Major
Ezekiel
R.
Worthen
Born in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Ezekiel Worthen Jr.
and Abigail (Carter) Worthen
Brother of
Mary (Worthen) Goodwin, Jacob Worthen, Thomas Worthen, Abigail Worthen, Hannah (Worthen) Colby, Martha (Worthen) Morrill, Mehitable (Worthen) Elliott, Anne Worthen, Samuel Worthen and Ephraim Worthen
Husband of
Hannah (Currier) Worthen
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 73
in Kensington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
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Major Ezekiel Worthen served during the French and Indian War.
Biography
Ezekiel Worthen served with New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution.
Major Ezekiel Worthen performed Patriotic Service in New Hampshire in the American Revolution.
Ezekiel Worthen is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A130615.
Most sources say that Ezekiel Worthen was born in Amesbury, Essex, MA, March 18, 1710 to Ezekiel and Abigail Worthen. He married Hannah Currrier in 1732 and by 1740 they had moved to New Hampshire. [1]
He was active in town affairs, serving as a selectman in 1748, and serving as a member of the N.H. House of Representatives in 1776. [2]
He served as a soldier three times: as an ensign at the Siege of Louisburg, as commander of a company in the French and Indian War, and in charge of troops in the Portsmouth, N.H. area in the Revolutionary War. [3]Ezekiel served as the paymaster for Capts. William Stillson and Samuel Nay in 1776. He also took the Oath of Allegiance the same year.[4]
Ezekiel and Hannah were the parents of at least four children. He died September 17, 1783 and is buried in Kensington, N.H. [5]
Sources
- ↑ Census 1776. Kensington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States Volume: NH Census substitutes, 1640–1776, Page(s): 17674 New Hampshire: Miscellaneous Censuses and Substitutes, 1640-1890 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. From records supplied by Ancestry.com)
- ↑ Worthen, Samuel Copp. The Story of a Kensington Warrior and Legislator. The Granite State Monthly Vol. 54-55 pp. 429-424, Google Books
- ↑ Kensington Warrior and SAR applications, member numbers 30612, 40920 et. al
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed March 2, 2018), "Record of Ezekiel Worthen", Ancestor # A130615.
- ↑ Tombstone inscription image
- Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass., 1913) Page 249. Birth record.
- Pendery, Joyce S., Descendants of George and Margery Wathen of Salem, Massachusetts, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2000) Vol. 154, Page 349.
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