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, February 28, 2011

December 1734, Pennsylvania

December 1734- William Potts is born to Stephen & Anne Potts in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

(William Potts is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.)
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Friday, February 25, 2011

November 1734, Connecticut

Founding of New Haven, Connecticut Valley Migr...Image by CT State Library via Flickr
November 6, 1734- Giles Doolittle is born to Daniel Doolittle & Elizabeth Dayton in New Haven, Connecticut.

November 14, 1734- Rebecca Doolittle is born to Jonathan Doolittle & Rebecca Ranney in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

November 28, 1734- Sarah Moss is born to Solomon Moss & Sarah Fenn in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

Lydia Doolittle and John Joyce are married in Wallingford, Connecticut. They would divorce in 1738.

(Lydia Doolittle is my first cousin 9 times removed. Rebecca Doolittle is her first cousin. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.
Rebecca Doolittle is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Samuel Doolittle & Mary Cornwall and George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts. Giles Doolittle is her second cousin.
Giles Doolittle is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss and John Cornwall & Martha Peck.
Sarah Moss is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Moss & Abigail Charles. Giles Doolittle is her second cousin once removed.)
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

November 1734, Rhode Island

November 3, 1734- Benjamin Clarke marries Grizzel Sherman in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

November 6, 1734- Ann Cook is born to John Cook & Mary Slocum in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

November 20, 1734- George Sisson is born to George Sisson & Elizabeth Sherman in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

November 22, 1734- John Lawton is born to Isaac Lawton & Sarah Howland in Bristol, Rhode Island.

(George Sisson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton and Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury. Grizzel Sherman is his aunt.
Grizzel Sherman is my second cousin 9 times removed. Ann Cook is her second cousin once removed.  Ann Cook and John Lawton are my third cousins 8 times removed. They are third cousins. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

October 1734, Pennsylvania

October 31, 1734- Ezekiel Potts marries Magdalene Miller, daughter of George and Sibilla Miller, at the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As this marriage was accomplished contrary to the usage of Friends, he made an acknowledgment to Abington Monthly Meeting, on February 29, 1737.

(Ezekiel Potts is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.)
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

October 1734, Rhode Island

October 14, 1734- Parker Sherman is born to Peleg & Bathsheba Sherman in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

(Peleg Shearman is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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Monday, February 21, 2011

October 1734, Massachusetts

October 5, 1734- Margaret Wetmore (also known as Margaret Whitmore) dies at the age of 66 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
She was born 1668 to Francis Whitmore & Margaret Harty. Margaret married Thomas Carter, a husbandman who was given considerable lands by his father, in 1682. Thomas survived her and would go on to live until the ripe old age of 99.

(Margaret Wetmore is my first cousin 10 times removed. Our common ancestor is John Whitmore. 
 John Whitmore was killed by an Indian in 1648. This act was not an act of private hatred, but seems to have been the deed of the whole tribe, and the colony was moved to unite with that of New Hampshire in a just revenge. Colonial Records of Connecticut and Trumbull's Colonial Recollections: 'This courte, taking into serious consideration what may be done according to God in way of revenge of the bloude of John Whitmore, late of Stamford, and well weighing all circumstances, together with the carriages of the Indians (bordering thereuppon) in and about the premises: doe declare themselves that they do judge it lawful and according to God to make a war uppon them.' A committee was sent to New Haven the next day to confer with the rest of the magistrates, and 'return with what convenient speed they may.' Trumballs Col. Rec. Vol.1, pg. 197 )
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Sunday, February 20, 2011

September 1734, Rhode Island

September 27, 1734- John Lawton dies at the age of 38 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.
John was born in Portsmouth to Isaac Lawton & Elizabeth Tallman.
He is survived by his widow, Abigail Abbott.

(John Lawton is my first cousin 10 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)


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Saturday, February 19, 2011

September 1734, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 14, 1734- My seventh great grandaunt, Jane Potts, dies at the age of 66 in Philadelphia. Jane was born in Wales to Thomas Potts and Elizabeth Baset.
Jane came to Philadelphia in 1683 with her widowed mother. They came as indentured servants. Among the early settlers who came into Pennsylvania were a very large number who were denominated as Servants. The liberal terms offered by Penn, greatly increased the number of those who came in this capacity, as they received 50 acres of headland, when their time expired, the same as others. The term did not necessarily imply a menial, but included mechanics, farm hands, agents, etc., employed by others, and were frequently relatives and those of equal social position. Sometimes their passage was paid in consideration of a specified term of service. On December 7, 1684, Jane's mother Elizabeth was granted 100 acres of headland in Chester County. They were Quakers and in 1685 were under the care of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting.
In 1686, Jane married Quaker John Austin, a shipwright, at the home of her mother and stepfather, Edmund Bennett, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. John preceded Jane in death about 1708.
Jane Austin, being 'weak in body but sound mind and memory,' made her will December 26, 1733, and died September 14, 1734. The will is recorded in Will-Book E, page 309, at Philadelphia. She mentions son Samuel Austin; daughters Ann Robins, Elizabeth Chanel and Mary; grandchildren John Robbins, Mary Robins, John Austin, John Wood.
The executors were George Fitzwater, Anthony Morris, and Jacob Shoemaker. Witnesses, Ezekiel Potts and John White.

September 14, 1734- Nathan Cleaver is born to Peter Cleaver, Jr. and Elizabeth Potts in Upper Dublin Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


September 30, 1734- William Hallowell is born to William Hallowell & Margaret Tyson in Abington Township, Pennsylvania.

John Penn
September 1734- John Penn arrives at Philadelphia with his sister Margaret Penn and her husband Thomas Freame, and attends the meetings of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council. John returned to London in a year, to support the colony's rights in the boundary dispute over Maryland with Lord Baltimore, but Thomas Penn and the Freames remained at Philadelphia.The ultimate resolution of this dispute was the surveying of the Mason-Dixon Line. John Penn, his brother Thomas, and their agents were responsible for the infamous "Walking Purchase", which swindled the Lenape Indians out of more than one million acres of Pennsylvania.

Thomas Freame had come over earlier, probably in 1732, and had returned to England. With some persuasion his wife Margaret Penn now accompanied him to Pennsylvania. She finally returned to England in 1741 with her brother Thomas.
Thomas Penn had established himself at Philadelphia in a residence between Bush Hill and the Schuylkill, with grounds esteemed handsome in that day, and long known as the " Proprietor's Garden."
Hannah Callowhill Penn
(John Penn was a proprietor of colonial Pennsylvania. He was the eldest son of the colony's founder, William Penn, by his second wife, Hannah Callowhill Penn. He was their only child born in Philadelphia, and was called "the American" by his parents.)


(Nathan Cleaver is my second cousin 7 times removed. Jane Potts is his grandaunt. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.
William 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.
John Penn is my third cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Pletjes Driessen & Alet Gobels Syllys.)
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Friday, February 18, 2011

August 1734, Connecticut

August 30, 1734- Esther Doolittle is born to Thomas Doolittle & Sarah Abernathy in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

(Esther Doolittle is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.)
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August 1734, Maryland

August 4, 1734- My sixth great granduncle, Thomas Luckett, dies at the age of 45 in Charles County, Maryland.
The son of Samuel Luckett & Elizabeth Hussey, Thomas was born at the head of Portobacco Creek in 1688. He was a member of the Church of England. Thomas married Sarah Boone, daughter of John Boone and Elizabeth Beaven. Sarah was a member of the Catholic family of Boone in Charles County.

Thomas Luckett died intestate, and in accordance with the customs of the times, letters of administration were issued to his widow Sarah Luckett. On August 14, 1734, William Middleton and William Hagan exhibited bond in court. His brothers, Ignatius Luckett and Thomas Hussey Luckett, as the kinsmen, certified on December 3, 1734, to the inventory appraised at L104/5/9, by James Middleton. By 1737 his widow had married William Semmes.  

("The Lucketts of Portobacco" by Harry Wright Newman, 1938.)
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

July 1734, Rhode Island

July 22, 1734- Elisha Lawton is born to Job Lawton & Mary Cory in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

(Elisha Lawton is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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June 1734, Rhode Island

June 28, 1734- William Sanford, son of Richard Sanford & Elizabeth Coggeshall, dies at the age of 10 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

(William Sanford is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.)
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

June 1734, Massachusetts

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Common Burying ground at Newport

June 15, 1734- My ninth great granduncle, James Sisson, dies at the age of 78 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
James Sisson was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. At the age of 24, he married Lydia Hathaway, daughter of Arthur Hathaway and Sarah Cooke. Lydia was born about 1663 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. She died in 1714 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island and was buried in Newport Common Burial Ground. Lydia Hathaway's mother, Sarah Cooke, was a Mayflower descendant.
James was admitted as a freeman in Westport, Plymouth Colony (later Massachusetts Bay Colony) in 1684.
He was a yeoman, and kept a tavern. The tavern survived for nearly two centuries.
James was active in his community, serving as surveyor of highways, constable and selectman. He was a collector of taxes and suffered imprisonment because he would not collect the Church of England tax.
His will is dated June 15, and was proved December 1734.
At that time his inventory was 172 pounds, 18 shillings, 1 penny. His son Jonathan was executor of his will which names sons, Richard, James, Thomas & Jonathan and daughters Sarah, Rebecca, Content, Mary and Hannah.
"To son Richard, all wearing apparel, he having had his part. To sons James, Jonathan and Thomas, 5s. each. To daughter Sarah Davol a feather bed. To daughter Rebecca West, warming pan and iron kettle. To granddaughter Susannah Sisson a bed. To give daughters of representatives of deceased daughter Content's child, each one-fifth part of rst, viz: to daughters Mary, Sarah, Hannah and Rebecca, and to Content's child . Inventory =9C172, 18s, 1d., viz: wearing apparel, cash , 3 silver spoons, pewter, 2 combs, stillyards, 3 cows, yearling, calf, 4 swine, 12 geese, etc."

In the records of the Common Burial Ground at Newport, Rhode Island, buried along with James Sisson and his wife Lydia is "Bathsheba, wife of James, d 25 Nov. 1740 in 36 y". Also listed is "Elizabeth, dau. of James, d. 22 Aug 1774, in 49 y."

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

June 1734, Pennsylvania

June 13, 1734- Susanna Tyson is born to John Tyson & Priscilla Naylor in Germantown, Pennsylvania.


June 26, 1734- John Lukens marries Debora Fitzwater in Pennsylvania.

(John Lukens and Susanna Tyson are my second cousins 8 times removed. They are first cousins. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff and Coentgen Lenssen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones.)
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Monday, February 14, 2011

June 1734, Connecticut

June 4, 1734- Samuel Peck is born to Samuel Peck & Mary Parmalee in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

June 24, 1734- David Doolittle marries Mary Bassett in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

(David Doolittle is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle and Abigail Moss.
Samuel Peck is David's second cousin once removed. Samuel Peck is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Paul Peck & Martha Hale and John Moss & Abigail Charles.)
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

May 1734, Connecticut

May 1, 1734- Lydia Blakeslee is born to Ebenezer Blakeslee and Jemima Tuttle in New Haven, Connecticut.

(Lydia Blakeslee is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.)
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Saturday, February 12, 2011

April 1734, Rhode Island

April 18, 1734- William Wood marries Elizabeth Tripp, widow of Richard Mitchell, in Rhode Island.  

April 22, 1734-  George Sanford, son of William Sanford & Hope Sisson, dies at the age of 22 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. 


(Elizabeth Tripp is my second cousin 10 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Lawton & Isabell Smith. George Sanford is her second cousin once removed. George Sanford is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.)
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Friday, February 11, 2011

April 1734, Pennsylvania

April 1, 1734- Jonathan Conard is born to Dennis Conard and Ann Knight in Abington Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

(Jonathan Conard is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thones Kunders & Elin Magdalene Tyson and Mathias Dohrs and Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.)
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Washington's Birthday Giveaway!

Pilgrim Costume Giveaway!
Win a Pilgrim Girl Costume!

To celebrate George Washington's Birthday on February 22, CostumeDiscounters.com has generously donated this colonial costume to be given to one of my lucky readers. I have enjoyed their large selection of Patriotic and Historic costumes for men, women and children. The  costumes are exceptional quality for the excellent price.

Remember the colonial days of the pilgrims in this Colonial Girl Costume. With this great floor-length dress which comes with an apron and bonnet, your little girl will feel like a colonial child -- direct from the pilgrim's ships. This colonial costume is wonderful not only for Halloween but for historical reenactments and school productions too!

I have one girl's costume to give away in size medium (8-10). It comes unopened and sealed.

I will choose a winner on Washington's Birthday, February 22, 2011, 11:59 p.m. PST., by random number generator. I will contact the winner and they will have 72 hours to respond.

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The Winner is Nichole C.! Congratulations!

March 1734, Connecticut

March 27, 1734- John Wetmore is born to Ebenezer Wetmore & Elizabeth Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

(John Wetmore is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Deacon Thomas Whitmore & Sarah Hall and William Cornwall & Mary Bailey.)
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

March 1734, Rhode Island

March 19, 1734- Sarah Ward is born to Joseph Ward & Sarah Weeden in Newport County, Rhode Island.

(Sarah Ward is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.)
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

February 1734, Massachusetts

February 13, 1734- My sixth great grandaunt, Martha Cole, is born to Hugh Cole & Jane Sisson in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts.
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Monday, February 7, 2011

February 1734, Connecticut

February 13, 1734- Hezekiah Doolittle marries Hephzibah Tyler in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. They resided at Wallingford till about 1750 when they moved to Litchfield, Connecticut.

February 26, 1734- Joseph Clark is born to Joseph Clark & Miriam Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.


February 27, 1734- My eighth great granduncle, Benjamin Cornwall, marries Mary Ward in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

(Hezekiah Doolittle is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestor is Sergeant Abraham Doolittle.
Joseph Clark is my second cousin 8 times removed. Benjamin Cornwall is his granduncle. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.)
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Sunday, February 6, 2011

January 1734, Connecticut

January 31, 1734- David Tuttle is born to Isaiah Tuttle & Susanna Doolittle in New Haven, Connecticut.

( David Tuttle is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Sergeant Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss.)
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Saturday, February 5, 2011

1734, Virginia

1734- My fifth great grandaunt, Christiana Potts, is born to David Potts & Elizabeth Jane Lane in Loudoun, Virginia.
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Friday, February 4, 2011

1734, Maryland

St. Thomas Manor, St. Ignatius
1734- My sixth great grandmother, Elizabeth Mockbee Nicholls, dies at the age of 65 in Prince George's County, Maryland. She is the widow of Anthony Drane, and the daughter of William Nicholls & Mary Mockbee. She inherited "Brock Hall" from Captain Edward Brock , her grandfather, in 1712. Her husband Anthony bought parcels of land from William Nichols & John Darnall in the years 1700 to 1712. After the death of her husband in 1723, she ran the plantation.with the help of her son James.

Recorded at request of Thomas Draine, 9 Nov 1734:
Deed of gift from Elizabeth Drane, widow, for love to my 3 children, James, Rachel and Thomas; and to granddaughter Rebekah Drane; mentions Negro named Peter;  3 Aug 1734; /s/ Elizabeth Drane (mark); witnesses: Joseph Ray, Brock Mockbee, William Smith.

 By the 1730s, my fifth great grandfather, Arnold Livers, had purchased several tracts of land in the Monocacy area of what would become Frederick County, Maryland. Backland was a large tract of 5,000 acres originally patented to John Digges in 1732 and a part was patented to Arnold Livers in 1734.
This patent consisted of 1649 acres and was called Arnold's Delight. It was located to the east of the Blue Ridge Mountains and north of what today is Thurmont. This tract extended north to Mount St. Mary's near Emmitsburg.
Arnold's Delight became the second home for the Livers family. It was located on Owens Creek and was known as the Livers Quarters.

My fourth great granduncle, Anthony Livers, is born to Arnold Livers & Mary Ann Drane in Prince George's County, Maryland. His half brother, Arnold Livers, son of Arnold and Helen Gordon, was a Jesuit priest. In 1734, Arnold arrives in Maryland and is assigned to St. Thomas Manor in Charles County. He administered to the Catholics of Boone's Chapel in Prince George's County, Conewago Chapel in Pennsylvania, and later at the Elder chapel at the home of his sister, Jacoba Clementina Livers Elder, in Emmitsburg, Frederick County.

My fourth great aunt, Elizabeth Hardy, is born to William Hardy & Ann Stimson in Prince George's County, Maryland.

My fifth great granduncle, Richard Robey, marries Ann Barton in Charles County, Maryland.

 My fifth great granduncle, Edward Knott, dies at the age of 69 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He is the son of Francis Knott & Eleanore Cole.
His brother, James Knott, dies the same year at the age of 67.

Will of Edward Knott

Knott (Knot), Edward, planter, St. Mary's Co.,22nd Dec., 1733; 6th Mch., 1733-4. To eld. son George and hrs., 90 A. adjoining land of William and James Knott and Richard Coopper's; and personalty. To second son Clemment and hrs., 100 A. dwelling plantation during time of lesse; and personalty. To dau. Monicke, son Edward, son Lexius, brother John and Roger Dougans, personalty. Sons George and Clemment to pay Rebecca Hill 3500 lbs. tob. on account of land. To sons George and Clement, 517 lbs. due from James Knot, 850 lbs. due from William Knot, 530 lbs. due from John Alvey, and 400 lbs. due from Thomas Graves; sd. sons to pay to John Cheslin 260 lbs. if demanded. To 4 sons and dau. afsd., household goods divided equally.Test: John Shirclife, Nathan Shepherd.

Will of James Knott

Knot, James, planter,St. Mary's Co.,31st Dec., 1733; 6th Mch., 1733-4. To eld. son Francis and hrs., 68 A. “Hazard.” To wife ——, certain personalty during life; after her decease to son Francis and Susannah, Elizabeth, James and Mary Ann Knot. Residue of personalty to 5 child, afsd., also 45 lbs. tob. due from James Mattingly. Test: William Knot, Sr., Nathan Shepherd. 21. 10.


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Thursday, February 3, 2011

1734, Pennsylvania

1734- Peter Lukens, with wife Gaynor Evans, moves to Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Peter was a clockmaker. He is mentioned as residing on a tract in Horsham of seventy-five acres. The following year the Horsham road is mentioned as having been laid out from his house up into the centre of Montgomery Township.

Thomas Lewis is born to James Lewis & Sarah Potts in Pottsgrove, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Herman DeHaven, with wife Anneken Op den Graeff, moves to New Providence, where they live on a 200-acre tract. Herman builds a saw mill and grist mill. He also keeps an ordinary or inn. He is granted a license for the inn in 1734. 

(Peter Lukens is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.
Thomas Lewis is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.
Anneken Op den Graeff is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hermann Op den Graeff & Gretjen Driessen Pletjes and Pieter Dohrs & Lysgen Grietes. Peter Lukens is her second cousin.)
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

1734, Connecticut

1734- John Gaylord and Abigail Tuttle are married in Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut.

(Abigail Tuttle is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestor is Sergeant Abraham Doolittle.)
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

1734, Rhode Island

1734- John Shearman is born to Thomas Shearman & Sarah Sisson in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. Also known as John Sherman, he would die young.

Giles Slocum is admitted as Freeman of Portsmouth.

(John Shearman is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.  
Giles Slocum is second cousin once removed to John Shearman. Giles Slocum is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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