Mehitable (Hinckley) Worden (1659 - abt. 1726)

Born 24 Mar 1659 in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Worden — married 6 Jun 1681 in Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of William Avery Jr. — married 25 Aug 1698 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Died about 1726 at about age 66 in Massachusetts [uncertain]

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Biography

Mehitable (Hinckley) Worden was an early settler in Massachusetts.

Mehitable Hinckley born March 24, 1659 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. She is the daughter of the former Governor Thomas Hinckley of Massachusetts and his wife, Mary Richards. ^[1]

Samuel Worden was born in 1643 in Barnstable, Massachusetts. This Samuel Worden died about January 12, 1691 and he was the founder of the Boston family of Wordens. Samuel Worden wrote to Governor Hinckley signed May 30, 1691 your son-in-law. His widow, Mehitable married second husband, William Avery of Dedham on 25 August 1698 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were married by James Allen. ^[2] There was a Samuel Worthen born Honiton, Devon s/o John and Ruth, born March 10, 1655, but we think that’s an error, it could be 1645, died at age 46.

There is a story that a Samuel Worthen came to Barnstable and because the Wordens were already there, the people just called Worthen, Worden. It was too much trouble correcting them. We do not know if Samuel Worthen knew Dr. Samuel Worden, but clearly these two Samuels were different people. Mehitable Hinckley and Samuel (Worthen) Worden were married June 6, 1681 and had children namely: Thomas 1682, Samuel February 10, 1683/84, Mary May 4, 1686, and Eliza February 19, 1688/89. Eliza died young May 18, 1692, Samuel Jr, married Mary Bill July 25, 1706. These then are the founding Wordens of Boston.

Name

Name: Mehitable /Hinckley/

Source: #S494

Name: Mehitable /Worden/

Source: #S494

Name: Mehitable /Avery/

Source: #S494

Marriage

Marriage:

Date: BEF 1684

Source: #S494

Source: #S525

Page: p. 139

Husband: William Avery

Wife: Mehitable Hinckley

Marriage:

Date: AFT 1691

Source: #S494

Source: #S424

Page: http://bos-gw.rays-place.com/bos/bos-mar-23.htm

Sources

1. ↑ Barnstable Births https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Barnstable/Barnstable/BirthsH.html#p55 Vol. 6 Page 98
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8R-HXJ : 10 November 2020), Mehitable Worden in entry for William Avery, 25 Aug 1698; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004277139.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8R-HXJ : 13 July 2016), William Avery and Mehitabell Worden, 25 Aug 1698; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 818,081.

• Source S494

Title: Symons Genealogy

Abbreviation: Symons Genealogy

• Source S525

Title: Some Records of Persons by the name of Worden

Abbreviation: Worden Genealogy - ONW

Author: Oliver North Worden

Publication: J. R. Cornelius, 1868

Acknowledgments

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