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Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Rev. John Worthington[1]

Clergyman (Rector of Ingoldsby, Prebendary of Lincoln)
Male 1617 - 1671  (~ 54 years)

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  • Name John Worthington 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth [J] Feb 1617  [2] 
    Baptism [J] 8 Feb 1617  St Mary, St Denys, St George, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Education 31 Mar 1632  Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Degree 1655  Jesus College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Occupation Between 1666 and 1671  [5] 
    Clergyman (Rector of Ingoldsby, Prebendary of Lincoln) 
    Death 26 Nov 1671  Hackney, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Burial 30 Nov 1671  Hackney, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Probate [J] 1 Feb 1672  [7] 
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2021 

    Father Roger Worthington
              b. 1593, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              bur. 23 Aug 1649, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Mother Katherine Heywood
              b. Abt Oct 1587, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Feb 1651 (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Marriage [J] 25 Feb 1612  Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 

    Wife 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)  [10] 
    Marriage 13 Oct 1657 
    Age at Marriage John was 40 years old - Mary was 17 years old. 
    Count of Children 5 
    Children 
     1. Damaris Worthington
              b. 2 Apr 1661  
              d. 1 Oct 1703 (Age 42 years)
     2. John Worthington
              b. 18 Jun 1663  
              d. 1737 (Age 73 years)
     3. Anne Worthington
              b. Abt 1665
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      John Worthington was born in 1617/8 and baptised at St Mary, St Denys and St George in Manchester on the 8th of February 1617/8. His parents were Roger Worthington, a draper, and Katherine Heywood; these parents are descrived by the DNB1 as:
      both members of families of the corresponding names in the county palatine of Lancaster, and described as 'persons of chief note and esteem in the town'.


      Career
      John studied theology at Cambridge and became a clergyman, taking up a series of positions across Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and in London. From Cambridge Alumni:
      John Worthington
      Adm. sizar at EMMANUEL, 31 Mar., 1632.
      Of Lancashire .
      S. of Roger, draper, of Manchester [ Lancashire ]. Bapt. there, 08 Feb., 1617/8.
      School, Manchester [ Lancashire ].
      Matric. 1632 ;
      B.A. 1635/6 ;
      M.A. 1639 ;
      B.D. 1646 ;
      D.D. from Jesus, 1655 .
      Fellow of Emmanuel, 1642 .
      Incorp. at Oxford [ Oxfordshire ], 1649 .
      Master of Jesus, 1650-60 .
      Vice-Chancellor, 1657-8 .
      Ord. deacon and priest (Lincoln) 05 Jun., 1646.
      R. of Horton, Buckinghamshire , 1653 .
      R. of Graveley, Cambridgeshire , 1653-4 [, and ]
      [R.] of Fen Ditton [ Cambridgeshire ], 1654-63 .
      R. of Barking, Suffolk , 1663-5 .
      R. of Little Moulton, Norfolk , 1663 .
      V. of Lamberhurst, Kent , 1663-70 .
      Lecturer at St Benetfink's, London , 1664 .
      R. of Ingoldsby, Lincolnshire , 1666 .
      Preb. of Lincoln [ Lincolnshire ], 1668-71 .
      Preacher at Hackney, Middlesex , 1670 .
      Married Mary, dau. of Christopher Whichcote, 13 Oct., 1657.
      Author, religious.
      Died at Hackney [ London ], 26 Nov., 1671; buried there. M.I.
      Will, P.C.C.
      Brother of Samuel (1644) and father of John ( 1680-1 ).
      ( Al. Oxon. ; D.N.B. ; Mumford; A. Gray.)


      Family Life
      John married Mary Whichcote, daughter of Col. Christopher Whichcote (Governor of Windsor Castle) and Katherine Large, on the 13th of October 1657. They had five children, two of whom died in infancy; the three surviving to adulthood were:

      1. Damaris, b. 1661, who married Nathaniel Turner
      2. John, b. 1663
      3. Anne


      Death
      John died on the 26th of November 1671 in London and was buried in Hackney on the 30th; probate on his will was granted on the 1th of February 1672 at PCC.

      Footnotes
      [1] Dictionary of National Biography Vol 21 (1921-1922), p 955

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - [J] 8 Feb 1617 - St Mary, St Denys, St George, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - Matriculation - 31 Mar 1632 - Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDegree - 1655 - Jesus College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Nov 1671 - Hackney, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 30 Nov 1671 - Hackney, London Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0105] Bernard Burke, Burke's Landed Gentry 4th Edition, (1862-1863), Worthington of the Bryn; Vol 2, p1697.

    2. [S0348] Edited by Sir Leslie Stephen, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, 1921-1922, (Oxford University Press, 1921-1922).

    3. [S0349] Ancestry, Manchester, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1573-1812 (Cathedral), (ancestry.co.uk), 8 Feb 1617, John Worthington; Original data: Anglican Parish Registers. Manchester, England: Manchester Cathedral. Archive roll 745.

    4. [S0095] Ancestry, Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900, (ancestry.co.uk), John Worthington.

    5. [S0347] Rev. Canon A R Maddison, Lincolnshire Pedigrees, (Harleian Society, 1902-1906), Whichcot of Harpswell; Volume 3, pages 1069-1073.

    6. [S0095] Ancestry, Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900, (ancestry.co.uk), Rev. John Worthington.

    7. [S0143] Ancestry, England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, (ancestry.co.uk), [J] 1 Feb 1672, John Worthington; The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 338.

    8. [S0217] FreeREG, (freereg.org.uk), [J] 25 Feb 1612, Worthington / Heywood; https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5acc9950f493fd230202352d/katherine-heywoodd-roger-worthington-marriage-lancashire-manchester-1612-02-25?locale=en.

    9. [S0486] Robert Barnes, British Roots of Maryland Families II, (Baltimore, 2002), Roger Worthington, p249.

    10. [S0348] Edited by Sir Leslie Stephen, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, 1921-1922, (Oxford University Press, 1921-1922), John Worthgington, pages 955-957.