Born about in Bedford, Westchester, New York
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Woolsey II
— married
1738 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Rebecca (Woolsey) Northrup, Thomas Woolsey, William Woolsey III, Sarah Woolsey, Dorcas (Woolsey) Lee, Noah Woolsey, Richard Woolsey and Jonathan Woolsey
Died
at about age 76
in Camp Creek, Greene, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Jan 2012
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Biography
Sarah Woolsey [Lewis] was born About 1719 in West County, New York and died About 1795 in Camp Creek, Greene, Tennessee. She married William Woolsey, Rev in 1738 in Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States. William, son of William Woolsey and Dorcas Dirckje Woolsey [Williamson], was born on Jul. 27, 1717 in Jamaica, Long Island, New York, United States and died in 1794 in Camp Creek, Greene, Tennessee. He and she were buried at Zephaniah Woolsey Cemetery at Whitesand, Greene County, Tennessee.
Children
- Rebecca Woolsey was born in 1739 in Bedford and died in 1791 in New York. She married Ebenezer Northrup.
- Thomas Woolsey was born in 1741 in Bedford, and died on Aug. 21, 1815.
- William Woolsey, III was born in Aug. 1742 in Bedford, and died in Apr. 1800 in Ulster, New York.
- Richard Woolsey was born on May 5, 1744 in Bedford, and died on Mar. 11, 1827 in Marlborough, Ulster, New York.
- Sarah Woosley [Woolsey] was born on Aug. 25, 1747 in Bedford and died on Dec. 13, 1834 in Greeneville, Greene. She married Zephaniah Woolsey February 20, 1766 in Westchester County, NY, son of John Woolsey and Mary Sammis.
- Dorcas (Dorothy) Wools was born in 1749 in Bedford, and died on Jan. 15, 1805 in New York. She married m. (1) Enoch Avery, December 05, 1765, NY - Salem, Westchester. She married (2) Abijah Lee, born 1746 in NY - Westchester and died in April 1786 Putnam Valley, Putnam, NY.
- Noah Woolsey was born in 1750 in Bedford, and died on Mar. 5, 1832 in Marlborough, Ulster, New York.
- Jonathan Woolsey was born in 1755 in Bedford, and died on Nov. 25, 1822 in Marlborough, Ulster, New York.
William and Sarah are buried in Greene County - Woolsey Family Cemetery, TN.
Sources
Also:
- WikiTree profile Lewis-5447 created through the import of LeonardDM.ged on Jan 3, 2012 by D Tripp. See the Changes page for the details of edits by D and others.
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154906424/sarah-woolsey Created by: Wes Hart #47141587; Added: 12 Nov 2015.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Barbara (Matthews) Smythe 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A959839 [compare], Ancestry member Bsmythe56
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~0.78%
Cleo Bateman :
23andMe, GEDmatch M531245 [compare]
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~0.78%
William Bayless :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bayless_eby_etal
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~0.78%
Gwen Bayless :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A966631 [compare], Ancestry member Bayless_Eby_etal
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~0.78%
Jackie (Prull) Chapman :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Barbara (Scott) Allen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A540193 [compare], Ancestry member bsallen1045
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~0.78%
~3.91%
Deborah Hamilton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T697471 [compare], FTDNA kit #802625
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~0.39%
Dawn (Leonard) Tripp :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Denee (Bilyou) Matthews :
23andMe
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Paula (Glynn) Smith :
23andMe, GEDmatch A034713 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Bill Hayes :
23andMe, GEDmatch ED6924769 [compare], yourDNAportal WIL2efa4dc5
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~0.39%
Kelly (Sullivan) Rishor :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A430683 [compare], yourDNAportal KELc50e099e, Ancestry member kellyrishor
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B21754
-
~0.39%
David Wilson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KL8027617 [compare]
-
~0.39%
John Bayless :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A816537 [compare], Ancestry member bayless_eby_etal
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~0.39%
Elaine (Wiltsie) Johnson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DW6876249 [compare], Ancestry member elainejohn3018
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~0.39%
Carol (Howerton) Vanwye :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
D (Leonard) Gonzales :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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