Surname Saturday - WOOLLEY (England > colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am in the 7th great-grandmothers, up to number 587: Sarah WOOLLEY (1650-????). [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two American generations of this WOOLLEY family line is:

1.  Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

18.  Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19.  Sophia Newton (1834-1923)

36.  Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857)
37.  Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)

72.  Zachariah Hildreth (1754-1828)
73.  Elizabeth Keyes (1758-1793)

146.  Jonathan Keyes (1722-1781)
147.  Elizabeth Fletcher (1720-1761)

292.  Joseph Keyes (1698-1720)
293.  Elizabeth Fletcher (1698-1775)


586.  Joshua Fletcher, born 10 March 1643/44 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 21 November 1713 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 1172. William Fletcher and 1173. Rachel.  He married 18 July 1682 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
587.  Sarah Woolley, born about 08 May 1650 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died in  ????. 

Children of Joshua Fletcher and Sarah Woolley are:
*  Rachel Fletcher (1683-1743), married Peter Buss (1680-????)
*  Timothy Fletcher (1685-1705)
*  John Fletcher (1687-1760), married Hannah Phelps (1685-1737).
*  Joseph Fletcher (1689-1772), married Sarah Adams (1691-1761).
*  Sarah Fletcher (1691-1737), married Thomas Reed (1687-1773).
*  Jonathan Fletcher (1693-????), married Jane Chamberlin (1698-????)
*  Jonas Fletcher (1694-1777), married Elizabeth Robbins (1700-1782)
*  Elizabeth Fletcher (1698-1775), married Joseph Keyes (1698-1720)

1174.  Christopher Woolley, born about 1617 in England; died 28 January 1700/01 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 26 February 1646/47 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1175.  Ursula Wodell, born 1628 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died 13 June 1674 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Christopher Woolley and Ursula Wodell are:

*  Rebecca Woolley (1647-1675)
*  Hannah Woolley (1649-1649)
*  Sarah Woolley (1650-????), married Joshua Fletcher (1644-1713)
*  Mary Woolley (1652-1677), married Samewell How (????-????)
*  Eunice Woolley (1656-1737), married John Taylor (1653-1719).
*  Ruth Woolley (1658-????), married (1) Joseph Taylor (????-1709); (2) Stephen Meads (????-1718); (3) Daniel Cheever (????-1733).
*  John Woolley (1660-1718), married Elizabeth Baker (1684-1757).
*  Samuel Woolley (1662-1723).
*  Joseph Woolley (1664-1745), married Rachel Brackett (????-????).
*  Thomas Woolley (1666-1710), married Rebecca French (1674-1737).

Information about this Woolley family was obtained from:

*  Irene Cynthia Gould, "Christopher Woolley of Concord, Mass., and Some of His Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society), Volume 75, Number 1 (January 1921), pages 29-40.

*  Massachusetts Town Vital Record Books

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