George Washington Worden (1785 - abt. 1857)

Born 26 Apr 1785 in New York

Ancestors

Husband of Rovena (Eaton) Worden — married about 1810 in New York

Descendants

Died about Apr 1857 at about age 71 in Rives, Jackson County, Michigan

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Biography

Source 1: George Washington Worden born in New York, USA on 26 Sep 1785 to Walter Worden and Lucretia Hakes. George Washington married Rovena Eaton. He passed away on Apr 1857 in Rives, Jackson, Michigan, USA.

Source 2: Note: George Washington Worden is shown as Washington Worden in the 1810 census at Manlius, NY. Data string: 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 0 1 0 0 - 0 0 meaning Washington age 16-25, a spouse age 16-25 and two daughters under 10.

Washington Worden United States Census, 1810 Name Washington Worden Event Type Census Event Date 1810 Event Place Manlius, Onondaga, New York, United States Page 65 Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Z-3RB : accessed 15 February 2017), Washington Worden, Manlius, Onondaga, New York, United States; citing p. 65, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 34; FHL microfilm 181,388.

Source 3: EARLY SETTLERS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN OF MANLIUS Submitted by Kathy Crowell Source: Dwight H. Bruce (ed.), Onondaga's Centennial. Boston History Co., 1896, Vol. I, pp. 769-801; 805-806.

The Worden family has been a prominent one in Fayetteville. Capt. Walter Worden, born in 1757, came into the town of Manlius and to Fayetteville from Hoosack, N.Y., about 1803-4, and settled adjoining the northwest corner of the present village cemetery. He died of fever near Buffalo, September 20, 1814, while on service in the war of 1812. He raised a company for the army, of which he was captain; they marched on foot to the Niagara frontier. He married Lucretia Hicks, born 1756 and died May 10, 1834. Their children were Major Walter, born 1778, died April 25, 1820; Jonathan, born March 20, 1780; Major Jesse, born October 14, 1781, was at Oswego in the war of 1812, died February 10, 1853; James, born April 15, 1783, died in his native town; Washington, born September 26, 1785; Jabish, born May 15, 1787; Mrs. Lucretia Halsted, born 1789, and died in Michigan; Mrs. Hannah Park, born in 1790, and died in 1814; Varnum, born August 20, 1791; Danforth, born March 30, 1794, and Weed H., born in 1799, and died in 1836, in Camillus where he was a clothier.

Jonathan Worden served several years as a magistrate; built the grist mill on Pool's Brook at Kirkville and operated it several years, where he had also a saw mill.

Maj. Jesse Worden was a millwright, and married Catharine Halsted, who died in 1807, leaving two children, Morgan L. and Polly M. He married second Abiah Sweeting, who settled in town with her uncle, John Sweeting, in 1794. Their children were Sweeting W., De Witt C., Tompkins D., and Monroe P.; the latter is still living in Fayetteville.

Source 4: Notes: Shown as George H. Worden, but it is really George Washington Worden, because George came to Michigan with his son Henry M. Worden & Nancy in the mid 1850s. They are shown at Porter, Niagara County, New York in the 1850 census. George Washington Worden (1785-1857) is buried in plot: Block 1 Lot 47 space 4 next to his son Henry M. Worden & wife Nancy J. Williams.

George H. Worden Birth: unknown Death: unknown

Burial: Oakhill Cemetery Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan, USA Plot: Block 1, Lot 47, Space 4

Created by: Laura Pinks Record added: Jan 29, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 84148952

Sources

1. http://records.ancestry.ca/george_washington_worden_records.ashx?pid=22524957

2. US Federal Census 1810. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Z-3RB

3. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyononda/MANLIUS/EARLYSET.HTM

4. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Worden&GSiman=1&GScid=1263&GRid=84148952&