Name: eastcoaster -- My Canadian & England Roots Surnames of interest: ABBOTT, BEAL, BROWN, LEIGHTON, WADDINGHAM, WILBUR, WORTHEN

Updated: 09-06-2019 03:09:08. Owner: Heather Leighton Waddingham


Individual Page


Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Sarah Wright WORTHEN: Birth: 17 DEC 1793.

  2. Elizabeth WORTHEN: Birth: 4 NOV 1795.

  3. William Richard WORTHEN: Birth: 4 DEC 1797. Death: ABT. 1875

  4. Joel WORTHEN: Birth: ABT. 1801. Death: 2 OCT 1882

  5. Lorena WORTHEN: Birth: 1805.

  6. Mary WORTHEN: Birth: 14 MAY 1807. Death: 1885 in Barrington Township ?, Nova Scotia

  7. Thomas WORTHEN: Birth: ABT. 1811 in possibly Barrington, NS. Death: 12 APR 1883 in Ecum Secum West, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia

  8. Jerusha Ann WORTHEN: Birth: 19 AUG 1813 in Barrington Township, Nova Scotia. Death: 2 APR 1893

  9. Thankful WORTHEN: Death: 1855


Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Lydia Ann WORTHEN: Birth: 27 AUG 1817 in Barrington, Nova Scotia. Death: 3 NOV 1904 in Smithville, Nova Scotia

  2. Dorcas WORTHEN: Birth: 4 JUN 1819 in Barrington Township, Nova Scotia.


Sources
1. Title:   Brian Smith 80 Ramblewood Dr Saylorsburg, PA USA 18353-9349 phone 610-381-4274 email bsmith1@@ptdprolog.net

Notes
a. Note:   From The History of Barrington Township by: Edwin Crowell; page 600.
  "Thomas Worthen (or Wathen) b. in Gloucestershire, England. Enlisted under Lord Cornwallis; was at the capture of Charleston and there made a prisoner; learned shoemaking in prison and came from New York to Shelburne with the Loyalists, afterwards worked with Josiah Harding."
  The following was supplied by Jean Moser Jewers RR#2 Moser River, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia B0J 2K0
  " Thomas Worthen was born in Gloucester, England. He enlisted under Lord Charles Cornwallis, British General. He was at the capture of Charleston, South Carolina, it was the Battle of Carolina in the American Revolution, May 12, 1780. He was made a prisoner there and while in prison he learned the shoemaking trade (cobbler).
  He was exchanged and came from New York to Shelburne with the Loyalists. At first he settled in Barrington River, later he lived at Bunker Hill near West Brook, which was the west side of Barrington.
  He came with 7000 Loyalists April 26, 1783. He worked with Josiah Harding who had a tannery and boat making business. he married Ann Laskey, daughter of William Laskey".

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