Wilford: I don't know nutin' bout breff that smells of bats or how'd one shut up an oar but eyes sure am beholding to ya for leten me know bouts John and Sarie. Carolyn Woolsey Wilkerson honey@texasol.com http://www.texasol.com/honey ----- Original Message ----- From: Wilford W. Whitaker <wwwhit@integrityonline3.com> To: <WOOLSEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 11:58 AM Subject: John Woolsey & Sarah Oliphant > To Carolyn Wilkerson (who waits with "bated breath & muffled oar") and > other interested Woolsey researchers: > > I guess I have kept you in suspense long enough. After some days in the > Library, I haven't resolved the questions that arose, so I will just post > what I found and let you make your own conclusions. > > >From Ulster County, New York Records. > > Records of Reformed Dutch Church at Shawangunk (pronounced Sha-WAH-gum), > Ulster County, New York. FHL film# 0017920, Item 1. (Shawangunk Church is > located four miles west of Wallkill in the town of Shawangunk, Ulster > County, New York. > > MARRIAGES: "p. 11. 19 Nov 1773. John Whoolsey of Long Island and Sarah > Cole, wid. of Dutchland." > > There may be other John Woolseys to whom this marriage may apply. Because > of the closeness of the date, I thought it may apply to John Woolsey IV and > his second wife, Sarah Oliphant, but I haven't found the proof. > > Sincerely, > > Wilford W. Whitaker > > >