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, August 3, 2014

May 1743, Connecticut

"New London [Connecticut] in 1813."
"New London [Connecticut] in 1813." (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
May 10, 1743- A son, Eber, is born to Stephen Bradley & Jemima Cornwall in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut.

May 12, 1743- A son, Amos, is born to Amos Miller & Abigail Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

May 16, 1743- A daughter, Phebe, is born to Deacon Richard Ely & Phebe Hubbard in Lyme, New London, Connecticut.

May 26, 1743- My seventh great granduncle, John Hubbard, becomes Deacon of the First Middletown Church, where he would serve until his death.

(Amos Miller is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck. Eber Bradley is his third cousin.
Eber Bradley is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Seargent William Cornwall & Mary Bailey.
Phebe Ely is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts and Thomas Wetmore & Sarah Hall.)

Friday, August 1, 2014

May 1743, Pennsylvania

Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County, Penn...
Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
May 1, 1743- A daughter, Sarah, is born to Ellis Lewis & Mary Tyson in Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The child will not survive to adulthood, dying shortly before her second birthday.

(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.)