To All Interested Woolsey Researchers: I have been working for several days on the Illinois Woolsey marriages and particularly in three counties, Knox, Henry, and Jersey Counties, Illinois. In Knox County, Illinois, there seem to be at least four (4) separate families - at least there are two separate families, and two families I haven't been able to connect back to NY. 1. David Woolsey, s/o John Woolsey & Susan Fawcett, which John is the s/o Robert C. Woolsey & unknown wife, & Robert C. is the son of Dr. Thomas N. Woolsey and Mary H. Fifield and Dr. Thomas is the son of Deo Woolsey (b. 1816) and Minerva Olmsted, of New York. I haven't been able to connect Deo Woolsey with the NY Woolseys yet. This family lived around Galesburg, Knox Co. 2. Mart Woolsey, s/o Leo Bert Woolsey and Fastena M., s/o Darius B. Woolsey, b 1847, Ohio and Emily Wolf. This family was around Galesburg, Knox Co., and in Haw Creek, Knox County. I haven't found Darius Woolsey's parents, yet. 3. William Woolsey & Martha A. Curry, s/o Wright Woolsey and Rebecca Yeager, s/o John Woolsey (b. 1781) & Elizabeth Bradshaw of Newburgh, Orange Co., NY., s/o John Woolsey and Deborah Ann Wright, of Ulster, NY, s/o John Woolsey (b. 1731) and Chlorine Peck. This family is well-established in the records. They lived around Knoxville, Knox, Illinois. 4. Elva Woolsey & Flora Hall, s/o David C. Woolsey and Mildred Logan, s/o Hezekiah Woolsey and Hannah Cutler, of Ulster Co., NY, s/o William Benj. Woolsey & Hannah Wright, s/o Benjamin Woolsey (b. 1729) & Margarete Teller, of Ulster Co. This family was in Haw Creek, Knox Co., Illinois. It also is well-established. I have these families in Illinois fairly complete, with brothers and sisters and their spouses and families. These are good examples of many Woolseys in one area, but not necessarily closely connected to each other. Some of these families came through OHIO and then spread into Illinois. There is another family in Ohio, that descends from the New Jersey branch of the Woolseys. So it is rather a hard job to keep them all separated and documented. If you have Ohio Census records or Illinois Census records, it would be helpful, also marriage, probate records, etc. I have many records that I have gleaned from the Salt Lake Library on the above Woolseys in those counties. If you think you may connect to these families, I would appreciate hearing from you. In Jersey County, Illinois, there seems to one family, made up of four (three) brothers who came from Albany, New York, through Ashtabula Co., Ohio, into Jersey County. Amos, William, Jesse and possibly John Woolsey, sons of Daniel Woolsey and Ann Halstead of NY, are the early settlers (1835). 1. William C. Woolsey & Florence Mundy, s/o George Otis Woolsey and Ella Mae Bennett of Jersey & Greene Co., ILLinois, s/o of Daniel Woolsey & Laura Douglas Chism, of Ashtabula, Ohio, s/o Amos H. Woolsey & Eunice ___ of Albany, NY and Ashtabula, Ohio, s/o Daniel Woolsey & Ann Halstead of Ulster Co., NY. I have quite a bit on those three or four brothers. In Henry County, Illinois, I have the following family (which descends from the "Sweet Hollow Giant" John Woolsey of Huntington, Suffolk, Long Island, New York. 1. Arnold Woolsey s/o William H. Woolsey & Maude, s/o William S. Woolsey and Sarah C. Platte of Huntington, Suffolk, Long Island, New York, s/o John (Sweet Hollow Giant) b. 1761 in Stamford, Conn, died in Huntington & Phebe Rogers, s/o Gilbert Woolsey and Prudence (Drucella) Bates of Long Island. So here we have three Illinois counties, with several different Woolsey families settling in them. Let me know if you connect. Sincerely, Wilford W. Whitaker