George E. HAWORTH 
George E. was born in 1680 in Rockdale, Lancashire, Eng..1 George E.'s father was James HAWORTH and his mother was Isabel RADCLIFFE. He was an only child. He died at the age of 44 on November 28th, 1724 in Buckingham, Bucks, PA.1 General Notes
Ship Brittannia, chartered by Lancaster Quaker Meeting out ofLiverpool, was at sea for 14 weeks. A shortage of water and beer andillness caused 56 deaths out of 140. Twenty more died ashore ofyellow fever. The ship arrived 8/26/1699.
From Super Bundle IV CD 18:
George came over to America in 1699 with William Penn on his secondvisit to Pennsylvania.
He stayed for a week with his sister Mary Myers, at Harbills, Marylandthen went on to Philidelphia where he lived for a while with his firstcousin, James Haworth. He then went to Bucks County PA where hepurchased 450 acres and lived there the rest of his life.
Three of his sons Absalom, Stephanus, and James moved to FrederickCounty, VA where they married and raised their families.
Stephanus went to North Carolina where most of his decendentsremained. Of the four children of Absalom, one son Nathaniel stayedin Virginia, the other three moved to Tennessee where each raised alarge family and almost all of them remained in that state. Jamesfamily moved to North Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and on throughout themidwest. George and Mary, the other children of George remained inPennsylvania and I have found no record of them.
Of the six children of James, Son of George, 2 married Wrightbrothers, three married Dillons, who were the children of WilliamDillon from Ireland. The sixth son married Mary Reece (Rees) ofScotch descent.
The name has gone through many changes in the U.S. Many of theHaworths in North Carolina have adopted the name "Howard", while inIllinois, Iowa and Missouri it has been changed to Howorth. Anotherform of the name is Hayworth.
The family played an important part in the settlement of Ohio,Illinois, and other parts of the Mid-West.
George E. and Sarah M. were married in a religious ceremony on November 3rd, 1710 in SV. Winchester, VA.2 They had five sons and a daughter, named Stephanus, Absolom, George, John, James Frederick and Mary.
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Children
John HAWORTH
John was born in 1717 in Solebury, Bucks, PA.4 He died at the age of 59 on November 19th, 1776 in Haverford, Chester, PA. He was buried on November 21st, 1776 in Springfield Twp., Delaware, PA.4 4
James Frederick HAWORTH
James Frederick was born on October 10th, 1719 in Bucks County, PA.3 He died at the age of 38 on October 10th, 1757 in Hopewell House, Frederick, Virginia.3
1 Internet Family Finder
2 1600-1800s @ CD #3
3 www.familytreemaker.com
4 LDS Church Internet Records
Further source/citation:
GEDCOM file imported on 20 Aug 2003.
2 1600-1800s @ CD #3
3 www.familytreemaker.com
4 LDS Church Internet Records
Further source/citation:
GEDCOM file imported on 20 Aug 2003.
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