41.

Documentation for Elizabeth Frye

(Before 1799 to Before 1850)
mother of John Worth
(About 1817 to After 01 February 1886)
Elizabeth Frye was the daughter of Michael and Nancy Frye.(1) Michael Frye
died in the vicinity of Germantown, Stokes, County, North Carolina in 1815.(2)
"Stokes County, North Carolina, was formed when Surry County was divided in
1789. The Stokes county seat was set at Germantown on 23 acres on Town Fork and
Buffalo Creeks bought from Michael Frey and Henry Frey that lay on the Great Wagon
Road. The thirty-eight town lots of a half-acre each sold immediately, and adjoining
land owned by the Freys also sold quickly. The county seat was moved to Danbury on
the formation of Forsyth County from Stokes County in 1849."(3)
Elizabeth Frye married Charles Worth, probably in early 1799.(4) Charles Worth,
a Quaker until his marriage to Elizabeth, was dismissed from the Deep River Monthly
Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina, for marrying out of unity March 4,
1799.(5)
Charles Worth was born on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts on, June 17,
1761.(6) He was the son of Joseph Worth Jr. and Judith Starbuck.(7) Joseph and Judith
(Starbuck) Worth were Quakers. They were received as members of the Center Monthly
Meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina, 20th 9 mo. 1774.(8) Joseph Worth died in
New Garden, Guilford County, North Carolina, before May 1816, the date his will was
proved.(9) Judith (Starbuck) Worth died in 1830 in Guilford County, North
Carolina.(10)
Charles Worth and Elizabeth Frye were the parents of nine children: Lydia, Levi,
Seth, Rachael, Elizabeth, Paul, Lucinda, John, and Rhoda.(11)
1) Lydia Worth was born September 20, 1799, in Surry County, North Carolina.
She married John Rigsbee on November 13, 1818, in Guilford County, North Carolina.
John Rigsbee was born August 12, 1793, in Chatham County, North Carolina and died
May 30, 1851, in Rush County, Indiana. Lydia died September 22, 1873, Rush County,
Indiana.
2) Levi Worth was born about 1802. He married Jane Glendening on July 18, 1833,
in Rush County, Indiana. Levi married second, Ursula Baker on January 11, 1837, in
Rush County, Indiana. The minister for the wedding was Drury Holt, a Baptist
Minister. Levi committed suicide on April 29, 1837, in Rush County, Indiana.
3) Rachel Worth was born about 1803. She married Joseph Rigsbee on January 01,
1822, in Randolph County, North Carolina. He was born July 26, 1795, in North
Carolina and he died July 19, 1871. Rachel died March 22, 1888, in Shelby County,
Indiana.
4) Seth Worth was born about 1805 in North Carolina. He was a blacksmith. Seth
married Helen Mary Baker on February 26, 1835, in Rush County, Indiana. She was
born about 1816 in Tennessee. Seth died April 2, 1873, and was buried in Andover
Cemetery in Harrison County, Missouri. Helen died May 3, 1878, and also was buried
in Andover Cemetery in Harrison County, Missouri.
5) Elizabeth A. Worth was born about 1806 in North Carolina. She married David
German on December 19, 1824, in Randolph County, North Carolina. David German
was born about 1796 in North Carolina. He died August 12, 1867, in Johnson County,
Indiana. Elizabeth died November 27, 1886, near Boggstown, Shelby County, Indiana,
and was buried in the Old Boggstown Cemetery.
6) Paul Worth was born about 1811 in North Carolina. He married first Rebecca
Baker on February 2, 1840, in Rush County, Indiana. Rebecca was born about 1818 in
Tennessee. She died after 1860. Paul married second Nancy Merritt on June 12, 1861, in
Hendricks County, Indiana. Nancy Merritt was born about 1834. She died on November
1, 1894, in Middle Township, Hendricks County, Indiana.
7) Rhoda Worth was born May 30, 1816, in North Carolina. She married William
Hiatt on November 7, 1837, in Rush County, Indiana. William Hiatt was born about
1814 in Kentucky. Rhoda died on December 30, 1854, in Shelby County, Indiana, and
was buried in Hanover Cemetery. William died before September 1858, in Shelby
County, Indiana.
8) John Worth was born about 1817 in North Carolina. John was a blacksmith and
wagon maker. He married first Elizabeth Hyatt about 1835. He married second Julia
Ann Drysdale on June 1, 1837, in Rush County, Indiana. Julia was born January 27,
1814, in Kentucky. She died April 10 1856, "Aged 40 Yrs 2 mo & 13 ds.," in Shelby
County, Indiana, and was buried in the Old Boggstown Cemetery. John Worth married
third Mary Jane Lemon on January 1, 1857, in Shelby County, Indiana. Mary Jane
Lemon was born October 24, 1824, in Akron, Ohio. She died October 22, 1913, in
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
9) Lucinda Worth was born about 1820 in North Carolina. She married Henry
Wesler on September 9, 1860, in Rush County, Indiana.
On October 9, 1802, Charles Worth of Stokes County, North Carolina, purchased
230 acres in Surry County, North Carolina.(12) The U. S. Census for North Carolina for
1810, Surry County, lists one male of age 45 and up. Charles was born in 1761. This
would make him over age 45 by 1810. The Charles Worth household included 2 free
white males under age 10, 1 free white male at least 10 and under 16, 1 free white male
age 45 and up; 2 free white females under age 10, 1 free white female age 10 and under
16, 1 free white female age 26 and under 45.(13) Elizabeth (Frye) Worth must have been
born between 1865 and 1884.
Charles Worth does not appear in the 1815 Surry County tax list.(14) According
to records of the May 1819 Randolph County Circuit Court, Charles Worth posted bond
for a son, Levi Worth.(15) The 1820 U. S. Census of Randolph County, North Carolina,
is missing and thus there is no record of the Charles Worth household at that time.(16)
Charles Worth bought 121 acres of land in Randolph County, North Carolina,
from John Reese, on August 20, 1822. Charles also purchased a tract of 440 acres from
John Reese in the same year.(17) Charles Worth sold 121 acres of land in Randolph
County, North Carolina, to Thomas Hancock on November 29, 1824, and to Jonathan
Lewallen, the 440 acre tract, in 1824.(18)
Three daughters of Charles and Elizabeth (Frye) Worth married in Randolph
County, North Carolina. A marriage bond for Lydia Worth and John Rigsby was posted
in Randolph County, NC, on November 13, 1818.(19) A marriage bond for Rachel
Worth and Joshua Rigsby was posted in Randolph County on January 1, 1822.(20) A
marriage bond for Elizabeth Worth and David German was posted in Randolph
County, NC, on December 19, 1824.(21)
Many Quakers or former Quakers in the Guilford County area of North Carolina
moved to Indiana in the early 1800s. The exodus to Indiana was due to the problems
caused by the institution of slavery in North Carolina.(22) Charles Worth and most of
his children and their spouses moved to Rush County, Indiana, during the 1820s.(23)
Elizabeth Worth, Charles' wife, probably was alive and probably moved to Indiana with
Charles.(24) A sister and brother-in-law of Charles Worth, Matilda and Latham Folger,
also moved to Indiana. Latham Folger died September 15, 1833, in Union County,
Indiana. Matilda (Worth) Folger died July 6, 1843, in Rush County, Indiana.
No record has been found in the U. S. Federal Census of 1830 for Charles Worth
or his children. The U. S. Census of Indiana, 1840, Rush County, Jackson township, lists
the Charles Worth household as consisting of one male age 70 and under 80, one female
age 60 and under 70, and one female age 20 and under 30.(25) Seth Worth, a son of
Charles, appears in the 1840 census in Rush County, on the line above the Charles
Worth household. The U. S. Census of Indiana, 1850, Daviess County, lists Charles
Worth, age 90, living in the household of one of his sons, Seth Worth.(26) The 1850
census record is the last record in the life of Charles Worth. It is not known when he
died, where he died, or where he was buried. Elizabeth (Frye) Worth is most likely the
female, age 60-70 is the Charles Worth household in the 1840 census, but by 1850 she is
presumed to be deceased, since 90 year old Charles is living in his sons household and
there is no sign of Elizabeth.
A February 1, 1886, letter written by John Worth, the youngest son of Charles
Worth, is an important document that lists the children of Charles Worth. The letter to
Hiram C. Worth of Greensboro, North Carolina, was written at New Ross, Indiana.(27)
John Worth lists the names of Charles Worth's children in the letter as: Lida, Levi,
Rachel, Seth, Betey, Paul, Lewcinda, John (himself), and Rhoda. This list concurs with
that found in the Folger Manuscript identified previously which listed the children of
Charles Worth.
Hiram C. Worth, to whom the letter was sent, was associated with the New
Garden area, now Guilford College, on the west side of Greensboro, North Carolina.
Hiram C. Worth is buried in the New Garden Cemetery adjacent the Guilford College
campus.(28)
Laura D. Worth was a granddaughter of Hiram C. Worth.(29) As the keeper of
Quaker records at Guilford College for many years, she compiled much of the North
Carolina data for the William Wade Hinshaw book, Encyclopedia of American Quaker
Genealogy.(30) She was the foremost authority in the early 1900s on Quaker genealogy in
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, according to Hinshaw.(31) Laura D.
Worth is buried at the New Garden Cemetery at Guilford College in Greensboro, North
Carolina.(32)

Children (Worth), all born in North Carolina:

i. Lydia, born September 20, 1799
ii. Levi, born about 1802
iii. Rachel, born about 1803
iv. Seth, born about 1805
v. Elizabeth, born about 1806
vi. Paul, born about 1811
vii. Rhoda, born May 30, 1816
viii. John, born about 1817
ix. Lucinda, born about 1820

ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL to support the RELATIONSHIP between

ELIZABETH FRYE and her son JOHN WORTH

1) Letter from John Worth (New Ross, Indiana) to Hiram C. Worth

(Greensboro, North Carolina), dated 1 February 1886. Original letter at Hege
Library, Friends Historical Collection, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC. A
typewritten transcript of the letter dated was made in January 1915 from original letter
on loan from Laura D. Worth of Guilford College to Herbert Folger, California
Mayflower Society Historian. A copy of the transcript was in the lineage documents
of Arlie L. Rigsbee, General Number 4071, General Society of Mayflower
Descendants, Plymouth, Massachusetts. The names of the nine children of Charles
Worth listed in the 01 February 1886 letter written by John Worth which was sent
from New Ross, Indiana, matches the names of the nine children of Charles and
Elizabeth Worth listed in the Folger Manuscript.

2) Folger Manuscript, Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket,

Massachusetts, Collection 118, Book 7, page 142, which lists a Charles Worth as the
son of Joseph and Judith, the marriage of Charles Worth and Elizabeth Frye/Frey,
and the names of the nine children of Charles and Elizabeth. The record also
identifies the parents of Elizabeth Frye/Frey as Michael and Nancy Frye/Frey. The
document was recorded prior to 1850. The first child of Charles and Elizabeth Worth is
listed as Lydia and the record indicates she was born in 1799, the same year Charles
was removed from the Quaker Church for marrying out of unity. The Nantucket
Quakers who moved to Guilford County, North Carolina, in the late 1700s sent
reports of family births, marriages, deaths, etc. back to Nantucket where they
were recorded. The record also identifies the family as "Descendants of the New
Garden Emigrants." New Garden, North Carolina, was at the present site of
Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina.

3) 1914 Affidavit of Marshal Benton Rigsbee which is part of the application

papers to the Society of Mayflower Descendants of Plymouth, Massachusetts, for
Arlie L. Rigsbee. This affidavit states his knowledge of the descendants of Charles
Worth. Affidavit states that the grandfather of Marshal Benton Rigsbee was John
Rigsbee who was born in North Carolina on the 12th day of August 1793 and died in
Rush County, Indiana on the 30th day of May 1851, and was married to Lydia Worth
who was born in Guilford County, NC on the 20th day of September 1799 and died on
the 22nd day of September 1873. Affiant also believes that Charles Worth was born in
Nantucket, Massachusetts, and was married in North Carolina to Elizabeth Frye/Frey
and had the following children: Lydia, Levi, Seth, Elizabeth, Rachael, Paul, Lucinda
and Rhoda. He omits John Worth. Affiant states that Rachael Worth married Jehu
Rigsbee. The names of the children of Charles and Elizabeth Worth agrees with
both the Folger Manuscript and the 01 February 1886 letter of John Worth, excepting
the fact that the Affidavit does not list a John Worth as a son of Charles and
Elizabeth Worth.

4) Various census records related to Charles Worth, John Worth, and Seth
Worth: Census record of 1850 for Indiana, Davies County, Van Buren Township, p. 187,
which lists a Charles Worth in the household of a Seth Worth. The 1850 census record
for the Seth Worth household lists the age of Charles Worth as 90 years. This would
agree with the birth year for Charles at Nantucket, Massachusetts, as 1761; the 1840
U.S. Census of Indiana, Davies County, page 64, which lists a family for John Worth;
the 1840 U.S. Census for Rush County, Jackson Township, page 399, which lists the
Charles Worth household and appears one line below the household of a Seth Worth.
1850 Census of Indiana, Rush County, Jackson Township, page 556, which lists a
family for John Worth. These census records support the Folger manuscript and the 01
February 1886 letter of John Worth as to John Worth having a brother named Seth and
a father named Charles. John Worth also named one of his sons Seth.

REFERENCES

1. Genealogical Records of Nantucket Families, William C. Folger, MS, 3 vols., Nantucket

Historical Association, Nantucket, MA, vol. 3, p. 2,077.

2. "List of Dead in the Vicinity of Germantown, Stokes Co., NC, in 1815", Will proved
Jun ___. 26 Mar 1815, Mich. FRY Snr., 27 Mrs. Fry, Filed in Stokes County records
(Miscellaneous- #C.R. 090.928.10), NC State Archives.

3. Endnotes, number 1, page 37, (?NCGSJ? Month? Year?)

- from a Hist - Gen magazine at Greensboro Library

4. Genealogical Records of Nantucket Families, Folger, vol. 3, p. 2,077.

5. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, William Wade Hinshaw, (1936, rpt,

Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969), Page: 1:846.

6. Nantucket, Mass., Vital Records to 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 5
vols. Boston, 1925-28, page 2:622.

7. Randolph Co., N. C., (Original) wills, 1775-1899, North Carolina State Archives
(Joseph Worth); "Joseph and Lydia (Gorham) Worth of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and
Their Wandering Children", Elizabeth Pearson White, C.G, F.A.S.G, F.N.G.S., and
Edwin W. Coles, National Genealogical Society Quarterly, 76 (December 1988), pp. 268-
288; Genealogy Division of the Indiana State Library, A Genealogical History of the Clark
and Worth Families, Carol Clark Johnson, privately printed, 1970; John Howland of the
Mayflower, Volume 1, by Elizabeth Pearson White, Picton Press, Rockport, Maine.

8. Starbuck, Alexander. The History of Nantucket, County, Island and Town. 1969; rept.
Rutland, Vt., 1976, p. 828; Sallie W. Stockard, Hist. Of Guilford County, North Carolina
(Knoxville, Tenn. 1902), 193.

9. Randolph Co., N. C., (Original) wills, 1775-1899, North Carolina State Archives
(Joseph Worth).

10. Raleigh Register, Raleigh, NC, November 11, 1830, obituary for Judith Worth;
Nantucket VR 5:615, but gives date newspaper was published instead of actual date of
death; NEHGR 100:286.

11. Genealogical Records of Nantucket Families, Folger, vol. 3, p. 2,077; Letter from John
Worth (New Ross, Indiana) to Hiram C. Worth (Greensboro, North Carolina), 1
February 1886. Original letter at Hege Library, Friends Historical Collection, Guilford
College, Greensboro, NC. Transcript of letter dated January 1915, made from original
letter on loan from Laura D. Worth of Guilford College to Herbert Folger, California
Mayflower Society Historian. A copy of the transcript was in the lineage documents of
Arlie L. Rigsbee, General Number 4071, General Society of Mayflower Descendants,
Plymouth, Massachusetts.

12. North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Surry County Deeds, 14:64,
microfilm copy.

13. U. S. Census of North Carolina, 1810, Surry County, unknown townships.

14. North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Surry County tax list, 1815,
microfilm copy.

15. Randolph County, NC Genealogical Journal, Volume XXVII, No. 1, Spring 2003,
Presentment May 1819 of Levi Worth, Charles Worth bound surety for Levi Worth, p.
23.
16. U. S. Census of North Carolina, 1820.

17. General Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Etc., Randolph County - Grantees, Book
14, Page 398, John Reese to Charles Worth, 121 acres, 1822; Randolph County Grantees,
Book 16, Page 56, John Reese to Charles Worth, 440 acres, 1822.

18. General Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Etc., Randolph County - Grantors, Book
16, Page 34, Charles Worth to Thomas Hancock, 121 acres, 1823; Randolph County
Grantors, Book 16, Page 41, Charles Worth to Jonathan Lewallen, 440 acres, 1824.

19. The Genealogical Journal, Vol. VII, No. 3, 1983, Randolph County Marriage Bonds,
Bride Index, W's, 13 November 1818, Lydia Worth and John Rigsby, Paskel Cole
bondsman, p. 41.

20. Ibid. 1 January 1822, Rachel Worth and Joshua Rigsby, Lancy Moore bondsman, p.
42.

21. Ibid. 19 December 1824, Elizabeth Worth and David German, William German
bondsman, p. 41.

22. Hinton Rowan Helper, The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It, New York:
Burdick Brothers, 1857, p. 305; Hinshaw, vol. 1, pp 488 and 773.

23. U. S. Census for Indiana, 1840, Rush County.

24. U. S. Census of Indiana, 1840, Rush County, Jackson township, p. 399, Charles
Worth 0000000001-000010001 (next line after Seth Worth).

25. U. S. Census for Indiana, 1840, Rush County, Jackson Township, p. 399, Charles
Worth household.

26. U.S. Census of Indiana, 1850, Davies County, Van Buren Township, p. 187, (Note:
Charles was listed as part of the Seth Worth household.)
27. Letter from John Worth (New Ross, Indiana) to Hiram C. Worth (Greensboro, North
Carolina), 1 February 1886. Original letter at Hege Library, Friends Historical
Collection, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC. Transcript of letter dated January 1915,
made from original letter on loan from Laura D. Worth of Guilford College to Herbert
Folger, California Mayflower Society Historian. A copy of the transcript was in the
lineage documents of Arlie L. Rigsbee, General Number 4071, General Society of
Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

28. Gravestone Inscription, Hiram Coffin Worth, 8/22/1886, New Garden (Cemetery),
b. Apr. 8, 1809. The New Garden Cemetery is at Guilford College in Greensboro, North
Carolina.

29. Laura Delphina Worth obituary, Guilford newspaper, January 17, 1945; U. S. Census
of North Carolina, 1850, Guilford County, dwelling 27, family 27, Hiram C. Worth, age
41, carpenter; Gravestone Inscription, Hiram Coffin Worth, 8/22/1886, New Garden
(Cemetery), b. Apr. 8, 1809; Laura Delphina Worth was a daughter of Daniel and Eunice
Worth. Daniel Worth was a son of Hiram Coffin Worth.

30. North Carolina Friends Historical Society Newsletter, Fall 2003, No. 14, The Meaning of
L. D. W., pp. 3-4; Hinshaw, William Wade. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. 6
vols. 1936; rept. Baltimore, 1969, Vol. 1, Forward, p. vi; Laura Delphina Worth obituary,
Guilford newspaper, January 17, 1945.

31. Ibid.

32. Laura Delphina Worth obituary, Guilford newspaper, January 17, 1945; tombstone
photograph taken Monday, March 8, 2004, by Curtis L. Older at New Garden Cemetery
adjacent to Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina. Tombstone of Laura D.
Worth includes the words, "Quaker Genealogist".
From: [email protected]
Date: Mon Oct 06, 2003 11:11:12 AM US/Eastern
To: [email protected]
Cc: "Erickson, Arthur" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: My visit to Greensboro Library last Saturday.

Curt Older:

Yes, we do have the letter you describe as well as other correspondence,

photographs, and family charts relating to the Worth family. The bulk of
these materials are a part of the Parsons, Worth, Parker Collection. These
papers came to us from the son of Cora Worth Parker Parsons (1919-1973),
grandniece of Laura D. Worth. We strongly recommend that you make an
appointment is you wish to visit our library and consult this collection.
Please note that our research room is not open on weekends or Mondays. We
are not able to undertake research for individuals or provide extensive
photocopies. However, I can supply you with a photocopy of the specific
letter you mention if you are unable to visit in person.

Gwen Gosney Erickson

Librarian and College Archivist
Friends Historical Collection
Guilford College
5800 W. Friendly Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27410
(336) 316-2264
www.guilford.edu/library/fhc

-----Original Message-----
From: Curt L Older [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 8:41 AM
To: Erickson, Arthur
Subject: My visit to Greensboro Library last Saturday.

I visited your library Saturday and found some material of interest to me.
I notice you have the same last name as a lady who is listed at the Hege
Library at Guilford College. I cannot seem to get into their website today.
Perhaps they are having problems. What I wish to do is to find out if a
letter written to Hiram C. Worth of New Garden area by my great great
grandfather, John Worth, on February 1, 1886, is in the Guilford College
collection. The letter was last in the possession of Laura D. Worth who I
understand was the Guilford College keeper of Quaker records about 1915
when the letter was loaned to the California Mayflower Society. I am also
wondering if Guilford College has any other papers of Hiram C. Worth in its
holdings. If the lady at the Guilford College library is related to you,
could you please pass this on to her?
This e-mail is from my work e-mail address. My home e-mail address is
[email protected].
Thanks.
Curt Older
Gastonia, NC

PS: My 4-great Worth grandfather was Joseph Worth of New Garden who was a
brother of Daniel Worth who had all the famous grandchildren or
great-grandchildren in the Greensboro area.
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 Sandra Lake Lassen
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West Jefferson, NC 28694
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Email: [email protected]

November 26, 2005

REPORT FOR CURT OLDER

ELIZABETH FRYE (#41), MOTHER OF JOHN WORTH

Nice documentation for Elizabeths mother and father, including her fathers death year.
Best of all, you have the handwritten record of Elizabeths marriage naming her parents,
from the Nantucket Historical Association. That by itself proves her parentage.

Second paragraph: I dont think you need to pluralize Creeks, since Town Fork is
already the name of a waterway and presumably Buffalo Creek is singular. However
since this paragraph is surrounded by quotes, if the original has the word Creeks
pluralized, then you must also pluralize it.

Third paragraph: Good conclusion about the marriage taking place in early 1799, since
presumably they were dismissed shortly after the marriage took place.

Fourth paragraph: Excellent documentation.

Regarding the next section on the children of Charles Worth and Elizabeth Frye: Does
all of the data regarding the nine childrens birth/death dates, marriages, etc., come
from footnote 11?

Regarding Levi Worth: He was only 35 when he committed suicide. I wonder what the
family story was concerning that act? (Just curious!)

The 1886 letter establishes John as the son of Charles Worth, but does not name
mother Elizabeth; however, she is firmly established as Charles wife in their marriage
record.

Following the list of children and their data, you have very nice records of land purchase
in Surry County and later in Randolph County for Charles Worth. Do you know when
Charles sold his Surry County land? That would help establish when he left, since
almost all such deeds give the place where the seller lives. He was most likely gone by
1815, since he is not on the tax list and is shown in Randolph County in 1819 (the bond
for son Levi).
Your explanation of why Quakers moved from North Carolina to the mid west is a good
addition to your narrative. In that same paragraph, you give death dates, but there is no
footnote giving the source(s) for this information.

It is frustrating not to have the 1830 census for such a well-documented family. I wonder
if they were somehow missed, en route to some new location, or their name was
hopelessly misspelled?

What a great turn of fortune to have had Laura D. Worth and her research.

Regarding Seth Worth: In your 1850 census report, you had question marks in several
locations for this family. The one son appears to be Gideon B.; the six year old girl is
Sarah; the wife of the family was born in Tenn. (I enlarged the census report on
Ancestry.com.) There was still one child whose name I could not decipher.

CONCLUSION: Proof has been firmly established for the parentage and marriage of
Elizabeth Frye and for her children, as listed in family letters. I dont see anywhere in
your narrative some sort of final statement regarding the approximate year of her death
or place of death. You do mention that the when and where of Charles death is not
known (after 1850), but since this is Elizabeths file, some sort of similar notation should
be made. Perhaps something like Elizabeth is most likely the female, age 60-70 is the
Charles Worth household in the 1840 census, but by 1850 she is presumed to be
deceased, since 90 year old Charles is living in his sons household and there is no sign
of Elizabeth.