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Issue
2 Mary Woodward born I, 20, 1688; died 7, 13, 1688. Chesterfield Meeting Records. Woodward's History of Burlington says: Mary Woodward buried 1, 13, 1686.
3 Thomas Woodward
4 John Woodward
5 Anthony Woodward
6 William Woodward
7 Joseph Woodward
8 Samuel Woodward
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9 Elizabeth Woodward married, 9, 13, 1706, John King, intentions being dated, at Chesterfield, 8, 3, 1706.
IO Mary Woodward was the wife of Mr. Maltsby, in the will of her father, in 1718.
II Clement Woodward unmarried, in 1718, as per her father's will.
12 Sarah Woodward unmarried, in 1718, as per her father's will.
THOMAS WOODWARD, son of Anthony Woodward, I, was probably he, 3 who, May 21, 1777, was called before the Council of Safety and interrogated as to his disaffection and suspicious conduct, and the cause of his late "elopement" from the guard in Haddonfield, and for whom a warrant of commitment was directed to the Sheriff of the County of Gloucester, June 6, 1777, in which he was charged "with maliciously and advisedly saying and doing Things encouraging Disaffection and manifestly tending towards Tumults & Disorders in the State aforesaid, and with maliciously & advisedly spreading such false Rumours concerning the American Forces, and the Forces of the Enemy as tend to alienate the Affections of the people from the Government, and to terrify & discourage the good subjects of this State, and to dispose them to favour the Pretensions of the Enemies of the State."
Minutes-Council of Safety of New Jersey, 1777, p. 60.
If this Thomas Woodward is the son of Anthony Woodward, I, which I believe to be the case, he was advanced in years. Whether he is identical with, or perhaps a father to, Thomas Lewis Woodward, I do not know. Thomas Lewis Woodward is alluded to under Anthony Woodward, 14, and Aug. 20, 1776, he was fined, by the Council of Safety, in the sum of sixteen pounds, proclamation money.
5 ANTHONY WOODWARD, son of Anthony Wood, I, is first met with in 1725, when he bought the farm, ("Rural Park"), of John Thorn, Jr., and built the present mansion, lately occupied by Thomas Howard, in which he lived until his death in October, 1784. He was a man of great enterprise and business, and held various town- ship offices. He married, 10, 2, 1718, Constance, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Allen) Williams, of Shrewsbury, N. J.
Issue
13 Israel Woodward
14 Anthony Woodward
15 Thomas Woodward
16 Joseph Woodward
17 George Woodward
18 Margaret Woodward married Samuel Stillwell, who died, in 1753, leaving his wife, Margaret, and a minor son, Samuel Stillwell.
WILLIAM WOODWARD, son of Anthony Woodward, I, married 6
Issue
19 Jesse Woodward
20 John Woodward
21 William Woodward
22 Anthony Woodward
per Major E. M. Woodward.
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7 JOSEPH WOODWARD, son of Anthony Woodward, I, by his wife, Hannah, had
Issue per Chesterfield Meeting-house Records
23 Mary Woodward born 12, 28, 1727-8; died 2, 4, 1748.
24 Isaac Woodward born 6, 4, 1729
25 Anthony Woodward born 6, 8, 1731; died 1, 6, 1750.
26 Anne Woodward born 10, 9, 1733
27 Joseph Woodward born 12, 2, 1735-6; married, Hannah , born II, II, 1740.
28 Aquila Woodward born 7, 20, 1742; died 8, 31, 1742.
29 Apollo Woodward born 6, 1, 1745; died 11, 15, 1810.
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11 CLEMENT WOODWARD, daughter of Anthony Woodward, I, married, Mch. 30, 1720, Jacob, son of Samuel and Increase (Lippincott) Dennis. He was born .. , 25 day, 1690-91; she was born about 1704, and died Oct. 15, 1750. Both she, her husband and their eldest seven children were baptised Nov. 28, 1735. ..
Issue
Hannah Dennis born Mch. 26, 1721; married, Nov. 16, 1738, Josiah Holmes. Sarah Dennis born Apr. 18, 1723; married, Sept. 13, 1747, Thomas, son of Joseph and Deborah (Grover) Shepherd.
Samuel Dennis born Oct. 15, 1725
Jacob Dennis born Feb. 27, 1727; buried Apr. 12, 1774; married, first, Feb. 24, 1755, by license dated Feb. 22, 1755, Margaret, daughter of Joseph and Mary (West) Price; second, Belphame . . . , who was buried Sept. 19, 18II.
Anthony Dennis born Mch. 25, 1730, "9 days after the funeral of his grand- father, Anthony Woodward;" buried May 22, 1813; married, Hannah .. .. , nee Cook; buried May 27, 1799.
Increase Dennis born Apr. 7, 1732, Good Friday; died, Oct. 2, 1742, of Bloody Flux.
Elizabeth Dennis born June 1, 1734; married, Oct. 15, 1755, Thomas, prob- ably son of Anthony, and grandson of Anthony and Hannah Woodward. Amelia Dennis born Oct. 9, 1736; died, Oct. 17, 1742, of Bloody Flux.
Benjamin Dennis born Jan. 22, 1738; died, June 20, 1739, of fever.
Benjamin Dennis born June 21, 1740; baptised July 27, 1740; killed by wood robbers during Revolutionary War; married, by license dated Jan. 6, 1764, Hannah, daughter of John and Mercy (Longstreet) Little born May 7, 1746. She married, second, in 1781, John Lambert.
Increase Dennis born Dec. 16, 1742; baptised Jan. 30, 1743; died, "of Cross- wicks, June 1, 1822, in 8Ist year;" married, by license dated Oct. 13, 1760, Anthony Woodward, a cousin.
James Dennis born June 2, 1744; died July 2, 1749.
Isaac Dennis born Nov. 30, 1746; baptised Feb. 1, 1747; died Apr. 3, 1747.
13 ISRAEL WOODWARD, son of Anthony Woodward, 5.
In the Freehold, County Clerk's Office, may be found recorded a power of attorney
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given by John E. Woodward, of Northampton Township, Burlington County, Edward Black and Elizabeth, (late Woodward), his wife, Axsah Heulings, Alice Woodward, Samuel R. Lippincott and Mary, (late Heulings), his wife, Israel W. Heulings (?), of Chester, Burlington County, Samuel Woodward, Israel Woodward, of Nottingham, Burlington County, and Isaac Huling, as heirs-at-law of Robert Evelman, deceased, to Robert Woodward, of Upper Freehold. If there were any date connected with this, as there probably was, it was overlooked. But from the occurrence of the name Israel Woodward in it, I am inclined to think it may belong to this line.
14 ANTHONY WOODWARD, son of Anthony Woodward, 5, is proven a son, as he names in his will a brother, George Woodward. The name, George, is a Williams' name. Constance, the wife of Anthony Woodward, 5, had a brother, George Williams, after whom she, apparently, named her son, George Woodward, and Anthony and Con- stance Woodward named a daughter, Constant, after her grandmother, Constant Wil- liams, who, it happened, married, for her second husband, not only a Williams, but an Israel Williams.
Anthony Woodward resided, at the date his will was made, at Upper Freehold. He was of Chesterfield when he married, between Apr. 5 and May 3, 1756, Deborah Tilton, who was born in 1734, as two of his children, at least, name a child Deborah. Further, his son, Nimrod, signed, as a witness, to the marriage of his cousin, Phebe Williams, immediately after two Tiltons, who were uncles of this same Phebe Williams. See Still- well's Hist. Miscellany, Vol. ii, p. 318.
Anthony Woodward, son of Anthony Woodward, was dealt with by the Chesterfield Friends' Meeting for bearing arms, 1777-8.
He was a Royalist, for in the Memorial of Samuel Stillwell, of Upper Freehold, he, Samuel Stillwell, states that he joined the Royal Army in 1776, and was attainted in 1777; that he has a wife and family; that he had a farm of about one hundred and fifty acres, and that he was born in Monmouth County. Further he produced a copy of the last will and testament of his father, Samuel Stillwell, dated Nov. 2, 1753, which left claimant, as soon as he arrived at the age of twenty-one years, his property. The testi- mony of Anthony Woodward was taken in favor of the claimant, and he swore that he was uncle to said claimant. The American Loyalists, Audit Office. MS in 16 volumes, Lenox Library, New York City, Vol. 16, p. IOI.
"Woodward, Anthony. Of New Jersey. Petition in his behalf, (May, 1776), to the Provincial Congress, setting forth the distressed condition of his wife and children; that, hunted by bands of armed men, he had been driven, contrary to his intention, to the King's troops for shelter; and praying for leave to "return to his rank and station in the community." "At the peace he settled at Pennfield, New Brunswick." Sabine's Loyal- ists, Vol. ii. p. 455.
1776, June 26. An order was issued, by the Council of Safety, to apprehend and deliver to the keeper of the common goal, of the County of Gloucester, Anthony Wood- ward, Jr., and Thomas Lewis Woodward. July I, following, Thomas Lewis Woodward executed a bond, in the penalty of five hundred pounds, to "in no wise knowingly or willingly to act inimically or unfriendly to the cause of the United Colonies."
1776, July 17. "The petition of George Woodward, setting forth the distressed situation of the wife and children of Anthony Woodward, who has been hunted by bands of armed men, and driven, contrary to his intention, to the King's troops, for shelter and protection; was read and ordered a second reading."
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1777, Aug. 10. Inventory of the estate of Anthony Woodward, of Monmouth County, a person who has absconded from his home and joined the enemy, was read and filed.
1778, June 26. "Anthony Woodward, who went over to the enemy two years ago and lately taken by a party of Militia, was brought before the Board; his case being considered of, Agreed that he be committed for the present to Morristown Gaol."
At a meeting of the Council of Safety, at Morristown, Aug. 4, 1778, it was "Agreed that Uriah West and Anthony Woodward, alias little Anthony, be committed to the Gaol, in this place, for high Treason."
1778, Sept. I. At the meeting of the Council of Safety, at Princeton, it was "Agreed that Anthony Woodward be offered in exchange for Mr. Peter Imlay."
Anthony Woodward was a fuller by trade.
1809, Sept. 9. He made his will; proved Feb. 14, 1810, in which he mentioned:
his brothers, Israel and George; his children; and Valariah Smith, daughter of John Smith, whom I cannot place.
Issue as per will
30 Anthony Woodward
31 Nimrod T. Woodward born 1, 20, 1765; died 8, 24, 1829; married, 1, 3, 1796 Anne Williams. The will also mentioned his daughters, Eliza and Deborah.
32 Benjamin Woodward. The will also mentioned his daughter, Lydia Ann. 33 George Woodward
34 Margaret Woodward. The will mentions her as Margaret Ivins, wife of Israel Ivins, and her children, Anthony, Samuel, Robert, Moses, George, James and Charles.
35 Constant Woodward. The will mentions her as Constant Williams, and her three children, viz .: Hannah Woolley, Samuel Potter, and Anthony Wood- ward Williams.
36 Valariah Woodward. The will mentions her as Valariah Tallman, and her children, viz .: Sarah, Deborah Ann Woodward Tallman, and Augustin Tallman.
19 JESSE WOODWARD, son of William Woodward, 6, married . . . . In 1777-8, Chesterfield Friends' Meeting dealt with Jesse Woodward and his son, John, for bearing arms.
"Woodward, Jesse. Of Monmouth County, New Jersey. His ancestor came to America three years after William Penn, and built a stone house, which is (1847) still standing. He was a man of consequence in his neighborhood, and was employed by Lord Cornwallis to contract for stores and forage for the Royal Army. When his Lord- ship left that part of the country, considerable sums were due to persons of whom Mr. Woodward had made purchases, for which he was held accountable; and unable to make payment, he was imprisoned by the Whig authorities, and remained in confinement three years."
"In 1783, he removed to Beaver Harbor, New Brunswick, and thence to St. John, where he died. He belonged to the religious Society of the Friends, or Quakers.'
Sabine's Loyalists, Vol. ii, p. 454.
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Issue
37 Isaac Woodward ] per Major E. M. Woodward. Both were Tories and
removed to St. John, New Brunswick, at the close
38 John Woodward - of the Revolutionary War.
39 Jesse Woodward per Sabine's Loyalists.
22 ANTHONY WOODWARD, son of William Woodward, 6, married, by license dated Oct. 13, 1760, Increase Dennis, who was born 12, 16, 1742, and died 6, 1, 1822. She was his first cousin.
1793, Aug. 26. Anthony Woodward, of Upper Freehold, made his will; proved July 28, 1795, in which he mentioned:
wife, Increase; sons, Josiah, Jethro and William; daughters, Clemence, Elizabeth, Phebe, Hannah, Mary and Sarah Ann; son-in-law, Abner Woodward.
Anthony, son of William Woodward, was dealt with by the Chesterfield Friends' Meeting, 1777-8, for bearing arms, and also by the Council of Safety, and his property was confiscated.
Issue
40 Josiah Woodward
41 Jethro Woodward
42 William Woodward
43 Clemence Woodward born Feb. 23, 1778; died May 3, 1810; married An- thony, son of Jacob and Margaret (Price) Dennis. This Anthony Dennis was baptised May 5, 1765; was of Shrewsbury when he made his will Apr. 17, 1847; proved Apr. 28, 1860, in which he named his wife, (evidently a second one), Catharine.
44 Elizabeth Woodward
45 Phebe Woodward
46 Hannah Woodward
47 Mary Woodward
48 Sarah Ann Woodward
31 NIMROD T. [TILTON?] WOODWARD, son of Anthony Woodward, 14, was born Jan. 20, 1765; died Aug. 24, 1829; married, Jan. 3, 1796, Anne, daughter of Edmond and Miriam (Tilton) Williams, born June 8, 1774; died Dec. 23, 1836. He made his will June 16, 1829; proved Sept. 4, 1829.
Issue as per will Edmond Woodward married and had
Issue Nimrod Woodward
Nimrod Woodward married, in 1852, Elizabeth Stewart, born 1830; died Dec. 15, 1904, and had Issue Jessie Woodward married Mr. Nason John Woodward, of Navesink, N. J. Daughter Woodward married William Towne
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Daughter Woodward married Charles Cates
Eliza Ann Woodward married William Fabian Deborah Woodward married Thomas Marks
Charles Schultz Woodward a minor, in the will of his father.
Maria Woodward married Thomas, son of Thomas Card, born 1815; died June 10, 1901, and had Issue Edward Card
35 CONSTANT WOODWARD, daughter of Anthony Woodward, 14, died Nov. 6, 1804; married, first, by license dated Jan. 7, 1786, Oliver Potter; second, as his second wife, Israel, son of Elihu and Anne (Wady) Williams, born May 13, 1760; died Oct. 3, 1807.
Issue by first husband Hannah Potter married Mr. Woolley Samuel Potter
Issue by second husband
Anthony W. Williams born Aug. 20, 1804; died, Feb. 14, 1848, unmarried.
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ISAAC WOODWARD, son of Jesse Woodward, 19.
"Woodward, Isaac. One of the first who left the United States for New Brunswick. He died, in that Province, November, 1833, at the age of seventy-three. He belonged to the Society of the Friends." Sabine's Loyalists, Vol. ii, p. 455.
38 JOHN WOODWARD, son of Jesse Woodward, 19.
"Woodward, John. Of Monmouth County, New Jersey. [Son of Jesse and brother of Jesse Woodward.] Although of the religious faith of his father, he accepted a mili- tary commission, and, in 1782, was an Ensign, and, at the close of the war, a Lieutenant in the First Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers. He settled at St. John, New Bruns- wick; was the grantee of a city lot, and received half-pay. He died, at St. John, about the year 1805. After his decease, his widow and children returned to New Jersey. His son, Leeson, now (1846), resides at Philadelphia."
Sabine's Loyalists, Vol. ii, p. 455.
39 JESSE WOODWARD, son of Jesse Woodward, 19.
"Woodward, Jesse. Of Monmouth County, New Jersey. Son of Jesse. After receiving a good education, he chose a seaman's life, and was absent on a voyage at the beginning of the struggle, and remained abroad until its close. His political sympathies were, however, on the side of the Crown, and he joined his father's family in emigrating to New Brunswick. He settled at St. John, and was a shipmaster. He removed to Halifax, in 1808, and died, in Africa, in 1832. Three sons and six daughters survived him. His son, Isaac Woodward, of St. John, was recently a County member of the House of Assembly." Sabine's Loyalists, Vol. ii, p. 454.
WOODWARDS; UNPLACED
Mary Woodward born 11, 13, 1760; died 11, 30, 1839.
Chesterfield Friends' Meeting Records.
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"The Woodwards have intermarried to a remarkable degree. I know one young man whose father and mother were both Woodwards, as well as both of his grandfathers and grandmothers. At the time of the Revolution, there were so many Anthonys that it is difficult to identify them." Chas. R. Hutchinson, Esq., of Allentown, N. f.
1778, Aug. 20. Nathaniel Woodward was subpoenaed to testify before the Council of Safety, at Morristown.
Scudder J. Woodward, of Jerseyville, born 1833; died, June 6, 1906, leaving two daughters, Mrs. Hulett, of Trenton, and another who married Edward Fielder, of Adelphia, N. J.
Horatio Woodward married, Mch. 3, 1824, Clementina Lloyd.
Nimrod Woodward, of Upper Freehold, made his will May 26, 1863; proved Mch. 17, 1871, and mentioned:
wife, Catharine, and left his estate to the following: son, Charles E. Woodward; son, Ferdinand Woodward; daughter, Elizabeth E., wife of William H. Hendrickson; son, Clarkson Woodward; grand- daughter, Catharine Satterthwaite, "the daughter of my deceased daughter, Sarah Ann; son, Reading Woodward; daughter, Emily, wife of Alfred Schenck; son, Benjamin Woodward, and son, Nimrod Wood- ward."
1773, July 9. Thomas Woodward, of Upper Freehold, made his will; proved Aug. 30, 1773, and mentioned:
eldest son, Joseph, deceased; son, Thomas, plantation and lands in Upper Freehold; son, Ezekial, to be supported by his brother Thomas-probably weak; son, James, £100 at twenty-one; son, Joseph, £100, at twenty-one; daughter Hannah Woodward, silver snuff-box, great bible, negro and child; daughter, Deborah, negro; children of my daughter, Margaret Reynolds, negro; daughter, Mary, wife of Joseph Talman; daughter, Ann Dobbins, and her son, Samuel Fox. Executors :- Thomas Woodward and Joseph Tallman; both Quakers. Witness: Caleb Ogborn.
The Inventory of his estate amounted to £3271-15-9.
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 informa- tion 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 "1." In 1698, the census of Southampton shows Robert, John and Joseph Wooley; also Ann, Elizabeth, Hannah, Phebe, and Mary Woolley. Vol. 1, 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 Wil- liams, 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 grand- daughter, 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.
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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, £1-7-11; 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; married 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.
IO Joseph Woolley born May, 1668; died Feb. 4, 1691.
- 3 EDWARD WOOLLEY, son of Emmanuel Woolley, I, 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 Wil- liam 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 town- ship 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
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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 Mid- dletown, one hundred and twenty acres of land that had been bought of Edward Wool- ley; 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
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