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, November 30, 2011

January 1740, Massachusetts

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January 1, 1740- Thomas Cole and Christiana Luther are married in Bristol County, Massachusetts. Their first child, daughter Dorcas, was born January 31, 1740.

January 12, 1740- Christiana's sister, Deborah Luther, marries Nathan Hammond.

(Christiana and Deborah Luther are my first cousins 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Samuel Luther & Mary Abell and Hugh Cole & Deborah Allen Buckland.)
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

1740, Massachusetts

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1740- My ninth great grandaunt, Elizabeth Sisson, dies at the age of 90 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
The daughter of Richard Sisson & Mary Atkinson, she was born in Dartmouth in 1650. At the age of 20, she married Caleb Allen, son of George Allen & Hannah Calib.

Joseph Doolittle sells land in Kingston, Palmer, Massachusetts.

(Joseph Doolittle is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Samuel Doolittle & Mary Cornwall.)
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Friday, November 25, 2011

1740, Pennsylvania

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1740- My sixth great granduncle, Jonathan Potts, marries Naomi Hall in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Their first son, Jonathan, is born later that year.
Their is confusion about Naomi's name. The Old Potts Bible, owned by Mr. George W. Potts, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, refers to her has "Emey" and "Omey". It seems to me, that these are simply diminutive forms of Naomi.

Barbara Tyson, widow of Mathias Conard, dies at the age of 53 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Cornelius & Margaret Theissen.

Thomas Tyson is born to Peter Tyson & Mary Roberts in Abington Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Mary Cleaver is born to Derrick Cleaver & Mary Potts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(Barbara Tyson is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff. Thomas Tyson is her first cousin once removed.
Thomas Tyson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff, Coentgen Lenssen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones and Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.
Mary Cleaver is my third cousin 6 times removed. Thomas Tyson is her second cousin. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.)
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Thursday, November 24, 2011

1740, Connecticut

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1740- Mary Abernathy dies at the age of 62 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. She was the daughter of William Abernathy & Sarah Doolittle. At age 17, she married William Tuttle. William died in 1727, and Mary, at age 50, second married Isaac Curtis, son of Isaac Curtis & Sarah Foote, in New Haven.

Samuel Key is born to Samuel Key & Annah Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

(Mary Abernathy is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.
Samuel Key is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.)
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

1740, Maryland

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1740- My fourth great granduncle, William Drury, has been born to John Drury & Susannah Hayden in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

My fourth great granduncle, Joseph Newton, is born to Clement & Elizabeth Newton in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

My fourth great granduncle, Arnold Livers, son of Arnold & Helen, is assigned to St. Francis Xavier in Newtown, St. Mary's County, where he received his final vows in 1742. Arnold was a Jesuit Priest.



My fifth great grandaunt, Elizabeth Robey, dies at the age of 50, in Charles County, Maryland. The daughter of John Robey & Sarah Hines Luckett, she was the wife of John Henley. Her husband apparently died the same year.

William Robey and Mary Alexander are married in Charles County, Maryland.

William Luckett and Charity Middleton, the daughter of Captain John Middleton & Mary Wheeler, are married in Prince George's County, Maryland. They settled in what would become the new county of Frederick on the western slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Charity and her husband were given by her parents, "for natural love and affection", the tracts "Thomas and Mary" and "Wilson's Enlargement", containing 195 acres in Prince Georges County.
In about 1725, as an orphan, William Luckett had been placed under the care of James Middleton, uncle of Charity Middleton, by court orders to learn a profitable trade or profession. It was the custom of that day in Maryland to apprentice children whose paternal parent was deceased and whose estate was either insolvent or negligible with planters or merchants in order that the orphans may not become public charges.
In 1728, James Middleton was summoned by the court and censured for "neglecting to teach William Luckett to read and write". William, however, later became quite proficient in letters, because many documents written by him and signed are still preserved at the court house of Frederick County.

Marianne Hagan is born to William Hagan & Mary Eleanor Hanson in Bryantown, Charles County, Maryland.

Enoch Abell and Judith Booth are married in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

James Thompson and Anne Neale are married in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

Richard Basil Boarman and Anne Gardiner are married in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

Elizabeth Digges is born to Edward Digges & Monica Neale in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

(William Robey is my first cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Robey and Sarah Hines Luckett.
William Luckett is my first cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Samuel Luckett & Elizabeth Hussey.
Marianne Hagan is my first cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Elizabeth Hussey.
Enoch Abell is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Captain Robert Abell & Joanna Hyde.
 Anne Neale is my third cousin 6 times removed. Richard Basil Boarman and Elizabeth Digges are my fourth cousins 5 times removed. Our common ancestors are Richard Brent & Elizabeth Reed. Anne Gardiner is Richard's first cousin once removed. Their common ancestor is William Boarman. Elizabeth Digges is his second cousin. Their common ancestors are Baker Brent & Anne Calvert. )
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Sunday, November 20, 2011

December 1739, Maryland

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December 26, 1739- The following documents are filed concerning my sixth great granduncle, John Hanson. He had inherited land from his father, and acquired yet more for his business of growing corn and tobacco. He also held slaves.

Prince George's Land Records 1739-1743 - Liber Y - Land Commission. From Lord Baltimore To Messrs John Hawkins Sr, John Hawkins Jr, John Lowe Sr, and John Lowe Jr of PG, Gentlemen, Greeting. Whereas John Hanson of Charles County, Gentleman, seized of a parcel of land in PG called Clarksons Purchase, did, on the 4th Tuesday of last Nov, prefer his petition in writing to PG County Court held at Upper Marlborough Town, before Peter Dent, Gent, and his associates for Commission to examine witnesses to prove and perpetuate the memory of the bounds of sd parcel of land, know that we have given you (not being anyway related to the petitioner or any contiguous proprietor, nor interested in sd land) power to examine all witnesses which shall be nominated to you by the afd petitioner or other person concerned, touching their knowledge of the bounds of the land afd or the bounds of any other lands whereon and whereto the afd land depends or relates, and therefore we command you to call before you, on a day you specify, on the land afd, all witnesses. Signed Dec 26, 1739 - A Contee, Cl Cur. Feb 9, 1739/40. Messrs John Hawkins Sr, John Lowe Sr, John Hawkins Jr, John Lowe Jr, qualified themselves to execute the Commission before - Tho Owen.

On last Mar 18, we repaired to the sd tract of land, being at the mouth of Clast Cr, and took the following depositions:

Thomas Stonestreet, age about 57, says that about 18 years ago, this deponent was at the afd place with Colo Addison & several others and the sd Addison declared the beginning tree of Clarkson Purchase stood within a few yards of the sd place where now stands a locust post but something near the water.

On last Jul 16, we again repaired to the sd tract of land at a bounded white oak near Mr. Digges' Road that leads to Broad Cr near Clast Cr. We took the following depositions:

Robert Clark, age about 50 declares that 30 years ago, Capt. Geo: Athey came to the afd bounded white oak with this deponent and told him it was the 2nd bound tree of Clarksons Purchase. A true return. Signed Nov 24, 1740 - John Hawkins, Jno Hawkins Jr.
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Saturday, November 19, 2011

December 1739, Massachusetts

December 20, 1739- Job Slocum is born to John Slocum & Deborah Almy in Dartmouth Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

(Job Slocum is my fourth cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Richard Sisson & Mary Atkinson.)
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Friday, November 18, 2011

December 1739, Pennsylvania

December 16, 1739- Jonathan Shoemaker is born to Jacob Shoemaker & Margaret Conard in Gwynedd Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(Jonathan Shoemaker 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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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

December 1739, Connecticut

East Rock, New Haven

December 1, 1739- Daniel Bacon is born to Joseph Bacon & Bethia Whitmore in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut. (Daniel would later wed Mary Abernathy, listed below.)

December 5, 1739- Chloe Moss is born to David Moss & Mindwell Doolittle in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

December 9, 1739- Mary Abernathy is born to Caleb Abernathy & Lois Gaylord in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

December 10, 1739- Twins, Grace and Patience Parker, are born to Andrew Parker & Susanna Blakeslee in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. They do not survive, dying within days of their birth.

December 14, 1739- Sarah Stow is born to Eliakim Stow & Lydia Miller in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

December 15, 1739- Elizabeth Bacon is born to Jeremiah Bacon & Elizabeth Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

December 24, 1739- Hannah Cotton is born to Ebenezer Cotton & Hannah Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Her mother, Hannah, would die a week later, at age 24, on December 31, 1739.

(Daniel Bacon is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Samuel Whitmore & Mary Bacon, Nathaniel Bacon & Ann Miller, and Thomas Wetmore.
Cloe Moss and the Parker Twins are my third cousins 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle, John Moss & Abigail Charles and Paul Peck & Martha Hale.
Mary Abernathy is my third cousin 7 times removed. Chloe Moss is her third cousin. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.
Sarah Stow is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Wetmore & Sarah Hall.
Elizabeth Bacon is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Nathaniel Bacon & Ann Miller, Thomas Wetmore, and John Cornwall & Martha Peck.
Hannah Cotton is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck. )
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

November 1739, Massachusetts

Apponogansett Meeting House, Dartmouth, Massac...Image via WikipediaNovember 29, 1739- Salisbury Sherman and Abigail Tisdale are married in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

(Salisbury Sherman is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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Monday, November 14, 2011

November 1739, Pennsylvania

November 23, 1739- John Williams is born to Anthony Williams & Sarah Shoemaker in  Cheltenham Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

(John Williams is  my second cousin 7 times remove. Our common ancestors are Aret Klincken & Niske Agnes Jensen.)
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Saturday, November 12, 2011

November 1739, Connecticut

November 17, 1739- Eunice Dutton is born to David Dutton & Sarah Abernathy in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

(Eunice Dutton is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.)
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Friday, November 11, 2011

November 1739, Rhode Island

November 4, 1739- Caleb Sherman and Elizabeth Lawton are married in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

November 10, 1739- Mary Mitchell is born to James Mitchell & Anna Folger in Newport, Rhode Island.

November 11, 1739- Rebecca Brown is born to Jeremiah Brown & Elizabeth Sisson in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island.

(Rebecca Brown is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.
Caleb Sherman is my second cousin 9 times removed. Elizabeth Lawton is his second cousin once removed. Elizabeth Lawton is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury. 
Mary Mitchell is my fourth cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Lawton & Isbell Smith.)
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

October 1739, Rhode Island

October 3, 1739- William Stafford is born to David Stafford & Lydia Davol in Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island.

October 8, 1739- Deborah Cook is born to John Cook & Mary Slocum in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

October 9, 1739- Richard Tripp, age 59, marries his third wife, Ann Brownell, age 23, in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

October 11, 1739- My seventh great granduncle, Jonathan Harrington, marries Sarah Foster in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island.
Preserved Sherman marries Anna Lawton in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

October 17, 1739- Oliver Lawton is born to Benjamin Lawton & Mary Arnold in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

October 24, 1739- Matthew Slocum and Hannah Tallman are married in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

(Richard Tripp is my first cousin 10 times removed. William Stafford is his first cousin twice removed. William Stafford is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Richard Sisson & Mary Atkinson.
Matthew Slocum is my second cousin 9 times removed. Preserved Sherman is my second cousin 9 times removed. Deborah Cook and Oliver Lawton are his second cousins once removed. They are second cousins. Deborah Cook and Oliver Lawton are my third cousins 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

October 1739, Connecticut

October 2, 1739- Oliver Todd is born to Christopher Todd & Hannah Tuttle in New Haven, Connecticut.

(Oliver Todd is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.)
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

September 1739, Rhode Island

September 21, 1739- Elizabeth Greene is born to David Greene & Alice Hall in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island.

September 25, 1739- Ruth Fish, daughter of Preserved Fish & Elizabeth Slocum, dies at the age of three in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. She lies buried in the Common Burial Ground in Newport, Rhode Island.

(Elizabeth Greene is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Hall & Mary Thomas.
Ruth Fish is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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Monday, November 7, 2011

September 1739, Pennsylvania

The covered bridge at Schofield Ford, Pennsylv...Image via WikipediaSeptember 4, 1739- Rachel Adamson is born to Thomas Adamson & Mary Ann Burson in Springfield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

September 14, 1739- Sarah Lewis is born to Ellis Lewis & Mary Tyson in Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.




 (Rachel Adamson is my second cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are Jonas Potts & Mary Thomaston.
Sarah Lewis 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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Saturday, November 5, 2011

September 1739, Connecticut

September 2, 1739- Susanna Doolittle is born to Theophilus Doolittle & Sarah Dorchester in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

September 12, 1739- Thankful Whitmore is born to Daniel Whitmore & Mehitable Hubbard in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.


September 15, 1739- My sixth great grandmother, Millicent B. Whitmore is born to Samuel Whitmore & Hannah Hubbard in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

(Susanna Doolittle is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss.
Thankful Whitmore is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Cornwall & Mary Bailey and John Whitmore.)
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Thursday, November 3, 2011

August 1739- Connecticut

Sargt. John Lattimer House - Wethersfield, Con...Image via WikipediaAugust 30, 1739- Esther Maltby is born to Daniel Maltby & Mary Harrison in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut.
Barnabas Tyler is born to Nathan Tyler & Rachel Tuttle in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.


(Esther Maltby is my third cousin 8 times removed. Barnabas Tyler is her third cousin once removed. Their common ancestors are John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles.
Barnabas Tyler is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors include Abraham Doolittle, Deacon Paul Peck & Martha Hale. )
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

August 1739, Maryland

August 21, 1739- The following document is signed by my sixth great grandmother, Sarah Hines Luckett, widow of John Robey. She is believed to have died shortly thereafter, at about age 71.
Her daughter Sarah Elizabeth, wife of Edward Darnall, dies the same year, at the age of 50.

Charles County Land Records, 1733-1743; Book O#2, Page 410.
Deed of Gift. Recorded Aug 21, 1739. I, SARAH ROBY of Charles Co., hereby make over to William Robey, son of Benjamin Robey of Charles Co., planter (after my death) 1 feather bed and furniture, viz, 1 silk rug, 1 blanket, and 1 pair of sheets, together with a bedstead and hide and cord. And also I hereby make over to Victoria Robey, daughter of the above mentioned Benjamin Robey, 1 4-gallon pot and pot hooks after my death. Signed Aug 18, 1739 - SARAH ROBY . Wit - Walter Hanson, Thomas Troughear, John Hanson Jr.

Sarah was born in 1668, daughter of Samuel Luckett & Elizabeth Hussey. At the age of 16, she married John Robey in Charles County, Maryland. John was 20 years her senior, and a farmer of tobacco. John had been born at Castle Donington, Leichestershire, England, and in 1681, had recieved a grant of land from the state assembly of Maryland. John died April 23, 1726. That year, the following document was filed by her family, releasing her financially. Signer John Wornell, is my fifth great grandfather, John Worland, husband of Sarah's daughter, Stacy. Spellings Wornell, Warnell, Warland and Worland all appear in documents of the time.

Charles County Land Records, 1722-1729; Book L#2, Page 313.
At the request of SARAH ROBY of Charles Co., widow, the following instrument of writing was recorded this Dec 15, 1726.
We discharge Sarah Roby of Charles Co., the relict of John Roby Sr, late of CC, now decd, from all legacies that may or shall be due from the sd Sarah Roby to us on the acct or estate of sd John Roby. Signed Aug 29, 1726 - John Roby, Edwd (X his mark) Darnell, Thos Roby, John (IW his mark) Wornell, Wm (X his mark) Roby, Richard (R his mark) Roby, Michael Hinds (M his mark) Roby, John Henly, Joseph (I his mark) Gardiner, George Gibbens, Ralph Roby, Danl (X his mark) Howard.



Two more documents show Sarah allocating her property in the 1730s.

Charles County Land Records, 1733-1743; Book O#2, Page 76.
Recorded Dec 11, 1734. I, Sarah Roby o Charles Co., widow, for the natural love I have for my son, Peter Roby of CC, planter, I have given him 1 feather bed and furniture, 1 wooden cupboard, 1 wooden table, 1 iron pot, and all other my personal estate which is now in my possession. Signed Nov 30, 1734 - SARAH ROBY . Wit - Henry Hawkins*, Saml Hawkins
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Charles County Land Records, 1733-1743; Book O#2, Page 466.
At the request of SARAH ROBY of Charles Co., 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 ROBY , 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 Charles Co., deceased, to sd SARAH ROBY , widow, after his debts are paid by the administrator. Signed Dec 22, 1738 - John Roby Sr, Richard Roby, Elizabeth Henley, Jno (IW his mark) Warnall, Ralph Roby, Thomas Roby, Saml (+ his mark) Roby, William Roby, Geo: Gibbens, Michael Hinds (M his mark) Roby.

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

July 1739, Maryland

July 23, 1739- John Winn is born to John Winn & Sarah Robey in Piscataway, Prince George's County, Maryland.

(John Winn is my second cousin 5 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Robey & Sarah Hines Luckett.)
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