Worthen Lineage

Ancestry from Ezekiel Worthen
(1640 – 2008)
GEORGE WORTHEN The immigrant ancestor of the family born at or near Bristol, England. He was a land owner in Salem , MA in 1640. In 1641 he was admitted a member of the First Church of Salem (Congregational), which in those days indicated good standing in the community as none but people of good repute were
permitted to become church members. He died in 1642 at Salem, leafing a house and
lot in Salem. A widow Marjory Worthen survived him, dying in 1644.
EZEKIEL WORTHEN Son of George, born as near as can be figured, June 24, 1636, was only 8 ½ years of age at the date of his mothers death. The local court committed him to the custody of a man named Thomas Avery (as an apprentice) until his 20th birthday. On June 24, 1656 Ezekiel was discharged by the court from his
apprenticeship (being 20). Soon afterward he settled in Amesbury, then a thinly populated place, more remote and subject to Indian attacks. He married Hannah Martin, daughter of George Martin, a blacksmith and land surveyor. They had five
sons and 5 daughters, who intermarried with the leading families in Essex County.
His farm was held by his descendants for 175 years. Ezekiel became a Quaker. The
Congregational minister and the constable was compelled to seize and sell some of his
property at auction and sell some other valuables in order to collect owed taxes not
paid, as a Quaker. He died June 16, 1716 at the age of nearly four score years.
EZEKIEL WORTHEN Son of Ezekiel and Hannah was born May 18, 1672 at
Amesbury, MA and died in October 1755 at Chester, NH. He was married December
26, 1704 at Amesbury to Abigail Carter. She was born March 7, 1685 at Salisbury, MA, and died in Chester. Ezekiel and Abigail (Carter) Worthen were members of the First Church of Amesbury (Congregational). She was transferred to the Second Church of Kingston, NH in 1744. He formerly united with the church at Chester about a month before his death. His  Will was probated October 29, 1755.

EZEKIEL WORTHEN ( I 763) Patron, Revolutionary War, son of Ezekiel and
Abigail Carter Worthen was born March 18, 1710 at Amesbury MA and died September 17, 1783 at Kensington, NH. About 1732, he married Hannah Currier,
who was born January 26, 1711 at Amesbury, being the daughter of William and
Rachel Sargent Currier of that town. She died in 1746. His story preceeds this
in the King George War, French Indian War, Seige at Louisburg, and the Revolutionary War. Whereby I will not repeat. Three of his sons also served in the Revolutionary War, as well as a grandson of 15. He saw no service however, after the first two years of the Revolutionary War, but left as a Major, and continued to serve on committees and as delegate to conventions and to manifest an interest in the struggle for independence. He spent his last years in retirement at Kensington, NH , enjoying the esteem and respect of his fellow citizens. He was the foremost representative of the Worthen’s during the period in which he lived. They had 4 sons, Samuel, Jacob, Ezekiel, and Enoch.
SAMUEL WORTHEN , One of the sons of Ezekiel and Hannah Currier Worthen, was born April 21, 1748 at Kensington, NH and died about April 1796 at Candia, NH.
He married Sarah Clifford December 21, 1769. She died about 1782 in Candia. Samuel Worthen moved to Candia probably about 1771 and lived on the North Rd.
next door to his brother, Major Jacob Worthen. His house was torn down many years
ago. Major Jacob’s house was occupied until recently by his descendents. Samuel signed the Association Test at Candia April 12, 1776.
LEWIS WORTHEN, Son of Samuel and Sarah Clifford Worthen was born April 6, 1790 at Candia, NH. He died May 21, 1872 in Manchester, NH He married Hannah
Bursiel May 29, 1811. She was born January 4, 1790 and died on December 12, 1865
in Candia. He was a farmer and worked winters manufacturing barrels which were used in the mackerel packing industry. He is said to have been one of the most proficient of many “coopers” in Candia. For many years he had an ancient Indian  Tomahawk, which he used as a door weight. He said it had been thrown at his grandfather when he was pursued by Indians; as it stuck in his shoulder and was thus carried inside a fort to which he made his escape. The following are the children of Lewis and Hannah: Frederick b 1811, Sarah, b 1812, Levinah b 1814, Almira b 1816, Mahala, b 1819, True b 1821, Franklin b 1823, **Frederick S. b 1824 (buried in back SMSC), Betsey b?, Lewis b 1831, Betsey J b1933.
FREDERICK S. WORTHEN, Son of Lewis and Hannah Bursiel Worthen, b December 21, 1824 died March 11, 1905, married Martha Merrill and had five children: Charles A. b 1847, James C. b1849, **Charles F. b1856  (buried in back South Main St. Church on Milford and So Main in Manchester, NH [now Faith Bridge]) Eldora I b1856, Ida F. b 1857. Frederick Sylvester Worthen was born in Candia Dec. 21, 1824 and died March 11, 1905 in Manchester, NH. He married Martha Eunice Merrill on April 7, 1846. She was born October 13, 1824 at Lancaster, NH and died Jan 17, 1894 at Manchester, NH When a young man, 34, he moved to Manchester where he spent the rest of his life, except when serving in the Civil War, and engaged in the R. construction in Alabama. He generally worked at the coopers trade, but served several years on the Manchester police force. He owned a large tract of land in the section called “Squog Village where his wife conducted a florists business. He was a man of genial disposition and popular in the community. He enlisted September 18, 1861 in the Civil War. He was in the 12th Regiment First New Hampshire volunteered Light Battery and took part in many important engagements in the War.

CHARLES F. WORTHEN, Son of Frederick S. and Martha Merrill Worthen, was
born September 20, 1851 at Manchester, NH and died March 7, 1912 at Goffstown, NH,*and is buried at the family plot at Piscataquag Cemetery , lot 111, South Main
St. Church in Manchester. He married Annie F. Eastman, November 5, 1872
in Manchester. She was born Feb. 19, 1848 at Andover, NH and died August 4, 1873
at Somerville MA. He then married Evelyn Austin June 25, 1879 at Reading MA.
She was born about 1853 at Great Hills, South Berwick, Maine, and died October 4, 1910 at Reading, MA but is also buried at Piscataquog Cemetery. A daughter was born to Charles and his first wife, Annie F. July 17, 1873 that only lived three weeks, Annie S. Annie F. died in childbirth at 25 and both are buried at Piscataquog. Charles is described as a florist and machinist in the records in Concord, NH. To Charles and Evelyn Austin Worthen , a son was born (my paternal grandfather) Elgin Norman Worthen, born July 17, 1881.
ELGIN NORMAN WORTHEN, Son of Charles F. and Evelyn Austin Worthen,
was born July 17, 1881 and died October 31, 1918 of the flue epidemic that killed
thousands at that time. (my paternal grandfather) He married Elizabeth M. Becker
Worthen at Manchester, NH on Feb. 9, 1902. She was born Dec. 20, 1884 at Natick
RI and died March 17, 1957. They had four children; *Ima Elizabeth (DAR) b 1902, d. 1982, Elsie Mae , b Aug 1903, d1905, * Elgin Fremont Worthen (my father)
b Dec 6, 1904, d Oct 8, 1982, Florence Mary Worthen, b Aug 10, 1906 d April 1983.
Egin Norman Worthen only lived to the young age of 37 dying in the huge flu epidemic in 1918, buried too, in the Piscataquog Cemetery, except for Florence.