Wild Rhododendrons: August 2010

The Worland Family in America and Beyond

I began my life in the Puget Sound area of Washington State, on an island filled with forests and wild rhododendrons. I was separated from my Worland family there at an early age. Recently, I was reunited with my family and learned of my heritage. And so, this journey to know my ancestors began. The Worlands, Gideons, Newtons, Conards... they were the colonists, the settlers, the pioneers. They fought in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Civil War. This is their story, and the story of a nation. -Deci Worland MacKinnon

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

March 1727, Connecticut

March 12, 1727- Stephen Turner is born to Stephen Turner & Hannah Doolittle in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

March 15, 1727- Miriam Clark is born to Joseph Clark & Miriam Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

March 20, 1727- Anna Johnson is born to Richard Johnson & Mary Porter in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

( Stephen Turner is my sixth great granduncle. Miriam Clark is his second cousin.
Miriam Clark is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.
Anna Johnson is my second cousin 7 times removed. Stephen Turner is her first cousin. Our common ancestor is Sarah Hall.)

March 1727, Massachusetts

March 9, 1727- Lydia Mosher, daughter of Jonathan Mosher & Isabel Potter, dies shortly before her second birthday in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

(Lydia Mosher is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

Monday, August 30, 2010

January 1727, Maryland

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Photo of Poplar Hill, His Lordship's Kindness

January 9, 1727- My sixth great grandfather, Solomon Stimson, dies at the age of 46 in Prince George's County, Maryland. Solomon was an Episcopalian Minister, in Rock Creek Parish, Maryland.

Solomon was born in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts in March, 1681 to James Stimson & Hannah Stearns. Solomon, father-in-law of William Hardy, was a resident of Prince George's County, Maryland, as early as March 1699 and had settled on the northwest bank of Piscataway branch about 2 miles west of Cheltenham when Colonel Henry Darnall's manor, His Lordship's Kindness, was surveyed October 10, 1701.
In 1715, he married Elizabeth Finch, daughter of Guy & Rebecca Finch. Elizabeth was the widow of William Elder. After Solomon's death, Elizabeth went on to marry Peter Hoggins.
It is my belief that Solomon was also previously married, as daughter Annie was born prior to his marriage to Elizabeth. However, I have not yet found a record of the previous marriage.

In Solomon STIMTON's will dated 9 Jan 1726/7 [Prince Georges county Will Book 19, pages 67, 68] states: "…I give & bequeath unto my Son in Law Willm Elder one Cow & Calfe. I give & bequeath unto my Son in Law Thomas Elder one Cow & Calfe. …" On 20 April 1727 "came Eliza Stimson and made oath…" as to the appraisal of the Stimton estate which included among other items: "3 negrows, 1 man, 1 dito woman, 1 dito girl; 25 head of cattle, young & old; 53 head of hogs, young & old, two feather beds,…" [Prince Georges County Inventories Box 7, 25]

Stimton (Stimson), Solomon, planter, Prince George's County, 9th Jan., 1726-7; 26th Jan., 1726/7.

To son Solomon, £30.
To son Benjamin, 50 A. where he now lives and £30.
To son-in-laws William and Thomas Elder, personalty.
To wife Elizabeth, extx., son Jeremiah, daus. Sarah and Mary, personal estate equally.
To dau. Ann, £5.
to wife Elizabeth and hrs., rights in land adj. Charles Bevans; shd. any of child. die during minority, their
portion to be divided among all child. equally.

Test: Thos. Chartur (Chartor), Paul Talbart (Tabart), Elizabeth Morris. 19.67

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Solomon Stinson 11.906 PG £198.17.9 Apr 5 1727 Apr 20 1727

(also Solomon Stimson)
Appraisers: John Boone, James Young.
Mentions: Solomon Stinson, Benjamin Stinton, Mary Williams, William Hardy.
Administratrix/Executrix: Elisabeth Stimson.

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Solomon Stimson 9.157 A PG £198.17.9 £110.4.6 May 20 1728

Received from: MM John Hyde & Co. (merchants in London), Thomas Charter, John Mawdesty,
Payments to: Robert Tyler, William Elder, William Hardey, John Kirkwood, Joseph Noble.
Legatees: Solomon Stimson, Benjamin Stimson, Anny Stimson (daughter) wife of William Hardy.
Executrix: Elisabeth Stimson.

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Solomon Stimson 9.75 A PG £23.1.7 Oct 16 1728

Payments to; Mary Williams, Philemon Lloyd, Esq., Thomas Brooke & William Holland & Thomas Addison, Esq., Mr. Alexander Fraser, James Ranter.
Legatees: William Elder, Thomas Elder.
Executors: Peter Hoggins and his wife Elisabeth Hoggins.

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Solomon Stimpson 9.480 A PG £21.18.11 Oct 23 1729

Received from: Mr. William Digges, Moses Orme.
Payments to: Charles Calvert, Esq., Alexander Countee, Simon Nicholls, Mr. Alexander Fraser, Mr. Alexander Contee, Lingan Wilson, Leonard Holliday garnishee of Thomas Brooke & Co., Mr. Robert Tyler.
Executors: Peter Hoggins and his wife Elisabeth Hoggins.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

March 1727, Pennsylvania

March 5, 1727- Sarah Tyson is born to John Tyson & Priscilla Naylor in Abington Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

(Sarah Tyson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff and Coentgen Lenssen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones.)

Saturday, August 28, 2010

February 1727, Pennsylvania

February 1727- Peter Tyson and Mary Roberts are married in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. They were granted permission at the Monthly Meeting at Abington, January 27, 1727, and the marriage was reported at the next Monthly Meeting, February 24, 1727. Mary was the daughter of Thomas Roberts of Germantown.Thomas had emigrated to Pennsylvania from Wales, with William Penn, on his second voyage, in the "Canterbury," in December, 1699.

(Peter Tyson is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff and Coentgen Lenssen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones.)

Friday, August 27, 2010

1727 England

1727- Margaret Penn marries Thomas Freame, son of Robert Freame, in London, England.

" Thomas Freame, citizen and grocer, of London, son of Robert, to Margaret Penn, dau. of William and Hannah, late of Ruscombe, county of Berks, at Hammersmith, 6th of 5th month [July], 1727."

Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, Volume 22 By Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Thomas Freame came to Pennsylvania in advance of his wife. A letter from her brother, John Penn, dated at Feens, October 1, 1732, and addressed to his brother Thomas in Pennsylvania, says,—

" My sister Freame & her little Boy are perfectly well, & Desire to he p'ticularly Remembered to you & my Brother Freame, whose letter She rec'd yesterday with great Pleasure. ... I desire to be Remembered to my Bro Freame, who I hope will be able to settle his affairs on Such a foot that he will be with us in the Spring."

Thomas Freame probably did not, as here suggested by John Penn, return to England in the spring of 1733; he stayed for several years in Pennsylvania. His wife and the " little Boy," Thomas, Jr., came over with John Penn to Philadelphia in 1734, and remained here until 1741, when they accompanied Thomas Penn on his return to England. Thomas Penn's letter (already cited) to Richard Hockley, written upon landing in England, speaks of " my Sister and her children" as then with him,—the term " children" being explained by the birth in Philadelphia, in 1740, of her daughter, Philadelphia Hannah Freame, afterwards Lady Cremorne.

After John had returned to England, in 1735, Margaret wrote numerous letters to him. One or two of these have been cited. Letters also from her husband, from the little boy, and from Thomas Penn, referring to the Freames,—all addressed to John,—are preserved. They throw light on business relations certainly not often occurring. " As early as 1736," says my valued friend, Isaac Sharp, of London, " I find mention of a loan from Freame & Barclay," for Friends' account.

One from Thomas Freame to John Penn, from Philadelphia, October 6, 1735:

"... My fever continued a week after yon went, without the Doctors being able to Turn it. at Last he got it to intermit, & then plyed me Close wth y* Bark w... has quite conquered the distemper. I want nothing now but to gain Strength w"" will come by degrees. Yesterday I went out wth Peggy & Little Tom in y Chariot. I was glad to hear you got to Sea Bo soon, we were afraid you wo have been windbound a week longer."

Margaret Freame to John Penn, from Philadelphia, November 20,1735:

" The Governour [Gordon] is but Very poorly, and in my Opinion is not likely to hold it Long, the rest of our Acquaintance are Pretty Well, as We all are here, tho its cold Weather & We begin to freese by the fireside. I forgot to tell you we have Lost Poor Miss Bettey Gordon, who was Ship't of for Scotland about 3 weeks ago attended by only a little Black Girl and no womenkind besides themselves on bord, I think to the shame of the Governour's Family. Since your departure I have been Very little abroad, Except in the garden, which is my Chief amusement. What there I view I am sure is Natural and Sincere. . . .
" Mr. Freame is not yet well enough to go up and dispose of his land, but hope he will soon; as to the Brewhouse I believe it would turn out Very well, yet Mr. Norris is so much in the Country my Brother has advia'd my Husband, if he could part with it on good terms to do it . . . little Tom is very Well, has rode as far as Cousin Ashtou's today, Since which he has wrot you a letter, Without any help, and I hope he will come to write pretty well, he is often setting out to Feen's, and desires his love to Black Tom and Hannah, Farmer Dell, and all the Neighbors, to whom mine also, if att any time you should send anything from Feen's here pray don't forget a few Horse beans. I should be glad to know if your Limes kept over good & if the Cranberrys I sent Sisters Aubrey and Jackson, or which was best, one being Se [torn] in water and one without. I have sent you a few Water Mellon seeds, which if not good to eat will make fine Mangos, also some Indian corn that will be ripe in three months. Hope you will have some good roasting ears. ..."
The letter from the little boy, Thomas Freame, Jr., to his uncle, John Penn, alluded to in the letter above as prepared " without any help," is in a childish hand, and runs as follows:

"dear Uncle
" I think in Duty I ought to wait on you w"1 my first Letter, which I hope will plead excuse for all faults. I remember what you told me, and write or go to school every day. I am very much obliged to you for your kind present of tickets, and hope I shall have good success. Fray give my duty to Uncle and Aunt Penn, and all my cousins. My love to Mr. Philops, Mr. Service, and Farmer Dell, with all my friends. So conclude, Dear uncle
" Your affec' nep
"thomas Frf.amk " Phh. No* a 1785"

A few days later, December 8, 1735, Thomas Freame wrote John Penn, a passage in the letter being as follows:

" We have no material news worth Sending unless of y° melancholly state the Governour [Gordon] is in. His distemper at times seizes him in such a manner that it is my opinion He cannot get over it. He is reduced very much and is exceeding weak, Tho' still heart whole, and at times very cheerfull."

Margaret Freame to John Penn, from Philadelphia, March 21, 1735/6:

"... The Governour, who was so bad when I last Wrot I thought he could not Live one week is now as Well as ever he was. what cur'd him of his Lax was so fine a Receipt I think for the good of Mankind it should be known.—take a handfull of the Raspings of Logwood, and Poure Boiling water on it, let it infuse by the fire till it Look of a deep Red, Drink a teacup of this two or three times a day, and att night going to bed.—
" We have had a very hard Winter, no appearance of Spring yet, but Cold hard frosts so that little busness could be done. Mr. Freame talks of going into the country next week."

Several letters from Thomas Freame to John Penn, from Philadelphia, in 1736, disclose that the latter thought the little boy should be sent back to England, in order to be suitably educated, but that his parents felt unwilling to part with him. His father earnestly assured John of the sufficiency of the educational opportunities in Philadelphia, and of the boy's studious efforts.1

Other letters from Margaret to John discuss the propriety of appointing Thomas Penn to be Governor on Major Gordon's death, and the appointment of Thomas Freame to be naval officer. Margaret seemed to think that John did not fairly weigh the propriety of Thomas's elevation. Other letters, some of which are cited below, refer to domestic and other matters.

Margaret Freame to John Penn, from Philadelphia, December 10, 1736:

"... [I] find Bro: Tom sent you word of our att last consenting to have him [Thomas Freame, Jr.] inoculated. The small-pox has and doth rage Very much in this Citty, Numbers of Persons Dying of it. at last seeing it Prove so fatal in the Common way, that by a computation one dy'd in four, and not one in fifty by inoculation, Mr. Till concluded to have his wife and his 2 children, Mr. Taylor his little Boy, and divers others that has succeeded very well. Poor Tom had it full, but is now, I thank God Bravely recoverM, they are all turn'd, and most shell'd off. he begins to call for a Cook instead of a Doctor, he bore it all with much Patience. Doctor Dover's Regimen is drink coole tankard and small beer, but no Gascoin's powders or Slops. Loyd Zacray was his Doctor, who if he was his own child could not have more tenderly attended him. . . . Poor Mr. Allen has lost his only Son in this fatal Distemper, and too many in this Citty are under the same Affliction; the Church bell is not suffer'd to ring but once for six [deaths] and it has rung twice a day sometimes. I hope the Cold Weather will Put a Stop to this Contagion."

Margaret Freame to John Penn, from Philadelphia, April 18,1737:

" Mr. fishborn's Son, who came from London by way of Maryland arriv'd here yesterday, having a Passage of thirty Days, brings little news (and no letters) but that Cousin Will Penn is married to Docf Vaux's Daughter. Could I wonder at his Conduct in anything I should that his Pride should stoop so low."

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(Margaret Penn is my third cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Pletjes Driessen & Alet Gobels Syllus.)

Thursday, August 26, 2010

January 1727, Pennsylvania

January 8, 1727- Isaac Cleaver is born to Peter Cleaver, Jr. & Elizabeth Potts in Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

January 14, 1727- Matthew Tyson is born to Matthias Tyson & Mary Potts in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

(Isaac Cleaver is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.
Matthew Tyson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff and Coentgen Lenssen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones.)

1727 Pennsylvania

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1727- Jane Hatfield is born to John & Elizabeth Hatfield in Pennsylvania.

Daniel Potts dies at the age of 29 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Daniel was born in 1698. His name apppears among those who contributed to the building of the stone wall around Upper Germantown Burying Ground, about 1725. He married Sarah Shoemaker. Sarah survived her husband and went on to marry James Dilworth.

Martha Tyson dies at the age of 5 in Abington Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. She is the child of Matthias Tyson & Mary Potts.

(Jane Hatfield is my sixth great grandaunt.
Daniel Potts is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.
Martha Tyson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff and Coentgen Lenssen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones.)

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

1727 Maryland

1727- Mary Pike is born to Lucy & Archibald Pike in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

Martha Hagan is born to William Hagan & Eleanor Hanson in Charles County, Maryland. The child was disabled and would live to be cared for by her sister Aloysia Hagan Coombes.

Bennett Medley is born to George Medley & Anne Tant in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

John Darnall marries Rachel in St. James Parish, Charles County, Maryland.

(Mary Pike is my fifth great grandaunt.
Martha Hagan is my first cousin 7 times removed. Martha Hagan and John Darnall are first cousins once removed. John Darnall is my first cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Robey & Sarah Hines Luckett. Our common ancestor is Elizabeth Hussey.
Bennett Medley is my third cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestor is Robert Drury. )

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

1727 Rhode Island

1727- Isaac Peckham and Jane Sisson are married in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.

(Jane Sisson is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.)

Monday, August 23, 2010

1727 Pennsylvania

1727- John Potts is born to John Potts & Elizabeth McVeagh in Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Rebecca Potts is born to Daniel Potts & Sarah Shoemaker in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Richard Lewis is born to James Lewis & Sarah Potts in Cumru, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

(John Potts is my second cousin 7 times removed. Rebecca Potts is also my second cousin 7 times removed. John Potts, Rebecca Potts & Richard Lewis are cousins. Richard Lewis is also my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.)

Sunday, August 22, 2010

December 1726, Maryland

December 27, 1726- Elizabeth Hardy is born to George Hardy & Elizabeth Drane in Prince George's County, Maryland.

(Elizabeth Hardy is my first cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Hardy & Elizabeth Hayden and Anthony Drane & Elizabeth Mockbee Nicholls.)

Saturday, August 21, 2010

December 1726, Connecticut

December 4, 1726- Abigail Leaming is born to Jeremiah Leaming & Abigail Turner in Middletown, Connecticut.

December 16, 1726- My eighth greatgrandmother, Sarah Hall, dies at the age of 72 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Sarah Hall was born at Middletown Settlement, Connecticut Colony in 1654. Her father Richard, a weaver, had been born in England.
She was twice married; first to John Blake and secondly, Edward Turner, Jr.

(Abigail Leaming is my first cousin 8 times removed. Sarah Hall is her grandmother.)

November 1726, Massachusetts

November 25, 1726- Jonathan Mosher is born to Jonathan Mosher & Isabel Potter in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
His future wife, Ann Mott, is born the same year in Bristol, Massachusetts.

(Jonathan Mosher is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)

Friday, August 20, 2010

November 1726, Connecticut

November 10, 1726- Daniel Roberts marries Eunice Cornwall at Westfield in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

"Westfield is a pleasant rural village located in the northern part of Middletown, about a mile from the Westfield Station, on the Berlin and Middletown Railroad. The first settler is generally conceded to have been one Edward Higby, whose residence was at the foot of a bluff called 'Higby mountain'. Other early settlers were: Benjamin Atkins, Benjamin, Nathaniel, John, and Joseph Bacon, Joseph Cornwell, Joseph Doolittle, Samuel Plumb, and Daniel ROBERTS, from the first society in this town; John Warner, Israel, John, and Jeremiah Wilcox, from Cromwell; Joseph Clarke, from New Haven; Nathaniel Churchill, from Wethersfield; Edward and Josiah Boardman, from Glastonbury; David and Richard Dowd, Asahel Dudley and Joseph Graves, from Guilford."
"The History of Middlesex County, 1635-1885" J. H. Beers and Company; pp. 61-173; New York City, New York; 1884

(Daniel Roberts is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestor is Sarah Hall. Eunice Cornwall is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.)

Thursday, August 19, 2010

August 1727, Connecticut

August 26, 1726- John Turner and Abigail Richards are married in Hartford, Connecticut.

(John Turner is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Edward Turner & Mary Sanford.)

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

May 1726, Rhode Island

May 31, 1726- Peleg Sisson is born to George Sisson & Elizabeth Shearman in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

(Peleg Sisson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.)

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

May 1726, Connecticut

May 21, 1726- Joseph Johnson is born to Joseph Johnson & Mehitable Hamlin in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

(Joseph Johnson is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Sarah Hall.)

April 1726, Maryland

April 22, 1726- Mary Tant has died in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Mary was born to John Tant & Margaret Drury in St. Mary's. She married John Manning, he died in 1716. There is evidence that her 19-year-old son Mark died in 1726, and that his mother Mary had already died.

(Mary Tant is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestor is Robert Drury.)

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Monday, August 16, 2010

March 1726, Rhode Island

March 17, 1726- Joseph Randall marries Lydia Williams, daughter of Joseph Williams and Lydia Herenden, in Providence, Rhode Island. They are married by Richard Waterman, Justice. They would soon give birth to their first son, Joseph.

(Joseph Randall is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Randall, Jr. & Rebecca Fowler.)

Sunday, August 15, 2010

February 1726, Connecticut

February 2, 1726- Joseph Johnson and Mehitable Hamlin are married in Middletown, Connecticut.

(Joseph Johnson is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestor is Sarah Hall.)

February 1726, Maryland

Dry Docking Farm as it looks today.

February 1, 1726- Margaret Drury dies at the age of 70 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Mary was born about 1656. In 1683, she married John Tant, who received the tract "Dry Docking" in a transfer of land from Robert Drury, Margaret's father. This may have been Margaret's dowry.
John Tant died in 1702, leaving Margaret a widow pregnant with their last child, Susanna. Margaret served as executrix for her husband's estate.
In 1707 Margaret was in possession of 50 acres of "Noble's Victor" (which had been patented to John Noble), 70 acres of "Revell," 100 acres of "Revells Backside" and the lands owned by her late husband. "Dry Docking" had become the property of her son James Tant.

Will: Tant, Margrett. 24th Dec., 1725; 1st Feb., 1725-6.

To grandson Marke Lampton, £15 and personalty at age of 21.
To grandson William Thompson, £15 at age of 21; shd. he die during minority, sd. legacy to pass to his bro. Henry.
To Rev. Francis Loyd,, 40s.
To grandson John Manning, personalty; he dying during minority, to pass to 2 grandsons Joseph and Vitus Harbert and their hrs.
To grandsons Walter Pye, Joseph Harbert and daus. Margaret Pye,, Jean Thompson and Winefrid Harbert, personalty.
Son-in-law Richard Thompson ex. and residuary legatee.

Test: John Waughop, Geo. Craghill, John Little. 18.403,

(Margaret Drury is my seventh great grandaunt. Our common ancestor is Robert Drury.)

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January 1726, Rhode Island

January 2, 1726- John Sanford is born to Richard Sanford & Elizabeth Coggeshall in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

(John Sanford is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.)

Saturday, August 14, 2010

1726, Germany

Hintersee, lake near Ramsau in Bavaria, Germany

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1726- Peter Heinrich Gideon is born in Bavaria, Germany.

(Peter Heinrich Gideon is my fifth great grandfather.)

1726, Pennsylvania

1726- Hannah Jarrett is born to John Jarrett & Mary Lucken in Horsham, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

(Hannah Jarrett is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.)

Friday, August 13, 2010

1726, Maryland

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1726- Rachel Hardy is born to William Hardy & Anne Stimpson in Prince George's County, Maryland.

Henry Thompson is born to Thomas Thompson & Jane Tant in Charles County, Maryland.

John Tant and Eleanor Mills are married in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

Elizabeth Mattingly is born to Thomas Mattingly & Ruth Cole in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

James Neale is born to James Neale & Jane Boarman in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

(Rachel Hardy is my fourth great grandaunt.
Henry Thompson is my second cousin 7 times removed. John Tant is his cousin. John Tant is my is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Robert Drury.
Elizabeth Mattingly is my second cousin 8 times removed. James Neale is her third cousin. James Neale is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Benjamin Gill & Mary Mainwaring.)

Thursday, August 12, 2010

1726, Pennsylvania

1726-Rachel Lewis is born to James Lewis & Sarah Potts in Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

John Potts marries Elizabeth McVeagh, daughter of Edmond McVeagh and Alice Dickinson, in Abington, Pennsylvania. They presented themselves to the Abington Monthly Meeting announcing their intent to marry and were passed April 27, 1726. They were married by May 25, 1726. The minutes state that the marriage was orderly accomplished. Descendants of John and Elizabeth Potts can be traced to the Roosevelt family. John Potts was a millwright.

Alice Lukens, wife of John Conard, dies at the age of 40 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The daughter of Jan Lucken & Mary Tyson, she was born 1686 in Germantown. She married John Conard, third son of Thones Kunders, in 1706 at the Abington Meeting.

(Rachel Lewis is my second cousin 7 times removed. John Potts is my first cousin 8 times removed. Rachel Lewis is his neice. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.
Alice Lukens is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.)

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

1726 Pennsylvania

1726- Jonas Potts is born to David Potts & Elizabeth Jane Lane in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

(Jonas Potts is fifth great granduncle. Our common ancestor is David Potts.)

1725 Maryland

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Before December 24, 1725- Richard Thompson and Susanna Tant are married in St. Mary's County, Maryland.
A Richard Thompson is listed as a County Justice for St. Mary's County from 1730-1733. County Justices kept a register of births, marriages and burials. They received a payment of five pounds of tobacco for these services.
County Justices also oversaw road building, courthouses, jails, and taxes. They appointed guardians for orphans, and kept an eye on the relationships between masters and servants.

After 1725- Mary Neale dies at the age of 26 in Calvert County, Maryland. Mary was born about 1699 in St. Mary's County. Her parents were James Neale & Elizabeth Lord. At the age of 16, she married Michael Taney.

(Susanna Tant is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestor is Robert Drury.
Mary Neale is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Benjamin Gill & Mary Mainwaring.)

December 1725, Pennsylvania

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Etching of Thones Kunders' House which stood at 5109 Germantown Ave.

December 21, 1725- Madtis Conders dies at the age of 45 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Madtis, son of Thones Kunders, was born in Germany in 1680. He was a farmer. He married Barbara Tyson, daughter of Reiner Tyson, in 1705. Madtis was married at Germantown and continued to live there during his married life. His seven children, who later adopted the name "Conard", were all born there.

WILL OF MADTIS CONDERS

I Mathias Cunrade of German Township in the County of Philadelphia in the Province of Pensilvania husbandman being sick in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory, praises be given to God for the same, this twenty ninth day of the eight month in the year One Thousand seven hundred twenty five doe make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following hereby revoking all other Wills heretofore by me made. Imp I will That all my Just Debts and funeral expenses paid and discharged by my Executrix hereafter named. Item I give and bequeath out of my personal Estate the sum of Eight pounds to my beloved wife as a particular free gift. Item I give devise and bequeath my land and plantation whereupon I now dwell with all its appurtenances whatsoever contain Abt one hundred and fifty accers of Land more or less to be sold by my trusty and loving bro. John Cunrad of Upper Dublin & my bro. Henry of _______ together with my wife or by the Survivor or survivors of them and make good title thereof to the buyer & to their heirs forever to the only and proper of my wife, one third part of the purchase or value of the said land when sold, to my wife during her life; and After her decease to be divided by her among my children viz : Anthony, Margaret, Cornelius, Magdalen, William, John and Mathias or among the survivors of them. And the other two thirds of my said land and plantation be sold for to be equally divided among my said children or among the survivors of them when sold. Item It is my will That my personal Estate be divided among my wife and my said children reserving to my wife her third thereof and the remainder viz the two thirds part of my sd personal estat to be equally divided among my children, but if any happen to die after dividend be made, & before such attain to the age of one and Twenty, or be married It is my will that the Dividend or proportion fall among the survivors of my children. Item it is my Will and Desire that my Wife and children may live peaceably and lovingly together on my plantation, and that my children be maintained out of the profits thereof during their minority. Alsoe I doe hereby nominal and appoint my said loving bretheren John and Henry Cunrade to be Guardians of my children according to the true intent and meaning of this my Will, And Alsoe it is my Will That if my son Anthony be inclined to purchase my sd land and plantation when it is intended for sale. It is my Will that he may have the offer before any other upon reasonable terms Item I nominat and appoint my well beloved wife to be sole executrix of this my last Will and Testament.
Ye mark of M MATHIAS CUNRADE

Signed and published in the presence of Rouland Ellis, Katharine Ellis, Katharine Ellis junr.

[Proven April 2nd, 1726.]

He is buried in the Upper Burying Ground, in Germantown.

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(Madtis Conders is my seventh great granduncle. Our common ancestors are Thones Kunders & Ellen Theisson.)

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

December 1725, Massachusetts

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December 17, 1725- Mercy Randall dies at the age of 41 in Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Mercy was born to Joseph Randall & Hannah Macomber on March 10, 1684. Mercy was the granddaughter of the pioneer, William Randall. In 1709, she married Benjamin Barstow in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

(Mercy Randall is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Randall & Elizabeth Carver.)

November 1725, Maryland

November 30, 1725- William Medley has died at the age of 47 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. William was born in St. Mary's about 1678 to William Medley & Anne Reynolds. He was buried at Old Chapel, Clements Town.

The Maryland Calendar of Wills: Volume V.Wills from 1720 To1726 (Volume V)

Medly (Medley), William, St Mary's Co., 22nd Sept., 1725; 30th Nov., 1725.

To cousin George and hrs., plantation ---- and 3 yrs. of time of Lawrence Whelch, indentured servant.
" bro. John, Mr. Francis Loyd, cousin John and his son John, cousins William, Thos., James and Ann, and William Daft, John Anderson, John Far and Lewis Moor, personalty.
" James Tull, on condition he remain with George Medley until he is 18 yrs. of age, personalty.
Bro. John and his son George exs. and residuary legatees.
Testator directs that he be buried at the old Chaple, Clements Town.

Test: Stephen Martin, William Sword, Sary Hammond, John Hammond. 18, 418.

William Medley 11.260 SM £181.3.0 Dec 9 1725 Apr 3 1726

Appraisers: William Greenwood, John Mills.
Creditors: William Sword, John Millman.
Next of kin: John Midlay, Jr., Rebecca Thompson.
Executors: John Medley, George Medley.

William Medley 8.219 A SM £181.3.0 £277.18.1 Apr 2 1727

Received from: James Wabe, John Norris, Henry Wensett, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Pain, James Boyd, Daniel Harris, John Owens, John Taylor.
Payments to: George Craghill, Capt. Richard Hopewell, John Millman, William Steale, Richard Sherburn, John Hammond, Stephen Martin, Barbara Johnson, Henry Williams, John Thompson, William Sword, Sarah Hammond, John Milman.
Distribution to: executors.
Executors: John Medley, George Medley. Came William Medley & George Medley.

(William Medley is my fourth cousin 5 times removed. Our common ancestor is Arthur Thompson.)

Monday, August 9, 2010

October 1725, Connecticut

October 29, 1725- Ephraim Doolittle is born to Samuel Doolittle & Jane Wheeler in Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut.

(Ephraim Doolittle is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Samuel Doolittle & Mary Cornwell.)

September 1725, Pennsylvania

September, 1725- Joseph Ambler is born to Joseph Ambler & Ann Williams in Montgomeryville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

September 14, 1725- Agnes Tunis is born to Anthony (Tunis) Dennis & Mary Williams in Pennsylvania.

(Joseph Ambler and Agnes Tunis are my second cousins 7 times removed. They are first cousins as their mothers are sisters. Our common ancestors are Aret Klincken & Niske Agnes Jensen.)

Sunday, August 8, 2010

August 1725, Connecticut

August 26, 1725- Daniel Whitmore and Dorothy Hale are married in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

(Daniel Whitmore is my seventh great granduncle. Our common ancestors are Samuel Whitmore & Mary Bacon.)

August 1725, Rhode Island

August 10, 1725- Matthew Macomber and Elizabeth Manchester are married in Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island.

(Matthew Macomber is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Randall & Elizabeth Carver.)

Saturday, August 7, 2010

July 1725, Connecticut

July 14, 1725- Hannah Turner is born to Stephen Turner, Jr. and Hannah Doolittle in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

(Hannah Turner is my sixth great grandaunt.)