Amos Woolsey 1781-1869








Descendants of Amos H (Halstead) Woolsey 1781 - 1869






AMOS H (HALSTEAD)8 WOOLSEY (DANIEL7 , HENRY C6 , RICHARD5 THOMAS4 , GEORGE "JORIS"3 , GEORGE SR2 , WILLIAM WOLSEY1 ) was born Abt. 1781 in NY - Half Moon Town, Albany, and died September 16, 1869 in IL - Morgan County. He married (1) PHEBE BAILEY Abt. 1806, daughter of JACOB BAILEY and BATHSHEBA BRUSH. She died Aft. 1822 in IL. He married (2) UNKNOWN Aft. 1806. He married (3) EUNICE ALMA SALES 1840 in OH - Ashtabula County. She was born March 13, 1816 in NY, and died October 04, 1895.

CORR:
2011 April 13 from Jeff Miller <[email protected]>
To: Carolyn Wilkerson
A quick synopsis for Amos:
James Jeremiah Woolsey, son of Richard Woolsey b. 11 Oct 1769 and wife Mercy Mosher, wrote a letter to his nephews in the mid 1880's when he was over 80 years old about the Woolsey family. His statements about Richard Woolsey b. 1730 are:
"Again I find on a slip of paper whence obtained I cannot tell that our Grandfather & Great Grandfathers names both were Richard."
"Now again looking homeward am I right in saying our Grandfather Woolsey's name was Daniel? I think so yet sister Sarah says Richard." [This is Sarah Woolsey who married Henry Woolsey, son of Benjamin Woolsey and Margaret Teller.]
"Our Grandfather Woolsey's name--Daniel or Richard he had children viz. Daniel, Jonathan, Fowler, Richard, James, Cardinal, Sally, Jemima." Information on their children also given.

CORR:
2011 April 8 from Rick Bushong <[email protected]>
To: Wilford Whitaker & Carolyn Wilkerson
Subject: A Woolsey Myth

I am trying to get this new information for Amos Woolsey out there, and hope you may find a spot for it on your Woolsey Website.
Thank you,
Rick Bushong

To the descendants of Amos and Phebe Woolsey, via Genforum.
CC: Wilford Whitaker, Carolyn Woolsey Wilkerson

Amos Woolsey (about 1784-1860), is said to have first married a Phebe Briggs. This statement is found in his son Joseph Benjamin Woolsey's biography, printed in The History of Greene and Jersey Counties, Illinois; published in 1885. Joseph died in 1881, and the statement is not attributed to anyone, although it was likely Joseph's son, George who reported it to the publishers, as he was living in Jersey County, when the book was published. Aside from this there is no other source for Amos marrying a Phebe Bailey.

But there is another possibility for Amos' wife - Joseph's mother. It was published in 1903 in the Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine. In it, is a list showing Amos Woolsey married a Phebe Bailey, whose father is Jacob Bailey and mother is Bathsheba Brush. They were from Long Island, New York, and moved to Delaware County, New York.

Only one of these statements can be correct, and to paraphrase Woolsey researcher, Wilford Whitaker, "Not all MYTHS can be proven wrong, but the preponderance of the latest evidence indicates an alternative explanation. "

Let's compare the two sources.
George Woolsey's statement: - his Grandmother was Phebe Bailey. Was this from memory? Who's, George's or Joseph's? If it was George, he was likely told by his aging Father, Joseph, because Phebe died at least forty years before, (around 1840) and George never even met his Grandmother Phebe.

The Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine: It was actually an inquiry of Jacob Bailey in the Revolutionary War, made by H.M.G. In it the author states, (paraphrased):
Jacob Bailey of Long Island.
He was a tanner and furnished leather for the soldiers.
His wife was Bathsheba Brush.
They moved to Delaware Co., N. Y.

Their children were:
1: Hannah, married . Beardsley
2: John, married Hannah Brush
3: Freelove, married William Teed
4: Phebe, married Amos Woolsey
5: Doshea, married Benjamin Barlow
6: Polly, married Aaron Gregory
7: Nancy, married John Briggs
—H. M. G.

It wasn't too difficult to attribute it to Helen Martha Gregory, a descendant of Jacob and Bathsheba Bailey through Aaron Gregory. In the inquiry there are about eleven assertions, and though we may never know if Jacob Bailey furnished leather for the soldiers, all of the rest of the statements have proven true. Except for a couple of partial first names, it has proven 100% accurate! Further since Jacob and Bathsheba had, in addition to their one son, six daughters, whose ancestral pedigree was lost to their descendants because of losing their maiden name, it has filled in a huge gap in the genealogical record!

Who is Helen Gregory? How did she learn this? Helen Martha Gregory (1859 -1927) (Find A Grave Memorial # 12784421), is the daughter of James Orlando Gregory, a granddaughter to Aaron and Mary Bailey Gregory and great granddaughter of Jacob Bailey also a first cousin to Joseph Woolsey (once removed). Helen was a College Professor and High School History Teacher for many years and a noted member of the DAR. In fact she was a trained historian and an avid genealogist who was researching well before 1903. Her accuracy, is undeniable, as all of the seven children are proven independently, with the correct spouses and descendants.

Still not sure? Then look at information in the Census Records.

In the 1800 Census in Stamford, Delaware, New York, we find Amos' father Daniel Woolsey. Also present are Amos' uncles, William and Nicholas Halstead. About fifteen miles away in Delhi (now Bovina) are Jacob Bailey, future father in law; Abijah Gregory (Helen's Great Grandfather), father of future brother-in-law, Aaron; Daniel Beardsley, future brother in-law, as well as other Beardsleys. There are no Briggs.

By the 1810 Census, Amos and brother, Richard, had moved to Delhi. Amos and Phebe's cabin (most are described as cabins) is almost surrounded by Phebe Bailey's family - at least nine households. Amos and Phebe are only two doors away from Mary Bailey, her sister, and her husband, Aaron Gregory's cabin, and are next door to Aaron's brother, Abijah. Her parents, Jacob and Bathsheba Bailey and other Bailey descendants are also nearby, so Phebe obviously enjoyed being close to her family. But in 1810 there was only one Briggs in Delhi, a Banks Briggs, (1786-1832), whose wife was Lovisa, with one boy under 10. Also, there is a Joshua Briggs (found as Brigs) in Kortright, who's son, John B. Briggs, later married Nancy Bailey (Phebe's sister).

The 1810 Delhi Census

Household #157 Abel Beardsley - Phebe's brother in law - Daniel Beardsley's brother (Daniel married Phebe's oldest sister Hannah).
Household #164 John O. Beardsley - Phebe's brother in law - Daniel Beardsley's brother.
Household #178 Joel Brush - Phebe's first cousin.
Household #179 Alexander Brush - Phebe's uncle: started Brushland, became, Bovina Center, his mother Bathsheba moved from Long Island, with him.
Household #181 John Bailey - Phebe's brother.
Household #182 Jacob Bailey - Phebe's father.
Household #212 Richard Wolsy - Amos' brother.
Household #220 Abijah Gregory - Aaron's brother.
Household #221 Amos Woolsy - Amos with 2 boys, 1 girl under 10 and Phebe.
Household #224 Aaron Gregory - Phebe's brother in law and her sister, Mary Bailey.
Household #259 William Hulsted - Amos' Uncle - Anna's brother.
Household #303 Ezra Bardsley - Husband of Phebe's first cousin, Nancy Brush.
Household #369 Banks Briggs - The only one, this Banks Briggs (1786-1832) had a wife, Lovisa, and 1 boy under 10.
Household #371 Joseph Tidd - Phebe's brother in law and her sister, Freelove Bailey.

How could the mistake have happened? Was the name of Briggs given, from memory? Did Joseph get confused with Phebe's sister, Nancy Baily Briggs? Even though his own sister, Bathsheba Woolsey Adams, was named after their Grandmother, Bathsheba Bailey? Maybe, since according the Joseph Woolsey bio, at about age 14 or in about 1823, he moved to Syracuse, and since his Aunt Nancy, had moved, by 1825, to Preble, Cortland County, just some 23 miles away (Nancy's daughter, Lucy was born in 1825 in Preble), he mixed up the names? Because Phebe and her sister would have kept in touch. It is quite probable that his Aunt Nancy would have traveled to Syracuse or Phebe to Preble, so the sisters could see each other and the families visit. Aunt Nancy likely attended Joseph's wedding on May 4, 1831. Then at about age 23 or 24, in 1833, Joseph moved to Illinois, and probably never saw his Aunt Nancy Bailey Briggs again. A few years later Phebe died. But the name stuck and over fifty years later, George repeated it for "The History of Greene and Jersey Counties, Illinois". Could Joseph or George have just been confused?

Compare the two possible ancestors, both from secondary sources....

For Phebe Briggs
Published in 1885
Statement made from memory?
Source: Secondary - George Woolsey?.
Researcher: None
Quality of the information: Unknown - no parents no ancestors.
Briggs in the Census? no possible Briggs

For Phebe Bailey
Published in 1903.
Statements made from research.
Source: Secondary - unknown, a family Bible and other documents?
Researcher: A trained historian and genealogist.
Quality of the information: Extremely accurate, proven with at least 110 ancestors and hundreds of descendants.
Baileys in the Census? Bailey family all around.

So, it boils down to two of Jacob and Bathsheba's Great Grandchildren, which one do you believe? With Joseph's son, the Woolsey Line is dead ended at a Phebe Briggs, who can't be found anywhere except for Joseph's biography. With Helen Gregory, the Woolsey Line no longer stops at Phebe, but goes on for generations, and at least 55 pairs of Great Grandparents, not to mention, thousands of new cousins! Though there is still much to research, many of the new Woolsey ancestors are well documented and interesting too, like the Brushes of Long Island, and names like Gildersleeve, Conklin, Platt and yes Sammis too. Many even attended, along with Amos Woolsey's ancestors, the First Church of Huntington, officiated by the well known, Rev. Ebenezer Prime. With Helen Gregory's research, I find over 140 (including Woolsey), of Jacob and Bathsheba Bailey's Great Grandchildren, who can now be reconnected to their ancestors.

The preponderance of evidence does indeed, suggest an alternative explanation - it's time to fix your lines!

Amos Woolsey married Phebe Bailey.

Sincerely,
Rick Bushong

Note: Below are some source links and more census data as well as further discussion.

My RootsWeb pedigree for Phebe Bailey Woolsey
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bushongbeardsley&id=I4448
Delaware Census Index
http://www.dcnyhistory.org/census.html
1800 Delaware County Census Index
http://www.dcnyhistory.org/1800cens.html
1810 Delhi, Census
http://www.dcnyhistory.org/cendelhi.html
1903 DAR Magazine
http://books.google.com/books?id=Z8YWAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA151&lpg=RA1-PA151&dq=jacob+bailey+bathsheba+brush&source=bl&ots=H1e4LZSfMG&sig= _Wec5zkOXQJQg95s72pqss23ncM&hl=en&ei=2iGXTZOPC8GRgQfnyvHHCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBcQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q&f=true
History of Greene and Jersey Counties
http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofgreenej00spri#page/479/mode/1up
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An Annotated HMG Inquiry

Jacob Bailey of Long Island. - Yes: proven with church records
He was a tanner and furnished leather for the soldiers. - Unknown
His wife was Bathsheba Brush. - Yes: proven with church records
They moved to Delaware Co., N. Y. -Yes: proven in census records

Their children were:
1: Hannah, married . Beardsley - Yes: proven with descendants, census, land, published, and family records - (Daniel Beardsley)
2:John, married Hannah Brush - Yes: proven with descendants, census, and death records - (John Alexander Bailey)
3: Freelove, married William Teed - Yes: proven with descendants, census, marriage records - (William Joseph Teed and Freelove Bayley)
4: Phebe, married Amos Woolsey - Yes: proven with descendants and census records
5: Doshea, married Benjamin Barlow - Yes: proven with descendants, census, obituary, and cemetery records - (Docia Bailey)
6: Polly, married Aaron Gregory - Yes: proven with descendants, census and family records - (Mary Bailey)
7: Nancy, married John Briggs - Yes: proven with descendants, census, marriage, and family records
—H. M. G.(Helen Martha Gregory)

CENSUS: Census record details Delaware, N.Y. 1800-1810 for family and names of interest
1800 Census Delaware County, New York
1800 Delhi
Jacob Bailey
Abijah Gregory
Alexander Brush
1800 Stamford
Daniel Woolsey
William and Nicholas Halstead (Amos' uncles) - their mother is Mehitable Teed.
No Briggs in 1800 Census

1810 Census Delaware County, New York
1810 Stamford
Daniel Woolcy
1 male 10-16
1 male over 45
1 female 16-25
1 female 45 and over
James Woolcy (Next household)- Amos' brother.
1 male 16-25
1 female under 10
1 female 16-25

1810 Kortright
Joshua Brigs - Father of John B. Briggs, who married Nancy Bailey.
1 males under age 10
2 males age 10-16
1 males age 45 and over
1 females age 45 and over

1810 Harpersfield
Aaron Gregory - This Aaron Gregory (1752-1823) wife Eunice.
4 males age 16-26
2 males age 26-45
1 males age 45 and over
1 females age 10-16
3 females age 16-26
1 females age 26-45
1 females age 45 and over

1810 Stamford
Barlow Benjamin Phebe's brother in law and sister Docia.
2 males under age 10
1 males age 26-45
1 females age 16-26

1810 Delhi
157 (household number) Abel Beardsley - Phebe's brother in law, Daniel Beardsley's brother.
1 males under age 10
1 males age 10-16
1 males age 26-45
3 females under age 10
1 females age 26-45
1 females age 45 and over
164 John O. Beardsley - Phebe's brother in law, Daniel Beardsley's brother.
1 males age 26-45
1 females under age 10
1 females age 26-45
178 Joel Brush - Phebe's first cousin.
1 males under age 10
1 males age 16-26
1 females age 16-26
179 Alexander - Brush Phebe's uncle.
1 males under age 10
1 males age 16-26
1 males age 45 and over
1 females under age 10
2 females age 10-16
1 females age 16-26
1 females age 45 and over
181 John Bailey - Phebe's brother.
3 males under age 10
1 males age 26-45
1 females under age 10
1 females age 45 and over
182 Jacob Bailey - Phebe's father.
1 males age 45 and over
1 females age 16-26
1 females age 45 and over
212 Richard - Wolsy Amos' brother.
2 males under age 10
1 males age 26-45
2 females under age 10
1 females age 26-45
220 Abijah - Gregory Aaron's brother.
2 males under age 10
1 males age 16-26
1 females under age 10
1 females age 16-26
221 Amos Woolsy- Amos with 2 boys, 1 girl under 10 and Phebe
2 males under age 10
1 males age 26-45
1 females under age 10
1 females age 16-26
224 Aaron Gregory - Aaron and Mary Bailey Gregory and son Samuel and likely widowed mother, Molly and unknown male, a brother?
1 males under age 10
1 males age 16-26
1 males age 26-45
1 females age 16-26
1 females age 45 and over
259 William Hulsted - Amos' Uncle - Anna's brother.
4 males under age 10
1 males age 26-45
1 females under age 10
1 females age 26-45
303 Ezra Bardsley - Husband of Phebe's first cousin.
2 males under 10
1 male age 26-45
1 female under 10
369 Banks Briggs - This Banks Briggs (1786-1832) had wife, Lovisa and 1 boy under 10.
1 males under age 10
1 males age 16-26
1 females age 16-26
371 Joseph Tidd - Phebe's brother in law and sister Freelove Bailey.
1 males under age 10
1 males age 26-45
2 females under age 10
1 females age 26-45

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RESEARCH BEFORE 4/12/2011

CORR:
1999 February 18 from Jerry Don Hollingsworth <[email protected]> 18 Feb 1999.
My Woolsey ancestors start with Amos H. Woolsey born abt late 1700's died in the late 1800's one source states that he was 102 years old when he died. He was married 3 times and had children with each marriage. His third wife is my GGGgrandmother. She is Eunice Woolsey Born 13 Mar 1816 and died 4 Oct 1895. She is bur in Oak Grove Cem. in Jerseyville, Jersey, Illinois. She & Amos had six children.

HISTORY: Women of the Western Reserve before 1840 (1850). FHL film # 1009031. Ashtabula Co., Ohio. Trumbull Twp. p. 133. Mrs. Amos Woolsey, Maiden Name: BLANK; came in 1836, came from BLANK, and last resided Morgan Twp., Ashtabula Co., Ohio.

GENE: Woolsey, Robert M. THE WOOLSEY FAMILY --- A Genealogy in the form of annotated Family Charts. 1936- 1969. 2-162, 2.1657. Born Halfmoon Town, Albany County, New York; to Delaware County, New York in 1810; to Syracuse, New York in 1823. Bought farm in Onondaga Valley, New York in 1828; sold to son Joseph in 1831. (died Kane, Greene, Illinois).

CENSUS:
1820 Census Andes, Delaware County, New York. FHL film 193720.
p. 45. Amos Woolsey. 210010 // 11010 [1 Manufacturers]
p. 47. James Woolsey. 200020 // 31010 [2 Manufacturers]
p. 51. Richard Woolsey. 011301 // 31100 [2 Agriculture]
p. 71. Richard Woolsey. 011110 // 3301 0 [3 Agriculture]
p. 85. Daniel Woolsey. 010001 // 10111 --

1830 Town of Lafayette, Onondaga County, New York. FHL film# 017160.
John Woolsey [also in 1840 Lafayette, Onondaga Co, NY.

1830 Census Town of Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York
p. 170. Amos Woolsay 0102201000000 // 0011001
p. 190. James Woolsey 1011101000000 // 121101 [Indexed as Woolney]

HIST: Adams, Raymond C. ULSTER GENIE. Ulster Co. Genealogical Society. Vol 24:#1 Jan 1996. p12. 974.734 B2u.
Ancestor Sketches. Amos Woolsey 1783/4- 16 Sep 1869. by Raymond C. Adams. There is substantial circumstantial evidence to prove that Amos was the son of Daniel Woolsey (1755-1845) b Marlborouogh, NY, the son of Henry and Abigail Wright Woolsey.

Amos m (1st) Phoebe Bailey, 1806, Albany Co, NY. They are listed in the 1810 and 1820 census in Delaware Co, NY. From the biography of their son Joseph B. Woolsey, we learn that they moved to Onondaga County, NY in 1822.

Daniel's Revolutionary War Pension file tells us that in 1834 he moved to Trumbull Township, Ashtabula, OH. The census data is confusing but it appears that Phoebe was alive when the data was taken, probably before mid year. On 10 Dec 1840 Amos m (2nd) Eunice Sayles, a widow with three children. We assume Phoebe died but no record has been found of her birth or burial.

Amos died 16 Sep 1869 in Morgan County, IL. A quit claim deed entered 2 Jan 1871, reveals that six of his children with Phoebe were alive at that time. Other Woolsey researchers claim there were two other children. We assume they died before 1871. Amos had seven children with Eunice. He was age 72 when his last child was born.

Amos' grandmother (my g.g.g.g) Abigail Wright Woolsey was a most remarkable woman. In 1829 she accompanied her invalid daughter in a move by wagon to Ohio, where her daughter's husband, a Methodist minister, had gone ahead to prepare their home. Abigail was 98 years of age at the time. She did her own housework until within a week of her death at 99 plus.

GENE: Wilson, Mrs. Betty White. 12681 Adrian Circle, Garden Grove, CA. 10 Jul 1965. Revised Mar 1975. THE STEWART FAMILY OF VIRGINIA. An account of the descendants of James Stewart, Esq. and Elizabeth who emigrated from Scotland to Frederick Co., Va. 20 Nov 1722. Dedicated to the Memory of Mrs. Jennie Murray Stewart, wife of John Henry Stewart, of Shelbyville, KY who pioneered in the work of recording the Stewart Family Records. p. 54, photos on p. 64.

HIST: Jersey County, Illinois HISTORY, Sesquicentennial Edition, Ruby Postlewait, Project Director. 1991
#F992, Danial Woolsey and Laura.

HIST: Jersey County, Illinois HISTORY, Sesquicentennial Edition, Ruby Postlewait, Project Director. 1991.
#F991. Amos H. Woolsey & Eunice.

CENSUS:
1840 Census Geneoa twp., Ashtabula Co., Ohio. FHL# 020158.
p. 272. Daniel Woolsey 111201//111001 Geneoa Twp.
p. 283. James Woolsey 00100001//0112001 Harpersfield Twp.
p. 289. Amos Woolsey 10010001//0000001 Trumbull Twp
p. 289. Geo. W. Woolsey 00001//20001 Trumbull Twp

1850 June 1, Harpersfield, Ashtabula, OH - 508/525
Amos Woolsey, 66, m, farmer, $400, NY
Eunice Woolsey, 38 f, NY
Lucretia Sales, 18, f, OH
Mariah Sales, 14, f, OH
Stephen Sales, 10, m, OH
Phebe Ann Woolsey, 8, f, OH
Susanna Woolsey, 7, f, OH
Amos Jr Woolsey, 6, m, OH
Daniel Woolsey, 4, m, OH
Sarah Woolsey, 1, f, OH

1860 June 18, Waverly P.O., Waverly Pc't, Morgan, IL - FHL# 803213, p 594, 1853-1821
Amos Woolsey, 77, m, farmer, $400/$300, NY
Alma Woolsey, 46, f, NY
Amos Woolsey, 15, m, OH
Daniel Woolsey, 13, m, OH
Sarah Woolsey, 11, f, OH
Caroline Woolsey, 7, f, IL

MARR: Index to Microfilm of Marr Records 1811-1900 of Ashtabula Co., OH. 1990. p. 349.
Amos Woolsey md Eunice Sales 1840 (10 Dec) film # 1 frame 593-4.

ON-LINE: 29 Mar 00 <https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ilmorgan/twp-norton.htm>
WOOLSEY Cemetery sw1/4ne1/4, Sec 10, T13N-R9W-3PM. This abandoned cemetery is about three miles southwest of Centerville. It is on a hill on the west side of a seldom used road. The tombstone readings listed below are used by courtesy of Mrs. Guy W. (Myra) Martin and Reuben Bates Jr., who visited the cemetery for the purpose of recording the tombstone inscriptions. This cemetery is
located in Twp 13, R 9, Sect 36.
Harrington, Michael G, d 2 Sep 1876, age 36 Yr
Roland, Sarah, d 20 Mar 1868, 44 Yr 3 Mo 21 Da Wife of Christian
Sharp, Mary J, d 11 Oct 1857, 1 Yr 2 Mo 17 Da d/o J. B. & L. M. Sharp
Taylor, William, d 30 Oct 1845, Age 47 Yr 16 da
White, John L, d 18 Jun 1861
Woolsey, Amos H, d 16 Sep 1869, Age 97 Yr [86 yrs?]
There are also two footstones with initials: M.C.S. and P. A.

ON-LINE: Jersey County, Illinois, Historical Society, FUNERAL BOOK 4.
Woolsey, Amos Woolsey, Agaita Woolsey, Norman
Woolsey, Daniel Woolsey, Margaret Woolsey, Olive
Woolsey, Laura Woolsey, Mildred
Woolsey, Ralph D. Woolsey, Morman

CORR:
To Wilford Whitaker from Paula Schwartz <[email protected]>
Bathshebia Woolsey born August 22, 1808 married a George W. Adams born April 19, 1807, according to the Syracuse Register, married Sept 2, 1829. They both moved and settled in Kane, IL where they both died. She applied for pension from the civil war.

2002 February 1 reply from Wilford Whitaker to Paula Schwartz:

I have six Amos Woolseys in my database, but only one who is old enough to be the father of Bathshebia. I thought I had his family quite complete, but she would fit into the family of his first wife.

Amos H. Woolsey, b 1781 in Half Moon Town, Albany, New York, d 16 Sep 1869 in Morgan County, Illinois, [the son of Daniel Woolsey and Ann Halstead, of Ulster Co., NY,] md about 1806 to Phoebe Bailey. Amos H. Woolsey was md three times and had children into the 1840's. His third wife was Eunice _____, and I found her in the 1880 Census of Roodhouse, Greene Co., IL, living with her dau Phoebe A. Woolsey and Phoebe's husband George Tate.

It is quite possible that Bathshebia Woolsey is the d/o Amos H. Woolsey and his first wife Phoebe Bailey. If not, I don't know where to put her at this time.

Amos H. Woolsey moved his family from Albany County, NY to Delaware Co., NY and in 1822 he moved his family to Onondaga Co., NY. Does this sound promising?

Amos H. Woolsey and Phoebe Bailey had a large family and descendants of them are found in the 1880 Census of Greene County, IL. Grandsons, I believe.

Well, this should get you started on the right track, I hope! How do you connect to the Adams/Woolseys?

2003 Feb from Paula Schwartz to Wilford Whitaker:
I just checked your index of woolseys, do you by any chance have some documentation of Amos Woolsey, that you don"t probably remember that we spoke about a while back, from Onondaga,Onondaga, NY found in the 1830 census. When I plug in Amos on Ancestry he definitely is in the census, but how does one find proof of his say marriage and children. I have contacted the Onondaga Hist Soc for some enllightenment, but only the marriage of one said Bathsheba Woolsey married to a George W. Adams 1829 in the Onondaga Register. Thanks for you time, can look up something in northern OH at the Western Reserve Hist Library I know some people are looking into OH for some answers - Paula Schwartz


More About AMOS H (HALSTEAD) WOOLSEY:
Name 2: Amos H Woolsey
Died 2: September 16, 1869
Burial: IL - Centerville, Morgan - Woolsey Cemetery
Family Researcher: Paula Schwartz <[email protected]>
Family Researcher 2: Jerry Don Hollingsworth <[email protected]>

More About EUNICE ALMA SALES:
Name 2: Eunice Alma
Burial 1: IL - Oak Grove Cemetery, Jerseyville, Jersey
Burial 2: IL - Jerseyville, Jersey - Oak Grove



Children of AMOS WOOLSEY and PHEBE BAILEY are:
  1. GEORGE W WOOLSEY, m. THIRZA STILES, Abt. 1832, OH - Ashtabula County.

  2. AARON P WOOLSEY
    CENSUS:
    1850 July 30, Harpersfield, Ashtabula, OH - 480/497
    Aaron P Woolsey, 20, m, farmer, 150, NY
    Living with
    John C Kelsey, 28, m, farmer, $400, NY
    Mary Kelsey, 26, f, at sea
    J de Los Kelsey, 1, m, OH
  3. AMOS HALSTEAD WOOLSEY

  4. JOSEPH BENJAMIN WOOLSEY, d. 1881; m. PRISCILLA ANN BARBER

  5. BATHSHEBIA WOOLSEY, b. August 22, 1808; m. GEORGE W ADAMS, September 02, 1829; b. April 19, 1807. Residence: Kane, Illinois
    CORR:
    From: Paula Schwartz <[email protected]>
    To: Wilford Whitaker
    Bathshebia Woolsey born August 22, 1808 married a George W. Adams born April 19, 1807, according to the Syracuse Register, married Sept 2, 1829. They both moved and settled in Kane, IL where they both died. She applied for pension from the civil war.

    More About GEORGE W ADAMS:
    Census: 1830, NY - Onondaga, Onondaga
    Census 2: 1840, NY - Onondaga, Onondaga
    Military: Civil War
    Religion: Onondage Valley Presbyterian Church


    Child of AMOS WOOLSEY and UNKNOWN is:

  6. WREN8 WOOLSEY


    Children of AMOS WOOLSEY and EUNICE SALES are:

  7. PHEBE ANN8 WOOLSEY, b. 1842, OH; m. GEORGE TATE.

  8. SUSANNA WOOLSEY, b. 1843, OH.

  9. DANIEL WOOLSEY, b. 1846, OH; d. 1931; m. LAURA D CHISM; b. 1860; d. 1933.

  10. AMOS JR WOOLSEY, b. 1847, OH.
    CENSUS:
    1870 June 8 & 9, PO Kane, Township 9 Range 11, Greene, IL - 133/133
    Woolsey, Amos H, 23, m, w, farm renter, $200 pp, IL
    Woolsey, Mary, 18, m, w, keeps house, IL
    Woolsey, James 3/12, m, w, IL

    1880 June 8, Kane, Greene, IL - District 80, 71/72
    Woolsey, Amos, w, m, 33, farmer, IL, NY, NY
    Woolsey, Mary w, f, 28, wife, keeping house, IL, IL, IL
    Woolsey, Lilley M, w, f, 8, dau, IL, IL, IL
    Woolsey, Warren, w, m, 6, son, IL, IL, IL
    Woolsey, Gracey, w, f, 4, dau, IL, IL, IL
    Woolsey, Annie, w, f, 1, dau, IL, IL, IL

    Living next door is:
    1880 June 8, Kane, Greene, IL - Dist 80, 71/71
    Woolsey, Simeon (?), m, w, 34, famrer, IL, NY, NY,
    Woolsey, Tury, w, f, 23, dau, keeping house, IL, VT, VT
    Woolsey, Rosey, w, f, 5, dau, at home, IL, IL, IL
    Woolsey, Agaii, w, f, 3, dau, IL, IL, IL
    Woolsey, Walter, w, m, 2, son, IL, IL, IL
    Woolsey, Lesley, w, m, 3/12, son, IL, IL, IL
  11. SARAH WOOLSEY, b. 1849, OH; m. BENJAMIN HALL
    Notes for BENJAMIN HALL:
    From: Jerry Don Hollingsworth <[email protected]>
    Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 20:48:19 EST
    Dear Wilford: I am the descendent of Amos Woolsey and Eunice from Jersey Co. Illinois. Their daughter Sarah married to Dr. Benjamin Hall is my GGgrandmother. Here is my descent from Amos:
    Amos Woolsey and Eunice
    Sarah Woolsey and Dr. Benjamin Hall
    Joseph Hall and Allice Huffman
    Daisey Dovey Jane Hall and Willie Lee Ray
    Melba Narine Ray and Games Russell Hollingsworth
    Myself Jerry Hollingsworth
    Sorry but I don't have any information on Amos or his parents or siblings.
  12. CAROLINE E WOOLSEY, b. February 22, 1854, IL; d. January 22, 1929; m. WILLIS BRIDGES.
    ON-LINE: Query Express Page for Scott Co, IL. sub. by Floy Derry ([email protected]) - Seeking info on Hiram White or Caroline (Woolsey/Bridges/ White. Caroline born 22 Feb 1854, d 22 Jan 1929, buried New Hope (Muddy) Cemetery. Her first husband was Willis Bridges, she was the d/o Amos and Eunice Woolsey. - am the last of this line researching.

    BURIAL: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/morgan/cemetery/newhopecem.html New Hope Cemetery, aka Muddy Cemetery, Morgan County, IL

    WOOLSEY GUESTBOOK:
    2007 March 26 from C.M. Sam Jenkins <[email protected]>
    I am the Great Grandson of Caroline E Woolsey White, who is the daughter of Amos Woolsey and Eunice Sales. Caroline was born in Illinois, Amos and Eunice married in Ashtabula County, OH in the 1840s. Amos was born in N.Y. The Woolseys lived in Jersy County, Illnois and there is a Woolsey Cemetary there with several Woolseys there.

    ON-LINE: Query Express Page for Scott Co, IL. sub. by Floy Derry ([email protected]) - Seeking info on Hiram White or Caroline (Woolsey/Bridges/ White. Caroline born 22 Feb 1854, d 22 Jan 1929, bur New Hope (Muddy) Cemetery. Her first husband was Willis Bridges, she was the d/o Amos and Eunice Woolsey. - am the last of this line researching.





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