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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1741, Pennsylvania



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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1741, Maryland

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.)

1741, Connecticut



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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December 1740, Rhode Island



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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December 1740, Pennsylvania



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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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.)

December 1740, Connecticut



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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November 1740, Rhode Island

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.)

November 1740, Pennsylvania

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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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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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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