Nathaniel E. Worden (abt. 1782 - abt. 1872)

Ancestors

Husband of Sophia Pember — married 19 Feb 1812 in New London, Connecticut

Died about 1872 at about age 90 in East Pembroke, Genesee County, New York

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Biography

"Wait Worden -- styled "Doctor" on account of his noted "Worden's Poultice for Inflammations," and not from any diploma to kill or cure -- lived on Niantic River, Waterford side, and I guess was much more fond of the water than of farming. It seems that in 1809 he mortgaged house and lot to Comstock, and then moved to the Genesee country? He had sons Nathaniel, joiner, b 1783? lame in one knee, who married Sophia Pember, an only dau., and had son Rodney when they moved; Sullivan; Alexander who fell at Queenstown under Van Rensselaer; and daughters "Hitty" or Mehitabel, and Eliza."

Alexander did not fall at Queenston, rather he fell at Black Rock, Dec. 30, 1813.

Now comes an interesting thought. In the family bible of Nathaniel E. Worden (son of Wait) and his wife, Sophia Pember, there is recorded the birth of their daughter, named Delia S. Worden, April 23, 1819. Delia S. Worden married one James P. Wilson September 28, 1837. They also had a daughter born to them (their only child), named Delia S. Wilson, in or before 1843.

This raises the possibility (a rather strong one, I feel) that Wait's wife may have been named Delia, recorded as "deli" or "del" (quite possibly her nickname). And that Nathaniel, son of Wait, named his daughter Delia after his mother, and that this Delia named her own daughter after herself and the wife of Wait.

Nathaniel's wife, Sophia Pember, is shown in the 1860 Federal Census (age 65) but not thereafter. Nathaniel lived on in the family homestead, as the 1870 Federal Census showed him as "at home, age 88." He died at age 90 in 1872 He had quite an extended family living with him. His mother-in-law, Esther (Daniels) Pember, a widow since 1822, lived in his household until her death in 1853. Rodney and his wife, Maria Powers, and their child Eliza, also lived with Nathaniel and Sophia. Nathaniel and Rodney seemed to be very close - both were farmers; they participated in many land transactions together; Rodney was the executor of his will and the sole heir to his father's estate, following Sophia's death .

At Rodney's death in 1890, the Worden line of Nathaniel E. Worden died out, as he had no grandson.

Sources

• 1. The family bible of Nathaniel E. Worden and Sophia Pember Worden, at the County of Genesee Dept. of History, 131 West Main St., Batavia, NY, 14020

2. http://archive.org/stream/wordenaweirinval00word/wordenaweirinval00word_djvu.txt