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| Some of the historic buildings in Newport, near the coast (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
January 14, 1666- My eighth great granduncle, Andrew Bacon, is born to Nathaniel Bacon & Ann Miller in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
Ancestry & Genealogy of Alfred Leslie Worland, Rosella Johnston and Allied Colonial Families.
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Showing posts with label Massachusetts. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
On This Day, January 14th
January 14, 1666- My eighth great granduncle, Andrew Bacon, is born to Nathaniel Bacon & Ann Miller in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
Monday, December 29, 2014
June 1743, Rhode Island
June 12, 1743- A son, Rufus, is born to Captain Jonathan Harrington & Sarah Foster in Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island.
Family Lore:
Rufus' second great grandfather, John Errington, drowned in 1631 in Boston Harbor shortly after the family's arrival from England.
His son, Benjamin, went to live with an uncle. (Benjamin is Rufus' great grandfather.) When he was about 15 years old, Ben embraced the Baptist faith, then under ban in Massachusetts. His uncle remonstrated with him without effect, finally punishing him severely and as a final resort tying him to a post and administering a flogging which was most unmerciful; threatening to turn him over to the authorities if he persisted in his heretical opinions. As soon thereafter as possible, he arranged his escape stealing away from his uncle's house penniless and alone with his bible, a fish line and a few other articles done up in a hankerchief and carrying a scanty supply of provisions.
He believed that the God he worshipped would care for him in some way and enable him to reach the Roger Williams settlement in safety. The trust was rewarded when, hungry, footsore and weak, he fell in with a family of Quakers, headed by William White, towards the same goal. They welcomed him, gave of their simple fare, caring for him until he became strong enough to assist them. He repaid them in labor caring for the team or when necessary to unload the wagon. He crossed the swollen streams and ravines, sometimes carrying the oldest daughter Elizabeth. The acquaintance with Elizabeth ripened into an enduring love and soon after their arrival in Providence, Rhode Island, she became his wife and in time the mother of his nine children.
In Providence, they settled on Harrington Lane, now Rochambeau Avenue. He fought in King Phillip's War and acquired considerable property, chiefly land. Possibly because of his bitterness towards his uncle, he changed his name to Herendeen and for two generations the name was spelled Herendeen, Herndern, Hearnden interchangably with Herington, Herrington, and Herrengton.
(John Errington is my tenth great grandfather. Benjamin Hearndon is my ninth great grandfather. Harrington is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Harrington & Lydia Cranston.)
Sunday, December 28, 2014
June 1743, Massachusetts
June 6, 1743- A son, Zephaniah, is born to Caleb Sherman & Elizabeth Lawton in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
The Surname "Sherman" is English: occupational name for a sheepshearer or someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excess nap, from Middle English shereman ‘shearer’.
June 21, 1743- A daughter, Abigail, is born to Humphrey Smith & Mary Willcox in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America.
(Zehaniah Sherman is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.
Abigail Smith is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Richard Sisson & Mary Atkinson. )
The Surname "Sherman" is English: occupational name for a sheepshearer or someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excess nap, from Middle English shereman ‘shearer’.
June 21, 1743- A daughter, Abigail, is born to Humphrey Smith & Mary Willcox in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America.
(Zehaniah Sherman is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.
Abigail Smith is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Richard Sisson & Mary Atkinson. )
Monday, July 28, 2014
April 1743, Massachusetts
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| Sgt. William Harlow Family Homestead, Plymouth Massachusetts, April 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Elizabeth is a descendant of four Mayflower Passengers, Richard Warren, Mary Allerton and her parents, Isaac Allerton and Mary Norton.
April 6, 1743- George Sherman marries Rebecca Sherman in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. George is a blacksmith, and would become a soldier of the Revolution serving as Captain in Colonel Jacob Statford's Independent Company of Volunteers.. He marched Aug 14, 1777 and fought in the battle near Bennington Aug 16, 1777.
( Elizabeth Harlow is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hugh Cole & Mary Foxwell.
Rebecca Sherman is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
March 1743, Massachusetts
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| Official seal of Dartmouth, Massachusetts (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
(Pardon Davol is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Richard Sisson & Mary Atkinson.)
Saturday, February 22, 2014
February 1743, Massachusetts
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| Benjamin Thompson House, Woburn, Massachusetts (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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.)
Sunday, February 16, 2014
1743 Massachusetts Bay
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| Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( |
(James Round is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Seamans & Susannah Salisbury and William Wood & Susannah Beckwith.)
Monday, December 9, 2013
December 9th, before the Revolution
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| David I (left) with the young Malcolm IV (right). |
He succeeded his grandfather David I. Malcolm's grandfather died at Carlisle on 24 May 1153, and Malcolm was inaugurated as king on 27 May 1153 at Scone at age twelve. The coronation took place before the old king was buried. Malcolm was not only King of Scots, but also inherited the Earldom of Northumbria.
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| Malcolm IV of Scotland (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
December 9, 1609- My ninth great granduncle, Peter Doors, is born to Pieter Dohrs & Lysgen Grietes in Kaldenkirchen, Bruggen, Prussia.
December 9, 1673- A daughter, Esther, is born to John Wilcox & Esther Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
Esther is my first cousin 10 times removed.
December 9, 1681- My eighth great grandmother, Martha Luther, is born to Samuel Luther & Mary Abell in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts.
December 9, 1687- A son, Francis, is born to Samuel Wetmore & Rebecca Gardner in Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Francis is my second cousin 9 times removed.
December 9, 1709- A daughter, Dorcas, is born to William Tew & Abigail Sisson in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.
Dorcas is my first cousin 9 times removed.
December 9, 1717- My seventh great granduncle, Edward Cole, dies at the age of 60 in St. Mary's, Maryland. The third son of Robert Cole & Rebecca Gill, he was born at St. Clement's Manor.
As a young man, he went to England for further education, perhaps in care of his father Robert's executor, Henry Hanckes. He first married Honora Ford in 1683 in St. Mary's, Maryland. Honora died about 1696.
In 1688, he left St. Clement's Manor, probably settling on "St. Edward's", the land surveyed for him by Luke Gardiner adjacent to Gardiner's holding at "St. John's".
At his death, he left his second wife, Elizabeth Slye. They had wed about 1705. Elizabeth would survive into the 1730s.
He left a large, well-furnished house, several hundred acres of land and a valuable estate. He was firmly established as one of the leading Catholic gentlemen of St. Mary's.
Will of Edward Cole
" IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Edward Cole Senior of St. Marys County
[MD] being now in good bodily health & of Sound & perfect sence & memory
thanks be to Almighty God for all his Benefits & Considering the uncertainty
of this transitory Life we live in doe think it Expedient & Necessar y tosettle & Dispose of all such temporall benefits which pleased Al mightGod hither to Endow me with & in order thereunto doe make thi s my lastWill Renouncing Revoking & making Voyd any Will or Wills he retofore byme made either Verball or in writing but this to be Effec tually takenfor my last will & Testament in Manner and forme followi ng vidis Impriis
First and Principally I give & bequeath my Soule to Almighty God
that gave it firmly & constantly believing that through the meritorio usdeath
and passion of my blessed Savior Jesus Christ I shall receive full pardon and
[P]remission of all my past crimes & Sins & my body I bequeath to th eEarth
from whence it came to be buried in Decent manner according to the discretion
of my Executor & Executrix hereafter specified.
1st Item I will and Desire that all Such Debts which of Righ t Iowe to any person may be Discharged & paid in some reasonable tim e aftermy decease -Especially to Captn John Hyde or his assignes i f any due.
2ndly Item I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Elizabeth Col e &her assigns forever one Negroe man called George & his wife calle d Bessnow att Madenbower, any one chest of Drawers which she shall p lease tomake choice of the two chests of Drawers which I now have wi th as muchof the rest of my Estate as shall come to her thirds.
3rdly Item I give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Edward Cole o neshilling sterling to be paid in some convenient time after my Dece asewhich said shilling is to be all that he shall have out of my Est atemore than he has already had for his part he having Received hi s fullpart except this shilling already.
4thly Item I will & Desire that if after my Decease any Good scomes in from Captain John Hyde or his assigns Consigned to me or t hatdoath anywise concern the said Hyde & my marchandizing I desir e & willthat my son Edward Cole shall have the disposall of them & b e paid forhis trouble & Cares & the profit & Gaine of the said Cargo e or Goods tobe added to my Estate.
5thly Item I will and Desire after my decease if any Goods b e inthe store be them more or less I will & Desire that my son Edwar d Colehave the Disposall of them as of the other before mentione d & that hemay have Liberty to come & Dispose of the same when he sh all have hisSett Days & as soon as my Decease I will & Desire that m y son EdwardCole take the key of the stores & the Goods into his pos session & Cares.
6thly Item I give and bequeath all my wearing apparell my Wigg sonly Excepted to be Distributed to such poor peoples as my Executo r &Executrix shall think fitting and Convenient.
7thly Item I will & Desire that after the Discharge of my jus tDebts that then the Remaining part of my Estate as well Quick and D eedbe equally Divided amongst my Six Children Vidte Elizabeth Heard[ ,]Robert Cole[,] Honour Spalding[,] Ruth Mattingly[,] Susannah Jenki ns[,]and Mary Jenkins[.]
8thly Lastly And for the Executing Effecting & fulfilling of t hismy last Will & Testament I nominate Constitute & appoint my wel l belovedwife Elizabeth Cole & my beloved son Robert Cole to be tru e & lawfullExecutor & Executrix, ----- the true performance of thi s my last Will &Testament to see that nobody here above mentioned b e any wise wronged asye Shall answer the same at the Day of Judgmen t As Witness my hand &Seale this Sixteenth Day of April Anno Domin i 1717
Edwd his Cole
mark
Sealed Signed & Delivered in the Presence
of Clemt Gardiner Joseph Powers James Thompson
The aforegoing Will was thus Endorsed
December the 20th 1717
Then came Clement Gardiner & Joseph Power two of the Witnesses to th ewithin
Will & made oath that they saw the above named Edward Cole Seale Sign e &
Deliver the same as his last Will & Testament
Wm Aisquith Depty Com y"
December 9, 1721- A son, Samuel, is born to Samuel Doolittle & Mary Fenn in Wallingford, Connecticut.
Samuel is my second cousin 8 times removed.
December 9, 1730- Thomas Carter, son of Thomas Carter & Margaret Wetmore, marries Sarah Gilbert, daughter of Samuel Gilbert & Mercy Warner.
Thomas is my second cousin 9 times removed.
December 9, 1739- A daughter, Mary, is born to Caleb Abernathy & Lois Gaylord in Wallingford, Connecticut.
Mary is my third cousin 7 times removed.
December 9, 1742- Thomas Langton, son of Joseph Langton & Rachel Cowles, marries Abigail Richards, daughter of Thomas Richards & Abigail Turner, in Farmington, Connecticut.
Abigail Richards is my second cousin 8 times removed.
December 9, 1743- A daughter, Anna, is born to Thomas Cole & Christiana Luther in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts.
Anna is my second cousin 8 times removed.
December 9, 1751- Mary Maurle, wife of Abraham Lukens, and their 10 year-old daughter, Mary, both die in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mary Maurle is 52 years old.
Young Mary Lukens is my second cousin 8 times removed.
December 9, 1752- A son, Daniel, is born to Isaac Shoemaker & Hannah Roberts in Upper Dublin Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Daniel is my fourth cousin 7 times removed.
Saturday, December 7, 2013
On This Day in the Colonies: December 7
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| English: John Rogers House, Branford CT on National Register of Historic Places (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
December 7, 1664- My ninth great grandmother, Sarah Hall, wife of Deacon Thomas Wetmore, dies at the age of 42 in Middletown, Middlesex County,Connecticut.
Born in England, she was the daughter of John Hall & Esther Willoche.
December 7, 1696- Connecticut Route 108, third oldest highway in Connecticut, is laid out to Trumbull.
December 7, 1703- A daughter, Mary, is born to Daniel Maltby & Esther Moss in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut.
Mary is my second cousin 9 times removed.
December 7, 1708- A daughter, Margaret, is born to Matthias Tyson & Mary Potts in Abington, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Margaret is my second cousin 8 times removed.
December 7, 1724- My ninth great grandmother, Deborah Allen Buckland, wife of Hugh Cole, dies at the age of 64 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of Joseph Buckland & Deborah Allen.
She is buried in Kickemuit Cemetery, Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.
December 7, 1732- A son, James, is born to Robert Harlow & Susannah Cole in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America.
James is my second cousin 9 times removed.
William Penn, son of William Penn & Mary Jones, marries Christiana Forbes, daughter of Alexander Forbes, a merchant, in London, England.
William Penn is my fourth cousin 8 times removed.
The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.
December 7, 1747- A daughter, Mary, is born to Thomas Adamson & Mary Burson in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Mary is my second cousin 6 times removed.
December 7, 1749- Peleg Sisson, son of George Sisson & Elizabeth Sherman, marries Ruth Sherman, daughter of John Sherman & Grizzel Fish, in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. They are married by William Sanford, Justice.
Peleg is my second cousin 8 times removed.
December 7, 1751- A son, Samuel, is born to Benjamin Tallman & Elizabeth Gorton in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.
Samuel is my third cousin 8 times removed.
December 7, 1755- A son, John, is born to Jarvis Brown & Ann Kinnicut in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts.
John is my third cousin 7 times removed.
December 7, 1760- A daughter, Sarah, is born to Giles Sanford & Elizabeth Smith in Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island.
Sarah is my third cousin 7 times removed.
December 7, 1763- A daughter, Ann, is born to Jeremiah Walton & Margaret Tyson in Moreland Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.
Ann is my third cousin 7 times removed.
December 7, 1767- A son, Seth, is born to Joseph Blake & Marnara Grant in Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut.
Seth is my third cousin 7 times removed.
December 7, 1768- Stephen Brownell, son of Joseph Brownell & Rebecca Tripp, marries Susanna Fish, daughter of David Fish & Jemima Tallman, in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.
Stephen and Susanna are my third cousins 8 times removed.
December 7, 1771- A daughter, Tabatha, is born to Joseph Hoxie & Abigail Sherman in Dutchess County, New York.
Tabatha is my fourth cousin 7 times removed.
December 7, 1773- A daugher, Elizabeth, is born to Squire Seamans & Elizabeth Lee in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
Elizabeth is my third cousin 6 times removed.
December 7, 1776- David Potts and his wife Alice Schull, moved to York County, Pennsylvania, He, along with his wife and children Jonathan, Ann, Hannah, Rachel, Joseph and Stephen, made a request to be received into Friends Meeting. Their request was granted February 8, 1777. They were members of Menallen Particular Meeting, (now included in Adams County,) then under the care of the Warrington Monthly Meeting.
David Potts is my second cousin 7 times removed.
Marquis de Lafayette attempts to enter the American military as a major general.
December 7, 1780- Josiah Seymour marries Dinah Doolittle, daughter of James Doolittle & Sarah Andrews, in Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut.
Dinah is my third cousin 7 times removed.
Ebenezer Cole, son of Ebenezer Cole & Prudence Miller, marries Martha Ingraham, daughter of Joshua.
Ebenezer is my second cousin 8 times removed.
December 7, 1782- A son, Robert, is born to Reverend Robert Hubbard & Lucy Hubbard in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts.
Robert is my third cousin 6 times removed.
December 7, 1787- Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
Monday, December 2, 2013
December 1742, Massachusetts
December 8, 1742- A son, Daniel, is born to John Seamans & Priscilla Wood in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay.
(Daniel Seamans is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Seamans & Susannah Salisbury and William Wood & Susannah Beckwith.)
(Daniel Seamans is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Seamans & Susannah Salisbury and William Wood & Susannah Beckwith.)
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