William Worth [6194]

  Research Notes:

Son of John Worth

  Noted events in his life were:

• See the document History of Island of Nantucket. "....William Worth (2nd gen.) was quite active in Nantucket affairs having been five times chosen a Selectman, three times an Assistant Magistrate, four times Assessor, and for many years Clerk of the Court. The earliest vital records are in his handwriting and a large number of marriages were solomnized by him, the marriage service for many years being a civil and not a religious contract. The Worth homestead was in the No-Bottom Pond Section.

William married Sarah Macy [6189] [MRIN: 2397], daughter of Thomas Macy [5926] and Sarah Hopcott [5927], on 11 Apr 1665 in Nantucket Island.^{1 2} (Sarah Macy [6189] was born on 1 Aug 1646 in Salisbury, Massachusetts ² and died in 1701 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts ².)