Posted in Slevin on Jul 9th, 2008
Lawrence and Ellen are my 2nd great grandparents and it has been a recent find. I often wondered the origin of the name Lawrence in the Worrilow family, for before Lawrence Slevin there were none. My great grandmother, Mary Ellen Slevin, daughter of Lawrence and Ellen, married my great grandfather, William G Worrilow [...]
Posted in Worrilow on Jul 6th, 2008
I came across a rare photo of me and my parents a short time ago. Anyone could tell by looking at it that it had special meaning to whoever carried it for it was well worn. It was most likely carried by my father in his wallet because any man knows that anything [...]
Posted in Worrilow on Jun 22nd, 2008
Thomas Henry Worrilow was the son of John and Alice Worrilow and was baptized on 26 Dec 1636 in the Parish Church of Haughton, Staffordshire, England. He was the first Worrilow to settle in the new world. He and his wife, Grace Perkes, had raised their family together in Haughton, and sometime after [...]
Posted in Worrilow on Jun 17th, 2008
About 60 miles northeast of Leominster, where the old market hall and its inscription can sill be seen today, lies the village of Haughton near the border between Staffordshire and Shropshire. Here lived one of those country gentlemen; Christopher Worrilow (often spelled Warrylow at that time). His wife Margery became a widow and [...]
Posted in Worrilow on Jun 14th, 2008
The Worrilow family were among the first settlers in the English colony of Pennsylvania. The Delaware Valley was explored as early as Jamestown and Plymouth and was colonized, soon thereafter, by Swedes and Dutch who fought over rights to the territory and were eventually succeeded by the English in 1664.
The first English settlers in the [...]