To all interested Woolsey researchers: > >Sue Morrison wrote: > ><I saw your queries regarding the Woolseys which you posted on the Smyth >Co., VA, GenWeb site in 1999. I believe that I am a descendant of Rev. >Thomas Woolsey (if he is the same one who had a daughter named >Priscilla, 1741-1771, who married a cousin, John Woolsey). I am >interested in this family, and specifically wonder if you have found out >yet whether the Rev. Thomas Woolsey who is honored on the monument as a >Revolutionary War patriot is the same person as the Rev. Thomas Woolsey, >father of Priscilla. Would appreciate hearing from you. > >Sue Morrison > Wilford W. Whitaker replied: > >Thank you for your inquiry re: Rev. Thomas Woolsey of Washington and Symthe Counties, VA. > >All the very early researchers on the WOOLSEY family have put Priscilla Woolsey who md John Woolsey III as a daughter of the Rev. Thomas Woolsey. > >I am attempting to "document" this family. I have not found an original record that would "prove" Priscilla is the daughter of the Rev. Thomas Woolsey, but her date of birth and the dates of her four children are from a Bible record. Her marriage has been found, but I have not found anything to "prove" she is a daughter of Rev. Thomas Woolsey. > >But until we can prove otherwise, we need to go with what the very early researchers stated, and that is that Priscilla Woolsey is the daughter of the Rev. Thomas Woolsey. > >Rev. Thomas Woolsey was in Westchester and Ulster Counties, NY, until abt 1767 when he moved to Virginia. He took up quite a number of acres on both sides of the South Fork of the Holsten River, and settled near what is known today as Sinclair's Bottoms. They built a stone church there where he preached and visited the surrounding areas. It is good to hear from you. Thank you for responding. Let's keep in touch. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker