Nielsen Hayden genealogy
James Worth
- Abt 1725-
Name James Worth [1] Gender Male Death Abt 1725 Norwich, New London, Connecticut 
[2] Person ID I19780 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH Last Modified 6 Nov 2021
Family Elizabeth d. Aft 1725, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Children + 1. Ann Worth, b. 16 Oct 1691, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 3 Mar 1757, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age 65 years)+ 2. Lydia Worth, b. 4 Apr 1695, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Family ID F12036 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Nov 2021
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Notes - Possibly a son of Lionel Worth and Susanna Whipple, the latter a daughter of TNH ancestor the Rev. John Whipple (1596-1669). He is not mentioned in Lionel's will.
"He and wife Elizabeth were members of Boston's Brattle Square Church, on Boston tax list 1687 and 1691; after 1695 moved to Dorchester, then to Norwich, Connecticut, in area set off as Lebanon in 1700. James may have died ca. 1725. Elizabeth Worth is seen in Lebanon church records ca. 1716 to 1725." [A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Families, citation details below.]
Common ancestors of TNH and of PNH's sister-in-law Laura (Wightman) Hayden:
James Worth (d. 1725) = Elizabeth (d. >1725)
Ann Worth (1791-1757) = John Armstrong (1678-1749)
Anna Armstrong (1717-1782) = Noah Woodard (1718-1792)
Noah Woodard (1744-1834) = Nancy Torrance (1747-1806)
Abiram Woodard (1766-1866) = Dinah Green (1783-1850)
Martha Woodard (1806-1878) = William Wightman (1796-1877)
Monroe Alphonso Wightman (1848-1910) = Sarah S. Chisman (1848-1918)
Frank Logan Wightman (1887-1959) = Iva Faye Covington (1894-1985)
John Stephen Wightman (1918-1990) = Alise Emma Evans (1918-1995)
Robert Alan Wightman (1941-2007) = Joyce Ann Marie Dixon (1941-1997)
Laura Marie Wightman (1962- ) = Benjamin Titus Hayden (1962- )
- Possibly a son of Lionel Worth and Susanna Whipple, the latter a daughter of TNH ancestor the Rev. John Whipple (1596-1669). He is not mentioned in Lionel's will.
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Sources - [S2706] Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699 and Boston Births, 1700-1800: two volumes in one, ed. William S. Appleton from the records of the Boston Registry Department and the Boston Record Commissioners. Baltimore: Clearfield, 1994.
- [S2560] A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Families, and Other Puritan Settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony by Carol Clark Johnson. Cygnet, Ohio, 1970.
- [S2706] Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699 and Boston Births, 1700-1800: two volumes in one, ed. William S. Appleton from the records of the Boston Registry Department and the Boston Record Commissioners. Baltimore: Clearfield, 1994.