When Henry Worsley was born on 11 June 1788, in St Helens, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Worsley, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Taylor, was 38. He married Fanny Ashcroft on 1 December 1808, in Warrington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. In 1814, at the age of 26, his occupation is listed as blacksmith in Turton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 27 July 1853, in Bolton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 65, and was buried in Turton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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English (Lancashire): habitational name from Worsley in Lancashire or Worsley Farm in Rock (Worcestershire). The Lancashire placename may derive from an Old English personal name Weorcgȳth (genitive Weorcgȳthes) + Old English lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’. The Worcestershire placename may take its name from a lost stream-name Worf + Old English lēah.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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