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, January 30, 2013

April 1741, Massachusetts

English: Luther Store, Swansea, Massachusetts
English: Luther Store, Swansea, Massachusetts (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
April 2, 1741

Daniel Howland marries Mary Slocum, daughter of Eleazer Slocum & Deborah Smith, in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

April 3, 1741

A daughter, Tabitha Seamans, is born to James Seamans & Tabitha Wood in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

April 23, 1741

A daughter, Bathsheba Sherman, is born to Seth Sherman & Ruth Lapham in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.



(Mary Slocum is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Richard Sisson & Mary Atkinson.
Tabitha Seamans is my sixth great grandaunt. Our common ancestors are James Seamans and Tabitha Wood.
Bathsheba Sherman is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury. )
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

April 1741, Rhode Island

National Register of Historic Places listings ...
National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Rhode Island (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

April 1, 1741

A daughter, Deborah, is born to Barnett Sisson & Catherine Briggs in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island.

(Deborah Sisson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.)
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Monday, January 28, 2013

March 1741, Massachusetts

English: Apponogansett Meeting House, Dartmout...
English: Apponogansett Meeting House, Dartmouth, Massachusetts (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
March 15, 1741

A daughter, Thankful Potter, is born to William Potter & Elizabeth Mosher in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

(Thankful Potter is my fourth cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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Friday, January 25, 2013

March 1741, Rhode Island

English: Winnapaug Pond in Westerly, Rhode Island
English: Winnapaug Pond in Westerly, Rhode Island (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

March 3, 1741

A son, John, is born to Thomas Sisson & Mary Saunders in Westerly, Kings County, Rhode Island.

March 9, 1741

A daughter, Ruth, is born to David Fish & Jemima Tallman in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

(John Sisson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.
Ruth Fish is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Hall & Mary Thomas. )
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Thursday, January 24, 2013

March 1741, Connecticut

English: Postcard picture of the Portland Pass...
English: Postcard picture of the Portland Passenger Bridge connecting Middletown, Connecticut with Portland, Connecticut across the Connecticut River (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

March 1741


A daughter, Hannah, is born to Jonas Wright & Bathsheba Goffe in Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut.

(Hannah Wright is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Nathaniel Hubbard & Mary Earle.)
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

February 1741, Connecticut

Official seal of City of New Haven
Official seal of City of New Haven (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

February 7, 1741

A son, Ebenezer, is born to Ebenezer Blakeslee & Jemima Tuttle in New Haven, Connecticut. The child does not survive, dying the following year.

February 25, 1741

A daughter, Margery, is born to John Doolittle & Hannah Royce in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

(Young Ebenezer Blakeslee and Margery Doolittle are my third cousins 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.)
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

February 1741, Massachusetts

Thomas Cole - View from Mount Holyoke, Northam...
Thomas Cole - View from Mount Holyoke, Northamptom, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (detail) - WGA5147 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

February 6, 1741


Sarah Cole is born to Thomas Cole & Christiana Luther in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

(Sarah Cole is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Samuel Luther & Mary Abell and Hugh Cole & Deborah Allen Buckland.)
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Monday, January 21, 2013

February 1741, Pennsylvania

English: Seal of Germantown Pennsylvania, 1691
English: Seal of Germantown Pennsylvania, 1691 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

February 1741

 Matthias Lukens dies at the age of 40 in Pennsylvania.
In August of 1700, Mathias Lukens was born in Germantown to Jan Lucken & Mary Tyson.
Jan Lucken had settled in Philadelphia County in 1683. Jan had an old Bible, published in 1595 by Peter Sebastian. In this Bible, he wrote :
"1700 the 13th of ye 8a mo. Mathias Lucken was Born."

On February 24, 1721, when he was 20, Matthias married Ann Johnson, daughter of Richard Johnson & Margaret Millan. Ann survived him.
His Will, dated 18 Sep 1741, grants property of two grist mills and 108 acres to son John.
 Will Abstract:

LUCKEN, MATHIAS. Philadelphia County. Yeoman. 9 mo. 18, 1741. February 19, 1741. F.280.
Exec: Wife Anne and brother-in-law John Johnson (cooper). Children: Dirk, John, Daniel, Mary, Hannah and Ann. Witnesses: John Rush and John and Samuel Rose. Codicil dated 11 mo. 21, 1741. Same witnesses.

February 17, 1741

A son, Dennis, is born to Dennis Conrad and wife, Ann Knight, in Horsham Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The child does not survive, dying in 1742.

February 19, 1741

Ann Roberts is born to Thomas Roberts & Rachel Livezey in Bristol Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


(Mathias Lukens is my first cousin 9 times removed. Dennis Conard is his grand nephew. Their common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.
Dennis Conard is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thone Kunders &
Elin Magadelen Tyson.
Ann Roberts is my third cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset. )

 

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

February 1741, Rhode Island

Summit of Pocasset Hill, in Tiverton, RI, USA ...
Summit of Pocasset Hill, in Tiverton, RI, USA the highest point in Newport County at 320 feet (98 m) above sea level. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
February 1741- Joseph Babcock dies at the age of 60 in Westerly, Kings County, Rhode Island.
Joseph was born in 1681 to John Babcock and Mary Lawton.
In 1704, he married Rebecca Stanton.

February 13, 1741- Elizabeth Tripp, wife of William Wood, dies at the age of 53 in Newport County, Rhode Island.
Born in Portsmouth on November 21, 1687, Elizabeth was the daughter of James Tripp and Mercy Lawton.
In 1708, when she was 21, she first married Richard Mitchell of Great Britain. He died in 1722. In April of 1734, she married William Wood.

(First cousins, Elizabeth Tripp and Joseph Babcock, are my second cousins 10 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Lawton & Isbell Smith.)
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

January 1741, Connecticut

Official seal of City of New Haven
Official seal of City of New Haven (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
January 4, 1741- A son, Samuel Todd, is born to Christopher Todd & Hannah Tuttle in New Haven, Connecticut.

January 8, 1741-Twin sons, Solomon Doolittle and Theophilus Doolittle, are born to Theophilus Doolittle & Sarah Dorchester in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.
The infants do not survive; Solomon dies on January 15, 1741. Theophilus dies on January 20, 1741.

January 21, 1741- A son, Elisha Roberts, is born to Daniel Roberts & Eunice Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

January 31, 1741- A daughter, Eunice Doolittle, is born to John Doolittle & Hannah Royce in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

( Eunice Doolittle and Samuel Todd are my third cousins 7 times removed.  They are third cousins. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.
 Twins Solomon and Theophilus Doolittle are my second cousins 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss. Samuel Todd is their second cousin once removed.
Elisha Roberts is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.)
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