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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College With Annals of the College History. (New York / New Haven: Holt / Yale University Press, 1885-1912)
Oct 1701-May 1745, 769-770.
BENJAMIN WOOLSEY, son of the Rev. Benjamin (Y. C. 1709) and Abigail (Taylor) Woolsey, was born on Long Island, February 12, 1720, just before his father's settlement in Southold.
In 1736 the family returned to Dosoris, near the present village of Glen Cove, Long Island, and here Benjamin Woolsey, Jr., spent his life as a quiet country gentleman of intellectual tastes and with abundant means for their gratification.
He married, about 1749, Esther, second daughter of Ralph and Mary (Rumsey) Isaacs, of Norwalk, Connecticut. She died, March 29, 1756, in her 26th year, leaving one son (who died soon) and two daughters; the younger daughter married President Timothy Dwight (Y. C. 1769).
He next married, in 1757, Anne, daughter of Dr. George and Anne (Smith) Muirson, of Setauket, in Brookhaven, Long Island. She died August 14, 1807, in her 71st year.
By this marriage there were five sons and two daughters; one son was the father of President Theodore D. Woolsey (Y. C. 1820).
Mr. Woolsey died at Dosoris, September 9, 1771, in his 49th year. By his will he directed that his landed estate should be sold; the proceeds were subsequently invested in loans, which were repaid in the depreciated currency of the Revolution, and this so impoverished the family, that none of the sons could be sent to College.
- Will of Benjamin Woolsey, in Rootsweb.
In the name of God, Amen. I, BENJAMIN WOOLSEY, of Oyster bay, in Queens County, being sick. I leave to my wife Ann my negro wench "Venus," and the use of all the Plate she brought so long as she lives, and then to her children which she has by me. I leave to my daughters, Sarah and Mary, all the Plate my first wife brought me. I leave to my daughter Betsey, a soup spoon. I leave to my wife and children my negro man "Mingo" and my riding chair. My executors are to pay all just debts. My executors are to sell the rest of the personal estate, and put the money at interest for my family until a general Division is made, but they are to keep all the live stock till the farm is sold. My executors may sell all the real estate as they think best. From the proceeds, I leave to my sons, Benjamin Muirson Woolsey, John Taylor Woolsey, parts; To my wife one part, and one part to each of my said sons, and to each of my daughters, Sarah, Mary, Esther, and Betsey. "As it is possible that my wife may be with child," it is to have the same as the rest. I make my honored father (in law), George Muirson, Esq., and my brother-in-law, David Bush, of Greenwich, Conn., and my friends, Jacob Carpenter and James Townsend, executors.
[Source: New York City Wills, p 83]
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