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| Peter Worden |
Immigrant Ancestor |
see FAMILY TREE (Brooke)
see FAMILY TREE (White) |
| Born: 1569 Clayton, Lancashire, England |
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| Married: 1603
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| Died: 09/Feb/1638-39 Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA |
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| Buried: Worden Cemetery, Dennis, Barnstable, MA |
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FATHER
Robert Worden
MOTHER
Isabell Worthington
WIFE
Margaret Grice
CHILDREN
1. Peter Worden
2. Elizabeth Worden
3. Bridget Worden
Peter Worden was born in Clayton, England. He was a "Foreign Burgess" in the
town of Preston, just five miles from Clayton. Foreign referred to the fact that
he was not a native of the town, but an outsider. His ancestors had acquired the
burgess rights and they had been passed down to their children. Burgess rights
were a valuable asset and much needed for trading purposes.
Peter held a lease on a shop in the Moothall, or Guildhall. The Moothall was a
two-story building, approximately 35' by 70', housing the town Council chamber
and offices on the second floor and businesses on the first. Peter's shop was
next to the stairs at the north end of the building. Early archives list the
following mention of Peter's lease. "Item of Elizabeth Weren widdowe for on shop
on the east side of moothall next adjoyning to the staires at the north end of
the hall with a standing (open stall) at the south end of the hall formerly
demised to Peter Werden by lease dated Primo Oct XVth Jac ye improved yearly
rent of L01-15s-00d" This date would indicate that Peter Worden held a lease on
the aforementioned shop and stand in Oct 1617. He was probably in the cloth
trade.
His name appears in the Preston Guild Roll for 1622 but by 1642 he and his son,
Peter, had gone to New England where Peter "ye elder" had died, in early 1639,
while Peter, the son, remained for the balance of his life.
Peter, the elder, had lost his wife Margaret in 1612 after only 8 or 9 years of
marriage and he was left with five step-children and three of his own children,
the youngest, Peter, being only about three years of age. In 1625 his daughter,
Elizabeth, had an illegitimate child. In 1628 his other daughter, Bridget, died.
When Peter went to New England in or after 1636 his family had been reduced to
his own son, Peter, and two grandsons, Robert Swansy and John Lewis. He probably
left for America to make a new life.
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