To Kerry Fleming and interested Woolsey researchers: Hi, Kerry - Tell me about too many Samuels. I have 50 Samuel Woolseys, 9 Samuel Woosleys and 1 Samuel Wolsey in my database. Kerry, this is a problem that I spent a great deal of time researching in the records of Halifax County, Virginia, and in Whitely, Grayson and Edmonson Counties, KY. This is the type of problem that makes the Woolsey research interesting and frustrating, at the same time. When we say that someone was born in Fincastle Co, VA, we are basically saying that they were born in KY. So we have to look back into VA for Samuel born 1775 in Halifax Co, VA. In VA we find the following three, distinct families: 1. The family and related connections of the Rev. Thomas Woolsey from Westchester & Ulster Counties, NY, to Washington Co., VA bef 1771. Some of his children came with him at that time and some came later. This would include others not descended from Rev. Thomas, such as William Woolsey and John Woolsey who went into Greene County, TN. but are all descended from our immigrant ancestor George Woolsey of Long Island, New York. 2. The family of Moses Woolsey who appears in the Virginia records in the early 1700's, who came directly from England to Virginia. He had a large family, mostly in Virginia, to North and South Carolina. 3. The family of an old and distinguished family from England, the Woosley or Woseley family, which had early beginnings in England. They appear in the early Virginia records, but are a separate and distinct family from our Woolsey family. It is to this last family that Samuel Woosley who married Phoebe Bailely [I have dau of Thomas Bailey] belongs. The following is not completely proved yet, which is why I hesitate to put it out on the web, but I'm sure enough that he does not belong to our Woolsey family that I will put it out, with the provision that one should take it with a great deal of caution. Thomas Moses WOOSLEY of Halifax Co, VA md Elizabeth Waters [Walters] abt 1748 ?. They possibly had the following children: 1. William WOOSLEY md Susanna Tribble 2. Joshua WOOSLEY 3. Aaron WOOSLEY 4. Moses WOOSLEY md Elizabeth Butler 5. Benjamin WOOSLEY md Nancy Meadows 6. ELIJAH WOOSLEY md Nancy Chesher 7. Susanna WOOSLEY 8. David WOOSLEY 9. Marion WOOSLEY 10. James WOOSLEY md Elizabeth ________ 11. Samuel WOOSLEY (1775-1852) md Phoebe (1779-1866), d/o Thomas Bailey. Both are buried in the DAN WOOSLEY CEMETERY in Grayson Co, KY. They had a large family. Most of these families moved from Halifax Co, VA to Whitely, Edmondson, and Grayson Co, KY. This was rather confusing because the Rev. Thomas Woolsey's son George Woolsey and wife Mary Hopkins and his descendants settled in Edmondson Co, KY, but they were on the Green River, near the Mammouth Caves, and then went into Indiana and/or Missouri. Success to all. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker ----- Original Message ----- From: <GYNRN@aol.com> To: <WOOLSEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 7:25 PM Subject: Too many Samuels > OK if Samuel who married Cassandra GILBERT is son of John Woolsey and Sarah > Oliphant, who is the father of Samuel WOOLSEY b 6 jan 1776 Fincastle Co Va > who married Phoebe BAILEY (D of John BAILEY)d 14 Apr 1852 ? I had him son > of John and Sarah O. I get confused easily!!! > > Kerry fleming > >