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Joseph Worthen and Hannah Morrill

Husband

Joseph Worthen

Died
AFT 20 JUL 1786[1]
Married
1749/50[2] at Amesbury, Mass.

Joseph Worthen, shipwright of Amesbury, made his will on 20 July 1786. The will names his wife Hannah, his son William as sole executor, and the heirs of his son Benjamin, who was already dead. It also names a daughter Mehitabel, for whom no birth entry has been located. Needs independent verification: the will as recorded in the Essex County probate books.[4]

Wife

Hannah Morrill

Born
28 SEP 1728[5] at Amesbury, Mass.
Father
William Barnes Morrill
Mother
Lydia Pillsbury

The marriage records name no parents for the bride. She is identified with the Hannah Morrill born at Amesbury in 1728 by a survey of the same-named women in the tree, and by the names of her children Lydia and William, which echo those of her mother, Lydia Pillsbury, and her father, William Barnes Morrill. Needs independent verification: a record naming her father, such as a deed or probate document.[6]

Children

Jacob Worthen1751
Born
18 MAY 1751[8] · Amesbury, Mass.
Benjamin Worthen1753 – 1786
Born
15 JUL 1753[9] · Amesbury, Mass.
Died
BEF 20 JUL 1786[10]

His father’s will of 1786 refers to him as deceased and leaves land to his heirs. Needs independent verification: a record of his death or of his heirs.[11]

Lydia Worthen1755
Born
10 JUL 1755[12] · Amesbury, Mass.

Her father’s will of 1786 names her as the wife of Enoch Colby. Needs independent verification: a record of her marriage.[13]

Molley Worthen1758
Born
10 MAR 1758[14] · Amesbury, Mass.
Hannah Worthen1760
Born
14 JUN 1760[15] · Amesbury, Mass.
Sarah Worthen1764
Born
08 NOV 1764[16] · Amesbury, Mass.
William Worthen1767
Born
07 NOV 1767[17] · Amesbury, Mass.