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

Thursday, February 27, 2014

March 1743, Connecticut

Union Street, Middletown, Conn, by Bundy, J.K....
Union Street, Middletown, Conn, by Bundy, J.K. (Joseph K.) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

March 17, 1743- A daughter, Abigail, is born to Nathaniel Doolittle & Hannah Foster in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

March 25, 1743- A son, Seth, is born to Joseph Blake & Esther Bacon in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

 (Abigail Doolittle is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Samuel Doolittle & Mary Cornwall.
Seth Blake is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Nathan Bacon & Ann Miller and Deacon Thomas Whitmore.)
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

March 1743, Rhode Island

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

March 7, 1743- A son, Increase, is born to David Greene & Alice Hall in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island.

March 8, 1743- Abiel Tripp, son of Job Tripp & Elizabeth Sweet, marries Deborah Cleveland, daughter of Palmer Cleveland & Deborah Gardner, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island.

March 9, 1743- A son, Ezekiel, is born to Job Tripp & Sarah Weeden in Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island.

( Increase Greene is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Hall & Mary Thomas.
Abiel Tripp is my second cousin 9 times removed. Ezekiel Tripp is his nephew. Ezekiel Tripp is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Richard Sisson & Mary Atkinson.)
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March 1743, Massachusetts

Official seal of Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Official seal of Dartmouth, Massachusetts (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
March 5, 1743- A son, Pardon, is born to William Davol & Abigail Hix in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

(Pardon Davol is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Richard Sisson & Mary Atkinson.)
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Monday, February 24, 2014

February 1743, Pennsylvania

Seal of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Seal of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

February 23, 1743- A son, Joseph, is born to Cornelius Conard & Priscilla Boulton in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

February 26, 1743- Samuel Embree, son of Moses Embree and Mary Southard marries Rachel Lewis, daughter of James Lewis & Sarah Potts, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
 It was the first marriage at Robeson Friends Meeting House.The log structure had been built two years earlier on rented land.

(Joseph Conard is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thones Kunders & Elin Magadalen Tyson and Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.
Rachel Lewis is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.)
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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Saturday, February 22, 2014

February 1743, Massachusetts

Benjamin Thompson House, Woburn, Massachusetts
Benjamin Thompson House, Woburn, Massachusetts (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

February 9, 1743- A son, Daniel, is born to William Potter & Elizabeth Mosher in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts. His parents then moved to Richmond, Rhode Island, where Daniel's birth is recorded.

February 15, 1743- A daughter, Mary, is born to Joseph Whitmore & Mary Marion in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

February 28, 1743- A daughter, Lydia, is born to Richard Sherman & Elizabeth Bowen in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts.

(Daniel Potter is my fourth cousin 7 times removed. Lydia Sherman is his second cousin once removed. Lydia Sherman is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.
Mary Whitmore is my fourth cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is John Whitmore.)
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Friday, February 21, 2014

February 1743, Maryland

Emmitsburg, MD Panorama from US-15 Rest Area
Emmitsburg, MD Panorama from US-15 Rest Area (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
February 1, 1743- My fifth great granduncle, William Elder, son of William Elder & Elizabeth Finch, marries my fourth great grandaunt, Jacoba Clementina Livers, daughter of Arnold Livers & Helen Gordon, in Frederick County, Maryland.
Their daughter Elizabeth is born shortly thereafter.
It is William's second marriage, his first wife Ann Wheeler died in 1739.
Jacoba was the daughter of his neighbor Arnold Livers. She was named Jacoba Clementina after James, the "Old Pretender" to the English throne, and his wife Clementina.
Jacoba's father, Arnold Livers,  had registered a vow that his first child, whether a boy or a girl, should, be called James. The good priest to whom the child was presented for baptism found no difficulty in complying with the father’s wishes and so the babe was christened Jacoba Clementina. Livers in his flight from England carried this child with him.
William is attributed with being the first white settler and establishing the first home for the Catholic faith in the region. Mount Saint Mary's College was founded on what was originally William Elder's property and bears the name he gave the area.    William owned several farms including "Ogle's Good Will" & "Elder's Choice" in Frederick County. After their marriage, they resided in Emmitsburg. Their home was known as Elder Station and one room was reserved as a chapel for their family and the Catholics of the area. Sometimes Mass was celebrated by her brother Reverend Arnold Livers. A boatman's shell is on display at Mount St Mary's College library, donated by Archbishop Elder, which bears the inscription: "Used in calling the faithful to Mass at the home of William Elder about 1743." During the colonial period of American history, Catholics were not allowed to build churches or chapels. The few Jesuit priests that ministered to their scattered flock throughout Maryland and parts of Pennsylvania did so on horseback. When the priest arrived monthly the Cathlics gathered for Mass, instruction, and the receiving of Sacraments. William Elder's home served for over fifty years as the "priest station".
William Elder had five small children by his previous marriage. Jacoba mothered the children, aged five to thirteen years.

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

January 1743, Connecticut

Black Rock Fort at Fort Nathan Hale historic s...
Black Rock Fort at Fort Nathan Hale historic site, New Haven, CT. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

January 25, 1743- A son, Jonathan, is born to David Dutton & Sarah Abernathy in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

January 31, 1743- Elizabeth Whitmore, widow of William Savage, dies at the age of 59 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
Elizabeth was the daughter of Lieutenant Francis Whitmore & Hannah Harris. At age 20, she marriedDaniel Clark. They were wed 22 years, and Daniel ran a copper shop. Following his death in 1725, she then married William Savage, who died a few months later.

(Jonathan Dutton is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.
Elizabeth Whitmore is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestor is John Whitmore.)
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