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James Haworth was born in 1719 in Solebury Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Wood on November 3, 1743 at Smith River Meeting, Frederick County, Virginia. Sarah was born on November 11, 1720. Richard Haworth (1744, married Ann Dillon), They were members of Buckingham Monthly Meeting, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. In 1739 they moved to Frederick County, Virginia were they were members of Hopewell Monthly Meeting. In 1750 they signed Joseph Lupton's marriage certificate. He settled near his brothers, Stephanus and Absalom, and his uncle, Robert Scarborough, on Apple Pie Ridge. In November, 1752 James had 227 acres on both sides of Great Spring Branch of Back Creek and North Mountain, in Frederick County. James died on October 10 1757 about the time his family was driven off their farm by the indigenous people, near Hopewell, Frederick County, Virginia. The new widow Sarah Haworth, received 3 of the 35£ sent for relief by the Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting. James' estate was appraised on April 30, 1759. Sarah married Peter Ruble in 1759 and was disowned at Hopewell on December 24, 1759. In February, 1768 Sarah, Peter and the Haworth children moved to Bush River Monthly Meeting, Newberry County, South Carolina. Sarah died on June 20, 1769. On August 29, 1772, sons George and James were disowned by Bush River Friends Meeting. In 1773 George and James went with Daniel Boone on an expedition across the mountains into western Virginia--now Kentucky. |
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