John Worstall

John Worstall died date unknown. He married Elizabeth Wildman.

Notes for John Worstall: The family is said to have been of Welsh origin, but nothing definite is known of the ancestry of John WORSTALL or of his whereabouts until his proposal of marriage at Middletown Friends Meeting in 7 mo., 1720, to Elizabeth WILDMAN, daughter of Martin and Ann WILDMAN, who was born in Settle, Yorkshire, England, 9 mo. 19, 1689, and came with her parents to Bucks county, and they settled in Middletown township. John and Elizabeth WORSTALL were the parents of three sons: John, born 7 mo. 4, 1722; Edward, born 5 mo. 21, 1724; and James, born 12 mo. 26, 1726-7. The mother died when James was but two weeks old, and the children were reared by their maternal relatives in Middletown. Nothing is known of the descendants of Edward WORSTALL. James married Esther SATTERTHWAITE, and removed to Makefield in 1759, and has left numerous descendants in Bucks county.

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Text taken from pages 190 to 192 of:

Davis, William W. H., A.M., History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania [New York-Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1905] Volume III

Transcribed MAY, 2001 by GRACE T. BURTON of EAGLEVILLE, PA as part of the Bucks Co., Early Family Project, www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/bucksindex.html

Published May 2001 on the Bucks County, Pa., USGenWeb pages at www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/

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The family is said to have been of Welsh origin, but nothing definite is known of the ancestry of John WORSTALL or of his whereabouts until his proposal of marriage at Middletown Friends Meeting in 7 mo., 1720, to Elizabeth WILDMAN, daughter of Martin and Ann WILDMAN, who was born in Settle, Yorkshire, England, 9 mo. 19, 1689, and came with her parents to Bucks county, and they settled in Middletown township. John and Elizabeth WORSTALL were the parents of three sons: John, born 7 mo. 4, 1722; Edward, born 5 mo. 21, 1724; and James, born 12 mo. 26, 1726-7. The mother died when James was but two weeks old, and the children were reared by their maternal relatives in Middletown. Nothing is known of the descendants of Edward WORSTALL. James married Esther SATTERTHWAITE, and removed to Makefield in 1759, and has left numerous descendants in Bucks county.

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A John Worstall is said to have been one of the early settlers of Solebury/Buckingham:
"Mathew Hughes, Ephraim Fenton, Robert Smith, William Lacey, John Lacey, Nathaniel Bye, Hugh Ely, Samuel Houg', John Worstall, Henry Large, Joseph Large, Richard Lundy, Jr., and Enoch Pearson were also early settlers." ..of BUCKINGHAM — SOLEBURY, Bucks County. see: http://pagenweb.org/~bucks/battle/Chapter_xvi.htm