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I am trying to sort out whether these are all the same John, or not. The contestants are John Savage and John Worden. In the photos, above, it seems that the man on the right has ears that protrude much farther than the man on the left. My… Continue

Studying the resemblance between two Worden lines. Both men are descendants of John Worden b. 27 Mar 1741, Fairfield, Connecticut; d. 6 Jan 1842, Wallkill, Orange, New York. John m. Hannah Stark 2 Oct 1772, Pawling, Dutchess, New York. Hannah b. 1739, Beekman, Dutchess, New York; d. 1810, Beekman, Dutchess, New York. [… Continue

For years, I have been attempting to solve the mystery of the centenarian. My grandfather, John Emory Worden, always claimed that a great grandfather of his was a centenarian, and that the family was from Wilkes-Barre. I quickly identified who the centenarian was (John Worden 1741-1842), but was unable to make the connection between my last known confirmed generation (John Worden the civil war soldier) and this man.





The big breakthrough was finding that James Worden (Wordin)… Continue