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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.
Showing posts with label Philadelphia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philadelphia. 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.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
August 1743, Pennsylvania
August, 1743- Mary, daughter of William Hallowell & Margaret Tyson, dies at the age of one year in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
August 3, 1743- A son, Dyonisius, is born to Dennis Conrad & Ann Knight in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
August 18, 1743- Benjamin Gilbert, son of Nicholas Gilbert & Sarah Chamberlin, marries Mary Conard, daughter of John Conard & Alice Lukens, in Abington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America.
It is Mary's second marriage, her first husband Henry Evans died in 1739.
(Mary Conard is my first cousin 8 times removed. Dyonisius Conard is her nephew. Dyonisius Conard is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thones Kunders & Elin Magadalen Tyson and Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff .
Mary Hallowell is his third cousin.
Mary Hallowell is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff and Coentgen Lenssen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones.)
Monday, February 24, 2014
February 1743, Pennsylvania
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| Seal of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
February 26, 1743- Samuel Embree, son of Moses Embree and Mary Southard marries Rachel Lewis, daughter of James Lewis & Sarah Potts, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
It was the first marriage at Robeson Friends Meeting House.The log structure had been built two years earlier on rented land.
(Joseph Conard is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thones Kunders & Elin Magadalen Tyson and Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.
Rachel Lewis is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.)
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
1743 Pennsylvania
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| The traditional colors of a Lancaster County covered bridge: red sides and white portals (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
A son, Jacob, is born to Samuel Showler & Margaret Levering in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
John Pawling, son of John Pawling & Anjje Dewill, marries Elizabeth DeHaven, daughter of Herman DeHaven & Anneken Op den Graeff, in Pennsylvania.
(John Lloyd is my third cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are Aret Klincken & Niske Agnes Jensen.
Jacob Schuler is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Thonis Klincken.
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.)
Friday, November 29, 2013
November 1742, Pennsylvania
November 11, 1742- Robert Roberts, son of Cadwalader Roberts, marries Sarah Ambler, daughter of Joseph Amber & Ann Williams, at the Gywnedd Monthly Meeting in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
November 30, 1742- Six years after his marriage to Esther Rhoades, Nathan Potts was required to make acknowledgement for his "outgoing," to Abington Monthly Meeting.
The couple had been married at the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, and was accomplished contrary to the "usage of Friends".
(Nathan Potts is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.
Sarah Ambler is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Aret Klincken & Niske Agnes Jensen.)
An interesting article about politics, violence and Quakers in Philadelphia:
THE BLOODY ELECTION OF 1742
Saturday, November 23, 2013
October 1742- Pennsylvania
October 3, 1742- A daughter, Margaret, is born to Isaac Shoemaker & Hannah Roberts in Upper Dublin Twp, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.
October 5, 1742- A son, Henry, is born to Cornelius Tyson & Barbara Pennypacker in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
October 14, 1742- A son, Matthias, is born to Jacob Pannebecker & Margaret Tyson in Skippack, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.
(Henry Tyson and Matthias Pannebecker are my third cousins 7 times removed. They are first cousins. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff. Margaret Shoemaker is their fourth cousin.
Margaret Shoemaker is my fourth cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hermann Op den Graef & Gretchen Driessen Pletjes and Pieter Dohrs & Lysgen Grietes.)
Philadelphia's pledge of religious tolerance attracted many other religions beside Quakers. Mennonites, Pietists, Anglicans, Catholics, and Jews moved to the city and soon outnumbered the Quakers, but they continued to be powerful economically and politically. Political tensions existed between and within the religious groups, which also had national connections. Riots in 1741 and 1742 took place over high bread prices and drunken sailors. In October 1742 and the "Bloody Election" riots, sailors attacked Quakers and pacifist Germans, whose peace politics were strained by the War of Jenkins' Ear
The city was plagued by pickpockets and other petty criminals. Working in the city government had such a poor reputation that fines were imposed on citizens who refused to serve an office after being chosen. One man fled Philadelphia to avoid serving as mayor.
In the first half the 18th century, like other American cities, Philadelphia was dirty, with garbage and animals littering the streets. The roads were unpaved and in rainy seasons impassable. Early attempts to improve quality of life were ineffective as laws were poorly enforced.
-Wikipedia
Thursday, November 21, 2013
September 1742, Pennsylvania
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| The covered bridge at Schofield Ford, Pennsylvania. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
September 18, 1742- Henry Conrad, son of John Conard & Alice Lukens, marries Jane Jones, daughter of Catherine & Edward Jones, at the Plymouth, Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania.
9th-mo. 18, 1742. Henry Conrad, of Upper Dublin, Philadelphia county, and Jane Jones, of Whitemarsh, in said county. At Plymouth meeting-house. Witnesses, Dennis, Ann, John, Henry and Cornelius Cunrad, Joseph Jones, Edward and Catharine Stroud, Thomas Potts and 16 others. -Plymouth Meeting, Its Establishment, And The Settlement Of The Township
With Historical, Genealogical And Biolgraphcal Data FromRecords Of Friends by Elwood Roberts.
(Henry Conrad is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thones Kunders & Elin Magdalen Tyson and Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.
Ann Adamson is my second cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Pott and Jonas Potts & Mary Thomaston.)
September 16, 1742
The Pennsylvania Gazette
NOTICE is hereby given, THAT William Bradford,
jun. has set up a NEW PRINTING OFFICE, in the House that Mr. ANDREW BRADFORD
formerly lived, in Second Street, where PRINTING is done at the most reasonable
Rates: Where may be had,…Blank Bonds, Bonds and Judgement, Arbitration Bonds,
Powers of Attorney, Servant's Indentures, Bills of Lading, fine Temple and other
Sorts of Spectacles, Sealing Wax, Ink Powder, brass and leather Ink Pots,
Writing Paper of sundry Sorts, lead Pencils, Pocket Books, Blank Books,
Dividers, Gunter Scales, Parchment, &c. …
Sunday, November 17, 2013
August 1742, Pennsylvania
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| Lower Quad in Winter, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1895) |
August 26, 1742- Henry Conrad and Jane Jones declared their intention of Marriage with each other the second time - Elizabeth Ellis and Rachel Potts are appointed to attend the Marriage and bring accounts to the next Meeting. Monthly Meeting held att Gwynedd the 26 of the 8 mo 1742
(Mary Hallowell is my third cousin 7 times removed. Henry Conrad is her second cousin once removed. Henry Conrad is my first cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff and Coentgen Lenssen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones and Thones Kunders & Elin Magadalen Tyson.)
Philadelphia was known in colonial times as the "Athens of America" because of its rich cultural life. Because of the liberality of Penn's principles and the freedom of expression that prevailed, the province developed a conspicuous variety and strength in its intellectual and educational institutions and interests. An academy that held its first classes in 1740 became the College of Philadelphia in 1755, and ultimately grew into the University of Pennsylvania. It was the only nondenominational college of the colonial period. The arts and sciences flourished, and the public buildings of Philadelphia were the marvel of the colonies. Many fine old buildings in the Philadelphia area still bear witness to the richness of Pennsylvania's civilization in the eighteenth century. Such men of intellect as Benjamin Franklin, David Rittenhouse, John Bartram, and Benjamin West achieved international renown. Newspapers and magazines flourished, as did law and medicine. Pennsylvania can claim America's first hospital, first library, and first insurance company. -PHMC
Saturday, November 9, 2013
May 1742, Pennsylvania
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| Library Company of Philadelphia (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
(Henry Cunnard is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thones Kunders & Elin Magadelen Tyson and Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Basset.)
In 1727, a literary society was formed in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and eleven associates. This was the famous "Junto," and from it originated the Library Company of Philadelphia, the first library of a public nature in America. The instrument of association was dated July 1, 1731, and the charter granted by the proprietary May 3, 1742.
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