February 1742- Rhode Island

Official seal of Newport, Rhode Island

February 27, 1742- Robert Fish is born to David Fish & Jemima Tallman in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

"Robert Fish was born ye 27th of ye 2ndmo 1742
and was Married to Barsheba Barker & had Born unto them a number of Children"

 -From the Record Book of Job Serman (a.k.a., The Sherman Vital Records Book) that is in the possession of Susan White Pieroth.

(Robert Fish is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Hall & Mary Thomas.)

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February 1742, Massachusetts

February 8, 1742- Elizabeth Slocum is born to John Slocum & Deborah Almy in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

(Elizabeth Slocum is my fourth cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Richard Sisson & Mary Atkinson.)

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February 1742, Connecticut

Flag of City of New Haven

February 4, 1742- My seventh great grandaunt, Esther Hubbard, wife of Nathaniel Bacon, dies at the age of 39 in Middletown Middlesex, Connecticut. She is the daughter of Nathaniel Hubbard & Mary Earle.

February 5, 1742- A son, Theophilus, is born to Theophilus Doolittle & Sarah Dorchester in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.
 

(Theophilus Doolittle is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss.)

January 1742, Pennsylvania

Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

January 8, 1742- Nathan Potts is born to Nathan Potts & Esther Rhoades in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Sarah Lewis, young daughter of Ellis Lewis & Mary Tyson, dies at the age of 2 in Upper Dublin Township., Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

(Nathan Potts is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.
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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January 1742- Connecticut

Map of Connecticut highlighting New Haven County (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

January 4, 1742- Abel Parker is born to Gamaliel Parker & Elizabeth Blakesley in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut.

January 7, 1742- Daniel Maltby is born to Daniel Maltby & Mary Harrison in Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut.

January 8, 1742- Captain Wait Cornwall, husband of Mercy Todd, dies at the age of 49 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut. He is the son of Jacob Cornwall & Mary White.
His brother-in-law, Ebenezer Wetmore, will die three days later.

January 11, 1742- Ebenezer Savage Wetmore, husband of Elizabeth Cornwall, dies at the age of 45 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. He is the son of John Whitmore & Mary Savage.

January 22, 1742- Thomas Doolittle is born to Thomas Doolittle & Hannah Fenn in Wallingford Township, New Haven, Connecticut.


(Ebenezer Savage Wetmore is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Deacon Thomas Wetmore & Sarah Hall.
Captain Wait Cornwall is my first cousin 10 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Cornwall & Mary Bailey. Abel Parker is his first cousin 3 times removed.
Thomas Doolittle is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle and John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles and Deacon Paul Peck & Martha Hale. Abel Parker is his second cousin once removed.
Abel Parker is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss and John Cornwall & Martha Peck. Daniel Maltby is his third cousin once removed.
Daniel Maltby is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles. )

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October 25, It's Our Birthday!

First Baptist Church, Swansea, Massachusetts (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I was born in Seattle, Washington, October 25, 1951, the daughter of Rose Jeanne Worland, the granddaughter of Alfred Leslie Worland & Rosella Johnston.
Today, I'll take a look back at those who share this day. From my ninth great grandfather, Samuel Luther, in 1636 to my granduncle, Clem, in 1869.

October 25, 1636- My ninth great grandfather, Samuel Luther, is born to John & Elizabeth Luther in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
A captain of the militia, he was a prominent early figure in the Massachusetts Colony.
It is said that Samuel Luther survived a raid by a group of Lenape Indians at age nine while accompanying his father on a trading voyage to Delaware Bay, and was held captive for a period. His father, Captain John Luther, was killed in the raid.

"From the two sons of Captain John, Samuel & Hezekiah, are descended all the Luthers of this area, nineteen of whom are recorded as having served in the Revolutionary War. Samuel lived in Rehoboth for a time and later joined in the settlement of Attleboro. He sold out his interests in 1667 to join in the settlement of Swansea. In spite of the fact that he had no formal education, as few did in those days, he proved himself a man of such caracter and leadership ability that he was ordained Elder of the Swansea Baptist Church to succeed the distinguished Elder John Myles. He became known after that as Reverand Captain Samuel Luther." p.66 The Swansea Stage: A Local History

On October 25, 1662, his twenty-sixth birthday, he married Mary Abell, daughter of Captain John Abell & Joanna Hyde. One year later to the day, their first son was born.
It has been said he bought a stone house which had been built by Governor Benton of Newport, on land at Mattapoisett purchased in turn from the Indians in 1644, which house was garrisoned at the beginning of King Philip's War. He served as minister of the First Baptist Church of Swansea from 1685 until his death.

1742, North Carolina

Bennett Place, a carefully reconstructed historic farm in Durham, North Carolina, the site of the largest surrender of Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War on April 26, 1865. Showing, from left to right, the kitchen, the farmhouse, and the memorial monument. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 Job Rogers was patented 200 acres on Town Creek in Edgecomb County, North Carolina by the State of North Carolina. See Edgecomb County Deed Book D, Page 260.

(Job Rogers is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Richard Sisson & Mary Atkinson.)

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1742, Pennsylvania

Howell House, in Germantown

My fifth great granduncle, Jonathan Conard, is born to Anthony Conard & Sarah Hatfield in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

My eighth great grandaunt, Mary Tyson, wife of Jan Lucken, dies at the age of 82 in Germantown.
Mary was born in Kaldekirchen, Germany, the daughter of Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff. She and Jan immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1683.
(In the end of the 17th century some of the Op den Graeff`s descendents migrated to the United States. They are among the thirteen families (Original 13) often referred to as the Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Founders, who arrived on the ship Concord on October 6, 1683.)
Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, Volume 23 By Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Lucken—luken—Family Records.—Miss Annie M. Daniels, of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, contributes the following records of the Luken family, copied from the Bibles of Jan Lucken, who settled in Philadelphia County in 1683
"1742 Mary Lucken Dyed in ye Lord."

Hannah Williams, wife of John Lewis Roberts, dies at the age of 40 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of John Williams & Eleanor Klincken.

The Society of Friends establishes a Monthly Meeting at Richland, Bucks County. Samuel Foulke, a prominent member, is appointed clerk at age 24. He continued in that capacity " about thirty-seven years, and nearly thirty years served as clerk to the meeting of ministers and elders."

Dennis Conard, infant son of Dennis Conrad & Ann Knight, dies in Philadelphia.

Sarah Tyson, daughter of Matthias Tyson & Mary Potts, dies at the age of 28 in Germantown.
Her brother, John Tyson, dies at the age of 30 in Upper Dublin township. He is unmarried.
His will, dated February 28, proved April 10, 1742, by which he devised his whole estate, including real estate to be sold by his executors, to his mother, Mary Fitzwater, and brothers and sisters, viz.; Rynear (executor), Isaac, Matthew, Margaret Hallowell, Mary Lewis and Elizabeth Tyson.

A son, Peter Lukens, is born to John & Sarah Lukens in  Horsham Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

A son, William, is born to William Lukens & Martha Pennington.

(Hannah Williams is my first cousin 8 times removed. Samuel Foulke is her nephew. Samuel Foulke is my second cousin 7 times removed.  Our common ancestors are Aret Klincken & Niske Agnes Jensen.
Dennis Conard is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thones Kunders & Elin Magadelen Tyson and Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff. Sarah Tyson is his second cousin once removed.
Siblings Sarah and John Tyson are my second cousins 8 times removed. Peter Lukens is their first cousin once removed. Peter Lukens and William Lukens are my third cousins 7 times removed. They are first cousins. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff and Coentgen Lenssen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones.)

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1742, Maryland

Maryland, Aug 2010 (Photo credit: cisc1970)

My fifth great grandmother, Mary Ann Drane, wife of Arnold Livers, dies at the age of 40 in Frederick County, Maryland. She was the daughter of Anthony Drane & Elizabeth Mockbee Nicholls. She was interred at Boone's Catholic Chapel Cemetary.

My sixth great grandmother, Elizabeth Mockbee Nicholls, widow of Anthony Drane, dies at the age of 73 in Prince George's County, Maryland. She was the daughter of William Nicholls & Mary Mockbee.
She inherited "Brock Hall" from Captain Edward Brock , her grandfather, in 1712. Her husband Anthony bought parcels of land from William Nichols & John Darnall in the years 1700 to 1712.

Recorded at request of Thomas Draine, 9 Nov 1734:
Deed of gift from Elizabeth Drane, widow, for love to my 3 children, James, Rachel and Thomas; and to granddaughter Rebekah Drane; mentions Negro named Peter; 3 Aug 1734; /s/ Elizabeth Drane (mark); witnesses: Joseph Ray, Brock Mockbee, William Smith.
My fourth great granduncle, Clement Newton, is born Clement & Elizabeth Newton in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

My fifth great granduncle, Thomas Newton, marries Susannah Howard, daughter of William Howard & Sarah Smith, in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

Mary Hayden has been born to George Hayden & Charity Mary Morgan in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

Susannah Luckett is born to William Luckett & Charity Middleton in Frederick County, Maryland.

Henry Neale dies at the age of 51 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland.
The son of James Neale & Elizabeth Lord, Henry was born at Wollaston Manor, Charles County, Maryland.
He made his will  December 3, 1742, and it was proved March 8, 1743 (Annapolis, Lib. 23, fol. 50). He mentions his wife Mary, and his children Richard (to whom he bequeaths " Gill's Land ".), Henry, James, Garrett, Sarah, Mary, Teresa, and Henrietta Neale.
Cuthbert Abell, son of John Abell & Mary Usher, has married Mary Clarke in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

Elizabeth Raley is born to John Raley & Mary Heard in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

(Mary Hayden is my first cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Hayden & Elizabeth Thompson.
Susannah Luckett is my second cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are Samuel Luckett & Elizabeth Hussey.
Henry Neale is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Benjamin Gill & Mary Mainwaring.
Cuthbert Abell is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Captain Robert Abell & Joanna Hyde.
Elizabeth Raley is my third cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are Rebecca Gill and Oliver Mainwaring & Margaret Torbock. Henry Neale is her second cousin twice removed.)

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1742, Rhode Island

Providence, Rhode Island, 1858. Harbor view, taken from the grounds of George W. Rhodes, Esquire. Hand-colored lithograph. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Sarah Clarke, wife of Lieutenant Edward Greenman, has died at the age of 49 in Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island. She is the daughter of Jeremiah Clarke & Elizabeth Ann Sisson.

Peleg Sisson, son of Thomas Sisson & Jane Card, marries Rebecca Ingraham in Brightman's Pond, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island.

Benjamin Sherman, son of Thomas Sherman & Lydia Wilcox, and Mary Sherman, daughter of William Sherman & Abigail Palmer, are married in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

(Sarah Clarke and Peleg Sisson are my first cousins 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah F. Lawton.
Benjamin Sherman is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury. Benjamin and Mary may be 2nd Cousins, sharing Common Ancestors, their Great Grandparents: Phillip Sherman & Sarah Odding and Edward Wilcox & Susannah Thompson.)

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