Person:Richard Wolsey (1)

MARR: Woolsey-Kelsey Memorandums Film # 1753376 item 8 &15 FHL which has a copy of his will proved Dec. 12 1782. Records on this microfilm say he is buried in the Marlborough Burying Grounds.

BIR-MARR-DEATH: A Woolsey Family of America Film# 1036595 FHL BURIAL about 1772 --program wouldn'tlet that stay because it happened before death date. He may be the same Richard Woolsey that carried mail between Albany and New York City during the Revolutionary War.

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• ID: I0893
• Name: Richard WOOLSEY
• Sex: M
• Birth: 1697
• Death: 1777 in Bedford, Westchester, NY
• Burial: Old Bedford Cemetery, Bedford, Westchester, NY
• Note:

PROBATE: In the Name of God, amen. I Richard Wolsey of Bedford in Westminister County and State of New York, being Weakly in Body But of perfect Mind and Memory Thanks be given unto God, calling to mind the Mortality of my body and Knowing that it is appointed to all Men once to Die, Do make and ordain this My Last Will and Testament That is to Say Principally and first of all I give and Recommend My Soul into the Hand of Almighty God that gave it and My Body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in Decent Christian Manner at the Discretion of My Executors Nothing Doubting but at the general Resurection I Shall Receive the Same again by the Mighty Power of God, and as touching Such Worldly Estate Wherewith it has Pleased God to Bless me in this Life I give demise and Dispose of the same in the following Manner and Form: First I make Daniel Wolsey of New Palze and Jacob Griffin of Fish Kills the Sole Executors of this My Last Will and Testament. I give to Sarah My well beloved Wife all My Estate During her life and after her Decease to be Divided in the following Manner: First I give to my Eldest Son Thomas ten pounds New York Money the Rest of my Estate I give to my three Daughters that is Ruth, Sarah and Hannah to be divided Equally Between the three, and I do hereby Utterly disallow Revoke and Disanul all and every other former Testament Wills Legacies Bequests and Executons, by me in any ways Before Named Willed and Bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be My Last Will and Testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto Set My Hand and Seal this twenty first Day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Nine. Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and Declared by the Said Richard Woley as his Last Will and Testament in the Presence of us Who in his Presence and in the Presence of Each other have here to subscribed our names. Justes Harris James Clark Richard Wooley Bettey Clark 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. Wilford W. Whitaker

Father: Thomas WOOLSEY b: 10 APR 1656 in New Amsterdam, Queens, NY Mother: Ruth BAYLIS b: 1660 Marriage 1 Sarah FOWLER b: 1698

Children 1. Henry WOOLSEY 2. Joseph 1 WOOLSEY 3. Thomas l WOOLSEY b: 1724 in NY 4. John l WOOLSEY b: 24 MAY 1731 in NY

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