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John Woolsey 1691–1751 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1691

Birth Location: Jamaica, Queens, New York

Death Date: 27 Nov 1751

Death Location: Bedford, Westchester, New York, USA

Father: Thomas Woolsey

Mother: Ruth Bayles

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John Woolsey was born in 1691 in Jamaica, Queens, New York, the child of Thomas Woolsey And Ruth Bayles. John Woolsey passed away in 1751 in Bedford, Westchester, New York, USA.

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Biography

  • John Woolsey was born in 1691 in Jamaica, Queens, New York, the child of Thomas Woolsey And Ruth Bayles.
  • John Woolsey passed away in 1751 in Bedford, Westchester, New York, USA.

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John Woolsey's Ancestors

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John Woolsey
1691–1751
Birth Place: Jamaica, Queens, New York
Parents
Thomas Woolsey
1655–1730
Jamaica, Queens County, New York, United States of America
Ruth Bayles
1659–1714
Jamaica, Long Island
Grandparents
George (Joris Woolsey) Cornell
1610–1698
Great Yarmouth Borough, Norfolk, England
Rebecca (Briggs Cornell) Woolsey
1629–1713
Saffron Walden, Essex, England
John Bayless
1617–1682
Norwich, England
Rebecca
1620–1683
of New York, New York, USA
Great-Grandparents
George Woolsey
1576–1629
Frances Hook
1575–1652
Thomas Cornell
1593–1655
Rebecca Briggs
1600–1713
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Woolsey's Timeline

2 Records

1691
1691
Birth of John Woolsey in Jamaica, Queens, New York
Jamaica, Queens, New York
1751
27 Nov 1751
Age 60
Death of John Woolsey in Bedford, Westchester, New York, USA
Bedford, Westchester, New York, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1691
    Event Place: Jamaica, Queens, New York

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Nov 1751
    Event Place: Bedford, Westchester, New York, USA

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