John WORTHINGTON was born about 1650 in England and died 9 April 1701.1
He was buried at St. Anne's Churchyard, Anne Arundel Co., MD1 He was
married about 1688 to Sarah HOWARD.2

John WORTHINGTON and Sarah HOWARD had children:
1. John WORTHINGTON14,50 b. 12 Jan. 1689;3 m.1 Helen HAMMOND 8 Jan. 1713;4
   m.2 Comfort;4 d. 22 Oct. 1764 to 12 June 1766 Anne Arundel Co.;5
2. Thomas WORTHINGTON14,50 b. 8 Jan. 1691;3 m. Elizabeth RIDGELY 23 July 1711;6
   d. 12 Mar. 1753 Anne Arundel Co.7
3. William WORTHINGTON14,50  b. 16 Apr. 1694;3 m. Sarah HOMEWOOD 5 Nov. 1717;8
   d. 25 Sep. 1770 to 22 Nov. 1770, Anne Arundel Co.9
4. Sarah WORTHINGTON14,50 b. 10 Jan. 1696;3 m. Nicholas RIDGELY14 26 Dec. 1711;6,10
   d.  16 March 1721/2 Anne Arundel Co., MD10
5. male WORTHINGTON14,50 b. 1699
6. Charles WORTHINGTON14,50 b. 20 Oct. 1701;3 m.1. Hannah HAMMOND 12 Nov. 1728;4
   m.2 Sarah Chew 5 Oct. 1732;4 d. 22 Nov. 1773 to 24 Mar. 1774 Harford Co.11

John WORTHINGTON's widow Sarah14 secondly married 16 Dec. 1701 John BRICE12
John BRICE died 13 Dec. 1713,13 having written his will on 8 Dec. 1713.14
John BRICE and Sarah (HOWARD) WORTHINGTON had children:
1. John BRICE b. 24 Sep. 1703;15 d. before 1705
2. John BRICE5 b. 4 Nov. 1705;18 m. Sarah17 Frisby 9 Sep. 1730;16
   d. 24 Sep. 1766, Charles Co., MD while on business23
3. Ann14 BRICE b. 30 May 1708;19 m. Vachel DENTON 23 Nov. 1721;20
   d. 24 Mar. 1760 to 16 July 1765 Anne Arundel Co.21
4. Rachel14 BRICE b. 17 Apr. 1711;22 m. Philip HAMMOND;24
   d. 11 Apr. 1786 Anne Arundel Co.24

Thomas WORTHINGTON and Elizabeth RIDGELY had children, all born in
St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD:
1. Ann WORTHINGTON b. 2 Oct. 1713;25 d. before 1752;35
2. Sarah WORTHINGTON35 b. 2 Feb. 1715/6;26 m. Basil DORSEY35,36
   d. 12 March 1769 to 9 March 1774 Anne Arundel Co., MD37
3. Elizabeth WORTHINGTON35 b. 6 Oct. 1717;27 m. Henry DORSEY35,36 31 July 1735;38
   d. 2 Oct.  1775 to 19 Feb.  1776 Anne Arundel Co., MD39
4. Katherine WORTHINGTON35 b. 10 July 1720;28 m. Nicholas GASSAWAY35,36
   d. 28 May 1782 to 20 May 1788 Anne Arundel Co., MD40
5. Rachel WORTHINGTON35,36 b. 28 Aug. 1722;29 m. Cornelius HOWARD35,36
   d. 3 Feb. 1801 to 16 May 1801 Anne Arundel Co., MD41
6. Thomasin WORTHINGTON35,36 b. 9 June 1724;30 m.1 Alexander WARFIELD35;
   m.2 Francis Simpson36, d. 13 Aug. 1812 to 8 June 1813;42
7. Brice Thomas Beale WORTHINGTON35,36 b. 2 Nov. 1727;31 m. Ann43 Ridgely;4
   d. 17 July 1794 Anne Arundel Co., MD44
8. Ariana WORTHINGTON35 b. 25 Dec. 1729;32 m. Nicholas WATKINS35,36
   m.2 John IJAMS45,46 d. 1767;47 to 1769;37
9. Thomas WORTHINGTON b. 6 Jan. 1731/2;33; d. before 1752;35 
10. Nicholas WORTHINGTON35,36 b. 29 Mar. 1734;34 m. Catherine GRIFFITH48
    1O Oct. 1751;4 d. 1 Nov. 1793 Anne Arundel Co., MD49,51 bur. Worthington
    Family Cem., Crownville, Anne Arundel Co., MD51


1. John Worthington headstone, St. Anne's Churchard, Anne Arundel Co., MD.
2. Matthew Howard will, Maryland wills 2:222-224 [image 223/412].
3. St. Margaret's Church, Westminster Parish, Anne Arundel Co, MD, p. 9.
4. Harry Wright Newman, Anne Arundel Gentry, A Genealogical History
   of Twenty-Two Pioneers of Anne Arundel County, MD., and their Descendants,
   (Baltimore, MD: Lord Baltimore Press, 1933).
   p. 312 John Worthington married Helen Hammond
   p. 312 John Worthington married Comfort
   p. 331 Brice Thomas Beale Worthington married Anne Ridgely
   p. 332 Nicholas Worthington married Catherine Griffith
   p. 343 Charles Worthington married Hamutah Hammond
   p. 343 Charles Worthington married Sarah Chew
5. John Worthington Senr. will, Maryland wills 34:30-33 [image 32/481].
6. St. Margaret's Church, Westminster Parish, Anne Arundel Co, MD, p. 83.
7. Maryland Gazette, Thursday 15 March 1753 issue, page 3, column 1. 
8. All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD, image 49/227.
9. William Worthington will, Maryland wills 38:73-75 [image 97/432].
10. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Volume 36 (Summer 1995), p. 480.
11. Charles Worthington Senr. will, Maryland wills 39:714-716 [image 250/441].
12. St. Margaret's Church, Westminster Parish, Anne Arundel Co, MD, p. 81.
13. St. Margaret's Church, Westminster Parish, Anne Arundel Co, MD, p. 134.
14. John Brice will, Maryland wills 13:589-591 [image 591/745].
      His will included bequests to his "sons and daughters in law'
      [stepsons and stepdaughters] John, Thomas, William, and Charles
      Worthington, and Sarah Ridgley. It was mentioned that he had given 
      bond for Charles Worthington and his brothers, but the County Court
      had incorrectly supposed that Charles was the child his mother
      was pregnant with when John Worthington wrote his will. See also #50.
15. St. Margaret's Church, Westminster Parish, Anne Arundel Co, MD, p. 3.
16. St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD, p. 92.
17. John Brice will, Maryland wills 34:243-253 [image 245/481].
18. St. Margaret's Church, Westminster Parish, Anne Arundel Co, MD, p. 8.
19. St. Margaret's Church, Westminster Parish, Anne Arundel Co, MD, p. 11.
20. St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD, p. 59.
21. Anne Denton will, Maryland wills 33:266 [image 270/448].
22. St. Margaret's Church, Westminster Parish, Anne Arundel Co, MD, p. 12.
23. Maryland Gazette, Thursday 25 September 1766 issue, page 2, column 3. 
24. Rachel Hammond headstone, Hammond Cemetery, Anne Arundel Co., MD
     Inscription states she is the daugher of John Brice.
25. St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD, p. 21.
26. St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD, p. 27.
27. St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD, p. 34.
28. St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD, p. 51.
29. St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD, p. 63.
30. St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD, p. 71.
31. St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD, p. 81.
32. St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD, p. 89.
33. St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD, p. 98.
34. St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD, p. 106.
35. Thomas Worthington will, MD wills 28:445-448 [image 180/297].
    Note: The pages are out of order image 180=p. 445;image 179=446, image 182=447, image 181=448.
36. Thomas Worthington account, Maryland Accounts 36:268-273.
37. Sarah Dorsey will, Maryland Wills 39:843-844.
      Written 12 March 1769, one bequest was to her "niece Eizabeth Watkins daughter of my late sister Ariania".
38. Christ Church, Queen Caroline Parish, Howard and Arundel Counties,
    Maryland, p. 10 [image 20].
39. Elizabeth Dorsey will, Maryland Wills 40:699-700.
40. Catherine Gassaway will, Anne Arundel Co., MD Wills JG#1, pp. 19-22.
41. Rachel Howard will, Anne Arundel Co. Maryland wills JG#2, pp. 162-164.
42. Thomasin Simpson will, Frederick Co., Maryland wills RB#1, pp. 401-402.
43. Ann Arundel Co., MD Land Records NH2:610-611.
44. Maryland Gazette, Thursday 7 August 1794 issue, page 3, column 1. 
45. Nicholas Watkins inventory, MD inventories 65:502-506.
46. Nicholas Watkins distribution, MD balance books 3:72 and 3:181 and 181 1/2.
47. Beal Ijams headstone, Ijames Family Cemetery, Davie Co., NC.
     Mother Ariana living when he was born 8 Feb. 1767
48. Charles Griffith will, Maryland Wills 38, pp. 380-383.
49. Maryland Gazette, Thursday 5 December 1793 issue, page 2, column 1. 
50. John Worthngton will, Maryland Wills 11, pp. 63-65.
     The will was written 4 Apr. 1699 and had bequests to wife Sarah, children John,
     Thomas, William, Sarah, and the child my wife "is now bigg with." See also #14.
51. Nicholas Worthington headstone, Worthington Family Cem., Crownsville,
    Anne Arundel Co., MD.