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     Peter was born circa 1609 at prob. England.¹ He was the son of Peter Worden and Margaret Grice. He married Mary (Winslow or Sears ?) on 9 February 1639 at Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.² Peter Worden left a will circa 1681 at Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts; Peter II’s will Will probated 3 March 1681

I Peter Worden of the Towne of Yarmouth in the Collonie of New Plymouth in New England in America about seaventy one years of age being weak in body yett in perfect memory doe make this my last will and testament.

Firstly. I bequeath my soule to God that gave it and my body to the earth to be decently buryed when Gods time is to remove mee out of this world by death.

Secondly. I make my son Samuell Worden my whole and sole executor to whom I give all my lands upon the neck called Equinett (?) necke with all the priviledges therto belonging to him and his heires and assignes forever with eight acrees of land att the south sea, to the said necke soe likewise.

I give to my son Samuell Worden all my housing and land that I now live upon after his mothers decease both upland and marsh and orchyard and the land I bought to Mr. Allin, with all other lands due to mee from the Towne not yett layed out or from the Country as procured by the late warr with the Indians.

Soe likewise I give to my son Samuell my best bedsteed and my trundle bedsteed.

Thirdly. I give to my daughter Martha the wife of Joseph Severns a peece of marsh about three acrees be it more or lesse lying att the head of the Marsh above John Burgis his ditch, during her naturall life and after I give it to my son Samuell Worden to whom I likewise give all the cattle that hee hath bine possessed of by mee excepting two oxen.

Fourthly. I give to my loveing wife Mary Worden the proffitts and improvements of my housing and lands and orchyards that I now live upon during her naturall life, both upland and marsh with the land I bought of Mr. Allin and all my household goods and cattle for her support during her life and my will is that what of my goods and cattle are left after my wife dies shalbe equally divided betwix my three daughters Mary, Marcye and Martha.

Fifthly. I give to my son Samuell Worden all my estate in old England both land and other estate that came by my wife.

Sixthly. I give to my daughter Mary the wife of John Burgis, the one halfe of my forty acres of upland at the head of the lotts to her, her heires and assigns forever.

Seventhly. I give to my daughter Martha the wife of Joseph Severens all the cattle and goods, shee is alreddy possessed of my mee with one cow more att my decease and after her decease my will is that what of them are left shall fall to her two daughters now living.

Lastly. I give to my son Samuell Worden my Chist and my cloak.

Peter Worden

and a seal

Signed and sealed before us this 9th day of January 1679

John Freeman senior

Silas Sards

This 29th day of July 1680 I Peter Worden yett remaining in perfect memory though weake in body doe add this to my will as a further explanation.

Firstly that my wife have att her owne disposall what ever she can raise of my land and cattle in the improvement of them, during her life, for her support and if there be any overpluss, to dispose of it to my children as shee shall see need.

Whereas I have in my will given to my son Samuell all the cattle that hee hath bin possessed of by mee, excepting two oxen my will is that as my son Samuell hath them principally for to do the worke of family plowing and carting ec. so likewise that hee keepeth three steers more of my cattle, and when he hath brought two of them to work suitable to supply the rome of those above said two oxen. Then I give one of the old oxen to my wife and the other to my son Samuell, and the third steer my son Samuell shall keep to the halves, hee to have one halfe and his Mother the other half.

and my will is that my son Samuell still breake other of my steers during my wifes life to be in Reddynes to doe the worke as above said, and att my wifes decease my will is that the two oxen that be then in Improvement shall Goe to my son Samuell with the house and land that my wife liveth on.

likewise I give to my son Samuell my Gun and all my takleing for plowing and Carting and husbandry after my wifes decease and my son Samuel is to provide his Mother with fier wood dureing her life and likewise to provide hay for my Cattle during his Mothers life that is to say To Gett the hay mowed and made and Stacked and have the oxen and Cart in a Reddynes for that end the stocke of Cattle to pay for the geting of theire hay excepting Cart and oxen for draught. further whereas my son Kanelme Winslow oweth mee forty shillings I Give him twenty shillings of it, and whereas my son John Burge oweth mee thirty shillings I give him twenty shillings of it, and likewise I give my Indian servant to my son Samuell after my wife decease.

as Witness my hand and seale the day and yeer above said

Peter Worden and
a
seale

Memorandum I except one Cow and Calfe that I have in Samuells hand.

Signed and sealed in the presence of us

John Freeman. Assistant

Silas Saers.

Peter died circa 1681 at Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

     Mary made her will 21 March 1886; named daughter Mercy wife of Kehelm Winslow and Mary, wife of John Burges; see probate record of Barnstable County Vol. 1 p. 12. Mary was born in 1610.² She married Peter Worden on 9 February 1639 at Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.² Mary (Winslow or Sears ?) left a will at Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts; John Freeman, Assist
Truly transcribed out of the original duly compared therewith and entred June the 8th 1687.     Attest Joseph Lothrop, D. R.

[1:12] The Last will and Testament of Mary Worden of Yarmouth, widow.
I Mary Worden being weak in body but threw the goodness of God of disposing mind and memory: and calling to minde the uncertainty of this transitory life and being desirous to settle things in order that there be no differance amongst my children when God shall please to call me out of this Life about my temporal Estate which God has lent me my sd children also having manifested their willingness and consent unto me to dispose or bequeth what should be left of my worldly goods or Estate at my decease as I should see cause as pr Articles of agreement in writing Indented bearing date the second of May Anno Dom. 1686 doeth and may appeare.
I do therefore declare this present writing and what is here in declared to be my last will and testament hereby adnulling all former will or wills by me made by word or writing and this to be taken and accounted to be my last will and testament.
Imprimis my will is to bequeth my soule to God in Jesus Christ and my body to desent burial as to my Executors here after named shall seeme meet and conveinent and as to my worldly goods and Estate which God hath bestowed on me beyond my deserts my will is as followeth viz:
I will and bequethe all my wearing apparrel to be equally devided between my three daughters Mary Barge, Mercy Winslow and Martha Seavernce. It I will and bequeath unto my Son in law John Barge all the rest of my Estate in house hould stuff goods chattles moneys: Debts dues on what so ever it may be in my just debts which I owe in right or contience to any person being first paid thereof excepting my Indian Squaw Servant which I will and bequeath to my Son Samuel Worden. And I do constitute and appoint my Loving Son in law the sd John Barg to be my Executor to see this my last will & testament performed.
In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of March 1686.
     mark
     Mary Wordens Vnff /s/
Signed, Sealed &
declared in presence of
Samuel Seares
Silas Seares.     and before me
     Thomas Hinckley, Govr.
Samuel Seares, and Silas Seares made oath in the Prerogative Court at Barnstable May the 31st 1687 that they saw the above named Mary Worden.
Signe Seal and declare this as her last will and Testament and that shee was of disposing mind and memory when shee so did.
     Attest, Joseph Lothrop. D.R.
Truly recorded out of the original will duly compared therewith and entred. June ye 8th 1687.     Attest by Joseph Lothrop, D.R.

[1:13] The Invintory of the Estate of the widdow Mary Worden of Yarmouth deceased which departed this Life the 25th of March 1687 and this Invintory taken on the 29th of April 1687.
It to neate Cattle     09=15=00
It to one mare and half a coult.     01=02=00
It one Fether Bed     02=18=04
It to one Rugg and part of an Coverlid     01=03=00
It to three Blankits     01=05=00
It to one payer of Sheets     00=13=00
It to one bolster and 2 pillow Cotes, and one Blankit     00=16=00
It to one stock Bed & one pillow     01=06=00
It to one Skillit & Chamber pott     00=18=00
It to one Pillian     00=05=00
It to three pound & a half Cottonwool & 7 pound & a half
of Linin yarne     00=18=06
It to one Bible & one payer of Boddess     00=11=00
It to wearing apparrel     03=16=06
It to one hood and scarfe & wast coate & 2 apons & glovs     00=12=03
It to one Shift & hancerchevs & head linin, stockings &
shoes & kuff & pins     01=00=03
It to remnants of Searg Linin Cloth & lasses & silk     02=19=02
In debtes to the Estate.     01=07=06
     31=06=06
     the mark X Pall Sears
     John Hall
John Barge made oath to the truth of this Invintory May the 31st 1687 in the prerogative Court in Barnstable.
     Attest, Joseph Lothrop, Depty Regtr
Truly transcribed out of the original Invintory duly compared therewith and entered June ye 8th. 1687
     Attest Joseph Lothrop, Depty Regr.


Mary died in 1687 at Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.²

     Peter was born circa 1576 at Clayton, county Lancashire, England.⁴ He was the son of Robert Werden and Isabel Worthington. Peter Worden married Margaret Grice circa 1603. Peter Worden was The Worden family were occupying land in the Town of Clayton (now Clayton-le-Woods) Lancashire, England as early as 1190, according to Place Names of Lancashire, by Eilert Ekwall. The Cockersand Abbey land rental records indicate that Henry Werden was occupying land in the Town of Clayton in 1451. The earliest surviving Court Rolls of Clayton Manor (1574) contains the name William Werden and his son and heir, Robert Werden (William died that year). A William Werden was included in the Preston Guild Rolls of 1459, and Peter Werden and his son Peter Werden were on the Preston Guild Rolls as late as 1622. William Werden and his son Robert Werden were the grandfather and father of Peter Worden--the first of the Worden line in America. between 1190 and 1622 at Clayton, Lancashire, England. He left a will circa 1638 at Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts; The Will of Peter Worden, Ye Elder

The last will and testament of Peter Worden of Yarmouth, the elder, deceased proved at the general court at Plymouth the fift day of March in the XIIIJTH yeare of the reigne of our soverigne Lord Charles, King of England & c.,1638, by the oathes of Mr. Nicholas Sympkins, Heugh Tillie and Giles Hopkins -as followeth, viz:

"Be it knowne unto all men to whome this doth or may concerne, that I Peter Worden, of Yarmouth, in New England, in Plymouth Patten, being very sick, in this yeare of our Lord 1638, and on the ninth day of ffebruary, do make my last will to testify unto all that I, Peter Worden, doe give and bequeath unto Peter Worden my only sonne, & sonn & heire, and in the presence of Nicholas Sympkins ,Hugh Tillie & Giles Hopkins I do make him my whole executr, to whom I doe give all my lands, leases, tennemants with goods moveable and unmoveable in the Towne of Clayton, in the county of Lankester, likewise I doe give unto Peter my sonne all my goods wch I have at this prsent in New England. My will is my sonne is to give John Lewis one Nate Goate. also my will is my son is to give my Grandchild such money as is due for the keepeing of goates and calves untill this day. and my sonn is with the money to buy John a kid or dispose it otherwise for his use, also one bed or boulster, three blankets, also my sonn is to have the tuition of my grandchild untill he be at the age of one and twenty yeares of age, also my will is he shall fynd him with meate, drinke and cloathes, and at the three last yeares of the XXJTH yeare also to have forty shillings the yeare after & above, for to add to his stock with a sow pigg when the sow piggs.

In witness we present set our hands.



Peter his Werden Nicholas Simpkins

seal Hugh Tilly H marke

Giles Hopkins $



Mr. Nicholas Sympkins, Heugh Tilly and Giles Hopkins weer all deposed in open court to this will the fift day of March 1638 XIIJTH Caroli see court ordr p-194.

Peter died in 1638 at Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

     She married Benjamin Nye.¹ Rachel died. Her body was interred after 1761.

     Patience was born on 3 August 1728.¹ She was the daughter of Benjamin Nye and Lydia Freeman.

     Lydia was born on 15 November 1730.¹ She was the daughter of Benjamin Nye and Lydia Freeman.

     Levi was born on 10 April 1743.¹ He was the son of Benjamin Nye and Rachel NN----.

     Timothy was born on 21 June 1746.¹ He was the son of Benjamin Nye and Rachel NN----.

     Jabez was born on 11 April 1749.¹ He was the son of Benjamin Nye and Rachel NN----.

     Joseph was born on 12 December 1751.¹ He was the son of Benjamin Nye and Rachel NN----.

     Experience was born on 30 October 1756.¹ She was the daughter of Benjamin Nye and Rachel NN----.

     Rachel was born on 12 January 1759.¹ She was the daughter of Benjamin Nye and Rachel NN----.

     Remembrance was born on 15 August 1761.¹ She was the daughter of Benjamin Nye and Rachel NN----.

     Esther was born.¹ She married John Nye before 1673 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.^2,3

      "John Phinney of Barnstable made his will 1718 giving bequests after the decease of his wife to daughters Mary Eastland, Mercy Crocker, and Reliance Morton; sons John, Joseph, Thomas, Ebenezer, Samuel, Benjamin and Jonathan Phinney. Son John was to be executor. The inventory was taken 9 March 1718, and the will probated 19 June 1719."
     
     Mayflower Through Five Generations vol 2 pg 162.
He was a weaver. John was born on 24 December 1638 at Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.^2,3 He was the son of John Finney and Christian Patten. He married Mary Rogers on 10 August 1664 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^4,5,6 John died in 1718 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.⁷

     Mary was born on 22 September 1644 at Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts.^1,2 She was the daughter of Joseph Rogers and Hannah NN----. She married John Phinney on 10 August 1664 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^1,3,4 Mary died circa 1718 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.⁵

     Thomas was born circa circa 1633 (chr. at Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He was christened circa 1633 at Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.^1,2 He was the son of Bernard Lombard and NN---- NN----. He married Elizabeth Derby on 23 December 1665 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^3,4,5,6 Thomas Lombard was present at Martha Lombard's christening in 1686 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.⁷

     Elizabeth was born circa 1646 at Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.^1,2,3 She was the daughter of John Derby and Alice NN----. She married Thomas Lombard on 23 December 1665 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^1,4,5,6 Elizabeth Derby was present at Martha Lombard's christening in 1686 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.⁷

     Occupation: Land Measurer. Eleazer was born on 21 July 1650 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^2,3 He was the son of William Crocker and Alice Foster? Eleazer died circa 1723 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.⁴

     Patience was born. She was the daughter of James Hurst and Geertrud Bennister. She married Henry Cobb before 1632 at Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.^3,4,5 Patience Hurst was present at Patience Cobb's christening on 13 March 1641/42 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Her body was interred on 4 May 1648 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.⁶ Patience died.

     Jonathan was born on 10 April 1660 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Henry Cobb and Sarah Hinckley.

     John was born on 7 June 1632 at Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Henry Cobb and Patience Hurst.

     Mary was born on 24 March 1637/38 at Scituate, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Cobb and Patience Hurst.

     Hannah was born on 5 October 1639 at Scituate, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Cobb and Patience Hurst. Hannah died on 17 January 1729/30 at age 90.¹

     Patience was born before 13 March 1641/1642 (ch at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. She was christened on 13 March 1641/42 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Henry Cobb and Patience Hurst. She married Robert Parker in August 1667.^1,2 She married William Crocker after 1684/85 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^3,4 Patience died on 23 October 1727 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.⁵

     Gershom died. Gershom was born on 10 January 1644/45 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Henry Cobb and Patience Hurst. His body was interred on 24 June 1675 at Swanzey.¹

     Eleazer was born on 30 March 1649 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Henry Cobb and Patience Hurst.

     James Hurst(Tanner) first appears in a dated record in the tax list of 25 March 1633, and from his position in the first list of freemen, he must have attained that status before 1 January 1632/33. But his arrival can be placed even earlier based on the birth of his first grandchild. His only known child, Patience, married Henry Cobb, and their first child was born in Plymouth on 7 June 1632, which would place the marriage of Henry and Patience no later than September 1631. Although it is possible that the marriage took place in England, followed by migration to Plymouth in 1632, it seems more likely that Henry Cobb and Patience first met in Plymouth, so that her father would have arrived in Plymouth by 1631. Given the record of his marriage in Amsterdam, he may well have been in Leiden congregation which came over in 1629 and 1630.

After fifteen years of regular duty as a juryman, James Hurst came into court on 7 March 1653/54 and, along with three other men, sued Samuell Sturtivant and Eward Gray "in an action of trespass on the use, to the damage of ten pounds, for destroying a certain parcel of hay" belonging to the four plaintiffs; the court found for the plaintiffs [PCR]

Will dated 10 December 1657. To his wife Gartend (Executrix) he gave his house at Plymouth. To his grand children (names match those of Henry and Patience Cobb) John, Gershom, James, Eleazer, Hannah, and Patience Cobb, and Mary Dunham. Inventory taken 24 December 1657 by T. Southworth and William Hoskins. £97 6s.
^3,2 James was born circa 1580.⁴ He married Geertrud Bennister on 4 October 1608 at Amsterdam, Holland.² James died on 10 December 1657 at Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

     Mehitabel was born on 1 September 1651 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Cobb and Sarah Hinckley. Mehitabel died on 8 March 1652/53 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, at age 1.¹

     Sarah was born on 15 January 1658/59 at Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Cobb and Sarah Hinckley. Sarah died on 25 January 1658/59.¹