Worden Pope, the fourth son of Nathaniel, III (1660-1719) and Jane Brown Pope (1668-1752), was born about 1700, at Popes Creek, Westmoreland County, Va. He was named after his godfather, Dr. John Worden (-1716), of Westmoreland County. He married in 1739, Hester Netherton (1716-post1759), daughter of Henry (1680-1717) and Sarah Tucker Netherton, of Westmoreland County. Their four children were Ensign Benjamin (1740-1816), Jane (c1744-1821), Colonel William (1745-1825), and Senator John Pope (1749-1802). As executors of his will, Worden named his wife, Hester, Augustine Washington and Benjamin Weeks.
Benjamin, Jane, and William Pope and their families moved to Kentucky and founded the western branch of the family. Orval Baylor in his book on Governor John Pope states, "The Popes in Kentucky from 1779 to 1850 were, unquestionably a powerful, and to a great extent the dominating factor in the social, economic, and political development of the Commonwealth. They were unusually active in politics and were usually found occupying high public offices."
After the death of Worden Pope, his wife, Hester, married in 1750, Capt. Lynaugh Helm (c1715-89). He was the older brother of Judge Thomas Helm (1731-1816) who had married Worden and Hester's daughter, Jane Pope (c1744-1821). Lynaugh Helm lived in Prince William and Fauquier Counties, Va. and was a county justice, 1759-73, and a member of the House of Burgesses in 1781. Lynaugh and Hester Pope Helm reared the four Pope children and apparently had six children of their own, Elizabeth (c1751-) who married Stephen French; Celia (c1753-) who married (1) c1770, George Foote (1749-75), son of Richard and Katherine Fossaker Foote, and (2) Dr. George Graham; Capt. William Willis (c1755-1827) who married in 1784, Matilda Taliaferro; Capt. Thomas (c1757-c1831) who married (1) in 1779, Elizabeth Gillison, and (2) in 1814, Joanna Hathaway; Margaret (1758-1814) who married (1) c1771, Richard Foote (1743-79), brother of George Foote, above, and (2) in 1780, John Thornton Fitzhugh (1749-1807), son of John and Alice Thornton Fitzhugh; and Susannah Helm (c1759-) who married a Roberts.
Worden Pope probably died shortly before August 29, 1749, when his will was presented for probate. He likely would have been buried on his property in Virginia. His wife was probably buried with her second husband.
See Augusta B. Fothergill, Wills of Westmoreland County, Va., 1654-1800 (Clearfield Company, Baltimore, Md., 2003 (Rprt..)), 59 (Dr. Worden willed half of his estate to Worden Pope and half to his friends Nathaniel Pope and Joseph Weeks who had married Mary Pope, sister of Nathaniel); Westmoreland Co. Wills Book 11, 142 (Worden Pope Will dated January 14, 1748, names three eldest children and an unborn child)(will date should be 1749, or else his son John was born in 1748 instead of 1749); George W. Beale, "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants," William & Mary College Quarterly XII: 192-196, 250-253 (1903-1904); James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 139-140.
Benjamin, Jane, and William Pope and their families moved to Kentucky and founded the western branch of the family. Orval Baylor in his book on Governor John Pope states, "The Popes in Kentucky from 1779 to 1850 were, unquestionably a powerful, and to a great extent the dominating factor in the social, economic, and political development of the Commonwealth. They were unusually active in politics and were usually found occupying high public offices."
After the death of Worden Pope, his wife, Hester, married in 1750, Capt. Lynaugh Helm (c1715-89). He was the older brother of Judge Thomas Helm (1731-1816) who had married Worden and Hester's daughter, Jane Pope (c1744-1821). Lynaugh Helm lived in Prince William and Fauquier Counties, Va. and was a county justice, 1759-73, and a member of the House of Burgesses in 1781. Lynaugh and Hester Pope Helm reared the four Pope children and apparently had six children of their own, Elizabeth (c1751-) who married Stephen French; Celia (c1753-) who married (1) c1770, George Foote (1749-75), son of Richard and Katherine Fossaker Foote, and (2) Dr. George Graham; Capt. William Willis (c1755-1827) who married in 1784, Matilda Taliaferro; Capt. Thomas (c1757-c1831) who married (1) in 1779, Elizabeth Gillison, and (2) in 1814, Joanna Hathaway; Margaret (1758-1814) who married (1) c1771, Richard Foote (1743-79), brother of George Foote, above, and (2) in 1780, John Thornton Fitzhugh (1749-1807), son of John and Alice Thornton Fitzhugh; and Susannah Helm (c1759-) who married a Roberts.
Worden Pope probably died shortly before August 29, 1749, when his will was presented for probate. He likely would have been buried on his property in Virginia. His wife was probably buried with her second husband.
See Augusta B. Fothergill, Wills of Westmoreland County, Va., 1654-1800 (Clearfield Company, Baltimore, Md., 2003 (Rprt..)), 59 (Dr. Worden willed half of his estate to Worden Pope and half to his friends Nathaniel Pope and Joseph Weeks who had married Mary Pope, sister of Nathaniel); Westmoreland Co. Wills Book 11, 142 (Worden Pope Will dated January 14, 1748, names three eldest children and an unborn child)(will date should be 1749, or else his son John was born in 1748 instead of 1749); George W. Beale, "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants," William & Mary College Quarterly XII: 192-196, 250-253 (1903-1904); James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 139-140.
Worden Pope, the fourth son of Nathaniel, III (1660-1719) and Jane Brown Pope (1668-1752), was born about 1700, at Popes Creek, Westmoreland County, Va. He was named after his godfather, Dr. John Worden (-1716), of Westmoreland County. He married in 1739, Hester Netherton (1716-post1759), daughter of Henry (1680-1717) and Sarah Tucker Netherton, of Westmoreland County. Their four children were Ensign Benjamin (1740-1816), Jane (c1744-1821), Colonel William (1745-1825), and Senator John Pope (1749-1802). As executors of his will, Worden named his wife, Hester, Augustine Washington and Benjamin Weeks.
Benjamin, Jane, and William Pope and their families moved to Kentucky and founded the western branch of the family. Orval Baylor in his book on Governor John Pope states, "The Popes in Kentucky from 1779 to 1850 were, unquestionably a powerful, and to a great extent the dominating factor in the social, economic, and political development of the Commonwealth. They were unusually active in politics and were usually found occupying high public offices."
After the death of Worden Pope, his wife, Hester, married in 1750, Capt. Lynaugh Helm (c1715-89). He was the older brother of Judge Thomas Helm (1731-1816) who had married Worden and Hester's daughter, Jane Pope (c1744-1821). Lynaugh Helm lived in Prince William and Fauquier Counties, Va. and was a county justice, 1759-73, and a member of the House of Burgesses in 1781. Lynaugh and Hester Pope Helm reared the four Pope children and apparently had six children of their own, Elizabeth (c1751-) who married Stephen French; Celia (c1753-) who married (1) c1770, George Foote (1749-75), son of Richard and Katherine Fossaker Foote, and (2) Dr. George Graham; Capt. William Willis (c1755-1827) who married in 1784, Matilda Taliaferro; Capt. Thomas (c1757-c1831) who married (1) in 1779, Elizabeth Gillison, and (2) in 1814, Joanna Hathaway; Margaret (1758-1814) who married (1) c1771, Richard Foote (1743-79), brother of George Foote, above, and (2) in 1780, John Thornton Fitzhugh (1749-1807), son of John and Alice Thornton Fitzhugh; and Susannah Helm (c1759-) who married a Roberts.
Worden Pope probably died shortly before August 29, 1749, when his will was presented for probate. He likely would have been buried on his property in Virginia. His wife was probably buried with her second husband.
See Augusta B. Fothergill, Wills of Westmoreland County, Va., 1654-1800 (Clearfield Company, Baltimore, Md., 2003 (Rprt..)), 59 (Dr. Worden willed half of his estate to Worden Pope and half to his friends Nathaniel Pope and Joseph Weeks who had married Mary Pope, sister of Nathaniel); Westmoreland Co. Wills Book 11, 142 (Worden Pope Will dated January 14, 1748, names three eldest children and an unborn child)(will date should be 1749, or else his son John was born in 1748 instead of 1749); George W. Beale, "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants," William & Mary College Quarterly XII: 192-196, 250-253 (1903-1904); James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 139-140.
Benjamin, Jane, and William Pope and their families moved to Kentucky and founded the western branch of the family. Orval Baylor in his book on Governor John Pope states, "The Popes in Kentucky from 1779 to 1850 were, unquestionably a powerful, and to a great extent the dominating factor in the social, economic, and political development of the Commonwealth. They were unusually active in politics and were usually found occupying high public offices."
After the death of Worden Pope, his wife, Hester, married in 1750, Capt. Lynaugh Helm (c1715-89). He was the older brother of Judge Thomas Helm (1731-1816) who had married Worden and Hester's daughter, Jane Pope (c1744-1821). Lynaugh Helm lived in Prince William and Fauquier Counties, Va. and was a county justice, 1759-73, and a member of the House of Burgesses in 1781. Lynaugh and Hester Pope Helm reared the four Pope children and apparently had six children of their own, Elizabeth (c1751-) who married Stephen French; Celia (c1753-) who married (1) c1770, George Foote (1749-75), son of Richard and Katherine Fossaker Foote, and (2) Dr. George Graham; Capt. William Willis (c1755-1827) who married in 1784, Matilda Taliaferro; Capt. Thomas (c1757-c1831) who married (1) in 1779, Elizabeth Gillison, and (2) in 1814, Joanna Hathaway; Margaret (1758-1814) who married (1) c1771, Richard Foote (1743-79), brother of George Foote, above, and (2) in 1780, John Thornton Fitzhugh (1749-1807), son of John and Alice Thornton Fitzhugh; and Susannah Helm (c1759-) who married a Roberts.
Worden Pope probably died shortly before August 29, 1749, when his will was presented for probate. He likely would have been buried on his property in Virginia. His wife was probably buried with her second husband.
See Augusta B. Fothergill, Wills of Westmoreland County, Va., 1654-1800 (Clearfield Company, Baltimore, Md., 2003 (Rprt..)), 59 (Dr. Worden willed half of his estate to Worden Pope and half to his friends Nathaniel Pope and Joseph Weeks who had married Mary Pope, sister of Nathaniel); Westmoreland Co. Wills Book 11, 142 (Worden Pope Will dated January 14, 1748, names three eldest children and an unborn child)(will date should be 1749, or else his son John was born in 1748 instead of 1749); George W. Beale, "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants," William & Mary College Quarterly XII: 192-196, 250-253 (1903-1904); James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 139-140.
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