Capt Thomas Worth

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Capt Thomas Worth

Birth
Death
9 May 1812 (aged 46)
Burial
Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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85. Thomas WORTH (13.John3, 2.John2, 1.William1) b. Nov 1765, Edgartown, m. (1) 1791, in Hudson, N.Y. 1st wife,Abigail JENKINS, b. 1766, d. 1800, Martha's Vineyard, m. (2) 8 Aug 1802, in Martha's Vineyard, Mass.2nd wife, Susanna SWASEY, b. abt. 1777, Martha's Vineyard, Q, d. 16 Dec 1859, Tisbury. age 82. Thomas died 29 May 1812, Martha's Vineyard. The Edgartown Inn began in the year 1798 when the present inn was built as a residence by Capt.Thomas Worth at a time when whaling capt.'s from Edgartown sailed around the horn and into the Pacific whaling grounds. A few years later it changed from residence to inn, first as the Gibbs house, later as the Norton House, eventually as the Edgartown Inn. It has hosted such as Daniel Webster,Nathaniel Hawthorne, Senator Charles Summner and John F Kennedy when he was a Senator. [Banks adds "res. Edgartown, master mariner; removed to Hudson, N.Y. (1790). ... Capt. Worth returned to Edgartown before 1812..."]Children by Abigail JENKINS:

316. Mary WORTH b. 8 Apr 1791, Hudson, N.Y., P.
+ 317. William Jenkins WORTH b. 1 Mar 1794.
Children by Susanna SWASEY:
318. Thomas Gilbert WORTH b. 1803, Martha's Vineyard, Mass, X, d. 1808, Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
319. Joseph Swasey WORTH Capt. b. 14 Apr 1807, Martha's Vineyard, 5, d. 21 Jul 1846, Died on duty Saint Augustine, Flordia. 2nd Seminole war. Served with his brother William J. Worth. Joseph graduated U.S.M.A. class of 1825. Served 21 years.
320. Sidney WORTH b. 6 Apr 1808, Martha's Vineyard, Mass, C, d. 1841.
321. Susan Riseley WORTH b. 28 Aug 1810, Martha's Vineyard, K.
322. Algernon Sidney WORTH b. 1811, Martha's Vineyard, R, d. 1841.
http://history.vineyard.net/w orthw3.htm

85. Thomas WORTH (13.John3, 2.John2, 1.William1) b. Nov 1765, Edgartown, m. (1) 1791, in Hudson, N.Y. 1st wife,Abigail JENKINS, b. 1766, d. 1800, Martha's Vineyard, m. (2) 8 Aug 1802, in Martha's Vineyard, Mass.2nd wife, Susanna SWASEY, b. abt. 1777, Martha's Vineyard, Q, d. 16 Dec 1859, Tisbury. age 82. Thomas died 29 May 1812, Martha's Vineyard. The Edgartown Inn began in the year 1798 when the present inn was built as a residence by Capt.Thomas Worth at a time when whaling capt.'s from Edgartown sailed around the horn and into the Pacific whaling grounds. A few years later it changed from residence to inn, first as the Gibbs house, later as the Norton House, eventually as the Edgartown Inn. It has hosted such as Daniel Webster,Nathaniel Hawthorne, Senator Charles Summner and John F Kennedy when he was a Senator. [Banks adds "res. Edgartown, master mariner; removed to Hudson, N.Y. (1790). ... Capt. Worth returned to Edgartown before 1812..."]Children by Abigail JENKINS:

316. Mary WORTH b. 8 Apr 1791, Hudson, N.Y., P.
+ 317. William Jenkins WORTH b. 1 Mar 1794.
Children by Susanna SWASEY:
318. Thomas Gilbert WORTH b. 1803, Martha's Vineyard, Mass, X, d. 1808, Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
319. Joseph Swasey WORTH Capt. b. 14 Apr 1807, Martha's Vineyard, 5, d. 21 Jul 1846, Died on duty Saint Augustine, Flordia. 2nd Seminole war. Served with his brother William J. Worth. Joseph graduated U.S.M.A. class of 1825. Served 21 years.
320. Sidney WORTH b. 6 Apr 1808, Martha's Vineyard, Mass, C, d. 1841.
321. Susan Riseley WORTH b. 28 Aug 1810, Martha's Vineyard, K.
322. Algernon Sidney WORTH b. 1811, Martha's Vineyard, R, d. 1841.