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

Friday, September 30, 2011

March 1739, Connecticut

March 6, 1739- Ambrose Parker is born to Andrew Parker & Susanna Blakesley in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

(Ambrose Parker is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss and John Cornwall & Martha Peck.)
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

March 1739, Massachusetts

March 4, 1739- Israel Sherman marries Martha Sherman, daughter of William Sherman & Dorothy Russell, in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Martha is Israel's first cousin, once removed.

(Israel Sherman is my second cousin 9 times removed. Martha Sherman is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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Monday, September 26, 2011

February 1739, Connecticut

February 21, 1739- David Dutton marries Sarah Abernathy, the widow of Thomas Doolittle,  in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

(Sarah Abernathy is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.)

Sunday, September 25, 2011

February 1739, Rhode Island

February 12, 1739- Ann Lawton, wife of Captain Job Almy, dies at the age of 60 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.
The daughter of Isaac Lawton & Elizabeth Tallman, she was born in Rhode Island in 1678.

February 28, 1739- Peleg Sanford is born to Richard Sanford & Elizabeth Coggeshall in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

( Ann Lawton is my first cousin 10 times removed. Peleg Lawton is her first cousin  twice removed. He is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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Thursday, September 22, 2011

February 1739, Massachusetts

February 4, 1739- Humphrey Smith is born to Humphrey Smith & Mary Wilcox in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

February  24, 1739- Zephaniah Cole is born to Nehemiah Cole & Judith Easterbrook in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

(Humphrey Smith is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Richard Sisson & Mary Atkinson.
Zephaniah Cole is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hugh Cole & Martha Luther.)

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

February 1739, Pennsylvania

February 1739- William Lukens dies at the age of 50 in Horsham, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
According to the Bible of Jan Luken, "1688 the 22' of ye 12' mo. William Lucken was Born."
In 1710, he married his first cousin, Elizabeth Tyson, daughter of Reiner Theissen & Margaret Streypers. Their home adjoined that of John Potts at Sandy Run.
Elizabeth survives her husband, dying in 1765.

Will Abstract:
LUKEN (LUCKEN), WILLIAM. Philadelphia. June 15, 1739. February 26, 1739. F.152.
Wife: Elizabeth. Children: John, William, Mary, Sarah Reinear, Mathew, Jacob, Elizabeth and Joseph. Exec: Wife Elizabeth and sons William and John. Witnesses: George Bunley, John Joen and Thomas Rose.

(William & Elizabeth Tyson are my first cousins 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.)
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

January 1739, Pennsylvania

January 6, 1739- Matthias Tyson  is born to Cornelius Tyson and Barbara Pennypacker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(Matthias Tyson is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.)
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Monday, September 19, 2011

January 1739, Rhode Island

Official seal of Newport, Rhode IslandImage via WikipediaJanuary 5, 1739- Thomas Lawton marries Elizabeth Coggeshall in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island .

January 16, 1739- Benjamin Lawton marries Mary Arnold in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island .

(Thomas Lawton and Benjamin Lawton are brothers. They are my second cousins 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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Friday, September 16, 2011

January 1739, Connecticut

Official seal of Middletown, ConnecticutImage via WikipediaJanuary 5, 1739- Abigail Hubbard is born to Robert Hubbard & Elizabeth Sill in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

January 8, 1739- My seventh great grandfather, Stephen Turner, marries his second wife, Hannah Center, in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
His first wife, Hannah Doolittle, had died the previous September, leaving Stephen with young children.

January 12, 1739- Stephen Wetmore is born to Moses Wetmore & Margaret Johnson in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

January 17, 1739- Ebenezer Wetmore is born to Ebenezer Wetmore & Elizabeth Cornwall in  Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. The child would not survive.

January 26, 1739- Lucia Roberts is born to Daniel Roberts & Eunice Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

(Abigail Hubbard is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts. Stephen Wetmore and Ebenezer Wetmore are my second cousins  8 times removed. Abigail Hubbard is their second cousin once removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Whitmore & Sarah Hall.
Lucia Roberts is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.)
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Thursday, September 15, 2011

January 1739, Massachusetts

January 4, 1739- Roxabell Cole is born to Ebenezer Cole & Prudence Miller in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

(Roxabell Cole is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Samuel Luther & Mary Abell and Hugh Cole & Mary Foxwell.)
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

1739, Virginia

The state seal of Virginia.Image via Wikipedia1739- My fifth great grandfather, Christian Miller, is born in Virginia.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

1739, Quebec


Western New France, 1688Image via Wikipedia
1739- Marie Anjelique Miville-Deschenes, second great grandmother of Samuel Dumont, is born in Quebec, New France.
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Saturday, September 10, 2011

1739, Maryland

Maryland 136Image by paints12 via Flickr1739- My fourth great grandaunt, Mary Livers, is born to Arnold Livers & Mary Ann Drane in Prince George's County, Maryland.

My fifth great grandaunt, Sarah Elizabeth Robey, wife of Edward Darnall, dies at the age of 50 in St. James Parish, Charles County, Maryland.
Born in Charles County, Sarah is the daughter of John Robey & Sarah Hines Luckett.


John Hanson is born to John Hanson & Elizabeth Tyler in Charles County, Maryland.

(John Hanson is my first cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Elizabeth Hussey.)
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Friday, September 9, 2011

1739, Pennsylvania

1739- Sarah Elizabeth Burson has been born to Joseph Burson & Mary Rachel Potts at Gilbert's Manor in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. In 1739, the Burson family moved to Buckingham in Plumstead Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Many researchers give Sarah's birth as 1739, yet quote her marriage to Henry Addington as 1744. Highly unlikely, as she would have been five years old. In his will, Henry Addington gave his son, William, the responsibility of caring for Sarah, but she did not stay with William. In 1806, she moved to Indiana with her son, John.
Sarah is presumed to have been buried in Friends Community Cemetery, Chester, Indiana. Her obituary in the Richmond, Indiana, Public Ledger of 25 March 1826, gives her age as 100 years old. The 1827 Directory of Richmond, Indiana, lists early settlers, including John Addington, and states. "Addington's mother came with him, died at 103 years of age."

 Ruth Burson is born to George Burson & Sarah Cox in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Arnold Kuster dies at the age of 70 in Pennsylvania. The son of Paulus Kusters &  Gertrudje Theissen Dohrs, Arnold was born in Germany. He was twice married, Rebecca Nuzom, then Gertrudt Conrads.

(Sarah Elizabeth Burson is my first cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Jonas Potts & Mary Thomaston. Ruth Burson is her first cousin. Ruth Burson is my third cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.
Arnold Kuster is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.)
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Thursday, September 8, 2011

1739, Connecticut

1739- Moses Wetmore is lost at sea, at age 45, with his young sons, Isaac and Moses. Young Moses was 16, Isaac only nine.
The son of Nathaniel & Dorcas Wetmore, Moses had married Margaret Johnson. They lived in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. The couple produced eight children. Following Moses' death, only four survived.

(Moses Wetmore is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Whitmore & Sarah Hall.)
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

December 1738, Massachusetts

Slocum Family Monument, Prospect Hill Cemetery - Northville, NY

December 25, 1738- John Slocum, a merchant in Dartmouth, and Deborah Almy are married in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Inscription on the Slocum Family Monument:


JOHN 5 SLOCUM, SON OF ELEAZER, BORN 4 AUGUST, 1717; MARRIED DEBORAH ALMY, THEY WERE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. RESIDED IN DARTMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS. A YEOMAN AND MERCHANT, THEY HAD 12 CHILDREN: 1.JOB. 2.ELIZABETH. 3.ELEAZER. 4.JOHN. 5.FITZGERALD. 6.PARDON. 7.ELSIE 8.EBENEZER. 9.ELEPHEL. 10.JONAH. 11.DEBORAH 12.RESTCOME.

 

 The Slocum Family Monument has the family history dating back to the 1600's. This monument is located in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Northville, N.Y. 


(John Slocum is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Richard Sisson & Mary Atkinson.)
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

December 1738, Maryland

December 22, 1738- Charles County Land Records, 1733-1743; Book O#2, Page 466.
At the request of Sarah Robey of CC, widow, the following deed was recorded this Aug 18, 1740. CC. We, the undersigned subscribers, for the natural love we have for our mother, Sarah Robey, widow, and for sundry other good causes, do give our part of the goods and chattels which fell to us by the death of our brother, Peter Roby, late of CC, deceased, to sd Sarah Roby, widow, after his debts are paid by the administrator. Signed Dec 22, 1738 -

(Sarah [Luckett] Robey is my sixth great grandmother.)
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Monday, September 5, 2011

Decem ber 1738, Connecticut

A sign on New Haven Green that details the cit...Image via WikipediaDecember 10, 1738- Seth Blakeslee is born to Ebenezer Blakeslee & Jemima Tuttle in New Haven, Connecticut.

December 14, 1738-  Jeremiah Bacon marries Elizabeth Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

December 22, 1738- Joseph Blake is born to Joseph Blake & Esther Bacon in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

(Elizabeth Cornwall is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.
Joseph Blake is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Nathaniel Bacon & Ann Miller and Thomas Whitmore.
Seth Blakeslee is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.)
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Friday, September 2, 2011

November 1738, Connecticut

November 3, 1738- Daniel Whitmore marries Mehitable Hubbard in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

November 15, 1738- Theophilus Doolittle marries Sarah Dorchester in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.
It is his second marriage. His first wife, Susannah Moss, had died earlier in the year.

November 16, 1738- Samuel Cotton is born to Samuel Cotton & Mary Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

(Daniel Whitmore is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Cornwall & Mary Bailey and John Whitmore.
Theophilus Doolittle is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss.
Samuel Cotton is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.)
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Thursday, September 1, 2011

November 1738, Pennsylvania

November 1, 1738- John Potts is born to Ezekiel Potts & Magdalen Miller in Bristol township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(John Potts is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.)
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