----- Original Message ----- From: Normanlw@aol.com To: mwdiet@home.com Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 8:54 PM Subject: Woolseys I live in Edmonson Co. and often go hiking in the Woolsey Valley. The farms that were once owned by Wm.Hopkins Woolsey and Eldridge Woolsey had caves on them. Do you know of any stories that have been handed down in the Woolsey family about their connection with those caves. Thanks. Norman Warnell, Brownsville, Ky 42210

To any interested Woolsey researchers: I just checked out the webpage for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) at <www.familysearch.com> and found the following in Asia: George Wood Woolsey, b 1851, of Bainbridge, India, son of Richard Woolsey and Areta Osborn of Pulaski Co, KY. I didn't check this out yet in the Woolsey Book by Brewster but it appears he may have been a misssionary there? Anyone related? There was another Pulaski Co, KY missionary to India. I don't have the names at hand, but he would be in the early 1900's. Anyone related? and the following, of which I have nothing in my data base: Jeremiah Woolsey, b abt 1783, place of birth or parents unknown, md 18 Jan 1807, in Penang, Pinang-Malaya, Malaysia, to Charlotte Potter, b abt 1788, of Penang, Pinang-Malaya, Malaysia. Jeremiah Woolsey had at least one child, Thomas Brown Woolsey b 1808 in Penang, Pinang-Malaya, Malaysia. This Jeremiah could be out of New York or New Jersey, or even Virginia-Kentucky, though more probable that he was in the service of the King of Great Britain, serving in Malaysia, and probably from England. Is anyone related? I would be interested in knowing more about the above. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker

To David Wright and interested Woolsey researchers: Here is the answer I sent to David Wright: Hello, David Wright: Thank you for responding re: your Woolsey family genealogy. I am forwarding this to the Woolsey-List in hopes others will see your question. I have 182 Woolseys in Iowa but none named Nancy nor do I have a Nancy Woolsey who married John Wright. Have you found them in the 1850 census of Iowa? I have the Woolseys from Pulaski County, Kentucky, but I don't have a Nancy among them. Nancy Woolsey, b 1817, a sister of James Hopkins Woolsey, moved with her family to Fayette Co., ILL. where she married 9 Nov 1837 to Thomas A. Gatewood. This Nancy Woolsey and James Hopkins Woolsey are sister and brother to my ancestress Sarah Woolsey who md George Washington Hickerson and migrated to Utah. Nancy and Thomas A. Gatewood lived and died in Fayette Co, ILL. I have many other Nancys, but only seven Nancy Woolseys in my data base come close, but none of them appear to be Nancy Woolsey, b 1814, to Des Moines, Iowa, abt 1841, md John Wright, as per your query. 1. Nancy Woolsey, b 1813, of North Carolina, md ________ Jones abt 1831, died in Christian Co, MO. 2. Nancy Woolsey b 1811, in KY, md 1) Valentine Summers abt 1833, md 2nd) _____ Woolsey, lived in Franklin Co, MO. 3. Nancy Woolsey b abt 1826 md James Thomas 4 June 1846 in Cooper Co, MO. 4. Nancy Woolsey, b 1815, (don't know where born), lived in Fentress Co, TN, md abt 1830 Moses Solomon. 5. Nancy Ann Woolsey b 1825, of Greene Co, TN 6. Nancy B. Woolsey b abt 1826 of Caldwell Co, KY md 19 Sep 1845 to W. T. Rodgers 7. Nancy F. Woolsey b abt 1814, in Georgia, no further information. Sorry I could not be of more help. Please send her family and children if you have them. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker

----- Original Message ----- From: "Wright, David (Engineering)" <dwright@eng.hctx.net> To: <mwdiet@home.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 11:12 AM Subject: WOOLSEY FAMILY GENEALOGY > I am doing some research on my family. My G/G/Grandmother was named Nancy > Woolsey and she was born in Kentucky (exact location unknown). She moved to > Des Moines County, Iowa around 1841 and married John Wright. I have been > trying to establish where she was born in Kentucky and received some > information on a family in Jessamine County. This Nancy Woolsey was a sister > of James Hopkins Woolsey and the records I received indicate that she was > born in 1817. Does this coincide with your records? Do you have any other > information on a Nancy Woolsey (born in 1814 in Kentucky) that would match > my records? I did locate a family in Pulaski County, but these records do > not show the names of the children. > Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. My E-mail Address is: dwright > @eng.hctx.net

Does anyone have information the HANNAH JANE WOOLSEY below? ( PS Stephen LONGWELL's mother was Sarah WINSLOW, >daughter of Margaret WOOLSEY and Samuel WINSLOW , >Daughter of Margerite and Benjamin WOOLSEY.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6 Stephen Longwell b: August 22, 1828 in Grand Prairie Tw, Marion, OH d: April 18, 1896 +Hannah Jane Woolsey b: 1830 in New York d: June 17, 1861 in Wassonville Cem, Washington, IA 7 Francis Longwell b: 1853 in OH. 7 Stanford Longwell b: 1855 in OH. 7 Sarah Longwell b: 1856 in IA. 7 Aurilous Longwell b: 1859 +Alivra A. Armstrong 7 Surilla Longwell b: Abt. 1860 in IA. *2nd Wife of Stephen Longwell: +Ellen Slocum b: 1838 in Ohio 7 Francis Bentley Longwell b: January 05, 1863 in Iowa d: January 20, 1915 in Alder Grove 7 John Henry Longwell b: October 05, 1865 7 Edward Kimberly Longwell b: October 13, 1867 in Washington County, Iowa d: February 23, 1955 in Lyons Cemetery, Lyons, Bancroft, Burt County, Nebraska 7 William Auther (Art) Longwell b: May 01, 1873 in Alder Grove NE 7 Pleney Longwell b: 1874 d: September 29, 1875 7 Lewis Oscar Longwell b: October 16, 1876 7 Otis Earl Longwell b: June 26, 1879 d: August 09, 1954 7 Ella Longwell b: April 30, 1881 d: 1954 in Craig NE

To Heather E. Blair and other interested Woolsey researchers: Heather, I commend you on your determination to "get your family records right". I admire your "stick-to-it-ives" and working so hard on your family. Keep up the good work. George Woolsey, our Immigrant Ancestor, is of English origin. His father was a "merchant" and a "tobacconist" who moved from Norfolk, England, to Rotterdam, Holland, about 1623, probably because at that time, the Dutch were so heavily involved in the world's sea-trade. The father died in 1629 and the family was scattered. In Rotterdam, young George learned the Dutch language and must have picked up some experience in his father's business, which held him in good stead in New Amsterdam, New Netherland, where we first find young George in possibly 1643, right "smack-dab" in the middle of the Dutch in what would later become New York. He held important positions of trust among the Dutch and seemed to have been well-thought of, and he left many records in New Amsterdam and surrounding area. This has been one of the most interesting aspects of any of my research efforts. George Woolsey, the Immigrant, was soon involved with keeping the books for Isaac Allerton (of the Mayflower) and is mentioned frequently with Isaac Allerton, who refers to George Woolsey several times in his will "...as will appear in my record books kept by George Woolsey, etc." Although some of his children were baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church in New Amsterdam, the family is English. Check out my Woolsey Myths pages for more. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~woolsey Once you have checked out these pages, I would really appreciate hearing back from any of you researchers. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker ----- Original Message ----- From: "heather e blair" <h431@midway.uchicago.edu> To: "Wilford Whitaker" <mwdiet@home.com> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 1:57 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Woolsey Myths > Wilford, > What is the story of George? How did an English person end up in > the Dutch community of New Amsterdam? (I'm asking just in case > I can prove that Andrew of Green County, TN is the father of my > gg-grandfather, George Gamon Woolsey of MO, and I connect to > George the immigrant.) > - Heather > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Nicole W. Biggart" <nwbiggart@ucdavis.edu> > > To: <mwdiet@home.com> > > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 9:42 AM > > Subject: Woolsey Myths > > > > > > > Thanks so much for the Woolsey Myth pages that I found. I think I am the > > > last of the Woolseys to have been born in "New Amsterdam" (Brooklyn) in a > > > long line going back to the 17th century. I was born Dorothea Nicole > > > Woolsey in 1947, and my father Warren John Woolsey, and his father Edwin > > > John Woolsey, and so on, were my progenitors - all born in Brooklyn and > > > members of the Dutch Reformed Church. The history on the site matches > > what > > > I was told growing up. > > > > > > > > > Nicole Woolsey Biggart > > > Professor of Management and Sociology > > > Graduate School of Management > > > University of California, Davis 95616 > > > Ph 530/752-7378 Fax 530/752-2924 > > > > > > http://www2.gsm.ucdavis.edu/Faculty/Profiles/biggart/ > > > working papers at > > > http://www2.gsm.ucdavis.edu/Faculty/Profiles/biggart/working_papers.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > >

Hi Wilford, > I find nothing in my Greene Co, TN records re: Elizabeth Betsey Ann > Thank you for coming to our rescue. If we only had the resources that you have readily available . . . . . . . . . Regards, Chuck

I'd like to hear from descendants or other relatives of Stanley Woolsey. He was my grandmother's older brother, and was born in 1912, the child of Charles Elisha Woolsey (1888 - 1955) and Zena Mae Beasley (1893 - 1969), in Monett, Barry County, Missouri. He was in the Navy in WWII and was injured in an accident. Sometime in the early 1950s, he moved to San Diego, California and became a real estate agent. He died in San Diego in 1965 and is buried in the Fort Rosecrans cemetery there. His obit said that he was survived by one daughter, but my aunt believes he had other children. We believe he was married and divorced many times, but don't know the details, although I did find two of his divorces in Fayetteville, Arkansas and Springfield, Missouri. The obit also claims that he was the great-grandson of an admiral in the British Navy. I don't have all of his great-grandparents yet, so this may possibly be true. - Heather

----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicole W. Biggart" <nwbiggart@ucdavis.edu> To: <mwdiet@home.com> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 9:42 AM Subject: Woolsey Myths > Thanks so much for the Woolsey Myth pages that I found. I think I am the > last of the Woolseys to have been born in "New Amsterdam" (Brooklyn) in a > long line going back to the 17th century. I was born Dorothea Nicole > Woolsey in 1947, and my father Warren John Woolsey, and his father Edwin > John Woolsey, and so on, were my progenitors - all born in Brooklyn and > members of the Dutch Reformed Church. The history on the site matches what > I was told growing up. > > > Nicole Woolsey Biggart > Professor of Management and Sociology > Graduate School of Management > University of California, Davis 95616 > Ph 530/752-7378 Fax 530/752-2924 > > http://www2.gsm.ucdavis.edu/Faculty/Profiles/biggart/ > working papers at > http://www2.gsm.ucdavis.edu/Faculty/Profiles/biggart/working_papers.htm > > > >

To NanC and interested Woolsey researchers: I find nothing in my Greene Co, TN records re: Elizabeth Betsey Ann ________ who md 1st ________ Woolsey and 2nd Thomas R. Hays. The closest I have to her is the following: FHL film #544934, 1870 Census Olathe PO, Lexington Twp, Johnson Co, Kansas. 28 Jun. p. 544 #418-418. Youstler?, John (Jack? Judd?) 23 m farmer Georgia Virginia 22 f kh Kansas John 4 m " Rachael 3 f " Woolsey, Elizabeth A. 68 f Tennessee Good luck. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker

a little more info. Elizabeth "Betsy"Ann UNKOWN b. abt 1808 TN m.1st Unknown Woolsey m. 2ndThomas R. Hays abt 1835 Greene Co. TN

Hi, I was sent this info on the Greene Co. TN list. I can't place Betsy Ann unknown. Thomas R. Hays (1815 - m. 1st Betsy Ann Woolsey (widow) Nancy

----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilford Whitaker" <mwdiet@home.com> To: "ARNOLD SAMARDICH" <ASAMARDICH@email.msn.com> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 5:53 PM Subject: Re: Family Histories of Southern New York > Hi, Barbara: > > It is good to hear from you. Your help and encouragement are greatly > appreciated. Thank you for asking. > > Thank you for adding another ship "sloop Neptune" to my list of ships > connected to the Woolseys. I did not have that. You might try to find the > book by George Davis Woolsey's Reminicenses in "Sloops of the Hudson". I > don't have that book, yet. > > The Braymers must have gone to Caldwell Co., MO. because there is a Braymer > cemetery there where Dr. Cardinal Boone Woolsey and his wife Ann Lucina > Braymer are buried. They had one son Randall Braymer Woolsey b 4 Oct 1914. > > Dr. Cardinal Boone Woolsey is the son of DR. Napolean Boneparte Woolsey and > Gertie Bell. > > Thanks again for all your help and interest. > > Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ARNOLD SAMARDICH" <ASAMARDICH@email.msn.com> > To: "Wilford W. Whitaker" <mwdiet@home.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 4:03 PM > Subject: Family Histories of Southern New York > > > > In reading through the Family Histories of early New Yorkers (1600 - > 1900), > > the following small entries were found: > > > > "In young manhood, Mr. Alfred Goodrich married Catherine Ann, daughter of > > Samuel Carlisle, who was drowned from the sloop 'Neptune', commanded by > > Captain Woolsey, when that vessel was captized in the Highlands, November > > 23, 1824." (page 862) > > > > Daniel Braymer , born March 17, 1844 in Hebron, New York married Nancy Ann > > Woodard, December 30, 1869. Their fourth child was: Anna Lucina, born > > November 30, 1879; married December 17, 1905 to Cardinal Boone Woolsey, > > M.D., who was born January 4, 1881. They had no children. > > (Page 1713) > > > > There were other entries, but these interested me most because I have no > > information on them. Are these names known to you? > > > > Barbara Samardich > > asamardich@email.msn.com > > >

Hi, Rachel: it is always good to hear from you. Your encouragement is always appreciated. I have a little on Wm Hubbs & Phoebe Melissa Woolsey. Her father was Rev. Thomas Woolsey, Jr. Do you have any more on him? What church was he a minister of, etc? I can't guarantee the following info, as I have not researched it. It comes from Robert M. Woolsey, "The Woolsey Family - Annotated Family Charts" - The NYG&B Society 2.144. had 9 children id. M. R. Ruble, 1968. 84 p. 68. 2.651 - 2.2069. Also from corres. with Raymond Woolsey, 1998. And also from Art Rierson, "Woolsey Genealogy." Columbia, South Carolina. 1998. p. 36. And also from Ruth Gibbs Hart and Karen L. Cooper. "Descendants of John Hubbs 1763-1991 and Allied Families". 1992? I have the six children you listed + 5 more as follows: 1. Arminda Hubbs, nothing further 2. Linda Ann Hubbs (Liddy) md Stephen Woolsey 3. James Hubbs (as you have) 4. Rachel Plumlee Hubbs b 1821 5. Almeda Hubbs b 25 Jul 1823 6. Willis Hubbs b 9 Feb 1824 (note dates too close) 7. William N. Hubbs, Jr. b 5 Jul 1826 md 13 May 1848, Grainger Co, TN to Almeda Hill 8. John Hubbs b abt 1828 9. Mary Matilda Hubbs b 27 Feb 1831 10. Gilbert Woolsey Hubbs b 23 Feb 1835 (as you have) 11. Phoebe Hubbs (she was listed as a twin to Gilbert Woolsey Hubbs, but you have her b 24 Jan 1838.) One has to question the great skip from 1818 to 1835 in your records in which no children were born. The above would fill in that skip, but there are still discrepancies noted. I don't have any more on this family. Good Luck! Keep digging away at it. You are adding precious data to your family and the Woolsey family. Best wishes to you and yours. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker

Hello, Here is the info I have on Phoebe. Do any of you have anymore or any stories about her? Thanks for any help you might give me. She is my 3rd Great Grand Aunt. Thanks, Rachel William Hubbs - b.28 jul 1793 , Edgefield Co, S.C d. 22 Aug 1879 Luttrell Co. Tenn. M. 26 jul 1813 Green Co. Tenn. Phoebe Melissa Woolsey b. 1795 Greeneville, Greene, Tenn. d. 4 jun 1891 Union Co. Tenn. fa. Thomas Woolsey Jr. ma. Phoebe Gilbert They had 6 children: 1. Arminda Hubbs b. abt. 1814 2. Libby Ann Hubbs abt. 1816 Knox Co. Tenn. (she married a cousin) m. Stephen Woolsey 16 Dec. 1833 3. James Hubbs b.14 aug 1818 Knox Co. Tenn. d. 13 may 1897 Union Co. Tenn. m. Elizabeth Wyrick 27 Jul 1841 4. Gilbert Woolsey Hubbs b. 23 Feb 1835 Grainger Co. Tenn. d. 16 Feb 1905 m. 20 Jan 1855 Mary /Polly Angeline Hill 5. Phoebe Hubbs b. 24 Jan. 1838 Grainge Co. Tenn. d. 17 Jun 1916 Union Co. Tenn. m. 6 Jan 1852 Asa Acuff 6. William Hubbs Jr. b. - d.- m. Almeda Hill

Do any of you have information on Phoebe Melissa Woolsey married to William Hubbs. I would appreciate any info and stories on her that you might have. Thank you...Rachel Brewer

To interested Woolsey researchers: When I submitted Ships and Ferry Captains, I omitted my great grandmother Sarah Woolsey Hickerson's brother, Thomas Woolsey. For the three years I have been researching the Woolsey Family, I have not submitted much data on my own personal connection to the family. Joseph Woolsey and Abigail Schaeffer's oldest child was Thomas Woolsey, who is quite an intriguing character in his own right. Thomas Woolsey joined the Mormon Church and converted his mother and several of his brothers and sisters, including my great-grandmother Sarah Woolsey, wife of George Washington Hickerson. Thomas Woolsey joined the Mormon Battalion and headed south with them and then was sent back with the "sick brigade" and then, with John Tippetts, in the dead of winter, and in the trackless plains, made their way back to the main body of Mormons in Nebraska Territory, enduring such cold weather that the tails of their horses were frozen, and coming near to perishing in the extreme cold. Thomas Woolsey then came west with the Pioneer Company with Brigham Young in 1847. He was a scout for the group, buffalo hunter and seemed to be quite at home in the vanguard of the pioneer company. His name is immortalized on the Brigham Young statue in downtown Salt Lake City. Thomas Woolsey, brother of Sarah Woolsey Hickerson !HIST: Bullock, Thomas. THE PIONEER CAMP OF THE SAINTS. The 1846 and 1847 Mormon Trail Journals of, edited by Will Bagley. The Arthur H. Clark Co., Spokane, Washington. 1997. FHL# 289.3792 H2b. p. 129. Friday 23 Apr 1847. About 8 p.m. the Presidency with the captains of Tens assembled on the edge of the Bluff at the sound of the horn to take into consideration the propriety of making a raft to carry over the goods; when President Young suggested that there be two rafts built which was made a motion by W. Richards & carried. It was then voted that Tarlton Lewis & Thomas Woolsey manage the two rafts. Voted that Tarlton Lewis pick 10 men out of First Division to manage it. Voted that Thomas Woolsey pick 10 men out of Second Division ditto. [NOTE: Treacherous currents and quicksand made the Loup Fork the worst river crossing on the north side of the Platte. The Mormons forded the river east of where Highway 14 crosses the Loup near Fullerton. In his 14 May letter to his wife, Bullock complained he had lost the sole of his boot "wading thro'Loup Fork." p. 130. [The 1847 Brigham Young Pioneer Company] Thomas Woolsey is listed number three in the 6th Company, Charles Shumway, Captain. John H. Tippetts is listed # 7 in the 11th Company, John S. Higbee, Capt. p. 131. Saturday 24 Apr 1847. The Captains with their men went to work to make the two Rafts in accordance with the votes of last night, while others unloaded some of the Wagons, carrying the load on their Shoulders down the cliff to the Boat which was then rowed over; . . . .one of the Rafts floated down the River a few minutes before the last team forded the River. The last Wagon crossed over at 20 minutes to 3, thus passing our greatest obstacle on our route without any accident for which blessing from our Heavenly Father all the camp felt to render thanks & praise to the Lord & rejoicing at the prosperity of our journey to this place. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker

Well, I was down in Fayetteville, Arkansas during the Christmas holidays and had an opportunity to use the genealogy collection at the public library. It is truly excellent! I looked for my own great-grandfather, Charles Elisha Woolsey (1888-1955) and found him in some city directories from the 1930s, just as my family members had told me. What I didn't know, is that his younger brother, Claude Woolsey (1891-1989) also lived in Fayetteville, and was in the directories from 1927-1933. That was news enough, but what surprised me was his address: 123 Mt. Nord. Mt. Nord street is the poshest of the posh in Fayetteville. It is only one block long, and the red brick mansion on the NW corner was the family home of Senator J. William Fulbright. Granted, the houses on the north side are genuine mansions, and the ones on the south side just very nice and very large. I don't know offhand whether 123 Mt. Nord is on the north or south side of the street, and the ice storm prevented me from checking it out. Still, what a surprise to have had a wealthy gg-uncle! - Heather PS -- there are other Woolseys in Fayetteville descended from the Greene County, TN bunch. In looking for something else at the courthouse archive, I found a big lawsuit in the 1920s where the Fayetteville Woolseys (not my branch) were all suing each other.

Hi My name is Joe Kery. I am looking for information on Geroge Woolsey whom married Rebecca Cornell. George and Rebecca's daughter Sarah Woolsey married William Hallet. Their daughter Rebecca Hallet married James Jackson. I have information on the Hallet/Jackson/Woolsey Line to share. Look forward for to a response to my inquiry Joseph Kery jkery@scrserv.com

Hi. Wilford, I wanted to drop you a note but the e-mail address I have for you must be old as it bounces. Please contact me at your convenience. Dick Hillenbrand Syracuse, NY