To Nancy Kent Thoben and interested Woolsey researchers: Nancy wrote: >I found the following when I was looking for my Kent's in >First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodsridge >Olde East New Jersey. I'm sure you have this but I'll pass it >along as George and Ruth are my ancestors also. Listed under >JAMAICA, QUEENS COUNTY, LONG ISLAND 1656 -1751 ,is George Woolsey as >original patentee. >Also John Baylis, was this Ruth's father, do you know? >Thanks, Nancy Kent Thoben > Thank you, Nancy, for your kind comments. All are appreciated. Many of the New Jersey settlers came from Long Island, New York, along with the Carpenters, Harts, Woolseys, Smiths, Van Cleves, and many more. Some researchers have said that Ruth Baylis' parents were John Baylis, Jr. and Ruth Ruscoe, but proof is hard to come by. We do know that Ruth Baylis, w/o Thomas Woolsey, had a brother Samuel Baylis who married Hannah Woolsey, d/o George Woolsey and Hannah Van Zandt, thanks to careful research by Harry Macy, Jr., who wrote a convincing article on the Underhills, which included Samuel Bayles and Hannah Woolsey. In my last post (doing it from memory) I said Henry Hof was "ed of NYG&B RECORD" and it is Harry Macy, Jr. who is editor. Both are related through Sarah Woolsey, however. Could my memory possibly be going?? I'm afraid it's up and gone!. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker