Samuel Montross Worden (1794 - 1880)

Born 7 Jul 1794 in Clinton, Dutchess, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Southard) Worden — married 8 Nov 1823 in Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Jan 1880 at age 85 in Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, United States

Biography

In 1828, a Samuel M. Worden sold blacksmith tools to John Bard (see land records at Dutchess County Courthouse)^[1]

Birth

07 JUL 1794 Clinton , Dutchess, New York^[2]

Residence

1830 Clinton, Dutchess County, NY

Note: and is found two pages away from Leonard on the Census^[3]

ABT 1840 Milan Hollow Road, Milan, Dutchess County, NY

per June Goodrich Wilcha, this homestead was near Bulls Head Road and Clinton. In a letter from the Town of Milan historian, Norma Ingles, dated November 10, 1989, the suggestion is made that Samuel Montross' land may have bordered Wildey, Thorne or Herrick land, near the Town of Clinton line.

Census

1800 age 6 ^[4]

1830 Clinton, Dutchess County, NY: with 1 M 5-10, self 30-40, 2 F under 5, 1 F under 30^[5]

1840 Milan, Dutchess County, NY: with 1 M under 5, self 40-50, 1 F under 5, 1 F 5-10, 1 F 10-14, 1 F 30-40^[6]

1850 Milan; age 55; with Catherine 50, Philander 16, Alexander 12, Renselaer 9, Catherine 4^[7]

1870 Rhinecliff Post Office, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, NY: Note: age 70, blacksmith, with Catherine (wife) age 65, Renselaer age 24 (brick mason), Minnie [Minerva] age 20 [Renselaer's wife], Evina age 2.^[8]

Marriage

08 NOV 1823 Rhinebeck Reformed Church, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY

Samuel Montross was a widower when he married Katherine Southard. (Could he have been married to the Elizabeth Worden who died 1 Jan 1822 in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County NY.? There is a reference at the First Presbyterian Church in Pleasant Valley, record "#12: 17 May 1812. Baptized adult, Elizabeth Worden, wife of Samuel Worden." But also see Samuel M. Worden, b. 1777 in Westchester County, died in 1839/1840 in Pleasant Valley; he may have been married to an Elizabeth who had a child Zaccheus b. about 1807, d. 1826 in Pleasant Valley.)^[9][10]

Wife: Catherine Southard

Child: William C. Worden

Child: Elizabeth Ann Worden

Child: Philena Lennie Worden

Child: Emma Worden

Child: Mary Jane Worden

Child: Philander B. Worden

Child: Renselaer Case Worden

Child: Alexander L. Worden

Child: Katherine Henrietta Worden

Death

28 JAN 1880 Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, NY

age 84, paralysis, per Mortality Schedule^[11][12]

Burial

Rhinebeck Cemetery, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, USA^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ #S281: Dutchess County Courthouse, Poughkeepsie, NY
2. ↑ #S401: 1870 Census
3. ↑ #S312: Page: 1830
4. ↑ #S312: Page: 1800
5. ↑ #S312: Page: 1830
6. ↑ #S312: Page: 1840
7. ↑ #S312: Page: 1850
8. ↑ #S401: 1870 Census
9. ↑ #S313: Rhinebeck Reformed Church, Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., NY
10. ↑ #S303: Pub. Code 015, # 2688
11. ↑ #S287: Newspaper index, Adriance Library
12. ↑ #S401: U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, New York, 1850-1880. Albany, New York: New York State Library. Microfilm, 15 rolls.
13. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 February 2018), memorial page for Samuel Montross Worden (7 Jul 1794–28 Jan 1880),Find A Grave: Memorial #115410569, citing Rhinebeck Cemetery, Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Beverly Kane (contributor 46485975) .

• Bible Records, Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Conn., 1978) Vol. 11, Page 404
• S281: Court records of land transfers: Abbreviation: Land transfer
• S287: Obituary
• S303: Kinship publications: Abbreviation: Kelly (Kinship): Author: Kelly, Arthur M.: Publication: Kinship, Rhinebeck, NY
• S312: Census
• S313: Church records
• S401: Ancestry Web Site