Worthington

My Worthington ancestors

01. John Worthington ^[1] was born abt. 1604 in England.  He married Marie Hobson on February 6, 1628 in Hite, England.  John died on December 3, 1691 in Quarrel Bank, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England.

02. John Worthington, ^[1] son of John and Marie was born in 1628 in Chester, Cheshire, England.  He married Mary Owens abt 1658 in Cheshire.  Click here to see the will of John Worthington that is posted on the "RootsDigger" website.

03. Robert Worthington ^[1] "The Quaker", son of John and Mary was born in 1663 in Quarrel Bank, Pownall Fee, Cheshire, England.  He married (1) Alice Taylor in 1686.  He married (2) Mary Burtis on July 31, 1729 in Burlington, New Jersey.  Note: recent evidence strongly suggests Mary was not the daughter of Jan Alburtis and Sarah Ellison (see link for details). This invalidates the claim that her line can be traced to Pietro Cesare Alberti who was born in Venice, Italy in 1608 and was the first Italian immigrant in America.  I have unfortunately removed the Alberti and Ellison pages from my website in light of this new discovery.

The following is an excellent history of Robert Worthington which is posted on the "RootsDigger" website :

"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 definitely 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 marriage 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, Thomas, 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."

The children of Robert and Mary are:

 

1	Martha Worthington (See Below)
2	Mary Worthington (Born abt 1731 in Orange, Frederick, VA - Died before 1757)
3	Col. Robert W. Worthington (Born abt. 1734 - Died in 1779 in Berkeley, VA)  Married Margaret Mathis/Matthews (1738-1780) abt. 1778      1. Mary Worthington (Mar 31, 1762 - Jul 1, 1808 in OH)          Married Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) in 1789; First Governor of Ohio      2. Ephraim Worthington (1766 in VA - May 1797 in WV)      3. William Worthington (Mar 14, 1767 in VA - May 1797 in KY)      4. Robert Worthington III (Apr 21, 1770 om WV - Jan 10, 1843 in OH)          Married Ann E. Whiting (1773-1848)                1. Mary Elizabeth Worthington (-1873)                2. Joseph C. Worthington (Feb 8, 1804 in OH - Sep 19, 1896 in OH)                3. Susannah Worthington (Feb 11, 1811 in OH - Feb 21, 1881)                4. Margaret Collins Worthington (1812 in OH - Jul 28, 1842 in OH)                5. Robert Worthington, Sr. (Nov 8, 1815 in OH - Oct 2, 1893 in IL)      5. Martha Worthington (1773 in VA - 1835 in Berkeley, VA)      6. Gov. Thomas Worthington (Jul 16, 1773 in WV - Jun 20, 1827 in NY)          1st Senator and 6th Governor of Ohio          Married Eleanor Swearingen (1777-1748) in 1796                1. Mary Tiffin Worthington (Nov 19, 1797 in VA - Oct 19, 1836 in TX)                2. Sarah Ann Worthington (May 10, 1800 in OH - Feb 6, 1877 in OH)                    Sarah married (1) Edward King (1795-1836) in 1816                         1. Rufus King (May 30, 1817 in OH - Mar 25, 1891 in OH)                             Married Margaret Rives King (1819-1898) in 1843                         2. Thomas Worthington King (Jan 5, 1820 in OH - Jan 30, 1851 in OH)                             Married Elizabeth Jane Neil (1824-1897) in 1845                                  1. Rufus King, Jr. (Feb 19, 1846 - May 3, 1878)                                          1. Rufus King (1872-1953)                                  2. William Neil King (Apr 1, 1849 - Jul 2, 1917)                                          1. Mary King (1903-1980)                     Sarah married (2) William Peter (1788-1853)               3. James Taylor Worthington (May 31, 1802 in OH - Aug 11, 1881 in OH)                   Married (1) Julia Galloway (1808-1856) in 1828                   Married (2) Martha Piatt (1814-1896) in 1856               4. Albert Gallatin Worthington (Aug 19, 1804 in OH - 1834 in OH)               5. Col. Thomas Worthington, Jr. (Mar 18, 1807 in OH - Feb 23, 1884 in DC)               6. Eleanor Strode Worthington (1809-1863)                   Married Arthur Watts (1805-1866) in 1832               7. Margaret Worthington (1811 in OH - Mar 16, 1863 in OH)                   Married Edward Deering Mansfield (1801-1880)                        1. Eleanor Mansfield (Nov 23, 1845 in OH - Jun 2, 1931 in OH)                            Married Edward Toner (1850-1929)                                1. Douglas Worthington Swiggett (Sep 2, 1862 - Feb 2, 1950)                                2. Edward M. Swiggett (1882 in OH - Jul 6, 1939 in NY)                        2. Francis Worthington (Nov 11, 1848 in OH - Nov 23, 1928 in CA)               8. Elizabeth Rachel Worthington (May 28, 1814 in WV - Nov 7, 1852 in OH)                   Married Charles Richard Pomeroy (1808-1878)               9. William Darke Astor Worthington (Jun 15, 1816 - Oct 28, 1850 in OH)             10. Dr. Francis Asbury Worthington (Jul 16, 1819 in OH - Jun 17, 1849 in OH)                      Married Jane Taylor Lomax (1821-1847)                        1. Alice Worthington (Jun 13, 1846 in VA - Oct 2, 1900 in NY)                                 Married William Woolsey Winthrop (1831-1899) in 1877

04. Martha Worthington, ^[1] daughter of Robert and Mary was born about 1732 in either South Carolina or Orange, VA.  She married Samuel Pearson in 1749 in Frederick Co., VA.  She died in 1752 at a young age. 

I descend from their son Enoch Pearson who married Phoebe De Moss.

OWEN