Peter Worden^[1]

1568 - 1639  (70 years)

• Name	Peter Worden
  Birth	9 Jun 1568	Clayton-le-Woods, Lancashire, England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Mar 1639	Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3]
  Burial	East Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I42222	Master
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Lord Robert Clayton, Worden of Clayton Manor,   b. 1534, Clayton-Le-Woods, Clayton Manor, Lancashire, England d. 11 Sep 1580, Clayton, Lancashire, England (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Lady Isabel Worthington,   b. 1547, Blains Cough, Lancashire, England d. 11 Sep 1580, Clayton Manor, Lancashire, England (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	1560	Clayton Manor, Lancashire, England
  Family ID	F9828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Grice,   b. 9 Jun 1569, Warrington, Lancashire, England d. 2 Jan 1612 (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	1590	Clayton Manor, Lancashire, England
  Children	1. Richard Sears,   b. May 1595, Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands d. 26 Aug 1676, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Eleanor Newton Adams,   b. 22 Apr 1598, Worcester, Worcestershire, England d. Nov 1681, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 83 years)   3. Thomas Worden,   b. 1600, Lancashire, England  [Father: natural]   4. Elizabeth Worden,   b. 1605, Clayton, Sussex, England d. 30 Jul 1635, Kirkham, Lancashire, England (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]   5. Bridget Worden,   b. 1607, Clayton Manor, Lancashire, England d. 19 Nov 1628, East Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 21 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Robert Wordon, Jr,   b. 1609  [Father: natural] + 7. Peter Worden,   b. 9 Oct 1609, Clayton, Lancashire, England d. 11 Jan 1680, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F9808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Jun 1568 - Clayton-le-Woods, Lancashire, England Marriage - 1590 - Clayton Manor, Lancashire, England Death - 9 Mar 1639 - Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Burial - - East Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  PETER WORDEN, the son of Robert Worden (b. 1534, d. 1580) and Isabel Worthington, was born about 1576 in Clayton-le-Woods, Lancashire, England during the reigh of Queen Elizabeth I (1558 to 1603). He died in February 1639 at Yarmouth, Massachusetts. He was the first of the English to die in Yarmouth. He married Margaret Grice, daughter of Thomas and Alice Grice, and widow of Anthony Wall, about 1603, according to a 1607 Palatine Chancery Court action (PRO-PL6/1, No. 37). She was born between 1566 and 1571, probably in Warrington, Lancashire. She died early in 1612. She had five children by her first husband, who died in 1601. Peter Worden was listed as "Gentleman" in several documents, and he was a member of the Town Council of Preston, Lancashire, England, which is located about five miles from Clayton. He was a "Foreign (outsider) Burgess" in Preston, and he leased a shop in the Guild hall, located next to the Preston Market Place, on 01 October 1617. He was last recorded in Preston on 21 January 1629, when, according to the early archives of Preston Borough, he loaned 8 shillings to the Borough for a project concerned with common lands. In 1630 the Plague, which had already ravaged London, struck Preston, and 1069 people out of a population of 3000 died within the year. Peter Worden, his son, and their families probably left Preston because of the plague, as did many of the other survivors, because he next appears in the American Colonies in the mid 1630s. He was probably one of those who came "On Their Perticulers" (not belonging to any general group of emigrants from England sharing a common sectarian religion--such as the Pilgrims.) It is believed that Peter Worden was first in Lynn, Massachusetts before moving to Yarmouth in 1639. In The History of Old Yarmouth, by Charles F. Swift, is the following: "At the extreme easterly part of the Town, Peter Worden [sic] the elder and younger have established themselves, in spite of the opposition of some of their associates, and here the former died the first year of settlement." Peter Worden's will was probated on 5 March 1639. It is the first will printed in the Plymouth Court Records. A copy of the will remains in the Barnstable Probate Court. In his will Peter Worden left most of his real and personal property in both England and America to his son, Peter Worden. Both he and his son are buried in the Worden Cemetery, overlooking Cape Cod Bay. The cemetery is located on the south side of Route 6A in the Town of Dennis near the border of the Town of Brewster. Diectly across Route 6A, in a pasture, is a small foundation said to be from the house of the elder Peter Worden. The barn in the pasture is said to be built on the original foundation of the house of his son, Peter Worden. CHILDREN 1. Elizabeth, died in July 1635 in Kirkham, Lancashire. she had a child, John Lewis Jr, out of wedlock, by John Lewis (a "King's Preacher" who "fledd out of the country"). She married Hugh Swansey. 2. Bridget, died 19 November 1628 in Preston, according to the Preston Parish records. She was not married. 3. Peter, born in 1609 in Clayton-le-Woods, died in 1681 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, married Mary in England. Born in 1569 in Clayton. Lancashire, England son of Robert and Isabel ( Worthington) Worden. Married Margaret Grice a widow in Lancashire, England. Peter left England maybe on the 9th ship ~1636 and was a sqartter in Lynn, MA. His will was first written and died about March 9, 1638 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.

  
  

• Sources

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