Nicolas Worthington, who came to New England in 1650, and who was the only early emigrant of that name who settled in that section of the country. Nicholas Worthington, was a considerable landholder near _____ pool in the county of Lancaster and fought in the Cromwellian wars and was wounded, in which conflicts his estates were confiscated. The rather uncommon name of Nicholas was borne by two of the Shevington Worthingtons, viz: by Nicholas Worthington of Shevington, time of Henry VIII, and by Nicholas Worthington, his grandson, time of Elizabeth and James I.
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