Florilla Worthington

Femalebefore 1800–

Brief Life History of Florilla

When Florilla Worthington was born before 1800, in West Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Stephen Worthington, was 41 and her mother, Lydia Rogers, was 40.

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Family Time Line

Stephen Worthington
1758–1825
Lydia Rogers
1760–
Sylvester Worthington
1783–1867
Joel Worthington
1790–
Lydia Worthington
1790–
Florilla Worthington
before 1800–
Joshua Worthington
before 1800–
William Worthington
before 1800–
Theodore Worthington
1794–1856
Joseph Worthington
1798–1799

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  • Legacy NFS Source: Florilla Worthington - Published information: birth-name: Florilla Worthington

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World Events (3)

before 1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

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While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1803

Age 3

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1803 · The U.S doubles in size

Age 3

The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.

Name Meaning

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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