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

Thursday, July 7, 2011

1738, Maryland

West St. Mary's Manor, West Saint Mary's Manor...Image via Wikipedia
1738- My fifth great grandmother, Ann Stimson Hardy, dies at the age of 36 in Prince George's County, Maryland.
Annie, the daughter of Solomon Stimson, was born in Maryland, and was the second wife of William Hardy.

Lizzie Darnall is born to Edward Darnall & Priscilla Moore in Charles County, Maryland.

Abraham Clarke marries Eleanor Heard in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

Edward Jenkins is born to Edward Jenkins & Mary Cole in Charles County, Maryland.

Wilfred Neale is born to Henry Neale & Anne Gardiner in St. Mary's County, Maryland.

(Lizzie Darnall is my second cousin 5 times removed. Our common ancestors are John Robey & Sarah Hines Luckett.
Eleanor Heard is my second cousin 6 times removed. Edward Jenkins is her first cousin. Edward Jenkins is my second cousin 6 times removed. Wilfred Neale is their third cousin. Wilfred Neale is my third cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are Benjamin Gill & Mary Mainwaring and Oliver Mainwaring & Margaret Torbock.)
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

1738, Connecticut

1738- Daniel Bacon dies in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. He leaves a widow, Hannah (Beardsley) Bacon.
Early Connecticut Probate Records:
Daniel Bacon, Middletown. Invt. £691-12-03. Taken 20 June, 1738 by Solomon Adkins, Nathaniel Bacon and William Rockwell
Court Record, Page 30 -- 27 June, 1738: Adms to Hannah Bacon, widow. Recog. with Josiah Beardslie of Stratford.
          Page 50 -- 5 June, 1739: Hannah Bacon, Adms., exhibits an account of her Adms. Accepted.
          Page 19 (Vol. XIV) 13 May, 1743: Hannah Bacon, alias Fairchild, Adms. having finihsed her account of Adms., moved for a distribution of the moveable part of the estate: Whereupon this Court appoint Nathaniel Bacon, Benjamin Adkins, and William Rockwdll distributors. Invt. on record with additions and £6-16-06 as per credit on the Adms. account, £669-13-09. The real estate subtracted, there remains £161-09-05. Debts and charges, with allowance for bringing up the children, £127-06-09, which being subtracted from the moveable part of the invt., there remains £44-02-08 to be distributed. This Court order 1-3 part to Hannah Bacon, alias Fairchild, and the remainder to Mary and Hannah Bacon, minor children.
Jonas Galusha marries Sarah Doolittle in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. They would divorce in 1757. Sarah reportedly had an affair with Robert Stephens, which resulted in two children.
Jonas would go on to marry Ann Austin.

Lydia Doolittle and John Joyce are divorced in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. They had wed in 1734.

Benjamin Doolittle is born to Solomon Doolittle & Jerusha Taylor in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.

Sybil Key is born to Samuel Key & Annah Cornwall in Middlesex, Connecticut.

Lois Wetmore, infant daughter of Ebenezer Wetmore & Elizabeth Cornwall, dies in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

(Daniel Bacon is my first cousin 9 times removed. Lois Wetmore is his first cousin once removed. Our common ancestors are Nathaniel Bacon & Ann Miller and Deacon Thomas Whitmore.
Lois Wetmore is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Whitmore & Sarah Hall and William Cornwall & Mary Bailey. 
Sarah Doolittle is my first cousin 8 times removed. Lydia Doolittle is her first cousin once removed. Benjamin is her second cousin. Our common ancestors are Samuel Doolittle & Mary Cornwall.
Lydia Doolittle is my first cousin 9 times removed. Benjamin Doolittle is her first cousin once removed. Benjamin Doolittle is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Abraham Doolittle & Abigail Moss.
Sybil Key is my second cousin 8 times removed. Lois Wetmore is her second cousin once removed. Our common ancestors are John Cornwall & Martha Peck.)
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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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