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Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Damaris Worthington

Female 1661 - 1703  (42 years)

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  • Name Damaris Worthington 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Female 
    Birth 2 Apr 1661  [1] 
    Baptism 23 Apr 1661  Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 1 Oct 1703  [3] 
    Burial 5 Oct 1703  St Dunstan-in-the-West, City of London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Siblings 1 brother and 1 sister 
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2021 

    Father Rev. John Worthington
              b. [J] Feb 1617  
              d. 26 Nov 1671, Hackney, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Mother Mary Whichcote
              b. 27 Jul 1640, Little St Helens, City of London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Abt Aug 1667 (Age 27 years) 
    Marriage 13 Oct 1657 
    Count of Children 5 

    Husband Nathaniel Turner
              b. Abt 1661  
              d. 23 Feb 1737 (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Marriage 27 Apr 1685  Canterbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Age at Marriage Damaris was 24 years old - Nathaniel was ~ 24 years old. 
    Children 
     1. Jane Turner
              b. Abt Jun 1686
     2. John Turner
              b. Abt Apr 1688  
              d. Abt 1755, St Dunstan-in-the-West, City of London, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years)
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Damaris Worthington was the daughter of the Rev. John Worthington (the Rector of Fen Ditton in Cambridgeshire at the time) and his wife Mary Whichcote; Damaris was born on the 2nd of April 1661 and baptised on the 23rd at Fen Ditton.

      Family Life
      Damaris married Nathaniel Turner on the 27th of April 1685 at Canterbury in Kent.

      Death
      Damaris died on the 1st of October 1703 and was buried on the 5th at St Dunstan-in-the-West in London. Her armorial bearings are/were shown at St Dunstan's Church in London:
      Damaris, wife of Mr. Nathaniel Turner, Citizen and Skinner, and of this parish linendraper, "a gentlewoman well descended," dau. of the Rev. Dr. Worthington, Master of Jesus coll. Camb. and Rector of Fen Ditton; ob. Oct 1, 1703 (epitaph in Denham1, p.33). Ar. a cross Az. pierced of the Field, betw. four quatrefoils Gu. and in the centre a millrind Sa.n Turner; impaling Arg. three dung-forks, and in chief an annulet Sa. Worthington

      1"Denham" refers to Views exhibiting the exterior & interior & principal monuments of the very ancient and remarkable church of St. Dunstan in the West by Joshua Frederick Dunham. Unfortunately I have yet to find a digitised version of this book.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 23 Apr 1661 - Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 Apr 1685 - Canterbury, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 5 Oct 1703 - St Dunstan-in-the-West, City of London, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0348] Edited by Sir Leslie Stephen, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, 1921-1922, (Oxford University Press, 1921-1922).

    2. [S0346] FindMyPast, Cambridgeshire Baptisms, (findmypast.co.uk), 23 Apr 1661, Damaris Worthington; Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire.

    3. [S0046] findagrave, 1 Oct 1703, Damaris Worthington; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137728677 (Reliability: 1).

    4. [S0325] FamilySearch, England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991, (familysearch.org), 5 Oct 1703, Damaris Worthington; London, Middlesex.

    5. [S0345] Ancestry, Kent, England, Extracted Parish Records, 1539-1876, (ancestry.co.uk), 27 Apr 1685, Nathaniell Turner / Damaris; HS, Marriage Licences issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury 1679-1694, vol 30 & 31; Author: G Armytage; Publication Date: 1890; Publication Place: Canterbury, Kent, England.