Brief Life History of Lydia
When Lydia Worth was born on 12 February 1732, in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Worth, was 38 and her mother, Lydia Gortham, was 30. She married Peleg Bunker on 8 February 1749, in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 17 July 1776, in her hometown, at the age of 44.
Photos and Memories (0)
Do you know Lydia? Do you have a story about her that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Lydia Worth, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Lydia Bunker in entry for Judith Bunker Paddock, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920"
- Lydia in entry for Tristram Bunker, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Spouse and Children
Children (10)
+5 More Children
Parents and Siblings
Siblings (13)
+8 More Children
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Worth, for example in Cheshire, Dorset, Sussex, and Kent, from Old English worth ‘enclosure, settlement’. The vocabulary word probably survived into the Middle English period in the sense of a subsidiary settlement dependent on a main village, and in some cases the surname may be a topographic name derived from this use. Compare Worthy .
North German: topographic name from Middle Low German wort ‘enclosure, elevated piece of land, farmstead’, or a habitational name from a place so named in northern Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related Names
Discover Even More
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.