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

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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