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William Walton Woolsey 1766–1839 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Sep 1766

Birth Location: Dosoris, Nassau, NY

Death Date: 6 Aug 1839

Death Location: New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America

Father: Benjamin Woolsey

Mother: Ann Muirson

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Dwight, Sarah Chauncey

Children(s): Theodore Woolsey, Mary Woolsey, John Woolsey, Laura Woolsey, Sarah Woolsey, Elizabeth Woolsey, William Woolsey, Theodosia Woolsey

In 1766, William Walton Woolsey entered the world in Dosoris, Nassau, NY, born to Benjamin Woolsey And Ann Muirson. In 1839, William Walton Woolsey resided in New York. William Walton Woolsey married Elizabeth Dwight, Sarah Chauncey, and had children including Elizabeth Woolsey, John Mumford Woolsey, Laura Woolsey, Mary Ann Woolsey, Sarah Dwight Woolsey, Theodore Dwight Woolsey, Theodosia Woolsey, William Cecil Woolsey. William Walton Woolsey passed away in 1839 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1766, William Walton Woolsey entered the world in Dosoris, Nassau, NY, born to Benjamin Woolsey And Ann Muirson.
  • In 1839, William Walton Woolsey resided in New York.
  • William Walton Woolsey married Elizabeth Dwight, Sarah Chauncey, and had children including Elizabeth Woolsey, John Mumford Woolsey, Laura Woolsey, Mary Ann Woolsey, Sarah Dwight Woolsey, Theodore Dwight Woolsey, Theodosia Woolsey, William Cecil Woolsey.
  • William Walton Woolsey passed away in 1839 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Benjamin Woolsey
1717–1771
Birth Location: Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States of America
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Ann Muirson
1736–1807
Birth Location: Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States
AM

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Dwight
1772–1813
Birth Location: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
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Sarah Chauncey
1782–1856
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Theodore Woolsey
1801–1889
Birth Location: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Mary Woolsey
1793–1871
Birth Location: Dosoris, Nassau, NY
MW
John Woolsey
1796–1870
Birth Location: New York, New York, New York
JW
Laura Woolsey
1800–1880
Birth Location: Dosoris, Nassau, NY
LW
Sarah Woolsey
1805–1870
Birth Location: Dosoris, Nassau, NY
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Elizabeth Woolsey
1794–1863
Birth Location: New York, New York, New York
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William Woolsey
1796–1840
Birth Location: New York, New York, New York
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Theodosia Woolsey
1810–1811
Birth Location: –
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William Woolsey's Ancestors

Self
William Woolsey
1766–1839
Birth Place: Dosoris, Nassau, NY
Parents
Benjamin Woolsey
1717–1771
Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States of America
Ann Muirson
1736–1807
Setauket, Suffolk, New York, United States
Grandparents
Benjamin Woolsey
1687–1756
Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States
Abigail Taylor
1695–1771
Oyster Bay, Livingston, New York, United States
George Muirson
1708–1786
Rye, Westchester, New York, United States
Anna Smith
1706–1755
Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Great-Grandparents
George Woolsey
1652–1740
Hannah Zandt
1654–1729
John Taylor
1670–1694
Mary Whitehead
1677–1707
George Muirson
1679–1708
Gloriana Smith
1690–1710
Henry Smith
1678–
Anna Shepard
1685–1735
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Woolsey
1610–1698
Rebecca Cornell
1629–1713
Col. Smith
1655–1705
Martha Tunstall
–1709
Thomas Shepard
1658–1685
Ann Anderson
1655–1717

William Woolsey's Descendants

1.
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William (Walton) Woolsey (15 Sep 1766–6 Aug 1839) m. Elizabeth Dwight (29 Jan 1772–08 Dec 1813) m. Sarah Chauncey (1782–08 Feb 1856)
  1. 1. Theodore (Dwight) Woolsey 1801–1889 m. Elizabeth (Martha) Salisbury 1812–1852 m. Sarah (Sears) Pritchard 1824–1900
    1. 1. Theodore (Salisbury) Woolsey 1852–1929 m. Annie (Gardiner) Salisbury 1847–1892
      1. 1. Heathcote (M) Woolsey 1884–1957 m. Dorothy (B) Woolsey 1885–1965
        1. 1. Theodore (Dwight) Woolsey 1913–1992 m. Adele Hargreaves 1910–2001
        2. 2. Eliza (Woolsey) Walker 1911–1997 m. Thomas (D) Walker 1910–1996 m. Channing (Stevens) Smith 1906–1984
        3. 3. Helen Woolsey 1917– m. Wellington (Charles) Wales 1917–1966 m. John (Nelson) Steele 1918–1969
      2. 2. Theodore (Salisbury) Woolsey 1879–1933 m. Ruby (Hilsman) Pickett 1884–1973
        1. 1. Elizabeth (D) Woolsey 1908–1997
        2. 2. Anne (Salisbury) Woolsey 1910–2005 m. Edward (Hooper) Lafarge 1901–1981
        3. 3. Edith Woolsey 1912–2005 m. Richard (Sherman) Nutt 1917–2006
        4. 4. Sara (Pickett) Woolsey 1913– m. Kenneth (J) MacLean 1908–
        5. 5. Patricia Woolsey 1917–2004 m. Lionel (Stewart) Jackson 1916–1999
    2. 2. Helen Woolsey 1849–1870
    3. 3. Agnes Woolsey 1838–1915 m. Edgar (L.) Hermance 1833–
      1. 1. Theodore (W.) Hermance 1872–
      2. 2. Laura (W.) Hermance 1874–
      3. 3. Edgar (L.) Hermance 1877–
    4. 4. Catherine Woolsey 1845–1854
    5. 5. Laura Woolsey 1842–1861
    6. 6. Elizabeth Woolsey 1835–1843
    7. 7. Edward (Salisbury) Woolsey 1834–1843
    8. 8. William (Walton) Woolsey 1840–1843
    9. 9. Mary (Pritchard) Woolsey 1856–1931 m. Alfred (Terry) Bacon 1852–1901
      1. 1. Agnes (Woolsey) Bacon 1896–1980
      2. 2. Alfred (Howe Terry) Bacon 1893–1990
      3. 3. Roger (Terry) Bacon 1888–1976
    10. 10. George Woolsey 1861–1950 m. Jean (Paul) Ellinwood 1863–1961
      1. 1. George (Pierpont) Woolsey 1887–1902
      2. 2. Marjorie (Ellinwood) Woolsey 1894–1983 m. John (Casper) Kittel 1883–
        1. 1. Jonathon (G) Kittle 1926–
      3. 3. Laura (Hurd) Woolsey 1904–1964
    11. 11. Edith Woolsey 1864–1960
    12. 12. John (Muirson) Woolsey 1858–1861
    13. 13. Martha Woolsey 1847–1870
  2. 2. Mary (Ann) Woolsey 1793–1871
  3. 3. John (Mumford) Woolsey 1796–1870 m. Jane Andrews 1805–1884
    1. 1. William (Walton) Woolsey 1842–1910 m. Katharine (Buckingham) Convers 1845– m. Betsy (Hill) Gammell 1870–1951
      1. 1. Convers (Buckingham) Woolsey 1880–1951 m. Euphemia (Bush) Smith 1881–1967
        1. 1. Effie (Clarice) Woolsey 1921–1994 m. Arne (Thorleif) Fliflet 1916–2004
        2. 2. Charles (Sanford) Woolsey 1914–1986
        3. 3. Katherine (F) Woolsey 1910–
        4. 4. Convers (K Woolsey) Jr 1909–
      2. 2. William (Walton Woolsey) Jr. 1887–1964
      3. 3. John (Munro) Woolsey 1877–1945
      4. 4. Clara (Constance) Woolsey 1872–1872
      5. 5. Catherine (Buckingham) Woolsey 1882–1975
      6. 6. Elizabeth (Gammell) Woolsey 1895–1968
    2. 2. Sarah (Chauncey) Woolsey 1835–1905
    3. 3. Theodora (Walton) Woolsey 1840–1910
    4. 4. Elisabeth (Dwight) Woolsey 1838–1910
  4. 4. Laura Woolsey 1800–1880
  5. 5. Sarah (Dwight) Woolsey 1805–1870
  6. 6. Elizabeth Woolsey 1794–1863
  7. 7. William (Cecil) Woolsey 1796–1840
  8. 8. Theodosia Woolsey 1810–1811

William Woolsey's Timeline

4 Records

1766
15 Sep 1766
Birth of William Walton Woolsey in Dosoris, Nassau, NY
Dosoris, Nassau, NY
1839
Abt 1839
Age 73
William Walton Woolsey resided here in New York
New York
1839
6 Aug 1839
Age 73
Death of William Walton Woolsey in New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
1839
17 Mar 1839
Age 73
William Walton Woolsey - Probate in New Hartford, Connecticut, USA
New Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Sep 1766
    Event Place: Dosoris, Nassau, NY
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index
    [2] Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Abt 1839
    Event Place: New York
    Record Source: Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut)

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Aug 1839
    Event Place: New Haven, Connecticut
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index
    [2] Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut
    [3] New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly-1932) - Extracts; Publication Place: New York; Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
    [4] Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut)
    [5] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 17 Mar 1839
    Event Place: New Hartford, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut)
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