William Worth

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Pedigree
ChartsAncestors of Jennie Luene Logan
George H. W. & George W. Bush - Jennie Luene (Logan) Billings
William Worth, son of John Worth and Miriam Gardner, was born at Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts, 27 November 1694.1,2 He died at Nantucket, 16 October 1780.3

William married Mary Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler and Jemima Doggett, at Nantucket Co., Massachusetts, 24 October 1717.4,1,5

He left a will dated 26 August 1777, and proved 3 Nov 1780 without naming a wife but did mention
daughters Jemima Gardner, Sarah Worth, Damaris Starbuck, Miriam Worth, Hephizibah Macy, Hannah Swain
sons Jonah & Matthew
Executors Jonah & Matthew.6

Family

Mary Butler b. 1693, d. 8 Aug 1756
Children
  • Judith Worth7 b. 2 Aug 1718, d. 26 Feb 1738
  • Jemima Worth+6,8 b. 5 Mar 1719, d. 22 Dec 1789
  • Sarah Worth6,9 b. 23 Mar 1721, d. 27 Apr 1797
  • Damaris Worth6,10 b. 2 Oct 1722, d. 1 Oct 1780
  • Jonah Worth6,11 b. 4 Oct 1723, d. 17 Sep 1807
  • Miriam Worth6,12 b. 19 Aug 1725, d. 7 Sep 1816
  • Hephzibah Worth6,8 b. 9 Oct 1726
  • Hannah Worth6,13 b. 15 Oct 1728, d. 30 Jan 1820
  • Matthew Worth6,12 b. 26 Feb 1730, d. 22 Jan 1812
  • Jedidah Worth8 b. 1731, d. 1731
  • Edmund Worth14 b. 1733, d. 1733
This person was last edited on11 Apr 2022

Citations

  1. [S35] Alexander Starbuck, The History of Nantucket (Boston, Massachusetts: C.E. Goodspeed, 1924), 825, further cited as Starbuck, History of Nantucket.
  2. [S3] Charles Edward Banks, The History of Martha's Vineyard Dukes County Massachusetts in Three Volumes (subtitle varies) (1911; reprint, Edgartown, Massachusetts: Dukes County Historical Society, 1966), 3:516, further cited as Banks, History of Martha's Vineyard.
  3. [S1163] Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, five vols. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1925-28), 5:620, further cited as Vital Records of Nantucket.
  4. [S1163] Vital Records of Nantucket, 4:532.
  5. [S3] Banks, History of Martha's Vineyard, 3:116.
  6. [S1195] Nantucket County Courthouse, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Probate Records, 1706-1867, 3:332-333,387, FHL microfilm 906832, further cited as Nantucket Probate Records.
  7. [S1163] Vital Records of Nantucket, 2:631.
  8. [S1163] Vital Records of Nantucket, 2:629.
  9. [S1163] Vital Records of Nantucket, 2:636.
  10. [S1163] Vital Records of Nantucket, 2:623.
  11. [S1163] Vital Records of Nantucket, 2:630.
  12. [S1163] Vital Records of Nantucket, 2:633.
  13. [S1163] Vital Records of Nantucket, 2:628.
  14. [S1163] Vital Records of Nantucket, 5:612.