I cut and pasted this from an article that I submitted to the Orange County Genealogical Society Quarterly last year. I hope the e-mail God keeps it in order when transmitting. ============================================================ The following abstract was made by Daniel H. Burrows of Otisville, NY on 9 June 1996 from a Bible that was purchased by Helen M. Benjamin many years ago. All bible entries are verbatim. Found in a Woolsey Family Bible measuring about 8 1/2 by 11 inches with no date of publication, however a date of Sep 2 1817 is written in a margin and it appears all the births recorded before that date were entered at the same time whiles those afterwards are in a different hand: Births: James Woolsey born 22 Oct 1776 Abigail Woolsey born 19 Oct 1779 Levi Woolsey Dodge x error 1800 Levi D. Woolsey born 28 Jan 1800 Noah Woolsey born 18 July 1801 James Woolsey born 19 March 1803 Richard Woolsey born Jan 15 - 1805 Wm. Woolsey born 20 Sept 1806 Mary Ann Woolsey born 27 Aug 1807 Nathan F. Woolsey born 20 Sept 1809 Joseph P. Woolsey born 20 Oct 1811 John W. Woolsey born 30 July 1813 Elisa Jane Woolsey born 4 Oct 1815 Abigail Woolsey born Oct 3d 1812' James Woolsey was born Aug 12 1821 Catharine M. Woolsey born 28 May 1823 Willie R. Woolsey was born Jun --- 1871 J.P. and C.M. Woolsey's Family Ophelia Woolsey was born January the 19 1840 Charles A. Woolsey was born March the 14 1843 Edna Woolsey was born January 24th 1847 William F. Woolsey was born Febuary (sic) 27 1849 Alice Woolsey was born November 27 1852 George E. Woolsey was borned August 27 1855 Catharine M. Hulse was born Sep 3 th 1817 Harvey C. Everett borne Sep 26 1859 Kate Louise Everitt was born April 12th 1861 Lillie Ophelia Everett was born Sept 3rd (crossed out and 4th written) 1868 [The last 3 ] Children of T.N. and Ophelia Everett Deaths: Jane Woolsey Deceas. 18 Dec 1805 Wm. Woolsey Deceas 19 Nov 1806 Abigail Woolsey died June 11 1820 James Woolsey died Sept 1 th 1821 Mary Ann Woolsey died April11 1835 Catherine M Hulse Woolsey wife of J.P. Woolsey died Dec 26th 1871 aged 54 years 3m 21 days Ophelia Woolsey, wife of Thomas N. Everett, daughter of J.P. and Catherine Woolsey died Dec 26th 1881 aged 41 years 11 months 7 days Joseph P. Woolsey died Feb 11th 1866 aged 74 years 3m 22 days Abigail Woolsey died 25th January 1847 aged 67 years 3 months & 6 days Catherine M. Woolsey died August 27th 1848 aged 25 years 3 months James Woolsey died 1857 Eliza Jane Woolsey died March 12th 1877 aged 61 years 6 months & 8 days James Woolsey died 1857 Children of J.P. & C.M.H. Woolsey Ophelia Woolsey Everett died Dec 26 1881 aged 41 yrs11 m 7 days 190 (Sic) February Chas. A. Woolsey June 22 1913 William F. Woolsey aged 64 years 3 m 22 days Edna Woolsey died March 11th 1915 68 years 1 month & 15 days Alice Woolsey died Sep 8th 1928 (in Brooklyn) aged 75 years 10 months 12 days buried Sep 10 at Washingtonville Marriages: Joseph P. Woolsey and Catherine M. Hulse Married May 10th 1838 Thomas H. Everett and Ophelia Woolsey Married Dec 24th 1858 James Woolsey & Abigail Lockwood married Feb 16 1799 Noah Woolsey & Deborah Might married [the rest is faded away if it was ever written, though 1837 (Noah born 1801 as per list of births above) seems to be written very lightly in pencil?] Levi D. Woolsey & Margaret Carter married May 14th 1832 Richard Woolsey & Mary Ann Wheeler married [no date given] Joseph P. Woolsey and Catharine M. Hulse married 10th May 1838 Nathan F. Woolsey [No other information given] John W. Woolsey & Jane C. Wood married 15th May 1842 On a hand written note in the Bible, the following was written (no corrections made): Geo E. Woolsey on Dec 10 1912 fell while painting a barn the lader blew over he fell 30 feet breaking his right leg and crushing the knee taken to hospital they had to ampitate the leg near the body was in hospital 7 weeks. in 1913 he got an artificial leg On another hand written note the following births recorded (see above under Everett): Born -- Year Sept 26 59 Harvey April 12 61 Louise Sep 3rd 68 Lillie --------- End forwarded message ---------- ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.