THE WORTHINGTON LINE WORTHINGTON LINE - FIRST GENERATION RODGER WORTHINGTON Born: possibly Cheshire, England Died: Married: 15 Dec 1590 to Ellen Hill Children: 1. John Worthington Sr. (See below) WORTHINGTON LINE - SECOND GENERATION JOHN WORTHINGTON SR. Born: 1604 in Cheshire, England Died: 3 Dec 1691 in Quarrel Bank, Cheshire, England, Buried: Moberly, England age 86 Parents: Rodger Worthington - Ellen Hill Married: Marie Hobsen (Hobson) 1627/8 in Cheshire, England. She d. 27 Dec 1658 in Pownall Fee, Cheshire, Eng. Children: 1. JOHN WORTHINGTON JR. b. 1628 (see below) 2. Frances Worthington b. abt 1630 3. Martha Worthington b. abt 1632 4. Sarah Worthington b. abt 1635 in Morley, Pownall Fee, Cheshire Eng. WORTHINGTON LINE - THIRD GENERATION JOHN WORTHINGTON JR. Born: 1628 Cheshire, Eng. Died: 18 Feb 1717 Cheshire England Parents: John Worthington Sr. - Marie Hobsen (Hobson) Married: Mary Owen abt 1658 in Cheshire, England. She b. abt 1638 Cheshire. Eng. Children: 1. ROBERT WORTHINGTON b. 1663 Cheshire (see below) 2. Mary Worthington m. John Lambe (in fathers will) 3. Samuel Worthington (in fathers will) 4. Isaac Worthington (in fathers will) Note: I have seen other reports with different children listed, but I am just claiming these for the time being, until I do more research, or someone graciously submits documentation to me. WILL OF JOHN WORTHINGTON JR. I received a copy of the true will from a great researcher by the name of Bernice Pierson years ago. On the top she has written: These pages from Frances Epler-Brengle and her daughter, Bette Brengle-Poole, editors of "Worthington Descendants" Baltimore, Maryland. The first page is a transcript of the will. The second is an actual copy of the will. She has noted on it, " This will and inventory cannot be reproduced without the permission of Society of Friends Library, Dublin, Eire. The third page is a copy of the actual inventory of his property. "Quote" THE FOLLOWING IS THE WILL OF JOHN WORTHINGTON, TANNER, OF STIALL IN THE COUNTY OF CHESHIRE WHO DIED IN DECEMBER 1717. A PHOTOSTAT OF THE ORIGINAL OF THIS WILL WAS OBTAINED FROM THE CHESHIRE COUNTY RECORD OFFICE, THE CASTLE, Chester, CH1 2DN AN INVENTORY OF HIS GOODS IS ATTACHED. In the name of god Anno. Do. 11 Day of May in ye year of our Lord God 1717, I John Worthington of Stiall in the County of Chester, tannor, beinge aged, weak in body but of ____ mind and memory thanks be given unto God. Therefore calling unto mind the mortalollity of my body, knowing it is appointed for all men once to dye, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following: That is to say first and principally I give my soul into ye hands of god who gave it me and for my body I commend it to ye erth to be buried in Chrfistian and decent manner nothing doutinge but at ye generall reserrection I shall receive ye same againe by ye mighty power of god and as touchinge worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased god to bless me in this life I give, devise, bequeath, and dispose ye same in manner and form followinge: First I give to my sun Sammuell Worthington Thirty pounds and the _____of their stepmothers Annuity if any such happen to be, ye same to issue out of my personall Estate. I give to my sonne in law John Lambe ye money which he owes me. I leave ye rest of my personall Estate after my debts and funerall Expenses and discharges unto my three younger children Mary Lambe, Samuell Worthington and Isaac Worthington to be equally divided amongst them and of this my last will I make and ordain my sonns Samuel Worthington and Isaac Worthington my full and whole Executors and I do hereby utterly dissalow, revoke and annull All and every other former wills, testaments, logarios, bequeathes and Executors by me in any wise before this time names, willed and bequeathed ratifieing and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testament: In wittnesse whereof I have hereunto sett my hande and seale ye day and yeare above written. Signed sealed publish pronounced and ____ by ye said John worthington at his last will and testant in ye presence of James Mather (s)? Samuell Mather (s)? his mark John Worthington Item I give to my wife all her wearing apparril and too petecoats which were my father wifse and the cofer above with short feete and the boxe belowe that she leays her klose in and two pillows and too pilowbears with sevorall od things beside which are in her boxe. Item I give my Executors my too best garments 2 December 1717 Samuel Worthington et Isaac Worthington Extores....followed by more Latin "UNQUOTE" The last part of the will was obviously added as he neared death, after the main body made in May several months before. ~~~~~~~~ The following is a transcription of his inventory, graciously done for me by Sam Coward Jr., who also connects with this family. It is transcribed, line by line, therefore the reason for the numbering system. 1. A true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the goods Chattels and credits of 2. John Worthington late of Stayall in the Parish of _____ and County of Chester 3._____ _____appraised by us whose names are under written 27th. November 4. Anno Domini 1717 5. One feather bed and blankets and one Chasbed and Boulster 6. Two white Blankets one under Blanket and one red rugg and a _____ 7. one ____ Blanket and one red rugg and a ____ 8. one under blanket and one ____ ____ and ____ 9. three feather beds and two pair of Sheets. 10. One table cloth and three pair of Sheets 11. four pair of sheets one sheet and another pair of Sheets 12. one table cloth twenys two napkins one wallet, some odd things 13. One pair of whighs, twenty pounds of whights, a looking glass 14. One spit and ____two testing irons Hand hooks and a ____ 15. One slice and hacking knife one backsprittle ans ____ 16. One pillow and pillow cloth two Coffers and a table 17. two coffers four ____ three other ____ and two ____ 18. Wooden ware two one Chafbed and Boulster a bed covering hangings 19. One coffer two boxes one chest and Some books 20. One warming pan six Skillets one frying pan two candlesticks a ____ 21. One ____ one Spice box and ____ four chairs a table and two stools 22. One mortar and stand one Pack two ____ and a box 23. One hammer one pair of sissors a smoothing iron and a table 24. ____ and Hay, two Coffers in horse Stable and Some other things 25. Work ____ belonging to the tan ward and bark 26. Eighty Eight Cowhydes and a Mill ____ 27. two ladles one skinner and fifty pounds of powder 28. Sone white ____ one knife one pair Iron tongs and bellows 29. ____ ____and eighty two ____ 30. Fifty one pound weight of Scrap Potts ? and two ____ 31. One Cow 32. Debts and moneys owing to the deceased 33. ____ and approved ~~~~~ WORTHINGTON LINE - FOURTH GENERATION ROBERT WORTHINGTON Born: 1663 in Pownall Fee Cheshire, England Died: Dec 1735 in Patuxent, Maryland Parents: John Worthington Jr. - Mary Owen Married 1st: Alice Taylor b. 1662/3 Cheshire. They were m. there in 1686. Married 2nd: Mary Burtis (Alburtis) 13d 6m 1729 in New Jersey. She b. 1703 in Fred. Co. VA (?), and d. Berkley Co WV Children with Alice Taylor: 1. Samuel Worthington Sr. b. 31 Oct 1687 Pownall Fee, Eng. 2. Robert Worthington b. 1689 3. Jacob Worthington b. 1695 in Ballingehee, Kings Co, Ireland 4. Ephraim Worthington b. 1697 in Ballinakill, Westmeath, Ireland 5. John Worthington b. 1693 6. Martha Worthington b. 1704 in Ballinakill, Westmeath, Ireland 7. Esther Worthington b. 1702 in West Meath, Ballinakill, Ireland 8. Phillip Worthington b. 1709 in Dublin, Ireland 9. Rachel Worthington b. 1710 in Westmeath, Ireland 10. Ezra Worthington b. 1706 Children with MARY BURTIS: 11. MARTHA WORTHINGTON b. 1730 (see below) 12. Mary Worthington b. abt 1732 13. Robert W. Worthington b. abt 1734, had son Thomas who was the 6th governor of Ohio. Re Hopewell MM VA: On 9-24-1759 Robert Worthington Jr. reported for marrying out of unity. Disowned. Robert Worthington b. 1663 Cheshire, England. Believe he married there, then left Cheshire in 1694-5 with his family and lived 14 years in Ireland before coming to PA. He was not mentioned in his fathers will, as he had already left Cheshire. He m. 2nd wife Mary Burtis in New Jersey 13d 6m 1729. She was b. 1703 in Fred. Co. VA and d. Berkley Co WV. Robert d. Dec 1735 at Patuxent MD. Per "Hopewell Friends History, Fred. Co. VA"....In the settlement of Friends in the section that is now Jefferson County, WV, and near the county seat, Charles Town, perhaps the first Friend to arrive was Robert Worthington, who settled on Evitt's marsh on a tract of 3000 acres granted to him from the Crown, and which he named "Quarry Banks, New Stile", for his old home in cheshire, England which was named "Quarry Banks." The date of his arrival in the Shenandoah Valley is not definitly known, but among the papers relative to the settlement of his estate on record in Orange County is a disposition made by his widow, which states that she and her husband were married in Friend's Meeting at Burlington NJ 13th of 6th month, 1729, "and quickly after the said marriage, removed to this country." Robert Worthington was a consistent Friend and devoted to the interests of our Society. This is shown by the records of Moate Monthly Meeting and Dublin Monthly Meeting in Ireland, which he attended during his residence in that country, and of the Monthly Meeting of Salem, NJ and Philadelphia, PA in America. After his settlement in Virginia, he was largely engaged in business as a merchant and exporter as well as a farmer, and was instrumental in promoting the settlement of the lower valley. After his death, "Quarry Banks" and a portion of his land came into the possession of his youngest son, Robert. The latter by marriag out of meeting withdrew from our Society in 1760, and shortly thereafter, he with others erected near his mansion house, St. George's Chapel, said to have been the most costly chapel in Virginia at the time. The ruins of this Chapel are a well known landmark two and a half miles northeast of Charles Town. His son, Thoms, born and reared at "Quarry Banks", removed to Ross, OH and became the 6th Governor of that state. The remainder of "Quarry Banks" estate was divided among the other children of Robert Worthington Sr. and was purchased from them at various times by Lawrence and Samuel Washington,the latter who built, on a part of this land, his mansion, "Harewood" where he resided at the time of his death in 1781. WORTHINGTON LINE - FIFTH GENERATION MARTHA WORTHINGTON Born: 1730 Salem NJ Died: 1752 Worthington Marsh, VA. Parents: Robert Worthington - Mary Burtis Married: Nov 1749 to Samuel Pearson. We descend through their son, Enoch Pearson. See the Pearson line for children and descendants. Line of Descent: RODGER WORTHINGTON, JOHN WORTHINGTON, JOHN WORTHINGTON, ROBERT WORTHINGTON, MARTHA WORTHINGTON, ENOCH PEARSON, SAMUEL PEARSON, MARY PEARSON, JOHN MACY, LORETTA MACY, JAMES PARISHO, WAYNE PARISHO, SUSANNE PARISHO BG's/Images by "Daze of Our Lives"