William Walworth (1694 - 1774)

Born 10 Jan 1694 in Fishers Island, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Avery) Walworth — married 16 Jan 1720 in Groton, New London, Connecticut

Husband of Elizabeth (Hinkley) Walworth — married 23 Sep 1742 in Groton, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 17 May 1774 at age 80 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Birth

William Walworth III was born on 10 Jan 1694 in Fishers Island, Connecticut to Sir William Walworth II, and Mary Abigail Seaton.^[1][2]

Marriages

He married first to Mary Avery on 16 Jan 1720 in Groton, Connecticut. Mary Avery]] was the daughter of Samuel Avery and Susannah Palmes.^[1][2] William and Mary Avery had nine children together:^[1][2]

1. Mary, 29 Sept. 1721 Born at Noank, Ct.^[1][2]
2. Nathan Walworth, 17 Oct. 1724 Born at Groton, Ct.^[1][2]
3. Susan, 22 Oct. 1725 Born at Hoosick, Ct.^[1][2]
4. Amos, 30 Jan 1728. Born at Groton, Ct.^[1][2]
5. Elijah, B. 1730 at Noank, Conn.^[1][2]
6. Lucy, B. 3 Dec 1732 at Groton, Conn.^[1][2]
7. James, B 2 Sep. 1734 at Groton, Conn.^[1][2]
8. Abigail, 29 Sep 1736. She died unmarried.^[1][2]
9. Rebecca, Born 1737 at Groton, Ct.^[1][2]

Mary Avery Walworth died in 1739.^{[1] [2]}

William married 2nd to Elizabeth Hinckley on 23 Sep 1742 in Groton, Connecticut.^[1]

William and Elizabeth had two Children together:

1. Eunice, ^[1]
2. Charles.^[1]

"Son of William Walworth and Mary Abigail (Seaton). William of Noank, the eldest son of William, of Fisher's Island, was a farmer and a large landowner. That part of the property which fell to the share of William, lay mostly in Noank and Noank Neck. It included also parcels of farm and woodland on Fort Hill, especially on the south and east sides, and reaching northerly until it touched the grounds of his father's great farm on the heights.

William also had large possessions in Bozrah and Lebanon and, in the course of thirteen years, from 1720 to 1733, no less than thirty deeds recorded in the Town Clerk's office show William as a party in the sale of land. He had money in abundance which he spent freely in purchasing more land. William is reported to have moved to Bozrah, Connecticut, about 1744, where he afterward lived and died."^[1]

William died on 17 May 1774 in Bozrah, Connecticut.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17} Reginald Wellington Walworth. Walworth-Walsworth Genealogy 1689-1962, Descendants Male & Female of William Walworth & Mary Abigail Seaton. Copyright, 1962. The Queen Anne's Publishing Company Centerville, Maryland.William Walworth & Mary Avery
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12} Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery. The Groton Avery Clan. Vol. I, p. 153, no. 46: Mary Avery

• Reginald Wellington Walworth. Walworth-Walsworth Genealogy 1689-1962, Descendants Male & Female of William Walworth & Mary Abigail Seaton. Copyright, 1962. The Queen Anne's Publishing Company Centerville, Maryland.William Walworth & Mary Avery
• Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery. The Groton Avery Clan. Vol. I, p. 153, no. 46: Mary Avery
• The Barbour Collection of Conecticut Town Vital Records. Griswold 1815-1848. Groton 1704-1853. Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket. 1999. Page 224. gives dates of both marriages.

• See Also:
• Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906
• Connecticut Church Record Abstracts
• Connecticut Marriage Index
• Connecticut Town Marriage Records
• North America Family Histories
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144560046
• William's 2nd marriage to Elizabeth Hinkley[1]