Just a very quick note that I've received The Wormwood Family of Maine from author Laurie Kearney who has done a tremendous amount of research. Laurie's study is over 150 pages, so it will take me a while to get through it.
Wormwood is one of the variant spellings of Wormuth and, in fact, is an alternate spelling of Peter Wormuth/Peter Wormwood of Montgomery County, NY.
Wormwood is, btw, a common name of Artemesia absinthium, a medicinal but toxic herb that grows all over near me. Other names for the plant include other variant spellings of the surname. It may have been the origin of the surname.
More later....
