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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 [Burdoign?].
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.
*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 any- one 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.
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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.
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 Shrews- bury, 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 £205, including four silver spoons.
Issue
4I 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 Nichol- son, 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.
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1708, Feb. 2. Ruth Lippincott signs as a witness at the marriage of Amos White and Hannah Mills, and Ruth Woolley signs as such when James Tucker married Leah Wilbur, Oct. 3, 1717.
1719, Feb. 23. Ruth Woolley, called daughter in the will of Remembrance Lippin- cott, 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 be- tween 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, yeo- man; 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 Mar- garet (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. II. 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
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names do not include the Benjamin, 56, who is the son first spoken of in the will of Ben- jamin 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. II, 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; Na- thaniel 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 Jacob Dennis were witnesses to the will of Joseph West, of Shrewsbury.
1740, Dec. 12. Thomas Lippincott and Hannah Woolley were married, at his house, in 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 chil- dren, 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 Woman;" 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.
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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 Hannah 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 Lip- pincott to Hannah Woolley.
1746, Aug. 28. Stephen Woolley and Ruth Tucker, both of Shrewsbury, were mar- ried, 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.
- 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.
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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. I. Nathan Woolley, yeoman, and Zilpah, his wife deed land, in Shrews- bury, 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, con- veying 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 Trenton Wills, "25," page 434.
Oct. 21, 1784.
Issue
Joseph Borden married, Feb. 15, 1759, Rebecca Middleton. Thomas Borden
Francis Borden, said to have been born 1743; married, Feb. 24, 1763, Eliza-
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beth, 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 1802; 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 II. 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.t
*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.
tMrs. Wm. Clayton Weld, in the Borden Genealogy, states that Thomas, son of Jonathan and Martha (Holmes) Borden, was 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.
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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 Wood- mansee; 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. II, 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.
*Filed with this license bond, at Trenton, is a paper reading:
"July 25, 1760 to John Smith. You may let William Allen have lysens and you shall not come by any Trouble Given from under my hand.
AMY ALLEN her MAREY X ALLEN." mark
On the reverse side of this may be found:
"Perth Amboy. ss. The Within named William Allen" makes affidavit. "the Amy Allen mother of Elisabeth Allen of Shrewsbury signed the within certificate.
JOHN SMYTH."
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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. Io. Josiah Parker, eldest son of Peter Parker, deceased, conveys land to David Knott.
Issue
William Parker "Boatman Billy;" married Anna Brookman, 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 IImo., 14, 1745; died Feb. 27, 1788; married, Feb. 24, 1763, Francis, son of Francis and Lydia (Woolley) Borden born 1743.
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 I. 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 to 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.
*His name is incorrectly written on the Quaker Records as Silas Parker.
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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 con- sideration 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 Ger- shom 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 unauthor- ized 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, obtain- ing funds for the purpose, had it put in proper order, and granite stones erected as marks of respect to his ancestors, viz .:
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