Wild Rhododendrons: Briggs

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

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

April 1741, Rhode Island

National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Rhode Island (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

April 1, 1741

A daughter, Deborah, is born to Barnett Sisson & Catherine Briggs in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island.

(Deborah Sisson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.)

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

June 1740, Rhode Island

June 4, 1740- My sixth great granduncle, Silas Harrington, is born to Josiah Harrington & Elizabeth Bennett in Scituate, Rhode Island.

June 8, 1740- William Tew marries Jane Carr in Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island.

June 11, 1740- Ann Fish is born to David Fish and Jemima Tallman in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

June 27, 1740- My eighth great granduncle, Richard Sisson, age 63, marries his second wife, Elizabeth Briggs, in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. His first wife, Ann Card, had died the previous year.

(William Tew is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.
Ann Fish is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Hall & Mary Thomas.)

Thursday, June 16, 2011

June 1737, Rhode Island

June 6, 1737- Marmaduke Ward is born to Joseph Ward & Sarah Weeden in Newport County, Rhode Island.

(Ward name meaning: English: occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Old English weard ‘guard’)

June 8, 1737- Barnett Sisson marries Catherine Briggs in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island.

(Marmaduke Ward is my second cousin 8 times removed. Barnett Sisson is his first cousin once removed. Barnett Sisson is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton. )