Lynn, Many of the men who purchased land in Middletown were from RI, and never actually settled in NJ. They were building equity for their children, so it would not be unusual for Mary to migrate to NJ with her brothers. I suspect though that she may have met and married Judah Allen in RI. If you check out the Woolley's on NJ Genweb tidbits, per Joe's message, you will see that Mary's brother, John, had several business dealings with Judah Allen beginning in 1685. I'll bet if you look into early Newport records you will find Judah Allen there. Good luck with your daughter - My mother spent 20 years trying to spark my interest in genealogy...now I am addicted!!! Susan -----Original Message----- From: RootsSearcher@aol.com <RootsSearcher@aol.com> To: NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com <NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, April 03, 2000 11:01 PM Subject: Re: [NJMONMOU] Van Mater (WOOLLEY question) >In a message dated 3/21/00 1:25:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >amicucci@email.msn.com writes: > ><< The > Stillwell books I had mentioned in an earlier email contains a genealogy on > the the Woolley family. Do you already have this information? Let me know. >>> > >Susan, would you please check on that WOOLLEY for me and see if there is a >Mary WOOLLEY who m. a Judah ALLEN in abt 1675 at Shrewsbury, NJ? I am trying >to find out more about her parents, whom I have as Emanuel WOOLLEY and wife >Elizabeth _____ of Newport RI. Did Emanuel and Elizabeth stay in Rhode >Island? How on earth did Mary bump into Judah in the first place? I want to >try to make these people come alive for my daughter, to see if I can spark >some interest! > >Thanks, >Lynn >RootsSearcher@aol.com >