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 Fitzwater. Show all posts
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Saturday, November 2, 2013

March 1742- Pennsylvania

March 5, 1742- Thomas Edwards is born to William Edwards & Martha Foulke in Richland, Bucks, Pennsylvania. The child will not reach adulthood; he dies at the age of 3.

March 31, 1742- John Fitzwater marries Elizabeth Tyson, daughter of Matthias Tyson & Mary Potts, at the Abington Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(Thomas Edwards is my third cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are Aret Klincken & Niske Agnes Jensen.
Elizabeth Tyson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff and Coentgen Lenssen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones. )
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

June 1734, Pennsylvania

June 13, 1734- Susanna Tyson is born to John Tyson & Priscilla Naylor in Germantown, Pennsylvania.


June 26, 1734- John Lukens marries Debora Fitzwater in Pennsylvania.

(John Lukens and Susanna Tyson are my second cousins 8 times removed. They are first cousins. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff and Coentgen Lenssen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones.)
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Monday, February 1, 2010

1727 Pennsylvania

1727- Pennsylvania Council orders Masters of Vessels to furnish passenger lists, and all immigrants are required to declare allegiance to the King.

1727- Matthias Tyson dies in Abington Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Abstracts of Philadelphia County [Pennsylvania] Wills, 1726-1747 By F. Edward Wright

TYSON, MATHIES. Abington Co. Of Philadelphia. Yeoman. April 8, 1727. May 12, 1727. E. 46.
Wife: Mary. Children: Margaret, Reynear, Mary, John, Sarah, Isaac, Elizabeth, Mathew. Exec: Mary Tyson.

Witnesses: David Davies, Abigail Jenkins, Step. Jenkins.

From the Colonial Families of Philadelphia:
1. "By his will dated April 8, and proved May 12, 1727 (registered, Philadelphia County Will Book E, p 46) he devised to his wile Mary, for life or during widowhood, the use of all his estate, real and personal; if she married again (which she did) she was to have one-third of the estate, plus ten pounds; the remaining two-thirds, less the ten pounds, to be then equally divided between his eight children- Maragret, Mary, Reynear, John Sarah, Isaac, Elizabeth and Matthew; his wife was made executrix and it was directed that the children be brought up under her care.
Mary Tyson, widow of Matthias, married (second) 11 mo, 1732, Thomas Fitzwater, permission granted by Abington Meeting, 10 mo 25, 1732 and the marriage reported at the next meeting, 11 mo 29 as having been accomplished meanwhile. The Fitzwater family was one of great prominence polically and socially in Abington township and vicinity, and also in the city of Philadelphia, where a principal street is named for it. The Fitzwaters intermarried a number of times with the Tyson family."

(Matthias Tyson is my 1st cousin, nine times removed.)

1727- Lenart Streypers dies in Pennsylvania.

Abstracts of Philadelphia County Wills, 1726-1747 By F. Edward Wright

STREPERS, LENART. Germantown, Co. of Pennsylvania. Husbandman.
March 28, 1727/28. August 9, 1727. E. 56.
Wife: Anne. Children: William, Denis, Henry, Lenart. Brother: John.
Brother-in-Law: John Cunrads. Exec: Anne and John Strepers, John Cunrads, Isaac Davis.

(The wife of Lenart Streypers, Ann Entgen Cunraeds, is my seventh great grandaunt. John Cunrads is her brother. Another brother, Cunraed Cunraeds, is my seventh great grandfather. Our common ancestors are Thones Kunders and Elin Theisson.
Elin Theisson is the aunt of Matthias Tyson. Their common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs and Agnes Neeson op den Graeff. Elin Theisson is my eighth great grandmother.)

Sunday, January 17, 2010

1733 Pennsylvania

January 26, 1733- In 1732, Thomas Potts, Jr. had married Susanna. The marriage was accomplished in a manner ''contrary to Discipline of fray" and on January 26, 1733, they made an acknowledgment for their "Disorderly Walking," which the Quakers accepted. This shows that Susanna was also a Friend, but her maiden name is not given. They resided in Bristol Township.

(Thomas Potts, Jr. is my 1st cousin eight times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts and Elizabeth Baset. The Thomas Potts spoken of below is his first cousin. Jane Austin is his aunt.)
 
February 24, 1733- Anthony Conard marries Sarah Hatfield in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Daughter Margaret Conard is born later the same year.

(Anthony Conard is my sixth great grandfather.)

November 16, 1733- Thomas and Rachel Potts sell a tract of 140 acres to Thomas Lewis, a miller from Goshen, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The plantation, located in Roxbury, Roxborough Township, Philadelphia County, had been purchased from Isaac Norris back in 1726.

(Thomas Potts is my 1st cousin eight times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts and Elizabeth Baset.)

December 26, 1733- Jane Austin, being "weak in body but of sound mind and memory," made her will December 26, 1733, and died September 14, 1734. The will is recorded in Will-Book E, page 309, at Philadelphia. She mentions son Samuel Austin; daughters Ann Robins, Elizabeth Chanel and Mary; grand-children John Robins, Mary Robins, John Austin, John Wood.
The excutors were George Fitzwater, Anthony Morris and Jacob Shoemaker. Witnesses, Ezekiel Potts and John White.

(Jane Austin [nee Potts] is my 7th great grand aunt. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts and Elizabeth Baset. The Thomas Potts mentioned above is her nephew.)

Friday, January 15, 2010

1734 Pennsylvania

September 14, 1734- Jane Potts, wife of John Austin, dies in Philadephia, Pennsylvania.

Jane Austin, being "weak in body but sound mind and memory," made her will December 26, 1733, and died September 14, 1734. Her will is recorded in Will-Book E, page 309, at Philadelphia. She mentions son Samuel Austin; daughters Ann Robins, Elizabeth Chanel and Mary; grandchildren John Robbins, Mary Robins, John Austin, John Wood. The executors were George Fitzwater, Anthony Morris, and Jacob Shoemaker. Witnesses, Ezekiel Potts and John White.


Historical Collections Relating to The Potts Family in Great Britian and America, Published by the Compiler, Canonsburg, PA, 1901, Thomas Maxwell Potts, p.200.

(Jane Potts is my 7th great grand aunt. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts and Elizabeth Baset.)