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, May 30, 2012

1741, Rhode Island


1741- George Sherman & Avis Sisson are married in Rhode Island. They are first cousins, grandchildren of Thomas Fish & Grizzel Strange.

(George Sherman is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury. Avis is his first cousin. Avis Sisson is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Richard Sisson & Mary Atkinson.)
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

1741, Pennsylvania


The traditional colors of a Lancaster County c...
The traditional colors of a Lancaster County covered bridge: red sides and white portals (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
1741- Gabriel Schuler is born to Samuel Showler & Magdalena Levering in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Isaac Shoemaker marries Hannah Roberts in Pennsylvania.

Margaret Shoemaker and Benjamin Mason are married in Pennsylvania.

Samuel Shoemaker, son of Peter Shoemaker & Margaret Op den Graeff, dies at the age of 21 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

 Martha Ann DeHaven is born to Abraham DeHaven & Rebecca Pawling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

( Gabriel Schuler is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Thonis Klincken.
Siblings Margaret Shoemaker, Isaac Shoemaker and Samuel Shoemaker are my third cousins 8 times removed. Martha Ann DeHaven is their first cousin once removed. Martha Ann DeHaven is my fourth cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hermann Op den Graeff & Gretjen Driessen Pletjes and Pieter Dohrs & Lysgen Grietes.)
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Monday, May 28, 2012

1741, Maryland

English: Port Tobacco Historic Marker, Septemb...
English: Port Tobacco Historic Marker, September 2009 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
1741- My fourth great grandmother, Rachel Livers, is born to Arnold Livers & Mary Ann Drane in Prince George's County, Maryland.

Lydia Robey is born to Michael Hines Robey & Elizabeth Shaw in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland.

(Lydia Robey is my first cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Robey & Sarah Hines Luckett.)
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Sunday, May 27, 2012

1741, Connecticut


Flag of City of New Haven
Flag of City of New Haven (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
1741- Thomas Barnes & Abigail Brockett are married in New Haven, Connecticut.

Eunice Turner is born to Joseph Turner & Lydia Tuttle in New Haven, Connecticut.

(Abigail Brockett is my second cousin 8 times removed. Eunice Turner is her second cousin once removed. Eunice Turner is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.)
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Friday, May 25, 2012

December 1740, Rhode Island


Map of Rhode Island highlighting Newport County
Map of Rhode Island highlighting Newport County (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
December 15, 1740- Patience Tallman is born to Benjamin Tallman & Elizabeth Gorton in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

(Patience Tallman is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Hall & Mary Thomas.)
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

December 1740, Pennsylvania


Entrance to Lynnewood Hall, Ogontz, Cheltenham...
Entrance to Lynnewood Hall, Ogontz, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

December 13, 1740- Mary Williams is born to Anthony Williams & Sarah Shoemaker in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

December 24, 1740- Isaac Tyson is born to Isaac Tyson & Sarah Jenkins in Abington Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(Mary Williams is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Aret Klincken & Niske Agnes Jensen.
Isaac 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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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

December 1740, South Carolina


December 6, 1740- Samuel Doolittle is born to Joseph Doolittle & Experance Bartlett in Martintown, Edgefield, Connecticut. His father was one of the New England pioneers who settled in South Carolina near the lower Savannah river

(Samuel Doolittle is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Samuel Doolittle & Mary Cornwall.)
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

December 1740, Connecticut


English: View of East Haddam, Connecticut look...
English: View of East Haddam, Connecticut looking north from the Nathan Hale Schoolhouse, showing some buildings and a cemetery in a rural scene. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

December 4, 1740- Elizabeth Sleed and Peletiah Clark are married in Haddam, Connecticut. Soon, they would have their first son, Aaron.
The couple were the first settlers of the area of Haddam known as Little Town.

December 16, 1740- Simeon Moss is born to David Moss & Mindwell Doolittle in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

(Elizabeth Sleed is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.
Simeon Moss is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles, Abraham Doolittle, and Deacon Paul Peck & Martha Hale.)
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Sunday, May 20, 2012

November 1740, Rhode Island

National Register of Historic Places listings ...
National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
November 30, 1740- Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. Thomas Sherman marries his third wife, Anne Sisson.  "Shearman, Thomas, (3d. m.), and Ann Sisson; m. by Gideon Cornell, Asst., Nov. 30, 1740."
Anne is the younger sister of his first wife, Sarah Sisson.  Thomas and Anne will name their first child Sarah.

(Anne Sisson is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton. Thomas Sherman is her second cousin.
Thomas Sherman is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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Thursday, May 17, 2012

November 1740, Pennsylvania

Seal of the city of ,
Seal of the city of , (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
November 22, 1740- Jonathan Tyson is born to Derrick Tyson & Susanna Thomas in Abington Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

November 27, 1740- Mary Tyson is born to Cornelius Tyson & Barbara Pennypacker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(Jonathan Tyson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graef and Coentgen Lenssen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones.
Mary Tyson is Jonathan's second cousin once removed. Mary Tyson is my third cousin 7 times removed.)
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

November 1740, Connecticut

Official seal of Middletown, Connecticut
Official seal of Middletown, Connecticut (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
November 3, 1740- Richard Blake is born to Joseph Blake & Esther Bacon in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

(Richard Blake is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Nathaniel Bacon & Ann Miller and Deacon Thomas Wetmore.)

Name Meaning for "Blake"

English: variant of Black 1, meaning ‘swarthy’ or‘dark-haired’, from a byform of the Old English adjectiveblæc, blac ‘black’, with change of vowel length.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

October 1740, Rhode Island


October 10, 1740- Thomas Sisson marries Mary Saunders in Westerly, Kings County, Rhode Island.

(Thomas Sisson is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.)
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Sunday, March 18, 2012

October 1740, Connecticut

October 10, 1740- Phebe Hubbard is born to Robert Hubbard & Elizabeth Sill in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
During the 18th century, Middletown became the largest and most prosperous settlement in Connecticut.

(Phebe Hubbard is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts & Deacon Thomas Wetmore & Sarah Hall.)
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

September 1740, Pennsylvania


English: Hendrickson House, originally built i...
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September 27, 1740- Samuel Showler marries Magdelena Levering in Vincent Township, Chester, Pennsylvania.

(Magdelena Levering is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestor is Thonis Klincken.)
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

September 1740, Rhode Island

Beavertail State Park, Rhode Island

September 4, 1740- Isaac Lawton is born to Isaac Lawton & Sarah Howland in Bristol, Rhode Island.

September 9, 1740- Stephen Harrington is born to Captain Jonathan Harrington & Sarah Foster in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island.

(Isaac Lawton is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.
Stephen Harrington is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Harrington & Lydia Cranston.)
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Saturday, March 10, 2012

September 1740, Connecticut

September 8, 1740- Ebenezer Dowd is born to Mary Cornwall & David Dowd in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. His father, David, had died two days earlier.

September, 1740- Hepzibah Doolittle, infant daughter of Hezekiah Doolittle & Hezekiah Tyler, dies in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

(Ebenezer Dowd is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.
 Hepzibah Doolittle is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.)
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Monday, February 6, 2012

August 1740, Maryland

August 16, 1740- My fifth great grandfather, William Hardy, dies at the age of 43 in Prince Georges County, Maryland.
The son of William Hardy & Elizabeth Hayden, William was born in Charles County, Maryland. In 1728, at the age of 31, William married Ann Stimson. There is evidence that he was married earlier, to a woman of the last name Hoggins. Ann had passed away in 1738, at the age of 36. William's death left the five youngest children orphans, and in his will he directed his eldest son by his first wife, 23 year-old George, to see to their care.
William was a planter.

William Hardy's Will, dated 8 Aug 1740, Will book DD-1, p 222, Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD:
"I, William Hardy of Prince Georges Co, Planter... to my son George my negro wench Anne... to dau Rachel the first child Anne brings... to son Solomon my boy Nicles (Nicholas)... to my daughter Elizabeth my negro boy Luke... to sons George, William, Henry, Benjamin, Solomon and my daughters Mary Anne, Rachel and Elizabeth all my chattells and movables to be equally divided... to son Henry all my whereing (sic) close... bro George Hardey... son George to be Exec and to take the five youngest children to keare (sic) for them until they are of age..." (Greenwell - Little - Donnally - Hardy and Allied Families of Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri by A. Louise Shelton, 929.273 G855s)

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

August 1740, Connecticut

August 3, 1740- Lois Harrison is born to Amos Harrison & Esther Maltby in Northford, New Haven, Connecticut.

August 7, 1740- Taphath Doolittle is born to Ebenezer Doolittle & Lydia Warner in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

August 14, 1740- Hepzibah Doolittle is born to Hezekiah Doolittle & Hepzibah Tyler in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

August 15, 1740- Susanna Tuttle is born to Isaiah Tuttle & Susanna Doolittle in New Haven, Connecticut.

August 18, 1740- Lydia Moss is born to Joseph Moss & Lydia Jones in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

(Lois Harrison is my third cousin 8 times removed. Lydia Moss is her second cousin. Lydia Moss is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles.
Taphath Doolittle is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss. Hepzibah Doolittle is her second cousin once removed.  Susanna Tuttle is her second cousin. Hepzibah Doolittle is my third cousin 7 times removed. Susanna Tuttle is my second cousin 8 times removed.)

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

July 1740, Massachusetts

Map of Massachusetts highlighting Bristol County
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July 24, 1740- Matthew Wing marries my seventh great grandaunt, Elizabeth Sisson, in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
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