Wild Rhododendrons: Parmalee

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, June 5, 2011

February 1737, Connecticut

Founders of Wallingford, Connecticut

February 17, 1737- My eighth great granduncle, Daniel Doolittle, marries Mary Andrews in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. Daniel is 61 years old, and this is his second marriage. He had married Hannah Cornwall, a sister of his brother Samuel's wife, in 1698; Hannah died in 1736.

February 19, 1737- Susanna Todd is born to Christopher Todd & Hannah Tuttle in New Haven, Connecticut. Susanna does not reach adulthood: she dies at age 13.

February 23, 1737- Mary Peck, 7 year-old daughter of Samuel Peck & Mary Parmalee, dies in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

February 28, 1737- My sixth great grandfather, Jonathan Turner, is born to Stephen Turner & Abigail Doolittle in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

(Susanna Todd is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.
Mary Peck is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Deacon Paul Peck & Martha Hale and John Moss & Abigail "Goody" Charles.)

Monday, February 14, 2011

June 1734, Connecticut

June 4, 1734- Samuel Peck is born to Samuel Peck & Mary Parmalee in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

June 24, 1734- David Doolittle marries Mary Bassett in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

(David Doolittle is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle and Abigail Moss.
Samuel Peck is David's second cousin once removed. Samuel Peck is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Paul Peck & Martha Hale and John Moss & Abigail Charles.)