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

Showing posts with label Grietes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grietes. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

June 1741, Pennsylvania

English: Front page of an almanac printed in G...
English: Front page of an almanac printed in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1739 by Christopher Sauer. Picture of the text in German Language Printing in the American Colonies up to the Declaration of lndependence (part 2), the website above. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
June 1741

Isaac Shoemaker & Hannah Roberts are married in Pennsylvania.
Isaac Shoemaker is the son of Peter J. Shoemaker & Margaret Op den Graeff. Hannah is the daughter of Thomas Roberts & Margaret Gove. Both were born in Germantown.
The couple settled in Upper Dublin township, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) county, where Isaac purchased a tract of land and followed the life of a farmer.

(Isaac Shoemaker is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hermann Op den Graeff & Gretjen Driessen Pletjes and Pieter Dohrs & Lysgen Grietes.)
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

1730 Pennsylvania

President of the United States Theodore Roosev...
1730- Elizabeth Lukens is born to William Lukens & Elizabeth Tyson in Horsham, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She would go on to be the great great great grandmother of Theodore Roosevelt.

Isaac DeHaven is born to Herman DeHaven & Anneken Op den Graeff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(Elizabeth Lukens is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.
Isaac DeHaven is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hermann Op den Graeff & Gretjen Driessen Pletjes and Pieter Dohrs & Lysgen Grietes. Elizabeth Lukens is his third cousin.)
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

1724 Pennsylvania

1724- Jacob DeHaven is born to Herman DeHaven & Anneken Op den Graeff in Whitemarsh, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.

(Jacob DeHaven is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hermann Op den Graeff & Gretjen Driessen Pletjes and Pieter Dohrs & Lysgen Grietes.)

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

May 1723, Pennsylvania

May 1, 1723- Joseph Ambler, husband of Ann Williams, purchases a tract of 90 acres of land from William Morgan in Montgomeryville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

May 2, 1723- Gerhard DeHaven and wife Mary Sellen, along with his brother Herman DeHaven and wife Anneken Op den Graeff conveyed 200 acres at the upper end of their 440 acre tract in Germantown to Peter Jansen, May 2, 1723.
A daughter, Elizabeth DeHaven, was born to Herman & Anneken on May 6, 1723 in Skippack, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Herman DeHaven and his family then moved to New Providence, where he was living in 1734 on a 200 acre tract. He built a saw mill and grist mill. He also kept an ordinary or inn. He was granted a license for the inn in 1734.

May 26, 1723- Mary Cleaver is born to Peter Cleaver, Jr. & Elizabeth Potts in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


(Ann Williams is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Aret Klincken & Niske Agnes Jensen.
Anneken Op den Graeff is my second cousin 8 times removed. Her daughter, Elizabeth DeHaven, is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hermann Op den Graeff & Gretjen Driessen Pletjes and Pieter Dohrs & Lysgen Grietes.
Mary Cleaver is my first cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors is Jonas Potts.)

Sunday, May 16, 2010

March 1711, Pennsylvania

March 15, 1711- Isaac Shoemaker is born to Peter Shoemaker & Margaret Op den Graeff in Germantown, Pennsylvania.

(Isaac Shoemaker is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hermann Op den Graeff & Gretjen Driessen Pletjes and Pieter Dohrs & Lysgen Grietes.)

History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time, Volume 1

Monday, March 29, 2010

1720 Pennsylvania

1720- Samuel Shoemaker is born to Peter Shoemaker and Margaret Op den Graeff in Germantown, Pennsylvania.

(Samuel Shoemaker is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Herman Op den Graeff & Gretjen Driessen Pletjes.)

Peter Tyson and Mary Roberts are married in Germantown, Pennsylvania.

(Peter Tyson is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff. Samuel Shoemaker is Peter's second cousin once removed. Their common ancestor is Lysgen Grietes.)

Sunday, March 14, 2010

December 1721, Pennsylvania

December 25, 1721- Daniel Potts and Sarah Shoemaker are married in the Abington Monthly Meeting of Friends in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

(Daniel Potts is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset. Sarah Shoemaker is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestor is Lysgen Grietes. However, Daniel and Sarah are not blood relatives.)