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George Wathen (1669 - bef. 1745)

George Wathen aka Warthen, Wothen, Worthen
Born in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Husband of — married about 1699 (to before 24 Oct 1732) [location unknown]
Husband of — married 24 Oct 1732 (to before 1 Apr 1745) in Amesbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Died before before age 75 in Amesbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

George Wathen was born on 15: 10m: 1669 (15 December 1669) in Amesbury, Essex, (then) Massachusetts Bay Colony, the son of Ezekiel and Hannah (Martyn) Wathen.[1][2]

He married first, probably in Newbury about 1699, Anne Annis, the daughter of Charles/Curmac and Sarah (Chase) Annis.[3][4][2] Anne was named in her mother's will, dated 1718, proved 1726, as Ann Worthen.[5] She presumably died by 1732 when George remarried.[2]

He married, second, the widow Deborah Blasdell on 24 October 1732 at Newbury.[6][2] She was possibly the widow of Ephraim Blaisell who died in 1728, and the daughter of Christopher and Deborah (Weed) Bartlett, born in 1680 in Amesbury.[2][7]

In December 1708 he was listed as a husbandman among the "Snow-Shoe Men" of Amesbury, defenders against Indian attack.[8]

In 1711, George and Anne Warthen (by her mark) signed a 1709 deed of gift conveying entailed land to John Warthen, oldest son of Ezekiel2 and Hannah Wathen. In 1723 George Warthen, husbandman of Amesbury, sold to his brother Ezekiel land in Salisbury. In 1728 He sold to Ezekiel land in Amesbury, as well as a salt meadow lot in Salisbury to Joseph Moulton, blacksmith of Newbury. In 1738 he conveyed Amesbury land to his oldest son, Charles Wathen, and in 1741 more to his second son, George Wathen Jr.[9]

George was buried in Amesbury on 01 April 1745.[10]

Deborah died probably shortly before May 1754.[11] No probate records found for George or either wife in Essex County records.[2]

Children recorded Amesbury:[12]

  1. Priscilla, b. 27 Feb 1699/1700
  2. Priscilla/Preselah, b. 19 Oct 1703
  3. Anne, b. 18 Jan 1704/5
  4. Charles, b. 7 Dec 1706
  5. George, b. 20 Mar 1709
  6. Deborah, b. 5 Apr 1712
  7. Judith, b. 28 Sep 1717
  8. Aquila, b. 6 Sep 1721

Sources

  1. ↑ Topsfield Historical Society, compiler, Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1913), p. 249].
    WATHEN, George, s. Ezekiell and Hannah, 15: 10 m: 1669. CT. R
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Pendery, Joyce S., "Descendants of George & Margery Wathen of Salem, Massachusetts," The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass.) Vol. 154:325-352 (July 2000), p. 347.
  3. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985), citing Salisbury Fam. 371, 823; Essex Ant. 3:184; Spear Anc. 120
  4. ↑ Davis, Walter Goodwin. Massachusetts & Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis, original version published by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD, CD version published 1998 by Broderbund, Novato, CA, 1996, Page: 1:27-31, Annis of Newbury & Wells
  5. ↑ Davis, Walter Goodwin. Massachusetts & Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis, original version published by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD, CD version published 1998 by Broderbund, Novato, CA, 1996, "Ancestry of Annis Spear," p. 28.
  6. ↑ Essex Institute, compiler, VRs of Newbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1911), Vol. 2:501.
    WARTHEN, George, widr., and wid. Deborah Blasdell, Oct. 24, 1732. C. R. 7 [Queen Anne's Chapel, Episcopal Church records]
  7. ↑ Essex Institute, compiler, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1911), Vol. 1:38.
    "Bartlet, Deborah, d. Christopher, June 23, 1680."
  8. ↑ Hoyt, David Webster, The old families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts; with some related families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton, (Providence, R.I.: Snow & Farnham, 1897) p. 25.
  9. ↑ Pendery, Wathen, pp. 347-8, citing Essex County Deeds, 56:19b, 83, 92, 112; 77:122, 128; 81:228.
  10. ↑ Essex Institute, compiler, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1911), Vol. 2:757.
    Worthen, George, of Amesbury, buried Apr. 1, 1745. CR7. [Queen Anne's Chapel, Episcopal Church records]
  11. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, file #2556, Ephraim Blaisdell 05 Aug 1728.
  12. ↑ Essex Institute, compiler, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1911), Vol. 1:249, 250, 262, 263, 265 (variously recorded as Wathen, Warthen, Worthen and Wothen.)

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Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Worthen-499 and Wathen-8 appear to represent the same person because: Same father, same year and place of birth. Ancestry link on Worthen-499 gives wife's name as Anne. Clear duplicate that needs to be merged. Thank you for helping create a *single* family tree.
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Scholl-998 Aaron Scholl
Worthen-499 and Wathen-8 do not represent the same person because: Erroneous data added to profile
posted by Aaron Scholl
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Worthen-499 and Wathen-8 appear to represent the same person because: Same parents and son Aquilla. LNAB should be **WATHEN** per birth record:

"WATHEN, George, s. Ezekiell and Hannah, 15: 10 m: 1669. CT. R"

posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Thomas Moody
I initiated the proposed merge referred to below. However, as I'm not the profile manager of Worthen-232 I can't enact the proposed reversed switch.
posted by Thomas Moody
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Worthen-232 and Wathen-8 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth, same father. Birth record uses Wathen and that should be maintained as LNAB.
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Wathen-8 and Worthen-232 do not represent the same person because: Wathen is the correct LNAB per birth record. Reversing the merge to use correct spelling.
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Thomas Moody
Wathen-8 and Worthen-232 appear to represent the same person because: Same person. DOB and father match
posted by Thomas Moody

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