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

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


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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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