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About Reverend Thomas Woolsey
Not the same as Thomas Woosley of Norfolk County
Children of GEORGE WOOLSEY and REBECCA CORNELL are:
iii. REV THOMAS WOOLSEY, b. April 10, 1655, Hemsted, Long Island, New York; d. February 11, 1741/42, Bedford, Westchester, New York, ; m. RUTH BAYLES/BAYLIS, January 11, 1683/84, Jamaica, Queens, Long Island, New York; b. Abt 1664, Queens/Flushing, Long Island, New York; d. 1739, Westchester County, New York. Thomas is buried in Union Cemetery, Bedford, Westchester, NY.
CHRONOLOGY OF THOMAS WOOLSEY & RUTH BAYLES FAMILY
1655/66 JAMAICA, QUEENS, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK;
Thomas Woolsey B: 10 Apr 1655/66
1659-60 SOUTHOLD, SUFFOLK, NEW YORK:
Ruth Bayles B: about 1659-60
Ruth is daughter of John Bayles & Rebecca Stillwell
1684 JAMAICA, QUEENS, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK:
Thomas Woolsey & Ruth Bayles M: about 1684
Thomas & Ruth were probably married at Flushing, Long Island where George Woolsey family was residing at the time of his marriage. Ruth was of Flushing Long Island also.
1697 JAMAICA, QUEENS, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK:
- Richard Woolsey B: about 1697?
Richard & Sarah Fowler M: 24 Jan 1718
1708/09 JAMAICA, QUEENS, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK:
3 February 1708/09: Thomas Woolsey is listed on the Tax Records along with his brother John & uncle Capt George Woolsey-plus others of the family.
1719 BEDFORD, WESTCHESTER, NEW YORK:
Thomas Woolsey removed in his later years (not probably until after 1712) to Bedford, Westchester Co., New York."
I believe that Thomas Woolsey removed to Bedford after 1718 because Richard, his son, married Sarah Fowler in Jamacia, Queens, N.Y. in 1718. Richard & Sara Fowler's children were all born in Westchester beginning in 1719 with the birth of the first child.
1721 BEDFORD, WESTCHESTER, NEW YORK:
5 July 1721: "The mark of Thomas Woolsey is a cropp of ye left ear & two slits in ye crop and a slit in ye top of ye righte ear. Recorded this fifty day of July 1721 by Zachariah Mills clerk."
1729/30 BEDFORD, WESTCHESTER, NEW YORK:
12 Jan 1729/30: Abstract of bill of sale.
Thomas Woolsey of Bedford, Westchester, N.Y, yeoman, with consent of wife Ruth, and sons William, Jonathan, Richard & John Woolsey sold to Henry Dusenbury of Rye, yeoman. For $105, N.Y. Money;
"All that certain parcel of land lying in ye bounds of ye pattent of ye township of Bedford above, and is part of the lands granted by Peter Mathews who was one of ye pattentees of said township's new purchase, unto ye said Thomas Woolsey…bounded as followeth: beginning at ye northwest corner at a stake…from thence running southerly on a strait line one hundred & forty one rods & twenty links ^ a half of ye chain to another stake set up at ye southwesterly corner from thence running easterly on a strait line to an heap of stones at ye southeast corner one hundred & seventy rods from thence running northerly on a strait line one hundred & forty one rods and twenty links & a half of a chain to a stake set up at ye northeast corner & from thence on a strait line one hundred & seventy rods to ye first above mentioned stake where it first began, bounded westerly by fauconiers West patent…which is the west bounds of Bedford Pattent & northerly easterly & southerly uet is three sides thereof by land belonging to ye said Thomas Woolsey & his above named sons containing One hundred and fifty acres.
On 17 Nov, 1730, Hugh Hunter swore that he saw this deed executed.
Sighed by: Thomas Woolsey(his mark); William Woolsey; Richard Woolsey; Ruth Woolsey; Jonathan Woolsey; John Woolsey;
1739 BEDFORD, WESTCHESTER, NEW YORK:
Ruth (Bayles) Woolsey died.
This is an approximate date. She was alive in 1729 and deceased by 1740 according to the records I have examined.
1740 BEDFORD, WESTCHESTER, NEW YORK: Abstract of Deed of Gift:
16 July 1740: Thomas Woolsey of Bedford, Westchester, N.Y., yeoman, "for ye good will and efectoin which I have and doe bare my son John Woollsey of Bedford" gave John Woolsey of same town, yeoman:
“All that the two following pieces or persels of land which are part of and included within ye bounds of twelve hundred & eighty accres of land which I purchased of Petter mathews of ye city of New York gent, and is lying…within…Bedford one piece hearby conveyed is bounded as followeth beginning at ye south east corner of my son Jonathans northernmost piece of land and runs south east of my son Jonathans northernmost piece of land and runs south eleven degrees east thirty five chaind and fifty links to my son Richards northeast corner thence along Richards line west eleven degrees south thirty eight chains to ye stake with stones thence north eleven degrees west seven chains & fifty links to a stake with stones thence west eleven degrees south forty two chains to ye line of Bedford township thence north eleven degrees west twenty five chains to my son Jonathans land thence east eleven degrees north to whare it began containing tow hundred & thirty one acres the other piece begins at ye south east corner of my son Jonathan’s southerly piece and from thence runs south eleven degrees east eleven chains and seventy five links to my son William Woollseys land thence west eleven degrees south thirty seven chains and twenty five links to Dusinburys land thence north eleven drgrees west eleven chains & se enty five to my sd son Jonathans land thence east eleven degrees north thirty seven chains and twenty five links to where it began containing forty three and three quarter.”
Signed: Thomas Woolsey, his mark
16 July 1740: “in ye fourteenth year of His Majestys reigh”
Witnesses: George Denis, Samuel Purdy;
1742 BEDFORD, WESTCHESTER, NEW YORK:
Thomas Woolsey D: 1740/42
In the Old Burying Ground in Bedford is a stone preserved underground for perhaps a century,& had recently been unearthed in the village graveyard. The graveward lies next to an old church that was burned down during the Revolutionary War; The inscription on the old stone reads: "1742 (next line illegible) Deceased Thomas Woolsey Born in the yeare 1656"
This stone was evidently left behind when bodies of the Woolsey family were removed to the Bedford Union Cemetery in the Nineteenth Century.
In Bedford, “The old parish grave yard llying on a declivity near the Methodist meeting house, contains many curious memorials. One is the marker of Thomas Woolsey: The Deceased Thomas Woolsey born in the year A.D. 1655
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Reverend Thomas Woolsey's Timeline
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April 10, 1655
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Flushing, Long Island, Nieuw-Nederland
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April 16, 1656
Age 1
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April 16, 1656
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| 1684 |
December 1684
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Jamaica, Queens, NY
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1685
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1685
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Jamaica, Long Island, New York City, New York, USA
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June 30, 1687
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Flushing, NY
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November 19, 1687
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Ulster, New York, USA
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