When William Worthington was born on 1 June 1849, in Wolvey, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Worthington, was 25 and his mother, Ann Hampson, was 25. He married Ann Taylor on 6 April 1868, in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Burton Overy, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1881. He died on 31 July 1919, in Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 70.
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English (Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire): habitational name from any of the places in Lancashire and Leicestershire named Worthington. The placenames probably derive from an Old English personal name Weorth + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
History: Nicholas Worthington emigrated from England to Old Saybrook, CT, c. 1650.
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