Samuel Worden and Jane Calloway

Samuel Worden was baptized on 27/3/1758, at St Kew, Cornwall; Jane Calloway was baptized on 1/5/1760 at St Minver, Cornwall. Samuel and Jane were married at St Kew on 24/5/1780. Samuel's parents were Samuel Worden and Grace Webber, who were married at St Kew on 25/5/1755; Jane's parents were Richard Callaway and Elizabeth Frad, who were married at St Kew on 25/6/1759.

Some of the information presented on this page is taken from a file passed on to me by another Worden researcher; henceforth I shall call this file DT. I think that DT is reliable, but I have not been able to find other sources for some of the information it contains. Information in this category will be marked [DT].

A message posted to the Worden Genealogy Forum quotes some inscriptions appearing on Worden gravestones in the St Kew churchyard. One of these, described as being on the church wall, provides some information about Samuel's parents and one of his brothers. It reads as follows: "In the memory of Samuel Worden of this Parish who departed this life the 1st day of November 1811 in the 82nd year of his age. Also to the memory Grace, the wife of the above said Samuel Worden of this Parish who departed this life the 2nd day of January 1820 in the 90th year of her age. Also to the memory of Richard Worden son of the above said Samuel & Grace Worden of Lower Amble in this Parish who departed his life in the 9th day of December 1834 aged 63 years."

The Cornwall Online Parish Clerks burials database includes the burials at St Kew of Samuel Worden on 4/11/1811, Grace Worden on 4/1/1820 and Richard Worden on 12/12/1834. I should say that I am greatly indebted to Christine Parker, the OPC for St Kew, for making her parish register transcriptions freely available.

The message referred to above quotes two inscriptions from the church wall and five others. The photos appearing on this page – which were kindly given to me by Ray Worden of Vancouver – clearly show two gravestones against the church wall, and I presume that the five gravestones in a row next to these correspond to the other five inscriptions quoted.

Trying to identify the descendants of Samuel and Jane is made more difficult by the fact that there were other Worden families in St Kew at the same time, and the same names often occur in different families. For example, there were William Wordens born in St Kew in 1784, 1785 and 1791. To help us sort out who is who it will be necessary for us to pay some attention to the children of Samuel's brothers William (baptized 7/3/1762) and John (baptized 30/12/1766). We have already mentioned Samuel's other brother Richard; he was baptized on 20/1/1771, died at age 63 on 9/12/1834, and was buried at St Kew on 12/12/1834. Quite probably he was the Richard Werdon who married Elizabeth Thomas in St Kew on 10/1/1793; however, I do not know whether Richard and Elizabeth had any children.

For the record, Samuel also had at least three sisters: Mary (baptized 9/5/1756), Elizabeth (baptized in March 1760) and Grace^[DT] (baptized 18/3/1769). These are listed in the IGI, although Grace's forename is not given, not doubt because the transcriber could not make it out. The following St Kew marriages are included in the IGI: Mary Worden married Humphrey Williams on 4/5/1779, Elizabeth Worden married Malachi Davey on 7/12/1785, Grace Worden married William Williams on 20/5/1786.

Samuel's brothers

A John Worden married Priscilla Bishop at St Kew on 4/5/1797. I think that this John Worden was probably Samuel's brother. Samuel also had a son named John, as did Samuel's brother William, but these two John Wordens were only 15 and 8 in 1797. John brother of Samuel was 30 on 4/5/1797 and Priscilla Bishop was 25. (She was baptized on 13/10/1771 at St Endellion; her parents were named Thomas and Elizabeth.) John and Priscilla had at least six children: Grace (25/4/1798), John (26/12/1799), Elizabeth (27/7/1801), Mary Ann (20/1/1806), Priscilla (1/1/1808) and one other daughter baptized on 22/5/1804.

The name of the daughter born in 1804 is uncertain because the parish register is illegible at that point: "forenames in dark page crease, not all visible" according to the Cornwall OPC transcription. It seems to me possible that the child might be the Jane Worden who married Thomas Key on 16/1/1827. From the 1841 census data we know that this Jane Worden was aged between 35 and 39 in 1841, consistent with her being born in 1804. In 1841 Thomas and Jane Key have children named Jane (10), Thomas (12), Samuel (7), Anna (3), and John (2). The birth registration record for Anna (September quarter of 1837) tells us that her full name was Anna Priscilla Key. Named Priscilla in honour of her grandmother, perhaps? Note also that the witnesses to the marriage of Jane and Thomas include a Priscilla Worden and a Charles Menhennick, who – if I am right about the identity of Jane – were Jane's youngest sister and the husband of her elder sister Elizabeth.

Some things are known about the other children of John and Priscilla.

• The son John died at age 17. One of the St Kew churchyard gravestone inscriptions quoted in the message referred to above reads as follows: "Sacred to the memory of John Worden the son of John & Priscilla Worden of Lower Amble in this parish who departed this life 25th July 1817 in the 18th year of his life".

• The daughter Grace married Daniel Wills at St Kew on 3/8/1819. I believe that this Daniel was the son of Thomas and Grace (née Davey) Wills baptized at St Austell on 28/5/1793. Daniel and Grace had at least the following children, baptized at St Breock: John W. (9/5/1820), Thomas Davey (25/10/1823), Samuel (18/12/1825), Jane (20/2/1828) and Mary Priscilla (22/7/1830). Daniel apparently died before the 1841 census, where we find a household in Wadebridge, St Breock, consisting of the following people: Grace Wills (40, Draper & Grocer), Joseph Wills (35, Draper & Grocer), Thomas Wills (15), Samuel Wills (15), Jane Wills (10), Mary Wills (10), Thomas Edwards (15, Draper Apprentice) and Jane Lobb (20, Female Servant). I believe that the Joseph Wills in this record was Daniel's younger brother, baptized on 28/5/1804.

  Note that in the 1841 census the enumerators were instructed that ages of people over 15 should be rounded down to multiples of 5. Evidently this enumerator went beyond the call of duty and also rounded down the age of the 13 year old Jane.

  I cannot locate John W. Wills in the 1841 census, but in 1851 he is back in his mother's household in Wadebridge. Her age is correctly given as 52, she is a widow, and her occupation is "Draper Grocer Tallow Chandler". This is also the occupation of her sons John W., Thomas D. and Samuel. They and their sisters are all unmarried, and all the ages are consistent with the baptism records. The household also contains servants named Mary A. Pryor (24) and Mary A. Harding (15), and two of Grace's nephews: Thomas Symons and John Lawry, both aged 15 and both described as apprentices. These boys were sons of Grace's sisters Mary Ann and Priscilla.

• Elizabeth married Charles Menhinnick at St Kew on 28/4/1823. They had the following children: Eleanour Priscilla (19/4/1824), Priscilla (1825), John (13/7/1827), Alexander (28/9/1828), Elizabeth Worden (27/7/1830), Rebecca (20/12/1831), Mary (31/7/1833), Ann (6/10/1835, died 1843), Charles (5/6/1837), Caroline Constance (30/7/1839), Emma Selina (16/3/1840), William Henry (26/7/1842) and Ann (22/9/1844).

  At the 1851 census the son John is living at Egloshayle; he is unmarried, a farmer of 390 acres employing 12 labourers, and his household includes his unmarried sisters Ellen and Priscilla. The other nine children are still living in their parents' home at Lower Amble; Charles (senior) is a farmer of 300 acres employing five labourers. (Note that the Cornwall Online Census Project's transcription of this census record gives the surname as Menheniot.)

  Elizabeth Menhennick died in 1855 and was buried at St Kew on 15/5/1855.

  In 1861 Elizabeth, Charles, Emma, William and Ann are all still unmarried and living with their father, now a farmer of 450 acres employing 10 men and 2 boys. The household also includes a 12 year old dairy maid servant named Grace, born at St Kew. According to FreeCen her surname is uncertain, but possibly Borden. I am confident this should be Worden, and that she is the the daughter of Samuel, son of Elizabeth's cousin John. The family of this Samuel is discussed below.

  Charles Menhennick died aged 79 in 1875 and was buried at St Kew on 18/3/1875.

• Mary Ann married Henry Symons at St Kew on 21/11/1826, and by 1841 they had 10 children: John (12), Henry (10), Silas E. (9), William (8), Anna (6), Thomas (5), Mark (4), James (4), Elizabeth (3), Charles (1).

  There was a 20 year old servant Wm Worden in this Symons household in 1841.

• Priscilla married Charles Lawry at St Kew on 16/12/1828, and by 1841 they had 6 children: Mary (12), Emblem (10), Ann (8), John (6), Charles (4) and Thomas (2).

Priscilla Worden died in 1825. I am told that the gravestone inscription says that she died on 16th August and was aged 55; this is consistent with the baptism date of 13/10/1771 provided that she was not baptized until she was 1 year old. The COPC transcription of the parish burial record gives the burial date as 12/8/1825 and her age as 53; this is also consistent with the baptism date, provided that she was within a month of turning 54. John Worden died in 1832; the COPC transcription of his burial record gives the burial date as 13/5/1832 and his age as 66. According to the inscription on his gravestone he was only 65: reportedly it says "Sacred to the memory of John Worden of Loucre Amble in this parish also departed his life 1832 on the 10th day of May aged 65 years". (Surely it must really say "who departed". I also doubt the spelling "Loucre".) Both versions of the age are consistent with the baptism record.

We turn now to Samuel's brother William. He married Rebecca Lean, daughter of Robert and Esther (née Hawken) Lean, on 12/7/1788; they had the following children: John Webber (14/8/1789), William (March 1791), Elizabeth (February 1793), Robert Lean (23/12/1794). The second of the church wall inscriptions mentioned above concerns this family: "In memory of Wm Worden late of Treweathen in this Parish who departed this life August 4th 1806 aged 44. Also to the memory of Robert Lean Worden son of Wm & Rebecca who died on the 3rd day July in the 22nd year of his age." The Cornwall OPC burial database includes the burials of William Worden on 6/8/1806 and Rebecca Worden on 3/10/1822. Rebecca was aged 58 at her death.

Here is what I know about the children of William and Rebecca.

• As mentioned above, Robert Lean Worden died at age 21; he was buried at St Kew on 5/7/1816.

• John Webber Worden features in some legal documents that have been transcribed and posted on the St Kew OPC website. One of them quotes the will of William Worden:

  30th July 1806.

  By will of this date, duly executed and attested, for paying real estates, the said William Worden after bequeathing to his wife Rebecca Worden, one annuity or clear yearly rent charge of 15 Pounds to be paid to her by half yearly payments by his executor thereof and bequeathing to his said wife the use of the house wherein he then lived for her life and giving several personal and pecuniary legacies in no way affecting the said premises hereinbefore described —

  Gave devised and bequeathed all the rest and residue and remainders of his personal estate, lands and tenements whatsoever and wheresoever unto his John Worden

  TO HOLD to him the said John Worden and his heirs for ever — Subject nevertheless that if the said John Worden should happen to depart this life leaving no male lawfully begotten, then and in such case all that part of his estate which he had then lately purchased of the said John Wallis and others should descend to his Son Willm and the heir male of his body lawfully begotten, remainder to his son Robert and the heir male of his body lawfully begotten.

  It appears that John Webber Worden did secure the inheritance, since (according to DT) he married Mary Pope at St Kew on 9/11/1819, and lawfully begat sons named William and Robert (both born at Michaelstow). DT names the witnesses to the marriage as John Brown and John Folly. Unfortunately, I have not been able to locate a record of this marriage. Since the IGI has the St Kew marriages from 1819 but does not have this one, I am led to wonder if the marriage actually took place somewhere else.

  Another legal document on the St Kew OPC website features John Webber Worden and Rebecca Worden and has an 1877 date attached to it, but this date must be the result of some transcription error. Maybe it should be 1817.

  William Worden, son of John and Mary, was baptized at Michaelstow on 30/7/1820; Robert Worden, son of John and Mary, was baptized at Michaelstow on 7/5/1823. There was also a child named Ann Pope Worden, whose parents were named John and Mary, baptized at St Teath on 21/7/1833. I presume that these were the same John and Mary, and I wonder if there were other children between Robert and Ann. There were certainly none born after 1833, since John died in December 1832, as a St Kew burial record shows. I do not know what became of Mary Worden, but I believe that I have identified the sons William and Robert in later census records.

  In 1841 there was a 15 year old servant named Robert Wordan in the household of a 50 year old Henry Williams at Trelill, St Kew. Mr Williams could be the son of Humphrey and Mary Williams baptized on 4/1/1890, and thus a cousin of John Webber Worden. As we have already mentioned, there was a 20 year old servant named William Worden in the household of Henry and Mary Ann Symons; observe that Mary Ann Symons was also a cousin of John Webber Worden.

  As we shall see later, William son of John Webber Worden had a cousin named William Worden and a second cousin named William Worden, and since all three were of similar ages we need to examine the data carefully to distinguish them. This is done below in the section dealing with the second cousin just mentioned.

  

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  The marriage of a William Worden to a Grace Broad was registered at Bodmin in the June quarter of 1850; as we shall see, it is likely that this William was John Webber Worden's son. At the 1851 census William and Grace have a 6 month old daughter named Ann; the family is living at Egloshayle, and William's occupation is "Farm Labourer". At the 1861 census the family is found in St Dennis, William is still a farm labourer, and there are four children: Annie (10), Mary A. (8), John (5) and Charles E. (3). They are still at St Dennis in 1871, by which time William's occupation has become "Waggoner", and the household also includes Annie's husband Philip Wills (a 23 year old brick maker born at Cornwood, Devon) and 1 year old daughter Annie Wills.

  William's other daughter, Mary Ann Worden, married Harry Hawke in the March quarter of 1877. At the 1891 census William, now a widower, appears in Harry Hawke's household. According to DT, William's wife Grace died on 9/4/1882, and William died on 3/4/1895.

  At the 1851 census Robert Worden is found in the household of John A. Tickell, age 60, whose occupation is "Lieutant (Marines) half pay". Robert Worden's occupation is "Officers Servant". The household also includes Lieutenant Tickell's wife and daughter, as well as a cook and a house maid.

  The 1881 census record of the household of Admiral Sir Provo Wallis GCB, at Funtington House, Funtington, Sussex, includes a Robert Wordin, who is the butler. Wordin's age is given as 54, and his birthplace as Michaelstow. Although the age is not quite right, I think that this must be the man we are discussing. (However, it should be pointed out that Robert Worden had a namesake cousin born in 1828 at St Teath, near Michaelstow. I have not been able to trace this Robert Worden beyond the 1841 census.)

  According to DT, Robert Worden, son of John Webber Worden, died in Harry Hawke's house on 13/10/1886.

• Elizabeth Lean Worden married Charles Lang at St Kew on 3/7/1813, and they had at least one child: Betsey Worden Lang, baptized 6/1/1814. Note that the Charles and Elizabeth Lang in Stoke Climsland in 1841 and 1851 are a different couple, probably the Charles Lang and Elizabeth Martin who were married on 29/8/1814. That Elizabeth was 57 on census day 1851 and her birthplace was North Petherwin, Devon, whereas Elizabeth Lean Lang would have been 59 and her birthplace was St Kew.

  I cannot find any subsequent records of our Charles and Elizabeth, but at the 1841 census Betsy Lang appears in the household of her uncle William Worden (to be discussed shortly); her occupation is given as "independent".

• William Worden (son of William) married Prudence Bligh at St Teath on 27/10/1819. There are baptism records for the following children of William and Prudence: John Bligh (St Teath 21/5/1820), Peggy (St Teath 22/7/1821), John Bligh (St Teath 10/3/1823), William (St Teath 27/12/1825), Robert (St Teath 8/4/1828), Barbara (St Kew 16/2/1831), Prudence Elizabeth (St Kew 31/7/1833), Elizabeth (St Kew 30/12/1835), Prudence Emily Bligh (St Kew 28/12/1840), Eliza (St Kew 24/9/1843) and Julia (St Kew 24/9/1843). The first John Bligh Worden died aged 4 months, and was buried on 1/8/1820; the daughter Prudence died aged 1, and was buried on 18/3/1835; the twins Eliza and Julia both died aged 15 months, and were buried on 15/8/1844. (Eliza, Julia).

  The 1841 census record for the household of William and Prudence Worden includes the following children: Peggy, John, William, Robert, Rebecca, Elizabeth and Emily. The first three of these were all aged between 15 and 19, while the others were (respectively) 13, 10, 6 and 6 months. The baby Emily can be identified with Prudence Emily Bligh born in 1840; in later censuses she is called Prudence. It looks suspiciously as though the 10 year old Rebecca is the same person as the Barbara born in 1831; I wonder if the 1831 record has been incorrectly transcribed, since I can find no other record of Barbara Worden, while Rebecca Worden shows up again in the 1851 census (by which time she is apprentice to a draper named William Pascoe, at Fore St in Bodmin).

  The 1841 household of William and Prudence also included Betsy Lang (mentioned above) and four other people: William Rowe (15, agricultural apprentice), Samuel Prior (9, male servant), Margeret Bishop (15, female servant) and Joseph Cowling (35, agricultural labourer).

  At the 1851 census only one of the children – Elizabeth (then aged 15) – is found in the household of William and Prudence. The ages of William and Prudence are given as 60 and 52, in agreement with the baptism records. Prudence E. Wordon appears in the household of her brother, John Bligh Wordon, sister-in-law Ann, and 1 month old nephew Lewis John Wordon. John Bligh Wordon is a grocer's assistant in St Austell; FreeCen shows his his age as 38, although in fact it would have been 28. In the 1861 census we find in Egloshayle a 37 year old John Worden (a merchant's labourer) with a 40 year old wife named Ann and children Lewan J. (10, born at St Austle), Lucy A. (8), Maria B. (7), Elizabeth (5), Samuel B. (3) and William F. (3m).

  At the 1861 census Prudence E. B. Worden, now a 20 year old draper's assistant, is again living with her parents.

  One of the gravestone inscriptions in the St Kew churchyard reportedly says: "Saved to the memory of Peggy the wife of James Cundy and daughter of William & Prudence Worden of Wadebridge who died on 1st September 1863 aged 42 years. Also in memory of Rebecca sister of the above who died in Cleveland, USA on 24th day of August 1872 aged 41 years." (Surely the first word is actually "sacred".)

  Peggy Worden had married James Cundy in the September quarter of 1859. From 1861 census data we discover that he was a sadler and harness maker, born at St Sfephen. It seems that Peggy and James did not have any children.

  There is a burial record from 1/2/1876 for an 84 year old William Worden, and a burial record from 25/7/1877 for a 78 year old Prudence Worden.

Samuel and Jane themselves

Since this couple are supposed to be the principal characters of this web page, I refer to this Samuel Worden as Samuel the 1st (despite the fact that his father was also a Samuel). We shall encounter Samuel the 2nd, Samuel the 3rd and Samuel the 4th in due course.

Samuel the 1st and Jane had the following children:

• Mary Worden, baptized 19/11/1780, St Kew;
• John Worden, baptized 27/12/1781, St Kew;
• Jennifer Worden, baptized 14/1/1783, St Kew;
• Samuel Worden, baptized May 1784, St Kew;
• William Worden, baptized 25/9/1785, St Kew;
• Grace Worden, baptized 11/4/1787, St Endellion;
• Richard Worden, baptized 31/8/1788, St Endellion;
• Betsey Worden, baptized 11/7/1790, St Endellion;
• Cordelia Worden, baptized 19/7/1792, St Endellion;
• Thomas Worden, baptized 29/4/1794, St Endellion;
• Joseph Worden, baptized 20/10/1795, St Endellion;
• Martha Worden, baptized 12/4/1797, St Endellion;
• Carolina Ann Worden, baptized 19/5/1803, St Endellion.

The baptism records for Betsey, Cordelia, Thomas, Joseph and Martha give the mother's name as Jennifer rather than Jane; at this time the two names were regarded as variants of one another, and were used almost interchangeably.

A 46 year old Jenny Worden died in 1806, and was buried at St Kew on September 12th. The burial record gives her residence prior to death as "Tresungas in Endellyon". Samuel Worden the 1st was still alive at the time of the 1841 census, and still living at Tresungers. His household was then as follows.

Tresungers, Endellion:
Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
Samuel Worden	M	80	Farmer	Cornwall
Joseph Worden	M	45		Cornwall
Caroline Worden	F	35		Cornwall
William Worden	M	15		Cornwall
Grace Ford	F	20	Female Servant	Cornwall
Richard Taylor	M	15	Male Servant	Cornwall
Mary Male	F	15	Female Servant	Cornwall
Jane Billing	F	20	Female Servant	Cornwall
John Olver	F	15	Male Servant	Cornwall
Richard Masters	M	15	Male Servant	Cornwall
Thomas Steer	F	14	Male Servant	Cornwall

The Joseph Worden in the census data above is the right age to be Samuel's youngest son, and the Caroline Worden is the right age to be his youngest daughter. Possibly William is a grandson; possibly the son of John. Other conceivable theories – for example, that Caroline was Joseph's wife and William his son – are not supported by any other records that I know of.

Jane Billing and Grace Ford were granddaughters of Samuel, being daughters of Samuel's daughters Mary and Martha respectively.

Samuel the 1st died in the June quarter of 1843.

We now proceed to discuss the children of Samuel and Jane.

Joseph (11th child of Samuel and Jane Worden)

An 1851 census record gives Joseph's address as Poletrewangy, Endellion. He is a widower, aged 56, and his occupation is "farmer of 110 acres 1 labourer". The other people in his household are as follows: Mary Cornelius (53, servant, unmarried, born at Lanteglos), Jane Thomas (16, servant, unmarried, born at St Kew), William Belling (41, nephew, unmarried, carpenter, born at St Endellion), Thomas Matthew (19, servant, unmarried, born at St Endellion), Warwick Scott (16, servant, born at St Kew), Matthew Blake (13, servant, born at St Endellion). No doubt William Belling was the son of Samuel Billing and Joseph's sister Mary. Warwick Scott was Warwick Worden Scott, son of Thomas and Grace Scott, this Grace being the daughter of Joseph's brother Samuel.

Unfortunately, I have not been able to locate any record of Joseph Worden's marriage or any burial record of someone who might have been his wife. It is perhaps worth noting that in the 1861 census records he is listed as unmarried rather than widowed. It certainly appears as though he did not have any children.

No doubt the address "Poletrewangy" can be identified with Poltreworgy, which is the 1841 address of Joseph's brother Thomas. In 1851 Thomas and family are found at Tresungers, presumably on the property that had belonged to Samuel the first.

At the 1861 census Joseph is found in the household of his nephew Mark Guy, a 43 year old farmer of 704 acres employing 16 men and 2 boys. This Mark was the son of Joseph's sister Jennifer, whose husband was also named Mark Guy. Joseph's occupation in 1861 is given as "leaseholder (land)".

Joseph Worden died in the March quarter of 1863.

Mary (1st child of Samuel and Jane Worden)

Mary Worden married Samuel Billing, a shipbuilder, at St Endellion on 25/2/1800. I know of some children of Samuel and Mary Billing born at Endellion: William (15/7/1804), Mary Ann (12/10/1806), William (16/7/1809), John (28/4/1812), Joseph (27/12/1815), Jane Worden (3/6/1821). Quite probably there were others. Presumably Jane Worden Billing is the servant Jane Billing appearing in Samuel Worden's household above.

In the 1841 census we find a St Endellion household consisting of Samuel Billing (ship carpenter) age 65, Joseph Billing (agricultural labourer) age 25, Susan Billing (age 25), and three Billing children: Mary (4), Susanna (3), Joseph (10m). Presumably Joseph is Samuel's son, Susan is Joseph's wife, and Joseph and Susan are the children's parents. Samuel's wife Mary must have died some time between 1815 and 1841.

John (2nd child of Samuel and Jane Worden)

A John Worden married Jane Grose at St Kew on 7/3/1809. It appears likely that this John was the son of Samuel and Jane. By the time of the 1841 census John and Jane Worden have a large family:

Amble, St Kew:
Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
John Worden	M	55	Farmer	Cornwall
Jane Worden	F	50		Cornwall
Samuel Worden	M	25		Cornwall
Grace Worden	F	25		Cornwall
John Worden	M	20		Cornwall
Mary Worden	F	20		Cornwall
Nicholas Worden	M	10		Cornwall
Cordelia Worden	F	10		Cornwall
Harriet John	F	15	Ap.	Cornwall

There are baptism records for several children of John and Jane Worden born in St Kew, including some not appearing above: William (4/8/1809), Jenny Grose (29/1/1811), Ambrose Grose (11/5/1813), Samuel and Grace (both 29/12/1814), Richard (26/5/1816), John (1/5/1818), Wm (16/3/1823), Thomas Grose (11/12/1824), Elizabeth (15/5/1827), Nicholas (15/5/1827) and Cordelia Ann (31/12/1829). The William born in 1809 died at age 11, and was buried on 16/3/1821. I think that the William born in 1823 is the William in the household of his grandfather Samuel in 1841. Elizabeth, born in 1827, died at age 4 months and was buried on 21/5/1827. I do not know what became of Jenny Grose Worden (born in 1811) or Thomas Grose Worden (born in 1824). I could not find a baptism record for the daughter Mary who appears in the 1841 census record, but from her age in the 1861 census records we can deduce that she was born in 1821 or 1822. She married Richard Rowse at St Kew on 24/1/1843 (according to the Cornwall OPC's) or 24/2/1843 (according to the I.G.I.).

By the 1851 census Samuel Worden son of John and Jane had acquired a wife named Anna (age 24) and daughters Grace (8) and Anna (6m). We can be fairly sure that Grace's age was actually 3 rather than 8: her parents were not married until 1848, she was baptized on 8/10/1848, and later census records suggest a birth year of 1848. Samuel Worden's marriage was registered in the Bodmin district in the June quarter of 1848, and since his wife was Anna we can deduce that she was either Ann Collings or Hannah Lander. In fact we can be sure that she was Ann Collings since their second child was baptized Anna Collins Worden (on 27/10/1850). There are baptism records for nine other children af Samuel and Anna: Thomas Grose (4/7/1852), Cordelia Ann (2/7/1854, died 10/2/1860), Emma (19/5/1856, died 21/5/1856), Nicholas (20/1/1864, died 28/1/1864), Cordelia Anne (23/3/1864), Mary (23/3/1864, died 23/2/1876) Caroline Anne (9/2/1869), Jane Grose (14/2/1877) and Caroline (14/2/1877). Note, however, that the births of Mary and Cordelia were registered in the September quarter of 1857 and the December quarter of 1860 respectively; so they were aged 6 and 3 at their baptisms. Similarly, the birth of Jane Grose Worden was registered in the December quarter of 1865; so she was not baptized until she was 11. The birth of a Caroline Worden was registered at Bodmin in the December quarter of 1869, but additionally the birth of a Caroline Ann Worden was registered at Bodmin in the March quarter of 1867. This latter Caroline died at age 1 and was buried at St Kew on 17/2/1769. (The COPC transcriber notes say "age has 1 then 11 underneath it"; I think this means 1 year and 11 months, which is consistent with the birth registration.) Evidentally the first Caroline died within a week of her baptism, and the daughter born later that year was given the same names (and not baptized until she was seven).

The 1861 census record for this family is Piece RG9/1538, Folio 32, Page 11, Schedule 56. The surname is unreadable, but everything else is readable, and right.

Name	Rel	Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
Samuel	Head	M	47	Agricultural Labourer	St Kew, Cornwall
Anna	Wife	M	33	Agricultural Labourer	St Minver, Cornwall
Anna	Dau		10	Agricultural Labourer	St Kew, Cornwall
Thomas	Son		9	Scholar	St Kew, Cornwall
Mary	Dau		3	Scholar	St Kew, Cornwall
Cordelia	Dau		4m		St Kew, Cornwall

The missing 12 year old daughter Grace is in the nearby Menhennick household (schedule 53 in the census records).

The 1871 census record for the same family includes a daughter named Jane Grose Worden; her birth was registered at Bodmin in the March quarter of 1865.

Amble, St Kew, 1871:
Name	Rel	Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
Samuel Worden	Head	M	57	Agricultural Labourer	St Kew, Cornwall
Hannah Worden	Wife	M	44		St Minver, Cornwall
Thomas Worden	Son	U	18	Sailor	St Kew, Cornwall
Cordelia Ann Worden	Dau		10		St Kew, Cornwall
Jane Grose Worden	Dau		6	Scholar	St Kew, Cornwall
Caroline Worden	Dau		1		St Kew, Cornwall

In the 1871, 1881 and 1891 censuses Grace is found in Heavitree Parish, Devon, employed as a cook. Her sister Jane also moved to Devon, and in 1881 and 1891 was living in St Sidwell Parish, employed as a servant.

It appears that Samuel's wife Anna died on 16/9/1888, and Samuel himself died on 18/9/1890.

The marriage of a Grace Worden and a Richard Taylor was registered at Bodmin in the June quarter of 1847. I guess that this Grace was the twin sister of the Samuel we have just been discussing, but I can find no later records of Richard and Grace Taylor.

Richard Worden son of John and Jane married Ann Trebell on 17/12/1840. In the 1841 census we find Richard and Ann sharing a house with two elderly relatives of Ann: Maryann Trebell (80, annuitant) and Elizabeth Trebell (70, independent). Richard's occupation is "agricultural labourer". There are baptism records for the following children of Richard and Ann: Mary (22/8/1841), Eliza Jane (20/8/1843), Cordelia (3/8/1845) and Richard (20/11/1848). In the 1851 census we find a household consisting of Ann Worden (Head, 39, agricultural labourer), Mary Ann (daughter, 9), Cordelia (daughter, 5) and Richard (son, 2). The missing daughter Elizabeth J. Worden was in the household of her uncle Samuel Worden on census day 1851. Ann's husband Richard is found as a farm servant in the household of his sister and brother-in-law Mary and Richard Rouse. Richard Rouse is described as "farmer 87 acres 3 labourers". Ann Worden died in 1860 and was buried at St Kew on 11/11/1860. Richard and Ann's daughter Elizabeth Jane Worden married Richard Broad at St Kew on 22/9/1860. The marriage record gives her age as 19, which may have been an exaggeration as the 1851 census record gives her age as 8 and the 1861 census record gives her age as 18. And I think that even these ages may be exaggerations, since her birth was registered in the September quarter of 1843. At the 1861 census Richard and his daughter Cordelia are living at Kits Hill, St Kew; the FreeCEN transcription has their surname as "Norden" and Richard's first name as "Richus". At the 1871 census Richard is found as a boarder in the St Kew household of his son-in-law Richard Broad and daughter Elizabeth Jane (who have children Annie (10), Robert (9), Elizabeth Jane (7), Horatio (5), John (3) and Mary Ann (1)), while Cordelia is a domestic servant at Padstow in the household of John Blake. In 1881 Richard and Cordelia are back at Amble, St Kew, in the household of Richard's brother William, a cordwainer (discussed below). At the 1861 census Richard's daughter Mary Ann is in the household of her grandparents John and Jane, which is not very surprising given that her mother had died just a few months earlier. Her brother Richard (born 1848) is a servant in the St Minver household of Mary and Richard Rowse (his aunt and uncle). Then in 1871 he is a farm servant in the household of a 39 year old farmer named Francis Coleman. I have been told that this Richard emigrated to Australia, where he married Elizabeth Torrens, and had children named William Stanley, Ambrose Turner, Agnes, Grace, Maud Linda and Ivy. He died at Granville (Sydney) in 1929. His father died in 1900, and was buried at St Kew on 23/5/1900.

John Worden son of John and Jane married Rebecca Collings in the December quarter of 1845. It looks plausible that Rebecca was the sister of Anna Collings, wife of John's brother Samuel. I have not been able to find their baptism records, but at least the census data shows that both were born in St Minver. John and Rebecca had the following children: William Collins (11/1/1846), John (26/12/1847), Anne (4/11/1849), Jane Grose (9/3/1851), Susan Collins (5/9/1852), Mary Collings (5/9/1852), Catherine (25/5/1856), Cordelia Ann (15/8/1858), Grace (15/8/1858), Susan Collings (6/8/1865), and Amelia (30/1/1870). (As always, I am giving baptism dates. Amelia's birth was registered in 1869.) John's occupation was farm labourer. The family moved from St Kew to St Minver Lowlands some time between 1852 and 1856; the 1861 census record for the household is as follows.

Boldventum, St. Minver Highlands, 1861:
Name	Rel	Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
John Worden	Head	M	43	Agricultural Labourer	St Kew, Cornwall
Rebecca Worden	Wife	M	36		St Minver, Cornwall
Ann Worden	Dau	U	11		St Kew, Cornwall
Jane Worden	Dau	U	9		St Kew, Cornwall
Mary Worden	Dau	U	7		St Minver, Cornwall
Catherine Worden	Dau	U	5		St Minver, Cornwall
Cordelia Worden	Dau	U	3		St Minver, Cornwall
Grace Worden	Dau	U	4m		St Minver, Cornwall

The missing sons are found in the households of their grandparents: John Worden (aged 12) is with his father's parents (John and Jane) at Amble; William C. Worden (aged 15) is with his mother's parents, William and Ann Collings, at St Minver. Mr Collings (aged 64 in 1861) was a carpenter, and the census record also gives carpenter as William C. Worden's occupation. The following Bodmin death registrations could well correspond to three of the daughters of John and Rebecca: Cordelia Ann (September 1868, age 10), Grace (December 1868, age 7), Ann (December 1869, age 20). John and Rebecca's daughter Jane Grose Worden had a son named William John Worden who joined the Royal Artillery in the 1890's. His last posting was to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where his descendants still live. William John Worden's wife's name was Beatrice Donohoe.

The 1841 census shows Ambrose (Grose) Worden in the household of a 65 year old farmer named Ambrose Grose, at Amble, St Kew. No doubt this Ambrose Grose was some relative of Jane Worden. It appears that he was the son of Thomas and Jane Grose, baptized in St Kew on 24/11/1771, so that he was actually nearly 70 at census time in 1841. And indeed there is a burial record from 27/5/1842 for a 70 year old Ambrose Grose. He was a little too young to be Jane Worden's father, since the 1851 census data (see below) shows that she was 53 in 1841. So I conjecture that Ambrose was Jane's brother, and that Jane can be identified with the Jenny Grose, daughter of Thomas and Jane Grose, who was baptized at St Kew in April 1788.

Ambrose Grose's household on census day 1841 contained six people altogether: the two Ambroses, Joseph Wills (14), Joanna Wilce (2), Ann Menhenick (17) and Mary Hill (8). The last four – including the 2 year old! – are all described as servants. I cannot find a birth registration for a Joanna Wilce between 1838 and 1840, but there is a baptism record for a Johanna Wilce, daughter of George and Hannah, in 1819. So I wonder if the age should be 22 (a more plausible age for a servant). Despite the fact that the names Wills, Wilce and Menhenick are all linked with our Wordens via marriages, it appears that Joseph Wills, Joanna Wilce and Ann Menhenick do not come from the relevant families.

Ambrose Worden (born 1813) and his brother Nicholas (born 1827) both emigrated to New South Wales. A message posted at RootsWeb says that Ambrose married Johannah Wilce at Plymouth, but I have not been able to find a registration record of this event. New South Wales death registration records show that Ambrose and Joanna Worden both died at St Leonards in 1900, and Nicholas Worden died at West Maitland in 1894. Since these reocrds include the given names of the deceased person's parents, they confirm that Joanna Worden's parents were named George and Hannah.

It is easy to confuse William Worden the son of John and Jane born at St Kew in 1823 with William Worden son of William and Prudence born at St Teath in 1825, not to mention William Worden son of John and Mary born in Michaelstow in 1820. According to a message posted to the Worden Genealogy Forum, one William Worden born at St Kew in about 1825 became a sea captain, had left Cornwall by 1851, and eventually settled in the Preston area in the north of England. The author of this message thought that this William was the son of William and Prudence. Another message posted to the same forum says that a William Worden born at St Kew, son of John Worden, married Grace Broad; however, the author of the message states that the John Worden in question was not the husband of Jane but some other John.

An 1881 census record from Lea Ashton Ingol & Cottam, Lancashire, has a 55 year old William Worden, born at St Kew, Cornwall, with occupation given as Harbour Master, Preston. One of his children is named Kitty Bligh Worden, which strongly suggests that this William was the son of William and Prudence (since Bligh was Prudence's maiden name). Moreover, 55 is exactly the right age for the son of William and Prudence. The 1881 census shows two 57 year old William Wordens living in Cornwall with birth place given as St Kew. One is a waggoner and the husband of Grace, the other is a cordwainer (or shoemaker) and unmarried.

In fact it is readily discovered that the shoemaker was the son of John and Jane: the 1861 and 1871 census records (see below) tells us so. The cordwainer William Worden in the 1851 household of Samuel Worden the 2nd is surely the same person. My guess is that he was also the William in the household of Samuel Worden the 1st in 1841.

The origins of the husband of Grace are perhaps not totally certain, although I believe that he was the son of John Webber Worden and Mary Pope (born in Michaelstow in 1820) and the same person as the Wm Worden who was in the Symons household (see above) in 1841. The main problems with this theory are that in the 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1881 censuses his birthplace is given as St Kew rather than Michaelstow, and his ages in 1851, 1871 and 1881 – given as 28, 46 and 57 respectively – are not consistent with the baptism date of 30/7/1820. At least his age was given as 40 in 1861! In 1891, according to the FreeCEN transcription, the household of Harry Hawke at St Blazey includes Harry's father-in-law, William Worden Hawke. Certainly this man is really William Worden: Harry Hawke married Mary Ann Worden in the March quarter of 1877, the census record for Harry Hawke's 1891 household shows that his wife's name is Mary Ann, aged 38 and born in Egloshayle, and the 1871 census record for William Worden's household includes his daughter Mary A, aged 18 and born in Egloshayle. Crucially, the 1891 census record gives William Worden Hawke's birthplace as Mickalstow, providing the most clear-cut evidence that he really was John Webber Worden's son.

The 1881 and 1891 households of cordwainer William were as follows:

Amble, St Kew, 1881:
Name	Rel	Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
William Worden	Head	U	57	Cordwainer	St Kew, Cornwall
Richard Worden	Brother	W	65	Agricultural Labourer	St Kew, Cornwall
Cordelia Worden	Niece	U	35	Housekeeper	St Kew, Cornwall
Fanny G Worden	Niece	U	8	Scholar	St Kew, Cornwall

Chapel Amble, St Kew, 1891:
Name	Rel	Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
William Worden	Head	U	68	Shoemaker (not em)	St Kew, Cornwall
Richard Worden	Brother	W	74	General Labourer (em'ee)	St Kew, Cornwall
Cordelia Worden	Niece	U	45	Housekeeper (em'ee)	St Kew, Cornwall
Fanny Worden	Niece	U	18	General Servant Dom.	St Kew, Cornwall
Nicholas Worden	Nephew	U	5	Scholar	St Kew, Cornwall

The birth of Fanny Gummow Worden was registered in the September quarter of 1872, and there is a baptism record from 26/7/1874 which says that her mother was a single woman named Hannah. The birth of Nicholas Thomas Worden was registered in the March quarter of 1886, but I do not know anything about his parentage.

At the 1871, 1881 and 1891 censuses an Anna Worden who was born at St Kew is found as an inmate of the Bodmin union workhouse. My guess is that she was Anna Collins Worden, daughter of William's brother Samuel, and also Fanny's mother. The census records give her ages in 1871, 1881 and 1891 as 23, 34 and 41, which do not match well with Anna Collins Worden's age in the 1851 census (6m) or birth registration (September quarter of 1850); however, there were only two births of Ann Worden's registered in Bodmin between 1846 and 1851, the other being the daughter of William's brother John. John's daughter was born in the September quarter of 1849, which perhaps fits better with workhouse Anna's age, but the 1851 and 1861 censuses give John's daughter's name as Ann, whereas Samuel's daughter is consistently called Anna. Note that workhouse Anna had other children: Emma (aged 6 in 1881), William John (aged 1 in 1881 and 10 in 1891) and Annie (aged 3 in 1891).

The 1851 census gives more accurate ages for John, son of Samuel the 1st, his wife Jane and their daughter Cordelia, as well as telling us about some further descendants.

Name	Rel	Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
John Worden	Head	M	69	Farming 6 acres	St Kew, Cornwall
Jane Worden	Wife	M	63		St Kew, Cornwall
Cordelia Worden	Dau	U	21		St Kew, Cornwall
Mary House	GDau	U	7		St Minver, Cornwall
Richard House	GSon	U	7		St Minver, Cornwall

The surname given for the grandchildren apparently should be Rowse: marriage records say that Mary Worden married Richard Rowse on 28/2/1843, and birth records that children named Mary and Richard Rowse were born in the December quarter of 1843. There are St Minver baptism records with the date 25/11/1843 for Mary and Richard. Evidently these children were twins. The parents Richard and Mary were on their farm at Trelawder, St Minver, on census day 1851, along with their other sons John W. and W. H., Mary's brother Richard and a 15 year old house servant named Jane Wills.

The 1861 Rowse household was as follows.

Trelawver, St Minver Highlands:
Name	Rel	Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
Richard Rowse	Head	M	56	Farmer 166 acres, employing 2 men	St Columb, Cornwall
Mary Rowse	Wife	M	39	Farmer's wife	St Kew, Cornwall
Mary Rowse	Dau	U	17	Farmer's daughter	St Minver, Cornwall
John Rowse	Son	U	16	Farmer's son	St Minver, Cornwall
William H Rowse	Son	U	13	Farmer's son	St Minver, Cornwall
Nicholas T W Rowse	Son	U	7		St Minver, Cornwall
Alfred G Rowse	Son	U	1		St Minver, Cornwall
George Thomas	Servant	U	17	Carter	St Minver, Cornwall
Richard Worden	Servant	U	12	Carter	St Minver, Cornwall
Susan Buscombe	Servant	U	15	Dairy Maid	St Minver, Cornwall

At this time Richard Rowse the younger was living in Bodmin as an apprentice to a draper named John Beswetherick (who was also born in St Minver). As remarked above, I believe that the Richard Worden in this record was actually a nephew of Richard Rowse, being the son of his wife's brother Richard.

There are St Minver baptism records for all the Rowse sons in the census record: John Werdon, William Henry, Nicholas Thomas Worden and Alfred George.

One of the St Kew churchyard gravestone inscriptions reads as follows: "In loving memory of Mary Rowse wife of the late Richard Rowse of Trelawder St Minver and daughter of John & Jane Worden who died Dec 26th 1903 aged 83 years". The gravestone referred to is the fourth from the right in the photograph of the family plot shown above.

The 1861 census record for the household of John and Jane is as follows:

Amble, St Kew:
Name	Rel	Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
John Worden	Head	M	79	Agricultural labourer	St Kew, Cornwall
Jane Worden	Wife	M	73	Agricultural labourer	St Kew, Cornwall
William Worden	Son	U	36	Shoe Maker Master	St Kew, Cornwall
Mary Ann Worden	Granddaughter	U	19		St Kew, Cornwall
John Worden	Grandson	U	12		St Kew, Cornwall

The Mary Ann Worden here must be the daughter of Richard and Ann born in 1841, and I guess that the 12 year old John was the son of the John's son John.

John and Jane were still alive in 1871:

Amble, Egloshayle:
Name	Rel	Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
John Worden	Head	M	89	Farmer of 10 acres	St Kew, Cornwall
Jane Worden	Wife	M	83	Farmer's wife	St Kew, Cornwall
William Worden	Son	U	45	Shoe maker	St Kew, Cornwall
Percillia Vickery	Servant	U	16	General Servant (Domestic)	St Endellion, Cornwall

Note that William son of John and Jane would have actually been been 48 on census day 1871.

The grave of John and Jane and their daughter Cordelia is shown above. The inscription reads "In memory of John Worden of Chaple Amble in this parish. He died 23^d Feb^ry 1875 aged 93 years. Also Jane wife of the above died Nov 19^th 1871 aged 86 years. Cordelia Ann daughter of the above died 29^th July 1858 aged 28 years." The COCP transcription of the St Kew parish burial record for John Worden gives his age at death as 94 and the burial date as 28/2/1875. For Jane Worden the age at death is given as 83 and the burial date as 12/11/1871. And for Cordelia Worden the age at death is given as 28 and the burial date as 18/7/1858.

Jennifer (3rd child of Samuel and Jane Worden)

From IGI records we find that Jennifer Worden married Mark Guy on 11/5/1815 in St Endellion. Mark was the son of Warwick Guy and Grace Mallett, baptized on 8/2/1780 in Lanteglos. As we remarked above, the names Jennifer and Jane are interchangeable, and we can identify the household of Mark and Jennifer (= Jane) in the 1841 census.

Roscarrock, Endellion Parish:
Name	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
Mark Guy	60	Farmer	Cornwall
Jane Guy	55		Cornwall
Warwick Guy	20		Cornwall
Jonathan Guy	15		Cornwall
Amelia Huntington	35	Ind	Cornwall

(I have omitted the 15 servants also listed in the same household.)

For some discussion of Amelia Huntington, see the Thomas Worden and Jane Huntington page.

Jennifer Worden was Mark Guy's second wife: he had married Elizabeth George at St Endellion in 1809. I do not know if Mark and Elizabeth had any children. The Warwick and Jonathan listed above were Jennifer's sons. According to data submitted to the IGI their full names were Warwick Richard Guy and Jonathan Samuel Guy, they were baptized on 14/7/1821 and 24/12/1822, and died in 1905 and 1883 respectively. In the 1871 census Warwick R. Guy is described as a merchant farmer, living at Port Isaac, with a wife name Mary (45) and sons Mark (20) and Lewis (9). In the 1881 census he is described as a farmer of 170 acres employing 5 men. He died in 1905 aged 84. (Note that FreeBMD have transcribed the age as 34, but after using their "view the original" facility I am prepared to call this a transcription error.) In the 1861 census Jonathan S. Guy (aged 38) is described as a farmer of 190 acres employing 7 men and 1 boy. He has a wife named Jane, aged 34. In the 1851 census Jonathan T. Guy, 28, is a farmer of 200 acres employing 3 labourers, and he has a 24 year old wife named Jane. These are presumably the same people, although in 1851 their address is Porteath, St Minver Highlands, while in 1861 it is Trewinte Farm House Endellion parish. It appears that Jonathan and his wife Jane did not have any children.

Here is the 1851 census record for the household of Mark and Jennifer.

Roscarrock, Endellion Parish:
Name	Rel	Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
Mark Gay	Head	M	71	Farmer 698 Acres Employing 27 Labs	Endellion, Cornwall
Jenifer Gay	Wife	M	68		Endellion, Cornwall
Mark Gay	Grandson		3		Endellion, Cornwall
Elizabeth Hill	Servant	U	48	Servant	Endellion, Cornwall
Joannah Blake	Servant	U	34	Servant	Endellion, Cornwall
Jane Kempthorne	Servant	U	38	Servant	Endellion, Cornwall
John Hawke	Servant	U	46	Servant	Endellion, Cornwall
Charles Thomas	Servant	U	39	Servant	Endellion, Cornwall
John Mably	Servant	U	35	Servant	Endellion, Cornwall
John Mitchell	Servant	U	21	Servant	Endellion, Cornwall
John Prout	Servant	U	19	Servant	Endellion, Cornwall
Francis Giles	Servant	U	14	Servant	Endellion, Cornwall
William Chalk	Servant	U	14	Servant	Endellion, Cornwall
Charles Ivey	Servant	W	43	Malster	London
Thomas Ivey	Visitor	U	13	Servant	Wadebridge, Cornwall
William Couch	Servant	U	17	Servant	Endellion, Cornwall

Mark Guy died in on 27/11/1851 and was buried at Roscarrock. In the 1861 we find Jennifer Guy living at Port Isaac:

Port Isaac, St Endellion:
Name	Rel	Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
Jinepher Guy	Head	W	78	Proprietor Of Houses	St Kew, Cornwall
Mary Thomas		U	16	House servant	Port Isaac, Cornwall

Jane Guy died in the December quarter of 1868, aged 85.

Samuel (4th child of Samuel and Jane Worden)

This Samuel Worden – herein referred to as Samuel the 2nd – married Catherine Guy at Endellion on 15/3/1810. She was baptized at Endellion on 19/1/1782, and was the daughter of Warwick Guy and Grace Mallett, and hence a sister of Mark Guy above. According to information obtained from another family history researcher, Samuel and Catherine had at least six children: Grace (baptized at Endellion on 25/2/1811), Samuel (baptized at Endellion on 6/10/1812, died in infancy, buried 29/3/1814), Warwick Guy (baptized 20/9/1813), Samuel (baptized 18/12/1815), Jane (baptized April 1817), Mark Guy (baptized 24/5/1821, died aged 5, buried 6/4/1826). The son Samuel who survived will henceforth be referred to as Samuel the third. He and his brother Warwick are both in their father's household at the time of the 1841 census.

Bokelly, St Kew:
Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
Samuel Worden	M	55	Farmer	Cornwall
Warwick Worden	M	25		Cornwall
Samuel Worden	M	25		Cornwall
Cordelia Soper	F	50	Female Servant	Cornwall
Dorothy Martin	M	15	Female Servant	Cornwall
Elenor Goodman	M	15	Female Servant	Cornwall
Thomas Rowe	M	15	Male Servant	Cornwall
Francis Kent	M	15	Male Servant	Cornwall
Edward Lugg	M	15	Male Servant	Cornwall
John Scott	M	15	Male Servant	Cornwall

Catherine had died in 1832 (buried 17/11/1832 at St Kew) and the daughters had both married before 1841.

I am told that Samuel was a butcher at the time of the baptism of his son Warwick. By the 1851 census he has become a Corn Dealer.

St Kew:
Name	Rel	Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
Samuel Worden	Head	W	66	Corn Dealer	St Kew, Cornwall
William Worden		U	27	Cordwainer	St Kew, Cornwall

It is unfortunate that the census record does not give William's relationship to the head of the household. As explained above in the section on John (2nd child of Samuel and Jane), it seems highly probable that this William was the son of John, hence a nephew of Samuel the second.

The only death registration for a Samuel Worden between 1851 and 1861 is in the March quarter of 1851. However, a St Kew burial record shows that Samuel the 2nd died in March 1856.

Grace Worden (daughter of Samuel and Catherine) married Thomas Scott at St Kew on 1/9/1828, at the age of 17. There are St Kew baptism records for 10 children of Thomas and Grace, as follows: Catherine Guy Worden Scott (14/4/1829), John Samuel Scott (16/1/1831), Thomas Scott (17/6/1832), Thomas Scott (28/7/1833), Warwick Worden Scott (17/5/1835), Ann Scott (2/7/1837), William Scott (18/4/1839), Mary Jane Scott (28/3/1841), Mark Worden Scott (11/2/1844), Elijah Scott (7/6/1846). At the 1841 census there are seven Scott children in their parents' household: Catherine (12), Thomas (9), Grace (8), Warwick (5), Ann (4), William (2) and Mary (7m). Perhaps Grace was not baptized at St Kew but somewhere else, or perhaps the baptism record is illegible. The missing son John is surely the 10 year old servant John Scott in the household of his grandfather Samuel Worden. At the 1851 census the eldest daughter Catherine is a servant in the household of her uncle Samuel; Grace is a servant in the household of John and Mary Menhenick (aged 79 and 78) at Egloshayle; Warwick is a servant in the household of his great-uncle Joseph Worden; I cannot locate John, Thomas or William; the other children are with their parents. At the 1861 census both Ann and William are servants in the household of John and Johanna May at St Teath; Elijah is a servant in the Michaelstow household of Thomas Coleman (father of Francis Coleman, mentioned above in connection with Richard Worden, a cousin of Elijah's mother).

Jane Worden (daughter of Samuel and Catherine) married Elijah Wilce at St Kew on 5/11/1835; they had the following children: William (6/12/1835), Catharine Guy (14/5/1837), Anna Jane (3/9/1838), Frances Ann (22/9/1839), Elijah (21/3/1841), Samuel Worden (26/3/1843), George (September quarter 1845), Warrick (12/3/1848), Ellin (21/7/1850), Grace Worden (25/10/1852), Jemima (15/7/1855), Annie (26/7/1857). (Note that the Cornwall Online Census Project's transcription of Elijah's 1861 household has the surname as Wilie.)

Samuel the third married Rebecca Knight in the June quarter of 1843. They had a son named Samuel baptized at St Kew on 25/12/1844. At the 1851 census Samuel the third is an innkeeper in St Endellion, and there are three other people in his household: his wife Rebecca, their 3 year old daughter Jane, and their 22 year old niece Catherine Scott. (Catherine was the daughter of Samuel the third's sister Grace.) The only six year old Samuel Worden I can find in 1851 is a visitor in the household of a 60 year old farmer named John Moyse. In fact Samuel Worden (the 4th) is also found in Mr Moyse's household in the 1861, 1871 and 1881 censuses, and is described as a nephew of John Moyse. In the 1871 census Samuel's 21 year old sister Jane is also in Mr Moyse's household, described as his niece, and she is there again in 1881. I believe that Rebecca Knight's mother was born Susannah Moyse and was John Moyse's sister, so that Samuel (the 4th) and Jane were actually great nephew and great niece of John Moyse. By the 1861 census Samuel the third has become a butcher in Port Isaac, and there are four children in his household: Jane (13), Rebe W. (9), William M. (3) and S. C. (1). Between 1851 and 1861 the birthplace of the Jane has changed from St Endellion to Port Isaac, but it changes back again in 1871. By the 1871 census Samuel the third and Rebecca have another son, Alexander, the daughters "Rebe W." and "S. C." have become Rebecca and Susie, and everyone in the houshold has birthplace Port Isaac.

Warwick Guy Worden, brother of Samuel the third, was unmarried in 1851, and disappears from view after that.

William (5th child of Samuel and Jane Worden)

Unfortunately there were several William Wordens living in Cornwall in the late 18th and early 19th century, and I cannot tell which is which. There was a William Worden married a Frances Cowlyn in Egloshayle on 6/6/1809. There was a William Worden who married Ann Kent in Egloshayle on 23/7/1810. There was a William Worden who married Jennifred Stephens in Liskeard on 1/11/1810. And there was a William Worden with a wife was named Prudence living in St Kew in 1841 and in Egloshayle in 1851. As for baptisms, there was a William Worden son of Richard and Ann baptized on 20/6/1784, there was the son of Samuel and Jane (baptized 25/9/1785) who I am trying to separate from the others, there was a William Worden son of Elizabeth Worden baptized in Egloshayle on 4/11/1787, and there was a William Worden son of William and Rebekka baptised in St Kew in March 1791.

On the basis of ages as given in the 1851 and 1861 censuses, I have identified William husband of Prudence with William son of William and Rebecca. He was six years younger than William son of Samuel and Jane. Unfortunately distinguishing William baptized 20/6/1784 from William baptized on 25/9/1785 is more problematic.

Apart from the husband of Prudence, only one William Worden in the right age range shows up in Cornwall in the 1841 census. He has a wife named Ann, possibly the Ann Kent mentioned above. They were living in St Neot. There were no sons or daughters in the household in 1841, but since Ann was aged between 45 and 50 there could well have been offspring who had left home by 1841. William and Ann show up again the 1851 census, where their ages are given as 65 and 57, their birthplaces as St Kew and Boconnock, and William's occupation is "farmer of 20 acres employing 2 labourers and 1 boy". In the 1861 census their ages are given as 75 and 67, their birthplaces as St Ewe and Boconnoc, and William is "farmer of 20 acres". The age and birthplace are right for this William to be the son of Samuel and Jane. The William son of Richard and Ann would have been 66 on census day in 1851, since he was baptized on 20/6/1784.

In the 1861 census William's household includes one Philippa Vivian, a 60 year old widow born in St Winnow, who is his sister-in-law. This ought to throw some light on the identity of William's wife, since presumably she must be either Philippa Vivian's sister or Philippa Vivian's deceased husband's sister. I could not find any evidence to corroborate the idea that William's wife was born Ann Vivian in Boconnoc in about 1794. However, from the 1851 census data we find that Philippa's husband was John Vivian, and there were also two children, Fanny (16) and Olivia (13), in their household. At the 1841 census the children are in a St Austell household consisting of Ralph Vivian (miner, 70), Catherine Vivian (65), Elizabeth Vivian (dressmaker, 20), Fanny (7) and Olivia (3). John can be found in St Cleer, but Philippa Vivian cannot be found. This led me to wonder if in fact John was a widower in 1841, and indeed it transpired that John Vivian married Philippa Lower in Liskeard in the March quarter of 1843. In the 1841 census Philippa Lower is described as a widow, and I was able to discover that Edward Scotchburn Lower, a woolcomber who died in Liskeard aged 33 on 30/9/1840, had married a Philippa Vendersluys in 1829. There was a Philippa Vendersluys, daughter of John and Elizabeth, baptized in St Winnow on 12/7/1800. Moreover, John and Elizabeth Vendersluys had a daughter named Anna baptized in Boconnoc on 2/7/1793. So this must be William Worden's wife Ann! Unfortunately I have been unable to find any record of their marriage. A search at "Family History Online" did turn up the marriage of one Ann Vandersluys: she married James Rynlls in Lostwithiel in 1835. But I believe that this Ann was the daughter of Lambertus and Martha Vandersluce who was baptized in Lostwithiel on 20/2/1814: the family can be found in the 1851 census records for Lostwithiel (with the surname given as Rennels).

Grace (6th child of Samuel and Jane Worden)

I have not seen the evidence, but I am told that Grace married William Soper on 25/6/1818 at St Endellion. William and Grace Soper are recorded in the 1841 and 1851 censuses. In 1841 they are living at Port Isaac, and William is described as a merchant. In 1851 he is described as a grocer. In both censuses there are no other people in their household, and I know of no children to their marriage. Grace died on 13/2/1855 and is buried at St Endellion. William may also have died in 1855, since the death of a William Soper was registered in the Bodmin district in the June quarter of that year.

Richard and Betsey (7th and 8th children of Samuel and Jane Worden)

I have not been able to find out anything about Richard or Betsey.

Cordelia (9th child of Samuel and Jane Worden)

According to the IGI database, the Cordelia Worden born in 1792 married Warwick Guy, a brother of Mark Guy (who married Cordelia's sister Jennifer) and Catherine Guy (who married Cordelia's brother Samuel). The 1841 census information for Warwick and Cordelia is as follows:

Borrowpark, Endellion Parish:
Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
Warwick Guy	M	45	Farmer	Cornwall
Cordelia Guy	F	45		Cornwall
Warwick Guy	M	20		Cornwall
Cordelia Guy	F	20		Cornwall
John Samuel Guy	M	15		Cornwall
Jane Adelaide Guy	F	6		Cornwall

The 1851 census tells us the ages more accurately:

Name	Rel	Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
Warwick Guy	Head	M	58	Farmer	Endellion, Cornwall
Cordelia Guy	Wife	M	58		Endellion, Cornwall
Warwick Guy	Son	U	33	Farmer's son	Endellion, Cornwall

Note that the 33 year old Warwick Guy is not to be confused with his double cousin Warwick (son of Mark and Jennifer) who was 5 years younger (but probably richer).

On the day of the 1851 census Amelia Huntington (Annuitant, age 47, born St Germans) and Cordelia W. Guy (Farmer's daughter, age 29, born Endellion) were visitors in the household of Thomas Worden. And in 1861 Amelia Huntington appears in the household of Warwick Guy:

Name	Rel	Status	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
Warwick Guy	Head	U	43	Farmer	Endellion, Cornwall
Cordelia Guy	Mother	W	68	Housekeeper	Endellion, Cornwall
Amelia Huntington	Boarder	U	58	Gentlewoman	St Germans, Cornwall

Cordelia Guy died on 14/1/1862.

Thomas and Joseph (10th and 11th children of Samuel and Jane Worden)

Joseph was discussed above, and there is a separate page for Thomas.

Martha (12th child of Samuel and Jane Worden)

Martha married Thomas Ford on 11/10/1817. Thomas was born in about 1793 at St Kew, son of George Ford and Jenefer Fradd; he was a miller. Martha and Thomas had 7 children:

• Jane Worden Ford was baptized on 25/3/1818 at St Kew. A child Eleanour Ford, daughter of Jane Ford, was baptized at St Kew on 18/6/1837, and the 1841 and 1851 census data shows an Ellen Ford, granddaughter of Thomas Ford and the right age to be this Eleanour, in the household of Thomas and Martha. Jane married married Samuel Prior on 21/11/1839 at St Kew, and they had children Richard Ford Prior (born in the March quarter of 1840, baptised 5/4/1840), Martha (born in the March quarter of 1842, baptized 27/3/1842) and Mary (born in the March quarter of 1844, baptized 28/7/1844).

  At the 1841 census we find a St Kew household consisting of Samuel Prior (20, agricultural labourer), Jane Prior (20), Richard Prior (1) and Jane Ford (70). I presume that Jane Ford was Thomas Ford's mother, Jane Prior's grandmother.

  By the 1851 census Samuel Prior has died, Jane Prior (widow, 33) appears as a servant in the St Endellion household of James Billing (farmer) and his wife Caroline A., and the Prior children (Richard, Martha and Mary) are all in the household of their grandparents Thomas and Martha Ford (although in two of the three cases the surname is recorded as "Price" instead of "Prior"). Note that Caroline A. Billing is Caroline Année Worden, Jane Prior's aunt (see below).

  Deaths of people named Samuel Prior or Prier were registered in the Bodmin district in March 1848, June 1850 and September 1850; I cannot tell which was Jane's husband.

• Grace Ford was baptized 22/10/1819 at St Kew. She married William Thomas in the December quarter of 1841. At the time of the 1851 census William's occupation is given as "tin man", and William and Grace have three children: Samuel (9), Mary (7) and Christina (3), all born in St Endellion. The birth of a Samuel Worden Thomas was registered in the Bodmin district in the December quarter of 1841 and the birth of a Mary Thomas was registered in the December quarter of 1843, but I cannot find a registration record for Christiana. By the 1861 census William's occupation has changed to "fisherman", and William and Grace have another child: a five year old son named Charles. He was also born at St Endellion, birth registered in the December quarter of 1855. Samuel and Christiana are still at home in 1861, while Mary is a servant in the household of her great aunt Jennifer Guy.

  A 72 year old Grace Thomas died in the Bodmin district in the June quarter of 1892. Possibly this was our Grace.

• Betsy Worden Ford was born 1821, St Kew. She married James Bate, a mariner, on 5/3/1844 at St Kew. James was the son of Thomas Bate and Jennifer Worth, born May 1819 at Port Isaac. The witnesses at the marriage of Betsy and James were Thomas Ford and Warwick Guy Worden. (Recall that Warwick Guy Worden was the son of Samuel and Catherine, hence a cousin of the bride.)

  James and Betsy had the following children: Thomas (March quarter of 1845), James (June quarter of 1847), William (September quarter of 1849), Martha Jane (September quarter of 1851), Betsy Worden (March quarter of 1854, name recorded as "Bessey" instead of "Betsy"), Nicholas (perhaps the John Nicholas Bate born in the June quarter of 1856) and Mary (either December quarter of 1863 or March quarter of 1864).

  At the time of the 1861 census James was the the Master of the 59 foot 57t schooner Bessie Jane whose home port was Padstow. A book about Port Isaac and Port Quinn by Monica Winstanley mentions James Bate as a co-owner with Warick Richard Guy of a vessel called the Spreightly built in 1830, and co-owner with James Stephens and W. Guy of a vessel called Betsy Jane. No doubt the Betsy Jane is the same as the Bessie Jane, since the length and tonnage are the same. The book also provides the information that the Betsy Jane had two masts and was built in 1850, and that her Master (at some time) was R. Mitchell. Clearly the merchant farmer Warwick Richard Guy (Betsy Bate's cousin) also had interests in shipping.

  The 1861 census data shows James, Betsy and their children William, Martha J., Betsy W. and Nicholas at home in Port Isaac. The nearly illagible census return for the Bessie Jane at Padstow Quay shows only one person on board on census night, namely James Bate, the cook. The form is totally illegible at the point where the cook's age should appear, but presumably he was James and Betsy's 13 year old son James. No doubt the eldest son, Thomas, was away somewhere on another ship; the only census record I can find for him is from 1881, by which time he is a master mariner.

  At the time of the 1871 census James is at Looe, Master of the the vessel Volunteer (described as "82t coasting, No 29286") out of Padstow. There are four other crew members: the Mate, the Cook and two Ordinary Seamen, one of whom is named "Nickles Bate". This is presumably James' son Nicholas, since he is aged 14. Betsy and her two daughters are at Egloshayle. I could not find William Bate in 1871 or in 1881, but in 1891 he shows up in South Shields, Co Durham, his occupation being "outfitter".

  Betsy Worden Bate died on 12/2/1903, at Port Isaac. James was "drowned entering Holyhead Harbour" on 7/10/1888; his gravestone provides this information.

• Thomas Ford was baptized on 29/3/1823 at St Kew. He is in his parents' household at the 1841 census, but I can't find him after that.

• Richard Ford was baptized 26/3/1825 at St Kew. He does not appear in the household of his parents in the 1841 census; so perhaps he had died by then.

• Mary Ford was baptized 30/4/1826 at St Kew. She married William Couch in the June quarter of 1846. At the 1851 census there is a household consisting of two people: Mary Couch (33, Wife) and Hanah Couch (11, sister). Similarly in 1861 we find a two person household: Mary Couch (43, Wife) and Latitia Couch (19, sister); Mary's occupation is given as "mariner's wife", Latitia's as "dressmaker". In 1881, however, William (Head of household) is present: he is aged 58 and has become a Draper and Grocer, while Mary Couch (53, Wife) is a Draper and Grocer's wife. There are no children in the household.

• Martha Ford was born on 21/4/1828 and died on 27/4/1828, at St Kew.

Caroline Ann (13th child of Samuel and Jane Worden)

The baptism record gives her name as "Carolina", but all other records I have found give "Caroline".

Caroline Ann Worden married James Billing in the September quarter of 1844. The 1851 census describes James as a 39 year old farmer of 5 acres, and does not list any children in the household of James and Caroline. Caroline's age in 1851 is given as 49, which would mean a birth date between 1/4/1801 and 30/3/1802, over a year before her baptism. I cannot locate a baptism record for James Billing and I cannot locate him in the 1841 census. Presumably he was some relative of the Samuel Billing who married Mary Worden in 1800, but probably not the son of Samuel and Mary because they had another son born in 1812. Caroline Ann Billing died in the September quarter of 1851. James Billing subsequently married Charity Ships, and by 1861 James and Charity had two children.