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Isaac Worden UE (abt. 1763 - 1855)

Isaac Worden UE
Born about in Westchester County, New Yorkmap
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Husband of — married before 1786 (to 2 Jan 1855) in Queens, New Brunswickmap
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Died at about age 92 in Washademoak, Johnston, Queens, New Brunswickmap
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Biography

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Isaac Worden was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

Isaac Worden, son of Gabriel Worden and Sarah Anderson, was born about 1762-3 at Westchester County, New York. Isaac Worden was a United Empire Loyalist.[1] He had to have been at least 21 years old to receive an allowance for Loyalists in 1783.[2][3] Since the period for the allowances paid to Isaac covers 1 Apr 1783 to 30 Jun 1783, he would have been on board, possibly the Union, one of the spring fleet of Loyalist ships to evacuate New York. On April 26, 1783, the first or spring fleet set sail, arriving June 10-12, 1783. From spring through autumn, ships carried tens of thousands of people: men, women, children, and servants, as well as soldiers. Half of these went to the mouth of the river St John, and about half to Port Roseway, at the south-west end of the Nova Scotian peninsula.[4]

Isaac married Mary Ann Carpenter, daughter of Archelaus Carpenter and Rebecca Goulding, before about 1786 when their first child, Phebe, was born at Queens County, New Brunswick.

Isaac received 5 shillings in the Will of his father Gabriel Worden, Loyalist,[1] of Wickham, Queens County, dated 2 May 1800, and proved 13 September 1800.[5]

Isaac died in 1855 at Washademoak, Johnston, Queens, New Brunswick, where he and his wife Mary are buried.

Worden Cemetery

The cemetery is private.[6]

Washadamoak Lake, Johnston Parish, Queens Co., New Brunswick

This sketch and report was made by Fred L. Corcoran, assisted by Mr. George West, for the Queens County Historical Society - Nov 1975.

This cemetery is on land originally granted to John Jarvis, and known as Lot No. 38. It is in a field behind some tumble down buildings. The property is owned by a man living in Germany. The out-buildings are in bad shape and the house is beginning to go. There is only one headstone in sight and it is broken in two. People living along the road say that there are a number of Wordens burried there, but no signs of any graves. The last Worden living on the place was Arthur and his wife Hettie.

WORDEN

01. - Isaac Worden [unreadable line] 2 Jan 1855 ae 84 yrs
h/w Mary d. 15 Jun 1863 ae 93 yrs

Land Petition

Petition[7]

(On reverse of petition) Isaac Worden Senior// 4th August 1815//24th February 1815//Paid 10s (Petition) To His Honor Major General George Stracey Smith, President and Commander in Chief of the Province of New Brunswick, &c. &c, &c The Memorial of Isaac Worden Senior, Aged forty-six Years, a man of Family. Humbly Showeth - That he purchased, some years ago, for a valuable consideration, from the original Grantee, the lot number thirty seven in the Grant to Charles Thomas and Associates, Welsh and Dibblees Survey, on the Northwesterly side of Washademoak Lake, on which he has resided for nearly nineteen years, and made large improvements. That the lot in question has been Escheated, and never regranted, he therefore most humbly prays that a grant of the said lot may pass in his favor, so as to secure him in his purchase as aforesaid. And Your Honors Memorialist as in duty bound will ever pray. Wickham, Queens County 18th Feby 1815 Isaac Worden, Sen.r 24th Feb. 1815 - The circumstances stated in this Memo are all correct and true which I can truly certify, the Lot contains 200 acres and rem.s ungranted. G. Sproule.[8] (This would be grant lot no. 37 on the opposite side of the lake from Thornetown.)

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada : People who arrived as Loyalists in 1783 Worden, Gabriel; Worden, Isaac : accessed 2 Oct 2021
  2. Carleton Papers – Loyalists and British Soldiers, 1772-1784 : Allowances for Loyalists PERIOD 1783/04/01 TO 1783/06/30 Isaac WORDEN (16966)
  3. Carleton Papers – Loyalists and British Soldiers, 1772-1784 : Allowances for Loyalists PERIOD 1783/04/01 TO 1783/06/30 Isaac WORDEN (16967)
  4. United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada : Loyalist Ships Ship Database
  5. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick : Wallace Hale's Early New Brunswick Probate, 1785-1835 Worden, Gabriele, Queens, Wickham, 1800
  6. Worden Cemetery (Private), Washadamoak Lake, Johnston Parish, Queens Co., NB Isaac Worden, h/w Mary : accessed 2 Oct 2021
  7. Researched and provided by Peter Kincaid and Loretta Worden
  8. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, RG10/RS108, Records of the Department of Natural Resources and Energy: Land Petitions, Original Series. Isaac Worden Sr. Queens County, 1815, microfilm no 4178

Acknowledgments

  • Researched by Sara V Mosher, Oct 2021
  • Thanks to Rob Green for starting this profile.
  • This person was created through the import of MASTER2011WIKITREE.GED on 27 January 2011. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Rob and others.




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The following is my abstract of the biography of Isaac Worden in E. Stone Wiggin's History of Queens County articles in The Watchman newspaper.

Werden, Isaac, a U.E. Loyalist, born in the State of New Jersey, 1771. He first settled at the mouth of the Washademoak, and, afterwards on lots 36 and 37, known as Werden's Point, now owned and occupied by his son, A.C. Werden. His grant was made in 1816. Here he died, aged 84. His house built in 1815 was the first frame house on the Washademoak Lake. His wife, whose maiden name was Mary Carpenter, died aged ninety-three. Mr. Werden had a for some years in his possession (but which are now in the possession of the writer) two cannon shot, fastened to each other by an iron bar, which he obtained from the fort on the river St. John, opposite Vanwart's. Isaac Werden and his wife and Mordecai Starkey and his wife dined together at the residence of the former on Christmas day, 1847. He had fifteen children, of whom only three survive: Rebecca, who married Michael Thorn; Thomas, Ann Thorn; Catherine, William Thorn. // A. C. Werden, who now lives on the homestead, while partridge hunting in the autumn of 1854, lost his right arm through the accidental discharge of the fowling-piece in the hands of his companion [History of Queens County: Prize Essay for "The Watchman," by E. Stone Wiggins, L.L.D. The Watchman, Saint John, NB. Vol. II, no. 42, Saturday, 17 February 1877, page 1, column 4. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.N_00368_18770217/1].

I should add that according to this biography Isaac Worden was born in New Jersey and not Westchester County, New York as presently given here on his Wikitree profile.

posted by Peter Kincaid UE
The following is an abstract of the death notice of Isaac Worden's grand daughter which states that there were three Worden brothers who came to New Brunswick in 1783.

Mrs. James Thorne Dies at 100 Years // Aged Resident of Salmon Creek, Queens County, of Loyalist Descent // Annidale, June 7.-Mrs. Elizabeth Thorne, widow of the late James Thorne, died on Friday after a brief illness. She celebrated her 100th birthday last August. // Mrs. Thorne is survived by four sons, Jacob Thorne, of Hampton; Burnham, of Salmon Creek, with whom she made her home, and James and Michael, of Annidale; and two daughters, Mrs. M. B. Dunham, of Thornetown, and Mrs. E. Perry, of Salmondale. // Mrs. Thorne was a daughter of Isaac Worden, son of the three Worden brothers, who came to this province at the time of the American Revolution and from whom all the New Brunswick Wordens are descended. Her husband was a grandson of Melancthon Thorne, a Loyalist, who landed in Saint John on May 18, 1783. // The funeral services were held in Thornetown Baptist church, conducted by Rev. H. D. Worden. [The Evening Times-Star, Saint John, NB. Tuesday, 8 June 1926, page 10, column 7. https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.N_00358_19260608/10. For death record see https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141C5.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=9c884bd3-a559-4820-bf96-b51d0b8a2c09].

It could be the poor memories of a very aged person or there could be something there to give one pause since there other discrepancies in the family genealogy. In the end, for Isaac Worden of Long Reach to be the same person as Isaac Worden (m. Mary Carpenter) one has to accept that 1) someone lost their deed from him for his lands on Musquash Island, 2) his family got his age wrong on his gravestone, 3) E. Stone Wiggins got his birth year wrong in his biography of him, 4) Isaac himself gave a wrong age in his 1815 land petition, and 5) Isaac's eldest daughter was born after late 1787 and not 1786. It is possible, but edits to the genealogy will have to be made. One can't move Isaac's birth back to the early 1760s and keep his daughter Phebe's birth in before late 1787 for one.

posted by Peter Kincaid UE
On 26 October 1840, James Hendry, and Delilah his wife, Joseph Hendry and Charlott, his wife, and William Hendry, all of the Parish of Wickham, Queens County, as heirs of the late James and George Hendry, of the parish of Wickham; and Alexander Black McDonald, and Janet, his wife, and Lewis McDonald, Esq.r, and Elspit, his wife, all of Wickham parish, (which said Janet and Elspit wives of the said Alexander B. McDonald and Lewis McDonald are grand Daughters of the said late James Hendry and daughters of the said late George Hendry), quit claimed to Donald McDonald, husband of Mary the grand daughter of the late James Hendry and daughter of George Hendry, deceased, "(as their right, title, interest, property, claim and demand to all the Intervale property of the said James and George Hendry's Deceased) all our estate, right, title interest, claim, property and Demand whatsoever of, in, to or out of all that certain Lot, piece or parcel of Intervale land on little Musquash Island in Wickham Queens County known in the Grant of said Island as lot N.o thirteen bounded as follows, Southeast by the enterence of the Washademoak Lake and Southwest by Lands owned and occupied by Timothy Carpenter commencing at a certain oak tree marked on the lower side with letter T. and on the upper side with letter W and running up said land and Island to lands now in possession of Joseph Hendry and running altogether agreeable to the grant of said lot containing fifteen acres be the same more or less." Warranty by James Hendry to defend said premises against the heirs of the late Sarah Merritt, deceased, and the dowry rights of Susan Hendry, relict of said late George Hendry but not further or otherwise. Other grantees also limit their warranty [PANB, RG33/RS92/B, Records of the New Brunswick Geographic Information Corporation: Queens County Registry Office Records: Record Books. Book N, page 175-177, no. 3682, registered 3 March 1841; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DBPQ-4ZM?i=178&wc=M698-Y68%3A13842401%2C13841702%2C15199901&cc=1392378].

On 10 July 1846, Donald McDonald of the Parish of Harvey, County of Albert, Yeoman, and Mary, his wife, conveyed to John Marney of Parish of Salisbury, Westmorland County, Tailor, "All that tract piece or parcel of land situate laying and being in the Parish of Wickham in the County of Queens and Province of New Brunswick upon Musquash Island Known in the Grant of said Island as lot Number thirteen and bounded as follows: Southeast by the entrance of Washademoac Lake and southwest by lands belonging to Timothy Carpenter, beginning at a certain oak Tree marked on the Lower side with the letter T. and on the upper side with the letter W. and running up said Lake and Island to lands in possession of Joseph Hendry and for a more full description reference to be had t the Grant of the same, containing fifteen acres more or less." [PANB, RG33/RS92/B, Records of the New Brunswick Geographic Information Corporation: Queens County Registry Office Records: Record Books. Book P, page 109-110, no. 4475, registered 25 July 1846; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XCCS-G41?i=111&wc=M698-BP6%3A13842401%2C13841702%2C15411101&cc=1392378. See also P/507, no. 4794 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XCCS-TVH?i=509&wc=M698-BP6%3A13842401%2C13841702%2C15411101&cc=1392378].


{Thomas and Timothy Carpenter join the mess in selling what they call the Long Lot and number it as 13!}

On 8 March 1852, Thomas Carpenter of the parish of Wickham conveyed to Thomas W. Carpenter of the same Lot 3 containing 200 acres, and 150 acres of his grant in the Rush Hill grant, and "also one half the lower part of lot Number thirteen (13.) known as the Long lot bounded as follows, on the North by land owned by Timothy Carpenter, on the East by the Washademoac Lake, on the south by lands owned by Archelaus Carpenter and on the west by the Mushquass Creek, containing twenty acres more or less lying and situated on Little Musquas Island in the Parish County and Province aforesaid." [PANB, RG33/RS92/B, Records of the New Brunswick Geographic Information Corporation: Queens County Registry Office Records: Record Books. Book S, page 404-405, no. 6119, registered 16 March 1855; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6799-CCS?i=406&wc=M69D-923%3A13842401%2C13841702%2C15685401&cc=1392378].

On 22 June 1878, Timothy Carpenter of the parish of Wickham conveyed to Daniel S. Carpenter part of Lot 2 containing 125 acres +/-, Lot 1 containing 150 acres +/- and "also a certain peace of Land on little Musquash Island a part of the Long Lot so called in the Parish County and Province afforesaid butted and bounded as follows on the north by Land ownd by Nehemiah Bulyea on the East by the River Washedemoak South by Land owned by Thomas W. Carpenter run'g am westerly course to the main Creek of the said Island containing fifteen acres be same more or less." [PANB, RG33/RS92/B, Records of the New Brunswick Geographic Information Corporation: Queens County Registry Office Records: Record Books. Book L-2, page 242-243, no. 13717, registered 23 March 1880; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-66YQ-L92?i=244&wc=M69D-LZ9%3A13842401%2C13841702%2C17165801&cc=1392378].

posted by Peter Kincaid UE
Lot 14 Little Musquash Island:

On 20 May 1786, Lot no. 14 was granted to John Brewster & William Bourne [PANB, RG10/RS686, Crown Land Grant Records: Land Grant Records. John Brewster & William Bourne, 15 acres, Lower Musquash Island, Queen County, volume I, no. 33, microfilm no. F16308. https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/RS686/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=37963].

{Gap in title - no deeds registered in Queens County from John Brewster or William Bourne}

{A new title for lot starts from Tredwells with deed dated before grant! The Tredwells actuall held lots 18 & 19}

On 16 November 1785, Meraim Tredwell of the City of Saint John, and Nathaniel Tredwell quit claimed to William Cameron of the City of Saint John, "the Lot of Land situate on Little Musquash Island N.o 14 in Queens County containing fifteen acres of Land." [PANB, RG33/RS92/B, Records of the New Brunswick Geographic Information Corporation: Queens County Registry Office Records: Record Books. Book F, page 140-141, no. 1204, registered 14 February 1814; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XXH3-SNJ?i=143&wc=M698-J68%3A13842401%2C13841702%2C14395301&cc=1392378].

On 16 February 1787, William Cameron conveyed to James Henry "all my right & claim to the within mentioned obligation from Meraim Tredwell for the Lott of land N.o 14 on little Musquash Island" [PANB, RG33/RS92/B, Records of the New Brunswick Geographic Information Corporation: Queens County Registry Office Records: Record Books. Book F, page 141, no. 1205, registered 14 February 1814; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XXH3-M38?i=144&wc=M698-J68%3A13842401%2C13841702%2C14395301&cc=1392378].

{Another chain of title starts for lot 14 from a Joel Murray with reference to original grantee John Brewster who only had 1/2 of the lot}

On 19 August 1788, Joel Murray of Burton, Sunbury County, yeoman, conveyed to Nathaniel Tredwell of same, "a certain lott share or right of land on little Musquash Island lying and being north east side of said Island and known by the name lott N.o fourteen formerly granted to John Bruster and convey.d to me the said Joel Murray." [PANB, RG33/RS92/B, Records of the New Brunswick Geographic Information Corporation: Queens County Registry Office Records: Record Books. Book B, page 40-41, no. 172, registered 19 September 1788; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DYJ3-4M?i=42&wc=M698-CP8%3A13842401%2C13841702%2C13939801&cc=1392378].

On 5 July 1815, Nathaniel Tredwell of Queensbury parish, York County, yeoman, quit claimed to James Henry of Wickham parish, Queens County, "all that Lot of Land Situate on Little Musquash Island in the County of Queens aforesaid known and distinguished in the orginal Grant as Lot Number fourteen containing 15 acres." [PANB, RG33/RS92/B, Records of the New Brunswick Geographic Information Corporation: Queens County Registry Office Records: Record Books. Book F, page 369-371, no. 1327, registered 14 September 1815; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XXH3-MVZ?i=372&wc=M698-J68%3A13842401%2C13841702%2C14395301&cc=1392378].

{Another chain starts for lot 14 from Thomas Carpenter to William Peck. He only held lots 9 & 12 by the Will of his father}

On 29 August 1817, Thomas Carpenter, and Caterine, his wife, of the parish of Wickham, Queens County, conveyed to William C. Peck of the City of Saint John and parish of Portland, 1/2 of Lots 7 & 8 and 20 rods of Lot 9 on south side Washademoak Lake together containing 375 acres +/- and "a certain tract of Land on little Musquash Island Known and distinguished by Lot number fourteen beginning at the Lower line at a Cartain Oak tree marked the lower side with a T. and on the upper side of said Tree with a W and running up said Island to George Hendrys lower line, containing fifteen acres more or less." [PANB, RG33/RS92/B, Records of the New Brunswick Geographic Information Corporation: Queens County Registry Office Records: Record Books. Book I, page 467-468, no. 2289, registered 27 January 1829; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-XH5S-BPG?i=469&wc=M698-LP8%3A13842401%2C13841702%2C14720701&cc=1392378].

{William changes the lot number from lot 14 to lot 13!}

On 3 February 1819, William Peck and Rebeckah, his wife, of the parish of Wickham conveyed to George Hendry of the parish of Wickham "a certain Tract of lott of of {sic} land, cituate lying and being on little Mushquash Island, Known and distinguished by lott Number thirteen bounded and butted as followeth, viz: south east by the Entrence of the Washademoek Lakem and southwest by lands now in the possession of Thomas Carpenter begining at a certain Oak Tree, marked on the lower side of said Tree with letter T. and the upper side with letter W. and runing up said Lake and Island, to lands now in possession of the said George Hendry and running the upper line agreeable to the grant as afforesaid containing fifteen acres be the same more or less." [PANB, RG33/RS92/B, Records of the New Brunswick Geographic Information Corporation: Queens County Registry Office Records: Record Books. Book G, page 226-227, no. 1498, registered 16 March 1819; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67B3-X3N?i=230&wc=M698-VNL%3A13842401%2C13841702%2C14500401&cc=1392378].

Continues in next comment

posted by Peter Kincaid UE
So the Isaac Worden of Lot 30 Long Reach swapped his lands for 1/2 of lot 13 on Little Musquash Island. He then obtains the other 1/2. There is then no further trace of his interest. If he became Isaac Worden (m. Mary Carpenter) he got shafted of his lands on Musquash Island as the titles there become a mess. This suggests that it was another Isaac Worden who died a single person and neighbors took over his lands. Documents relating to the mess of lots 12, 13 and 14 on Little Musquash Island are as follows (all my original research, abstracts and notes}:

Lot 12 Little Musquash Island:

On 20 May 1786, Lot no. 12 was granted to Mary Lester and her sister Sarah Lester [PANB, RG10/RS686, Crown Land Grant Records: Land Grant Records. Mary Lester & Sarah Lester, 15 acres, Lower Musquash Island, Queen County, volume I, no. 33, microfilm no. F16308. https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/RS686/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=37959].

On 8 February 1787, Mary Lester and Sarah her sister of Kings County, spinsters, conveyed to Joseph Sutton of Queens County "a Certain Lot or Tract of Land lying and situated on the East side of the Island call'd the Little Musquash Island in Wickham Township and in Queens County Saint John River and Known and distinguish'd as Lot Number twelve (N.o 12) in the Letter Patent and therein Granted to the said Mary Lester and Sarah her sister." [PANB, RG33/RS92/B, Records of the New Brunswick Geographic Information Corporation: Queens County Registry Office Records: Record Books. Book A, page 160-162, no. 87, registered 16 May 1787; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DC1N-Y3?i=169&wc=M698-4Z3%3A13842401%2C13841702%2C13842402&cc=1392378].

On 30 April 1788, Joseph Sutton of Queens County in the Township of Wickam, and Phebe his Wife, conveyed to Archeleus Carpenter "two sertain Lots of Land situate lying and being on little Musquash Island in the Township of Wickam in Queens County and Province of New Brunswick and known and distinguished by No. 11 and No. 12 and bounded as follows No. 11 bounded northwardly by No 12 Eastwardly by the Washademoak Lake southwardly by No. 10 and westardly by S.nt Johns River and No. 12 bounded Northwardly by No. 13 Eastwardly by the Lake in s.d Island being Thirty Acres more or less". [PANB, RG33/RS92/B, Records of the New Brunswick Geographic Information Corporation: Queens County Registry Office Records: Record Books. Book A, page 253-254, no. 143, registered 1 May 1788. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DC1N-FT?i=262&wc=M698-4Z3%3A13842401%2C13841702%2C13842402&cc=1392378].

Fifthly I give unto my son Archelus Carpenter his heirs and asigns two lots of land on little Musquash Island and known in the Grant of said Island by lott N.o 10 and N.o 11 ... Sixthly I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas Carpenter his heirs and assigns two lots of land on Little Musquash Island which I bought from Joseph Sutton and Ephreham Shalor being Known in the grant of said Island by lotts N.o 9 & N.o 12 ... [PANB, RG33/RS92/B, Records of the New Brunswick Geographic Information Corporation: Queens County Registry Office Records: Record Books. Book E, page 297-299, no. 1077, registered 30 April 1810. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-621W-SC?i=300&wc=M698-N3D%3A13842401%2C13841702%2C14317401&cc=1392378. Note: That Archealus Carpenter Jr. conveyed his lot 10 to Daniel Carpenter in P/324, no. 4648 and his lot 11 to Robert Lake in X/494, no. 8393].

Lot 13 Little Musquash Island:

On 20 May 1786, Lot no. 13 was granted to Isaiah Kierstead and Joseph Harrington [PANB, RG10/RS686, Crown Land Grant Records: Land Grant Records. Isaiah Kierstead & Joseph Harrington, 15 acres, Lower Musquash Island, Queen County, volume I, no. 33, microfilm no. F16308. https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/RS686/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=37962].

On 28 December 1786, Isaiah Keirstead of Kings County conveyed to Charlotte Haines of Hempstead, Queens County "half that certain Lot of land known by the No. 13. Situate lying and being on Musquash Island in the Township of Wickham, Bounded as followeth South Bounded by Lot No. 12. being Drawn by Polly Lester and her sister East by the Washademoak lake North by the Lott No. 14. belonging to James Henry and West by the Lake belonging to said Island being the South side of the Lot" [PANB, RG33/RS92/B, Records of the New Brunswick Geographic Information Corporation: Queens County Registry Office Records: Record Books. Book A, page 182-183, no. 99, registered 16 June 1787; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DC1N-11?i=191&wc=M698-4Z3%3A13842401%2C13841702%2C13842402&cc=1392378. The date of the deed from Isaiah Keirstead was 28 December 1776 but this must have been in error for 1786 as the lot was not granted to Isaiah Kierstead and Joseph Harrington until 20 May 1786].

On 25 May 1787 Joseph Herrington of Kings County in the Township of Kingston, and Marey his Wife, conveyed to Isaac Worden of Queens County in the Township of Wickham "all that certain Piece of Land being one half of No. 13 on Little Musquash Island in Queens County being drawn by Isaiah Kerstead & Joseph Herrinton being the North end of sd Lot being seven Acres and half be the same more or less, & bounded as follows South Bounded by the Division Line of said Lot from thence running Northward along the Washademoak Lake unto Lot No. 14, which it is bounded by on the North side, then Running along said Line as far as there is any Timber or to the Ma[r]sh which it is bounded by on the West side." [PANB, RG33/RS92/B, Records of the New Brunswick Geographic Information Corporation: Queens County Registry Office Records: Record Books. Book A, page 196-197, no. 109, registered 14 August 1787; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DC1J-9Y?i=205&wc=M698-4Z3%3A13842401%2C13841702%2C13842402&cc=1392378].

On 1 May 1791, Charlotte Hains of Queens County conveyed to Isaak Worden of the County aforesaid and Township of Wickkim "half that sertain Lott of Land known by the No 13 situated lying and being on Musquash Island in the Township of Wickim bounded as followeth South bounded by the Lott No. 12 being drawn by Mary Lester and her Sister Ester by the Washademoack Lake North by the Lott No. 14 belonging to James Henryes and West by the Lake obtaining to the said Island being the South Side of the Lott." [PANB, RG33/RS92/B, Records of the New Brunswick Geographic Information Corporation: Queens County Registry Office Records: Record Books. Book B, page 360-361, no. 320, registered 5 July 1791; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DYJ3-VW?i=362&wc=M698-CP8%3A13842401%2C13841702%2C13939801&cc=1392378. The lot was simply bounded by land of Mary Lester and her sister and the Ester part was a meant for East].

Lot 14 to follow in next comment.

posted by Peter Kincaid UE
I descend from Isaac Worden and Mary Carpenter via their daughter Rebecca who married Michael Thorn. I am in the process of getting my U.E.L. certification of descent.

There is a problem with this genealogy here. People here have noticed issues with a reported birthdate of 1771 and tried to push it back to 1763. The revised date of 1763 is not likely. When Isaac Worden petitioned to be granted lot 37 (on 24 February 1815) he stated that he was 46 years old [PANB, RG10/RS108, Records of the Department of Natural Resources and Energy: Land Petitions, Original Series. Isaac Worden Sr, Queens County, 1815, microfilm no. 4178] . This puts his birth at 1768 or 1769. His gravestone states that he died on 2 January 1855 at the age of 84 putting his birth at 1771 - or more likely 1770 since he would have died on his birthday or the day after to be born in 1771.

I believe the problem arises with equating Isaac Worden of lots 37 & 38 Washademoak Lake with the Isaac Worden who was granted 1/2 lot no. 30 on the Long Reach and the Isaac Worden who received allowances as per the Carleton papers. I suspect that the Long Reach Isaac Worden was an unmarried brother of Gabriel Worden. The reason being is that Isaac Worden (m. Mary Carpenter) had a granddaughter Elizabeth Worden who married James Thorne and lived to the ripe old age of 101. Her death notice says that her father, Isaac, was the son of one of the three Loyalist brothers who came to New Brunswick in 1783. Gabriel Worden is known to have had sons Anderson, Jarvis, Isaac and John settle in New Brunswick. Furthermore, when Isaac Worden sold his 1/2 of lot no. 30 on 25 May 1787 he was recorded as a "single man" [PANB, RG33/RS89/B, Records of the New Brunswick Geographic Information Corporation: Kings County Registry Office Records: Record Books. Book B1, page 98, no. 144, registered 9 April 1788]. This is problematic as Isaac Worden and Mary Carpenter's daughter Phebe (m. Thomas O'Blenus) has an age consistent with being born in 1786. Her gravestone in Port Williams, Nova Scotia records that she died on 30 September 1863 at the age of 77 [1] and the 1855 State Census of Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts records her as being 69 years old (dwelling no. 119 and family no. 119).

Furthermore, Isaac Worden of Long Reach purchased lot no. 13 on Lower Musquash Island from the legitimate prior owners. However, there is no deed coming out of him and his Probate states that he died with no real estate. The only subsequent deeds relating to lot 13 make no reference to Isaac and their title derives from deeds by adjacent owners. This may have been due to Isaac Worden dying intestate a single person and the adjacent owners absorbing his land into theirs when no heirs stepped forward to claim the land.

Also odd is the spread of birth years between the oldest and youngest children of Gabriel Worden and Sarah Anderson given here on Wikitree: James b. c1744 Gabriel b. c1745 Jeremiah b. c1750 Phebe Flewelling b. c1753 Jarvis b. 1756 Sarah b. c1758 Anderson b. bef 1760 Isaac b. c1763 (given on Wiketree) 1770 or 1771 (based on gravestone) John Anderson b. 1771

All but the last two are born before 1760 and the last two have evidence for being born 10 years later - around 1770. Something is amiss here and people seem to be trying to squeeze timelines to make things fit for there being only one Loyalist Isaac Worden. There being two would better resolve the issues.

posted by Peter Kincaid UE
edited by Peter Kincaid UE
Worden-194 and Worden-592 appear to represent the same person because: ......
posted by Vincent Piazza
Loretta,

Isaac is noted here as being born in Hempstead, Queens, NB, in 1771. Are you sure this isn't Hempstead, Queens, Long Island, NY? It would help if you listed the location of the headstone that shows this date. Rob Green

posted by Rob Green UE
Hi Loretta,

I notice you have noted that one of Isaac's daughters was married to a Mr. Thorne. It is listed twice and her married name isn't shown. How are you related to these Wordens? Rob Green

posted by Rob Green UE
All research points to 1771 as the year Isaac was born. I have a copy of a letter written by my great grandmother to cousin researching from the USA at the time. The headstone on the grave of Isaac and Mary ( Carpenter) Worden has the year 1771 as the year he was born.
posted by Loretta Worden

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