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Robert Worthington Sr (bef. 1663 - 1735)

Robert Worthington Sr
Born before in Quarrel Bank, Pownall Fee, Cheshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1686 in Hite, Cheshire, Englandmap
Husband of — married 13 Aug 1729 in Friends Meeting, Burlington, Colony of New Jerseymap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , , , and
Died after age 72 in Patuxent Marylandmap
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Biography

Cheshire (historic flag)
Robert Worthington Sr was born in Cheshire, England.
Robert was a Friend (Quaker)

Origin

Robert was born in 1663 at Quarrey Bank, Pownall Fee, Cheshire, England.[1] He was a son of John Worthington and Mary Owen.[1]

Quaker

Robert was a member of the Morely Monthly Meeting, Cheshire England.[1] Later he became a member of the Moate Monthly Meeting in County Westmeath, Ireland.

Robert married Alice Taylor in 1686 at Cheshire, England.[1] Their children were:

  1. Samuel Worthington b 31 Oct 1687
  2. Robert Worthington b. 25 March 1689
  3. John Worthington b 8 Feb 1693
  4. Jacob Worthington b 24 Feb 1695
  5. Ephraim Worthington b. 11 Oct 1697
  6. Esther Worthington, b. 15 Dec 1702
  7. Martha Worthington b. 24 Dec. 1704
  8. Ezra Worthington b. 12 Dec. 1706
  9. Philip Worthington, b. 8 Aug. 1709
  10. Rachel Worthington b. 27 Sep. 1710

Ireland

In 1695, Robert moved his family from Cheshire, England to Ballegnehee, Kings County, Ireland.[1] From 1695 to 1697, he lived in Ballinakill, County Westmeath, Ireland. In 1711, he removed to Dublin, Ireland, and on 23 June 1713, requested to transfer from Dublin Monthly Meeting to Friends in Pennsylvania.[1]

Pennsylvania

On July 26, 1714, Robert presented his certificate of transfer to Salem Friends. He remained there until 1722 when he requested a certificate to transfer to the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting.[1] Alice died in 1729 inn Philadelphia. Also in 1729, he divided his lands equally between himself and his eight children.[1]

Robert married Mary Burtis in the Friend's Meeting at Burlington New Jersey on the 13th of 6th month, 1729. [2] Their children were[1]:
  1. Mary Worthington b 1730
  2. Martha Worthington b 1731
  3. Robert Worthington Jr. (Colonel) b 1734

Virginia

The family moved to Spotsylvania (later Orange) County, Virginia. [1] The family moved to the Shenandoah Valley where a Lord Fairfax grant was obtained for three thousand acres and the home, "Quarry Banks New Stile," was built a few miles from present day Charles Town, West Virginia. [3]

Death and Legacy

Robert died in October 1735 at Patuxent, Maryland. Robert had been away from his home at the time (he lived Orange County, Virginia).[1] He was buried at Saint George's Chapel Cemetery in Jefferson, Virginia.[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Gradeless, Donald, Worthington Family of England, Maryland, Virginia and Randolph Co NC Notes September 5, 2000, accessed December 12, 2014
  2. ↑ FamilySearch. "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985,",citing GS Film Number 802,943
    Name: Robert Worthington
    Spouse: Mary Burlis Or Burtis
    Marriage date: 31 Jul 1729
  3. ↑ Worthington, Robert. grantee.; Virginia.
  4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #85661371

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Acknowledgments

  • Thank you to Donald Gradeless for your extensive research and for publishing it on the internet.




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Hancock-3896 Paul Hancock
I have added some sources to this profile and to the profiles of his English-born and Irish-born children. I also took the liberty of editing his biography by removing a bit of duplicated information.
posted by Paul Hancock
Ebert-456 Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Worthington-1918 and Worthington-55 appear to represent the same person because: same birth, spouse; similar death
posted by Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Bredehoft-6 Tom Bredehoft
Not exact duplicates, one died in Maryland, the other in Virginia on the same date. Resolve this before merging.
posted by Tom Bredehoft
Coltrane (Milholen) Henderson
Worthington-55 and Worthington-1101 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate.
posted by Coltrane (Milholen) Henderson

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