John was born in 1717. He is named in his father's 1737 will. 1737 - Secretary of State Will - Bath/Beaufort Co. - Thomas Worsley died between Jan. 18, when his will was written and March Court, when his will was probated. He used his family emblem, 'a Lion Rampant' impressed upon the seal. Heirs: to son Thomas, land on Swift Creek; to son Joseph, land on Swift Creek where Thomas Worsley Sr. lived; to son John, land on Bear Creek; wife Sarah Bonner Worsley.[1][2]
John died unmarried on October 7, 1760 and wrote a will bequeathing legacies to his mother Sarah Bryan and half brothers Issac, Hardy, Nathan and William Bryan.
1760 - Secretary of State Will - Craven County - John Worsley, who had apparently never married, made his will on Oct. 17, 1760 - heirs: Half brother Lewis Bryan "640 acres on Vine Swamp, being the 2 plantations I bought from John Bryan and William Killam; should he die before age 21, then to my half-brother Half brother Thomas Bryan "negro man Sam." Half brother William Bryan - horse. Half brothers Nathan and Isaac Bryan "negro girl Nann" when Lewis is age 21." William, Hardy, and Nathan Bryan; half sister Mary Bryan; mother and executrix Sarah Bryan (who was actually Sarah Bonner Worsley Bryan, Thomas Worsley's widow and daughter of Sheriff Thomas Bonner of Washington, who had married second husband Hardy Bryan.).[3]
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