Martha (Worth) Taber (1789 - 1868)

Born 5 Dec 1789 in New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Moses Gove — married 15 May 1834 in Vermont

Wife of Benjamin Taber — married 9 Mar 1858 in Lincoln, Vermont

Died 22 May 1868 at age 78 in New England, United States

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Biography

Martha Worth, daughter of William Worth and [[WikiTree ID|]Betsey Tibbetts]. William was born on Nantucket to Lionel Worth and Martha Mitchell. Lionel (# 18142318) and Martha (# 18142352) were buried in Starksboro Green Mount Cemetery, as listed in a 1919 survey, but the stones do not survive. It is possible that the partial headstone of a William (Wm. Worth # 96437250) is that of her father, but cannot be proven. Betsey's parents I don't know, perhaps Nathaniel Tibbetts and Meribah Hutchins, but that is a guess.

Martha Worth was born in New Hampshire.^[1]

She may have been named Patty when a young girl. I have found birth records for Martha and Patty on the same day, but never both in same source, indicating just one girl, not twin girls.

She is the sister of Meribah Worth, who is buried next to her.

Martha P Worth and Moses Gove married 15 May 1834 at Lincoln. Martha Worth was the widow of Moses Gove when she became the second wife of Dr. Benjamin Taber.^[2]

1850 US census lists Masses Gove, 75, farmer, born in New Hampshire; Martha Gove, 60, New Hampshire; Lydia Gove, 48, New Hampshire; Phibe Carpenter, 41, Vermont; Malvina Carpenter, 18, Vermont; and Aariah A Gove, 6, Vermont; in Lincoln, Vermont. ^[3]

A few years after Phebe Carpenter's passing in 1851, Dr. Taber married Martha (Patty?) Worth, widow of Moses Gove, on 9 Jan 1858 in Lincoln. They were about 69 and 73 and had no children.

1860 census lists Benjamin Tabor, 74; and Martha Tabor, 70; living with son Daniel Gove, 49, Sarah Gove, James, Phebe, and Moses Gove, in Lincoln.^[4]

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Martha Worth Gender: Female Birth Year: 1789 Spouse Name: Benjamin Taber Spouse Birth Place: MA Spouse Birth Year: 1785 Marriage Year: 1858 Marriage State: VT ^[5]

She died at age 79 in 1868. Burial: Friends Cemetery, Lincoln, Addison County, Vermont, USA

My great grandmother Caroline Worth Miles, left a family record in which she recorded the names of William and Betty's 12 children:

Martha b. 1789 (this memorial)

Sally b. 1792

Betsey b. 1794

Samuel b. 1795

Joseph b. 1797 (father of my great grandmother)

Mariam b. 1799 (twin)

Meribah b. 1799 (twin) (also buried here)

Gulielma b. 1801

Henry T. b. 1803

Joanna b. 1805

Elna b. 1807

Phebe b. 1809

Family links: Parents: William Worth (1763 - 1850)

Spouses:

Moses Gove (1774 - 1851)

Benjamin Taber (1785 - 1866)*

Siblings:

Martha Worth Taber (1789 - 1868)

Sally Worth Taber (1792 - 1863)*

Betsey Worth Peasley (1794 - 1881)*

Samuel Worth (1795 - 1830)*

Joseph Miles Worth (1797 - 1885)*

Meribah Worth (1799 - 1878)*

Miriam Elvira Worth Taber Reynolds (1799 - 1862)*

Johanna Worth (1805 - 1885)*

Elma May Worth (1807 - 1834)*

Phebe Worth Carpenter (1809 - 1888)*

• Calculated relationship

Note: Note: Stone seen in 2010 and also noted in "Underhill Society of America; Twenty-Fifth Annual Report" dated May 12, 1917. Visit was on Sept. 3, 1912.

Sources

1. ↑ Vermont Vital Records
2. ↑ The Gove Book : History and Genealogy of the American family of Gove and notes of European Goves North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Martha P Worth 20:04, 24 May 2017 (EDT)
3. ↑ 1850; Census Place: Lincoln, Addison, Vermont; Roll: M432_920; Page: 291B; Image: 580 1850 United States Federal Census for Martha Gove 19:58, 24 May 2017 (EDT)
4. ↑ 1860; Census Place: Lincoln, Addison, Vermont; Roll: M653_1315; Page: 225; Family History Library Film: 805315. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. 1860 United States Federal Census for Martha Tabor 19:58, 24 May 2017 (EDT)
5. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. 19:48, 24 May 2017 (EDT)

• Ancestry.com. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908 for Martha Taber 19:48, 24 May 2017 (EDT)
• Martha Worth on Find A Grave: Memorial #57205725 Retrieved 19:38, 24 May 2017 (EDT).

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Stanley Wood for starting this profile.