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 > > >