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 Roberts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roberts. Show all posts

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
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

June 1741, Pennsylvania

English: Front page of an almanac printed in G...
English: Front page of an almanac printed in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1739 by Christopher Sauer. Picture of the text in German Language Printing in the American Colonies up to the Declaration of lndependence (part 2), the website above. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
June 1741

Isaac Shoemaker & Hannah Roberts are married in Pennsylvania.
Isaac Shoemaker is the son of Peter J. Shoemaker & Margaret Op den Graeff. Hannah is the daughter of Thomas Roberts & Margaret Gove. Both were born in Germantown.
The couple settled in Upper Dublin township, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) county, where Isaac purchased a tract of land and followed the life of a farmer.

(Isaac Shoemaker is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hermann Op den Graeff & Gretjen Driessen Pletjes and Pieter Dohrs & Lysgen Grietes.)
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Monday, January 21, 2013

February 1741, Pennsylvania

English: Seal of Germantown Pennsylvania, 1691
English: Seal of Germantown Pennsylvania, 1691 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

February 1741

 Matthias Lukens dies at the age of 40 in Pennsylvania.
In August of 1700, Mathias Lukens was born in Germantown to Jan Lucken & Mary Tyson.
Jan Lucken had settled in Philadelphia County in 1683. Jan had an old Bible, published in 1595 by Peter Sebastian. In this Bible, he wrote :
"1700 the 13th of ye 8a mo. Mathias Lucken was Born."

On February 24, 1721, when he was 20, Matthias married Ann Johnson, daughter of Richard Johnson & Margaret Millan. Ann survived him.
His Will, dated 18 Sep 1741, grants property of two grist mills and 108 acres to son John.
 Will Abstract:

LUCKEN, MATHIAS. Philadelphia County. Yeoman. 9 mo. 18, 1741. February 19, 1741. F.280.
Exec: Wife Anne and brother-in-law John Johnson (cooper). Children: Dirk, John, Daniel, Mary, Hannah and Ann. Witnesses: John Rush and John and Samuel Rose. Codicil dated 11 mo. 21, 1741. Same witnesses.

February 17, 1741

A son, Dennis, is born to Dennis Conrad and wife, Ann Knight, in Horsham Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The child does not survive, dying in 1742.

February 19, 1741

Ann Roberts is born to Thomas Roberts & Rachel Livezey in Bristol Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


(Mathias Lukens is my first cousin 9 times removed. Dennis Conard is his grand nephew. Their common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.
Dennis Conard is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thone Kunders &
Elin Magadelen Tyson.
Ann Roberts is my third cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset. )

 

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

January 1741, Connecticut

Official seal of City of New Haven
Official seal of City of New Haven (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
January 4, 1741- A son, Samuel Todd, is born to Christopher Todd & Hannah Tuttle in New Haven, Connecticut.

January 8, 1741-Twin sons, Solomon Doolittle and Theophilus Doolittle, are born to Theophilus Doolittle & Sarah Dorchester in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.
The infants do not survive; Solomon dies on January 15, 1741. Theophilus dies on January 20, 1741.

January 21, 1741- A son, Elisha Roberts, is born to Daniel Roberts & Eunice Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

January 31, 1741- A daughter, Eunice Doolittle, is born to John Doolittle & Hannah Royce in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

( Eunice Doolittle and Samuel Todd are my third cousins 7 times removed.  They are third cousins. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.
 Twins Solomon and Theophilus Doolittle are my second cousins 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss. Samuel Todd is their second cousin once removed.
Elisha Roberts is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.)
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

1741, Pennsylvania


The traditional colors of a Lancaster County c...
The traditional colors of a Lancaster County covered bridge: red sides and white portals (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
1741- Gabriel Schuler is born to Samuel Showler & Magdalena Levering in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Isaac Shoemaker marries Hannah Roberts in Pennsylvania.

Margaret Shoemaker and Benjamin Mason are married in Pennsylvania.

Samuel Shoemaker, son of Peter Shoemaker & Margaret Op den Graeff, dies at the age of 21 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

 Martha Ann DeHaven is born to Abraham DeHaven & Rebecca Pawling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

( Gabriel Schuler is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestor is Thonis Klincken.
Siblings Margaret Shoemaker, Isaac Shoemaker and Samuel Shoemaker are my third cousins 8 times removed. Martha Ann DeHaven is their first cousin once removed. Martha Ann DeHaven is my fourth cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hermann Op den Graeff & Gretjen Driessen Pletjes and Pieter Dohrs & Lysgen Grietes.)
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Friday, December 16, 2011

March 1740, Virginia

March 5, 1740- My fifth great grandmother, Elizabeth Potts, is born to David Potts & Ann Roberts in Hillsboro, Loudoun County, Virginia.

Friday, November 25, 2011

1740, Pennsylvania

Seal of Germantown Pennsylvania, 1691
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1740- My sixth great granduncle, Jonathan Potts, marries Naomi Hall in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Their first son, Jonathan, is born later that year.
Their is confusion about Naomi's name. The Old Potts Bible, owned by Mr. George W. Potts, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, refers to her has "Emey" and "Omey". It seems to me, that these are simply diminutive forms of Naomi.

Barbara Tyson, widow of Mathias Conard, dies at the age of 53 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Cornelius & Margaret Theissen.

Thomas Tyson is born to Peter Tyson & Mary Roberts in Abington Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Mary Cleaver is born to Derrick Cleaver & Mary Potts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

(Barbara Tyson is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff. Thomas Tyson is her first cousin once removed.
Thomas Tyson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff, Coentgen Lenssen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones and Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.
Mary Cleaver is my third cousin 6 times removed. Thomas Tyson is her second cousin. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.)
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Friday, September 16, 2011

January 1739, Connecticut

Official seal of Middletown, ConnecticutImage via WikipediaJanuary 5, 1739- Abigail Hubbard is born to Robert Hubbard & Elizabeth Sill in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

January 8, 1739- My seventh great grandfather, Stephen Turner, marries his second wife, Hannah Center, in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
His first wife, Hannah Doolittle, had died the previous September, leaving Stephen with young children.

January 12, 1739- Stephen Wetmore is born to Moses Wetmore & Margaret Johnson in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

January 17, 1739- Ebenezer Wetmore is born to Ebenezer Wetmore & Elizabeth Cornwall in  Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. The child would not survive.

January 26, 1739- Lucia Roberts is born to Daniel Roberts & Eunice Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

(Abigail Hubbard is my third cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Hubbard & Elizabeth Watts. Stephen Wetmore and Ebenezer Wetmore are my second cousins  8 times removed. Abigail Hubbard is their second cousin once removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Whitmore & Sarah Hall.
Lucia Roberts is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.)
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

October 1738, Pennsylvania

The interior of an old meeting house in the Un...Image via WikipediaOctober 4, 1738- William Edwards, of Milford,  marries Martha Foulke, daughter of Hugh Foulke,  at the Richland Monthly Meeting in Buck's County, Pennsylvania.
Among the witnesses are the names of Edwards, Foulke, Roberts, Griffith, Lester, Ball and others well known in this part of Pennsylvania.

"She was a daughter of our ancient friend, Hugh Foulke and Ann his wife..., and being religiously educated, was in her young years an example of virtue and sobriety to her sex; and in the twenty-second year of her age, was married to William Edwards, an approved minister of Richland Monthly Meeting." 

Dated: 5th-mo. 20, 1781
Samuel Foulke
William and Martha both became prominent ministers and elders in the Society of Friends (Quakers).



(Martha Foulke is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Aret Klincken & Niske Agnes Jensen.)
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Thursday, August 25, 2011

August 1738, Pennsylvania

August 5, 1738- Isaac Conard is born to Dennis Conard & Ann Knight in Abington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

August 28, 1738- Margaret Roberts, wife of Isaac Cadwallader, dies at the age of 26 in Horsham, Pennsylvania. She leaves a two-year-old son, Isaac, and her husband will die within the following year.

August 30, 1738- Joseph Davis marries Elizabeth Shoemaker in Germantown, Pennsylvania.

(Isaac Conard is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thones Kunders & Elin Magdalen Tyson and Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.
Elizabeth Shoemaker is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Hermann Op den Graeff & Gretjen Driessen Pletjes and Pieter Dohrs & Lysgen Grietes.
Margaret Roberts is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.)
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Saturday, July 30, 2011

April 1738, Pennsylvania

Seal of Germantown Pennsylvania, 1691Image via WikipediaApril 11, 1738- My fifth great granduncle, David Potts, is born to David Potts & Ann Roberts in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

1738, Pennsylvania

1738- My seventh great granduncle, Henry Cunreds, purchases three acres adjoining the property of William Roberts for £4, and ten years later a tract adjoining of fifty acres from Joseph Roberts for £112. By dint of persistent industry he cleared the land, and made a comfortable home for himself and his children. Seven sons were born to Henry and Katherine Cunreds, namely: William, Dennis, John, Peter, Joseph, Benjamin and Samuel.

Gaynor Lukens is born to Peter Lukens & Gaynor Evans in Germantown, Pennsylvania.

William Lukens is born to John Lukens & Dorothy Griggs in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

John Burson is born to George Burson & Sarah Cox in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

(Gaynor Lukens is my second cousin 8 times removed. William Lukens is her first cousin once removed.
William Lukens 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. John Burson is my third cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.)
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Thursday, May 26, 2011

1737, Pennsylvania

1737- My sixth great grandparents, David Potts & Ann Roberts, are married in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Ann was David's second wife, a woman of dark complexion, and was familiarly known as "Nancy." His first wife, Elizabeth Jane Lane, had died in 1735.

Deborah Burson is born to Joseph Burson & Mary Rachel Potts at Gilbert's Manor in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

(Deborah Burson is my first cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Jonas Potts & Mary Thomaston.)
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Thursday, May 19, 2011

November 1736, Pennsylvania

November 13, 1736- My fifth great granduncle, Samuel Potts, is born to David Potts & Ann Roberts in Germantown, Philadelphia.

November 29, 1736- John Hallowell is born to William Hallowell & Margaret Tyson in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He would not live until adulthood, dying at age 8.

(John 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.)
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Saturday, March 5, 2011

1735, Pennsylvania

1735- My fifth great grandaunt, Margaret Conard, is born to Anthony Conard & Sarah Hatfield in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Absalom Burson is born to Joseph Burson & Mary Rachel Potts at Gilbert's Manor in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Rynear Tyson is born to Peter Tyson & Mary Roberts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Geshert Boorse marries Margaret Kuster in Pennsylvania.

(Absalom Burson is my first cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Jonas Potts & Mary Thomaston. 
Rynear Tyson and Margaret Kuster are my second cousins 8 times removed. They are second cousins. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.)
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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

February 1733, Pennsylvania

February 24, 1733- My sixth great grandparents, Anthony Conard and Sarah Hatfield, are married at Gwynedd Meeting, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.


Minutes: at our Monthly Meeting held at Gwynedd the 26 of the 2 mo 1733

Rowland Hugh and Ellin Robert Declared their intention of Marriage with each other the second time - Jane Lewis and Alice Griffith are desired to attend the Marriage and bring their account to the next Meeting.
 

Anthony Connard and Sarah Hatfield Declared their intention of Marriage with each other the second time - Jane Robert and Elizabeth Ellis are desired to attend the Marriage and bring their account to the Next Meeting.
 

Moses Peters and Martha Thomas Declared their intention of Marriage with each other the second time - Jane Lewis and Jane Nailor are desired to attend the marriage and bring their account next Meeting.
 

William Spencer and Elizabeth Lewis Declared their intention of Marriage with each other the second time - Catherine William and Jane Lewis are desired to attend the Marriage and bring their report next Meeting.
 

John Jones and Gainor Humbery [sic, should read Humphrey] Declared their intention of Marriage with each other the first time - Ann Roberts and Jane Jones are appointed to inspect into her clearness and Conversation and bring report to the next meeting.
 

John Griffith and Ann Jones Declared their intention of marriage with each other the first time - Anne Foulk and Mary Roberts are Desired to inspect into her Clearness and Conversation and bring report to the next Meeting.
 

The women friends appointed Last Meeting to attend the Last Marriage report it was orderly accomplished.
 

The several preparatives belonging to this Meeting having the weighty service of visiting families under consideration have for Gwynedd chose Alice Griffith, Gwen Morris, Anne Roberts, Ellin Evans - for Plymouth Ellin Meredith and Rachel Potts - for the swamp Ann Foulk and Catherine Ball - for Oley Jane Ellis and Abigail Wiley.
 

Collected by the several Meetings the sum of L0=19=6
 

Jane Lewis and Margaret Humphrey are appointed to attend the Next Quarterly Meeting at Philadelphia

February 26, 1733- Dennis Conrad and Ann Knight are married in Abington Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

February 28, 1733- Mary Tyson is born to John Tyson & Priscilla Naylor in Upper Dublin, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.

(Anthony Conard and Dennis Conrad are first cousins. Mary Tyson is their second cousin.
Dennis Conrad is my first cousin 8 times removed. Mary Tyson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thones Kunders & Elin Magdalen Tyson and Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.)
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Thursday, October 14, 2010

October 1729, Connecticut

October 1, 1729- Isaac Curtis marries Mary Abernathy, daughter of William Abernathy & Sarah Doolittle, in New Haven, Connecticut. This was a second marriage for both. Mary was 50 years old. They had no children.

October 20, 1729- Ebenezer Roberts is born to Daniel Roberts & Eunice Cornwall in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

(Mary Abernathy is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.
Ebenezer Roberts is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.)
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

January 1728, Connecticut

January 5, 1728- Daniel Turner is born to John Turner & Abigail Richards in Hartford, Connecticut.

January 7, 1728- Daniel Roberts, Jr. is born to Daniel Roberts & Eunice Cornwall in Middletown village, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony.


January 18, 1728- Hamlin Johnson is born to Joseph Johnson & Mehitable Hamlin in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

January 31, 1728- Keziah Doolittle is born to John Doolittle & Mary Frederick in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

(Daniel Turner is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Edward Turner & Mary Sanford.
Daniel Roberts, Jr. is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck. Hamlin Johnson is his second cousin. Their common ancestors are John Blake & Sarah Hall. Hamlin Johnson is my second cousin 7 times removed.
Keziah Doolittle is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestor is Abraham Doolittle.)
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Thursday, September 9, 2010

October 1727, Connecticut

October 7, 1727- Adonijah Roberts is born to Ebenezer Roberts & Mercy Johnson in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

(Adonijah Roberts is my second cousin 7 times removed.)
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Saturday, August 28, 2010

February 1727, Pennsylvania

February 1727- Peter Tyson and Mary Roberts are married in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. They were granted permission at the Monthly Meeting at Abington, January 27, 1727, and the marriage was reported at the next Monthly Meeting, February 24, 1727. Mary was the daughter of Thomas Roberts of Germantown.Thomas had emigrated to Pennsylvania from Wales, with William Penn, on his second voyage, in the "Canterbury," in December, 1699.

(Peter Tyson is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff and Coentgen Lenssen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones.)
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