Hopestill (Holloway) Worden (1646 - 1715)

Born 1646 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Worden — married before May 1665 in Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 13 Sep 1715 at about age 69 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

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It's important to note that she was not the daughter of anyone named Elliot, nor the widow. The reference used is a fabricated lineage.

Biography

Hopestill Holley, daughter of Joseph Holley and Rose Allen, was born about 1646 in Sandwich, Barnstable County, MA.^[1]

Marriage

Hopestill was married to Samuel Worden,^[1][2] likely at Yarmouth, before May 1665 when she was named as the wife of Samuel Worden in the division of her father's estate.^[3] They had children:

• Peter Worden^[1]
• Samuel Worden^[1]
• Isaac Worden^[1]
• Dr. Nathaniel Worden^[1]
• Dr. Thomas Worden b. 1675, d. 6 Nov 1759^[1]
• Mary Worden b. c 1677, d. 1728^[1]
• Hopestill Worden b. c 1678^[1]
• Rose Worden b. c 1679^[1]

Death

Hopestill died 15 Sep 1715 Stonington, Connecticut^[4] and was buried in Wequetequoc Cemetery in Stonington, CT.^[1][5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Worden Family Association Hopestill Holley($: available with subscription only) accessed 8 June 2022
2. ↑ Worden, O. N.. Some records of persons by the name of Worden : particularly of over one thousand of the ancestors, kin and descendants of John and Elizabeth Worden, of Washington County, Rhode Island : covering three hundred years and comprising twelve generations in America. Lewisburg, Pa.: Printed at the Railway Press of J.R. Cornelius, 1868. pg 34
3. ↑ Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, Court Orders, v4 (1661-1668) edited by Nathaniel B. Shurtleff & printed in 1855 by William White of Boston, MA; p87-88
4. ↑ Transcribed by Coralynn Brown. Stonington, New London Co., CT, Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852 - Whittlesey-Wyman [1]
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 23 March 2020), memorial page for Hopestill Holley Worden (1646–13 Sep 1715), Find A Grave: Memorial #13347101, citing Wequetequock Burial Ground, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Laurie C. (contributor 46771573).

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