To Nan and interested Woolsey researchers: Nan <nanmal@earthlink.net> posted the following: >I apparently have run awry in my info on Richard Woolsey who married Sarah >Fowler. This is what I have. Am I missing Joseph or have the whole set wrong? > 1 Richard Woolsey >. +Sarah Fowler > 2 Thomas l Woolsey >.... +Sarah Pierce > 2 Henry Woolsey >.... +Abigail Woolsey Father: William 1 Woolsey Mother: Derica Williamson > 2 John l Woolsey b: May 24, 1731 NY d: 1811 Ulster, NY >.... +Chlorine Peck m: January 06, 1757 > >Thanks, Nan > and I posted the following: >Dear Nan: > >Richard Woolsey and Sarah Fowler had 12 children, of whom our ancestor Thomas Woolsey (the Reverend Thomas Woolsey, Baptist preacher of Washington County, Virginia and his possible wife Sarah Pierce) was one. (I'm not convinced that Sarah Pierce was the mother of his children.) > >Richard Woolsey and Sarah Fowler also had a son Joseph Woolsey who md Mary Haight. Joseph and Mary had a son Richard Woolsey who md Sarah Fuller Gregory. > >In other words, Richard Woolsey who md Sarah Fuller Gregory was a grandson of Richard Woolsey and Sarah Fowler. Makes your head swim, doesn't it? > >Do you have any "documentation" proving that Henry Woolsey md Abigail Woolsey? My great-grandmother said that Abigail Woolsey was Henry's wife, but other researchers show his wife as Abigail Wright. > >Do you have any "documentation" proving that Abigail Woolsey (if that is indeed her maiden name) was a daughter of William Woolsey and Dorcas Williamson? (That was a supposition on my part and I didn't think anyone else had that information.) > >I am attempting to "document" the entire Woolsey family and your help and documentation would be greatly appreciated. > >Sincerely, > >Wilford W. Whitaker