Sarah Wolsey

Female 1650 - UNKNOWN


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  • Name Sarah Wolsey 
    Birth 3 Aug 1650  New Amsterdam, New Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 7 Aug 1650  New Amsterdam, New Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death UNKNOWN 
    Notes 
    • bWOLSY, Joris/b, came to New Amsterdam in 1643; md 9 Dec 1647, in New Amsterdam [Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church], Rebecca Cornell. Issue: Sara, bp. 7 Aug 1650; Joris, bp 18 Oct 1652; Rebecca, bp 4 Apr 1659; Johannes, bp 16 Jan 1661; Maritje, bp 19 Mar 1664 - all at New Amsterdam [New Amsterdam Dutch Reformed Church]; and William and Marritje, bp 30 Jun 1678, at Brooklyn [Brooklyn Dutch Reformed Church]; by which it may be inferred he resided there at that date. There was, as per p. 128 of Vol. IV. of the Genealogical Record, a George Woolsey, an English boy, b in 1610, who had resided with his parents in Rotterdam, came over in a Dutch vessel with emigrants in 1623 and went to Plymouth, MA, and in 1647 made his appearance in New Amsterdam. In 1648 he was a fire-warden in said city. In 1661 there was a George Woolsey among the freeholders of Jamaica, and in the beginning of the 18supth/sup century there were Woolsey, probably descendants of Joris or George, residing in Flatlands. Signed his name "Joris Wolsy."

      Sarah Woolsey B: 3 Aug 1650 Sarah C: 7 Aug 1650 Sarah & William Hallett M: Dec 1669 Sarah was Christened at the Dutch Church, New Amsterdam; "Preyne Nuyting, Sarah Van Brugge, and Susannah Bresier were sponsors at the baptism of Sarah, a daughter of George Wolsey (who afterwards married the second William Hallet, and had a large family;" William Hallott was Justice of Peace at Jamaica in 1712.
    Person ID I21037  McKenzie Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2011 

    Father George Woolsey,   b. 27 Oct 1610, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1698, Flushing, Queens, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Rebecca Cornell,   b. 31 Jan 1629, Saffron Walden, , Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1713, Jamaica, Queens, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 9 Dec 1647  New Amsterdam Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F08270  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Hallett   d. UNKNOWN 
    Marriage Dec 1669  New Amsterdam, New Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F09678  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2011 

  • Sources 
    1. [S012013] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.).


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