321.

Documentation for Miriam Gardner

(14 July 1665 to 1705)
mother of Joseph Worth Senior
(1696 to 14 July 1790)
John Worth(1. William1) b. 19 May 1666, Nantucket, m. (1) 22 Sep 1684, in Salem,
Mass., Miriam Gardner, b. 14 Jul 1665, Nantucket, (daughter of Richard Gardner and
Sarah Shatuck) d. 1705, Nantucket,

John died 1 Feb 1731-2, Edgartown. He was an innkeeper, and in 1713 was
appointed Associate Justice of the County Court. His will of 7 December 1730 was
probated 7 Mar 1731-2. Banks adds that he came to Edgartown about 1700. He is buried
at Tower Hill Cemetery.

Children of John Worth Senior and Miriam Gardner:

1. Jonathan Worth b. 31 Oct 1685
2. Nathaniel Worth b. 8 Sep 1687
3. Judith Worth b. 22 Dec 1689
4. John Worth b. abt. 1691
5. Richard Worth b. 27 May 1692
6. William Worth b. 27 Nov 1694
7. Joseph Worth b. 1696
8. Mary Worth b. abt. 1705.

John Worth was born 19 May 1666, in Nantucket, Massachusetts.(1) He died 11

February 1731/32, in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts.(2) His parents were William
Worth and Sarah Macy.(3)

John Worth first married Miriam Gardner on 22 September 1684, in Nantucket,

Massachusetts.(7) Miriam was a daughter of Richard Gardner and Sarah Shattuck.(8)
She was born 14 July 1665, in Nantucket, Massachusetts.(9) Miriam Gardner Worth died
in 1705 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.(10)

John died 1 Feb 1731-2, Edgartown. He was an innkeeper, and in 1713 was appointed
Associate Justice of the County Court. His will of 7 dec 1730 was probated 7 Mar 1731-2.
[Banks adds that he came to Edgartown about 1700. John Worth is buried at Tower Hill
Cemetery, Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts.(16)

Children of John Worth and Miriam Gardner:(17)

i. Jonathan Worth was born 31 October 1685 at Nantucket, Massachusetts.

He died 26 July 1719. He married Mary Hussey 24 March 1722.(18)

ii. Nathaniel Worth was born 08 September 1687 at Nantucket, Massachusetts.

He died 30 October 1746 in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard,
Massachusetts. He married Jane Lathrop.
 iii. Judith Worth was born 22 December 1689 at Nantucket, Massachusetts. She
died 08 November 1767 at Nantucket, Massachusetts. She married John
Macy on 25 April 1707.

iv. John Worth was born in 1691 at Nantucket, Massachusetts. He died on

15 August 1707, in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.(19)

v. Richard Worth was born 27 May 1692, at Nantucket, Massachusetts. He

died 15 June 1742, in Nantucket, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Hoag.

vi. William Worth was born on 27 November 1694 at Nantucket,

Massachusetts. He died on 16 October 1780, at Nantucket, Massachusetts.
He married Mary Butler who died in October 1756.

vii. Joseph Worth Senior was born in 1696 at Nantucket, Massachusetts. He

died 14 July 1790 at Nantucket, Massachusetts. He married Lydia
Gorham.(20)

viii. Mary Worth was born in 1698 at Nantucket, Massachusetts. She died on
11 September 1777.

Children (Worth), all born in North Carolina:

i. Jonathan, born 31 October 1685
ii.
iii.
iv.

REFERENCES

1. Nantucket Vital Records, Births, 629, Worth, John, s. Will[ia]m, May 19, 1666. [h.
Miriam (d. Richard Gardner Sr. and Sarah), h. Mrs. Ann Sarson of Edgartown, h. Dorcas
(wid. Benjamin Hawes, d. Benjamin Smith Esq. of "the Vineyard"). s. William and Sarah
(Macy). 19th. 5 mo., P.R.38.]; Starbuck, Alexander, The History of Nantucket, pages 825
and 826, John Worth, born May 19, 1666; married (September 22, 1684) Miriam daughter
of Richard Gardner. His wife died about 1700, after which he removed to Marthas
Vineyard. There he was twice married.; National Genealogical Society Quarterly NGSQ
76:275-77, December, 1988, White, Elizabeth Pearson, and Coles, Edwin W., Joseph
and Lydia (Gorham) Worth of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and Their Wandering
Children; Johnson, Carol Clark, A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth families and
Other Puritan Settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Privately Printed, 1970, page 238;
Starbuck, Alexander. The History of Nantucket, County, Island, and Town including
Genealogies of First Settlers. Charles E. Tuttle Company: Rutland, Vermont, page 825;
Macy, Sylvanus, Macy: Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868, (Albany: Joel
Munsell, 1868.), page 82.

2. Nantucket Vital Records, Deaths, 614, John Worth, h. Miriam (Gardner), h. Mrs. Ann
Sarson, h. Dorcas (Smith) Hawes, s. William and Sarah (Macy), 11th, 2 mo. 1731 [dup.
1st, 2 mo. 1732], a. 64, P.R.38; tombstone of John Worth;

3. Nantucket Vital Records, Births, 629, Worth, John, s. Will[ia]m, May 19, 1666. [h.
Miriam (d. Richard Gardner Sr. and Sarah), h. Mrs. Ann Sarson of Edgartown, h. Dorcas
(wid. Benjamin Hawes, d. Benjamin Smith Esq. of "the Vineyard"). s. William and Sarah
(Macy). 19th. 5 mo., P.R.38.]; Starbuck, Alexander, The History of Nantucket, pages 825,
William Worth was born in England about 1640. He came to Nantucket as a Half
Share man in 1662 to pursue the occupation of a Sailor. He married (April 1, 1665)
Sarah, the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Macy. They had but one child a son, John.;
NGSQ 76:275-77, December, 1988.

4. Johnson, Carol Clark, A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth families and Other
Puritan Settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Privately Printed, 1970, page 238;
Starbuck, Alexander. The History of Nantucket, County, Island, and Town including
Genealogies of First Settlers. Charles E. Tuttle Company: Rutland, Vermont, page 825;
Macy, Sylvanus, Macy: Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868, (Albany: Joel
Munsell, 1868.), page 82.

5. Nantucket Vital Records to 1850, Deaths, page 620, Worth, William, h. Sarah (d. Thomas
Macy and Sarah), h. Damaris Sibley of Salem (no chn.), brother of Francis (went to
Portugal), Lionel (to the eastward of Boston) and Richard (to New Jersey), s. John
of Devonshire, Eng., ____, 12 mo. 1724, P.R. 38.

6. Nantucket Vital Records to 1850, Marriages, page 532, Worth, William and Sarah Macy,
Apr. 11, 1665, Intention not recorded, [William, s. John of Devonshire, Eng., and Sarah
Macy, d. Thomas and Sarah Hopcot, md . . . . among Friends, P.R. 38.]; also see
Nantucket Vital Records to 1850, Marriages, page 174, Macy, Sarah and William Worth,
Apr. 11, 1665, Intention not recorded, [Sarah, d. Thomas and Sarah Hopcot, and William
Worth, s. John of Devonshire, Eng., md. . . . among Friends, P.R. 38.]; Macy,
Sylvanus, Macy: Genealogy of the Macy Family from 1635-1868, (Albany: Joel Munsell,
1868.), page 67; Clark, page 238.; NGSQ 76:275-77, December, 1988.

7. Nantucket Vital Records, Marriages, 525, John Worth and Miriam Gardner, Sept. 22,
1684* [John, s. William and Sarah (Macy), and Miriam Gardner, d. Richard 1st and
Sarah (Shattuck), P.R.38.]; NGSQ 76:275-77, December, 1988.

8. NGSQ 76:275-77, December, 1988; Nantucket Vital Records, Births, 61, Gardner,
Miriam, w. John Worth (s. William and Sarah), d. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck),
14th, 7 mo. 1671 [sic, see Love, dup. ____, 1664 or 65, see death], P.R.38.]

9. Nantucket Vital Records, Births, 61, Gardner, Miriam, w. John Worth (s. William and
Sarah), d. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), 14th, 7 mo. 1671 [sic, see Love, dup. ____,
1664 or 65, see death], P.R.38.]

10. Nantucket Vital Records to 1850, Deaths, Worth, Sarah, first w. William (s. John), d.
Thomas Macy and Sarah Hopcot, ____, 1701, P.R. 38; Macy, Sylvanus, Macy: Genealogy
of the Macy Family from 1635-1868, (Albany: Joel Munsell, 1868.), page 67; Clark, page
238.

11. Nantucket Vital Records to 1850, Marriages, page 525, Worth, John of Sherbourn in N.
and Mrs. Anne Sarson of Edgartown, Sept. 8, 1704, in Edgartown. Intention not
recorded. [John, s. William and Sarah (Macy), and Mrs. Ann Sarson (second w.) of
Edgartown, Sept. 4, P.R. 38]; Clark, page 238.

12. Nantucket Vital Records to 1850, Deaths, page 611, Worth, Ann, second w. John (s.
William and Sarah), formerly w. ______ Sarson of Edgartown, 14th, 6 mo. 1724, a. 53 y. 3
m. 15 d., P.R. 38.; Clark, page 238.

13. Nantucket Vital Records to 1850, Marriages, page 30, Hawes, Dorcas, wid. Benjamin,
d. Benjamin Smith Esq. of the Vineyard, and John Worth, s. William and Sarah
(Macy), Dec. ____, 1724. Intention not recorded. P.R. 38; Clark, page 238.

14. Banks (Unknown).

15. Ibid.

16. Ibid.

17. Clark, page 238; Starbuck, Alexander, The History of Nantucket, pages 825 and 826,
children of John Worth and Miriam Gardner; NGSQ 76:275-77, December, 1988;
Nantucket Vital Records, Births, 630, Worth, John, s. John and Miriam (Gardner) (first w.),
_____, P.R.38; Births, 630, Worth, Jonathan, s. John, Oct. 31, 1685. [h. Mary (d. Stephen
Hussey and Martha), s. John and Miriam (Gardner) (first w.), 31st, 10 mo., P.R. 38;
Births, 630, Worth, Joseph, h. Lydia (d. Shubael Gorham and Puella), s. John and Miriam
(Gardner) (first w.), _____, 1696, P.R. 38.

18. Nantucket Vital Records to 1850, Births, page 630, Worth, Jonathan, s. John, Oct. 31,
1685. [h. Mary (d. Stephen Hussey and Martha), s. John and Miriam (Gardner) (first w.),
31st, 10 mo., P.R. 38.]

19. Nantucket Vital Records to 1850, Births, page 630, Worth, John, s. John and Miriam
(Gardner) (first w.), _____, P.R. 38.

20. Nantucket Vital Records to 1850, Births, page 630, Worth, Joseph, h. Lydia (d. Shubael
Gorham and Puella), s. John and Miriam (Gardner) (first w.), _____, 1696, P.R. 38.