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Stillwell, (5 vol.- Early Monmouth County genealogy and records), orig. pub.1914, reprinted by Higginson Book Co. What I am looking for is the pedigree of Edna T. Wooley, b. 31 Jul 1796, father James Wooley/Woolley, b. 1749/51. At present I believe James' father was Stephen, who was in turn was the son of Emmanuel Woolley, grandson of William Woolley, and great grandson of Emmanuel Woolley. The Stillwell source referenced above has an extensive article on the Woolley families in volume 5, pp. 425-506. Any information from that article would be very welcome. RESPONSE "HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MISCELLANY" By John Stillwell, M.D. Vol. V pp.425 - ff. WOOLLEY OF MONMOUTH COUNTY Tradition, and it is a most unlikely one, says that Thomas and Geoffrey Woolley came from England or Wales, (about 1620?), and settled in New Jersey. One of the brothers went to Cuba or the west, and never was heard from. While from the other brother the family has been supposed to descend. The Documentary History of New York, Albany, 1850, gives the following information concerning persons of the name of Woolley: In 1683, there lived at Southampton, L. I., Robert and John Wooley, spelling the name with only one "l." In 1698, the census of Southampton shows Robert, John and Joseph Wooley; also Ann, Elizabeth, Hannah, Phoebe, and Mary Woolley. Vol. I, page 248, makes mention of John Woolley, in 1673, and H. Onderdonk's History of Roslyn and Hempstead, L. I., speaks of John Woolley, Sr., as marshal and constable, Apr. 1, 1686. He probably was father of the John Woolley who married July 6, 1728, Hannah Allen, both being of Great Neck or Hempstead, L.I. Robert Woolley, first of Fairfield, Mass., and from 1653 to 1683, of Southampton L. I., was son of Robert Woolley and Theckla Pemberton, his wife, of Hertfordshire, England. Baptised at St. Albans, Aug. 2, 1615, he emigrated to this country, in 1639, and was the ancestor of the Woolleys of Springfield, Essex (now Union) Co., N. J. His sister, Ellen Woolley, baptised Oct. 15, 1611, was mentioned in the will of James Williams, citizen and merchant tailor, London, Sep. 7, 1620, as his god-daughter, while in the will of Roger Pemberton, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, she is called his granddaughter, Robert Woolley is called his son-in-law, and Theckla, his daughter, is spoken of as the wife of Robert Woolley. This is seen from Genealogical Gleanings in England, by Henry F. Waters, as published in the New England Register, volume 43. From Progress and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth, Vol. 3, page 81, is derived the following: Sir John Woolley, born Shropshire, graduated Oxford 1553; traveled beyond the seas 1557; became Secretary to Queen Elizabeth 1568; made Prebendary of the Church of Welles 1569; died 1595; buried in St. Paul's, London. His son Francis Woolley, died 1611. Sir John married, second, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William More. Whether there is any relationship between any of the foregoing Woolleys and Emmanuel Woolley, of Newport, Rhode Island, has yet to be discovered. Thus far the only thing we know is that the names are the same. From Austin's Genealogical Dictionary we learn that Emmanuel Woolley was made freeman of Newport, May 17, 1653; May 13, 1667, he and others skilled therein were ordered to repair all arms brought to them by the Captain or Lieutenant of the Train Band of Newport; taxed in 1680, 3£-7-11; and May 4, 1681, the Assembly remitted his forfeiture of a bond of recognizance for good behavior and appearance at the last General Court of Trials, he not appearing. The statement has been made that he came to Shrewsbury, N. J., in 1660, but the sole evidence of that, if true, lies in the fact that, to the extent of three pounds, he was one of the contributors for the purchasing of lands from the Indians. No land was patented to him; there is no warrant for any survey of land in his name; and no deed is of record in which he appears as grantor. It is, therefore, likely that the share of land he purchased was given or sold to one of his sons. Of his children, nine in number, all except the oldest and youngest sons came to Monmouth Co., N. J., Edward settling, at Manasquan, John, at Poplar, where he had many acres of lands adjoining those of his father-in-law, Thomas Potter, and William Woolley, at Shark River. Emmanuel Woolley married Elizabeth . . . . . . and had Issue 2 Adam Woolley, of Newport, R. I., born March, 1653; freeman 1675; died June 13, 1676; married Mary..... Issue John Woolley born Sep. 18, 1674 3 Edward Woolley born December, 1655; Lydia Allen. 4 Elizabeth Woolley born November, 1657; married Daniel Stanton. 5 Mary Woolley born November, 1657: married, first, Judah Allen; second, Thomas Foreman. 6 John Woolley born October, 1659; married, first, Mercy Potter; second, Aug. 12, 1730, Rachel Clark. 7 William Woolley born Sep. 15, 1662; married Anne West. 8 Ruth Woolley born Oct. 12, 1664; married, Apr. 25, 1688, John Tucker. 9 Grace Woolley born April, 1666; married Jacob Lippincott. 10 Joseph Woolley born May, 1668; died Feb. 4., 1691. 3 EDWARD WOOLLEY, son of Emmanuel Woolley, 1, would appear to have been of Rhode Island when his first child was born, and not to have come to Monmouth Co., N. J., until about 1687, when his name is first mentioned there in a deed from William Chamberlain, Nov. 19, 1687, for his one-half interest in a tract of one hundred acres of land that had been patented to himself and Robert West, and for which a patent was duly issued, in their rights, Mch. 22, 1687/8, to Edward Woolley, of Shroesberry. He married Lydia, daughter of George and Hannah Allen, born June, 1660; described himself as a "hatter," in deeds given in 1690, and as a "feltmaker," in deeds of 1701; and signed his will Jan. 3, 1728/9, which is without date of probate. While in the township of Shrewsbury, he seems to have owned land at Passequenecqua, on Rumson Neck, and to have lived at Manasquan. After living for a time at Shrewsbury, he must have gone back to Rhode Island, where two more of his children were born, in 1692 and 1694, and then have returned to New Jersey, where the balance of his children were born. At least that is the idea to be derived from deeds and from the records of the Quaker Meeting at Shrewsbury. 1692, Oct. 31. John Bowne, of Middletown, owner of one twentieth of one twenty-fourth share of the Province, gave a deed for sixty acres of upland and meadow, at Barnegat, to Edward Woolley, late of Shrewsbury, now of Rhode Island. 1696, Dec. 3. Lydia Woolley signs as a witness at the marriage of her niece, Mary Allen to Thomas French, Jr. 1699, Apr. 7. Both Edward and Lydia Allen are witnesses at the marriage of Joseph Parker to Elizabeth Lippincott. 1699, May 20. John Leonard, of Shrewsbury, conveys to Benjamin Cook, of Middletown, one hundred and twenty acres of land that had been bought of Edward Woolley; one half of which was on the North side of the Manasquan River, the other half on Barnegat Creek. 1699/1700, Mch. 4. Samuel Webb, of the Island of Barbadoes, and wife, Lucy, convey to Edward Woolley, of Shrewsbury, various tracts of land in Shrewsbury township. 1727/8, Jan. 31. He was one of those to take the inventory of the personal estate of Nicholas Mills. 1728/9, Jan. 3. Will of Edward Wooley, of Shrewsbury, yeoman mentioned: wife Lydia, executrix; second son, Edward; eldest son, Adam; son, George; daughter, Hannah, wife of George Allen; daughter, Content; daughter, Ruth; grandchildren, viz.: the children of Elizabeth, the deceased wife of Gabriel Stelle. Witnesses: Adam Brewer, Joseph West and Geo. Thornborough. 1732, Nov. 3. Will of Lydia Woolley, widow; proved July 20, 1742, mentioned: daughters, Ruth, Content Bills; Hannah Little; and deceased daughter, Elizabeth Stelle, wife of Gabriel Stelle; sons, Adam and George Issue 11 Elizabeth Woolley born, in Rhode Island, N. E., May 28, 1685; married Gabriel Stelle. 12 Hannah Woolley born, in Shrewsbury, July 8, ......; married, first, George Allen; second, John Little. 13 Adam Woolley born, in Shrewsbury, Feb. 4, 1690/91. 14 Edward Woolley born, in Rhode Island, Jan. 16, 1692; lived at Squan, and had descendants living at New Bargain Mills, in 1895. *15 Content Woolley born, in Rhode Island Nov. 9, 1694; married, first, Thomas Bills; second, Isaac Hance. 16 George Woolley born, in Shrewsbury, Dec. 14, 1697. 17 William Woolley born, in Shrewsbury, Feb. 22, 1698; died, in Shrewsbury, 6 day of .... month 17 .... ; not mentioned in the will of his father. 18 Ruth Woolley born, in Shrewsbury, June 8, 1701. 19 Lydia Woolley born, in Shrewsbury, Mch. 23, 1702/3; not mentioned in the will of her father. 4 ELIZABETH WOOLLEY, daughter of Emmanuel Woolley, 1, born November, 1657; married Daniel, son of Robert and Avis Stanton, born 1648, of Newport, R. I. Absolute proof of this connection is shown in the Journal of Daniel Stanton, the distinguished Quaker preacher, where, under the date of "Six month, 1674," he wrote: "Attended yearly meeting at Flushing ..... crossed the Narrows to Staten Island, and thence with Joseph Shotwell to his home, and after having meetings at Rahway, Woodbridge and Plainfield, accompanied by him and his wife over Amboy ferry, we went to Nathan Tilton's and from thence to Shrewsbury, were I attended two large meetings: after the last I went home with James Tucker, my father's cousin." James Tucker was the son of John and Ruth (Woolley) Tucker, and his mother must have been one sister to the grandmother of the writer of the above extract. 1685, Oct. 26. Memorandum of a deed from Daniel Stanton, of Rhode Island, mariner, to Ralph Trenoweth, of Burlington, for all the former's right, title and interest in one hundred acres of land. [West Jersey Records, Liber B, Part I, page 79] 1695, Sep. 2. Elizabeth Stanton* was a witness at the marriage of James Adams, of Burlington Co., to Esther Allen, of Shrewsbury, at Friends' Meeting House, in Shrewsbury. Issue Elizabeth Stanton born June 20, 1676 Martha Stanton born June 3, 1678 Sarah Stanton born Feb. 20, 1680 Daniel Stanton born Apr. 19, 1682; died 1708; married Abigail, daughter of Samuel and Esther (Tilton) Spicer born Jan. 26, 1693; died May, 1714. Ruth Stanton born Apr. 8, 1687 Benjamin Stanton born Oct. 20, 1690 _____ *A careful scrutiny of the records of the Shrewsbury Meeting discloses that the name signed at this marriage was "Eliz. Stanton," and not "Eli Stanton." 5 MARY WOOLLEY, daughter of Emmanuel Woolley, born November, 1657; married, first, Judah, son of George and Hannah Allen, born Mch. 14, 1650/1; died 1689; second, May 27, 1695, Thomas, son of Aaron and Dorothy Forman, died 1723. 1689, Oct. 24. Will of Judah Allen, of Shrewsbury; proved Dec. 4, 1689, mentioned: wife, Mary, executrix; children, all under age, Joseph, Mary, Hannah and Elizabeth. Brother, George Allen. Witnesses: Peter Tilton, Remembrance Lippincott and John Woolley. 1695, May 24. The original marriage license of Thomas Foreman and Mary Allen is in the New Jersey Historical Society's Library. The record of their marriage, May 27, 1695, before L. Morris, is found in Book C, of Deeds, at Freehold. 1711, Apr. 2. Thomas Forman and John Frazier made inventory of the personal estate of Benjamin Cook, of Freehold, which is without date but was sworn to by Bridget, the widow of Benjamin Cook, at this time. 1723, Nov. 26. Will of Thomas Forman, of Freehold; proved Dec. 5, 1723, mentioned: wife, Mary; daughter, Rebecca, wife of Gerard Edge, and her children Mary and Daniel; son-in-law, Isaac Forman. Benjamin Forman, given a legacy as a bar against any claim to any part of my estate as heir-at-law. Executors: wife, and son-in-law, Isaac Forman. Witnesses: Charles Hub, Robert White, Jonathan Hutchins. Issue, by first husband Joseph Allen Mary Allen married Dec. 3, 1696, Thomas French Jr.* Hannah Allen married, Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, Jan. 26, 1697, Joseph, son of Richard Heritage, died 1756. Elizabeth Allen Issue, by second husband Benjamin Forman born Dec. 3, 1695 Rebecca Forman born June 7, 1698; married Gerard Edge. Elizabeth Forman born Apr. 3, 1702 ----------- *As a correction of pages 248 and 249, of Historical Miscellany, Vol. I, the signatures of witnesses at this marriage should read, in the right hand column, Thomas French, Jr., Mary French, Mary Forman, Hannah Allen, Margrett Lippincott, Lidya Wooly, Marcy Woolly, Elizabeth Allen, Elizabeth Lippincott, Hanna Allen, Margrett Leeds, Elizabeth Hance, Elizabeth Hooton, Ann Lippincott, Jane Borden, Elizabeth Allen, Mary Tillton; while the others come in the left hand column, beginning with Thomas French, and ending with Jedidiah Allen. 6 JOHN WOOLLEY, son of Emmanuel Woolley, 1, born October, 1659; married, first, Mercy or Mary, daughter of Thomas and Ann Potter; second, Aug. 12, 1730, Rachel Clark. 1685, Feb. 16. Patent to Judah Allen, for two hundred acres in Shrewsbury, in many parcels, half thereof in right of John Woolley. 1691, September. John Woolley was on a Petit Jury, of Monmouth County. 1685, July 9. John Woolley and his brother, William Woolley, together with Richard Hartshorne, John Hance, Judah Allen, Remembrance Lippincott, William Lawrence, John Williams and Edmund Lafetra, had license to purchase Indian lands at Manasquan. 1697. Edwin Woolley, of Poplar, has in his possession a deed for lands that John Woolley bought of..... Tucker, at Poplar, described as bounded on all sides by barren pine lands. Previous to this, in 1684 and 1692, Thomas Potter sold to John Tucker lands at Deal, bounded on the West by barren land, on the South by a brook which separated it from the line of Thomas White, on the East by the Sea to Whale Pond brook comprising what is now Elberon, N. J., and lands adjacent to it to the South and Westward. 1698, July 19. Mercy Woolley makes affidavit relating to the signing and sealing of the last will of Samuel White, of Shrewsbury, the date of which was omitted. 1702, Nov. 2. Mary Woolley is left a legacy by her father, Thomas Potter, of Freehold. 1705, Apr. 14. George Allen, John Woolley and Peter Wilson take the inventory of the personal estate of Joseph Allen, of Shrewsbury. 1706, May 2. George Allen, John Woolley and John Rogers make inventory of the estate of Francis Borden, of Shrewsbury. 1707. According to James Steen, John Woolley swore that he was forty-six years old. 1709, Mch. 1. John Woolley was a Road Commissioner in Monmouth County. 1717, Nov. 9. John Woolley, of Shrewsbury, yeoman, and Mercy, his wife, convey to "my son William Woolley," land at Poplar Swamp, that is described as being the Northwest corner of the said John Woolley's land, and as having been conveyed to him by Thomas Potter, Feb. 9, 1697. Witnesses: Gabriel Stelle, Benjamin Woolley and Robert Allen. 1719/20, Mch. 17. John Lippincott, of Shrewsbury, in his will of this date left a legacy to the Friends' Meeting, in Shrewsbury, which was to be paid to John Woolley and John Tilton. 1730, Aug. 12. John Woolley and Rachel Clark, both of Shrewsbury, were married at the house of John Woolley. 1732, Oct. 2. Will of John Woolley, of Shrewsbury, yeoman, "being ancient and indisposed," proved May 30, 1743, mentioned: wife, Rachel; sons, Thomas, William, John, and Benjamin Woolley, Thomas being the eldest; daughter, Leah Den; daughter, Elizabeth, the wife of John Field, [Feild]; daughter, Anne Mercy Allen. Executors: wife, and "Cozin, William Hartshorne, Sr." 1739, Mch. 5. John Woolley and wife, Rachel were present at the marriage of his grand-daughter, Hannah Woolley, to George Nicholson, at the house of Thomas Woolley, in Shrewsbury. 1752, 9mo., 25. Will of Rachel Woolley, widow; proved Feb. 25, 1754, left legacies to: Mary Lawrence. daughter of John and Mary Campbell, deceased; to Leah, daughter of John and Leah Den; to Hannah, daughter of John and Elizabeth Field; to William Lawrence, son of Mercy Field; to The Indian School; to Abigail Longstreet and Lydia Borden; to Mary, daughter of Daniel and Content Clayton; to Shrewsbury Quaker Meeting; to Catherine, wife of Peter Knott; to Mercy Field and her daughter, Catherine Lawrence; to Elizabeth Lewis and her son, Samuel and to Rachel Hubbard. Issue 20 Thomas Woolley born in Shrewsbury, 1 day, .....married Patience Tucker. 21 Ruth Woolley born, in Shrewsbury, July 22, died, in Shrewsbury, Sep. 14, 1687. 22 William Woolley born, in Shrewsbury, Aug. 17, 16 .... ; married Ruth Lippincott. 23 John Woolley born, in Shrewsbury, Dec. 31, 1690; married Patience Lippit. 24 Joseph Woolley born, in Shrewsbury, Dec. 31, 1690; died, in Shrewsbury, Feb. 1, 1705. 25 Benjamin Woolley born, in Shrewsbury, Feb. 25, 1692. 26 James Woolley born, in Shrewsbury, Aug. 6, 1695; died, in New York, Feb. 17, 1716/17. 27 Elizabeth Woolley born, in Shrewsbury, Apr. 23, 1697; died, in Shrewsbury, October, 1699. 28 Leah Woolley born, in Shrewsbury, Feb. 15, 1698; married, at her father's house in Shrewsbury, Mch. 5, 1723/4, as his second wife, John Mattock, son of James and Elizabeth (Maddox) Den, of Salem Co., West Jersey. The births of her children are found on Salem Meeting Records, but Shrewsbury Men's Meeting gave her certificate, Mch. 7, 1742/3. She had Issue Mercy Den born Mch. 21., 1724 Amos Den born Sep. 21, 1727 Daniel Den born Oct. 1, 1728 Leah Den born Oct. 18, 1731 Paul Den born Apr. 18, 1734 29 Elizabeth Woolley born, in Shrewsbury, Apr. 17, 1700; married, Jan. 12, 1720/1, at Flushing, Long Island, John, son of Benjamin Field. Issue Hannah Field 30 Ann Mary, or Ann Marcy, or Anne Mercy, or Aumarcy Woolley, born in Shrewsbury, Feb. 3, 1702; second intentions of marriage published at Shrewsbury Meeting of Women, May 6, 1723, with Joseph (possibly the son of Ephraim) Allen, born Apr. 1, 1697. He was granted a certificate to marry, by Salem Meeting, Jan. 28, 1722; and they were granted a certificate to remove to Shrewsbury, by Salem Meeting, Feb. 26, 1727. 7 WILLIAM WOOLLEY, son of Emmanuel Woolley, 1, born Sep. 15, 1662; married Anne, daughter of Bartholomew and Catherine (Almy) West. He apparently came to Shrewsbury at or about the same time his brother John did, and before the coming of his brother Edward. And it would seem as though he made his residence in that part of the township which was at Shark River. 1685, July 9. William Woolley and his brother, John, with others had warrant to purchase land of the Indians. 1685/6, Feb. 20. He is mentioned as owning land on the South side of the Manasquan River, and Mch. 22, 1687/8, as bounding lands patented to Frances, the wife of Edmund Lafetra, on the North side of the same River. 1687, Oct. 28. He was a witness at the marriage of Ephraim Allen and Margaret Wardell. 1690, June 20. Nicholas Brown, planter, of Shrewsbury conveyed land at Shark River to William Woolley, of Shrewsbury. 1690, Oct. 7. Nicholas Brown, yeoman, of Shrewsbury, conveyed land to William Woolley of Shark River, that was bounded on the Northeast by land of Edward Woolley, and this land also was deeded seemingly to William Woolley by Edward Woolley, hatter, on the 27th of the same month. 1691, May 23. William Woolley, planter, and Anne, his wife, deed land to Stephen Cook, planter, part of which was theirs by patent dated Dec. 10, 1681, and part of it conveyed by deed of Remembrance Lippincott, dated Feb. 17, 1684. 1691, September. William Woolley was on a Petit jury in Monmouth County. 1691, Sep. 23. William Woolley and Anne, his wife, of Shrewsbury, convey to Joseph Lawrence, of Middletown, fifty acres of land, at Manasquan, that had been granted to him July 9, 1685. 1692, Nov. 2. Confirmation made to Gavine Drummond of one hundred acres of land, in the barrens, where William Woolley and W. West mowed their hay. 1694/5, Feb. 13. John West and William Wooly were fellow bondsmen with William West, of Shrewsbury, and his wife, Margaret, formerly the widow of Ephraim Allen, as executors of the last will of the said Ephraim Allen. 1698/9, Jan. 10. William Woolley, John Tilton, Tohanna Grant [Gaunt?] and Abiah Edwards were witnesses to the will of Thomas Webley, of Shrewsbury. 1701, Oct. 17. William and Anne Woolley were witnesses at the marriage of Joseph Lippincott and Elizabeth White, at the house of Mary White, at a public meeting of Friends. 1704. He was commissioned Captain for Manasquan and Shark River. 1707, Sep. 3. William Woolley was a witness when his nephew, Thomas Woolley, married Patience Tucker. 170.., Feb. 6. John Dennis, David Stout and William Woolley were the witnesses the will of Robert Drummond, of Shrewsbury. 1717/8, Feb. 26. Leah Bennet, widow and executrix of Thomas Bennet, of Shrewsbury, swore to the (undated) inventory of his personal estate, made by William Woolley, Gavin Drummond and Thomas Chambers. 1718, Oct. 11. Richard Stout, Jr., as heir to his brother, David, deceased, with Eve, his wife, convey land to William Woolley, the son of William Woolley. 1720/5, Jan. 11. Will of Priscilla Hearse, of Shrewsbury, widow of Thomas Hearse; proved Mch. 1, 1729/30, left legacies to: her brother, Joseph Hickke; her sister, Elizabeth Williams, who has as children Mary and Gabriel Williams; her sister, Patience, who has three children; to Mary, Audrey and John, children of Audrey Webley; to Elizabeth Webley, Ann and Audrey Chambers; and to Elizabeth and Audrey, daughters of William and Anne Woolley. Her real estate she left to her executors, John West and Richard Chambers. Witnesses: Edward Faulkner, John Chambers and William Brinley. The Shrewsbury Quaker Record give the names and dates of birth of all the children of Edward Woolley and Lydia, his wife, and of John Woolley and Mercy, his wife, but have no corresponding entry for the children of William Woolley. It is natural therefore, to ascribe all the males of this line of the third generation, whose names have been found, as his children. They are four in number, viz.: Bartholomew, Emmanuel, Peter and Ezekiel. Issue 31 Bartholomew Woolley married Hannah Cook 32 Emmanuel Woolley married Ruth (Cook) Collier 33 William Woolley called son of William Woolley, in deed given by Richard Stout, Jr., Oct. 11, 1718. 34 Peter Woolley mentioned in the index of the old Holmes account book, which had accounts as early as 1730. 35 Ezekiel Woolley mentioned in the index of this Holmes account book, and in the tax list of 1764; married..... Issue James Woolley taxed in 1764, as the son of Ezekiel Woolley. Perhaps it was he who married, by license dated Dec. 8, 1761, Sarah Kelley; Tunis Aumack being surety. 36 Elizabeth Woolley left a legacy as daughter of William and Anne Woolley, Jan. 11, 1720, by Priscilla Hearse. Perhaps she is the same individual as the Elizabeth Webley, also mentioned by Priscilla Hearse; if so, then she married John, son of Thomas and Audrey (West) Webley, her own cousin, both of whom lie buried in Christ Churchyard, Shrewsbury. 37 Audrey Woolley called daughter of William and Anne Woolley, Jan. 11, 1720; witness to the will of Eliakim Wardell, Jan. 16, 1737. 8 RUTH WOOLLEY, daughter of Emmanuel Woolley, 1, born Oct. 12, 1664; died Dec. 23, 1759; married, at the house of Judah Allen, Apr. 25, 1688, John, son of Henry and Martha Tucker, both being called of Shrewsbury, born, according to the Friends' Records, at Newport, Aug. 18, 1656; died Sep. 2, 1751. In 1685, Thomas Potter and John Tucker were charged with the quit rents on one thousand acres of land, in Shrewsbury. 1687, June 14. Peter Easton, of Newport, R. I., conveyed to John Tucker, of East Jersey, all his rights of land in Monmouth Co. 1687, Aug. 18. John Tucker, of Deale, Monmouth Co., conveyed the preceding rights to Thomas Hilborn, of Shrewsbury. 1688, Dec. 12. John Tucker and Ruth Tucker were witnesses at the marriage of Thomas Hillborn and Elizabeth Hutton; and again, Mch. 5, 1739, when George Nicholson, of Chesterfield, married Hannah Woolley, in Shrewsbury. 1690/1, Jan. 7. John Tucker is mentioned in the will of Jonas Hall, of Shrewsbury, and is made residuary legatee and executor. 1692, Nov. 2. John Tucker is named as one of those bounding property that was confirmed to Gavine Drummond, on Poplar Swamp Brook. The Tucker family, of Dartmouth, has in its possession a paper given by Patience, the daughter of Abraham and Mary (Slocum) Tucker, and wife of Thomas Woolley, 20, that reads as follows: "Shrosbury ye 10th 11m. 1710. I acknowlidg that I have Resived that twenty pound Legese that my father gave me: by my Unkel John Tucker. I say Resived by me PATIENCE WOOLLEY Amos White hannah......." This receipt may have been the basis for the statement that has been made that "Nathaniel Slocum, brother-in-law of John Tucker, is the progenitor of the Slocum family in this [Monmouth] county." But whether the assertion was founded on it or not, it forms a material aid in disclosing the relationship between the Tucker and Slocum families, and, taken in connection with the signatures of witnesses on the Shrewsbury Quaker Records, indicates, with sufficient certainty for it to be relied upon, that Abraham Tucker, brother to the above mentioned John Tucker, married, Oct. 30, 1679, Mary, daughter of Giles and Joan Slocum; and that their sister, Hannah Tucker, married Nathaniel Slocum, a son of the same Giles and Joan Slocum. Issue Elizabeth Tucker born, in Shrewsbury, Dec. 9, 168-; died, in Shrewsbury, Jan. 6, 1689. James Tucker born, in Shrewsbury, Aug. 26, 1691; died Sep. 29, 1776; married, at Friends' Meeting House, Shrewsbury, Oct. 3, 1717, Leah, daughter of Thomas White by his first wife, and widow of Samuel Wilbur; died, Feb. 18, 1767, aged 78. John Tucker born Oct. 25, 1693; died, June 14, 1730, unmarried. Joseph Tucker born Nov. 7, 1696; died May 21, 1790; married Mary Howland. 9 GRACE WOOLLEY, daughter of Emmanuel Woolley, 1, born April, 1666; married Jacob, son of Richard and Abigail Lippincott, born May 11, 1660; died, in Shrewsbury, Feb. 6, 1689. 1679, May 21. Richard and Abigail Lippincott distribute one thousand acres of land in Fenwick's Colony, West Jersey, among their five sons, Remembrance, John, Restore, Freedom and Jacob; giving each of them two hundred acres. 1685. Jacob Lippincott, is charged in Monmouth Co., with the quit rents on two hundred and twenty-six acres of land. 1687, Mch. 25. Jacob Lippincott has two hundred acres patented to him in Passequenecqua. 1688, Apr. 25. Jacob and Grace Lippincott are witnesses at the marriage of John Tucker to Ruth Woolley, her sister. And the signature of Grace Lippincott, in the right hand column, immediately precedes those of Mary Allen, another sister, and of Marcy Woolley, a sister-in-law. 1689, Jan. 9. Jacob Lippincott was a witness at the marriage of Robert Ray to Jenett Hamton, at the house of John Hamton. 1690, .... Letters of administration on the estate of Jacob Lippincott, deceased, intestate, granted to John Test and wife, of Philadelphia. Issue Jacob Lippincott born, in Shrewsbury, Sep. 18, 168-; died, in Shrewsbury, Nov. 6, 1687. Ruth Lippincott born, in Shrewsbury, Nov. 27, 168-; died, in Shrewsbury, Feb. 21, 1689. This is the last of Generation 2, children of Emmanuel WOOLLEY. ************ GENERATION 3 ************ 11 ELIZABETH WOOLLEY, daughter of Edward Woolley, 3, born May 28, 1685; died July 29, 1723; married Gabriel, son of Poncet and Eugenie (Legerau) Stelle, born 1685, and baptised in the early days of the French Church in New York City. His parents were French Huguenots who emigrated from the Southwestern part of France, about 1665, settling first on Staten Island, from which they removed to New York. His oldest brother, Benjamin Stelle, removed to Middlesex County, and settled at Piscataway, while Gabriel came to Monmouth County, where he remained until after the death of his first wife, and, about 1728, removed to Middlesex County, where he received a patent for a ferry that should run from South Amboy to Staten island, stopping at Perth Amboy. Gabriel Stelle married, for his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Thomas* and Janet (Mudie) Gordon,, and widow of Lewis Carr, and by her had a son, Thomas Gordon Stelle, who was baptised, as shown on the Records of Christ Church, Shrewsbury, Oct. 24, 1734, and a daughter, Margaret Stelle, who married about 1755, Andrew Hamersly. His first wife and two of their children are buried in Christ Churchyard, the stones erected to their memory being placed in the yard close against the building line of the Church as is also another stone, to the memory of Elizabeth Stelle, which is in such condition that the epitaph has been completely lost; it probably was that of the daughter, Elizabeth who was baptised as an adult, at Allentown. Issue Edward Stelle born May 6, 1711; died Nov. 15, 1730. Benjamin Stelle born 1716, died Nov. 14, 1719. Elizabeth Stelle baptised, at Allentown, Jan. 26, 1734/5; probably died unmarried. *Thomas Gordon was one of the Lords Proprietors of East Jersey, and it was largely from inheritance of his rights as such that the Hammersly wealth has been so great. 12 HANNAH WOOLLEY, daughter of Edward Woolley, 3, born July 8, 1687 or 1688; married, first, George, son of Caleb and Elizabeth (Sissons) Allen, her first cousin, born July 19, 1678; died 1728; second, between Jan. 3, 1728/9 and Nov. 3, 1732, John Little, died 1750 or 1751. She was called "Hannah, the wife of George Allen," in the will of her father, Jan. 3, 1728/9, and "Hannah Little," in the will of her mother, Nov. 3, 1732. 1717, Feb. 28. George Allen is called brother-in-law, by Edmund Lafetra in his will, and is appointed as one of the executors. 1728/9, Jan. 7. Will of George Allen, of Shrewsbury, blacksmith; proved Mch. 24, 1728/9, mentioned: wife, Hannah; eldest son, William Allen; second son, Daniel, not yet twenty-one years of age; third son, Richard Allen; fourth son, Matthew Allen; sixth son, James Allen; fifth son, Joseph Allen-; eldest daughter, Lydia; second daughter, Mary; youngest daughter, Abigail. Executors: wife, and William Leeds, Esq., of Middletown. Witnesses: Thomas Glenrae [Gleane], Pontius Stelle, Geo.Thornborough. 1750, Jan. 14. Will of John Little, with codicil dated Feb. 12, 1750/1; proved Mch. 8, 1750, mentioned: wife, Hannah; son, John Little, Jr., and his daughter, Isabella; son, Thomas, deceased, and his daughter, Isabella. Executors: John Anderson and David Rhea. Witnesses: Joseph Potter, Andrew McDowell, John Nathan Hutchins. Issue by first husband William Allen born Nov. 7, 1704 Matthew Allen born 1706; died, in Shrewsbury, March, 1719/20. Lydia Allen born Sep. 19, 1708 Mary Allen born Nov. 12, 1710 Abigail Allen born Aug. 12, 1712 Daniel Allen born Sep. 4, 1715 Richard Allen born Dec. 17, 1717 Matthew Allen born Oct. 6, 1719 Joseph Allen born July 10, 1723; married, by license dated Feb. 18, 1742, Desire Rogers. James Allen born Feb. 7, 1725/6; married, by license dated Feb. 2, 1747/8, Catherine Newman. 13 ADAM WOOLLEY, son of Edward Woolley, 3, born, in Shrewsbury, Feb. 4, 169(0), may possibly have married for his second wife, by license dated Oct. 13, 1742, Ruth Hays, widow; both being of Monmouth; Abraham Russell being surety on the bond, although there is nothing to indicate that this was not his son, Adam, Jr. 1714, Sep. 14. His name is mentioned in the long list of debtors to the estate of John Bowne. 1723, Apr. 8. Adam Woolley was one of those called debtors in the inventory of the estate of William Gifford. His name appears on the index of the old Holmes' account book which included accounts opened as early as 1730. 1728/9, Jan. 22. Adam Woolley, William Kneeburn and Samuel Leonard were the witnesses to the will of Joseph Stout, of Shrewsbury. The name of Adam Woolley does not appear on the Shrewsbury tax list for 1759, while that of Adam Woolley, Jr., does; an indication that the elder had died prior to this date. Issue 38 Adam Woolley, Jr. 39 William Woolley; on Shrewsbury tax list for 1759 as "William Wooley, son of Adam." 15 CONTENT WOOLLEY, daughter of Edward Woolley, 3, born, in Rhode Island, Nov. 9, 1694; married, first, Thomas, son of Thomas and Johanna (Twinning) Bills, born Mch. 22, 1648; died 1728; second, May 27, 1736, Isaac, son of John and Elizabeth (Hanson) Hance, born Oct. 25, 1685; died Sep. 5, 1764. 1703, May 27. Thomas White, Thomas Bills and John Havens made the inventory of the personal estate of William Goodbody, of Shrewsbury. 1724/5, Feb. 18. Thomas Bills was a witness to the will of David Allen, of Shrewsbury. 1728/9, Feb. 22. Will of Thomas Bills, of Shrewsbury, yeoman; proved Mch. 24, 1728, mentioned: wife, Content, as executrix; eldest son, William, not yet twenty-one; second son, Silvanus; third son, Thomas; daughter, Joanna, not yet eighteen; second daughter, Lydia; youngest daughter, Elizabeth. Witnesses: Preserve Lippincott, John Haskins, Geo. Thornborough. Owns real estate in Shrewsbury, N. J., and in Fairfield township, in New England. 1744, Feb. 13. Content Hance present as a witness at the marriage of John Tucker and Phebe Parker. Issue by first husband William Bills married, May 22, 1735, Mary, daughter of Francis and Mary Borden. Silvanus Bills died 1763; married, June 9, 1744, Rachel, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (White) Lippincott, born Sep. 23, 1726. Thomas Bills witness, May 4, 1730, at the marriage of James Irons and Martha Burchoin [Burdoin?]. Joanna Bills married [date missing, but probably in 1741 or 1742], Isaac, son of John and Joyce (Borden) Hance. Lydia Bills married, by license dated May 15, 1739, Moses Mount; died 1748. Elizabeth Bills born 1723; married, first, by license dated Aug. 17, 1745, Samuel, son of John and Naomi (Edwards) Corlies; second, by license dated, Sep. 20, 1749, Thomas Cox. 16 GEORGE WOOLLEY,* son of Edward Woolley, 3, born, in Shrewsbury, Dec. 14, 1697; married..... 1728/9, Jan. 3. Named in the will of his mother, together with her eldest son Adam, while William Woolley, another son, is not mentioned. His name appears on the index of the old Holmes' account book 1759. He was taxed in Shrewsbury. Issue 40 Content Woolley born in 1735; baptised, June 25, 1749, as shown by the records of Christ Church, Shrewsbury. ______________ *1689, Sep. 24. The name of George Woolley or 'Woodley' appears in Court proceedings versus Thomas Wainright, in Freehold Deeds ,, "B," page 90. But seemingly this must be a mistake in the recording, for there does not appear to have been anyone of the name otherwise. Perhaps, it was George Woolsey, for such a man is referred to, in 1699, as bounding property sold by the agent of the West Jersey Society, above the Falls of the Delaware. 20 THOMAS WOOLLEY, son of John Woolley, 6, born the first day of the month, unfortunately the rest of the date has been worn away; but it would seem to have been about the year 1684; died 1747; married, at the house of Meribah Slocum, in Shrewsbury, Sep. 3, 1707, Patience, daughter of Abraham and Martha Tucker, born 1687. 1701, July 2. Before his own marriage the name of Thomas Woolley appears as a witness but once, when Joseph Wing married Ann Lippincott. After that time it frequently appears until, together with his wife Patience, he signs at the marriage of their son, Thomas Woolley, Jr., and Rachel White, Oct. 15, 1746. Their children were all born at Shrewsbury. 1747, ..... Will of Thomas Woolley, yeoman, of Hogswamp, Shrewsbury; proved Mch. 2, 1747/8, mentioned: wife, Patience; eldest son, John, his lands; second and youngest son, Thomas; eldest daughter, Content Clayton; daughters, Lydia Borden, Abigail Longstreet, Hannah Nicholson, Meribah Woolley. Executors: wife, and Job Cook. Witnesses: Amos White, Gavin Drummond, Stophel Longstreet. Inventory 3205, including four silver spoons. Issue 41 Joseph Woolley born Jan. 21, 1708/9; died, at Shrewsbury, May 12, 1715. 42 John Woolley born Sep. 27, 1710; died Oct. 11, 1779; married Sarah Reynolds. 43 Content Woolley born Feb. 11, 1712; married by license dated, Dec. 9, 1731, Daniel Clayton, tailor, of Chesterfield; and had Issue Mary Clayton left a legacy in the will of Rachel Woolley, 9mo. 25, 1752. 44 Lydia Woolley born Jan. 11, 1714/15; married, May 4, 1732, Francis Borden, Jr. 45 Abigail Woolley born May 17, 1717; married, by license dated Dec. 16, 1743; John Little, Jr., being surety; Stoffel [Theophilus], son of Stoffle and Mercy (Lane) Longstreet, baptised Dec. 25, 1713. Issue Daniel, Gilbert, William, Mary, Lydia and John Longstreet. 46 Hannah Woolley born Aug. 19, 1719; married, Mch. 5, 1739, George Nicholson, of Chesterfield. 47 Meribah Woolley born Nov. 16, 1721 48 Thomas Woolley born Sep. 24, 1725; died 1802. 22 WILLIAM WOOLLEY, son of John Woolley, 6, born, in Shrewsbury, Aug. 17, 16--; died 1769; married Ruth, daughter of Remembrance and Margaret (Barber) Lippincott, born Oct. 6. 1691; probably died before her husband, as she is not mentioned in his will. 1708, Feb. 2. Ruth Lippincott signs as a witness at the marriage of Amos White and Hannah Mills, and Ruth Wooley signs as such when James Tucker married Leah Wilbur, Oct. 3, 1717. 1791, Feb. '23. Ruth Woolley, called daughter in the will of Remembrance Lippincott, as were also Abigail White, Mary Morris, Sarah Williams, and Elizabeth Parker. 1728, Nov. 8. A deed is on record at Freehold, setting forth that the differences between John, Thomas and William Woolley, yeomen, of Poplar Springs, and Gawen Drummond, gent., had been adjudicated by Lewis Morris, Jan. 12, 1715. 1762, Mch. 10. Will of William Woolley, of Shrewsbury, yeoman; proved Mch. 22, 1769, mentioned: "My only son James," and his children William Woolley and Patience Woolley; daughter, Amy Allen; daughter, Mary, "now the wife of James Corlies," and her children -- Elizabeth, who had married Jacob Hance, Margaret, the wife of Michael Price, William, Mary, James, and George Corlies, when they are of age; daughter, Margaret "now the wife of Josiah Parker," and her daughter, Elizabeth. Executors: son, James Woolley, and daughters, Mary Corlies and Margaret Parker. Witnesses: Vincent White, Joseph Allen and W. Phillips Lewis. Issue 49 Amy Woolley married, Feb. 10, 1731, Ezekiel Allen, born May 17, 1710. 50 Mary Woolley married, after Feb. 10, 1731, James Corlies. 51 Margaret Woolley married, Mch. 30, 1743, Josiah Parker. 52 James Woolley born March, 1718; died 1793; married, by license dated Jan. 14, 1747, Catherine Woolley. 23 JOHN WOOLLEY, son of John Woolley, 6, born Dec. 31, 1690; married, Jan. 17, 1717, Patience, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Throckmorton) Lippet. 1757, Nov. 25. Will of John Woolley, Sr., signed by his mark, of Shrewsbury, yeoman; proved Jan. 29, 1772, mentioned "three children:" Benjamin Woolley; daughter, Catherine Woolley, "to have land adjoining that where James Woolley now lives; Sarah Jackson; A silver spoon to be given John Woolley, son of Thomas Woolley, Jr. Executors: Friend John Tucker and Joel White. Witnesses: John Allen and Obadiah Allen. Issue 53 Benjamin Woolley married, first, Catherine Husbands; second, Hannah (Bills) Jackson. 54 Catherine Woolley married her own cousin, James Woolley, 52. 55 Sarah Woolley died Aug. 20, 1759; married Joseph Jackson. 25 BENJAMIN WOOLLEY, son of John Woolley, 6, born Feb. 25, 1692; died 1773; married, second, about 1715, Esther, daughter of Richard and Esther (Tilton) Stout, of Middletown, third, Sep. 19, 1744, Catherine, daughter of William and Margaret (Wardell) West, and widow of Edward Patterson Cook; fourth, by license dated May 31, 1758, Phebe Cooper, widow, of Freehold; Job Cook being surety. 1729, Oct. 11. Jonathan Stout and Benjamin Woolley named as executors in the will of Amos White. 1749, Dec. 8. The three daughters of his deceased daughter, Esther Woolley, are remembered in the will of Richard Stout, Esq., of Middletown. The names of the children born to Benjamin and Ester Woolley, with the dates of their birth, are found on the Shrewsbury Quaker Records. It will be noticed that these names do not include the Benjamin, 56, who is the son first spoken of in the will of Benjamin Woolley, 25. 1771, Jan. 26. Will of Benjamin Woolley, of Shrewsbury, yeoman; proved Dec. 16, 1773, mentioned: wife, Phebe, son, Benjamin; son, Daniel, to have land on the West side of the place where I now dwell; son, William, to have land adjoining that of Daniel's; three daughters, Patience Birge, Mary Davis, Elizabeth Cook. Executors: Friends, John Tucker and Vincent White. Witnesses: Job Cook, Thomas Croxson, Benjamin White. Issue by first wife, name unknown 56 Benjamin Woolley called "Benjamin Woolley the son of Benjamin," in the tax list of 1764. And on this same list appear also the names of Benjamin Woolley, Sr., and Benjamin Woolley, Jr. Issue by second wife 57 Daniel Woolley born Feb. 1, 1717; married Patience Throckmorton and Sarah Allen. 58 Mary Woolley born Oct. 5, 1719; married, by license dated Dec. 11, 1749, Benjamin Davis, George Rhea being surety on the bond. 59 Sarah Woolley born Oct. 6, 1721; married by license dated Aug. 20, 1743, John Collard; Daniel Woolley being surety. She is not mentioned in her father's will. Nor is she taken into account in the will of her grandfather, Dec. 8, 1749. 60 Patience Woolley born Aug. 9, 1723; married, by license dated Nov. 14, 1746, David Burdge. 61 Marcy Woolley born Oct. 12, 1725; not mentioned in her father's will. 62 William Woolley born Sep. 25, 1728; married by license dated Aug. 15, 1755, Susannah Huldreth; Vincent White being surety. 63 Elizabeth Woolley born June 9, [1735?]; married, by license dated Dec. 29, 1749, John, son of Edward Patterson and Catherine (West) Cook; Nathaniel Slocum being surety. 31 BARTHOLOMEW WOOLLEY, son of William Woolley, 7, married Hannah, daughter of Stephen and Hannah Cook. 1714/5, Jan. 4. Edward Hardman, William Exceen, Bartholomew Woolley and ___b Dennis were witnesses to the will of Joseph West, of Shrewsbury. 1740, Dec. 12. Thomas Lippincott and Hannah Woolley were married, at his house, Shrewsbury. He was a son of John and Sarah (Huet) Lippincott, and his former wife had been Elizabeth White, 28. 1748/9, Feb. 20. Hannah Lippincott gives consent to the obtaining of a marriage license for her daughter, Audrey Woolley, and George Mount. 1760. Thomas Lippincott in his will names his wife, Hannah, and, among his children, mentions two who, as we elsewhere learn, had been born of this marriage, Thomas and Beulah Lippincott. 1772, Feb. 17. Will of Hannah Lippincott, of Shrewsbury, widow, "Tailiris ___an;" proved Jan. 14, 1773, mentioned: son, Silas; daughter, Leua Crese in the original, Lewerese in a copy, probably was Lucretia, but may have been Increase or Louisa, daughters, Freelove, Hannah, Audria and Ruth [Woolley]; son Thomas [Lippincott]; daughter, Beulah [Lippincott]; grand-daughter, Margaret Mount. Witnesses: Jacob Hance and John Corlies. Issue 64 Silas Woolley married, first, Margaret Husbands; second, Marah Bills. 65 [Lucretia?] Woolley 66 Freelove Woolley married, by license dated Feb. 7, 1742/3, Isaac, son of Henry and Elizabeth Herbert. 67 Hanna Woolley married Apr. 23, 1747, Richard Stout. 68 Audria Woolley married, first, by license dated Mch. 4, 1748/9, George, son of Matthias Mount; John Mount being surety; second, by license dated Mch. 27, 1760, John Chasey; Joseph Mount being surety. Issue by first husband Two sons, perhaps Timothy and Matthias Mount. Margaret Mount 69 Ruth Woolley -married, by license dated Dec. 7, 1761, Joseph White; Silas Woolley being surety on the bond 32 EMMANUEL WOOLLEY, son of William Woolley, 7, married, first, Ruth, daughter of Stephen and Hannah Cook, and widow of Samuel Collier; second, by license dated May 28, 1752, Isabella Carter, of Shrewsbury; George Carter being surety. 1716, Apr. 9. He is named in the inventory of the estate of John Bowne, as one of his debtors. 1723, Apr. 13. Audit of the account of Manuel Woolley in the estate of William Mellon. Emmanuel Woolley named in the index of the old Holmes' account book, which contained accounts of some persons as early as 1730- 1736, Jan. 6. Emmanuel and Ruth Woolley, the father and mother of the bride, and Margaret Woolley, her sister, were witnesses at the marriage of William Brinley, Jr., to Koziah Woolley, both of Shrewsbury, at the house of Emmanuel Woolley, in Shrewsbury. 1740, Dec. 12. Emmanuel Woolley was a witness of the marriage of Thomas Lippincott to Hannah Woolley. 1746, Aug. 28. Stephen Woolley and Ruth Tucker, both of Shrewsbury, were married, at the house of James Tucker, in Shrewsbury, and the witnesses signing in the right hand column were James Tucker, Leah Tucker, Emmanuel Woolley and Ruth Woolley, not Ruth Tucker as it has been put in print heretofore. Issue 70 Keziah Woolley married, first, Jan. 6, 1736, William, son of William and Elizabeth (Corlies) Brinley, died 1743; second, by license dated, May 18, 1751, Samuel Osborn. 71 Margaret Woolley married, by license dated Mch. 3, 1742/3, Webley, son of Philip and Catharine (Webley) Edwards, "weaver;" John Corlies, Jr., being surety on the bond. 72 Stephen Woolley married, first Ruth Tucker; second Elizabeth Large. ***************** FOURTH GENERATION ***************** 38 ADAM WOOLLEY, son of Adam Woolley, 13. Adam Woolley, Jr., was taxed, in Shrewsbury, in 1759, and Adam Woolley, without any affix to his name, in 1765. 1749, Mch. 6. One Adam Woolley is the grantor of land, in Shrewsbury, that had been conveyed to him by John Allen, Nov. 9, 1745. Freehold Deeds, "H," page 34. 1792, June 22. Will of Adam Woolley, yeoman, of Shrewsbury; proved Apr. 23, 1794, mentioned: son, William Woolley, to whom is given the plantation where he now lives, except two-thirds of cedar swamp; son Levey Woolley, to whom is left one-third the cedar swamp; son, Adam Woolley, all the remainder. Executors: sons, Levey and Adam Woolley. Witnesses: Benjamin Potter, Theofilous Longstreet, William Morton. Issue 73 William Woolley 74 Levi Woolley 75 Adam Woolley 42 JOHN WOOLLEY, son of Thomas Woolley, 20, born, in Shrewsbury, Sep. 27, 1710; died Oct. 11, 1779; married, May 4, 1732, Sarah, daughter of Richard Rundell, at the house of Thomas Woolley, in Shrewsbury; the Quaker record calling him John Woolley, "miner." She died Feb. 16, 1780. 1760, 5mo., 21. John Woolley and Sarah, his wife, convey to Richard Bills, black-smith, [her brother-in-law], all of Shrewsbury, one quarter part of the land late belonging to Richard Rundals, of said Shrewsbury, father of said Sarah, and left by him to his four daughters. 1768, Dec. 20. Joseph Potter and Abigail, his wife, in a mortgage they gave, refer to land that was "Thomas Woolley's deceased, now belonging to his eldest son John Woolley, Jr. 1776, 2mo., 16. John Woolley and Sarah, his wife, join in a deed as grantors. 1801, Apr. 1. Nathan Woolley, yeoman, and Zilpah, his wife deed land, in Shrewsbury to Joseph King, "which my father purchased of Thomas Woolley, on the North side of Hog Swamp . . . . . the said Nathan being only son and heir to his father, John deceased. Freehold deeds "A-2," page 109, shows Nathan Woolley and Zilpah, his wife, conveying land that had been "returned to Thomas Woolley, Aug. 14, 1747," as by the Records at Perth Amboy, "S-2," page 203. Issue 76 Nathan Woolley born Dec. 7, 1750; married Zilpah White. 44 LYDIA WOOLLEY, daughter of Thomas Woolley, 20, born Jan. 11, 1714/15; married, May 4, 1732, Francis, son of Francis and Mary Borden, born Feb. 24, 1709/10; died 1784. 1784, Mch. 12. Will of Francis Borden, of Nottingham, Burlington Co.; proved Oct. 21, 1784.Trenton Wills, "25," Page 434. Issue Joseph Borden married, Feb. 15, 1759, Rebecca Middleton. Thomas Borden Francis Borden, said to have been born 1743; married, Feb. 24, 1763, Elizabeth daughter of Josiah and Margaret (Woolley) Parker, born Jan. 14 1745; died Feb. 27, 1788. James Borden, of Salem Co.; married Susannah, daughter of Nathaniel and Ruth (Van Room) Robbins, born June 12, 1754; died Oct. 5, 1823. Rhoda Borden married Abel Robbins Mary Borden married Nov. 15, 1759, James Lawrie. Lydia Borden married James Ford Hannah Borden married John Hawkins 48 THOMAS WOOLLEY, son of Thomas Woolley, 20, born Sep. 24, 1725; died l802; married, first, at the house of Amos White, Oct. 15, 1746, Rachel, daughter of Amos and Jane (Borden) White; second, at the house of William Jackson, 4mo., 9, 1752, Elizabeth, daughter of William and Ann (Hewlet) Jackson; third, Phebe, daughter of Uriah and Sarah Burdge, and widow of Caleb Brown, born Oct. 31, 1732; died Apr. 3, 1826. 1798, Mch. 24. Will of Thomas Woolley, of Shrewsbury; proved Aug. 7, 1802, mentioned: wife, Phebe; sons, Thomas, Britton, John; daughters, Mary Corlies, Rachel Parker; six daughters, Ann Boud or Bond, Sarah Robbins, Content Francis, Patience Jewell, Hannah Borden and Elizabeth Grandine; grandson, William Fox; grandsons, Jeremiah and Robert, sons of John Woolley; step-daughter, [daughter-in-law], Martha, the wife of Thomas. Executors: Friend, Jacob Woolley, and John Parker, the son of Peter. 1822, May 11. Will of Phebe Woolley, of Shrewsbury; proved Apr. 13, 1826, mentioned: son, Samuel Brown, of New York City; grandson, Uriah Cooper, executor; Sarah Cooper and Zilpah Cooper, daughters of Uriah Cooper and Elizabeth, his wife; Phebe and Ann Maria Hall, daughters of John Hall. Witnesses: Elisha Lippincott and Zenas Maps. Issue by first wife 77 John Woolley married, Oct. 14, 1767, Rebecca Borden, born Mch. 22, 1749. 78 Mary Woolley married, Sep. 17, 1767, William, son of James and Mary (Woolley) Corlies. 79 Rachel Woolley married, first, Amos Borden; second James Parker. Issue by second wife 80 Elizabeth Woolley married Mr. Grandine 81 Thomas Woolley married Martha Cooper 82 Britton Woolley born Apr. 15, 1765; married Mary Williams. 83 Ann Woolley married Mr. Boud or Bond* 84 Sarah Woolley married Mr. Robbins 85 Content Woolley married Mr. Francis 86 Patience Woolley married Mr. Jewell 87 Hannah Woolley married, by license dated Jan. 12, 1780, Thomas, son of Thomas and Mary (Edwards) Borden.** ________ *The Slocum Genealogy says that Henry, son of John Slocum, born Jan. 28, 1783; died Aug. 6, 1860; married, Lydia, daughter of John and Ann (Woolley) Bond, born Jan. 20, 1789. ** Mrs. Wm. Clayton Weld, in the Borden Genealogy, states that Thomas, son of Jonathan and Martha (Holmes) Borden, the father of twin sons, born Sep. 26, 1779, and named Thomas and Amos Borden. No Thomas is mentioned in the will of Jonathan as one of his sons, and it looks as though, except for the matter of the dates of license and of birth, these twins were the sons of Thomas and Hannah (Woolley) Borden, and named, one after the two grand-fathers, Thomas Woolley and Thomas Borden, the other after his paternal uncle, Amos Borden. 49 AMY WOOLLEY, daughter of William Woolley, 22; died 1805; married, at the house of William Woolley, Feb. 10, 1731, Ezekiel, son of Ralph and Margaret (Denn) Allen, born May 17, 1710. 1717, Sep. 13. Ezekiel Allen was named in the will of Ralph Allen, as one of his children. 1747, Mch. 2. Will of Ezekiel Allen, of Shrewsbury. Wife Amy; children Obadiah, Nathan, Joshua, Elizabeth, Aaron; brother Jedediah Allen. 1776, Oct. 16. Obadiah Allen and Amy Allen, his mother, with Joshua Allen, his brother, join in giving a mortgage of this date. Issue Obadiah Allen married, Jan. 28, 1762, Hannah, daughter of John Woodmansee; both of Shrewsbury. Nathan Allen Joshua Allen Elizabeth Allen married, by license* dated July 28. 1760, William, son of Jedediah and Phebe (Lippincott) Allen, born Oct. 17, 1739; Samuel Lippincott being surety on the license bond. Aaron Allen 50 MARY WOOLLEY, daughter of William Woolley, 22; married, subsequently to Feb. 10, 1731, James, son of John and Naomi (Edwards) Corlies, born prior to Nov. 8, 1714, when he was mentioned in the will of his grandfather, Abijah Edwards. 1779. The property of James Corlies was confiscated and sold, as was also that of his son-in-law, Michael Price; in the latter case it was bought by his widowed mother, Mary Price. Issue Elizabeth Corlies born Dec. 18, 1736; died Mch. 12, 1816; married, Feb. 8, 1759, as his second wife Jacob, son of Isaac and Rachel (White) Hance, born May 3, 1729; died June 21, 1799. Margaret Corlies married, June 1, 1760, "Michel Price, son of Capt. Joseph and Mary Price, of Red Bank, born Aug. 17, 1735." William Corlies married, Nov. 17, 1767, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Rachel (White) Woolley. Mary Corlies James Corlies born Dec. 11, 1749; died, unmarried, 1845. He was a shoe-maker. George Corlies born Nov. 25, 1754; died 1848; married. He was a mason., and removed to New York City, where he lived on Cliff St. 51 MARGARET WOOLLEY, daughter of William Woolley, 22, married, Mch. 30, 1743, Josiah,* son of Peter and Elizabeth (Slocum?) Parker, born Feb. 13, 1708/9; died prior to Feb. 12, 1783. 1744, Nov. 24. Will of Peter Parker, of Shrewsbury, yeoman; proved May 7, 1745, mentioned: wife, Elizabeth; eldest son, Josiah; second son, John; youngest son, Peter; eldest daughter, Hannah Wardell; three youngest daughters. Executors, wife, and son, Josiah. 1771, July 9. Josiah Parker mortgages land to George Corlies that had been be-queathed to the said Josiah Parker by the last will and testament of his father, Peter Parker. 1775, Apr. 10. Josiah Parker, eldest son of Peter Parker, deceased, conveys land to David Knott. Issue William Parker "Boatman Billy;" married Anna Brockman, born Dec. 23, 1751; died June 27, 1829. Samuel Parker will signed Aug. 31, 1811; proved Nov. 30, 1815; married Content . . . . .; will signed Nov. 27, 1815; proved Jan. 9, 1816. Sarah Parker married Mr. Warner Elizabeth Parker born 11mo., 14, 1745; died Feb. 27, 1788; married, Feb. 24, 1763, Francis, son of Francis and Lydia (Woolley) Borden born 1743. *His name is incorrectly written on the Quaker Records as Silas Parker. 52 JAMES WOOLLEY, son of William Woolley, 22, born March, 1718; died 1793; married by license dated Jan. 14, 1747, Catharine, daughter of John and Patience (Lippitt) Woolley, "spinster;" Daniel Woolley, yeoman, being surety on the bond. 1773, May 1. Mortgage given by "James Woolley and William his son, with their wives, Catharine and Charity," to Peter Parker, on one hundred acres of land, "in Poplar[S] Wompt, beginning at the Southwest corner of Thomas Potter's old Paten line, thence North according to Paten to road that leads through said tract, Easterly and Northerly along said road to William Woolley's line given him by his grandfather John Woolley, deceased, . . . . . as the Iron Mind Broock goes to where it emties into Poplar Swompt Brook, . . . . . along Thomas Woolley's line to the beginning. Bounded West part upon John Woolley & part Simin Badcock, . . . . ." 1776. The Commissioners of the Loan Office of Monmouth Co., gave a mortgage to Simeon Badcock, on thirty acres of land, in Shrewsbury, "conveyed to him by deed from Thomas Woolley and Elizabeth, his wife, Mch. 26, 1762." This was bounded in part by Poplar Swamp Brook, by James and William Woolley, and by Thomas Woolley. 1785, Mch. 10. James Woolley and Catharine, his wife, and William Woolley, their son, and Charity, his wife, gave a deed to Deborah Leonard, the widow of John Leonard. Mr. Edwin Woolley, of Poplar, has in his possession a release from Peter Parker James Woolley, for ten pounds, dated in 1787, the boundaries of the land being the same as are given in the above mortgage of May 1, 1773. 1791, Dec. 21. John Woolley, of Shrewsbury, yeoman, deeds to Deborah Leonard, of Shrewsbury, widow, twelve acres of land, at Poplar Swamp, which, with more, had been conveyed to the said John, Jan. 3, 1787, by his father and mother, James Woolley and Catharine. 1795, Mch. 9. Benjamin Woolley yeoman, of Shrewsbury, quit claims to James, and William Woolley, the son of James, yeomen, all his right in a tract of land, "in consideration for a certain triangle of land lying to the Northwards of Potter's line, being a gore of land exchanged by my father with Willaim Woolley." Issue 88 William Woolley born 1752; married Charity White. 89 John W. Woolley born May 25, 1754; married Mary Leonard. 90 Patience Woolley married Stephen Cook 91 Amos Woolley 92 Anthony Woolley married Sarah (Dennis?). Anthony Woolley and Sarah his wife, deed land, Mch. 31, 1804, in Poplar Swamp, to John and Jacob White. 93 Jesse Woolley 53 BENJAMIN WOOLLEY, son of John Woolley, 23, born 1718; died May 23, 1798; married, first, by license dated Apr. 2, 1750, Catharine Husbands, William Lewes, surety; born 1720; died Nov. 18, 1784; second, Oct. 5, 1789, Hannah, daughter of Gershom and Sarah (Gardner) Bills, and widow of William Jackson, Jr. Possibly they are buried in the Friends' Burying ground at Shrewsbury. But one has to be careful as regards any positive statement thereto, on account of the unauthorized action of a loyal descendant of the family, himself bearing the name of Woolley, and being one of the few living members of the Meeting. He saw the distressing and objectionable way in which the Burying ground had been allowed to stand, and, obtaining funds for the purpose, had it put in proper order, and granite stones erected as marks of respect to his ancestors, viz.: John, son of Emanuel Wooley, 1659-1714 Mary Potter, his wife, 1664-1735 John Woolley, Jr., 1690-1772 Patience Lippitt, his wife, 1698-1775 Benjamin, son of John Woolley, Jr., 1718-1798 Catharine Cook, his wife, 1720-1784 Jacob, son of Benjamin Woolley, 1760-1826 Elizabeth Tucker, his wife, 1767-1854 There was not the slightest scrap of evidence existing to indicate that any one of the first six persons mentioned above had been buried in the yard. He has given erroneous dates in some instances. He calls John's wife Mary, when she was generally known as Mercy. And he was absolutely wrong in asserting that Catharine Cook was the wife of Benjamin Woolley, 53, the son of John, Jr., 23. The dates of birth and death of that Catharine, who married this Benjamin, are given correctly, but it was not Catharine Cook, rather was it Catharine Husbands. Catharine Cook became the third wife of Benjamin Woolley, 25, in 1744, and probably had no issue by him, while it was Catharine Husbands, "spinster," who had marriage license dated Apr. 2, 1750, with Benjamin Woolley, Jr., 53, and called "junior" for the very purpose of distinguishing him from his uncle, the husband at that time of Catharine Cook. As proof of the correctness of this position there are the positive facts, first, that the oldest child of this marriage was born in 1752, or not until eight years after the marriage of Catharine Cook took place; and secondly, that in the Parker family descended from Benjamin Woolley, 53, there is a small book with the dates of death of the parents, and of birth and death of their children, and this reads: Benjamin Woolley, died 5mo., 23, 1798. Catharine Husbands, died 11mo., 18, 1784. 1791, May 3. Will of Benjamin Woolley, of Shrewsbury; proved July 25, 1798, mentioned: wife, Hannah; daughters, Patience, Deborah, Sarah and Elizabeth, to have an outset equal to what I formerly gave Mary; Catharine, the daughter of my daughter Deborah; deceased daughter Mary, and her children; only son, Jacob Woolley; the sons of Abijah Smith, deceased. Executors: son, Jacob Woolley; son-in-law, George Corlies, son-in-law, Jesse Cook. Witnesses: Nathan Woolley, Peter Corlies, William Jackson. Issue 94 Mary Woolley born 6mo., 22, 1752; married, Sep. 27, 1769, Thomas, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Borden) White, as his first wife, born Sep. 17, 1736; died 1810. See Historical Miscellany, under White. 95 Sarah Woolley born 6mo., 1, 1753; died young. 96 Patience Woolley born 7mo., 14, 1754; died Apr. 11, 1840; married George Corlies. 97 Deborah Woolley born 2mo., 1, 1756; died Aug. 4, 1835; married Jesse Cook. 98 Sarah Woolley born 3mo., 25, 1757; died July 28, 1833; married Briton Corlies. 99 Jacob Woolley born 2mo., 20, 1760; died Oct. 7, 1826; married Elizabeth Tucker. 100 Elizabeth Woolley born 3mo., 9, 1764; died Apr. 5, 1849; married William Parker, Jr. 55 SARAH WOOLLEY, daughter of John Woolley, 23, died Aug. 20, 1759; married,* 4mo., 7, 1750, Joseph, son of William and Ann (Hewlet) Jackson, born Feb. 20, 1724; died Nov. 9, 1799. Issue Lydia Jackson born 11mo., 15, 1752 Meribah Jackson born 6mo., 15, 1754; died Mch. 19, 1777; married Nathan Jackson. Benjamin Jackson born 12mo., 11, 1755 John Jackson born 5mo., 1, 1757 Sarah Jackson born 8mo., 20, 1759; died 12mo., 16, 1759. Phebe Jackson born 8mo., 20, 1759 *The date of their marriage does not agree with the other records of the Shrewsbury Meeting, for those records show that the first intentions were published in 4th month, the second in 5th month, and that the Committee reported them to have been married in orderly way, 6th month. 56 BENJAMIN WOOLLEY,* son of Benjamin Woolley, 25, married, by license dated Jan. 13, 1759, Elizabeth Ribbet; Daniel Woolley being surety on the bond. The three separate signatures of Benjamin Woolley to be seen attached (a) as surety on the bond of Daniel Woolley, Aug. 8, 1758; (b) as surety on the bond of Stephen Woolley, June 18, 1760, and (c) on the bond for his own license to marry Elizabeth Ribbet, Jan. 13, 1759, show that they were made by the same individual. 1763, July 16. Benjamin Woolley "Tenor," and Elizabeth, his wife, convey land to John Slocum, yeoman. Freehold Deeds, "I," page 198. 1776, July 16. The Commissioners of the Loan Office of Monmouth Co., gave a mortgage to Benjamin Woolley, son of Benjamin, deceased, on land whereon the father dwelt and which was devised by him to the son, Benjamin. 1777, Dec. 25. Will of Benjamin Woolley, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., N. J. farmer; proved Jan. 30, 1778, relates: My executors are to sell all lands also a tract of meadow on Racoon Island, and the proceeds to be divided between my eight children when the youngest is of age. I leave to my wife Eliza all personal estate, and I make her and Joab [Job?] Cook, executors. Witnesses: George Remsen, James Cooper, John Brinley. The above is to be found in Volume IX, page 17 of the publications of the New York Historical Society. 1802, Aug. 7. "Thomas Woolley son of Benjamin," and Christian his wife, convey land to John Brinley that "my father in law William Smith and myself bought of Robert Montgomery, on the North side of Shark River, adjoining what I sold to Francis Herbert." Issue 101 Thomas Woolley married Christian, daughter of William Smith. Seven other children. * There was a Benjamin Woolley, at present unplaced, among those who had their property confiscated and advertised for sale, Feb. 17, 1779. 57 DANIEL WOOLLEY, son of Benjamin Woolley, 25, born Feb. 1, 1717; married, first, . . . . ;* second, by license dated Aug. 8, 1758, Patience Throckmorton; Benjamin Woolley being surety on the bond; third, by license dated Feb. 23, 1763, Sarah Allen; Daniel Jeffrey being surety. The signatures of Daniel Woolley on the license bonds for his own marriages are identical with the one as surety on the bond that his half-brother, Benjamin Woolley, obtained to marry Elizabeth Ribbet, Jan. 13, 1759. 1767, June 1. Daniel Woolley and wife, Sarah, deed land that was bounded on the East by Benjamin Woolley, to Joseph and Daniel West, single men. 1776, July 11. The Commissioners of the Loan Office of Monmouth Co., give a mortgage to Daniel Woolley, who has sons, Montilion and Jedediah, and is a brother to William Woolley. They also give a mortgage to Montilion Woolley, 103, on ten acres of land that had been conveyed to him by Daniel Woolley and Sarah, his wife, Mch. 26, 1776. 1781, Nov. 25. Will of Daniel Woolley, of Shrewsbury, yeoman; proved June 4, 1799, mentioned: son, Daniel, to have one-third of the east part of what my father gave me; sons, Jedediah and Montilion, to have all the lands I bought of "my brother Woolley;" sons, Joseph and James Woolley, to have the remainder; three yougest sons, Daniel, Joseph, James; three daughters, Sarah Tallman, Margaret Thompson, Lydia Cobett. Executors: Friend, William Green, son, Daniel Woolley. Witnesses: Noah Taber, Peter Wolcott, Benj. Jackson, minor. Monmouth Co. Orphans' Court. A division of the real estate of Daniel Woolley, deceased, was made to Montilion Woolley, a son; to the heirs-at-law of Jedidiah Woolley, a son and devisee of the said Daniel Woolley, his heirs, some of whom were under the age of twenty-one, being Joseph, Jedediah, Daniel and Hugh Wooley, Abigail, the wife of Brittain White, and Elizabeth, the wife of Benjamin West; and to Daniel Woolley, a son of said Daniel. 1802, July 12. Daniel Woolley, 104, deeded to James Tucker four acres of land to which he claimed the title by virtue of his father's will. And Apr. 7, 1803, he conveyed seven acres and nine perches to Leady [Lydia] Cobert that he described as being on the East side of the road leading from Corlies' Mill to Eatontown. Issue 102 Jedediah Woolley married Mary Remington 103 Montilion Woolley born Jan. 1, 1749; married Abigail Tallman. 104 Daniel Woolley blind; died without issue. 105 Joseph Woolley seems to have died before his father 106 James Woolley seems to have died before his father 107 Sarah Woolley married James Tallman 108 Margaret Woolley married Mr. Thompson 109 Lydia Woolley married Mr. Cobett or Cobert or Corbet. *The calling of one of his sons, perhaps the oldest, Jedediah, suggests that the first wife of Daniel Woolley may have been a daughter of Jedediah, son of Ephraim Allen, born Apr. 6, 1695. 60 PATIENCE WOOLLEY, daughter of Benjamin Woolley, 25, born Aug. 9, 1723; married, by license dated Nov. 14, 1746, David, (probably the son of Jonathan) Burdge; Jonathan Burdge being surety. 1746, Nov. 14. David Burdge was surety on the license bond of his brother, Jonathan Burdge, to marry Mary Morris, spinster, daughter of Richard and Mary Morris. 1760, Sep. 1. Patience Burdge appointed administratrix on the estate of David Burdge, intestate. 1762, Oct. 7. Patience Burdge made Guardian of Benjamin Burdge, son of David Burdge. 1772, Apr. 7. Benjamin Burdge, son and heir of David B. Burdge, of Middletown, yeoman, conveys salt meadow to William Applegate, carpenter. 1818, Oct. 19. Will of Benjamin Burdy [Burdge], of Middletown; proved June 5, 1819. Issue Benjamin Burdge born 174-; married Sarah Carmer. 64 SILAS WOOLLEY, son of Bartholomew Woolley, 31, married, first, by license dated Apr. 27, 1752, Margaret Husbands; William Lewis, yeoman, being surety; second, by license dated Nov. 21, 1754, Marah Bills; Samuel Scott, surety. 1761, Dec. 7. Silas Woolley was surety on the license bond of Joseph White to marry Ruth Woolly, 69. 1791, June 15. Mary Woolley made administratrix on the estate of Silas Woolley deceased, intestate, of Monmouth Co. 1793, Jan. 21. Administration de Bonis Non granted to Joel Woolley on the estate of Silas Woolley, of Monmouth Co., deceased, left unadministered upon by Mary Woolley, who is also deceased. 1797, Jan. 14. Administration granted to Joel Woolley on the estate of Silas Woolley, of Monmouth Co. 1800, Feb. 18. Joseph Wardell in his will, names Joel Woolley and Jacob Wardell as his executors, and as such they convey property under this date. 1803, Apr. 23. Joel Woolley and wife, Elizabeth, convey land, at Middle Manasquan Sedges, to John L. White that had been bought by the said Joel Woolley, Dec. 9, 1793, from Joseph Parker and wife. 72 STEPHEN WOOLLEY, son of Emmanuel Woolley, 32, married, first, June 28, 1746, Ruth, daughter of James and Leah (White) Tucker, born Apr. 16, 1722; died Oct. 17, 1759; second, by license dated June 18, 1760, Elizabeth Large; Benjamin Woolley, being surety. 1759. Stephen Woolley's name appears on the Shrewsbury tax list for this year. 1770, Dec. 13. Stephen Woolley is a witness at Chesterfield Meeting, when James Woolley married Abigail Middleton. 1776, Dec. 18. Samuel and Ruth Woolley are witnesses at Chesterfield Meeting when James Woolley married Huldah Skirm. 1777, May 15. Stephen Woolley signs directly after the bride, when William Jackson married Ruth Wooley, at Shrewsbury. 1805, Mch. 15. Will of Stephen Woolley, of Shrewsbury; proved Apr. 24, 1805, the inventory of his estate having been taken, Apr. 15, 1805, mentioned: his children as James, Elihu, Ruth Jackson, Asee, John, Peter, Clayton, Joseph, Christopher and Zilphia Williams. The witnesses were John and Deborah Williams and Rubin Jeffrey. Issue 110 Joseph Woolley 111 Clayton Woolley. One Clayton Tilton married, Dec. 13, 1812, Hannah Chadwick. 112 Asa Woolley. One Asa Woolley married, Jan. 26, 1800, Hannah Hudy [Huddy]. 113 James Woolley born Oct. 7, 1749; married, first, Abigail Middleton, second, Huldah Skirm. 114 Peter Woolley 115 Christopher Woolley married, June 22, 1799, Rebecca Chadwick. 116 Zilpah Woolley married Mr. Williams 117 Ruth Woolley married William Jackson born 6mo., 22, 1752. 118 Elihu Woolley born 1756; married Mary Jackson. 119 John Woolley 73 WILLIAM WOOLEY, son of Adam Woolley, 38. 1802, Oct. 4. Administration granted to Anna Wooley and Abraham Woolley on the estate of William Woolley, deceased, intestate, of Monmouth Co. 1807, January Term. Orphans' Court, Monmouth Co. Abraham and Adam Woolley, Jr., petition, as heirs of William Woolley, deceased, for a division of the real estate of the latter, he having left five children, two of whom are under age. And when division was made the distribution was to the following: Abraham Woolley; Adam to get that which had been returned at the request of Adam Woolley, the father of said William; Elizabeth, the wife of John Allen; Ann, the wife of James Allen; William Wooley 1814, Oct. 24. Inventory of the estate of Adam Woolley, Jr., 121, of Dover; Anna Woolley and David J. Clayton administrators, James Cook and David Miller appraisers. 1816, Jan. 29. Ann Cook, late Ann Woolley, of Dover, and David I. Clayton, of Howell, administrators of the estate of Adam Woolley, deceased, convey to Enoch Jones, "the one equal undivided third part of cedar swamp formerly belonging to the aforesaid Adam Woolley's grandfather, Adam Woolley, deceased." Presumably the ensuing marriages, recorded at Freehold, have to do with members of this family, but, as yet, no evidence has been obtained placing them: Abraham Wooley married, Mch. 5, 1801, Lydia Longstreet. John Woolley, son of Abraham, married., May 31, 1801, Lydia [daughter of Captain James] Borden. Adam Woolley married, July 9, 1820, Margaret Lake, at the house of David Clark. Abraham Woolley married, Oct. 19, 1820, Gitty Layton, at the house of David Clark. 1826, Apr. 25. Inventory of the estate of an Abraham Woolley, of Dover, Herbert C. Pearce, administrator, David Miller and James S. Allen, appraisers. 1840, Sep. 7. Inventory of the estate of a William Woolley, of Howell, Elizabeth Woolley, administratrix, A.V.S. Havens and James Tilton, appraisers. Issue 120 Abraham Woolley 121 Adam Woolley died 1814, without issue. 122 Elizabeth Woolley married, Jan. 26, 1801, John, son of James Allen. 123 Ann Woolley married, Aug. 24, 1806, James Allen. 124 William Woolley 74 LEVI WOOLLEY, son of Adam Woolley, 38. 1853, Apr. 12. Inventory of the estate of Levi Woolley, of Howell; Thomas Woolley administrator; Joseph Burdge and James J. Dickerson, appraisers. 1853, Apr. 13. Will of Thomas P. Woolley, 126, of Howell; proved May 27, 1853, named his brother Herbert, as executor, and stated that his only child, Richard, was not yet sixteen years of age. The witnesses to it were Levi and Abraham H. Woolley, and B.I. Lafetra. Issue 125 Levi Woolley born Dec. 18, 1811; married Hannah Burdge. 126 Thomas P. Woolley, born Aug. 7, 1816; died May 14, 1853; married, Feb. 8, 1844, Lydia Ketcham, born Jan. 17, 1819; died Aug. 13, 1848. They are buried on the Matthews' farm near West Farms, N. J. Issue Richard Woolley 127 Herbert Woolley, born 1825; married, June 30, 1847, Sarah Slocum, born 1828. Issue Irene Woolley born 1863; married Robert T. Gravatt; died Aug. 29, 1907. Osborn Woolley born 1873 75 ADAM WOOLLEY, son of Adam Woolley, 38, married, first, Esther Morton, who joined with him in a deed, dated Mch. 10, 1810; second, Deborah Morton, by whom he probably had no issue; third, Margaret Noble, of Staten Island, by whom there was no issue. 1817, Jan. 9. Adam Woolley, Sr., and Deborah, his wife, and the following children of the said Adam, all of Howell, viz.: Deborah Conrow., George Woolley, Lydia Woolley, Elizabeth Jones, Esther Clayton, William Woolley and Adam Woolley, Jr., join in giving a deed to James Butler, of New York. 1838, Apr. 3. Will of Adam Woolley, of Howell; proved Feb. 21, 1840, named wife, Margaret, and the children mentioned as follows: Issue 128 Deborah Woolley married, first Dec. 22, 1799, William Conrow; second, Mr. Conrow. 129 George Woolley married, and died, leaving issue, before the signing of his father's will. Inventory of the estate of George Woolley, of Howell , taken Dec. 27, 1825, Adam and William Woolley, administrators. 130 Lydia Woolley died unmarried 131 Elizabeth Woolley born Dec. 1, 1787; died Mch. 23, 1860; married, Mch. 5, 1807, Jesse Jones, born May 18, 1785; died May 11, 1856; and had Issue Adam Jones born Oct. 30, 1807; died Dec. 22, 1891; married, first, Ann, daughter of John Wardell born 1810; died Mch. 14, 1842; they are buried near Burrsville, N. J.; married, second, Mary .... 132 Esther Woolley married Cornelius Clayton Issue Adam Clayton, of Burrsville, N. J. 133 William Woolley born Oct. 18, 1796; died Aug. 9, 1840; married, Feb. 27, 1822, Elizabeth Pettit, born Feb. 1, 1805; died June 4, 1862. Buried near Burrsville, N. J. 134 Adam Woolley born Oct. 16, 1800; died Nov. 20, 1859; married Rachel (Curtis) Fleming, born Sep. 18, 1803; died July 12, 1867. Buried near Burrsville, N. J. Issue Hester Woolley born July 8, 1836; died Aug. 10, 1842. Charles Woolley of Herbertsville, N. J. John Woolley Mary Woolley married Mr. Mitchell 76 NATHAN WOOLLEY, only son of John Woolley, 42, born Dec. 7, 1750; died November, 1818; married Zilpah, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Borden) White, born 11mo. 29, 1748/9; died July 31, 1824. 1775, Dec. 11. Thomas White, in his will, spoke of his daughters, Mary Worthley, Hannah Harvey, Lydia Curtis, Sarah Allen, Rachel Jones and Zilpah Woolley. 1784/5, Richard Worthley, in his will, calls Nathan Woolley, his brother-in-law. 1818, 9mo., 7. Will of Nathan Woolley, of Shrewsbury; proved Dec. 1, 1818; the inventory of his personal estate being taken Nov. 18, 1818; mentioned: wife, Zilpah, to have monies in the hand of Jacob Croxson; daughter, Elizabeth Croxson; daughter, Sarah Thompson, sons, John, Nathan, Esek. Witnesses. Jacob Corlies, Jr., Edmund W. Allen, Josiah Holmes. Executors: Samuel W. Tenbrook, John Curtis. Issue 135 Lydia Woolley born Sep. 24, 1771; died Aug. 23, 1775. 136 Elizabeth Woolley born Jan. 20, 1776; married Jacob Croxson. Issue Hannah F. Croxson married, Nov. 21, 1811, Peter T., son of Peter and Lydia Wolcott. Nathan W. Croxson married, June 16, 1828, Mary Haggerty; buried June 5, 1853. 137 Samuel Woolley born Mch. 1, 1778; died Aug. 11, 1812. Nathan Woolley and George A. Corlies, administrators of his estate, sold, according to the order of the Court, his real estate, in 1813. 138 Sarah Woolley born Mch. 3, 1783; died Feb. 16, 1880; married, June 23, 1798, Elias, son of Joseph Thompson. 139 John Woolley born May 10, 1785 140 Nathan Woolley born Nov. 23, 1788. The inventory of the estate of one Nathan Woolley, of Salem Co., was taken Dec. 5, 1820. 141 Eseck Woolley born July 13, 1791; married Ursulla, daughter of Joel and Polly White. 77 JOHN WOOLLEY, son of Thomas Woolley, 48, married, as John Woolley, "minor," Oct. 14, 1767, at the house of her step-father, Amos White, in Shrewsbury, Rebecca, daughter of Jeremiah and Esther (Tilton) Borden, born Mch. 22, 1749. 1821, Nov. 13. Will of Rebecca Borden; proved Apr. 1, 1825, mentioned: her daughters, Esther Hance and Rachel Hance. The inventory of her estate, in which she was called Rebecca Woolley, widow of John, was taken Feb. 11, 1825. 1825, Apr. 25. Inventory of the estate of John Woolley, of Shrewsbury; Eleazar Hance, administrator; William Hance and John W. Hance, appraisers, This included a "demand on Robert H. Woolley, for buildings removed from off the premises, $180." Issue 142 Rachel Woolley born Dec. 4 (Bible) or 6 (tombstone) 1767; died Mch. 30, 1853; married Thomas, son of Jacob and Ann (White) Hance, born 9mo., 1753 tombstones or 10mo., 30, 1753 [Quaker records]. They are buried in the old yard at Rumson. For their issue see New York Genealogical Record, 1904. 143 Esther Woolley born Nov. 27, 1769; died Jan. 21, 1845; married, first, (1787), Ebenezer, son of David and Hannah (Cook) Hance, born Mch. 14, 1763; died Jan. 18, 1795; second, Mch. 1, 1807, as his third wife) Timothy Hance, brother to Ebenezer, born May 24, 1765; died Oct. 29, 1839. For issue by each husband see New York Genealogical Record for 1904. 144 Margaret Woolley married Hector Thompson Issue Robert Thompson 145 Britton H. Woolley 146 Robert Woolley married, Jan. 11, 1809, Julia Ann Wardell. 147 Jeremiah Woolley born Mch. 1, 1772; died young. 148 Benjamin Borden Woolley born Dec. 17, 1774. 149 Jeremiah Borden Woolley born Jan. 6, 1779; died prior to the making of his mother's will. 79 RACHEL WOOLLEY, daughter of Thomas Woolley, 48, died 1823-4; married, first, by license dated Jan. 8, 1768, Amos, son of Thomas and Mary (Edwards) Borden; second, James, son of George and Martha (Thorn) Parker, born Feb. 25, 1764. 1788, July 25. Thomas Borden, of Shrewsbury, in his will, mentions his "grand-daughter Mary Borden, daughter of my son Amos;" his sons, Philip and Thomas Borden; and his three grandsons, Aaron, Amos and Thomas. 1818, Feb. 3. Will of James Parker, of Howell; proved Oct. 27, 1819, mentioned: wife, Rachel. Legacy to Mary, the wife of Wade Little; legacy to Philip Borden, living in his family. Executors: wife, and Hugh Boud. 1823, Feb. 1. Will of Rachel Parker; proved Jan. 31, 1824, mentioned: daughter, Mary Boude; son, Aaron Borden, and his children; sons, Thomas and Amos Borden; grand-daughter, Rachel Borden. Executors: Mary Boude and John I. Little. Ellis, in his History of Monmouth Co., says that "Thomas Borden kept a tavern during the Revolution at Farmingdale. After his death his widow married James Parker. Thomas Borden had issue by her, a daughter who married Hugh Boud, and their son was Charles G. Boud." In this the use of the name of Thomas for Amos is a mistake. Issue by first husband Mary Borden born June 30, 1783; died Dec. 23, 1863; married, Aug. 28, 1802, Hugh Boude, born Sep. 27, 1774; died Oct. 25, 1859. Buried at Lower Squankum. Aaron Borden married and had issue Amos Borden Thomas Borden 81 THOMAS WOOLLEY, of Poplar, N. J., son of Thomas Woolley, 48, married Martha (Cooper?). Issue 150 Phebe Woolley married Mr. Videto, of Red Bank. 151 Elizabeth Woolley married Mr. Hubbell Issue Frank Hubbell 152 Susan Woolley married, Oct. 26, 1815, Robert Dykeman. Issue Emily Dykeman 153 Tenty [Content] Woolley married Mr. Frazier. Issue Thomas Frazier Joseph Frazier 154 Rachel Woolley married, Apr. 10, 1828, Samuel, son of Uriah and Elizabeth (Green) Cooper, born Jan. 31, 1802; died Dec. 20, 1864. Issue Joseph Cooper Thomas W. Cooper born 1830 Martha W. Cooper born Nov. 5, 1833; died Dec. 30, 1884; buried at West Long Branch, N. J.; married, July 24, 1859, Francis, son of Benjamin W. and Miriam T. (Williams) Corlies, born June 25, 1827; died Apr. 24, 1897. No issue. 155 Britton Woolley born 1801, alive June 1, 1880; married Rebecca Wainwright, born 1809; alive 1880. Issue Ann Eliza Caroline Thomas 156 Robert Woolley, of Poplar married, Jan. 2, 1816, Mary Wainwright. Issue Hannah Woolley married William Fowler 157 Elisha Woolley married..... Issue Rachel Woolley Daniel Woolley END