Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Thomas Howard Worthington

Male 1691 - 1753  (62 years)


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  • Name Thomas Howard Worthington 
    Birth 8 Jan 1691  St. Margaret's, Westminster Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 3 Apr 1753  Anne Arundel County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I19961  Tree1
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

    Father John Worthington,   b. 12 Jan 1650, Sharston Hall, Manchester, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1701, Anne Arundel County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah Howard,   b. 1673, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 1726, St. Margaret's, Westminister Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1686  All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F13164  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Ridgely,   b. 1695, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1734, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 23 Jul 1711  St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Worthington,   b. 2 Feb 1716, Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1774, Anne Arundel County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Elizabeth Worthington,   b. 6 Oct 1717, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1776, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Catharine Worthington,   b. 10 Jul 1720, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 28 May 1782, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 61 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. Rachel Worthington,   b. 28 Aug 1722, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt May 1801, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Thomasine Worthington,   b. 9 Jun 1724, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1804, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 81 years)  [Father: natural]
     6. Brice Thomas Beal Worthington,   b. 2 Nov 1727, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1794, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]
     7. Ariana Worthington,   b. 25 Dec 1729, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1769, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 39 years)  [Father: natural]
     8. Nicholas Greenberry Worthington,   b. 29 Mar 1734, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1793, Anne Arundel County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F13163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
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      WORTHINGTON, THOMAS, Anne Arundel Co., merchant. 9 Jan, 1752; 3 Apr, 1753
      To 2nd son of my son-in-law Basill Dorsey and my dau. Sarah his wife, 368-1/2 A. of land, being pt. of tract "Worthington's Range, as laid out by Col. Henry Ridgely on which sd. Basil hath settled a plantation, which sd. land I give to the sd. 2nd son of sd. Basil and Sarah and the heirs of theirs; in default of such issuer to descend to the next son, or to the dau. of sd. Basill and Sarah.
      To dau. Elizabeth Dorsey, 368 A. "Worthington's Range," on which her husband has settled a plantation, and at her decease, to her son Thomas Dorsey; to sd. dau. Elizabeth, what she and her husband already have of me.
      To dau. Rachel Howard, 369 A. tract called 'Worthington Range," on which her husband has a plantation, and after decease, to her son Thomas Cornelius Howard.
      To dau. Sarah Dorsey, what she and her husband already have of mine.
      To dau. Catharine Gassaway, 300 A. called Partnership, on which her husband and she live.
      To dau. Thomasin Warfield, 400 A. out of tract "Partnership," and "The Addition To Snowden's Manner, (tract boundary is given to the above-named tracts).
      Mentions: Land I had of Richard Snowden called "2nd Addition To Snowden's Manner," then reverse on that line to the tract called Partnership.
      To dau. Ariana Watkins and hrs., 300 A. called "Alltogether," on which her husband hath settled a plantation, and 63 A. out of a tract called Worthington's Range," same being a course of land lying bet. 'Alltogether and Benjamin Hyons' land; also what she and her husband hath already had of me.
      To son Nicho. Worthington and hrs. forever, lands: 1 moyetie of half of a tract called 'Wyat's Ridge," 226 A.; 1 tract called "The Adventure, of 50 A., and adjoining the former, that tract which I bought of Elizabeth Goin, Wm. Woodward and Mary Holmes, that lyes adjoining to the former tracts; also tracts bought of Amos Garrett, 212 A.; names of tracts: "Ridgely Neck," "Addition," "Broken Land, "Pettycoat Benefit," "Pettycoat's Addition ; twelve in number of tracts, in all 1,700 A., to sd. son Nicho. Worthington.
      To son Brice Thomas Beale Worthington, lands not herein given, what has already been given him.
      My 8 children to share alike.
      Son Brice Thos. Beale Worthington, ex.
      Wit: Cha. Griffith, Charles Griffith, Jr., John Griffith, Henry Ridgely. 28. 445
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      Mr. Thomas Worthington 57.86 AA £2010.12.6 Apr 25 1753 Jan 15 1754
      Appraisers: Henry Hall, Gerrard Hopkins.
      Next of kin: John Worthington, Sr., John Brice.
      Executor:
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      Thomas Worthington 36.268 A AA £2010.12.6 £2299.5.6 Jun 12 1754
      The amount of the accounts also included £28.4.9 in sterling.
      Received from: John Legg, Robert Perry, Samuel White, Thomas Howard, John Hall, James Nicols, John Worthington, Stephen Bordley, William Godman, George Robinson, Nicholas Sanders, Edward Hall, Sarah Sewell John Gambrill (dead), Benjamin Barry, Nicholas Dorsey, Philemon Dorsey, Henry Ridgely, Henry Simpson, Sele Simpson, Peter Shipley, Benjamin Welsh (administrator de bonis non of Thomas King), Westal Ridgely, James Lusby, Catherine Knowsley, Benjamin
      Yealdhall, Samuel Watson, Joseph White, James Elliott, Thomasin Warfield, Charles Yealdhall, Edward Penn.
      Payments to: Alexander Warfield, Charles Griffith, Alexander Hamilton, George Steuart, Bazil Dorsey, Stephen Bordley, Stephen Bordley paid to Nathan Hammond, Augustin Gambrill & Francis Davis, MM Edward & Dorsey, Nathan Hammond.
      Payments to (their portions, in equal amounts): wife (unnamed) of Bazil Dorsey, wife (unnamed) of Henry Dorsey, wife (unnamed) of Nicholas Gassaway, wife (unnamed) of Cornelius Howard, Thomasin Warfield now wife of Francis Simpson, wife (unnamed) of Nicholas Watkins, Nicholas Worthington, accountant.
      Legatees: Nicholas Worthington, Rachel Howard (daughter) paid to her husband (unnamed), accountant.
      Executor: Brice Thomas Beale Worthington.
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      Worthington, John, A. A. Co., 4th Apr., 1699 ; 7th May, 1701.
      To wife Sarah, extx, life interest in dwelling plantation and all personalty.
      To son John and hrs., 400 A., dwelling plantation on Severn R.
      To son Thomas and hrs., 450 A., "Greenberry's Forest," and 350 A., "Lewis' Addition," both nr. Magothy R. son William and hrs., 130 A., " Howard 's Inheritance, " 200 A. where Richard Beard's mill now stands, and 270 A. nr. Bodkin Ck., Patapsco R.; also a parcel of woodland ground, being a part of Wm. Hopkins', as appears by will of Mathew Howard, decd.
      To dau. Sarah, personalty.
      Test: Roger Newman, Jno. Rigbie, Ann Hales. 11 83.

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