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

Monday, October 31, 2011

July 1739, Rhode Island

July 17, 1739- Grizzell Sherman is born to Peleg Sherman & Bathsheba Sherman in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

(Grizzell Sherman is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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Saturday, October 29, 2011

July 1739, Connecticut

July 17, 1739- Martha Atkins is born to Thomas Atkins & Martha Miller in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

July 20, 1739- Josiah Ely is born to Deacon Richard Ely & Phebe Hubbard in Lyme, New London, Connecticut.

July 28, 1739- Elizabeth Clark is born to Joseph Clark & Miriam Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex. Connecticut.

(Martha Atkins and Josiah Ely are my third cousins 7 times removed. They are second cousins. Our common ancestors are Deacon Thomas Wetmore & Sarah Hall and George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts.
Elizabeth Clark is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.)

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Friday, October 28, 2011

July 1739, Pennsylvania

Official seal of City of Philadelphia
July 14, 1739- Hannah Tyson is born to Derrick Tyson & Susanna Thomas in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Joseph Lukens is born to Abraham Lukens & Mary Maurle in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Mary Edwards is born to William Edwards & Martha Foulke in Richland Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

(Hannah Tyson and Joseph Lukens are my second cousins 8 times removed. They are second cousins. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff and Coentgen Lenssen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones.
Mary Edwards is my third cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are Aret Klincken & Niske Agnes Jensen.)
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Saturday, October 22, 2011

June 1739, Pennsylvania

Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County, Penn...Image via WikipediaJune 17, 1739- Elizabeth Cleaver is born to Peter Cleaver & Elizabeth Potts in Upper Dublin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(Elizabeth Cleaver is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.)
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Friday, October 21, 2011

June 1739, Massachusetts

June 13, 1739- My sixth great grandaunt, Amey Cole, is born to Hugh Cole & Jane Sisson in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011

June 1739, Connecticut

June 10, 1739- Pastor Samuel Todd, age 66, marries Esther Moss, age 61, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. It is the second marriage for both.

(Esther Moss is my first cousin 10 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles.)
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

May 1739, Pennsylvania

May 31, 1739- Rynear Hallowell is born to William Hallowell & Margaret Tyson in Abington township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

(Rynear Hallowell is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff and Coentgen Lenssen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones.)



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Monday, October 17, 2011

May 1739, Massachusetts

May 23, 1739- Andrew Loomis is born to Josiah Loomis & Abigail Bacon in Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts.

May 24, 1739- Robert Hall marries Isabel Sherman in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

(Andrew Loomis is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Nathaniel Bacon & Ann Miller and Thomas Wetmore.
Robert Hall is my first cousin 10 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Hall & Mary Thomas.
Isabel Sherman is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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Monday, October 10, 2011

May 1739, Rhode Island

Official seal of Newport, Rhode IslandImage via WikipediaMay 21, 1739- Elizabeth Clarke is born to Benjamin Clarke & Grizzel Sherman in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

(Elizabeth Clarke is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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Saturday, October 8, 2011

May 1730, Connecticut

May 4, 1739- Daniel Howd and Martha Maltby are married in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut.

(Martha Maltby is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles.)
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Thursday, October 6, 2011

April 1739, Rhode Island

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April 19, 1739- Joseph Sisson is born to Joseph Sisson & Bathsheba Cook in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

(Joseph Sisson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.)
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

April 1739, Connecticut

April 15, 1739- Mabelle Hall Cornwall recorded the following at Riverside Cemetery: "Here lie the bodies of Isaac and Nathaniel, sons of Jacob and Edith Cornwall, both slain by lightening in an instant, April 15th 1739. Isaac in ye 17th year and Nathaniel in ye 10th year of their age."

April 27, 1739- Abigail Hall is born to Daniel Hall & Martha Doolittle in Wallingford, Connecticut.

(Isaac and Nathaniel Cornwall are my second cousins 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Cornwall & Mary Bailey and John Whitmore.
Abigail Hall is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Samuel Doolittle & Mary Cornwall.)
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Monday, October 3, 2011

March 1739, Pennsylvania

Official seal of City of PhiladelphiaMarch 7, 1739- Aquila Potts is born to Ezekiel Potts & Magdalen Miller in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

March 29, 1739- Reynear Tyson, son of Matthias Tyson & Mary Potts, marries Grace Fletcher, daughter of Robert Fletcher, at the Abington meeting, Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.
Among the witnesses who signed the marriage certificate were, John Tyson, Thomas Potts, Thomas Roberts, Jr., Mary Tyson, David Potts, and Thomas Potts, Jr..

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