more probable in light of the date of her parents' marriage. She wed first, Shubael Folger, son of Shubael amd Jerusha (Clark) (Ramsdell) Folger; married second, George Coleman, son of Solomon and Deliverance (Swett) Coleman.

Children of Benjamin and Abigail4 (Worth) (Bunker) Bunker, all born on Nantucket, were as follows:30

14 ii. Anna. Bunker, born 23 November J 744; married T ristram Bunker, son of Daniel and Margaret (Coffin) (Davis) Bunker; removed from the island 19th 4th mo. 1776.

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15 iii. Barzillai Bunker, born 16 Augus t 1754; married Lydia Pinkham, daughter of Daniel and Eunice (Jenkins) Pinkham; removed from the island 26th IQ mo. 1778.

l 6 iv. Timothy Bunker, born in 1756; married first, Dinah Coffin, daughter of Shubael and Abigail (Paddock) Coffin; married second, Dinah's half-sister Judith, daughter of Shubael and Mary (Swain) Coffin; removed from the island 16th 8 mo. 1798.

17 v. Elijah Bunker, born in December 1763; married on 20 June 1785, Abigail Folger, daugbter of Christopher and Anna (Joy) Folger.

2. Anna4 Worth (Joseph3, John2

, W illiam') was born oo Nantucket, 23rd 5 mo. 1721, a twin of her sister Abigail. She died there on 31 October 1795.31

Like her twin, Anna married twice. T he first husband, whom she wed on Nantucket, 8 April 1738, was Abraham Macy-born on Nantucket, 9 July 1715, tbeson of Richard and Deborah (Pinkham) Macy.32 Abraham died there on 4 July 174633 and was subsequently mentioned as deceased in the will of his father, Richard Macy, probated 7 January 1780.34 Anna married again on Nantucket, 16 October 17 55, Tristram Swain. Tristram had been born on the island (date omitted from Na11tucket Vital Records), the son of John and Mary (Swett) Swain. His first wife had been Phebe Coffin, daughter of Richard and Ruth (Bunker) Coffin, whom he had married on Nantucket, 6th 8 mo. 1743.35

Tristram died on the island on 21 Apr ill796.36 In his will, which was signed 16th 2nd mo. 1796 and probated 2 June 1796, "Tristram Swain of Nantucket, yeoman," mentioned his children by both wives-naming hls daughters Phebe Barnard and Lydia Barnard; his son, Tristram Swain, Jr.; and the heits of his deceased daughter, Margaret Jenkins. The son Tristram was named as joint executor with the testator's "ldosman" (nephew] Francis Swain. Witnesses were Nathaniel Coleman, Job Chase, and Thomas Smith . His estate was appraised at $681.891/2.37


Children of Abraham and Anna (Worth) Macy, all born on Nantucket, were as follows:38

18 i. Abraham MacyS, born 7 August 1739; died in Ghent, New York, 30 June 1820; married 3rd 12 mo. 1761, Priscilla Bunker, daughter of Samuel and PriscUJa (Coleman) Bunker; removed from the island 25th 4mo. 1774.

19 ii. Simeon Macy, born 30 November 1742; died at sea (Bay of Biscay) in 1764. 20 iii. Anna Macy, born 24 October 1744; died 22 May 1826; married lOth 12 mo.

176 I, Edward Allen, son of Ebenezer and Christian (Heath) Allen. 21 iv, Reuben Macy, born 14 January 1747; died in Hudson, New York, 1 Aprii18I8;

married 31st 12 mo. 1767, Elizabeth Bunker, daughter of Sam11e1 and Priscilla (Coleman) Bunker and a sister of the wife of his brother Abraham; married 21 September 1774, Ruth Howard, daughter of Edward and Phebe Howard; removed from the island 7th 5 mo. 1772.

Children of Tristram and Anna (Worth) (Macy) Swain, all born on Nantucket, were as follows:39

22 v. Phebe Swain, born 31 July 1756, named for Tristram's deceased firs t wife (a quaint colonial custom); married Abishai Barna.rd, son of Abisbai and Hannah (Coffin) Barnard.

23 vi. Seth Swain, born 3 December 1761; died I 0 mo. 1780.

3. Natbaniel4 Worth (Josepb3, Jobn2


July 1723, the son of Joseph and Lydia (Gorham) Worth. He died there 20 June 1806.40 Nathaniel was said to be of Sherborn on 20 "9 mo. called September" 1759, when he married there the widow Abigail (Coffin) Swain. Abigail had been born on Nantucket on 22 June 1729, the daughter of Richard and Ruth (Bunker) Coffin:• and had previously married Seth Swain, son of John and Mary (Swett) Swain, who had died on Nantucket in June 1757. By Swain, Abigail bad borne two sons, Andrew (1 February 1754) and Matthew (2 March 1756).42 Abigail died on Nantucket, 24 October 1795, age sixtysix.43

Nathaniel and Abigail were Quakers. He appears in the federal census of 1790, living in Sherborn as head of a family consisting of one male and one female.44 In a deed dated 21 March 1792, "Nathaniel Worth, Hatter," sold to the Sherborn merchant Walter Folger, for forty-eight pounds, one "dwelling house together with the land it stands on & adjoining being Situate in that part of sd Town of Sherburn Commonly known by the Name of Fish lot Shares and in the Twenty Third Number of sd Shares." The deed was signed and sealed by Nathaniel and Abigail in the presence of David Allen and Lot Cottle!s No probate records have been found for either Nathaniel or Abigail, and no children were recorded for them jn Nantucket records. The Gorham Manuscript mentions a possible son named John but gives neither birth date nor proof of birth.46

4. Reuben4 Worth (Joseph\ John2, William1

) was born on Nantucket on 13 July 1725, the son of Joseph and Lydia (Gorham) Worth, and died there on 22 Aprill800. He was married on Nantucket, 30th 9 mo. 1749, to Mary Allen:7

who had been born (possibly in Fairhaven, Massachusetts) to Silvanus and Jemima (Starbuck) AUen.48 Mary died on Nantucket, 4 June 1785.49


In the federal census of 1790, Reuben Worth is listed in Sherborn as head of a family of one male and two females. 50 Starbuck states that.be "removed from the Island in 1795." If so, he probably returned soon after or continued to own property there. The will of Reuben Worth, "late of Nantucket, Rigger," was dated 15th 10 mo. 1799 and probated on Nantucket on I May 1800. That will mentjons his daughters-Lydia Worth and Elizabeth Gardner-and his granddaughters, another Lydia Worth and Mary Mitchell. It also names his son-in-Jaw .Libni Gardner as his sole executor. Witnesses were Elisha Macy, George Folger, and Thadds. Joy.51

Children of Reuben and Mary (Allen) Worth, all born on Nantucket, were as follows:52

24 i. Reuben' Worth, born 3rd 7 mo. 1750; died before his father, 3d 6 mo. 1784; married 7th 12 mo. 1772, Lydia Gardner, daughter of Simeon and Sarah (Long) Gardner.

25 ii. Charles Worth, born 29th 12mo. 1752;died 27th 12mo. l753. 26 iii. George Worth, born J 2th 3 mo. 1755; died 27t.h 9 mo. 1756. 27 iv. Mary Worth, born 19th 8 mo. 1757; died 30th 8 mo. 1759. 28 v. Job Worth, born 19th 9 mo. 1759; died 13th II mo. 1760. 29 vi . Elizabeth Worth, born 29th 12 mo. 1761; married I st 4 mo. 1784 Libni Gardner,

son of Paul and Rachel (Starbuck) Gardner. 30 vii. Mary Worth, born 31st 5 mo. 1764; died 14th 6 mo. 1785. 31 viii. Lydia Worth, born 13th 9 mo. 1766; removed from the island in 1795. 32 ix. Adino Worth, born lith 9 mo. 1768, died 5th 8 mo. 1772.

5. Sihanus4 Worth (Joseph3, John2


June 1727, the son of Joseph and Lydia (Gorham) Worth, and died there l Oth 8 mo. 1811. Silvanus was married on Nantucket, 16th 9 mo. 1749, to Rachel Allen.53 Born 13 J uly 1732, probably in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as the daughter of Silvanus and Jemima (Starbuck) Allen, 54 Rachel was a sister of Mary Allen who married Silvanus Worth's brother Reuben. She died at Nantucket, 10 March 1812.55

The young Silvanus was a weaver, according to several conveyances recorded in Nantucket County. On 17 February 1758, his in-laws executed a most-unusual deed:

Silvanus Allen of Sherborn in the County of Nantucket, cooper,&: Jemima his wife, as well for the love aod affection we have and bear unto our son-in-law Silvanus Worth of Sherborn, aforesaid. Weaver, & Rachel his wife . .. do . .. grant ... unto our Sd Son in Law Silvanus Worth &: Rachel his wife . . . a Piece of Land lying & being in Sherborn aforesd in that part of the town called Wesco near the Dwelling House of George Folger & is a Part of a Piece of Land which Derived to us from Dorcas Starbuck . .. oontaining one thousand Seven hundred & thirty nine feet . . . the one balfe thereto to our Sd Son in Law Silvanus bis Heirs and assigns ... & the other half thereof to out Daughter, Rachel Worth, her hei rs & assigns.,.

The noteworthy portion is the donation of half the property specifically to the son-in-law and the other half separately to the daughter-rather than the total to the couple jointly, as was usually the case in colonial times. The younger couple's holdings were expanded the following February when his father


Joseph (as previously mentioned) conveyed to him a dwelling house and land in Sherborn that was "now in the tennore and occupation of him the said Silvanus Worth" for the sum of sixty pounds. 57

Between I 763 and 1772, Silvanus forsook weaving and assumed the trade of bricklaying. In the former year, when bis parents-in-law (now called "of Dartmouth, Bristol County, Colony of Massachusetts") sold to Silvanus a second tract of Dorcas Starbuck's land in Wesco, they identified him as "Silvanus Worth, Weaver."58 However, when they conveyed a third tract to him on 22 February 1772, they called him "Bricklayer, of Sherborn." 59 Under the latter identity, Silvanus Worth then appears in deeds too numerous to abstract here, although a series of documents executed late in his life deserve special mention. On 3 August 1796, "Silvanus Worth, Mason," of the town of Nantucket, paid five pounds ten shillings to Jethro Hussey, Esq., of the same place for a piece of meadow on Brant Point "being the Twelfth Lott Drawn by George Hussey and Sarah Gardner . . . containing Forty two Rods of Land & one half Rod." Then, on the " forth Day of the 8 mo. ·• 1796, "Silvanus Worth, Bricklayer," purchased another tract in Nantucket lying near the dwelling bouse of Jonathan Barney.60 By 1798, Silvanus had begun to pass bis property to the next generation-as on 5 March of that year when he executed a deed in favor of his son-in-law Samuel Stubbs, cordwainer.61

Throughout the first several years of the nineteenth century, both Silvanus a nd Rachel appeared before local officials on several occasions to settle their interests in the estate of ber deceased parents. On 20 March 1801, the couple appointed their nephew-in-law, Libni Gardner, as their attorney to "Settle with Killey Eldredge of New Bedford and others who join us in several tracts of Land Derived to us from Silvanus Allen of t he aforesaid Town and County of Bristol" and to then sell whatever part of this inherited land he ''shall think best." Rachel subsequently revoked this power of attorney on 22 March 1804- independently of her husband Silvanus; eventually, on 31 July 1806, they -appeared together before local authorities to e1tecute a joint revocation.62

In the meanwhile, on 30 December 1803, Rachel (but not Silvanus, whom the document still mentions as her husband and as a stonemason) sold to her son Gideon Worth "of Nantucket, Bricklayer," for $400, three pieces of land "situated in New Bedford in the county of Bristol .. . that were given to me by my father, Silvanus Allen . .. by his last will and testament, totaling 18 acres." She acknowledged the latter deed on 30 December 1803; and it was recorded on 21 February 1804, ~3 shortly before she revoked her nephew's power to dispose of her property for her.

No probate records have been found for Silvanus Worth. Instead of making a will, be appears to have disposed of the last of his property by selling his dwelling house and land to the son Gideon, who paid $900 on 28 September 1803-although Silvanus reserved for himself the sole use of the property for as long as he should live. This deed was not recorded untill2 July 1810, the year before Silvanus d ied.64

The children of Silvanus and Rachel (Allen) Worth, all born on Nantucket, were as follows:65


33 i. Miriams Worth, born 19 April1752; died 3 January (or August) 1769. 34 ii. PueUa Worth, born 5 December 1754; married John CoweU of ·providence,

Rhode Island. · 35 Ui. Gideon Worth, born 9 January 1757; died on Nantucket, 25 October 1831;

married in Dartmouth on 30 November 1783, Phebe Taber, daughter of Jabez and Abigail Taber of Dartmouth.

36 iv. Solon Worth, born 25 February 1760. 37 v. Drusilla Worth, born 4 December 1761; died on Nantucket, 15 July 1834;

married in 1801, Samuel Stubbs, son of Benjamin and Eunice (Dagget) Stubbs and widower of her youngest sister, Christina.

38 vi. Rachel Worth, born 29 October 1764, married on 28 August 1788, her cousin Isaiah Folger, son ofShubae1 and Lydia (Bunker) Folger.

39 vii. Christina Werth, born 19 December 1766; died on Nantucket, 16 June 1798; married in 1785, Samuel Stubbs, son of Benjamin and Eunice (Dagget) Stubbs.

6. Josepb4 Worth (Joseph\ John1, William1) was born on Nantucket, 29

September 1729, the son of Joseph and Lydia (Gorham) Worth. On 6 December 1753, Joseph was married on Nantucket to Jud.it.h Starbuck, who had been born on the jsJand on 10 October 1734 to William Starbuck and his first wife, Anna Folger.66

According to Starbuck's History of Nantucket, this family "removed from the Island 29th 9 mo. 1774," just before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. Their preparations for the move are evident in the county deed records. On 23 September 1774, a few days before they left, the weaver Joseph Worth (called " Junr.") and his wife Judith, together with the blacksmith Joseph Macy, his wife Mary, and Jethro Starbuck, sold to a cooper named Jethro Mitchell the land devised to them by "their father, William Starbuck." That document identified the Worths as being "of S herborn." The following day, the Worth and Macy couples sold another tract of this same land to the merchant William Rotch-after which Joseph and Judith executed a third document m which they sold to the merchant Jonathan Burnell another share of the family land, stating that "the remaining two-fifths parts is to remain to the use of our mother-in-law Lydia Pinkham, during her natural life." Finally, on 8 October 1774 (more than a week after the date Starbuck gjves for their removal) Joseph and Judith Worth and Joseph and Mary Macy jointly sold to the merchant William Hussey one-eighteenth of one share of the Old North Wharf.67

The Joseph Worths moved with other Quakers to Guilford County, North Carolina, where tbey were received as members of Center Monthly Meeting late in 1774.68 According to records of that monthly meeting, their daughter Eunice married William Wilson in J anuary 1776 and their daughter Matilda married Latham Folger in November 1777.69 When the southern part of Guilford was cut away to form the new county of Randolph in 1779, the first tax list of the new county included both Joseph Worth and his eldest son Jethro (called "single"). Most of the area Quakers, including Joseph and Jethro, refused to tum in an inventory of their taxable property; but their names were included anyway.70

Unless Joseph Lived along the Guilford-Randolph county line, it appears that

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he may not have maintained a continuous residence in the newer county. In spite of having been listed on the Randolph roll in 1719, the minutes of the Guilford county court for 1784 state that Joseph Worth, "an infirm person,'' was exempted from paying a poll tax "from year to year."71 When the first federal census was taken six years later, Joseph was enumerated back in Randolph County, Hillsborough District. as head of a family of four males and two females.n In 1796 Joseph and Judith Worth were again called "of Randolph" in the New Garden Monthly Meeting records, when their son Silas married Matilda Macy. (This marriage was also recorded at Nantucket because the Macys, like the Worths, were from Nantucket.)" Finally, in the spring of 1806-when Joseph and Judith gave a power of attorney to one Matthew Starbuck, now a trader of Guilford, to sell property they owned on Nantucket- Joseph was again identified as being "of Randolph" as well as a yeoman; four days later, Matthew sold the property to a Nantucket merchant for $10, calling it a one-thirty-sixth part of a share in the Old Straight Wharf, "which descended unto them from (Judith's] father, William Starbuck."74

The will of Joseph Worth, dated 30 September 1811, .was proved in Randolph County (not in Guilford) in the May court term of 1816. By the terms of this document, he bequeathed to his beloved wife Judith all of his personal estate, together with one-third of the income from his real estate. He mentioned his sons, Charles, George, Paul, and Silas Worth; and his daughters, Eunice Wilson and Matilda Folger. Son Paul and kinsman Job Worth were named executors. Witnesses were William Macy and Silvanus Swain.15 Note that this will adds three sons-George, Paul, and Silas-to tboselisted in the Gorham Manuscript,76 while George and Paul are similarly absent from Nantucket Vital Records . .Birth records of these three additional sons have not been found. Joseph's widow Judith died in New Garden (p.-esent town of Guilford College) in Guilford County on 25 October 1830, age ninety-six years, according to her obituary in the Raleigh Register. Her death was also recorded in Nantucket records, where the date is given as 11 November 1830-the date the newspaper obituary was published.71

Children of Joseph and Judith (Starbuck) Worth, all presumed to have been born on Nantucket. were as follows:

40 i. Jethro' Worth, born 3 September 1754; died in Deep River, North Carolina, 8 November 1781; received by Deep River Monthly Meeting from Center Monthly Meeting in 1780. His intention to marry Mary Barnard was published S November 1781, but he died before tbemarriagetoolc place. 71

41 iL Eunice Worth, born 30 August 1756; married William Wilson in Center Monthly Meeting, 21 Januuy 1776."

42 iii. Matilda Worth, born 14 October 1758, married Latham Folger, son of Reuben and Dinah (Hussey) Folger, in Center Monthly Meeting, 27 November 1777.•

43 iv. Charles Worth, born 17 June 1761; dismissed from Center Monthly Meeting on 21 May 1785; received by Deep River Monthly Meeting, 4 July 1785; called "of Muddy River" when he was dismissed from Deep River on 4 March 1799 for marrying out of unity to Elizabeth Frye, daughter of Michael and Nancy Frye!•

44 v. George Worth, named in his father's wiU; fe(eived from Center Monthly Meeting by Deep River Monthly Meeting on 4 Janllll')' 1796, by certificate dated 19 December 179S.a


45 vi. Paul Worth, named in his father's will. 46 vii. Silas Worth, born about 1770; named in his father's will; received by Deep River

Monthly Meeting from Center Monthly Meeting 1 May 1797; married 6 Ootober 1796, at New Garden Monthly Meeting to Matilda Macy, daughter of Paul and Bethiah (Macy) Macy, who was r,eceived at Deep River on 19 April 1797. u On 22 November 1826, one Silas Worth of Stokes County-probably this man-advertised in the Raleigh Register that his apprentice boy, Newell Whicker, had run away on "2lst0ctoberlast."84

7. Lydia4 Worth (Joseph3, Jobn2


December 1731, the daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Gorham) Worth. She died there on 17th 7 mo. 1776.85 Lydia was married on Nantucket, 8 February 1749, to Peleg Bunker, who had been born on the island, 19 April1727, as son of Jabez and Hannah (Gardner) Bunker. He was a brother of Benjamin Bunker, who became the second husband of Lydia's sister Abigail Pe1eg supposedly died on Nantucket on 29 January 1806, but this is questionable. All tbat is really known for certain is that Peleg and his three youngest children "removed from the island" (i.e., were granted a certificate of removal by the monthly meeting) on 27th 11 mo. 1786.86

This Peleg has often been confused with another Peleg Bunker, who was born on Nantucket twenty-one years after the Peleg who married Lydia Worth. The younger Pe1eg, born 17 December 1748 to Jonathan and Judith (Macy) Bunker, was married three times: .first, 7th 1 mo. 1768, to Kezia Bunker; second, 16 January 1772, to Deborah Gorham; and third, 19 September 1773, to Lydia Gardner. The federal census of 1790 shows only one Peleg Bunker as bead of a household in Sherborn, being one male over age sixteen with two males under sixteen and five females.81 After fathering ten children, the younger Peleg died on Nantucket 14th 2 mo. 1806-just two weeks after the older Peleg Bunker was supposed to have died, according to entries in the compiled Nantucket Vital Records. On 5 June 1806, the prqbate judge of that county gave letters of administration to Lydia Bunker of Nantucket for the estate of her husband Peleg, a mariner, who had died intestate. The appraisal, amounting to $820.17 2/3, was made by Benjamin Gardner, Samuel Barker, and Ebenezer Coffin, Gentlemen, and presented for probate on 22 November 1806. The widow's dower was set off to Lydia on 5 August 1807, consisting of the north room, kitchen, and · ceUar-. with the privilege of passing and repassing out the front door. The fact that Benjamin Gardner was one of the appraisers would indicate that this Lydia was Lydia Gardner, widow of the younger Peleg Bunker-not Lydia Worth who married the older Peleg. The younger Peleg's widow, Lydia (Gardner) Bunker, was married soon after this (6th 8 mo. 1807) to Francis Coffin, son of Peleg and Elizabeth (Hussey) Coffin."

The published vital records of Nantucket contribute further to the confusion by listing the births of two boys named Tristram Bunker. The first Tristram was called "s.[son of] Peleg and Lydia (Worth), 1776" and the stated source is the previously mentioned, undocumented genealogical records of William C. Folger. The second Tristram is listed as "ch. Peleg and Lydia (third w.),--" (i.e., child of Peleg and his third wife, Lydia-no known date of birth) and the

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cited source is the Quaker records of the Society of Friends on Nantucket. An inspection of the mentioned Quaker records shows that it was the younger Peleg Bunker and his third wife, Lydia Gardner, who had a son Tristram born on Nantucket, 26th 3 mo .. 1776. The same ~uaker records show no son by that name for the older Peleg and Lydia Worth.8

Adding to the confus.ion is the fact that both Peleg Bunkers named a daughter Lydia. The Gorham Manuscript states that the older Peleg's daughter of that name (born 18th 7 mo. 1773) was married to David Sprague, a man born on Nantucket sixteen years later ( 18th 3 mo. 1789) to John and Mary (Bocott) Sprague. In actuality, David Sprague married tbe younger Peleg's Lydia, who was born on Nantucket, lOth 7 mo. 1790--a much more appropriate match of spouses.90

Starbuck states that Pe:leg Bunker (certainly the elder) was one of the men chosen on 30 January 1760 "to walk the Town in the night season and on the first Day of the week, to suppress the Growing Disorders of the young people in the said Town and a ll others that are disorderly and act Inconsistently with the Principles of Morality & Virtue." Starbuck also says that Peleg "removed from the Island 27th 11 mo. 1786."91 No further record has been found for this Peleg. A man named Pril~ce Bunker, possibly the son of that name who left Nantucket with his fatbe:r in 1786, was recorded in the New York Monthly Meeting. Hinshaw's published extracts from these records carry the following cryptic entry: "having mo Nantucket, refers it to this MM 7-3-1801, referred to Hudson I 0-7-180 L as bt~ now lives there. "92 This suggests that Peleg and his three youngest children moved to Hudson to be near his older children, who had already settled there.

Children of Peleg and L ydia (Worth) Bunker, all born on Nantucket, were as follows:93

47 i. Miriam BunkerS, born 19th 7 mo. 1752. 48 ii. Latham Bunker, born 22d 10 mo. 1755; married first, Anna Coleman, daughter

of Jethro and Lydia (Macy) Coleman; married second, in Sherborn oo 28th 8 mo. 1788, Susanna Barnard, daughter of Shubael and Susanna (Gardner) Barnard, "both of H udson, Columbia County, New York.''

49 iii. Abial Bunker, born 4th 3 mo. 1760; married on 1st I mo. 1778, Abishai Pinkbam, son of Benjamin a.nd Hephzibah (Swain) Pinkham; removed from the island 26th 10 mo. 1778.

50 iv. Anna Bunker, bom 27th 6 mo. 1762; married Abraham Folger, son of Tristram and M ary (Coffin) Folger; removed from the island 29th 4 mo. 1776; in Hudson, New York, in 1790.

51 v. Paul Bunker, bom 12th 11 mo. 1764; married in Sherborn on 31 October 1789, Eunice Folger, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Wyer) Folger; removed from the island 28th I mo. 1782; in Hudson, New York, in 1790.

52 vi. Rufus Bunker, botrn 6th 2mo. 1766; removed from the island 31st 1 mo. 1785. 53 vii. Ursula/Ulsy, born 30th 4 mo. 1768; removed from the island 27th 11 mo. 1786.

Starbuck calls this child "Way." 54 viii. Prince, born 1st II mo. 1770; married Dinah Slade, daughter of William and

M argaret (Paddo<:k) (Macy) Slade; removed from the island 27th II mo. 1786. 55 ix. Lydia Bunker, born 18th 7 mo. 1773; removed from tbe island 27th 11 mo.

1786.


8. Miriam• Worth (Joseph3, Jobn2


April 1734, the daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Gorham) Worth, and died on the island, 15 November 1763.94 She was married on Nantucket, 5th 10 mo. 1751, to Jonathan Gardner, who had been born there on 19 December 1728 to Barnabas and Mary (Wheeler) Gardner. After Miriam died, Jonathan remarried ( 1 764)~hoosing Anna (Coleman) C()ffin, the daughter of Elihu and Jemima (Barnard) Coleman and the widow of John Coffin. Soon widowered again, he was married a third time, on 6th 7 mo. 1769, to Eunice (Barnard) (Coffin) Ray, daughter of Robert and Hepzibah (Coffin) Barnard.9~ In the federal census of 1790, Jonathan Gardner was listed in Sherborn as head of a family of two males over age sixteen and one female.96

Jonathan Gardner died on Nantucket, 20 January 1807. In his will dated "13 day of the lOth month" 1794 and probated 4 February 1807, he identified himself as a cooper and mentioned his third wife Eunice. His son by Eunice, Freeman Gardner, was given the dwelling house and shop. All of the residue of the estate was to be equally divided between his three surviving daughters by Miriam Worth-Phebe, Hulday, and Miriam. Jonathan named his son-in-law Elisha Macy and his son Freeman as joint executors. Witnesses were Walter Folger, Jr.; Robert Clasby; and Jeremiah Gardner. The will was probated by Jonathan's daughter-in-law, Anna Gardner, "wife of Freeman Gardner, the executor." 91

Children of Jonathan and Miriam (Worth) Gardner, all born on Nantucket, were as follows:"

56 i. Phebe GardnerS. born 25 August 1753; married on 8th 9·mo. 1774, Elisha Maey, son of Caleb and Judith (Folger) (Gardner) Maey; named in her father's wilt.

57 ii. Miriam Gardner, born 26 November 1755; died 21st 5 mo. 1756. S8 iii. Huldab Gardner, born 11 October 1758; namll!d in her father's wiD; died

unmarried, 28 November 1848. 59 iv. Naomi Gardner, born 18 April1761; died 2d II mo. 1762 .. 60 v. Miriam Gardner, born 4 November 1763; named in ber father's will; died

unmarried, 10 July 1845.

9. Thomas4 Worth (Joseph3, John1

, William1) was born on Nantucket, I

November 1736, the son of Joseph and Lydia (Gorham) Worth. He died in Hudson, Columbia County, New York-supposedly on 22 March 1823, according to the William C. Folger records99 However, Thomas's tombstone in the Hudson City Cemetery has been read as "Thomas Worth, Jan. 1 1737-March 1824."100 Both the birth date and the death date disagree with the published Vital Records of Nantucket, and it has not yet been possible to determine which dates are correct.

Thomas married three times. The first wife, Deborah Swain, whom he married on Nantucket on 3 March 1757, had been born there on 30 January 1739 to Francis and Mary (Paddock) Swain. Deborah died there, 16 July 1771 .101 He was married secondly on Nantucket, 9 July 1772, to Judith (Swain) Barnard, who had been born there in 1741, the daughter of Caleb and Margaret (Paddock) Swain. Judith died between July 1776 (year of birth of


her last child) and 1779 (the approximate year of her husband's remarriage).102 Thomas's third wife was (-?-) Akins or Aiken. Isaac Coffin, a contemporary judge of probate on Nantucket, kept a book in which be recorded the deaths of members of well-known island families. In this book, be recorded the death of"John Akins Worth, son of Thomas Worth and his third wife,--Akins." If correct, this suggests that Worth's "Nantucket Families'' erred in calling her a Macy, unless Macy was her maiden name and her first husband had been an Akins (or vice versa).103

Starbuck states that Thomas Worth "removed from the Island 30th lO mo. 177 5." If so, then he and his second wife, Judith, may have lived elsewhere for a few years before relocating in Hudson}04 As one of Hudson's first settlers, Thomas was in business there by 1783, selling silks and shoes "at his shop near the market." 105 In 1787 he became a member of the newly organized Masonic Lodge of Hudson and was assistant alderman of the common council from 1788 through 1791.106 He appears again in 1788 in the deed records of Columbia County, purchasing all the household goods of his son-in-law Samuel Edmunds, Jr., of Hillsdale, before witnesses Barzillai Worth and Isaac Bateman.107 The federal census of 1790 enumerates Thomas as the head of a family in Hudson, with one male over sixteen, two males under sixteen, and two females. 108 He served as assessor from 1789 to J 792; and in May 1797 the city of Hudson assessed him taxes on property valued at £100.109 Thomas was a Quaker, as was his daughter Lydia.110 No probate records have been found for him.

Children of Thomas and his first wife, Deborah (Swain) Worth, all born on Nantucket, were as follows:

61 i. Lydia$ Worth, born 9 September 1763; died in Hudson, 20 November 1841 ; married there, 27 August 1786, Samuel Edmunds.111

62 ii. David Worth, born about I 165; drowned in October 1783, when swept overboard from a sloop in a hurricane.111

63 iii. Barzillai Worth, born 10 July 1767; died 27 March 1832; married Mary Pinkham, daughter of Benjamin and Hepzibetb (Swain) Pinkham. m

Children of Thomas and his second wife, Judith (Swain) (Barnard) Worth, both allegedly born on Nantucket, were as follows:

64 iv. Deborah Worth, born 26 April 1773; died in Hudson. 7 November 1846; married Josiah Olcott.1

"

65 v. Sylvia Worth, born 12 July 1776; may have married Thomas Macy.115

Children of Thomas and his third wife, [-?- ) (Akins/ Aiken) Worth, all born in Hudson, were as follows:

66 vi. John Akins Worth, born in August 1780; "d. Hudson, N.Y., Apr. 1827, aged 46 yrs. 8 ms., son of Thomas Worth and his 3rd wife - Akins."116

67 vii. Gorham A. Worth, born 21 June 1782; married Lydia Dakin in H udson, 8 November 1810.111

68 viii. Frederick W. Worth, birth date unknown. Attributed to the family by Worth's "Nantucket Families. " 111

Joseph and Lydia {Gorham) Worth of Nantucket, Massachusetts 281

I 0. Daniel4 Worth (Joseph\ John2, William') was born on Nantucket, 10

December 1739, tbe son of J oseph and Lydia (Gorham) Worth.119 On 9 February I 764, Daniel was married on Nantucket to Eunice Hussey- who had been born there on 30 September 1744, the daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Gorham) Hussey. The two were second cousins, one generation removed, both being descendants of the Mayflower passenger, John Howland.120 Daniel subsequently died in Guilford County, North Carolina, on 10 July 1830. Eun ice survived him, although no record of her death date has been found.'21

Daniel and Eunice were among the Quakers Who left Nantucket for New Garden. The records of that monthly meeting show they were received on 27 J uly 1771 by certificate from the Nantucket Monthly Meeting dated 25 April 1771. 122 On 14 February 1787, Daniel and Eunice witnessed a deed in which their oldest son Job, now aged twenty-two, bought property. Ill The family continues to appear in the New Garden records in 1787 and 1791 when their children Job and Lydia married.124 The 1790 census of Guilford places them in Salisbury District, with Daniel Worth as the head of a family of two males over age sixteen, two males under sixteen, and four females.12s The last two records found for Da niel are dated 9 May 1818, when the seventy-nine-year-old Daniel deeded a tract for "5 pounds current money" to son Job, and 12 November 1821 when one William Worth sold to J esse Ozborn, for $450, "a pa rcel of land on which Daniel Worth now resides."126 No probate records have been found for Daniel in Guilford County. Although some of his children continued the family's migration, some remained; and in the period 1865-68 one grandson, Jonathan Worth, served as governor of North Carolina. 127

Children of Daniel and Eunice (Hussey) W orth were as follows: 128

69 i. Jobs Worth, born on Nantucket, 7 October 1765; died 30 September 1822; married in Center Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, 29 November 1787, Rhoda Macy, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Starbuck) Macy, who had been born on Nantucket on 26 December 1769 and died in Randolph County, Indiana, on 27 February 1837.1l?

70 ii . Stephen Worth, born on Nantucket, 15 November t 766; died in Guilford, 15 March 1782.110

71 iii. Elihu Worth, born on Nantucket, 27 November 1768; died in Guilford, 8 August 1771.11

72 iv. Zeno Worth, born on Nantuckel, 6 July 1770; took out bond in Guilford, 6 August 1792, to marry Abigail Gardner, daughter of Stephen and Abigail (Pinkham) Gardner.m

73 v. Lydia Worth, born on Nantucket.. 5 July 1772; married Thomas Swain, son of Nathaniel and Bethiah (Macy) Swain, in Guilford's Center Monthly Meeting on 29 September 1791. m

74 vi . Sarah Worth, born in Guilford, 19 June 1774; died there 19 June 1785.134

15 vii. David Worth, born in Guilford, 19 May 1776; married Eunice Gardner, daughter of Stephen and Abigail (Pinkham) Gardner, in Deep River Monthly Meeting, 4 October 1798~ t»

76 viii. Rachel Worth, born in Guilford, 4 August 1778; married Elias Petty.'>' 77 i x. Joseph Worlh, born in Guilford, 27 April 178 J; married Lettice/Letitia Peuy,

daughter of Zachariah and Nancy Petty, in Randolph County, North Carolina, 14th 2 mo. 1804.m

78 JL Stephen Worth, born in Guilford, 26 October t78S.Ill

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I 1. William• Worth (Joseph3, John2

, Wimam1) was born on Nantucket, 4

January 1741, the son of Joseph and Lydia (Gorham) Worth. William's intentions to marry Ruth Folger were published there on 29 January 1763.139

Ruth had been born on Nantucket, 31 January 1742/43, the daughter of Peter and Christian (Swain} folger} 40 William is said to have died "abroad" in 1792141

; Ruth died at Nantucket on 21 December 1828, at which time her obituary called her the widow of Captain William Worth}42

Two other William Worths lived on Nantucket contemporaneously with William•. One of them, William3 Worth (John2

, William1}, who died in 1780,

was called "yeoman" in deeds dated 1771 and 1772. The second was Williams (Matthew•, William3, John:t, William1), who was born in 1770 and was called "blacksmith" in deeds dated 1791 and 1806. The identity of the third William Worth, the subject of this section, is proved by a deed in which he was called "William Worth of Sherborn, cooper." Dated at Nantucket on 25 February 1763 and tecorded the same day, this document shows that William was paid £43 by his brother Joseph Worth, to whom be sold a piece of land bounded on the west by land belonging to another brother, Nathanlel.143 On 9 March 1784, after an apparent absence of fourteen years from Sherborn records, this William sold a piece ofland in Wesco, described as "second fish lot," to Josiah Sampson."' ..

During this period, William4 appears to have changed his occupation. On 6 November 1786, now called a mariner, be bought from John and Abigail Woodbury of Nantucket a dwelling bouse that formerly belonged to "their mother," the deceased Jerusha Mathews. Two days later, "William Worth, mariner," sold the property for £135. This deed was also signed by William's wife Ruth, su§gesting that the mariner William was the man who married Ruth Folger.14 One William Worth-probably this one-was listed as a head of family on the I 790 census of Sherborn, with a household containin~ one male over age sixteen, one male under age sixteen, and three females.• No probate records are found in Nantucket County for William or Ruth.

Children of William and Ruth (Folger) Wort h, a ll born on Nant ucket, were as follows: 1 ~7

79 i. Annas Worth , born 29 August 1767; filed intentions of marriage on 12 August 1797 with the widower Thaddeus Folger, son of Owen and Eunice (Smith) Folger.

80 ii. Sarah Worth, born 4 August 1770; filed her intentions or marriage on 21 October 1797 with William Stubbs. son of Benjamin and Eunice (Daggett) Stubbs.

81 iii. Frederick Worth, born 23 July 1784; married 16 Aprill807, Elizabeth P inkham, daughter of Peter and Desire (Clark) Pinkham.

12. Sbubael4 Worth (Joseph3, John1


May 1745, the son of Joseph and Lydia (Gorham) Worth. On 14 January 1769 there was recorded on Nantucket his intention to marry Bethiab Jenkins, who hnd been born on the island, 25 February 1749, to Thomas aod Judith (Folger) Jenkins. Bethiah died, probably in H udson, New York, on 22 July 1815; Shubael subsequently died at Hudson on 17 October 1824.148

When Hudson was established as a town, Shubael was oneofthe proprietors


who signed its articles of agreement. He is listed there as a merchant in 1785; and in that same year, he was granted land on the Hudson R iver, below the high-water mark, opposite land he had previously purchased. In 1786 he was appointed the town's gauger for one year, and in 1787 he was taxed on property assessed at £225. Shubael became a founding member of the Masonic Lodge in Hudson, organized in the spring of 178 7; and he later held the post of librarian of the Columbia Library Association in Hudson for tnany years.149 In a deed dated 30 November 1796 and witnessed by Fred Jenkins and Charles Jenkins, Jr., Shubael and Bethiah disposed of part of their Hudson property-although the deed was not recorded until 14 April 1802, at which time Bethiah separately acknowledged her signature.150 The 1800 census for Hudson shows Shubael, past forty-five years of age, wjth one white female past forty-five, two females age ten to fifteen years; and one female under age ten. By the time of the 1810 census, a married daughter and her family were apparently living in the parental household.151

Shubael's will was dated 3 June 1820 but was not probated until 13 June 1825. In it, he mentions his three daugbters-Bethiab, widow of John H. Dayton; Sally, wife of Gilbert Jenkins; and Caroline, wife of Daniel Coffin. He appointed Hezekiah and John Dayton, together with his sons-in-law, Jenkins and Coffin, as ex;ecutors. Witnesses were William I. Free, Solomon Shattuck, and Thomas Co_burn. A codicil dated that same day was witnessed by Free, Shattuck, and Daniel Hyatt; while a second codicil, dated the ne!t 7 July, appointed John W. Edmonds (called ''kinsman") as one of the executors.152

Known children of Sbubael and Bethiah (Jenkins) Worth, all probably born in Hudson, New York, were as follows: 153

82 i. Carolinel Worth, born about 1784; married Daniel Coffin, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Gardner) Coffin.

83 ii. Bethiah Worth, born about 1787; married John H. Dayton. 84 iii. Sally Worth, born about 1791; married Gilbert Jenkins, son of Thomas Jenkins.

The children of Joseph and Lydia (Gorham) Worth seltled far from Nantucket and hundreds of miles apart in New York and North Carolina, but they kept in touch through letters and personal visits. Many of their children and grandchildren joined in the quest for new land in the great vastness of the empty western regions-establishing farms in the Old Northwest, searching for gold in California, and harvesting timberland in Oregon Territory. They were, in short, an integral part of the development of the country that their a.ncestors had been instrumental in founding.

NOTES AND REFERENCES *Mrs. Henry G. R. White, Post Office Box. 297, Winnetka, IL 60093, is a Fellow of the American Society

of Genealogists, a Certified Genealogist, a Fellow of 'he National Genealogical Society, and past editor of The Moyjiowu Quarterly. Mr. Edwin W. eoles, 4037 Coldwater Canyon, Studio City, CA 91604, bas been a$S[sting Mrs. White with researching the first five generations of the descendants of John Howland, a Mayflower passenger,

I. Alexander Starbuck:, The H istory of Nantucket. County, Island and Town (1969; reprinted Rutland, Vt.: C. E. Tuttle, I 976), 827-28. The first 652 pages .contain an excellent IUs tory of Nantucket Island. The


last chapter, pages 653-832, oonsislts of undocumented genealogies of the leading families of Nantuc~et, which oontai.n errors and should be u·sed with caution. However, all researcb into Nantucket families should begin with this book.

2. HenryS. Gorham, "The Gorham Family," (MS. 28 vols., compiled 1932--43; deposited with tbe New England Historic Genealogical Soci.ety Library, Boston), 1:149. ThiJ iJ the best account available for the Worth family; but it is undocumented and contains errors. With this reservation. all research concerning members of the Gorham family &hou ld begin with this typescript, hereinafter referred to as Gorham MS.

3. Starbuck, Nantucket. 18. 4. Ibid., 23-24, 82S. 5. Ibid .. 825- 26; Charles E. Bank!1, History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes Ccunty. Mas,racltusetts. 3 vols.

(Edgartown, Mass.: Dukes County Historical Society. 1966). 3:525. Nantucket, Massac.Ausms. Vital Records to 1850, 5 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1925-1928). 2:630, This source should be used with discretio"'· In addition to recording vital records from town reports, much of the information bas been taken from pcrr.onal collections, with somctimes•crroneous relationships enclosed with parentheses or brackets. Abbrcviatio!IIS for sources arc given and should be· checked. The references to the published Nantucket Vital Records, cited in this paper, have been corroborated by deeds and probate records unless otherwise noted.

6. Nantucket VItal Records, 2:630; Starbuck. Nantucket, 825-26. 7. S tarbuck, Nantucket. 827: Lydia S. Hinchman, &rly Seulers of Nantucket, 2d ed. (Philadelphia:

f erris and Leach, 1901), 195. 8. Nantucbt Vital Records, 4:S26; Otis G. Hammond, "Marriages in Nantucket, 1717-1771," New

England His/Mica/ and Genealoglc.al Register 51 (January 1897): 56, reprinted in Mayflol!ltr Source Records, Oary Boyd Roberts, ed. (Ba,Jtimore: Genealogi.cal Publ~bing Co., 1986), 267.

9. George Jlrnest Bowman, 0 Barn<stable, Mass~ Vital Records," Mayflower DescendantS (April 1903): 73.

10. Ibid .• 4 (July 1902): 153-58. I I. Genealogical Notes of Barnst.able Families, Being a Reprint of the Amos Oris Papers, OrigiMIIy

Published In lhe Barnstable Patriot. rev. by Charles Francis Swift, 2 vol$. (1888; reprinted, 2 vols. in I , Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979), 1:407-44. This work is the starting point for research into Barnstable families but should be usc•d with caution.

12. Wm. C. Folger, "A Record of Dirths, Deaths, and Marriages on Nantucket, Beginning iD 1662," New England Historical and Genealogical Reglsrer 7 (April 1853): 181-82; reprinted in Mayflower Source Records, 255. Folger was a knowledgeable but not always accurate antiquarian of the mid-nineteenth century. His genealogical records, in tlhe possession of the N3ntucket Historical Association, are valuable for clues but should be used with caution and in conjunction with court records.

n. Lydia's 6rst cousin once removed, Colonel Jobo' Gorham (Shubael1, John~') kept a journal. which was published as "Col. Jobn Gorham's 'Wast Book' and the Gorham Family," by John R. Totten, trans., New York Gentaloglcal and Blagrap.~ical Records 28 (July 1897): 133-36 and (October 1897): 197- 201. This same "Wast Book" was also published as '•Col. John Gorham's 'Wast Book' and ltis 'Dayly Journal,' Facsimilics and Transcripts. with not<:s by George Esncst Bowman." Mayflower Descendant 5 (July 1903): 172-80. Begun at Louisburg, Nova Scotia, 28 August 1745, it is the main source for early information about the Gorbam family. Colonel Gorham wrote, cooceroiDg Lydia's father and mother: " Unk Sbubael Gorha.m Masyed au Nantucket puella Hussey( ,j Remark-be and my Grandfather and all of the Weddners In Going over to Nantucket to the Wedding with Capt. James Gardner Was taken prisonel'$ and Stripped by a Small French Shallop From port Royall betwil<t Nantucket and Hyanas-He had three Sons all Used tbe sea-George DaneU & Jonathan· Scvn sisters and all but to maryd atl Nantucket" (Mayflower Descendant 5:180).

14. Edouasd A. Stackpole, Nanlucket in the American Revolution (Falmoutb, Mass.: Nantucket Historical Association, 1976), 7.

IS. Henry Barnard Worth, " Nantucket Genealogies, 1608-1910" (MS. Nantucket County Historical Association. Nantucket, Mass,): 425; microfilmed by the. Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints and available as Family History Library (FHL] .lilm 906,499. This work~ helpful for clues but must be used with discretion and in conjunction with coun records.

16. Stackpole, Namucket in tire American Revolution. 1 S. Willard Hei."-•, ·~igra.tions of Quakers in the Late 18th Century," Nallonal Gtnealc>gical Society Quarterly 65 (Marci1 1977): 37.

17. Nantucket Cou.nty Deeds 6:333 (FHL 906,233).

18. Barnstable County Probates 8:~· (FHL 904,601).

19. (bid .. 8:265-66-


20. Nantucket County Deeds 6:333 (FHL 906,233). 21. Na111ucket Vital Records. 5:614-15; StarbuCik, Nantucket, 827. 22. Nantucket Vital Records. 2;62G-21, 623, 63Q-31, 633-35, 637, 639; Starbuck, Nantucut, 827-28. 23. Nanrucker Vital Records, 2:620, 4:519, 5:79. 24. Ibid., 1:145; Starbuck, Nantucket 686. 25. Dukes County .Probates (Nant.tJcket County, 1737-67), 2:50 (FHl 906,832). 26. Nantucket Vital Recards, 1:138; 3:132, 135. 27. Nantucket County Probates 2:145 (fHL 906,832). 28. Starbuck, Nantucket, 687, 692; Nantucket Vital Records, 5:81. 29, Su Namucker Viral Records, I :15 1 for births; Starbuck, Namucht, 689, for daughter's matriaae;

and Gorbam MS. 3:348. 30. Nantucket Vila/ Records, 1:137-38, 142, 163 (births); Starbuck, Nantucket, 692 (cbildren's

marriages); Gorham MS, 3:348. 3 I. Nantucket Vital Records, 2:621, 5:558. 32. Nantucket Vital Records. 2:260, 4:519; Starbuck, Namucket. 827; Hinchman, Early Sell/us of

Nantwker. 195. See also Silvanus J . Macy, Genealogy of the Macy Family (Albany, N.Y.: J. MunseU, 1868), 80, 109; although bis work is not documented ln the modern sense,tbis genealoaist seems to bave bun personally acquainted with many of the Macys who Jived in the early 1800s; and hiutatements concerning their intermarriages with the Worth family appear to be accurate.

33. Nantucket Vital Records. 5:412. 34. Nantucket County Probates (1762-89) 3:32Q-21 (fHl 906,832). 35. Nantuckf:t Vital R,ecords, 2:574, 4:452; Starbuck, Nantucket, 815, 820. 36. Nantucbt Vital Records. 5:581. 37. Nantucket County Probates (1789-1804) 4:187- 88 (FHL 906,833). 38. Nantucket Vital Records, 2:260, 262, 299, 304 (births); 5:433 (deaths). Marriages of children are

from Mac:y, Genealogy of the Mocy Family, 109, 149-54; Starbuck, Nantucket, 800: and Gorham MS, 3:347.

39. Nantuc/<et Yitol Records, 2:562, 569; Starbuck, Nantucket. 82G-21; Gorham MS, 3:347. 40. Nantucket Vital Records, 2:634; 5:617. 41. Ibid~ 1:237, 4:528; Starbuck, Nantucket; 686,717. 42. Nantucket Vital Records, 2:525, 558, 5:578; Starbuck, Nantucket, 717, 819- 20. Tbe Iauer docs not

mention Abigail's second marriage to Nathaniel Worth. 43. Nantucket Vital Records, 5:610. 44. Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States TaTun in the Year 1790: /tlassachuset/4

(Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1908), 163. 45. Nantucket County Deeds 12:355 (FHL 906,236). 46. Gorham MS, 3:349. 47. Nantucket Viral Records, 2:635, 4:529, 5:618. 48. Starbuck. Nantucket, 804-5, 827; A Reiord of the Births, Deaths, Receptions, Disownmenrs .t

Removals, Alphabetfco/ly Arranged, in the Society of Friends On the Island of Nantucket, Sherborn, Nantucket; Quaktr Records [hereinafter Nantucket Quaker Records) (MS, Nantucket Historical Society, at Nantucket), FHL909,502. For parentage and date of death for Mary Allen, wife of Reuben Worth, su the title page (first page).

49. Nanwcket Vital Records, 5:616. 50. Heads of Families.,. 1790: Massachusetts, 161. 51. Nantucket County Probates (1789-1804) 4:283-89 ( FHL 905,833), 52. Nantucket Vital Records. 2:620, 622, 625, 627, 631-32, 635 (births); 5:61G-11, 613, 616 (deaths);

children's marriages from Starbuck, Nantucket, 830, and Gorham MS, 3:350. 53. Nantucket Vital Records, 2:637, 4:530, 5:619; Starbuck, Nantucket, 828. 54. Proof of Rachel's parentage is from Nantucket County Deeds 6:64 (FUL 906,233) and the title (first)

page of Nantucket Quaker Records. SS. Starbuck, Nantucket. 827-30; Nantucket Vital Records, 5:617. 56. Nantucket County Deeds 6:64 (FRL 906,233). S7. Ibid., 6:333.


58. Ibid., 6:462.

59. Ibid~ 8:67 (FHL 906.234). 60. Ibid., 14:34~4 (FHL 906,237).

61. lbid., 16:210 (Fm. 907,354).

62. Ibid., 16:343 (FRL 907,354).; 18:74-75, 19:348 (FHL 907,355}.

63. Ibid., 17:382-83 (FHL 907,354). 64. Ibid., 21:335 (FHL 907,356).

65. Nantucket Vital Records. 2:623-24, 628, 633, 63S, 637 (births); 4: 412, 521!-22, S24 (marrlllacs); 5:S54, 613,616 (deaths). See also Gorham MS, 3:351 for marriages.

66. NDnllickel VItal Records, 2:503, 630; 4:526; Starbuck. NQ/ftuckel, 143,807.

67. Starbuck, Nantucket, 831. Nantucket County Deeds 9:107, Ill, 116, 180 (FHL 906,235). Lydia Pinlcbam was tbe stepmother of Judith (Starbuck) Worth and Mary (Starbuck) Macy. Born Lydia Coleman, she was the second wife of Judith and Mary's father, William Starbuck. After William's death abe married Tbcophllus Pin lebam; sec Nantucket Yital Records. 4:287, 5:484.

68. Starbuck, NantuckeJ, 828; Sallie W. Sto<:kard, History of Guilford Couflly, North CarollfiD (Knoxville, Tenn.: Grant..Oaden Co., 1902), l 93.

69. William Wade Hinshaw, EncyclO[Hdla of American Quaker OeM4IOIJI, 6 vols. {1936; reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publi.thing Co., 1969), 1:692.

70. William Perry Johnson, "Tax: List of Randolph County, North Carolina,'' Tile North Carol/matt: A Quarterly Jaurnal of GeneaiOIJI and History 2 (June 1956): )79-81.

71. Guilford County Court Minutes (November 1784}: 121 (PHL O,SOI,190}.

12. Heath of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in tit~ Year 1790: North Carolina (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1908), 98.

13. Hinshaw, Encyclo[Hdia, 1:583; Nantucket Yitol Recorth, 4:530.

74. Nantucket County Deeds 19:341-42 (FHL 907,355).

75. Will of Josepb Wonb, in Randolph County (Original) Wills, 1775-1899, at North Carolina State Arehives, Raleigh: copy provided by Mrs. George Eldred, 702 West Locust Street. Prin~eton, Kentucky 4~«S. a descendant of Joseph and Lydia (Gorham) Worth. It was Mrs. Eldred wbo discovered tbe family's relocation in Randolph County when all previowly known rcoords referred to them only as residents of Guilford.

76. Gorham MS, 3:352.

77. Raleirh fN.C.j Register, II November 1830; Nantucket Vital Rec«ds, 5:615. Soe also Mrs. Seth Ames Lewis, "Nantucket Supplementary Records,'' New Englaflll Historical aflll Gelfl!aloglca/ Regi.3ter 100 (October 1946): 286, reprinted in Mayflower Source Records (see esp. 310); Mn. Lewis's material is based on a book in which Isaac Coffin, a Nantuclcet judge of probate, recorded the deatlu of members of Nantucket families before 1842.

78. Hinshaw, EIIC)'Clo[Hdlo. 1:795, 846; Nantucket Vital Rtcorth, 2:629. 79. Hinsbaw, Encyclo[Hdia, 1:692; Nantucket Yita/ Records, 2:626.

80. Hinshaw. Encyclopedia_ I :692; Gorham MS. 3:352; Nantutktl Vital Records, 2:633.

81. Hinshaw, En.cyclopedia, I :846; Gorham MS, 3:1S2; Nantucket VItal Records, 2:622.

82. Hinshaw, EIICycloped/a, I :846. 83. Hinshaw, Encyclo[Hdla, 1:583, 846; Naltlucket Jlltal Recorth, 2:637;4:530; Macy, Gen.ealogyofthe

Macy Paml/y, 131-32.

84. Rall'lglt /N.C./ Reglller. 22 November 1826.

8S. Nantucket Vital Records. 2:631; 5:88.

86. Ibid., 1:156,3:152, 5:91; Nantucket Quaker RectNth, 13, IS, 27, 32 (FHL909,S03). 87. Nafllucket VItal Recortb, 1:156, 3:1S:Z...53; Nantucket Quabr Records, 10, 13, 20; Gorham MS,

5:259; Heath of Families . .. 1790: Meusachusetu, 162.

88. Gorbam MS, 5:259; Nantucket County Probates (1804- IS) 5:99, II 5, 140 (FHL 906,833); NDntucket Jilt a/ Recorth. 3: 148, 5:91.

89. Nantucke1 Vital Records, 1:163.

90. Worth, "Nantucket Genealogies," 485; Gorham MS, 3:353.

91. Starbuck, Nantucket. 109,692.

92. H'mshaw, Encyclo[Hdla. 3:53.


93. Nantucket Vital Ruords, 1:135, 137, 15()-.51, 154, 156-57, 159, 163 (binhs); Gorham MS. 3:353 (muriages); Nan.tucktt Quaku R~cOI'ds, 13; Starbuclc, Na!Wcket. 692-93.

94. NaiUuclut Vital Ruords. 2:633, 5:312. 95. Ibid., I :351, 2:49, 3:51 0; Stubuck, Nantucket, 163, 828. 1!unice bad married Jonathan Coffin and

Samuel Ray before marrying Jonathan Gasdner; Nantucket Vital Records, 1:69; Starbuck, N antucket, 106, 673-74, 763-64; Gorham MS, 3:354.

96. H~ads of Faltlillu . . . 1790: Massachusetts, 163; the name of the town of Sberbom/Sherbum in which Gardner was enumerated was changed to Nantuclcet in 1795.

97. Nantucket Vital Records, 5:307; Nantucket County Probates 5:120 (FHL 906,833). 98. Nantucket Vital Records. 2:44, 61, 65 (births), 5:304, 312 (deaths); Gorham MS, 3:354 (matriaaes

and deaths); Starbuck, Nantucket, 112, 801 (marriages). 99. Na/Uucket Jlltal Records, 2:638, 5:619; note in tho latter case that the source is given as "P.R.

38"-i.e. the private rocords of William C. Folger. 100. Janel Wethy Foley, Early Setlleu of New York State, Their .Anc~stors aNI Desctlldatlts, 9 voll.

(Akron, N.Y.: T. 1. Foley, 1934-•'2), 4:2:27; tbis work, originally published as a periodical, should be used with caution.

lOt. Nantucket Vital Records, 2:533, 4:531, 5:612; Starbuck. Nantucket, 820. 102. Nalllucket Vital Records. 2:550, 4:53l;Siarbuclc, Nantucket. 817- 18. 103. Lewis, "Nantucket Supplementary Records," 310. Note t.hat George W. Worth, "Nantuclcet

Families," 427, gives ber surname as Macy, not Akins; see MS., Macy Colle<:tioo (Nantucket Historical Society at Nantucket), microfilmed as FHL 906,498.

104. Starbuck, Nantuclw, 818, 828, 831; Nantucket Vital Records, 5: 612. 105. Franlclin Ellis, History of Co/u1t1bla CoUIUy, New York (Philadelphia: Everts &: Ensip, 1878),

158. 106. Stepben B. Miller, Ski!lches of Hudson, N. r. (Hudson: Btyan and Webb, 1862), 76, 115. 107. Columbia County, N.Y., Deeds A:38. 108. Heads of Fami/iu at tlte First Census of the United Statu Taken in the YU7 1790: New York

(Washin8tO.o, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1908), 66. There appear two men named Thomas Worth; the second is listed with two males over sixteen, two males under sixteen, and two females.

109. Ellis, History of Columbia County, 206; Miller, Sketchu of Hudson, 28. 110. John Cox, Jr., Records in Possession of. or Relating to the Two New York Yearly M«tinp of the

Religious Society of Friends on.d Their S ubordinate Meetings (New York City: Church Archives, Reliaious Society of Friends, 1940), 112 (hereinafter cited as Cox, Quaker Records] . William Raymood, Distinguished Men of Columbia County, New York (Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1851), 79.

Il l. Nantuckll Vital Records, 2:632; Cox, Quaker Records, 112. 112. Nantucket Pita/ Records. 5:612. 113. Ibid., 2:621,5:611; Gorbam MS. 3:355. 114. Na11tucket Vital Records, 2:624; Cox, Quaker Records, 112; Foley, Early Settlen of Nrw YOI'k

State, 4:2:27. II 5. H. B. Worth, "Genealogies," MS., Macy CoUoction; Nantucket Vital Records. 2:638. 116. Lewis, "Nantucket Supplementary Record$," 310; Nantucket Vital Records, 2:630. 117. H. B .. Worth, "Genealogies"; Nantucket Vital R11cords, 2:628. 118. ' 'Nantucket Families," MS., Macy Collection; Nalflucket Yltal Records. 2:627. I I 9. NtUttuckel Vital Records, 2:623. 120. Ibid., 2:168, 4:522; Starbuck, Nantucket. 781':..82 offers an apparent discrepancy in parentage of

Daniel Hussey. 121. Deposition by David Worth of Guilford County, I 5 August 1861, in "Worth Family," Genealogical

Vertical File, North Carolina State Ubrary-Genealogy Division, Raleigh; contributed by Mrs. Eldsed. David was the son of Josepb and Lettice (Petty) Worth. See also Stockard, History of Guilford. 193.

122. Gorham MS, 3:356; Hinsbaw, Encyclopt!dia, 1:583; Starbuclc, Nontucket, 828. 123. Guilford County Deeds 4:229 (FHL 19,047). 124. Hinshaw, b'ncycloptdia, 1:690, 692. J2S. Htadt of Pami/iu . . . I 790: North Carolina, ISS. 126. Guilford County Deeds 15:307,875 (FRL 19,053). 127. Stocb.rd, History of Guilford, 193.


128. Gorham MS, 3:356, omits Lydia, Sarah. Rachel, Joseph, and lbe SCQOnd Stephen-all of whom are found in Hinshaw. The Gorham MS includes a William Worth .Vho does not appear to be a member of lbis family.

129. Na111u~bt Vito/ R~cards, 2:629, 4:525; Mac:y, GeM-ology of the Macy Po.mfly, 121-28; Hinshaw, Encyclopedia, I :583, 671, 692.

130. Nafllucktt Vital R~ords. 2:637; Hinshaw, E71Cyclo~dio, 1:671. Ill. Nontuc/w Vital Records, 2:625; Hinshaw, .Encycloptdia, 1:671.

132. Nantucket Yltal Rtcordl, 2:639; Ruth F. Thompson and Louise J. Hartgrove, comps., Abstracts of the Marriagu and Additional Data, Guilford County, North CaroliM, 1771-1840 (Greensboro, N .C.: Guilford County Genealogical Society, 1981), 208; Stoekard, Hutory of Guilford. 168; Gorham MS, 3:356.

133. Hinshaw, Encyclo,wdia, I :671, 692; Nantucket VItal Records, 2:573.

134. 1-finshaw. Eru!ycloptdla, 1:671. 135. Ibid .• I :6 71, 846; Nantucktt Vila/ Records, 2:35; Stockard, History of Guilford. 168. 136. Hill$h3w, Encydo,wdia.l:611 ; H. B. Worth, "Genealogies," 1743.

137. Hinshaw, EMycloptdia, 1:671. See abo Randolph County, North CArolina, Original Marriage Bonds, North Carolina SlJite Archives, and Deposition of David Worth, in "Worth Family," Genealogical Vertical File, North CArolina State Library, Raleigh.

138. Hinshaw, Encyclo,wdla, I :671. 139. Nantucket Vital Records, 2:639, 4:532: Starbuck. Nanr.u,·ket, 144,815. 140. Nantucket Vito/ Records, I :502. 141. Ibid., 5:630. 142. Ibid., 5:618; (Anonymous), "Deaths Recorded in the New Bedford Mercury, 1807-1845,~ (MS .•

New Bedford Public Library; photocopy in New England H istoric Genealogical Society Library, Boston). 377.

143. Nontuclcet County 1>-a 6:276 (FHL 906,233). 144. Ibid., 10:332 (FHL 906,235).

145. Ibid~ II :67...{;8 (FHL ~06.236). 146. Htads of Fomi/iu . .. 1790: Mo.ssochusmts, 164. 147. Nanrucket VItal Records, 2:621, 627 (births); 4:520, 524, 530, 554 (marriages); Gorham MS.

3:357: GCOI'ge f. Worth, '•Maoy Collection" (FH.L 905,500). 148. Nantucket Jlito/ R«ords, 2:200, 637,4:530, 5:611, 618; Starbuck, Nantr«:ket, 743-44,

149. Ellis, History of Columbia Co11nty , 155, I 57-58. 161; Miller, Skuches of Hudson. 21, 28, 69, 76. 150. Columbia County Deeds 8 :147-48 (FHL 431,4 72). 151. Ronald Vern Jackson et ol., NeW York 1800 Qnsw lndrx (Bountiful, Utah: Aocelerated lndexins

System.~. 1974), 349; Jaclcson et al, New Ycvk 1810 unsus Index (Bountiful, Utah: AIS, 1976), 360. 152. Columbia County Wills E:129 (FHL470,112).

153. Identification of cllildren is from the will of lbeir father Sbubacl; dates are deduced from census records. See also Gorham MS, 3:357, and Nantucket Vital Records, 4:5.

California Emigrants

Frontier Guardian [Kanesville, later Council Bluffs, Iowa] 13 June 1851 Emigrants. Nathan Davis and family, from Ohio; J. F. Pierce, from Illinois; and Frederick Kesler and fal1Uly from Missouri, arrived at this place en route across the plains.

Contributed by Myrtle StevenJ Hyde, 3628 Iowa Avenue, Ogden, UT 84403

Lydia Gorham report by Sandra Lassen - May 30, 2006

#161 – LYDIA GORHAM, MOTHER OF JOSEPH WORTH, JR.

Many of Lydia’s proofs were discussed above in #160. This file appropriately startswith Lydia. See also punctuation discussed in the above file.

I see no problems with this file, based on the number of vital records that cite her deathdate, marriage, etc.

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