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, May 30, 2011

January 1737, Rhode Island

January 22, 1737- George Sisson marries Drucilla Cole in Bristol County, Rhode Island.

(George Sisson is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.)
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January 1737, Pennsylvania

January 22, 1737- Joseph Burson is born to George Burson & Sarah Cox in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

(Joseph Burson is my third cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.)
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Friday, May 27, 2011

January, 1737, Pennsylvania

January 19, 1737- Lydia Seamans is born to John Seamans & Priscilla Wood in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts.

(Lydia Seamans is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Seamans & Susannah Salisbury and William & Susannah Wood.)
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Thursday, May 26, 2011

1737, Pennsylvania

1737- My sixth great grandparents, David Potts & Ann Roberts, are married in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Ann was David's second wife, a woman of dark complexion, and was familiarly known as "Nancy." His first wife, Elizabeth Jane Lane, had died in 1735.

Deborah Burson is born to Joseph Burson & Mary Rachel Potts at Gilbert's Manor in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

(Deborah Burson is my first cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Jonas Potts & Mary Thomaston.)
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

1737, Rhode Island

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1737- William Sisson marries Hannah Mullins in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

(William Sisson is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.)
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

1737, Maryland

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1737- My fourth great grandmother, Mary Brady, is born in Charles County, Maryland.

My fifth great grandparents, Clement Newton & Elizabeth, have married in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

My fifth great granduncle, Peter Robey, dies in Charles County, Maryland.

My sixth great granduncle, Walter Hanson, is born to John Hanson & Elizabeth Tyler in Charles County, Maryland.

William Hayden is born to George Hayden & Charity Mary Morgan in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

Richard Wiseman and his brother, Edward Wiseman, are born about this time to Robert Wiseman & Elizabeth Heard in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

Bennett Neale is born to Benjamin Neale & Mary Edelen in Charles County, Maryland.

(William Hayden is my first cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Hayden & Elizabeth Thompson. 
Richard Wiseman and Edward Wiseman are my third cousins 7 times removed. Bennett Neale is their third cousin once removed. Bennett Neale is my third cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are Robert Cole & Rebecca Gill and Oliver Mainwaring & Margaret Torbock.)
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Monday, May 23, 2011

December 1736, Connecticut

December 3, 1736- Ebenezer Tuttle, son of Timothy Tuttle & Thankful Doolittle, dies "of Ye Olde Throat Destroyer" at the age of 28 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

December 20, 1736- Mary Atkins is born to Thomas Atkins & Martha Miller in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

(Ebenezer Tuttle is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle, Paul Peck & Martha Hale and John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles.
Mary Atkins is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Whitmore & Sarah Hall and George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts.)
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Saturday, May 21, 2011

December 1736, Pennsylvania

December, 1736- Sarah Potts is born to Stephen & Anne Potts in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

December 14, 1736- Mathias Shoemaker is born to Jacob Shoemaker & Margaret Conard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(Sarah Potts is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.
Mathias Shoemaker is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thones Kunders & Elin Magadalen Tyson and Mathias Dohrs & Elin Neesgen Op den Graeff.)
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Thursday, May 19, 2011

November 1736, Pennsylvania

November 13, 1736- My fifth great granduncle, Samuel Potts, is born to David Potts & Ann Roberts in Germantown, Philadelphia.

November 29, 1736- John Hallowell is born to William Hallowell & Margaret Tyson in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He would not live until adulthood, dying at age 8.

(John 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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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

November 1736, Connecticut

November 10, 1736- Elihu Ely is born to Richard Ely & Phebe Hubbard in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut. The infant dies within his first year.

November 24, 1736- Rachel Tyler is born to Nathan Tyler & Rachel Tuttle in Wethersfield, New Haven, Connecticut.

(Elihu Ely is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts and Thomas Whitmore & Sarah Hall.
Rachel Tyler is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle, Paul Peck & Martha Hale and John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles.)
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

October 1736, Pennsylvania

October 14, 1736- John Williams dies at the age of 31 in Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania.
The son of John Williams and Eleanor Klincken, he married Catharine Marle in 1732.
His will is recorded in Philadelphia.  It mentions his wife, Catharine, his minor son Joseph, and minor daughter
Margaret.
Executor, wife Catharine, "with advice and consent of Anthony Williams and John Moore". Signed Aug. 20, 1736.
Witnesses, Samuel Morris, Anthony Tunis, Evan Jones.  Proved Sept. 11, 1736.

October 30, 1736- Nathan Potts marries Esther Rhoades in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nathan is a blacksmith by trade. The couple settled in Whitemarsh Township, now included in Montgomery County.
The marriage appears in the records of the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. As his marriage was accomplished contrary to the usage of Friends, he was required to make acknowledgment for his "outgoing," which he made November 31, 1742, to Abington Monthly Meeting. .

(John Williams is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Aret Klincken & Niske Agnes Jensen.
Nathan Potts is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.)
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Monday, May 16, 2011

October 1736, Connecticut

October 4, 1736- David Doolittle is born to Solomon Doolittle & Jerusha Taylor in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

October 12, 1736- Ebenezer Doolittle is born to Ebenezer Doolittle & Lydia Warner in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

October 14, 1736- Esther Blake is born to Joseph Blake & Esther Bacon in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

October 20, 1736- Jacob Cornwall of Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, dies at sea. The son of Jacob Cornwall & Edith Whitmore, he is 24 years old.

October 26, 1736- Ithamar Tuttle is born to Aaron Tuttle & Mary Munson in New Haven, Connecticut.

(David Doolittle and Ebenezer Doolittle are my second cousins 8 times removed. They are second cousins. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss. Ithamar Tuttle is their second cousin.
Ithamar Tuttle is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.
Esther Blake is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Nathaniel Bacon & Ann Miller and Deacon Thomas Whitmore.
Jacob Cornwall is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Cornwall & Mary Bailey and John Whitmore. Esther Blake is his third cousin.)
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Sunday, May 15, 2011

September 1736, Pennsylvania

September 10, 1736-Alice Cadwallader is born to Jacob Cadwallader & Magdalene Conard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(Alice Cadwallader is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thones Kunders & Elin Magdalen Tyson and Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.)
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Saturday, May 14, 2011

September 1736, Rhode Island

September 7, 1736- Ruth Fish is born to Preserved Fish & Elizabeth Slocum in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. She would not survive, dying at age three.

September 10, 1736- Sarah Cornell is born to William Cornell & Hannah Thurston in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

(Ruth Fish is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.
Sarah Cornell is my fourth cousin 8 times removed. Ruth Fish is her fourth cousin. Our common ancestors are George Lawton & Isabell Smith.)
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

September 1736, Connecticut

September 5, 1736- Mary Cotton is born to Samuel Cotton & Mary Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

September 16, 1736- Daniel Maltby marries Mary Harrison in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut.

September 18, 1736- Abishai Marks marries Martha Cornwall, widow of Abraham Doolittle, in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.


September 27, 1736- Phebe Hubbard is born to Robert Hubbard & Elizabeth Sill in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

(Mary Cotton is my second cousin 8 times removed. Martha Cornwall is her aunt. Martha Cornwall is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.
Daniel Maltby is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles.
Phebe Hubbard is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts and Deacon Thomas Whitmore & Sarah Hall.)
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

August 1736, Rhode Island

August 22, 1736- Anne Tripp dies at the age of 57 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island.
Anne Tripp was born in 1679 to Peleg Tripp & Anne Sisson.
She married Thomas Rodgers. I have the same date of death for both Thomas and Ann.
During that year, 1736, Jonathan Gilbert deeded two tracts at Deep Creek Bridge in Bertie County, North Carolina, adjacent to Robert Rogers, to their son, Job Rogers. Bertie County, NC Deed Book D, page 298.

August 23, 1736- Amie Lawton is born to Job Lawton & Mary Cory in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

(Anne Tripp is my first cousin 10 times removed. Our common ancestors are Richard Sisson & Mary Atkinson.
Amie Lawton is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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Saturday, May 7, 2011

August 1736, Massachusetts

August 14, 1736- Mary Sherman is born to Thomas Sherman & Phebe Lawton in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts.

(Mary Sherman is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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Thursday, May 5, 2011

August 1736, Connecticut

August 7, 1736- David Doolittle dies at the age of 29 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.
"Families of Ancient New Haven" by Donald Lines Jacobus shows that David is
"probably" the son of Theophilus Doolittle and Thankful Hall. David married Mary Bassett in 1734.


(David Doolittle is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors
are Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss.)
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

July 1736, Rhode Island

July 25, 1736- Ruth Lawton, daughter of Thomas Lawton & Margaret Allen, dies at the age of 15 in Rhode Island.


(Ruth Lawton is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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July 1736, Pennsylvania

July 19, 1736- William Potts is born to Ezekiel Potts & Magdalen Miller in Bristol, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(William Potts is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.)
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

July 1736, Massachusetts

July 17, 1736- My seventh great granduncle, Samuel Doolittle, dies at the age of 44 in Palmer, Hampden, Massachusetts.
Samuel was born in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Samuel Doolittle & Mary Cornwall.
He first married Nancy Hall, next Jane Wheeler. The family resided at Wallingford until the birth of their third child in 1720. With Jane, he moved to Stafford, Connecticut, where he was among the first settlers. On June 20, 1720, he laid out four acres of meadow land. In 1723 he was assigned 50 acres, in 1724 another 50 acres, in 1726 a division of 80 acres, and in 1728 a piece of meadow of 4 acres.
In 1731, he bought a farm called "the Elbows" in Palmer, Massachusetts from Thomas Richardson.
He was known as Sergeant Doolittle in 1732 and his name appears frequently in the city records. He was a community leader, signed petitions, was on the meeting house building committee and the committee to lay out roads. He owned at least 100 acres.
It appears that he was a very capable and well to-do-man, and was much appreciated by his fellow townsmen.
His death came soon after the completion of the first church in town and in all probability his was the first funeral held within its walls.
The following interesting notice of his death and funeral appears in the Palmer records: "Lieutenant Samuel Doolittle Departed this Life on Saturday ye 17th Day of July 1736. After a Short Illness of two or three days, and was Decently Inter'd on the Day following, after ye Afternoon Service, it being the Sacrament Day, a mulitude of people Respectfully attened ye Funeral."
He was probably the first one buried at the old Centre cemetery,which was laid out the previous year. No headstone marks the place of his burial.
The estate of Lieutenant Samuel Dollittle was inventoried at 900 lbs., a goodly sum for those days, and was divided among the heirs in 1738, portions of which were sold from time to time till 1750, when Ephraim, one of the sons, bought out the rights of the remaining heirs and disposed of the original farm in 1757 for 300 lbs.
Ephraim was then of Worcester, Massachusetts, and was a styled gentleman.The deed was signed by Ephraim and Sarah Doolittle.
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Monday, May 2, 2011

July 1736, Connecticut

July 4, 1736- Jotham Blakeslee is born to Ebenezer Blakeslee & Jemima Tuttle in New Haven, Connecticut.

July 5, 1736- Phebe Hubbard is born to Robert Hubbard & Elizabeth Sill in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. She would die in infancy.

(Jotham Blakeslee is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.
Phebe Hubbard is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts and Thomas Whitmore & Sarah Hall.)
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