May 1743, Pennsylvania

Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

May 1, 1743- A daughter, Sarah, is born to Ellis Lewis & Mary Tyson in Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The child will not survive to adulthood, dying shortly before her second birthday.

(Sarah Lewis 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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February 1743, Pennsylvania

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February 23, 1743- A son, Joseph, is born to Cornelius Conard & Priscilla Boulton in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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.)

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January 1743, Pennsylvania

January 3, 1743- A son, Joseph, is born to Ezekiel Potts & Magdalen Miller in Bristol Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania.


SVG of Pennsylvania state seal (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

January 8, 1743- My fifth great granduncle, Ezekiel Potts, is born to David Potts & Ann Roberts in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

January 25, 1743- John Lukens and his wife, Sarah Lukens, are separated from their church, Horsham meeting, having been disowned for having married first cousins.

(Joseph Potts is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.
John Lukens and Sarah Lukens are my second cousins 8 times removed. They are first cousins. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.)

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January 1742, Pennsylvania

Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

January 8, 1742- Nathan Potts is born to Nathan Potts & Esther Rhoades in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Sarah Lewis, young daughter of Ellis Lewis & Mary Tyson, dies at the age of 2 in Upper Dublin Township., Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

(Nathan Potts is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset.
Sarah Lewis 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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