1. John¹ Wooldridge was born Abt. 1678 in England, and died 1757 in Henrico County, Virginia. He married Martha Osborne Abt. 1703 in Henrico County, Virginia. She was born Abt. 1680 in Fauquier, Virginia, and died Aft. 1757 in Henrico County, Virginia.

Notes for John Wooldridge:

JOHN WOOLDRIDGE (SR.), Immigrant Blacksmith and Planter

(c. 1678-1757)

Though not documented, family legend has it that the Wooldridges are from Scotland. Laurence B. Gardiner found in the Memphis genealogy library a paper on old homes of Shelby County, Tennessee, which says John Wooldridge Elam named his home East Lothian after the county of the settler's ancestors south of the Firth of Forth in Scotland, and that his brothers named their homes West Lothian and South Lothian. In 1982 L. Gardiner and William C. Wooldridge engaged Mrs. Kathleen B. Cory to search births in the surviving parish register of Midlothian, Scotland, for the period 1660-1680, but she found no Wooldridges either there or in her survey of available printed indices to Scottish records of the 17th century, with the exception of a family in Edinburgh (Constantine Wooldridge married Margaret Akinstall, Oct. 24, 1644; Constantine Wooldridge painter married Marjory D. of Patrick Copland mariner, Dec. 18, 1869; George Wooldridge or Woolredge joiner md. Isobel Hart, Nov. 20, 1668.)

In the early 1600's at the same time that Jamestown, Virginia, was being settled, Ulster, Ireland finally capitulated to England, and England brought in colonists from Scotland and England to colonize and subjugate Ulster. Presbyterian, they still had to pay taxes to the Church of England (in Scotland they paid taxes to the Church of Scotland) which was Anglican. They could not hold political office, have certain jobs, paid extra taxes, and suffered other discriminations. so, in the late 1600's, these Presbyterian Scots-Irish began to immigrate to the New World.

A blacksmith in Ireland did quite well. He would have done the smithing work for about 200 families, covering about an 1800-acre area. All hardware needs would have been supplied by him--he would have been the local Walmart, making all metal kitchen utensils, nails, hinges, wheel hubs, keys, locks, farming tools, and so on. As an economic example, if a housewife needed a spatula, it would have cost her about a month's egg and butter money -- the money she used to run her house. Smithing was a full-time job --12 to 16 hours a day, 6 days a week. A blacksmith had no time nor financial need for farming.

John Wooldridge (Sr.) was born about 1678 and immigrated from Scotland, Ireland or England (probably from Scotland) to Virginia in the New World probably in the 1690's as an indentured servant to Richard Kennon in Henrico County. In March 1699 he petitioned against his mistress, Mrs. Elizabeth Kennon, "for wages according to Indenture." The petition was held through three subsequent sessions. The 1699 petition suggests an artisan's contract for passage -- John was a blacksmith -- as wages were more characteristic of artisans than agricultural indentures.

The Kennon establishment, Conjurer's Neck, stood on the Appomattox River about five miles from present-day Petersburg. Richard Kennon was among the newer class of merchants settling in Chesterfield County. His dwelling, known as "Brick House", erected at Conjurors Neck in 1685 is believed to be the oldest house still standing in Chesterfield. Conjuror's Neck is a peninsula formed by the junction of Swift Creek and the Appomattox River. Tradition says the name was given the area because it was the dwelling place of a famous Appomatucks Indian medicine man when the first white man came to Chesterfield. Richard Kennon died in 1696 and his widow, Elizabeth Bolling Kennon, ran the estate.

In 1685 a great pow-wow with the Eastern Indian tribes had been held in Albany, New York. Two of the few remaining local Appomatucks were included among the Virginia delegates to confirm the articles of peace. There were frequent acts of violence in later years, but the old fear of Indians had subsided.

Law enforcement, however, was a major concern. The pillory and whipping post were used for petty offenders and a ducking stool was available at Varina. For hog stealing in 1690, the penalty was to stand in the pillory for two hours with ears fastened to the beam by nails and then cut loose with a knife, the resulting mutilation being a sort of "Beware" notice. Branding in the hand for theft was a common punishment. Death was the penalty for horse stealing. John Stower was appointed constable for the large area from Falling Creek upwards to the present Powhatan line, taking in all of Midlothia.

John Wooldridge (Sr.) worked as a blacksmith after his emancipation, staying the the Conjuror's neck area. He married Martha Osborne, (daughter of Edward Osborne) about 1704 or 1705 of the more established Osborne family, and began to raise a family. Captain Thomas Osborne came to Virginia in 1616 and took over the Coxendale tract abandoned after the 1622 Indian massacre there, and patented additional land on Proctors Creek where years later a town bearing his name was started. John (Jr.) was born about 1705, named after his father. Thomas (Sr.) was born about 1707, named after his maternal great-grandfather. William (Sr.) was born about 1709. Edward (Sr.) was born about 1711, named after his maternal grandfather. Despite his growing family, John was able to save money -- blacksmiths were scarce and were able to demand high wages for their work.

The winter of 1709-1710 was a hard one -- the whole colony was swept by disease. And in 1711 tension arose when there were rumors of an impending invasion by a French fleet. William Byrd, !!, as county lieutenant, made plans for defense, double called for after a planned Indian raid was also reported to him. The following spring the Govenor of North Carolina issued a call for 200 volunteers from Virginia for help against a planned Indian uprising. Twenty-six Young men from Chesterfield County responded, but by the time they reached Nottoway, word came that everything was okay.

On March 1, 1712, John bought his first land, 100 acres on the South side of the James River, from Bartholomew Stovall for five shillings. The land was bounded by Hugh Ligon and Edward Stratton.

His family continued to grow, and in 1715 his daughter, Mary, was born. Robert was born in 1719.

In 1725, John Sr. patented two 400-acre tracts, close to the boundaries of the Huguenot settlement that had been established in Manikin in 1700 near the present Chesterfield-Powhatan border. The first tract lay on the South side of the James River adjoining the lands Of Gilbert Gee and Mrs. Hannah Tullet. The second tract lay on the South side of Swift Creek on the Henrico Beaver Ponds. These patents began the Wooldridge coal interests. He gave the second tract to John Jr., who came of age about that time, as his own plantation.

In September 1729, John Sr. elevated his station, being thereafter called Mr. Wooldridge, dropping the assignation, blacksmith. He sold his old 100-acre tract, where he had lived, to Joseph Goode for 25 pounds and moved west to his Manikin land, bringing him closer to the Huguenot settlement than he was then ready to deal with. he was very unhappy when his daughter Mary later married a Huguenot.

Up to the opening of the eighteenth century the imaginary boundary between the English settlements and the Indian lands was a line from the falls of the Appomattox River to the Manakin village on the James at the mouth of Bernards Creek. But on the far frontier of Virginia aggressive French forces with bloodthirsty Indian allies posed such a threat that a buffer was deemed desirable. Consequently a large tract of the wilderness was set aside for a new type of immigrant -- the peaceful religious refugees from France known as Huguenots. Approximately 100,000 acres of land in the old haunts of the Manakins were made available for the placement of families exiled from their French homes by religious persecution.

By the end of 1700, 800 Huguenots had settled in Virginia. While the Huguenots were Protestants and nominally under control of the Church of England, even their religious thought was alien to that of their neighbors in many respects. Radically different farming methods were brought by them, and they showed no inclination to adopt the pattern set by the affluent planters below the falls or to slip into the habits of the small inland farmers. English homes of the period wee often one and a half story homes (to avoid the tax on two-story homes) with a central hall and door. The Huguenot homes omitted the central hall (to save heat?) and used "double doors" -- an outside door to each room. Yet the adaptability of the Huguenots is evidenced as they left no dialect or accent as a heritage, contrary to the French in Canada or Louisiana, neither did they leave any distinctly French architecture. Soon there were intermarriages and in a remarkably short time little differences in nationalities was seen.

Each of the refugee families was assigned 133 acres, and to encourage them in becoming permanently settled they were exempted by the Burgesses from all taxation for seven years, Later extended another year. Upon application i person to a distributing station at Bermuda Hundred, each of the French families were eligible to receive a bushel of Indian meal monthly to tide it over until crops could be made. The necessary monthly travel between the French settlement and Bermuda Hundred converted the old Indian trails into something resembling roads and even encouraged settlers to move into the no longer isolated interior. The manakins had been reduced to about 30 bowman and apparently were willing to leave their old hunting grounds peacefully. In 1711 Abraham Salle was one of those who moved south and received a large grant in Chesterfield. Salle's eldest daughter, Magdalene, later married John's youngest son.

Although the move brought with it many good things, wolves during this period were a constant menace to the scattered residents of Chesterfield County. Bounties were being paid at each term of court for wolf heads and many young Chesterfield men became especially proficient in hunting down and slaying the wild beasts as a partial livelihood.

About 1731, his eldest son, John, Jr., married Elizabeth Branch. Like his father, John married into one of the older and more prominent Virginia families. Christopher Branch had settled in Chesterfield County in the 1620's, and in 1624 his son was listed as the only Virginia born child in Chesterfield County. John Sr., soon became a grandfather with the birth of Richard Wooldridge.

About 1732 his daughter, Mary, married Jacob Trabue, another at least occasional blacksmith who became interested in coal, but one of the strange thinking and acting Huguenots. John Sr. objected, declaring to the couple that he would give them no help or inheritance. In 1732 sons, Thomas and Edward patented land in Goochland.

On Jan. 4, 1733, grandson Joseph Trabue was born to daughter Mary Wooldridge Trabue. About 1733 another grandson, John Wooldridge, III, was born to his son John, Jr.

The area increased in importance at this time. In 1733, William Byrd, II, recorded in his diary plans to lay out two new cities, one north of the James River at Shaccos to become Richmond, and the other south of the Appomattox River near Blanford, to become Petersburg. He considered these points natural places for trade. In 1737 Major William Mayo finally surveyed the Richmond site.

In 1734, John, Jr. bought 300 acres of the Beaver Ponds land on Swift Creek, between the two proposed cities.

About 1735, a granddaughter, Mary Wooldridge, was born to his son John Jr., and about this time son Thomas married and gave him another John Wooldridge grandson. Again the Wooldridges married into an older and more prominent family, although it is not certain that it is the Hatcher girl he married. William Hatcher had received a grant of 1050 acres between Swift Creek and the Appomattox River around 1635. On Aug. 28, 1735, son Jean/John Trabue was born to daughter Mary Wooldridge Trabue.

In 1736, John Sr. bought 650 acres on the Buckingham road from Henry Cary for 32 pounds 10 shillings. The land seemingly adjoins his 1725 patent. In 1736 John Sr. had two or three hands and John Jr. one, but sons William and Thomas had none. In 1736, when John Sr. was about 58 years old, he owed quit rents on 800 acres. His son William paid on an additional 100 acres owned by John Roberts, and John Jr. paid on 300 acres just purchased from Samuel Burton. About this time his son William started farming on his own on 100 acres of John Roberts. William married his first wife in the late 30's.

On Oct. 10, 1737, daughter Mary presented him with another grandson, David Trabue.

In 1738, grandson Richard Wooldridge, by son William, was born, and about 1740 grandson William Jr., was born. On March 22, 1739 grandson William Trabue was born to Daughter Mary Wooldridge Trabue.

About 1740 son Thomas gave him another grandchild, Frances Wooldridge. On March 24, 1742 granddaughter Elizabeth Trabue was born to daughter Mary W. Trabue. In 1743 Mary Wooldridge was born to son Thomas, and on June 11, 1744, Thomas presented him with granddaughter Elizabeth. Mary W. Trabue gave him granddaughter Marie Trabue. Before 1744, perhaps about 1738, son Robert, about 18, married Magdalene Salle, said to be an old girl. About 1740, son Robert gave him grandson Colonel Thomas Wooldridge. Another son, Abraham? was born to son Robert in the 1740's.

About 1745 the Wooldridge family built the first section of the family home, Midlothian, alongside an old Indian trail, then called Buckingham Road, now

known as Midlothian Turnpike. This part of the house, now known as the East Wing, was a one-and-a-half story house with a central hall, outside chimneys, and had steep winding stairs leading to two small loft rooms lit by dormers. A porch stretched across the length of the front of the House. In the latter part of the century, soon after the Revolution, the West Wing was added. This part of the house was also built as a two-over-two but the second story had a gambrel roof, the only such roof in the village, allowing more headroom upstairs. Midlothian has a long history of hospitality to travelers, continuing in some fashion even today as Crab Louis Restaurant, where the owners proudly point out its Wooldridge origins. Midlothia was renamed "The Sycamores" in the late 1800's by the then owners John J. Jewett and his wife Nancy Jones, who purchased it in 1875.

About 1745 granddaughter Frances Wooldridge was born to son John Jr., and grandson Edward Wooldridge, Jr. was born to son Edward.

John Sr. continued to add to his estate, purchasing in 1747, 314 acres "on the French line", South side of the James beginning at John Tillets on the north side of Falling Creek thence on Wooldridge's old line to John Roberts and Richard Dean, thence to Dean's old line to Oak cornered on Ffrench parish thence to French road. John Sr. made his first will in 1747 at about the age of 69, when his holdings peaked at 1,764 acres, including 400 acres long in the possession of his son, John, Jr. Also about 1747, grandson Simon Wooldridge was born to son Edward. On Sept. 4, 1747, daughter Mary W. Trabue gave him grandson Joshua Trabue.

John Sr. had finally become reconciled to his French Huguenot children-in-law and Mary's marriage. According to William Lacy, "About the year '46 John Wooldridger Sr. sent for me to write his will and told me then, when Jacob Trabue married his daughter, he was much dissatisfied with the match, and he then made a resolve never to make Jacob Trabue the better for anything he was worth, but after he found Trabue to be a good husband, he was sorry for his rash romise and had concluded to let his daughter have theuse of a Negro girl named Hannah and her increase during his daughter's life and after her death to her son Joseph Trabue. [He said] 'I will make my grandson equal to my other sons in everything exceptlandk' and so I wrote his will." The will is dated April 20, 1747, and was rewritten in 1757.

From this period, if not earlier, John Sr. and his sons were directing their energies to growing tobacco, working their holdings personally with the help of some slave labor. Together, the family mastered the demands of growing tobacco. Virgin fields had to be cleared before cultivation. The trunks of trees were girdled, forcing the trees to die. Ropes were then attached to thebranches of the dead trees to pull them down. On rainy days, when the danger of fire spreading out of control was at a minimum, the fields would be burned. Plows had to then break through rooty topsoil, and the fields kept cultivated. After harvesting, the leafe had to be processed, and long sheds for drying the leaf had to be built. Oaken hogsheads had to be built or bought. When the crop was harvested and cured, it had to be transported for sale. Ten pounds of tobacco was worth about one shilling.

Small amounts of cotton and wool were also produced in Chesterfield for domestic use although spinning and weaving were technically forbidden in Virginia by British law -- the colonies were meant to consume to enrich the mother country, and all raw goods were by law to be shipped to England for manufacture. The finished products were then to be shipped back to the colonies for purchase. The women took the cleaned c

JOHN WOOLDRIDGE, BLACKSMITH (by Laurence B. Gardiner & William C. Wooldridge 822 W. 52nd St., Norfolk, VA 23508

In the Henrico County Court for March 1699, the "petn of John Woldredg against his Mistriss Mrs. Eliza Kennon for wages according to Indenture" was presented, then held through the subsequent three sessions.

The petitioner sued in his own name (later Robert Hyde of York County became his lawyer) and he was probably near 21 in 1699.

[Henrico Colonial Records 3:260, 265, 277, 280, Virginia

State Library.)

[It seems unlikely he was much over 21, as he lived until 1757, and an indenture often expired with the youth's 21st birthday. Richard Hofstadter, AMERICA AT 1750 (New York 1971], pp 49-50, For Hyde see WILLIAM AND MARY QUARTERLY (hereafter WMQ), lst Sr. 6(1897-98):126; 14(1905-06):148

The suit is the first record of a new man in that part of Virginia,

1. JOHN WOOLDRIDGE (ca.1678-1757), blacksmith, farmer, and founder of a long-lived and far spread family.

Eighteenth-century Virginia produced, besides statesmen and presidents, a vigorous population of such farmers. They and their families filled up the Piedmont, fought the Revolution, and furnished both inspiration and audience for a generation of republican political discourse. They were the yeoman of the Jeffersonian ideal. Where did they come from and where did they go? What made them different? These small farmers, perhaps 90% of the total, are familiar only in the aggregate (3) Looking at several generations of a single family adds the insight of concrete detail to tables and averages.

(3) Thomas Jefferson Wertenbacker, THE PLANTERS OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA (princeton 1922), pp 53-55. Thomas Jefferson's own family originated in southside Henrico; the progress of the southside farmers provides a backdrop for his thinking.]

John Wooldridge probably came to Virginia as a young man;

a headright was claimed for him by another member of the Kennon family years later, and the 1699 reference to wages, according to indenture suggests an artisan's contract for passage. (4)

He was thus part of, or at most a generation removed from, the high tide of immigration to the colony after 1650 (5) as a result of which thousands of former servants, their terms completed, faced life on their own in Virginia by the turn of the century. (6) While this background may have implied a family of middling stations in Britain, (7) in Virginia it meant starting from the bottom. But indented service or apprenticeship could be an opportunity: it apparently gave John a trade and a degree of literacy, and did not make him meek; he comes into the records demanding his due.

Without land, John plied his trade and saved his money. Not until March 1, 1712, when he was in his 30's did he buy his first 100 acres, from Bartholomew Stovall, for five shillings. (Henrico Deeds and Orders, 1710-14, p. 199, Va. State Library.) Before that, however, he was well set enough to marry, at about the age of 27. No record of his marriage survives, but the date is approximated from the dates of birth of the children beginning about 1705, the sons listed in apparent order in Wooldridge's will. His wife, Martha, (1688--after 1757), named in the will, may have been the daughter of Edward Osborne, whose 1696 will names daughter Martha. The couple's association with families like the Osbornes, Wards, and Branches points to a connection with people who had been resident much earlier in Virginia and who had already made places for themselves, although their original prominence was going into eclipse. In short, John Wooldridge seems to have made a good marriage, not into the local leadership but at least into solidly established clans.

Wooldridge was a blacksmith and had much to offer in his own right. Lamentations over the scarcity of blacksmiths and the high prices they exacted suggest a master of the trade would have no trouble making a living. Smithing in turn brought him in contact in a small way with coal, for that was the fuel used.

A colony of Huguenots came to Virginia in 1700, taking up land at Manakin at the western fringe of settlement on the south side of the James River. In 1701 coal was found in the area, as the story goes by a Huguenot youth in search of a fowl he had brought down with his gun. He clambered into a brushy declivity and happened on the black rocks. William Byrd patented land including a "cole mine" within the grant of the French refugees in 1704, and Abraham Salle, a leader of the settlement, patented land by "the cole it road" in 1715. A contemporary wrote in about 1708 that the Manakin mine was "us'd by the Smiths, for their Forges." If not already there, John Wooldridge soon joined the ranks of these "Smiths." Perhaps attracted by the coal, looking westwardly, he patented two 400 acre tracts in 1725 (Patent Book 12:366, 370, Virginia State Library) close up to the boundaries of the Huguenot settlement, near the present Chesterfield-Powhatan border.

Coal in the region preserved its early reputation for smithing, and perhaps a strategic location near good quality coal fostered Wooldridge's success. Certainly it was plentiful; on land he later held in the same area, wagon wheels turned it up in their ruts. There may have been a natural transition from the blacksmith's casual collection of coal for his fire to open pit mining of coal for sale. Johns son Robert was involved in one early commercial coal development: John Pankey advertised in the Virginia Gazette to sell pit coal from Robert Wooldridge's pits lying at Warwick on the James River (Virginia Gazette, Nov. 11, 1780). The business continued in the family until well into the nineteenth century. Except for William Byrd's activities, not a great deal is known abut the earliest commercial coal developments in Virginia, and the link between the blacksmith father of the early eighteenth century and the mine operator son of the late eighteenth is suggestive.

After taking a few years to seat his new Manakin lands, Wooldridge sold his old 100 acre tract, "land where Wooldridge lately dwelt," to Joseph Goode for 25 pounds in September 1729 (Henrico Deeds and Wills 1725-37, 1:246, VA State Library). The short move west brought closer connections to the Manakin Huguenots than Wooldridge was ready for. About 1732 his daughter Mary married Jacob Trabue, another at least occasional blacksmith who became interested in coal. Wooldridge objected. According to William Lacy, "About the year '46 John Wooldridge Sr. sent for me to write his will and told me then, when Jacob Trabue married his daughter he was much dissatisfied with the match and he then made a resolve never to make Jacob Trabue the better for anything he was worth, but after he found Trabue to be a good husband he was sorry for his rash promise and had concluded to let his daughter have the use of a Negro girl named Hannah and her increase during his daughter's life and after her death to her son Joseph Trabue. (He said) I will make my grandson equal to my other sons in everything except land, and so I wrote his will." Another will was drawn in 1757, then changed by insertion. The changes made it questionable; it was finally order to be probated on May 5, 1759, after the Justices heard "arguments of the counsel on both sides."

Though not recorded in Chesterfield, the original will along

with related depositions by John Wooldridge (Jr.), John Roberts, William Lacy, and Agness Lacy age 19 are in the Chesterfield County loose or "dead" papers, now in the Virginia State Library in Richmond. it is dated April 20, 1757, and is witnessed by Agness, Elizabeth and William Lacy. The change may have been

occasioned by the death of Joseph Trabue by 1757, and substitution of Joshua Trabue. John Wooldridge Sr. died between May 31 and Oct. 7, 1757 when his will was offered for probate. The order of depositions and the 1759 probate order are in Chesterfield OB 2:352, 364, 525

The real beneficiary was a lawyer, John Fleming, who entered in his fee book for October 1757 the sum of 10 shillings for advice on a will and in May 1759 the sum of 12 shillings sixpence for "arguing the matter of Wooldridge will" for Jacob Trabue.

In all, four of John's six children married Huguenots, and there followed other associations with the Huguenot outpost. John's youngest son Robert was godfather to his nephew William Trabue in 1739; about 1738 he had married Magdalene Salle, granddaughter of Abraham Salle. Edward Wooldridge married Mary Flournoy and was godfather to his nephew David Trabue in 1737; William married Sarah Flournoy and served as godfather to his niece Marie Trabue seven years later.

In 1736 Wooldridge bought 650 acres for 32 pounds 10 shillings, on the Buckingham road, seemingly adjoining his 1725 patent, from Henry Cary (of which 400 were given to his son Edward in 1753); in 1747 he patented 314 more acres, described as "on the French line" in his will.

From this period if not earlier he and his sons were directing their energies to the sovereign weed tobacco. They worked their holdings personally. In 1736 John Sr. may have had two or three hands and John Jr., one, but William and Thomas had none. The initial capital could have come from smithing, and Wooldridge did not necessarily give up the trade altogether when he started farming; he bequeathed his blacksmith tools to his son William. Nevertheless, after1729 he no longer styled "blacksmith," and by the time he died he was in the eyes of some "Mr." Wooldridge, a more honorific title then than now. The family home was named "Midlothian," perhaps (or perhaps not) In memory of a distant origin in lowland Scotland.

The movement from servant to artisan to planter bears witness to he opportunities in 18th century Virginia for people who started with nothing. Progress took time and longevity helped. Wooldridge was 33 before he owned his first acre and when the tax collector came in 1736, about 56 old, he owed quit rents on 800 acres owned by John Roberts, and John Wooldridge Jr. paid on 300 just purchased from Samuel Burton. Not until 1747, at the age of 69, did his holdings peak at 1764 acres, including 400 long in the possession of his son John.

But if progress was slow, it was attainable and probably commonplace. Success for a man of this epoch, to be sure, did not mean advancing from humble origins to a position of political leadership. Wooldridge did not rise socially in relation to his peers; they all rose together. The freedmen of 1700 became the yeoman of 1750, numerous, landed, and prosperous in relation to anything they had known before. Wooldridge's family in its beginnings in the latter half of the seventeenth century could not have been called prosperous, but everyone in it meets that description for most of the eighteenth century.

Men who had, as they saw it, raised themselves from servitude to landed proprietors and established their sons on lands of their own may well have transmitted to their families a strong loyalty to the society in which they had succeeded. The Virginia economy was based on an agricultural laboring class which had made its way to prosperity by a half-century of tenacity and hard work. Such men are self-confident and resourceful. when England began to tighten the reins, she would find the Virginia yeoman, who might not seem to have much stake in the struggle, among the most refractory of the colonists. by then John Wooldridge was dead, but 16 of his 24 grandsons, including one* who had looked after him in the last years of his life and been rewarded with a 250 acre legacy, in one way or another took part on the side of the colonies, the majority in active service, and at least two more were too old for active service.

*Richard Wooldridge appeared with the old man on a 1756 Chesterfield tithe list, Virginia State Library, and is remembered in his will.

As a militiaman in Lincoln County, Kentucky, he is on a 1782 payroll for an expedition against the Shannese Indians under George Rogers Clark. Ill.. Dept. Papers, Virginia State Library.

John Wooldridge Sr.'s will is in the Chesterfield County loose or "dead" papers preserved in the Virginia State Library.

John Wooldridge, Sr. Will proved by James Duyprey, George Smith, Benjamin Watkins. Inventory July 25, 1783.

Chesterfield OB 6:452, 460; WB 3:389, 395.

Children of John Wooldridge and Martha Osborne are:

2. i. John² Wooldridge, Jr., b. 1705, Henrico County, Virginia; d. 1783, Chesterfield Co., Va..

3. ii. Thomas Wooldridge, b. 1707, Henrico County, Virginia; d. May 1762, Cumberland Co., Virginia.

4. iii. William Wooldridge,Sr, b. 1709, Henrico County, Virginia; d. 1798, Elbert County, Georgia.

5. iv. Edward Mologe Wooldridge, b. 1711, Henrico County, Virginia; d. 1808, Chesterfield Co., Va..

6. v. Mary Wooldridge, b. 1715, Henrico County, Virginia; d. 1789, Chesterfield Co., Va..

7. vi. Robert Wooldridge, b. 1719, Henrico County, Virginia; d. July 1794, Chesterfield Co., Va..

 

2. John² Wooldridge, Jr. (John¹) was born 1705 in Henrico County, Virginia, and died 1783 in Chesterfield Co., Va.. He married (1) Elizabeth Branch 1731 in Henrico County, Virginia. She died Aft. 1755 in Henrico County, Virginia. He married (2) Margaret 1760. She died 1783 in Chesterfield Co., Va..

Notes for John Wooldridge, Jr.:

At the age of 70 John signed a petition dated Aug. 20, 1775, to the Third Virginia Convention. it prayed that the Chesterfield Committee (of association) be disolved and reelected, because it had been established without the petitioners' knowing what it was to do. however, "we now conceiving that the Committee are to do business of mjuch Greater Importance, than we could possibly the conveive," it seemed best to start over that "we may have no divisions amongst us, but all unite and be as one man in this Critical Time in the great and Common Cause.

(Herbert L. SDcribner, ed., " Revolutionalry Virginia: The Road to Independence, Vol. III, The breaking Storm and the Third Convention, 1775"; Charlottesville 1977), p. 469)

The Revolution did not come to Virginia for several more years, but when it did, John Wooldridge furnished 300 pounds of beef for American troops, ....to John Robertson, "Commander"

(Ethel C. Clarke, "Chesterfield County Revolutrionary Supply Claims," March 1780. Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg.

His will was probated July 4, 1783, Chestefield Co., Va. OB 6:452, 460;

WB 3:389, 395

Inventory July 25, 1783.

Children of John Wooldridge and Elizabeth Branch are:

8. i. Richard³ Wooldridge, b. 1731, VA; d. 1782, Campbel lCo., Va.

9. ii. John Wooldridge, b. 1733, VA; d. 1782, Bedford, Va.

10. iii. Mary Wooldridge, b. 1735, VA; d. Aft. 1780, VA.

11. iv. William Wooldridge, b. 1740, VA; d. 1817, Kentucky.

v. Frances Wooldridge, b. 1745.

12. vi. Edmond Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1748, VA; d. 1791, Woodford Co., Ky.

vii. Elizabeth Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1749; d. Aft. 1780.

13. viii. Virlinche Wooldridge, b. 1750, VA; d. 1834.

14. ix. Phebe Wooldridge, b. 1752, VA; d. 1792, Chesterfield Co., Va..

15. x. Robert Wooldridge, b. 1754, VA; d. 1801, Kentucky.

16. xi. Thomas Wooldridge, b. 1756, Chesterfield Co., Va.; d. 1840, Kentucky.

17. xii. Martha Wooldridge, b. 1762, VA; d. 1786, VA.

xiii. Hanna Wooldridge, b. 1765, VA; d. Chesterfield, VA; m. Richard Elam, October 21, 1784, VA; d. VA.

3. Thomas² Wooldridge (John¹) was born 1707 in Henrico County, Virginia, and died May 1762 in Cumberland Co., Virginia. He married unknown Watkins 1735 in Virginia. She died 1762 in Cumberland Co., Virginia.

Notes for Thomas Wooldridge:

Will: Cumberland Will Book 1:246, Feb. 22, 1762, pr. May 24, 1762. Witnesses John Watkins, John Wooldridge, Thomas Hall.

Notes for unknown Watkins:

her name could be either:

Watkins ... or ...

Hatcher

Children of Thomas Wooldridge and unknown Watkins are:

18. i. John³ Wooldridge, b. 1735, VA; d. Aft. 1780, VA.

ii. Frances Wooldridge, b. 1740; m. Richard Parker, Abt. 1762.

19. iii. Mary Wooldridge, b. 1743, VA; d. Abt. 1809, New Store, Buckingham, Va.

20. iv. Elizabeth Wooldridge, b. June 11, 1744; d. November 07, 1818, Bedford Co., Va.

21. v. Thomas Wooldridge, b. 1748, VA; d. 1830, Buckingham Co., Va.

vi. Henry Wooldridge, b. 1751, VA; d. 1823, Buckingham Co., Va.

22. vii. Martha Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1756.

23. viii. Daniel Wooldridge, b. 1758, VA; d. 1821, Chesterfield Co., Va..

24. ix. Joseph Wooldridge, b. 1761, VA; d. 1835, Buckingham Co., Va.

4. William² Wooldridge,Sr (John¹) was born 1709 in Henrico County, Virginia, and died 1798 in Elbert County, Georgia. He married (1) Mary 1738. He married (2) Sarah Flournoy Abt. 1750 in Chesterfield Co., Va.. She was born Bet. 1730 - 1738 in Virginia, and died Bet. 1798 - 1799 in Elbert County, Georgia.

Notes for William Wooldridge,Sr:

William was married #l, around 1738, name of this wife unknown.

Richard Sr., was son of this union.

#2 was Sarah Flournoy

William Wooldridge (1709-1798) was born in Henrico County, Virginia. He was apparently the second or third son of John and Martha Wooldridge of that county, and as his father's executor and legatee of his blacksmith's tools, he may have been the leader of the family after his father's death. he appears in the Henrico records from time to time in various ways but does not hold public office in the county. For example, at the April Court in 1743 together with John Wooldridge, Samuel Jordan and Jacob Trabue he was ordered to appraise the estate of Moses Ferguson, deceased.(90) The same year, "On motion of William Wooldridge leave is given him to keep an ordinary at Samuel Jordan's home below the mount and Jordan enters himself as security." (91)

William may have started farming on his own on a 100 acres of John Roberts' on which William paid the tax in 1736. (92) (his son Richard married Jane Roberts). Then after a stint of keeping ordinary at Jordan's he patented 400 acres in Albemarle in 1748, receiving two years later 2000 acres in the same county, (93) in the part which became Buckingham. His fathers will left him 414 more acres in Chesterfield, and it is not known whether he ever lived in the Buckingham section, though a Samuel Jordan did.

*90. Henrico orders, 1737-46:216, Virginia State Library)

*91. EDWARD PLEASANTS VALENTINE PAPERS (Richmond n.d.), 2:649.

*92. See note 30

*93. Patent Book 28:191, Virginia State Library. August 20, 1747. 400 acres on South branch of Slate River called Jones Creek. An April 8, 1749 grant to Patrick Obrian was of 1200 acres in Albemarle on the branches of Slate River adjoining Thomas Jones, William Wooldridge, and his own lines. EXECUTIVE JOURNALS OF THE COUNCIL OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA (Richmond, 1945), 5:282. The 2000 acres is from the same source, p. 341. Beginning at Stephen Saunders line on the south fork of Buck and Doe Creek, running up both Forks and thence across to the head of Jones Creek to the beginning. This was an area Henry (3) (Thomas (2) later owned land in. It is not clear how much of the 2000 acres William Wooldridge took up. On July 3, 1752, he patented for 30 shillings 300 acres in Albemarle on the north branches of Willis Creek near the head adjoining William Blackburn. patent book 31:121, Virginia State Library. The Albemarle County Surveyors Plat Book in the Virginia State Library shows the 300 acres (p. 189) and William Wooldridge is an adjoiner in surveys for Arthur Moseley and Thomas Turpin. The land fell in Buckingham and cannot be traced.

William Wooldridge had at least two wife's; the name of the first, whom he probably married in the late 1730's, is not known. his second wife, whom he seems to have married about 1750 in Chesterfield County, was Sarah Flournoy (94) of the noted Huguenot family of that name.

*94. They named a daughter Sarah Flournoy. Mrs. Sarah Shipp Walker, Wooldridge notes, Virginia State Library, has pointed out that Francis Flournoy's will refers to his daughter Sarah only by her first name, but leaves her a slave, Rachel, who is subsequently named by William Wooldridge in his will. She also cites a 1761 deed of 200 acres from Frances Flournoy and Andrew LaPrade (his son-in-law) to William Wooldridge for very nominal consideration, suggesting the consideration flowed to LaPrade, and Flournoy's interest was a gift. William Wooldridge witnessed deeds for Francis Flournoy on June 18, 1765, to his sons Francis Flournoy, William Flournoy, Gibson Flournoy (William and Sarah Wooldridge named their first son Gibson) , Josiah Flournoy, James Flournoy and Jacob Flournoy.

Chesterfield DB 5:243-51.

He continued living on that land and adjoining his father and brothers in Chesterfield (95) after it was cut from Henrico, and was one of the fairly prosperous planters in that area, owning several hundred acres and some slaves. He appears on the 1756 Chesterfield County tithable list, charged with tax for himself, son William and slaves Frank and James. His oldest son Richard was, at that time, living with John Wooldridge Sr., William's father (96)

*95. Mentions of William in later Chesterfield records include: appraiser of estate of Thomas Godsey dec'd with Tho Lacy and James Bryan (Bryars?), November 3, 1749,

Chesterfield DB 1:17.

Appraiser of estate of Rbt Easley with Tho Lacy and Edwd Wooldridge, April 4, 1752, Chesterfield WB 1:105. Appraiser of estate of Magdalene Salle with Nat'1 Lacy, Thos Lacy, Jr., December 13, 1756,

Chesterfield WB 1:251-53.

Appraiser of estate of Francis Brown, dec'd with Francis Moseley, Perrin Giles, March 22, 1758,

Chesterfield WB 1:277.

Suit against Robert Lovell and John Wooldridge, May 1759, Chesterfield Ob 2:517.

Witness of deed of Robert Wooldridge to Abraham Salle, December 15, 1760,

Chesterfield DB 4:492-95.

*96. Chesterfield County tithe list, Virginia State Library.

Since William's two eldest sons were tithable in 1756, the eldest was born by 1738.

After the year 1770 William and Sarah Wooldridge's family, then William and Sarah, decided to move South. while the reasons for the move is not clear as none of the rest of the Wooldridges left Virginia at this time -- in fact, William was the only one in the second generation to leave the immediate Chesterfield vicinity --- some of the Flournoys did, and perhaps Sarah wanted to go with her brothers to the new territory. beginning in 1771, they begin to show up in the records of Surry County, North Carolina, (97) though in 1777 William, Thomas and Edward are tithables in one household in Chesterfield and as late as 1778 he is called "of Chesterfield" when selling off his remaining land there. (98)

*97. his eldest son, Richard, who as Richard Waldridge, 1 tithable, appears in Surry County in 1771,may have scouted the way. NORTH CAROLINA JOURNAL OF GENEALOGY 3(1957):344.

*98. Manchester Parish, Chesterfield County tithe list, Virginia State Library. Chesterfield DB 8:274.

William, or his son William (3) shows in the Surry County deeds as buying and selling land; in 1777 he is on the venire from which the Grand Jury from the Salisbury District is chosen; the William Wooldridge in 1778 Captain of Militia in that district is probably his son, (99) but in any event the service in the Surry County Militia is considered service in the Revolutionary War. (100)

There was plenty for the militia to do because of the Tory element in western North Carolina. John Hudspeth, brother of William's daughter-in-law Lucy Hudspeth, was killed while serving as a tax collector in Surry (101)

By the early 1780's, William and part of his family moved on South to Elbert County, Georgia, where he again purchased land and became one of the prominent planters of the County. His land lay on Beaver dam Creek, and his sons Gibson and William owned land that adjoined him for part of the time. He lived in Elbert County for the remainder of his life, signing his will there on December 6, 1797, as a man in his eighties; it names his five sons, two daughters,and wife Sarah, and divides his estate among them, including 24 slaves, two of whom, Phebe (who was to be manumitted on Sarah's death) and Kate (or their namesakes) had been in the family for 35 years.

(102) Sarah Wooldridge signed her will on February 24, 1804, and it was recorded on May 27, 1806. (103) Sarah's will names her three sons and one daughter, as well as the children of a deceased daughter.

*99. Deeds of 1773, 1779, 1784, Surry County North Carolina DB A:73, 290; C:157. Walter Clark, ed., STATE RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA (Goldsboro 1907), 22:502. Captain Woolrige of the Surry militia is mentioned in RECORDS OF THE MORAVIANS IN NORTH CAROLINA (Raleigh 1922), 4:1679, 1681. Also TYLER'S QUARTERLY 4(1923):266, 269, 270, 279.

*100. National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, PATRIOT INDEX (Washington 1966), p. 762. See also pension application of Joel Hill: while residing in that part of Surry which became Stokes, he (Hill) served 3 months from July 1779, in Captain Wooldridge's and Captain John Morgan's company, Colonel Martin Armstrong's regiment. Edith Mitchell, EARLY FAMILIES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF ROCKINGHAM AND STOKES WITH REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE (1977)

*101. Surry WB 1:134, 142, 147, referring to "brother Gibson Wooldridge."

*102. Elbert County, Georgia, DB A:49; WB 1791-1803:37.

Chesterfield County, Virginia, OB 3:240 (Aug. 1762), records that Phebe and Kate were adjudged 16 and 14.

*103. Elbert County, Georgia, WB 1803-1806:49.

SOME LAND TRANSACTIONS OF WILLIAM WOOLDRIDGE:

1752, July 3 Patented by William Wooldridge PB31:121

Tract 1: 300 acres on north branches

Willis Creek near head adj William Blackburn

1757 Willed to William by his father Gift:note11

Tract 2: 100 acres on e side of Falling Creek

T 3: 314 acres joining the French line

1761, Aug. 7 Francis Flournoy, Andrew LaPrade 26lbs/14/1

Sr. & Martha his wife of Dail Parish Chest.DB5:9

Chest.Co. to Wm. Wooldridge of same.

T4: 200 acres in Chest. adj. Valentine

Winfrey on Tomahawk and Traubes

Branch. Wit: Nath. Lacyh, Edw. Hill,

Cornelius Ellet

1773, Aug.7 Isaac Winscott and Rachel his wife 120 provincial

of Surry Co. NC to Wm. Wooldridge money.

1774 of same DB A:73

147 acres part of 292 acre tract

granted to Abraham Winscott in 1762

on south side Yadkin Forbes line.

Wit: Tyre Glan, Abramham Winscott

1779, Sept. 20 North Carolina grant to William 50 sh./100A

Wooldridge Surry DB A:290

200 acres in Surry Co. on south side

Deep Creek adj. Silas Engards

1791, Aug. 18 Robert Middleton and wife Elizabeth Elbert GA

to William Wooldridge DB A:49

100 acres on Beaverdam Creek

1760, Nov. 29 William Wooldridge and Sarah (x) 180 current

his wife of Dale, Chest. Co., to Va. money

Abraham Salle of King William Chest DB 4

parish, Chest. Co.

T2,3: 674 acres where said Wooldridge's

son lives, Falling Creek Chest. Co. adj.

Robert Wooldridge, Jn Roberts, Samuel

Dean, French line, George Sowall, Andrew

Ammonett. 100 given Wooldridge by father,

part of father's old tract; 314 patented in

William Wooldridge's father's name and

willed to William; rest, 150, purchased by

William from Henry Cary, dec'd. wit: Tho.

Smith, Rbt. Moseley, Isaac Bryant, Charles

Clarke.

1778, Sept. 15 William Wooldridge of Chest. to 400 current

Edwd. Wooldridge of Chest. (SSW money;

notes wartime inflation) DB 8:274

T4: 200 acres in Chest. adj. Jn.

Traube dec'd, Winfrey's line,

Welch's line, Tomahawk Ck.

wit: Edwd Wooldridge, Jr., Wm.

Wooldridge, Rd. Elam.

1779, Dec. 6 William Wooldridge to his wife Gift (will)

pr. July 25

1798 Sarah for life then to his son Elbert Co. Ga

Edward WB B:37

(does not reflect William Wooldridge's 400 and 2,000 acre patents in

Albemarle (note 93), which fell in Buckingham and cannot be traced.

Based in part on compilations of Mrs. Sarah Shipp Walker in the

Virginia State Library.

Will of William Wooldridge Elbert Co., GA Book B P 37

Will dated Dec. 6, 1797, probated July 25, 1798

(those mentioned in will)

Wife: Sarah

Sons: Richard, William, Edward, Thomas, Gibson

Daughters: Sally Hudspeth, Patty Davis

Slaves Cate, Caesar & Phebe

Children of William Wooldridge and Sarah Flournoy are:

25. i. Richard³ Wooldridge, b. 1738, Chesterfield Co., Va.; d. March 1828, Russell Co., Kentucky.

26. ii. William Henry Wooldridge, b. Bet. 1740 - 1753, Chesterfield Co., Va.; d. 1816, Wilson County, Tennessee.

27. iii. Gibson Wooldridge, b. Bet. 1750 - 1755, Chesterfield Co., Va.; d. October 1816, Abbeyville, South Carolina.

28. iv. Thomas Wooldridge, b. 1752, VA; d. Bef. 1830, Alabama.

29. v. Edward Wooldridge, b. 1760; d. 1828, Trigg County, KY.

30. vi. Sarah "Sally" Flournoy Wooldridge, b. 1765; d. 1849, Bayou Bonnet, St. Landry parish, Louisana.

31. vii. Martha "Patty" Wooldridge, b. 1770; d. Bef. 1804, Georgia.

5. Edward Mologe² Wooldridge (John¹) was born 1711 in Henrico County, Virginia, and died 1808 in Chesterfield Co., Va.. He married Mary Flournoy Abt. 1745. She was born 1713, and died 1808 in Chesterfield Co., Va..

Notes for Edward Mologe Wooldridge:

will dated July 20, 1805. (proved Oct. 10, 1808)

Edward Wooldridge was probably born in what is now Chesterfield County, Virginia; it was then Southside Henrico. (114) The estimated date of birth assumes he was of legal age when he patented land with his brother Thomas in Goochland in 1732. (115) On this estimate he lived to be 97, gthe oldest of a generation of notable longevity: his brother William reached 89 and brother John, 78.

An Edward "Mologe" (Wologe?) in the 1735 Goochland tithes may be this Edward.

He married Mary Flournoy, the daughter of Francis and Mary Flournoy and sister of Sarah Flournoy who married his brother William. The Flournoys were among the French Huguenots who came to Manakin. (116) The date of the marriage would be in the 1740's prior to July 29, 1749, when "Francis Flournoy of Chesterfield County and parish of Dale" deeded 200 acres in the Forks of Tomahawk in Chesterfield County to his "beloved son-in-law Edward Wooldridge." Edward sold this land to Valentine Winfree a year later. (117)

Altogether Edward owned at one time or another 1600 acres in Virginia and 2,000 in Kentucky, although he never moved to kentucky. (118)

He seemedcontent to live as a prosperous planter of his day, never holding public office as far as the records show. (119) His home was probably on a tract his fathergave him in 1753 (120) on the Buckingham Road about the location of the present town of Midlothian near the Powhatan line.

In January 1757 the Chesterfield County Court examined Edward Wooldridge for the "supposed murder" of Francis Brown. The circumstances of the alleged murder are not given, but the Court concluded he was not guilty and did not pass the case on to General Court for trial. (121)

In addition to being a planter of substance, Edward ws licensed in March 1756 to keep ordinary at his house. he paid a fee to attorney John Fleming for procuring the license. Thus three of the five brothers at one time or another kept ordinary, (122) though from their land dealings all seem to be primarily to have been tobacco planters.

On reaching his mid 60's Edward began to give land to his children. 230 acres to Edward Wooldridge Jr. and 240 acres to William Wooldridge in 1775 (both on the Buckingham Road in Chesterfield) and 140 acres to Simon Wooldridge in Prince Edward two years later. (123) On December 23, 1778, Edward conveyed a Negro boy Chjarles to his grandson Obed Hancock son of William Hancock for natural love and affection and five shillings. (124

Edward Wooldridge obtained a grant of 1400 acres on the West Fork of Station Camp Creek in Madison County, Kentucky on May 10, 1793, and on August 9, 1798 he obtained two additional grants of 300 acres each at the same location. (125)

On march 29, 1799, he gave a power of attorney to Josiah Wooldridge, who may have been his son Josiah, and Elisha Wooldridge of Woodford County, Kentucky, who probably was the son of his brother Robert and husband of his daughter Hannah, to divide his Kentucky land into equal parts and deed one half to Green Clay in payment for locating (i.e. surveying) the land. (126)

Chesterfield Court discharged Edward Wooldridge from paying taxes on his own person because of age and infirmity in 1787. (127 He died at a very advanced age in September or October 1808. His wife Mary (Flournoy) Wooldridge is named in his will dated July 20, 1805, but had apparently died by the time the will was probated October 10, 1808. (128))

*114. Wayne L. Joyh of Richardson, Texas, assembled some of the material on Edward Wooldridge. Mrs. Sarah Shipp Walker's notes in the irginia State Library are also used.

*115. Patent Book 14:442, Virginia State Library

*116. Flournoy Rivers, THE FLOURNOY FAMILY, VMHB 2(1894):190, 212-13.

*117. Chesterfield DB 1, part 2:25, 213. "Marie Wooldridge" appears in the Manakin register in 1747 so Edward was probably married by then. Brock, note 14, p. 106.

*118. Mrs. Sarah Shipp Walker's notes deposited in the Virginia State Library sho most of the real estate transactions of the brothers in Chesterfield.

*119. His suit against Thomas Plummer was dismissed in March 1756. Chesterfield OB2:169. The constable in 1776 and 1786, OB 6:101, 7:343, was Edward, as shown by the 1777 Chesterfield tithable list in the Vierginia State Library, listing Edward Wooldridge constable on 230 acres, which Edward had deeded him. DB 8:79-80

*120. Henrico Deeds and Wills 1725-1737, 2:576, Nov. 1, 1736, Virginia State Library.....................gift to Edward is recorded in Chesterfield DB l:541.

*121. Chesterfield OB 2:257.

*122. Chesterfield OB2:383. Fleming Fee Book, note 71, p. 63 (1759); notes 40 and 91for other ordinary references.

*123. Chesterfield DB 8:79-80, 80-81; prince Edward DB 6:79.

*124. Witnesses Josiah, William and Simon Wooldridge. Chesterfield DB 9:17.

*125. Willard R. Jillson, OLD KENTUCKY ENTRIES AND DEEDS (Baltimore 1869) pp 72, 463. Date of entry given as December 21, 1781.

*126. Wright W. Frost, THE DESCENDANTS OF JOSIAH AND KEZIAH NICHOLS WOOLDRIDGE AND THEIR ANCESTORS (Knoxville 1973), p. 33.

*127. Chesterfield OB 8:1, also relieving Edward Hill, John Elam.

*128. Chesterfield WB 7:75. Besides his wife and children, the will names grandson Josiah son of Simon, son-in-law William Hancock, and grandson Obed Hancock. Witness Erasmus Reaves, Anderson Johnson, Langhorn Simpson. Inventory, WB 7:322, 326.

Children of Edward Wooldridge and Mary Flournoy are:

32. i. Female³ Wooldridge, b. 1743; d. Bef. 1778.

33. ii. Edward Wooldridge, b. 1745, VA; d. 1807, Chesterfield Co., Va..

34. iii. William Wooldridge, b. 1750, VA; d. 1825, Hardin Co., Ky.

35. iv. Josiah Wooldridge, b. November 05, 1755, Chesterfield Co., Va.; d. November 15, 1837, Todd County, KY.

36. v. Hannah Wooldridge, b. November 10, 1761; d. Aft. 1813, Woodford Co., Ky.

6. Mary² Wooldridge (John¹) was born 1715 in Henrico County, Virginia, and died 1789 in Chesterfield Co., Va.. She married Jacob Trabue Abt. 1732 in Virginia. He was born 1705 in France, and died October 1767 in Chesterfield Co., Va..

Notes for Mary Wooldridge:

Mary Wooldridge married Jacob Traube about 1732. To judge from the birth of their first child. Her father John's initial disapproval of the Frenchman andsubsequent reconcilliation have already been described. Jacob's 1767 will gives his smith's tools to his son Daniel, and his son Joshua "free liberty ofdiging Coles on the Land devised to son David during the term of ten yearsk" so jacob like his fther-in-law had some earlhy interest in or at least awareness of the Midlothian coal deposits. Mary's will was recorded in 1789 in Chesterfield.

Chesterfierld co., VA will book 4:444 Nov. 16, 1789

THE TRAUBE FAMILY IN AMERICA 1700-1983, by Julie Traube Yates (Baltimore, 1983, pp 20-21)

More About Mary Wooldridge:

Will: 1789, Chestervield Co., VA

Notes for Jacob Trabue:

Will dated Aug. 11, 1767, witnessed by Thomas Wooldridge

Chesterfield WB 2:208, pr. Oct. 1767, Chesterfield OB 4:128. Cited in Lillie DuPuy Van Culin Harper, COLONIAL MEN AND TIMES (philadelphia 1916) pp 211-212, 271-408 (for Traubes)

More About Jacob Trabue:

Will: August 11, 1867, Chestervield Co., VA

Children of Mary Wooldridge and Jacob Trabue are:

i. Joseph³ Traube, b. January 04, 1732/33.

ii. Jean Traube, b. August 28, 1735.

iii. David Trabue, b. October 10, 1737.

iv. William Trabue, b. March 23, 1738/39.

v. Elizabeth Trabue, b. March 24, 1741/42.

vi. Marie Trabue, b. October 29, 1744.

vii. Joshua Trabue, b. September 04, 1747.

viii. Thomas Trabue, b. May 10, 1752.

37. ix. Daniel "River Daniel" Trabue, b. August 14, 1753; d. February 02, 1819, Chestervield Co., VA.

7. Robert² Wooldridge (John¹) was born 1719 in Henrico County, Virginia, and died July 1794 in Chesterfield Co., Va.. He married Magdalene Salle Abt. 1738 in VA. She was born 1718 in VA, and died August 1794 in Chesterfield Co., Va..

Notes for Robert Wooldridge:

Robert Wooldridge's birthday is estimated from his appearance as godfather for his nephew William Trabue (son of Jacob and Mary Wooldridge Traube) in 1739. He married Magdalene Salle, daughter of Abraham Salle, Jr., before 1744 when Magdalene Wooldridge served as godmother to their niece Marie Trabue. At the time of their marriage one neighbor remembered that, "she (Magdalene) was called an old girl and said to be oler than her husband who was said to be 18 years old." But another person said he thought she was then under 21, "for she was younger than he was, and he was then a young man living with his father."

Perhaps the marriage occurred about 1738, as their first son Thomas was old enough to be bequeathed John Sr.'s "wearing clothes" in 1757. But apparently not yet tithable in 1756. (141) From the description of a bride of 20 as an "old girl" it is clear that marriage for girls of this time and class usually occurred before they were 21. On the other hand, the depositions also give the impression that Robert Wooldridge was unusually young, 17, 18 or 19 when he married.

Though Robert was a younger son, his descendants were among the most prominent of the family to remain in Virginia, so perhaps the connections with the Salles proved fortunate, socially or hereditarily or both.

He bought no land until he was 36; (142) perhaps until then, as the youngest son, he stayed on to manage his father's home place, which he inherited. His name appears in the Chesterfield records of the 1760's (143) and on a 1777 tithe list of Manchester parish with five slaves. He or perhaps his son furnished service or supplies in Chesterfield in the Revolution. (144)

As noted earlier, Robert Wooldridge produced coal commercially for saleon the James at Warwick. The body of one Jehu Compton was found at the pits in 1786; an inquisition concluded that he died of drunkenness.

Robert bequeathed "my coal pitts" in his will to his four sons, but "In case anyonedisagrees concerning the said pitts and premises the coal pits to be set up to the highest bidder allowing 12 months of credit" and the proceeds divided among the four. (145)

Long before Robert's death in 1794, his son Thomas had become a Justice of the Chesterfield County Court. (146) The second generation, though prospering, did not hold office but prepared theway for some of the third to achieve more prominenceat the county level.

*140. Brock, note 14, pp. 94, 101. Until 1987 evidence for the marriage was indirect: Abraham Salle named his eldest daughter Magdalene in his Feb. 1730/31 will. Henrico Deeds and Wills 1725-1737, 3:292. Robert's wife was Magdalene. Chesterfield DB 4, part 2:495. Salle papers descended in the Wooldridge family. "Abraham Salle to George I, "VMHB 334(1926):159. A grandson was Abraham Salle Wooldridge. In 1987, the suit of William Wooldridge vs Abraham Salle, Chesterfield OB 12:411 (1798) was noted. This led to the complaint, answer, and depositions in the suit, preserved in the Chesterfield County "dead papers" (March Court 1798, No.2, pt. 1, folder labeled Wooldridge v Salle) in the Virginia State Library; these suit papers establish the marriage. They give Magdalene's date of death as August 1794, three or four weeks after the death of her husband Robert Wooldridge. The deposition of Lewis Sublett, age 68, August 1797, has the "old girl" remark. The under 21 estimate is from the deposition of John Chastain in Bedford, Oxctoer 24, 1797. Elizabeth Lisuor deposed that Abraham Salle was 8 or 9 at the death of his father Abraham Salle (in Feb. 1730/1731). The deposition of Elizabeth Sublett refers to her father William Sally. The deposition of Maryan Clarke, Sept. 22, 1796, identifies her as a sister of Abraham Salle and refers to "our sister Magdalene Wooldridge"; and the deposition of John Godsey, age 71, 1797, says Robert Wooldridge was said to be 17 or 18 when he married Magdalene Salle, and Magdalene was thought to be older than Robert.

*141. 1756 Chesterfield County tithe list, VA State Library, noted by Mrs. Sarah Shipp Walker. Robert's only tithes were two slaves, Peter and Lucy.

*142. Chesterfield DB 2:234 (Nov. 2, 1754)

*143. Robert (W his mark) Wooldridge one of appraisers of estate of Andrew Ammonet Sr., Sept. 2, 1761, Chesterfield WB 1:327-31. Robert and Edward Wooldridge, George Sowell, Maurie Roberts to appraise estate of John Bransford, Dec. 1768, Chesterfield OB 4:248.

*144. Virginia State Library, tithe list and Supply Claim Index.

*145. C.L. Peck, FRANCIS MOODY (176901821) HIS ANCESTORS, DESCENDANTS AND RELATEDFAMILIES (Gateway 1984) p. 498, citing Chesterfield WB 4:67. Will Sept. 27, 1784, Chesterfield WB 4, part 2:412-16, probated Sept. 8, 1794, Chesterfield OB 10:490. HJouse where son William lives to him and rest of home place to him after wife's death. Wife Magdalene. Sons, Thomas, Elisha, Robert and William. Witnessed by Edward Mossley (Moseley), Edwd Wooldridge Jr.,, Josiah Wooldridge, William Wooldridge.

*146. Chesterfield OB 6:40 (june 1774)

Children of Robert Wooldridge and Magdalene Salle are:

i. Abraham³ Wooldridge, b. VA; d. Bef. 1784.

Notes for Abraham Wooldridge:

Appears on a tithe list but he is not mentioned in Robert's 1784 will.

He was a corporal in the Revolution.

*tithe list, Va. State Library. John H. Gwathmey, Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution (Richmond 1938) p. 846

38. ii. Thomas Wooldridge, b. 1740, VA; d. 1813, Powhatan, Va.

39. iii. Elisha Wooldridge, b. July 16, 1752, Virginia; d. February 12, 1813, Woodford Co., Ky.

iv. Robert Wooldridge, b. 1754, Chestervield Co., VA; d. 1805, Chestervield Co., VA.

Notes for Robert Wooldridge:

Robert served in his brother Thomas' company in the Reolution.

No children.

Military Svc. Chesterfield OB 6:259, 294 (July 1780)

Will: Chesterfield WB 6:252-53 (April 15, 1805

Inventory WB 6:280

40. v. William Wooldridge, b. 1756, Chesterfield Co., VA; d. February 1830, Chesterfield Co., VA.

 

8. Richard³ Wooldridge (John², John¹) was born 1731 in VA, and died 1782 in Campbel lCo., Va. He married Elizabeth Abt. 1760.

Children of Richard Wooldridge and Elizabeth are:

i. John⁴ Wooldridge.

ii. Elizabeth Wooldridge.

iii. Richard Wooldridge.

iv. Mary Wooldridge.

v. William Wooldridge.

vi. Sarah Wooldridge.

vii. Jenny Wooldridge.

viii. Phoebe Wooldridge.

9. John³ Wooldridge (John², John¹) was born 1733 in VA, and died 1782 in Bedford, Va. He married Mary.

Notes for John Wooldridge:

John Wooldridge ...wife #1, daughter of james Farley

Elizabeth Branch Wooldridge was probably daughter of Wife #1,as she was mentioned in her grandfather James Farleys will. (Chesterfierld WB 3:216)

There were probably two more daughters, possibly Sarah and ?.

Children of John Wooldridge and Mary are:

i. Elizabeth Branch⁴ Wooldridge, m. Moses Morris, 1782, Amelia, VA.

ii. James Wooldridge.

iii. John Wooldridge.

10. Mary³ Wooldridge (John², John¹) was born 1735 in VA, and died Aft. 1780 in VA. She married John Martin Abt. 1755. He was born in VA, and died Aft. 1780.

Child of Mary Wooldridge and John Martin is:

i. Elizabeth⁴ Wooldridge.

11. William³ Wooldridge (John², John¹) was born 1740 in VA, and died 1817 in Kentucky. He married Mary Harrison 1766.

Notes for William Wooldridge:

William is probably the William who furnished services or supplies in Powhatan in the Revolution.

Inventory of William Wooldridge, Bourbon Co., Ky., Feb. 18, 1817, Liber II, Book F:28.

See: Wm. Wooldridge mss 11/99 p 71

Sarah Harrison's 1781 will names William Wooldridge's sons.

Children of William Wooldridge and Mary Harrison are:

i. Fleming⁴ Wooldridge.

ii. Harrison Wooldridge.

41. iii. William Wooldridge, d. 1814.

iv. Mary Wooldridge, m. Mordecai Boulware, 1797.

v. Elizabeth Wooldridge.

42. vi. Edmond Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1780, VA; d. Aft. 1822.

12. Edmond³ Wooldridge (John², John¹) was born Abt. 1748 in VA, and died 1791 in Woodford Co., Ky. He married Elizabeth Watkins August 22, 1774 in Cumberland Co., Virginia. She was born 1755, and died Aft. 1820 in Woodford Co., Ky.

Notes for Edmond Wooldridge:

marriage bond Cumberland Co., Va.

Edmond was a minister.

He furnished services or supplies in the Revolution.

He was one of the first of the family to go to Kentucky, making a trip in 1776 and he succeeded on a large scale there.

Marriage Notes for Edmond Wooldridge and Elizabeth Watkins:

Marriage bond in Cumberland Co., Va.

Children of Edmond Wooldridge and Elizabeth Watkins are:

i. Edmund⁴ Wooldridge.

ii. Samuel C. Wooldridge.

iii. Phoebe Wooldridge.

iv. Nancy Wooldridge.

v. John Watkins Wooldridge.

vi. Powhatan Wooldridge.

13. Virlinche³ Wooldridge (John², John¹) was born 1750 in VA, and died 1834. She married Daniel Elam 1766. He died Abt. 1792 in VA.

Notes for Virlinche Wooldridge:

"Verlinche" is a uniquely Branch name, probably a Virginia variation of "Valentia" going back to the Valentia Sparke who married Lionel Branch in 1602.

Notes for Daniel Elam:

Will, Chesterfield WB 4:433, Dec. 9, 1792.

peggy, William and Virlinche are named in a suit to divide Daniel's estate 1835-36, Chesterfield OB 28:652.

Children of Virlinche Wooldridge and Daniel Elam are:

i. Daniel⁴ Elam.

ii. William Elam.

iii. Robert Elam.

iv. Thomas Elam.

v. Peggy Wooldridge Elam.

vi. Virlinche Saunders Elam.

14. Phebe³ Wooldridge (John², John¹) was born 1752 in VA, and died 1792 in Chesterfield Co., Va.. She married Richard Elam 1770.

Notes for Richard Elam:

Will, July 9, 1791, probate Jan. 1792.

Chesterfield OB 9:263;

WB4:425-28

Children of Phebe Wooldridge and Richard Elam are:

i. Polly⁴ Elam.

ii. Betsy Elam.

iii. Edward Wooldridge Elam.

iv. William Green Wooldridge.

v. Nancy Elam.

vi. Patsy Elam.

vii. Richard Elam.

viii. John Elam.

ix. Joseph Elam.

15. Robert³ Wooldridge (John², John¹) was born 1754 in VA, and died 1801 in Kentucky. He married Susanna Major.

Notes for Robert Wooldridge:

Ky. Court and other Records (Lexington 1932) 2:42, Inventory of Robert Wooldridge, June 18,1801

Children of Robert Wooldridge and Susanna Major are:

i. Thomas Major⁴ Wooldridge.

ii. Merritt Wooldridge.

iii. John Wooldridge.

iv. Elizabeth Redd Wooldridge.

16. Thomas³ Wooldridge (John², John¹) was born 1756 in Chesterfield Co., Va., and died 1840 in Kentucky. He married (1) Agnes Kelly. He married (2) Sarah Ann Barnes Abt. 1780.

Notes for Thomas Wooldridge:

Revolutionarhy War Pension S31494, Natl. Archives, Washington. National Soc. DAR, DAR Patriot Index (Washington 1966), p. 762.

Will, Henry County, KY WB 7:284.

Children of Thomas Wooldridge and Sarah Barnes are:

i. John Barnes⁴ Wooldridge.

ii. Mary P. Wooldridge.

iii. Elizabeth Wooldridge.

iv. Edmond Porter Wooldridge.

v. George Wooldridge.

17. Martha³ Wooldridge (John², John¹) was born 1762 in VA, and died 1786 in VA. She married William Walthall October 29, 1782 in Chesterfield Co., Va.. He died in VA.

Children of Martha Wooldridge and William Walthall are:

i. William⁴ Walthall.

ii. Martha Walthall.

18. John³ Wooldridge (Thomas², John¹) was born 1735 in VA, and died Aft. 1780 in VA. He married (1) Frances. She was born Abt. 1745, and died in VA. He married (2) Elizabeth. She was born Abt. 1750.

Children of John Wooldridge and Frances are:

i. Thomas⁴ Wooldridge.

ii. Phoebe Wooldridge.

iii. John Wooldridge.

Notes for John Wooldridge:

John Wooldridge was a noted Baptist minister in Powhatan

iv. Frances Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1740.

43. v. Seth Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1768, Powhatan Co., VA.

Child of John Wooldridge and Elizabeth is:

19. Mary³ Wooldridge (Thomas², John¹) was born 1743 in VA, and died Abt. 1809 in New Store, Buckingham, Va. She married Nicholas Robertson. He was born in New Store, Buckingham, VA, and died Abt. 1808 in New Store, Buckingham, Va.

Children of Mary Wooldridge and Nicholas Robertson are:

i. jeffrey⁴ Robertson.

ii. John Robertson.

iii. Frances "Fanny" Robertson.

iv. Nicholas Robertson III.

v. Mary Robertson.

20. Elizabeth³ Wooldridge (Thomas², John¹) was born June 11, 1744, and died November 07, 1818 in Bedford Co., Va. She married Joseph Dickerson March 06, 1769 in Bedford, Va. He was born April 11, 1744, and died September 16, 1818 in Bedford Co., Va.

Children of Elizabeth Wooldridge and Joseph Dickerson are:

i. Edna⁴ Dickerson.

ii. William Dickerson.

iii. Sally Dickerson.

iv. Pleasant Dickerson.

21. Thomas³ Wooldridge (Thomas², John¹) was born 1748 in VA, and died 1830 in Buckingham Co., Va. He married Ann Povall April 25, 1774.

Notes for Thomas Wooldridge:

Possible children also: Thomas P. Wooldridge & others

Marriage Notes for Thomas Wooldridge and Ann Povall:

Marriage Bond, Cumberland, April 25, 1774

Children of Thomas Wooldridge and Ann Povall are:

i. George⁴ Wooldridge.

ii. Charles Wooldridge.

iii. Polly Wooldridge.

iv. Betsy Wooldridge.

22. Martha³ Wooldridge (Thomas², John¹) was born Abt. 1756. She married Thomas Cheatham.

Children of Martha Wooldridge and Thomas Cheatham are:

i. Sally⁴ Cheatham.

ii. Elizabeth Cheatham.

iii. Martha Cheatham.

iv. Ann Cheatham.

v. Matthew Cheatham.

vi. Thomas Cheatham.

23. Daniel³ Wooldridge (Thomas², John¹) was born 1758 in VA, and died 1821 in Chesterfield Co., Va.. He married (1) Ann Grant Spencer November 15, 1782 in Chesterfield Co., VA. He married (2) Amelia July 25, 1791. He married (3) Agnes Osborne July 25, 1791 in Amelia Co., VA. He married (4) Sarah Hill May 09, 1814 in Chesterfield Co., Va..

Notes for Daniel Wooldridge:

Daniel saw service in the Revolutionary Wary.Daniel saw active service in the Revolution.

Children of Daniel Wooldridge and Sarah Hill are:

i. Elizabeth "Betsy"⁴ Wooldridge.

ii. Spencer Wooldridge.

iii. Sarah "Sally" Wooldridge.

iv. Frances Wooldridge.

v. Nancy Wooldridge.

vi. Caroline Wooldridge.

24. Joseph³ Wooldridge (Thomas², John¹) was born 1761 in VA, and died 1835 in Buckingham Co., Va. He married Sarah.

Notes for Joseph Wooldridge:

Joseph Wooldridge was a Revolutionary war pensioner.

Pension S7965, indicating birth in 1762, and Sept. 18, 1835, Final payment Voucher, indicating death that year, both in National Archives, Washington. Bounty Land Warrant, Virginia State Library, containing his original discharge. Title "Captain" from Buckingham County Surveyor's Plat Book, adjoiner in survey of July 31, 1818.

Children of Joseph Wooldridge and Sarah are:

i. Francis⁴ Wooldridge.

ii. Marion Wooldridge.

iii. Powhatan Wooldridge.

iv. John Henry Wooldridge.

v. Joe Wooldridge.

vi. Celia Wooldridge.

vii. Edmund Wooldridge.

25. Richard³ Wooldridge (William², John¹) was born 1738 in Chesterfield Co., Va., and died March 1828 in Russell Co., Kentucky. He married Jane Roberts 1764 in VA. She was born 1742 in VA, and died Bet. 1810 - 1820 in Green Co., Kentucky.

Notes for Richard Wooldridge:

The following has been copied from draft of manuscript of WILLIAM WOOLDRIDGE, of Suffolk, VA. This draft is a continuation of his book (w. Mr. Gardiner) of JOHN WOOLDRIDGE, BLACKSMITH.

RICHARD WOOLDRIDGE (John{1} William{2} b. probably in Chesterfield Co. VA ca. 1738, d Russell Co. KY March 1828, md. ca. 1764 Jane Roberts (d Adair? Co. KY 1810-20) daughter of John and Jane (Fourqurean) Roberts. He appears on a tithe list in Chesterfield County with his grandfather John Wooldridge in 1756, and his brother William was also tithable, so Richard was probably 18 by then. He witnessed Thomas Godsey's deed to William Smith in Chesterfield in 1761 (Benhamin B. Weisiger, Chesterfield Co. VA Deed Book #5 1764-68 (Rocky Ridge Press, 1990) p. 1.

As early as 1736, Richard's father, William Wooldridge, may have rented land from John Roberts in the part of Henrico which became Chesterfield. The families lived in the same vicinity. The Halifax Co. VA wills of both John Roberts (1774) and his wife Jane Roberts (1795) name their daughter Jane Wooldridge. Migrations left family members out of touch: Jane Roberts' will poignantly gives her daughter Jane Wooldridge 40 pounds specie and in case she is dead to be equally divided among her children. Jane C. Debenport, "John Roberts 1707-1776 of Henrico and Halifax Cos. VA His Life and Some of His Descendants" Temple TX, 1997 p. 35.

Richard Wooldridge sold, for 127 pounds 10 shillings, 250 acres in Chesterfield on February 28, 1764, to his [uncle] Edward Wooldridge, part of a tract formerly the property of Henry Cary, Gent., deceased, bounded by Andrew Simpson, Francis Moseley, and the said Richard and Edward Wooldridge (Chesterfield DB 5:279-80, also in Benjamin B. Weisiger, Chesterfield Co. VA Deed Book #5 1764-68 (Rocky Ridge Press, 1990 p. 22). This would be the 250- acre bequest Richard had received from his grandfather John). His wife, not named, released her dower interest, showing that they were already married in early 1764.

Richard may have led his father's family's emigration from Chesterfield to Surry Co. NC. Richard is the first to appear there, on a tithe list in 1771 (North Carolkina Taxpayers 1701-1786; 3 North Carolina Journal of Genealogy, p. 344. While William and his younger children eventually (early 1780's) moved on to Georgia and South Carolina, Richard headed west. He is on a 1777-78 tax list for Washington Co., the area of western North Carolina once known as Franklin which became eastern Tennessee. He paid taxes of 8 pounds 12 shillings and 42 pence on property worth 841 pounds, 11 shillings. Early East TN Taxpayers, p. 190. According to Claire Utt, he was a member of the first county court there, February 23, 1778. Apparently he continued to own land on Laurel Fork there even after moving on to Kentucky. Carter Co. TN was cut from Washington Co.. Later Carter Co. deeds refer to Richard Wooldridge adjacent to William Wilson (1796), and Benjamin Cuthbert Sr. and John McElyea (1800). {Mary McIver, Abstracts of the Deeds of Carter Co. TN 1796-1825 (1925), pp 5, 18.} Some of his children were born in North Carolina (i.e. western North Carolina or eastern Tennessee) 1777-81.

Richard Wooldridge's name is on a 1782 Lincoln Co. KY militia payroll in Captain John Snoddy's company for an expedition agains the Shannese (Shawnee) Indians under George Rogers Clark. (Illinois Department Papers, Virginia State Library.) Lincoln Co. then included much of southern Kentucky, specifically , the territory from which Green, Adair, and Russell counties were formed. That is where Richard spent the latter part of his long life. he could have been in the same place as successive subdivisions put him in Green, Adair and Russell.

Susan A. Henderson of Winnetka IL in 1999 compiled a great deal of information of Richard Wooldridge and his descendants. She cites Collins, "History of Kentucky, vol. 1, p. 21, for the following synopsis of the expedition against the Shawnees:

Nov. 1782 -- Gen. George Rogers Clark with 1050 men -- one

divisionn under Col. John Floyd which rendezvoused at the

Falls (near Louisville), and another under Col. Benjamin Logan

at Bryan's Station uniting at the mouth of Licking -- marched

rapidly up ther Miami River, 130 miles, destroyed, Nov. 10th

the principal Shawnee town, Laramie's store, and other towns.

Henderson continues, "In a deposition given by Richard Wooldridge on May 23, 1822, in connection with John Abney's suit to evict Andrew Barnett from land on Pitman Creek near Summersville (Abney v. Barnett, GC CC #5257), Tichard affirmed that he had moved to Pitman's Station in 1784:

Q. When did you the deponent become first acquainted with

Pitman's Station and Sinking Creek?

A. I think as well as I can recollect that we came down in the

year 1784 & William Vance told us that it had been

called Crooked Creek but it was then called Pitman's

Creek.

Q. Did you the Deponent ever hear the name of said creek

before you came to it in 1784?

A. I do not recollect to have heard anything of it before the

time we were about to move down & then after

we came down William Vance said it had been

called by the names of Crooked Creek, Sinking

Creek & then Pitman's Creek".

(See also C.P. Cawthorn and N.L. Warnell, "History of Pitman's Creek Church" in "Pioneer Baptist Church Records of South Central Kentucky and the Upper Cumberland of Tennessee 1799-1899 [1985] p. 205.

If he recalled the date correctly, this leaves it unclear where he was living from 1782-84. Moving "down" could mean down from central Kentucky, which is consistent with a source that says he was in Bardstown (Nelson County) prior to coming to [what became] Russell County (Russell Co. KY History and Families, Turner Publishing Co., Paducah, 1966, p. 345). He is on a July 2, 1787 tax list for Nelson Co. KY. He is on a list of Nelson Co. tithables taken by Robert Hodgen August 6, 1788 "within the bounds of Captain William Barnet's Company, Green River on Pitman and Brush Creek." His daughter, Elizabeth, married there in 1790.

Susanm Henderson's account proceeds, "Richard Wooldridge appears on the tax list of Nelson Co. in 1789, prior to the formation of Green Co. in 1793 from Nelson and Lincoln Cos., and on the first tax list for Green Co. in 1795. A jury...awarded a judgment against Richard and in favor of Atkison Hill on May 14, 1794. However on the same day, a different jury awarded judgment in favor of his son, James Wooldridge and against William Skaggs. The subject matters of the two suits are not recorded, but odds are that they related to title to land (Green Co. Court of Quarter Sessions, p. 20).

Richard Wooldridge sought leave to build a water grist mill on Greasy Creek in April 1799. [Green County, KY Minute Book 1792-1800, p. 117]

"Richard is listed on the tax rolls of Green Co. in 1800 and on the 1810 Green Co. census. His sons, Richard, James and William Wooldridge [and John Wooldridge], are each recorded as patenting 200 ["second-rate"] acres in Green Co. in 1799. Richard's patent (#1017) was for 'second-rate' land on the east side of Greasy Creek, next to Calverts. Jame's land (#1041) was on the 'Draft of Roaring Lilly,' a branch of Cumberland River. QWilliam's land (#818) was also on Greasy Creek, by Stapps. John's land (#901) was on Greasy Creek and adjoined James' land. (Randolph M. Smith, comp., "Green Co. KY Land Entries 17965-1834 [1975], pp 79,96. Each of the plots was in a part of then-Green Co. which is now in Russell Co. KY.

"On January 20, 1802, Richard Wooldridge was given permission to erect a mill on his land (below Greasy Creek Bridge, per the Russell Co. book, p. 345). The jury that awarded damages of $9 in connection with the pond that would result, included William Wooldridge..., William Abbott (guardian of Gholson Wilson who married Richard's daughter Jenny later that year) (and others including James Stapp and Benjamin Stapp). Per Adair Co. Deed Book A, p. 398, on March 2, 1806, Richard Wooldridge 'of Adair Co.' promised to pay 400 pounds to sons James and John Wooldridge, pledging as security on the loan '200 acres on Gresy Creek and a grist mill on it, the place I now live on as taken up as headright land and 200 acres on Roaring Lilly as taken up as headright land,' "one negro woman Hagor 60 and one negro man name Dave 25," and two mares, an 85 gallon still and miscellaneous personal property, signing with an X."

In 1797, his father, William, far off in Georgia, left Richard Wooldridge slaves Kate, Caesar and Phebe "now in his possession." Like his fatherf, Richard lived to a tremendous age of the times, at least 90. Richard made his will in Russell Co. KY on March 4, 1828, and died in the next few days, as the will was probated March 17. It names all of his children in apparent order, giving the daughters' married names, and appoints son-in-law William Vance and son James Wooldridge as exercutors. According to Susan Henderson, his primary property was 200 acrs of land "which included 3 or 4 good Mill Seats," valued at $400.50. His personl property (household goods and livestock) was sold at auction on June 16, 1828, for only $56.29 1/2. Russell Co. WB A:28.

The present account, undoubtedly incomplete, names 71 grandchildren of Richard Wooldridge of Kentucky. Prolific families like his explain the population explosion which filled the trans-Allegheny west in the two generations after the Revolution.

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Richard served in Rev. War. Moved from Chesterfield Co., VA to Surry Co. N.C. ca 1771; to Washington Co., TN by 1777...was an officer of the First County Court there February. 23, 1778. He was in Nelson Co., KY by 1784. (this data from Ms. Clare Utt, Kansas)

Richard Wooldridge Sr. Will:

In the name of God Amen, I Richard Wooldridge Sr. of Russell Co., KY. being sick and weak in body but sound of mind and disposing memory )for which I thank God) & calling to mind the uncertainty of human life and being desirous to dispose of all such worldly estate as it has pleased God to bless me with, I give and bequeath the same in manner following, that is to say I give and first desire that all the perishable part of my estate be immediately sold after my demise and out of the monies arising therefrom, all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid.

Should the perishable part of my estate prove insufficient for the above purpose then I desire that my executors, hereinafter named may sell a part of my real-estate to pay and satisfy such debts remaining.

Secondly, I desire to have my estate, both real and personal to be divided equally between my several sons and daughters and to be enjoyed by them forever; James Wooldridge, Fanny Vance, John Wooldridge, Richard Wooldridge, Elizabeth Smith, William Wooldridge, Polly Miller, Sally Long, Patsey Perkins and Jesse Wooldridge.

Thirdly I give to my daughter Jane Wilson, her executors and administrators, five dollars.

Fourth, All the rest of my estate both real and peronal of whatever nature or kind so-ever it may be not herein before particularly disposed of I desire may be equally divided among myseveral children hereinbefore named which I give to them their heirs, executors, administrators and assign forever.

Lastly, I hereby appoint my son-in-law William Vance and my son James Wooldridge executors of this my last will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills or testaments by me heretofore made. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4 March 1828, in the presence of:

John Ballenger, William M. Pierce, John Hartley

his

Richard X Wooldridge

mark

At a County Court held at Jamestown, Russell Co., KY on 17 March 1828 this last will and testament of Richard Wooldridge, Decd. was produced in Court and proven by the oaths of John Ballenger, William M. Pierce and John Hartley, subscribing witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded. It is ordered that leave be given the named executors, to qualify at the next term of Court on their executing and acknowledging bond as required by law, and afterwards (To Wit) at a County Court held at Jamestown, Russell Co., on Monday, April 21, 1828, James Wooldridge, one of the executors named in the will came into Court and took the several oaths as required by law and executed Bond in the penal sum of $1,000 as the law directs, therefore the execution of said will is Granted him with John Lane his security.

Test; Will S. Patterson, C.R.C.C.

Footnote 32 (John Wooldridge Blacksmith):p13

Richard Wooldridge appeared with the old man (John Wooldridge) on a 1756 Chesterfield tithe list, Virginia State Library, and is, remembered in his will.

As a militiaman in Lincoln County, Kentucky, he is on a 1782 payroll for an expedition against the Shannese Indians under George Rogers Clark. (Illinois Department Papers, Virginia State Library).

Footnote 105 (John Wooldridge Blacksmith p 13

Will of Richard Wooldridge, March 4, 1828, probated march 17, 1828, in Chester E. Garrett, SOME PUCKETTS AND THEIR KIN (Lansing 1960) pp 151-52.

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Served in the Revolution in the Northwest (Kentucky Militiaman).

from: Russell Co., KY, History & Families, p. 10

"From the records examined, it seems that the Wooldridge family was the first to live on Greasy Creek though of course that point will always be open to debate. These Wooldridges had come to the Skaggs settlement very early, being connected by marriage to them and to the Vance family.......

Virginia turned the remainder of the military land over to the new state of Kentucky to sell at low prices to actual settlers. In 1796 Green County had a commission granting land to settlers. From the surveys resulting we see that RICHARD WOOLDRIDGE and his son WILLIAM had received 200 acres each on Greasy Creek, while James Wooldridge got his on land on Lily Creek.

The first County Court Order Book has been lost, but the second one shows "April 14, 1799 Richard Wooldridge is allowed to build a grist mill on Greasy Creek." These Wooldridge men are the only ones known to be Russell County settlers who were on the first tax lists of Green County for the years 1795-96....."

Will: signed March 4, 1828, probated April 21, 1828, Jamestown, Ky.

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KY LAND GRANTS:

Green Co. Book 7, 7/15/1799 200 acres Greasy Creek

Green Co. Book 27 8/12/1800 20 acres Roaring Lilly Creek

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from History of Pitman's Creek Church 1796-1834 (author unknown)

Richard Wooldridge Sr. is quoted assaying his family arrived in the area in 1784. This church was in Taylor County, KY.

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Richard Wooldridge appears on the Tax list of Nelson County prior to the formation of Green County in 1793. Green County was formed by land taken from Nelson and Lincoln County.

He is listed on tax rolls of Green County in 1800 and in 1810.

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Richard, James and William Wooldridge are shown patenting 200 acres of land each in Green County in 1799, Richard on the east side of Greasy Creek, William also on Greasy Creek, and James on the Draft of Roaring Lilly, a branchy of the Cumberland river. Richard Wooldridge deeded 200 acres on Greasy Creek to his son, Jesse Wooldridge. he also owned a grist mill on Lilly Creek. Greasy and Lilly Creeks are now located in Russell County. Russell County was formed from Adair, Cumberland and Wayne counties in 1826, and Adair had been formed from Green in 1802. so it seems that the Wooldridges stayed on Greasy Creek without moving from 1799 to Richard's death in 1828, when his will was probated in Russell County. James Wooldridge was administrator.

From Adair County Deeds, 2 March 1806 - Richard Wooldridge of Adair County promises to pay L400 to James Wooldridge and John Wooldridge on or before ____ or I will forfeit: 200 acres on Greasy Creek and a grist mill on it "the place that I now live" as taken up as head right land and 200 acres on Roaring Lilly creek as taken up as head right land known by the place where Monday had a small mill," one big wheel and one little wheel, one Negro man named Dave, aged 25, one Negro woman named Hagor, about 60, two mares, etc---an 85 gallon still, etc.... Signed with a "X" Witnesses: William Pope and William Millar.

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Personal communication from Claire Utt:

Richards father, William, was married once before Sarah Flournoy. Richard Sr. was son of this first marriage. name of his mother is unknown.

More About Richard Wooldridge:

Burial: Russell Co., , Kentucky

Military service: Revolutionryr War in Northwest

Will: March 04, 1828, probated March 17, 1828 Russell Co., KY

Notes for Jane Roberts:

footnote 104 (John Wooldridge, Blacksmith) p. 39:

Wirt, J. Carrington, A HISTORY OF HALIFAX COUNTY (Richmond 1924), ;p. 331.

The wills of John and Jane Roberts, 1774 and 1795, (Halifax County, VA) name their daughter Jane Wooldridge. Chesterfield DB 5:279-80 shows she was married by February 28, 1764.

Jane Roberts will gives her "daughter Jane Wooldridge 40 pounds specie and in case she is dead to be equally divided among her children". (John Roberts (1707-1776 of Henrico and Halifax Cos. VA His Life and Some of His Descendants (Temple TX, 1997). p. 35.

.

Children of Richard Wooldridge and Jane Roberts are:

44. i. James⁴ Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1765, VA; d. 1845, Russell Co., Ky.

45. ii. Frances "Fanny" Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1767, VA; d. Aft. March 1831, KY.

46. iii. John Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1769, Chesterfield Co., VA; d. 1835, Russell Co., Kentucky.

47. iv. Elizabeth "Betty" Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1771, VA or NC; d. Aft. 1829.

48. v. William Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1773, VA; d. 1847, Grayson Co., Kentucky.

49. vi. Richard Wooldridge, Jr., b. Abt. 1775, VA or NC; d. Bef. 1839, Green Co., Kentucky.

vii. Mary "Polly" Wooldridge, b. 1772, Washington Co. Tennessee; m. William Miller, December 08, 1800, Green Co., KY; d. Abt. 1846.

Notes for Mary "Polly" Wooldridge:

married a Miller (John Wooldridge, Blacksmith, p. 39)

p 47 Wm. Wooldridge mss 11/99

Marriage Notes for Mary Wooldridge and William Miller:

date of marriage could be Oct. 19, 1800 in Green Co., KY

50. viii. Sarah "Sally" Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1777, TN; d. Bef. 1832, Green Co., Kentucky.

51. ix. Jesse Wooldridge, b. September 1781, Washington Co., TN; d. Bef. February 03, 1863, Russell Co., Kentucky.

x. "Patsy" Martha Wooldridge, b. 1784, KY; d. May 08, 1853, Russell Co., Kentucky; m. Simon Perkins, March 15, 1810, Green Co., Ky.

Notes for "Patsy" Martha Wooldridge:

married a Perkins (John Wooldridge, Blacksmith p. 39)

Patsy is named in her fathers will.

Notes for Simon Perkins:

Simon Perkins along with James Wooldridge (his brother-in-law) donated land to Jamestown, KY for the Russell Co. Courthouse.

xi. Jane "Jenny" Wooldridge, b. 1786, KY; m. Ghoulson Wilson, June 24, 1802, Adair or Green Co., Ky.

Notes for Jane "Jenny" Wooldridge:

Jane "jenny" Wooldridge, b around 1782, md. in Adair Co. KY June 25, 1802, Gholson Wilson, with consent of his guardian William Abbott: John Wooldridge and Randal Wilson witnesses.

Gholson Wilson is in the 1820 census of Wayne Co. KY but isgone by 1830. Gholson Wilson was witness to the marriage of Allen Locker, son of John Locker, to Betsy Wooldridge on May 5, 1816 in Wayne Co. KY; and he was surety on the bond for the marriage of Elisha Wilson and Lucy Wilson in 1823, also in Wayne Co., KY.

Notes for Ghoulson Wilson:

 

 

 

1820 Census shows Gholson Wilson in Wayne Co., KY

wm. Woold. mss p. 70 11/99

26. William Henry³ Wooldridge (William², John¹) was born Bet. 1740 - 1753 in Chesterfield Co., Va., and died 1816 in Wilson County, Tennessee. He married Martha Hudspeth 1770. She died 1830 in Wilson County, Tennessee.

Notes for William Henry Wooldridge:

Footnote 106 from: John Wooldridge, Blacksmith, p. 39

106. Marriages of Martha and Lucy Hudspeth, wills of Ralph and John Hudspeth, Surry County, North Carolina, WB 1:84a, 142a respectively June 11, 1776, and June 2, 1780.

Inventory of estate of William Wooldridge, Martha Wooldridge admx., November term 1818, Wilson Countty Tennessee probate Records, p. 398. The children, unproven, appear in Wilson County, the girls in marriage bonds and Thomas, setting up a life estate for William and Martha in DB F:379 (Dec. 5, 1816). Also, Thomas has a power of attorney to sell land for William in Surry County, North Carolina, DB K:73(March 11, 1801). In Wilson County in 1816 William Wooldridge has deeds of gift to daughters Polly Edwards (Jan. 29, 1816) and Sally Coe (Dec. 6, 1816). Wilson County Tennessee Miscellaneous Records.

Children of William Wooldridge and Martha Hudspeth are:

i. Samuel⁴ Wooldridge.

ii. Mary Wooldridge.

iii. Thomas Wooldridge.

iv. Sarah Wooldridge.

v. Martha Wooldridge.

vi. Fanny Wooldridge.

vii. Phoebe Wooldridge.

27. Gibson³ Wooldridge (William², John¹) was born Bet. 1750 - 1755 in Chesterfield Co., Va., and died October 1816 in Abbeyville, South Carolina. He married (1) Lucy Elizabeth Hudspeth Abt. 1775. He married (2) Leah Pool 1812.

Notes for Gibson Wooldridge:

served in the Revolution, Major Gibson Wooldridge

deligate to Ga State constitutional convention in 1798

footnote #107 (John Wooldridge, Blacksmith) p. 40

Will of Gibson Wooldridge, October 24, 1816, recorded November 2, 1816, (in Willie P. Young, ed., ABSTRACTS OF OLD NINETY-SIX AND ABBEVILLE DISTRICT WILLS AND BONDS (Abbeville 1950, p. 348).

The second marriage and the names of most of the children appear in depositions filed by son Thomas Wooldridge in litigation over Gibson's will, Abbeville District Court Records. The depositiosn refer to eight grown and married children; William is not named but seems to be the eighth.

Notes for Lucy Elizabeth Hudspeth:

Lucy Hudspeth, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Patriot Index (Washington 1966). p. 762. Delegates to Georgia Constitutional convention, HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE JOSEPH HALBERSHAM CHAPTER DAR (n.p. 1902),1:302.

Children of Gibson Wooldridge and Lucy Hudspeth are:

i. John⁴ Wooldridge.

ii. Thomas Wooldridge.

iii. Robert Wooldridge.

iv. William Wooldridge.

v. Mary Ann Wooldridge.

vi. Lucy Wooldridge.

vii. Sarah Flournoy Wooldridge.

viii. Elizabeth Wooldridge.

28. Thomas³ Wooldridge (William², John¹) was born 1752 in VA, and died Bef. 1830 in Alabama. He married (1) Cheriah Davis Abt. 1782. He married (2) Martha Easter Aycock 1807.

Notes for Cheriah Davis:

Cheriah Davis Wooldridge listed in 1830 census of Pickens Co., Alabama along with some of her children. (after Thomas Wooldridge death)

Children of Thomas Wooldridge and Cheriah Davis are:

i. Absolum Davis⁴ Wooldridge.

ii. William Wooldridge.

iii. Sarah Wooldridge.

iv. Penina Wooldridge.

v. Cinthy Wooldridge.

vi. Pamelia Wooldridge.

vii. Thomas D. Wooldridge.

Children of Thomas Wooldridge and Martha Aycock are:

29. Edward³ Wooldridge (William², John¹) was born 1760, and died 1828 in Trigg County, KY. He married Sarah Vining 1790.

Notes for Edward Wooldridge:

Served in the Revolution

North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, THE NORTH CAROLINIAN 8(1961):860

Listed (alone) in 1790 North Carolina Census

Sarah and Edward signed a deed in Elbert County, Georgia, DB G:97.

Will dated July 22, 1828,

Probated Oct. 20, 1828, Trigg Co., KY>

More About Edward Wooldridge:

Will: October 20, 1828, Trigg Co., KY, WB A:172-73

Children of Edward Wooldridge and Sarah Vining are:

i. Edward⁴ Wooldridge.

ii. Anna Wooldridge.

iii. Mildred Wooldridge.

iv. Martha Wooldridge.

v. John Wooldridge.

30. Sarah "Sally" Flournoy³ Wooldridge (William², John¹) was born 1765, and died 1849 in Bayou Bonnet, St. Landry parish, Louisana. She married David Hudspeth Abt. 1785. He was born February 07, 1762 in Granville Co., North Carolina, and died 1849 in Bayou Bonnet, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

Notes for Sarah "Sally" Flournoy Wooldridge:

Sarah's death is rcounted in an ms. autobiography of Absolum Davis Wooldridge (1810-1865) in the University of Texas Library, Austin.

Referred to in Ruth Ann Overbrook, ALEXANDER PENN WOOLDRIDGE (Austin 1963).

Children of Sarah Wooldridge and David Hudspeth are:

i. George Washington⁴ Hudspeth.

ii. James Green Hudspeth.

iii. John Hudspeth.

iv. Daniel hudspeth.

v. Sarah Hudspeth.

vi. Martha Hudspeth.

vii. Emma Hudspeth.

31. Martha "Patty"³ Wooldridge (William², John¹) was born 1770, and died Bef. 1804 in Georgia. She married Joseph T. Davis 1789 in Elbert County, Georgia. He died Aft. 1804 in Elbert County, Georgia.

Notes for Martha "Patty" Wooldridge:

Martha is "Patty Davis" in her father's will, and in her mother's will.

wills name Joseph T. Davis and the children.

Children of Martha Wooldridge and Joseph Davis are:

i. William⁴ Davis.

ii. Thomas W. Davis.

iii. Abolom Davis.

iv. Sarah F. Davis.

32. Female³ Wooldridge (Edward Mologe², John¹) was born 1743, and died Bef. 1778. She married William Hancock. He died 1826 in Woodford County, KY.

Notes for Female Wooldridge:

First name of this daughter is unknown. She probably died before 1778; Her father, Edward Wooldridge, deeded land to grandson, Obed hancock in 1778, it seems a daughter had died by then.

Children of Female Wooldridge and William Hancock are:

i. Obediah⁴ Hancock.

ii. Hannah Hancock.

Notes for Hannah Hancock:

Surname of husband: Mosby

iii. Edna/Ellen Hancock.

Notes for Edna/Ellen Hancock:

Surname of Husband:

Dehaney

iv. Teney Hancock.

v. William Hancock.

33. Edward³ Wooldridge (Edward Mologe², John¹) was born 1745 in VA, and died 1807 in Chesterfield Co., Va.. He married Mary Simpson November 01, 1777 in Chesterfield Co., Va.. She died September 1810 in Chesterfield Co., Va..

Notes for Edward Wooldridge:

Edward, or his father, provided services or supplies in Chesterfield for the Revolution; in addition as a "Field Officer of Powhatan" he signed a receipt for horses in 1781.

Marriage Notes for Edward Wooldridge and Mary Simpson:

Marriage Bond, Chesterfield Co., VA. nov. 1, 1777

Children of Edward Wooldridge and Mary Simpson are:

i. Sally⁴ Wooldridge.

Notes for Sally Wooldridge:

surname of husband:

#1:STANFORD

#2:HUDSON

ii. Edward Wooldridge.

iii. Chesley Wooldridge.

iv. Green Wooldridge.

v. Martin Wooldridge.

vi. Althea Wooldridge.

vii. David Wooldridge.

viii. Mary "Polly" Wooldridge.

ix. Thomas J. Wooldridge.

x. Merit Wooldridge.

xi. Caroline lavinia Wooldridge.

Notes for Caroline lavinia Wooldridge:

surname of husband:

SPEARS

52. xii. Simon Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1747; d. January 29, 1830, Prince Edward, VA.

34. William³ Wooldridge (Edward Mologe², John¹) was born 1750 in VA, and died 1825 in Hardin Co., Ky. He married (1) Frances Clay 1777. She was born 1750 in Chesterfield Co., VA, and died Bef. 1801 in Chesterfield Co., VA. He married (2) Mary Trent September 16, 1801 in Chesterfield Co., Va.. She died in Hardin Co., Ky.

Notes for William Wooldridge:

in 1790 KY census

Served as Teamster with the Chesterfield County militia in the Revolution

Footnote #132, John Wooldridge, Balcksmith:

"Will of Jeremiah Bass, 1780, Chesterfield WB 3:291-92, Deed of October 12, 1803, Chesterfield DB 16:425. Deed to children of my now wife Mary Wooldridge, Hardin County, Kentucky DB H:225. Suit, Jesse Wooldridge v Richard Slack et al., heirs ofWilliam Wooldridge, Hardin County Kentucky OB K:403, 459, 480. For William Wooldridge's Revolutionary service as a teamster, see:

Daniel Traube (C.R. Young, Ed.), WESTWARD INTO KENTUCKY (Lexington 1981), pp 97-98.

Children of William Wooldridge and Frances Clay are:

i. Jeremiah⁴ Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1778.

ii. William Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1779; d. KY.

iii. Mary "Polly" Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1781.

iv. Josiah Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1783.

v. Frances Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1785; m. John Berry.

53. vi. John Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1787.

vii. Nancy Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1789.

viii. Rhoda Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1792.

Children of William Wooldridge and Mary Trent are:

35. Josiah³ Wooldridge (Edward Mologe², John¹) was born November 05, 1755 in Chesterfield Co., Va., and died November 15, 1837 in Todd County, KY. He married Martha "Patsey" Traube February 24, 1785 in Chesterfield Co., Va.. She was born May 05, 1764 in Chesterfield Co., Va., and died December 29, 1843 in Montgomery Co., Ill..

Notes for Josiah Wooldridge:

Served in the Revolution and also furnished service or supplies in Chesterfield.

Supply Claim Index, virginia State Library. The children are named in his widow's pension file, W22686, National Archives, Washington, which also gives her dates and includes a bible record.

Josiah Wooldridge was a grandson of John and Martha Wooldridge and son of Edward and Mary Flournohy Wooldridge. Ih his father, Edwards' will dated July 20, 1805, Josiah Wooldridge was left 500 acres of land in Kentucky.

He served in the Revolutionary War, and his pension records indicate that he enlisted as a private in 1780, participated in many skirmishes, and was present at the siege of yorktown. He is listed in the DAR Patriot Index as Private, Virginia. From another source, Josiah Wooldridge was commissioned as an ensign on Oct. 21, 1788 in Fayette Co., KY, and as a lieutenant on June 6, 1790.

About 1787 they emigrated from Chesterfield Co., VA to Woodford Co., KY (then Fayette Co) and in 1800 were living on Grier's Creek. In 1810 Josiah Wooldridge is listed in the Woodford Co., KY census with 10 in the family and 12 aslaves. They moved to Todd Co., KY in 1814 where they remained until his death.

Martha Trabue Wooldridge was allowed pension on an application which was executed in Montgomery Co., Ill where she was a resident. She probably went to live in the household of one of her children after her husband's death.

Notes for Martha "Patsey" Traube:

Martha Traube Wooldridge was allowed pension on an application which was executed in Montgomery Co., IL where she was a resident. She probbly went to live in the household of one of her children after her husband's death.

Marriage Notes for Josiah Wooldridge and Martha Traube:

Witnesses: Stephen and Edward Trabue

Children of Josiah Wooldridge and Martha Traube are:

i. Livingston⁴ Wooldridge.

Notes for Livingston Wooldridge:

He probably died young.

54. ii. Samuel Wooldridge, b. May 07, 1786, Chesterfield Co., VA; d. August 11, 1845, Montgomery Co., IL.

iii. Mary "Polly" Wooldridge, b. January 20, 1788; d. May 1873; m. Joseph Barton White, September 20, 1806, Woodford Co., KY.

Notes for Mary "Polly" Wooldridge:

She died at residence of their daughter, Mrs. Egbert Wooldridge, of Memphis, TN.

Notes for Joseph Barton White:

Listed in 1810 Woodford Co., Ky census with 3 in the family and 5 slaves.

iv. Martha "Patsy" wooldridge, b. March 21, 1789; d. 1844, St. Clair Co., IL; m. Major Cheathm, March 17, 1808, Woodford Co., KY; b. May 30, 1787; d. Abt. 1843, St. Clair Co., IL.

Notes for Major Cheathm:

They were deeded land in Cumberland Co., KY on Jan 11, 1810, and are listed in he 1810 census in Woodford Co., KY with 5 in the family and 8 slaves. They were living in Allensville, KY in 1835/1836 and later emigrated to Alton, Ill.

v. Daniel Wooldridge, b. November 07, 1790; m. Lucy Thurman, October 04, 1812, Cumberland Co., KY.

Notes for Daniel Wooldridge:

They lived in Cumberland and Todd Co., KY, and in 1830 are listed in the Todd Co., KY census. They emigrated to IL and in 1840 were in St. Clair Co., and in 1850 were in Perry Co., IL.

vi. Seth Wooldridge, b. March 26, 1792, Kentucky; m. (1) Mary Ewing, November 29, 1819, Logan Co., KY; d. Bef. 1845, KY; m. (2) Catherine A.M. Coleman, June 04, 1845, Todd Co., KY.

vii. Levi Wooldridge, b. October 08, 1793, Woodford Co., KY; d. 1880, Illinois; m. (1) Henrietta Phelps, Abt. 1820, White Co., Illinois; m. (2) Eleanor Allen, September 23, 1847, Hamilton Co., Illinois.

viii. Claiborne Wooldridge, b. September 10, 1795, Woodford Co., KY; d. Aft. 1850; m. (1) Lydia; b. Abt. 1820, New Hampshire; m. (2) Frances Trabue, September 04, 1828, Logan Co., KY; b. August 11, 1800; d. March 1838.

Notes for Claiborne Wooldridge:

listed in 1850 Census, Madison Co., IL

ix. Chastain Wooldridge, b. June 1797.

x. Edward Wooldridge, b. December 16, 1798.

xi. Josiah Wooldridge, b. December 13, 1800, Woodford Co., KY; m. Elizabeth Hill.

Notes for Josiah Wooldridge:

listed in the 1830 Todd Co., KY census

xii. Judith Traube Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1803; d. Bef. 1837; m. James Trabue, February 17, 1827, Todd Co., KY; b. April 24, 1791, Charlotte Co., VA; d. February 22, 1874.

xiii. Stephen T. Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1805, Kentucky; m. Mary Ann Williams, April 21, 1830, Christian Co., KY.

36. Hannah³ Wooldridge (Edward Mologe², John¹) was born November 10, 1761, and died Aft. 1813 in Woodford Co., Ky. She married Elisha Wooldridge Abt. 1781, son of Robert Wooldridge and Magdalene Salle. He was born July 16, 1752 in Virginia, and died February 12, 1813 in Woodford Co., Ky.

Notes for Elisha Wooldridge:

footnote #134:

Suit of Jan 9, 1807, Chesterfield OB 17:376. Also Chesterfield DB 22:306-308.

Children of Hannah Wooldridge and Elisha Wooldridge are:

i. Isaac⁴ Wooldridge.

ii. John Wooldridge.

iii. Sally Wooldridge, m. Quarles.

iv. Nancy Wooldridge, m. Young.

v. Robert Wooldridge.

vi. William Wooldridge.

vii. Caroline Wooldridge, m. Rucker.

viii. Isham Wooldridge.

ix. Martha Wooldridge.

37. Daniel "River Daniel"³ Trabue (Mary² Wooldridge, John¹) was born August 14, 1753, and died February 02, 1819 in Chestervield Co., VA. He married (1) Elizabeth Farrar August 21, 1786 in Goochland Co., VA. She was born December 09, 1768, and died March 19, 1800 in Goochland Co., VA. He married (2) Winifred Peachy November 19, 1801.

Child of Daniel Trabue and Elizabeth Farrar is:

i. Elizabeth⁴ Traube.

38. Thomas³ Wooldridge (Robert², John¹) was born 1740 in VA, and died 1813 in Powhatan, Va. He married (1) Edith Harris Osborne. He married (2) Mary (Bass) Clay October 05, 1771 in Chesterfield Co., Va..

Notes for Thomas Wooldridge:

Thomas was Captain of a militia company in the Revolution.

Footnote #147.

The published marriage bond shows a 1772 date, but at the suggestion of John Hale Stutesman of San Francisco this ws rechecked and the date was found to be 1771.

Military Service, Chesterfield OB 6:259 (July 1780).

The children are named in the 1780 will of Jeremiah Bass, Chesterfield WB 3:291-92.

Second wife, Chesterfield OB 17:167; WB 9:569, will of Francis Osborne. Death, Powhatan WB 4:273.

Information on Mary Bass Clay Wooldridge appears in Peggy C. Peacock, "Martha (Clay) Bass and Her Daughter Mary (Bass) Clay of Henrico and Chesterfield Counties, Virginia," 31 VA. Gen. 298 (Oct-Dec 1987)

Children of Thomas Wooldridge and Mary Clay are:

i. Rhoda⁴ Wooldridge, m. Lockett.

ii. Archibald Wooldridge.

iii. Thomas Wooldridge.

iv. Caroline Wooldridge, m. Porter.

39. Elisha³ Wooldridge (Robert², John¹) was born July 16, 1752 in Virginia, and died February 12, 1813 in Woodford Co., Ky. He married Hannah Wooldridge Abt. 1781, daughter of Edward Wooldridge and Mary Flournoy. She was born November 10, 1761, and died Aft. 1813 in Woodford Co., Ky.

Notes for Elisha Wooldridge:

footnote #134:

Suit of Jan 9, 1807, Chesterfield OB 17:376. Also Chesterfield DB 22:306-308.

Children are listed above under (36) Hannah Wooldridge.

40. William³ Wooldridge (Robert², John¹) was born 1756 in Chesterfield Co., VA, and died February 1830 in Chesterfield Co., VA. He married Mildred Logwood in Chesterfield Co., VA. She was born 1757 in Chesterfield Co., VA, and died December 18, 1830 in Chesterfield Co., VA.

Notes for William Wooldridge:

William and Mildred Wooldridges' gravestones are in a family plot in back of a school building in the immediate vicinity of present day Midlothian, as are some of their children's.

Chesterfield WB 11:626, 13:547, for distribution of estate ofWilliam Wooldridge.

The children are named in their uncle Robert Wooldridge's will

William may have served in Revolutionary War.

Children of William Wooldridge and Mildred Logwood are:

i. Abraham Salle⁴ Wooldridge.

ii. Archibald Logwood Wooldridge.

iii. Charlotte T. Wooldridge.

iv. Jane A. Wooldridge, m. Elam.

v. Frederick W. G. Wooldridge.

 

41. William⁴ Wooldridge (William³, John², John¹) died 1814.

Notes for William Wooldridge:

This William is:

William H.(arrison) Wooldridge who served as Lieutenant Govenor of Mississippi,

Children of William Wooldridge are:

i. Elam S.⁵ Wooldridge.

ii. Nancy E. Wooldridge.

42. Edmond⁴ Wooldridge (William³, John², John¹) was born Abt. 1780 in VA, and died Aft. 1822. He married Margaret "Peggy" Abt. 1808. She was born Abt. 1790 in VA, and died Aft. 1850 in Green Co., Kentucky.

Notes for Edmond Wooldridge:

Wm. Wooldridge, mss 11/99:

72. Edmund presumably moved from Virginia with his father, William, to Bourbon Co. KY in the late 1780's, and Edmund and his wife may be in the census there in 1810 (26-45 with two young boys and one young girl).

An Edmund Wooldridge is on several tax lists in counties which comprised part of the Virginia Military District in Ohio: the District itself in 1801, Adams and Ross in 1810 and Brown (created in part from Adams ) in 1817. Esther Powell, "Early Ohio Tax Records (19171). In 1986 W. Louis Phillips, C.G. investigated these records in an attempt to discover deeds disposing of the land. As far as the recdords showed, all of the land was eventually forfeited in tax sales; there were no deeds. Several parcels on Eagle Creek were sold for taxes in 1801-03, and one more in 1806. edmund did pay taxes on Virginia Military district Survey #5810 in Brown County through 1822 (surveyed pursuant to Virginia warrants for 100 acres each to Matthew Anderson and Elijah Smith, 200 acres on Straight Creek, August 8, 1806, surveyed by N. Beasley, later reduced to

133 1/3 acres, perhaps because the surveyor got one-third).

It is unclear whether the Ohio Edmund is the same 72. Edmund, or assuming he is the same, whether he lived in Ohio for a time or was an absentee landowner. 72. Edmund is on the Green Co. KY tax lists for 1817, 1818, and 1819. Peggy is in the 1820 Green Co. census with five boys and two girls. Not all of the children were Edmund's (see next sentence).

Peggy went to court for a divorce, alleging that "about 10 or 15 years ago [her vagueness on the date is surprising], she intermarried with a certain Edmond Wooldridge..with whom she lived a number of years & by whom she bore five children. That during the time she lived with the defendant she always endeavored to demean herself in a chaste and orderly and becoming manner and at all times to do her duty to her said husband. That notwithstanding [her]

loyalty to [him

], he evem diromg tjeor ,itia; resodemce amd cpmmexopm was pftem fpimd giiltyh of illicit commerce with strange women and that upwards of two years ago [he] voluntarily left [her] in a helpless condition incumbered with the five children aforesaid and with intention of abandonment and has remained absent...ever since. That [he] went off with another woman with whom he has been living in a state of adultery ever since with intention of abandoning your Oratrix forever. That the said defendant at the time of his abandonment was possessed of an estate consisting of real and personal property most of which the defendant has taken off with him. That your Oratrix has ever since the abandonment aforesaid lived hard and labored industriously for the support of herself and little ones and that her little earnings are liable to the claims of the defendant and his creditors. All which actings and doings of the defendant are contrary to equity and good conscience and tend to the manifest injury and oppression of your Oratrixc....May it please your honor....that by your final decree you grant your Oratrix a divorce from the connexion between your Oratrix and said defendant and that a division of the estate be decreed between your Oratrix and said defendant.....[singed] Samuel Brents, attorney for the Coomplainant." Green Co. KY Circuit Court Clerks Office, Loose Packet 5612 9undated; ca. 1820?)

Three children - Thomas, William and Daniel -- were bound out in 1824, the only ones whose names are known. Green Co. OB 7:342. 348. A Margaret Wooldridge, born in Virginia ca. 1790, died after 1850, was married by Rev. John Harding in Green Co. KY Aug. 1, 1825 to George Quisenberry (b. ca. 1793, d. after 1850); probably she was Edmund's widow. The surety for the marriage was Reubin Benningfield.

Children of Edmond Wooldridge and Margaret "Peggy" are:

i. Thomas⁵ Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1806, Green Co., Kentucky; d. Aft. 1825.

Notes for Thomas Wooldridge:

Wm. Wooldridge, mss 11/99 p. 72

ii. William Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1810, Kentucky; d. April 09, 1876; m. (1) Mary "Polly" Lobb Horton; b. Abt. 1814; m. (2) Terisse "Tress" Milby, February 22, 1830, Green Co. KY; b. Abt. 1804, Kentucky; d. Bef. 1850, Green Co., Kentucky.

Notes for William Wooldridge:

Wm. Wooldridge mss 11/99 pp 72, 73

 

More About William Wooldridge:

Burial: Richrdson Cemetery

iii. Daniel Wooldridge, b. 1812, Green Co., Kentucky; d. February 27, 1863, Kentucky; m. (1) Charlotte Milby, February 20, 1840; b. Abt. 1823; d. Aft. 1851; m. (2) Nancy Grant, October 14, 1859, Taylor Co., KY; b. 1834, Kentucky; d. April 28, 1910, Adair Co., KY.

43. Seth⁴ Wooldridge (John³, Thomas², John¹) was born Abt. 1768 in Powhatan Co., VA. He married Peggy Elam May 07, 1793 in Chesterfield Co., VA. She was born Abt. 1772 in Chesterfield Co., VA, and died November 10, 1846 in Chesterfield Co., VA.

Child of Seth Wooldridge and Peggy Elam is:

i. Washington⁵ Wooldridge, b. 1812; d. November 25, 1914; m. Caroline LaParade, January 20, 1835.

44. James⁴ Wooldridge (Richard³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1765 in VA, and died 1845 in Russell Co., Ky. He married (1) Nancy Loucinda Satterfield. He married (2) Nancy Pemberton February 05, 1799 in Green Co., KY. She was born Bet. 1770 - 1780, and died Bet. 1840 - 1850 in Russell Co., Kentucky.

Notes for James Wooldridge:

From: James Wooldridge (and his children, 370-381 (Wm. Wooldridge mss draft 1999)

125. James, b. VA ca. 1765, d KY after 1829 (after 1840?), md. 1st in Green Co. KY Feb. 5, 1799, Nancy Pemberton. For his marriage, George Pemberton consented and David Smith (husband of 128. Elizabeth) wassurety; James Allen was a witness. (Green Co. Historical Society, Green Co. KY Marriage Bonds 1793-1836, n.d., p. 29.

Susan Henderson notes that 1799 seems a late first marriage. James could have been born somewhat later than 1765; the date is inferred only from trhe fact that his parents were married by then.

James was on the 1789 list of tithables for Nelson Co. living in the area of Pitmans Station. On May 14, 1794, he successfully defended a suit brought against him by William Skaggs and was ordered to pay Abijah Pelham, David Jane, Will Barnett, Elizabeth Smith and William Wooldridge each for two dayhs' attendance at court. (Green Co. Quarterly Sessions pp. 19-20. He is on the 1795-96 tax list for Green Co., and received 200 acres on Roaring Lilly Creek in Green Co. in 1799, and 100 acres on the same creek in Adair Co. in 1822.

Russell Co. KY court Record for June 19 and 21, 1826: "In selecting a site for the county seat, its territorial centre is ascertained to be upon the land of James Wooldridge. Returned to the court were the bonds of James and William Wooldridge and Simon Perkins for 110 acres donated as site for the seat of Justice of said county....The name of the town was changed (from Jacksonville, after Andrew Jackson) to Jamestown in honor of James Wooldridge...." (Russell Co KY History and Families, Paducah 1996, pp 12, 146).

James in in the 1830 Russell Co. KY census with apparent wife, 7 daughters and 4 sons.

(end of Wm. Wooldridge mss. Jlk

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Scrapbook a history of Russell County by Morris M. Gaskins, 1992)

Russell Co. History & Families p.10

James Wooldridge received land on Lily Creek in Green Co. ,

Book 27, 3/22/1799 200 acres on Roaring Lilly Creek .....also

Book 27, 5/2/1822 100 acres on Roaring Lilly Creek in ADAIR CO.

On Tax list 1795-96 Green Co.

Russell Co KY Court Records, June 19, 1826

.....In selecting a site for the county seat, its territorial centre is ascertained to be upon the land of James Wooldridge. Returned to the court were the bonds of James and William Wooldridge and Simon Perkins for one hundred and ten acres of land donated as site for the seat of Justice of said county.

P. 146

.............June 21, 1826, The name of the town was changed to JAMESTOWN in honor of James Wooldridge...........

James Wooldridge, son of Richard Wooldridge, Sr. was born about 1762 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, and died in 1845 in Russell County, Kentucky.

He married Nancy Pemberton Feb. 5, 1799 in Green County, Kentucky. The 1830 census shows that he had a wife, seven daughters and four sons.

Marriage Notes for James Wooldridge and Nancy Pemberton:

George Pemberton consented to marriage of Nancy to James Wooldridge. David Smith (husbnad of Elizabeth Wooldridge) was surety. Jemes Allen was a witness.

Green Co. Historical Society, Green Co. KY Marriage Bonds 1793-1836, n.d., p. 29.

Children of James Wooldridge and Nancy Pemberton are:

i. Fanny⁵ Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1799, Wayne Co., Ky.; d. Aft. 1870, Russell Co., Ky; m. Alexander Wooldridge, October 29, 1814, Wayne Co., Ky.; b. Abt. 1795, Kentucky or VA/Kentucky; d. Aft. 1877, Russell Co., Ky.

Notes for Fanny Wooldridge:

The following was found in: WAYNE COUNTY, (KY) MARRIAGES AND VITAL RECORDS

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Wooldridge, Alexander and Fanny Wooldridge

Wayne County, Ky. marriages and vital records.

 

Surety: Joshua Dunkin (or Duncan)

Bond dated: 29 October 1814

Note: 29 October 1814, this is to sertyfy that Jaems Wooldridge concented that said Alexander Wooldridge shall have his daughter Fanny

by James Wooldridge.

Witnessed by Joshaway Dunkin (Joshua Duncan) and Alisabeth Wooldrdige

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Notes for Alexander Wooldridge:

Wm. Wooldridge Mss:

Alexander, b KY ca. 1795, d. Russell Co. KY 1877, md. Oct. 29, 1814 in Wayne Co. KY Fanny Wooldridge (d after 1877). Wayne Co. KY Marriages and Vital Records 1801-1860.

In later censuses, Alexander shows as born in 1800. Given the unlikelihood of his marriage at 14 and use of his mother's last name rather than Long, he was probably born about 1795. He obtained land grants in Adair County in May and December 1819, and four more between 1826 and 1849 in (newly created) Russell County, on Lilly Creek, Caney Fork and the Cumberland River. he is in the 1820 Adair Co. census and the 1830 Russell Co. census. He appears in the 1850 (farmer) and 1870 censuses of Russell co. KY.

His will names his children, including the married names of daughters. It provided:

"As I have given better lands to my sons Alexander and Green Wooldridge, they are to pay me and my wife Fanny Wooldridge as long as we live rents for their land. Alexander Wooldridge Jr. is to pay 30 barrels of corn each year for our support. My son Green Wooldridge is to pay one third of the (crops?) he makes on the farm all to be cribved here at my house if my wife Fanny Wooldridge should survive me she is to receive the rents as before. She is also to remain at her home place as long as she lives. If my wife should survive me it is myh wish anddesire that she have cows enough for her milk and hogs enough for her needs set apart for her after my death cows enough for milk and hogs enough to give her a (support?) for her needs." Jimmy Louise Kroger, of Palm Springs, CA, provided a copy of the will and transcription, and also data on his land, citing Ancestry on the Net, Kentucky Land Grants (Book H for 12/12/1819, 24 for 5/6/1819, X:85,86; E-2:395, 30:261); she also provided a copy of the will and basic infomation on Alexander and Fanny's children.

 

 

 

1850 Census of Russell Co., KY:

Wooldridge, Alexander 50 Fanny 49

Alexander 21

Mary 18

James 15

William S. 13

Laurinda 11

Nancy Ellen 9

Green 7

Edna 5

 

1870 census of Russell Co., Ky:

Name Age Occupation born in

Alexander Wooldridge 70 Farmer 4000/1000 Ky

Fanny 65

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KY Land Grants, Book X, p. 85

Alexander Wooldridge, Nov. 29, 1826

16 acres, Lilly Creek, Russell Co.

KY Land Grants, Book X, p. 86

Alexander Wooldridge, July 14, 1826

Lilly Creek, Russell Co.

KY Land Grants, Book E-2, p. 395

Alexander Wooldridge, Dec. 19, 1834

Caney Fork, Russell Co.

 

KY Land Grants Book #30, p. 261

Alexander Wooldridge, Nov. 2, 1849,

390 acres, Cumberland River (waterway), Russell Co.

KY land Grants Book #24 5/6/1819

50 Acres, Greasey Creek, Adair Co.

(not sure if this is the same Alexander)

KY Land Grants Book #H 12/12/1819

50 Acres, Roaring Lilley Creek, Adair Co.

...............................................................

Will dated June, 1877.

Heirs listed:

Ratherford (son), Alford (son), Carrol (son, William Steward (son)

Jane Besheir's Heirs,

James Wooldridge (son), Silenia Hudson (daughter), Nancy Ellen Dunbar (daughter), Lucinda Kennett (daughter), Sarah Coffey (daughter), Delilah Gossage (daughter, Polly (Mary) (daughter).

Son James not to get a share.

 

 

........................

from Wm. Wooldridge mss: p. 48, 11/99

" Alexander, b. KY ca 1795, d Russell Co. KY 1877, md. Oct. 29, 1814 in Wayne Co. KY to Fanny Wooldridge (d. after 1877).

He was probably born around 1795 prior to his mother's marriage to James Long in 1797.

He obtained lang grants in Adair County in May and December 1819, and four more between 1826 and 1849 in (newly created) Russell County, on Lilly Creek, Caney Fork and the Cumberland River.

He is in the 1820 Adair co. census and the 1830 Russell Co. census. He appears in the 1850 (farmer) and 1870 censuses of Russell Co. KY.

he or his sohn Alexander in 1852 or 1853 received a license to sell spirits in Russell County at said Wooldridge's still house. (Syrilda Dunbar Wilson "My Days on the Cumberland 1975, . 27.)

 

 

Marriage Notes for Fanny Wooldridge and Alexander Wooldridge:

Wayne County, (KY) Marriages and Vital Records 1801-1860, p. 115

WOOLDRIDGE, ALEXANDER and FANNY WOOLDRIDGE

Surety: Joshual Dunkin (or Duncan)*

Bond dated: 29 October 1814

"29 October 1814, this is to sertyfy that Jaems Wooldridge concented that said Alexander Wooldridge shall have his daughter Fanny

(by) James Wooldridge

Witnessed by Joshaway Dunkin (Joshual Duncan)* and Alisabeth Wooldridge

*data in parentheses was inserted in records at a later date by person(s) unknown, probably trying to correct spelling.

**could not photocopy the above as pages were to fragile. spelling appears as it did in original records.

....................................................................................................................

From Wayne Co. Vital Records Vol. 2

above also noted in this book.

 

ii. Jesse Wooldridge, b. August 20, 1802, Russell, Co., Kentucky; d. January 05, 1890, Russell Co., KY; m. Sarah "Sally" Rexroat, August 29, 1828, Russell Co., KY; b. November 29, 1805, Pennsylvania; d. March 05, 1892, Russell Co., KY.

Notes for Jesse Wooldridge:

Burried with his wife, Sally, in Miller cemetery in Russell Co. KY

Marriage Notes for Jesse Wooldridge and Sarah Rexroat:

Adam Rexroat and Peter Rexroat are listed on marriage bond.

 

iii. Stephen Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1802, Kentucky; m. Polly Embry, March 08, 1828, Russell Co., KY.

iv. James Wooldridge, Jr., b. Abt. 1808, Kentucky; m. Elizabeth Iler, December 18, 1833, Russell Co., Ky; b. Bet. 1807 - 1808, Kentucky.

v. Jane Wooldridge, b. 1810.

vi. Martha "Patsy" Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1779; d. Aft. March 1828, Kentucky; m. Simon Perkins.

Notes for Martha "Patsy" Wooldridge:

Patsy is named in her father's will, March 1828.

p 58 Wm. Wooldridge mss

Notes for Simon Perkins:

With his brothers-in-law James Wooldridge Sr. and william Wooldridge, Simon Perkins donated land for the Green (or is it Russell County??) Courthouse.

 

 

vii. Cathrine Wooldridge, b. 1814, Russell Co., KY; d. Bef. 1860; m. William Holt, Abt. 1850, Russell Co., KY; b. Russell Co., KY.

Notes for William Holt:

They are in the 1850 KY census.

in 1860 their (apparent) children are in house of Nancy Wooldridge.

viii. Lewis Wooldridge, b. June 12, 1812, Russell Co., KY; d. November 10, 1901, Hailey, Barry Co., MO; m. Mary "Polly" Cook, September 02, 1846, Creelsbory, Russell Co., KY; b. August 07, 1821, Russell Co., KY; d. February 20, 1903, Mineral Springs, Barry Co., MO.

Notes for Lewis Wooldridge:

1850 Russell Co. KY Census: Schedule P. 238

Wooldridge, Lewis 33 Polly 27

James M. 2

Sarah M. 1

Lewis was a farmer, 5'10" tall, with blue eyes and red-blond hair.

More About Lewis Wooldridge:

Burial: November 1901, McKinney cemetery, Hailey, Barry Co., MO

Notes for Mary "Polly" Cook:

Mary Cook Wooldridge was 6'2" tall, had brown eyes, black hair and weighed 160 pounds.

She died at home of her daughter, Nancy Loften (or Lofter).

More About Mary "Polly" Cook:

Burial: February 1903, McKinney cemetery, Hailey, Barry Co., MO

ix. Lucinda Wooldridge, b. 1816, Kentucky; m. Berryman Brown, January 14, 1839, Russell Co., Ky; b. 1818, Kentucky.

Notes for Lucinda Wooldridge:

Russell Co. KY

Marriage book 3, pp257, 258

x. Nancy Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1813, Russell Co., Kentucky; d. Bef. 1868, Russell Co., Kentucky; m. (1) Elliott Wooldridge, Russell Co., KY; b. Abt. 1805, Russell Co., Kentucky; d. Bef. 1845, Russell Co., KY; m. (2) Gallatin Wooldridge, September 19, 1843, Russell Co., KY; d. Bet. 1847 - 1849, Russell Co., KY.

Notes for Nancy Wooldridge:

Nancy Wooldridge married Galaton Wooldridge, 9/19/1843

Russell County Marriage Book 1, p. 36

 

Notes for Elliott Wooldridge:

Elliot is identified through the family recollection of Herschel Beck of Louisville, KY. he reported in 1998 that Elliot died young and his widow married Elliot's brother Gallatin Wooldridge

More About Elliott Wooldridge:

Burial: Russell Co., KY

Notes for Gallatin Wooldridge:

Gallatins' name may be: John B. Gallatin Wooldridge???

xi. Sally Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1811, Russell Co., KY; m. John Stephen Hines, October 11, 1832, Russell Co., KY.

xii. Elizabeth "Betty" Wooldridge, b. April 12, 1899, Kentucky; d. January 27, 1899, Schuyler Co., MO; m. Allen Locker, May 05, 1816, Wayne Co., Kentucky; b. 1800, Kentucky; d. April 13, 1859, Schuyler Co., MO.

More About Elizabeth "Betty" Wooldridge:

Burial: 1899, Ford Cemetery, Schuyler Co., MO

More About Allen Locker:

Burial: April 1859, Ford Cemetery, Schuyler Co., MO

Marriage Notes for Elizabeth Wooldridge and Allen Locker:

Consent names Allens father John Locker:

Henry Winfrey performed the ceremony: surety on marriage bond was Gholson Wilso.

Wayne County Marriages, Vol. 2 p. 21.

Following data from Sue Barnes of Glendale, CA:

in 1988-1989...Wm. Wooldridge"

Allen Locker is in the 1820 Wayne Co KY census. The 1823 Wayne Co Delinquent Tax List shows him as "Gone to Adair County." Russell Co KY was formed in 1825 from portions of Adair and other counties. He is in the 1830 and 1840 Russell Co KY censuses. In about 1842 they moved from KY to Schuyler Co MO where Allen, 50 and Elizabeth, 49 and the younger children are in the 1850 census. Alllen Locker acquired over 680 acres there between 1852 and 1856.

Allen Locker left a will *1857; pr. 1859) in Schuyler Co. name his children.

45. Frances "Fanny"⁴ Wooldridge (Richard³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1767 in VA, and died Aft. March 1831 in KY. She married William Vance December 15, 1785 in Nelson CO KY. He was born Abt. 1761 in VA, and died Abt. March 1831 in Green Co., Kentucky.

Notes for William Vance:

A Revolutionary War Soldier

Books: Some Vances and Related Families

Perrin's 1886 Kentucky Ancestors and Genealogy vol 1, pp 101-02

Served in the Lincoln Co. Militia n 1782.

Alexander and Jane (matthews) Vance sold William Vance 307 acres of land on Pitman's Creek in Green Co. in 1793. Green Co. DB 1:1-2.

richard Wooldridge, then of Adair Co., sold his son-in-law William Vance for $200. land on Greasy Creek in Adair Co. on July 4, 1818. The land was bounded by land owned by John Wooldridge, s. Coffee, William Miller and Henry Cooke.

Five of their children married children of Peter Hudson, a Revolutionary War veteran.

Marriage Notes for Frances Wooldridge and William Vance:

Married by John Gullett, Dec. 15, 1785 in Nelson Co., KY

Children of Frances Wooldridge and William Vance are:

i. Alexander⁵ Vance, b. April 14, 1786; d. October 10, 1858, Taylor Co., KY; m. Frances "Fanny" Hudson; b. Abt. 1793; d. Aft. 1860.

ii. Richard Vance, b. December 15, 1787; d. November 11, 1858, Hart Co., KY; m. Mary Milby; b. July 21, 1798; d. April 17, 1872.

iii. Virginia Jane Vance, b. October 11, 1789; d. Bef. 1831; m. Henry Hudson; b. 1792; d. November 24, 1862.

iv. Margaret Vance, b. December 31, 1791; d. March 21, 1875; m. Plesant Hudson.

v. Jane Vance, b. January 1794; d. Bef. 1861; m. Drury Hudson; b. 1782; d. November 24, 1861.

vi. John Vance, b. May 28, 1796; d. June 15, 1865; m. Nancy Hudson; b. November 11, 1800; d. September 10, 1879.

vii. Mary "Polly" Vance, b. June 07, 1798; d. August 10, 1880; m. John Marcum; b. February 05, 1797; d. May 18, 1875.

viii. William Jr, Vance, b. August 17, 1800; d. Aft. 1870; m. Naoma Caven; b. June 10, 1804; d. March 03, 1858.

ix. Nancy Ann Vance, b. January 03, 1803; d. January 20, 1884, Green Co., KY; m. John Rubin Milby, March 17, 1819, Green Co. KY.

x. Ruth Vance, b. May 04, 1805; d. Aft. 1860; m. Benjamin M. Gutcheson, November 16, 1843, Green Co. KY.

xi. Frances "Fanny" Vance, b. April 22, 1807; d. 1850, Green Co., KY; m. James B. Wilson, May 09, 1827, Green Co. KY.

xii. Rachel Vance, b. July 27, 1809.

xiii. Charlotte Vance, b. March 15, 1811; d. March 18, 1896; m. Tarleton Wilson, September 07, 1830, Green Co. KY.

46. John⁴ Wooldridge (Richard³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1769 in Chesterfield Co., VA, and died 1835 in Russell Co., Kentucky. He married Mary Abbott July 02, 1789 in Nelson CO KY. She was born Abt. 1776, and died Bet. 1832 - 1835 in KY.

Notes for John Wooldridge:

Russell co., KY Will Book A

John Wooldridge, Decd.

Inventory & Appraisal dated 18 Dec. 1835

(Samuel Wooldridge, Admn.) Certified & signed by David Jones, Baxter Jones & Jeremiah Smith (could this be Jeremiah Smith Wooldridge???)

Total amt. of Inventory ... $98.87 l/2, including 1 house in Creelsborough, worth $30.

At the estate Sale, 28 Dec.

Jeremiah Smith purch 1 bread tray .25

John Wooldridge 1 dish .18 3/4

Stephen Wooldridge 1 large earth pot .37 1/2

Jesse Wooldridge 1 raw hide 2.25

Jesse Wooldridge 1 large pot 2.00

John Wooldridge, JR 5 hogs 8.00

James Wooldridge, Jr 1 hog .75

(inventory list is not complete)

John Wooldridge is on the Nelson Co. KY tithables list for 1789, "living in the area including Pitmans Station" according to Susan Henderson. He is on the first tax list for Green Co. in 1795 (and in 1796 and 1797). an estate sale for John Wooldridge on Dec. 28, 1835 in Russell Co., brought $96.09 1/2, and purchasers included John Wooldridge (389); Stephen Wooldridge (374); James Wooldridge and Jesse Wooldridge.

(Russell Co WB A:51)

Marriage bonds identify three children, and Dorothy Burgess named others in 1994 correspondenc

Children of John Wooldridge and Mary Abbott are:

i. Elliott⁵ Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1805, Russell Co., Kentucky; d. Bef. 1845, Russell Co., KY; m. Nancy Wooldridge, Russell Co., KY; b. Abt. 1813, Russell Co., Kentucky; d. Bef. 1868, Russell Co., Kentucky.

Notes for Elliott Wooldridge:

Elliot is identified through the family recollection of Herschel Beck of Louisville, KY. he reported in 1998 that Elliot died young and his widow married Elliot's brother Gallatin Wooldridge

More About Elliott Wooldridge:

Burial: Russell Co., KY

Notes for Nancy Wooldridge:

Nancy Wooldridge married Galaton Wooldridge, 9/19/1843

Russell County Marriage Book 1, p. 36

 

ii. Jane Wooldridge, b. Kentucky; m. George Cook, May 04, 1805, Adair Co., Ky.

iii. William Wooldridge, b. February 05, 1801, Russell Co., Kentucky; d. December 05, 1890, Hopkins, Nodawa Co., MO; m. Agnes Allen, January 04, 1822, Adair Co., Ky; b. April 30, 1802, Russell Co., KY; d. 1856, Bloomfield, Dakvis Co., IA.

Notes for William Wooldridge:

William Wooldridge sold 318 acres in Russell Co. KY in July 1846 before going the same year to Iowa. (DBD:404-05).

He purchased land in Davis Co. IA from Margaret and John Allen; John in Ruby Coleman's opinion, was likely a brother of Agnes Allen.

William's family is in the 1850 census for Perry, Davis Co. IA where they "were prosperous farmers and highly respected citizens."

In the 1870 census, he is there with his daughter Emily. In 1880, at age 79, he is living with his youngest son Julian F. wooldridge in the census for Moulton, Appanoose Co. IA.

An entry for William R. Wooldridge in a ca. 1899 "History of Montrgomery Co. Kansas", p. 720 names all of Williams' children.

Land records (Russell Co. KY DB C:317-18) identifies him as a brother of Samuel, and also said all his children were born in Jamestown, Russell co. KY. The 1850 Davis Co. IA census listed all but the first two.

 

More About William Wooldridge:

Burial: December 1890, Shunem Cemetery, Perry Township, Davis Co., IA

More About Agnes Allen:

Burial: 1856, Shunem Cemetery, Perry Township, Davis Co., IA

Marriage Notes for William Wooldridge and Agnes Allen:

Witnesses, William Allen, Jr. and Jesse Wooldridge.

iv. Elizabeth Wooldridge, m. Andrew Goodman, September 18, 1822, Adair Co., Ky.

v. Gallatin Wooldridge, d. Bet. 1847 - 1849, Russell Co., KY; m. Nancy Wooldridge, September 19, 1843, Russell Co., KY; b. Abt. 1813, Russell Co., Kentucky; d. Bef. 1868, Russell Co., Kentucky.

Notes for Gallatin Wooldridge:

Gallatins' name may be: John B. Gallatin Wooldridge???

Notes for Nancy Wooldridge:

Nancy Wooldridge married Galaton Wooldridge, 9/19/1843

Russell County Marriage Book 1, p. 36

 

vi. Samuel Wooldridge, d. Aft. 1860; m. Sarah, 1815; b. Abt. 1791.

Notes for Samuel Wooldridge:

Identified in a Russell Co. KY deed as oldest son and administrator of John Wooldridge. Cheryl Duresky of Blue Springs, MO, in 1979 reported that land records gave his wife's name as Sarah. By himself in the 1810 Adair Co. KY census, perhaps in TN by 1820 (census lost), with his large family in the 1830 Carroll Co. TN census. Administered estate of father John in Russell Co. KY in 1840. Samuel appears in the 1850 Randolph Co. AR census and in the 1860 AR census with wife Sarah.

vii. Madison Wooldridge.

viii. John b. Wooldridge.

47. Elizabeth "Betty"⁴ Wooldridge (Richard³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1771 in VA or NC, and died Aft. 1829. She married (1) David Smith December 29, 1790 in Nelson Co., KY. He died 1828 in KY. She married (2) Benjamin Settles January 24, 1829 in Green Co., KY. He was born 1762 in King George County, VA, and died 1835.

Notes for Elizabeth "Betty" Wooldridge:

married (1) Smith (2) Settles (from John Wooldridge, Blacksmith) p. 39

Notes for Benjamin Settles:

Estate settled in Green County, KY in 1835

Children of Elizabeth Wooldridge and David Smith are:

i. William G.⁵ Smith, b. Abt. 1791.

ii. Thomas "Tom" Smith, b. Abt. 1793, KY; d. Bef. 1828, KY; m. Matilda Settles, March 09, 1824, Green Co. KY.

Notes for Thomas "Tom" Smith:

Jane Smith, his sister, was appointed guardians of his two infants after his death before 1828.

iii. John Smith, b. Abt. 1795.

iv. Elizabeth Smith, b. Abt. 1800, Kentucky; m. William Taylor, February 18, 1820, Green Co. KY.

v. Polly Smth, b. Abt. 1802; m. David Rife, April 23, 1823, Green Co. KY.

vi. Andrew B. Smith, b. Abt. 1804.

vii. Jane Smith, b. Abt. 1806.

Notes for Jane Smith:

appointed guardian to Thomas G. Smith and Elizabeth Smith, after death of their father and her brother Thomas before 1828.

viii. Nancy Smith, b. Abt. 1808; d. 1828.

ix. Lucy Smith, b. Abt. 1810.

x. Frances, b. Abt. 1812.

xi. David Smith, b. Abt. 1814.

48. William⁴ Wooldridge (Richard³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1773 in VA, and died 1847 in Grayson Co., Kentucky. He married Susannah "Susy" Lyons July 27, 1794 in Green Co., KY. She was born Abt. 1775, and died 1830 in Grayson Co., Kentucky.

Notes for William Wooldridge:

Md. July 29, 1794 in Green Co. KY. Susan "Susy" "Suckey" or Susanna Lyons (b ca 1775, d 1830), with consent of Sarah Skaggs, Suckey's mother, and with William Abbott surety.

On 1795 Green Co. KY tax list.

On 1802 Adair Co. KY tax list.

He was in Grayson Co. KY for the 1820 census and is on an 1825 tax list there.

Susan Henderson says they are buried at the Wooldridge Cemetery in Greyson Co. KY on Highway 720 north of Antioch and New Hope Churches: dates from tombstones.

W. Wooldridge p 393-402)

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KY LAND GRANTS

ADAIR COUNTY bOOK 27 12/25/1823 64 ACRES ROARING LILLY CREEK

GREEN COUNTY BOOK 7 8/9/1799 200 ACRES ON GREASY CREEK

Will probated Nov. 1847, Green Co., KY

More About William Wooldridge:

Burial: 1847, Wooldridge Cemetery

More About Susannah "Susy" Lyons:

Burial: 1830, Wooldridge Cemetery

Marriage Notes for William Wooldridge and Susannah Lyons:

Married with consent of Susannas' mother, Sarah Skaggs, with William Abbott surety.

Children of William Wooldridge and Susannah Lyons are:

i. Robert⁵ Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1798, Kentucky; d. December 25, 1889; m. Nancy E. Brunk; b. 1799.

Notes for Robert Wooldridge:

His and wife's birth from 1850 census, Grayson Co. KY. His death cited to newspaperclipping by a family group sheet. He and his wife are buried at the same cemetery as his father William (Wooldridge Cemeter, Grayson County, KY) Susan Henderson reports their tombstone identifies his parents and gives her maiden name.

 

 

ii. Richard Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1801, Kentucky; d. 1852.

iii. Sarah Wooldridge.

iv. Jane Wooldridge.

v. William Wooldridge, Jr., b. Abt. 1800, Kentucky; d. 1879, Grayson Co., Kentucky; m. Mary Gore, Grayson Co., KY; b. Abt. 1800, Kentucky; d. 1884, Kentucky.

Notes for William Wooldridge, Jr.:

See mss. Wm. Wooldridge p. 27 (mss p. 17) for information...not sure if it is correct.

More About William Wooldridge, Jr.:

Burial: 1879, Wooldridge Cemetery, on the Wm. Terry Farm, Grayson Co. KY

More About Mary Gore:

Burial: 1884, Wooldridge Cemetery, on the Wm. Terry Farm, Grayson Co. KY

vi. Edmond Wooldridge, b. Bet. 1801 - 1810, Kentucky.

Notes for Edmond Wooldridge:

said to have gone to Lamar, Texas

vii. Lott Wooldridge.

Notes for Lott Wooldridge:

in 1840 Green Co, KY census and in 1850 Rich(mond)? IL census

viii. Larkin Wooldridge, b. December 28, 1813, Kentucky; d. 1899, Mcoupin Co. IL; m. Catherine Ellen Truitt, 1839, Greene Co. IL; b. Illinois.

Notes for Larkin Wooldridge:

P. 28, Wooldridge Mss.

data from: Mrs. Jack J. Rabow of Montreal, CA in 1971.

"Larkin went to IIlinois from kentucky early in the 1830's with his 10 brothers and sister."L

ix. Dillingham Wooldridge, b. 1816, Kentucky; m. Margaret Odle, February 17, 1839, Greene Co., Illinois.

x. Elizabeth Wooldridge.

49. Richard⁴ Wooldridge, Jr. (Richard³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1775 in VA or NC, and died Bef. 1839 in Green Co., Kentucky. He married (1) Mary. She was born Abt. 1774 in VA, and died Bet. 1850 - 1860 in Green Co., Kentucky. He married (2) Sarah (Mary or Molly) Vaughan October 23, 1800 in Green Co., KY. She was born in VA, and died 1866 in Green Co., KY.

Notes for Richard Wooldridge, Jr.:

p. 34, William Wooldridge, 11/99

In March 1806 copy frm Wm. Wooldridge mss p 34 etc.

Richard died before 1839, James was appointed administrator of his estate

Notes for Sarah (Mary or Molly) Vaughan:

marriage bond (Green Co. KY Oct. 23, 1800) named bride Sarah (later called Mary or Molly Vaughn. An incomplete bond was signed by John Hask.

Mary Wooldridge was named in the Feb. 7, 1825 will of her father Thomas Vaughn, proved in Barren Co. KY in May 1825 (Barren Co WB 2:398)

A 71 year old Mary Wooldridge, b. VA, was living with Reubin Wooldridge, Mahala Wooldridge and Francis Coram in Green Co. in 1850, and a 78 year old Mary was living with Reuben and Mahala in 1860. Mary is assumed to be their mother, who apparently lived with Reuben until shed died ca 1866 (Green Co. KY cir. #6028)

Probate of the estate of "Molly" Wooldridge began on June 18, 1866. James Wooldridge, her administrator, died before it was completed, and Drury Hudson completed the administration.

Children of Richard Wooldridge and Sarah Vaughan are:

i. David⁵ Wooldridge, b. 1801, Green Co., KY; d. Aft. 1852; m. Margaret G. Hawthorne, October 13, 1830, Green Co. KY; b. 1806, Georgia; d. Aft. 1852.

Notes for David Wooldridge:

p 35-36 Wm. Wooldridge mss

ii. James Wooldridge, b. 1803, Grayson Co., Kentucky; d. September 29, 1875, Green Co., KY; m. Eliza Cavin, June 08, 1826, Green Co. KY; b. April 24, 1807, Hardin Co., KY; d. May 08, 1896, Summerville, KY.

Notes for James Wooldridge:

James Wooldridge purchased 100 acres of land on the south side of Green River from Jesse and Naomi Brunk for $300 on Sept. 13, 1829 (Green Co DB 13:179

In 1834 James Wowned a share in the "fine blooded stallion" Waxy. The hourse had won 10 out of 11 races in Virginia, including the Handy Cap at Norfolk, the Proprietors' Purse at Liberty (Bedford), and the Jockey Club in Charlottesville. A witness testified, 'I believe Waxy to have been among the best race horses on the turf, at the time he was running, he never lost a four-mile race."...................p 36-37 Wm. wooldridge mss

 

.........James died in September 1875 of paralysis, according to the Vital Records (which name his parents Richard and Mary Wooldridge), and Drury Hudson was appointed to administer his estate. (Green Co. Cir #687, 1876)

Green Co OB 13:250)

iii. William Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1808; d. MO; m. Sophia.

Notes for William Wooldridge:

p 41, Wm. Wooldridge mss 1//99

 

iv. Thomas Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1807, Kentucky; d. Abt. 1865, Green Co., KY.

Notes for Thomas Wooldridge:

p 42, Wm. Wooldridge mss 11/99

v. Ruth Woold;ridge, b. Abt. 1809, Green Co., KY; d. Bef. 1865, Green Co., KY; m. John David Caven, April 06, 1835, Green Co. KY; b. October 06, 1810, Ohio; d. May 1865, Green Co., KY.

Notes for Ruth Woold;ridge:

p 42, Wm. wooldridge mss 11/99

Notes for John David Caven:

Green Co WB 3:287-88

p 43 Wm. Wooldridge mss 1//99

vi. Mahala E. Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1810, Green Co., KY; d. 1880, Green Co., KY.

Notes for Mahala E. Wooldridge:

p 44, Wm. Wooldridge mss 11/99

vii. Happy Arabella Wooldridge, b. March 09, 1815, Hart Co., KY; d. June 22, 1887, Green Co., KY; m. Franklin P. Hudgins, May 14, 1839, Green Co. KY; b. September 04, 1813, Hart Co., KY; d. July 26, 1896, Green Co., KY.

Notes for Happy Arabella Wooldridge:

p. 44, Wm. Wooldridge mss 11/99

 

viii. Samuel "Sam" M. Wooldridge, b. Green Co., KY; d. Aft. April 1856, MO; m. Mary Middleton, December 17, 1840, Green Co. KY; b. Kentucky; d. Abt. 1873, MO.

Notes for Samuel "Sam" M. Wooldridge:

p 45 Wm. Wooldridge mss 11/99

 

ix. Reuben Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1820, Green Co., KY; d. Aft. 1883.

Notes for Reuben Wooldridge:

p 46 Wm. Wooldridge mss 11/99

 

x. Robert C. Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1822, Green Co., KY; d. Aft. 1883, MO; m. Joyce Hudson, September 12, 1844, Green Co. KY; b. Abt. 1821, Kentucky; d. November 20, 1854, Green Co., KY.

Notes for Robert C. Wooldridge:

p 46, Wm. Wooldridge ms 11/99

50. Sarah "Sally"⁴ Wooldridge (Richard³, William², John¹) was born Abt. 1777 in TN, and died Bef. 1832 in Green Co., Kentucky. She married James Long May 02, 1797 in Green Co., KY. He died in Green Co., Kentucky.

Notes for Sarah "Sally" Wooldridge:

Richard Wooldridge names his daughter, Sally Long, in his will.

Sarah "Sally" Wooldridge b ca 1777, d before 1810?. md. by Manoah Lasley May 3 (bond May 2, 1797, in Green Co. KY to James Long with the consent of her father Richard Wooldridge and with William Pope and John Woodlridge as witnesses.

Green Co. KY Marriage Records 1793-1836. Others read the date 1795 or 1799.

Richard Wooldridge names his daughter Sally Long in his will. Her oldest son, Alexander, apparently was born before she married James Long.

Alexander (per Laurence B. Gardiner) at one time used the name Alexander Long, but is usually found as Alexander Wooldridge. A later deed (found by Laurence in Russell Co. DB B 461) recites : "Alexandeer and Polly Long, children and heirs of Sally Long, dec'd, who was also one of the heirs of Richard Wooldridge, Sr. dec'd." With only the two children, Sally may have died a few years after her marriage.

wm. Wooldridge, mss 11/99

Notes for James Long:

Green Co., KY Marriage Records 1793-1836, Book A, P. 24

Long, James A. M. Sarah Wooldridge

Bond dated, May 2, 1897

Marriage, May 3, 1897 m. by Manoah Lasley

Richard Wooldridge, father

Wit.: Wm. Pope and John Wooldridge

Marriage Notes for Sarah Wooldridge and James Long:

Green Co. Ky Marriages Book 2

citation found in textbook of Green Co Marriages, Family History Center, L.A.

James Long m Sarah Wooldridge

May 3, 1797 by Manoah Lasley, Green Co., KY

with consent of her father, Richard Wooldridge

James Long (or John?) and William Pope (witnesses)

married by Manoah Lasley

Children of Sarah Wooldridge and James Long are:

i. Alexander⁵ Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1795, Kentucky or VA/Kentucky; d. Aft. 1877, Russell Co., Ky; m. Fanny Wooldridge, October 29, 1814, Wayne Co., Ky.; b. Abt. 1799, Wayne Co., Ky.; d. Aft. 1870, Russell Co., Ky.

Notes for Alexander Wooldridge:

Wm. Wooldridge Mss:

Alexander, b KY ca. 1795, d. Russell Co. KY 1877, md. Oct. 29, 1814 in Wayne Co. KY Fanny Wooldridge (d after 1877). Wayne Co. KY Marriages and Vital Records 1801-1860.

In later censuses, Alexander shows as born in 1800. Given the unlikelihood of his marriage at 14 and use of his mother's last name rather than Long, he was probably born about 1795. He obtained land grants in Adair County in May and December 1819, and four more between 1826 and 1849 in (newly created) Russell County, on Lilly Creek, Caney Fork and the Cumberland River. he is in the 1820 Adair Co. census and the 1830 Russell Co. census. He appears in the 1850 (farmer) and 1870 censuses of Russell co. KY.

His will names his children, including the married names of daughters. It provided:

"As I have given better lands to my sons Alexander and Green Wooldridge, they are to pay me and my wife Fanny Wooldridge as long as we live rents for their land. Alexander Wooldridge Jr. is to pay 30 barrels of corn each year for our support. My son Green Wooldridge is to pay one third of the (crops?) he makes on the farm all to be cribved here at my house if my wife Fanny Wooldridge should survive me she is to receive the rents as before. She is also to remain at her home place as long as she lives. If my wife should survive me it is myh wish anddesire that she have cows enough for her milk and hogs enough for her needs set apart for her after my death cows enough for milk and hogs enough to give her a (support?) for her needs." Jimmy Louise Kroger, of Palm Springs, CA, provided a copy of the will and transcription, and also data on his land, citing Ancestry on the Net, Kentucky Land Grants (Book H for 12/12/1819, 24 for 5/6/1819, X:85,86; E-2:395, 30:261); she also provided a copy of the will and basic infomation on Alexander and Fanny's children.

 

 

 

1850 Census of Russell Co., KY:

Wooldridge, Alexander 50 Fanny 49

Alexander 21

Mary 18

James 15

William S. 13

Laurinda 11

Nancy Ellen 9

Green 7

Edna 5

 

1870 census of Russell Co., Ky:

Name Age Occupation born in

Alexander Wooldridge 70 Farmer 4000/1000 Ky

Fanny 65

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KY Land Grants, Book X, p. 85

Alexander Wooldridge, Nov. 29, 1826

16 acres, Lilly Creek, Russell Co.

KY Land Grants, Book X, p. 86

Alexander Wooldridge, July 14, 1826

Lilly Creek, Russell Co.

KY Land Grants, Book E-2, p. 395

Alexander Wooldridge, Dec. 19, 1834

Caney Fork, Russell Co.

 

KY Land Grants Book #30, p. 261

Alexander Wooldridge, Nov. 2, 1849,

390 acres, Cumberland River (waterway), Russell Co.

KY land Grants Book #24 5/6/1819

50 Acres, Greasey Creek, Adair Co.

(not sure if this is the same Alexander)

KY Land Grants Book #H 12/12/1819

50 Acres, Roaring Lilley Creek, Adair Co.

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Will dated June, 1877.

Heirs listed:

Ratherford (son), Alford (son), Carrol (son, William Steward (son)

Jane Besheir's Heirs,

James Wooldridge (son), Silenia Hudson (daughter), Nancy Ellen Dunbar (daughter), Lucinda Kennett (daughter), Sarah Coffey (daughter), Delilah Gossage (daughter, Polly (Mary) (daughter).

Son James not to get a share.

 

 

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from Wm. Wooldridge mss: p. 48, 11/99

" Alexander, b. KY ca 1795, d Russell Co. KY 1877, md. Oct. 29, 1814 in Wayne Co. KY to Fanny Wooldridge (d. after 1877).

He was probably born around 1795 prior to his mother's marriage to James Long in 1797.

He obtained lang grants in Adair County in May and December 1819, and four more between 1826 and 1849 in (newly created) Russell County, on Lilly Creek, Caney Fork and the Cumberland River.

He is in the 1820 Adair co. census and the 1830 Russell Co. census. He appears in the 1850 (farmer) and 1870 censuses of Russell Co. KY.

he or his sohn Alexander in 1852 or 1853 received a license to sell spirits in Russell County at said Wooldridge's still house. (Syrilda Dunbar Wilson "My Days on the Cumberland 1975, . 27.)

 

 

Notes for Fanny Wooldridge:

The following was found in: WAYNE COUNTY, (KY) MARRIAGES AND VITAL RECORDS

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Wooldridge, Alexander and Fanny Wooldridge

Wayne County, Ky. marriages and vital records.

 

Surety: Joshua Dunkin (or Duncan)

Bond dated: 29 October 1814

Note: 29 October 1814, this is to sertyfy that Jaems Wooldridge concented that said Alexander Wooldridge shall have his daughter Fanny

by James Wooldridge.

Witnessed by Joshaway Dunkin (Joshua Duncan) and Alisabeth Wooldrdige

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Marriage Notes for Alexander Wooldridge and Fanny Wooldridge:

Wayne County, (KY) Marriages and Vital Records 1801-1860, p. 115

WOOLDRIDGE, ALEXANDER and FANNY WOOLDRIDGE

Surety: Joshual Dunkin (or Duncan)*

Bond dated: 29 October 1814

"29 October 1814, this is to sertyfy that Jaems Wooldridge concented that said Alexander Wooldridge shall have his daughter Fanny

(by) James Wooldridge

Witnessed by Joshaway Dunkin (Joshual Duncan)* and Alisabeth Wooldridge

*data in parentheses was inserted in records at a later date by person(s) unknown, probably trying to correct spelling.

**could not photocopy the above as pages were to fragile. spelling appears as it did in original records.

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From Wayne Co. Vital Records Vol. 2

above also noted in this book.

 

ii. Mary or Polly Long, b. Abt. 1800, Green Co., Kentucky.

Notes for Mary or Polly Long:

Mary or Polly b. about 1800? Polly Long is known only from the deed mentioned under her mother Sally. (see more about Sally Wooldridge Long)

 

51. Jesse⁴ Wooldridge (Richard³, William², John¹) was born September 1781 in Washington Co., TN, and died Bef. February 03, 1863 in Russell Co., Kentucky. He married Catherine "Caty" Cook December 01, 1808 in Adair Co., Ky. She died Bef. 1850 in Russell Co., Kentucky.

Notes for Jesse Wooldridge:

p. 59, Wm. Wooldridge mss 11/99

Jesse b. around 1780, d around 1862-1863, md. in Adair Co. KY Dec. 1, 1808 to Catherine "Caty" Cook, daugher of John and Elizabeth Cook. Ruth Paull Burdette, Marriage Records of Adair Co. KY 1802-1840 (1975) p. 129.

Richard Wooldridge Sr. deeded 2300 acres to him on Greasy Creek. Jesse Wooldridge, 80, appears living alone in the 1860 census of Russell Co. KY.

Susan Henderson wonders if he was the father of John Coffey Wooldridge who owned land in Adair Co. next to a tgract on Greasy Creek that Richard Wooldridge sold to william Vance for $200. on July 4, 1818. He (or Jesse?) was probably the Jesse Wooldridge who leased land to distant cousin Daniel Trabue that was located on Greasy Creek, a tributary of the Cumberland River, where a steel mill was erected. See, per Susan Henderson, Daniel Trabue, "Westward Into Kentucky," pp 22-23.

Children listed are per research of Barbara Wright and descendant Claire Utt of Winfield, KS.

Russell Co., KY 1850 Census (schedule p. 25)

Wooldridge, Jesse 66 Sarah 45

Margaret 20

Lewis J. 17

Elizabeth 15

Eliza M. 13

John F. 11

Sion B. 8 (f)

Mary J. 5

Jackson 2/3

There is also a Jesse Wooldridge in Russell Co KY History & Families

Inventory of Pers. Prop. filed 23 Feb., 1863, Russell Co., KY (Claire Utt)

More About Jesse Wooldridge:

Burial: Russell Co., Kentucky

Children of Jesse Wooldridge and Catherine Cook are:

i. John⁵ Wooldridge, b. 1811, Adair Co., KY; d. September 15, 1852, Russell Co., Kentucky.

Notes for John Wooldridge:

Died of conjestive chill.

was unmmarried, blacksmith

died at Jesse Wooldridge's

p 59, wm. Wooldridge mss 11/99

 

ii. Christian Wooldridge, b. 1813, Adair Co., KY; d. April 05, 1852, Russell Co., Kentucky.

Notes for Christian Wooldridge:

never married

iii. Abner Wooldridge, b. August 07, 1817, Adair Co., KY; d. January 19, 1885, Russell Co., Kentucky; m. (1) Julia Anne McClure, April 03, 1838, Russell Co., KY; b. 1820, Adair Co., KY; d. 1875, Russell Co., Kentucky; m. (2) Isabel Abshire, January 26, 1881, Casey Co., KY.

Notes for Abner Wooldridge:

1870 Russell Co., KY Census:

Wooldridge, Abner 54

Julia (w) 53

William (s) 16

Sarah S. (d) 10

iv. Martin Wooldridge, b. August 07, 1820, Adair Co., KY; d. April 10, 1902, Russell Co., Kentucky; m. Mary A. Prather, August 15, 1842, Russell Co., KY; b. Abt. 1823.

More About Martin Wooldridge:

Burial: April 1902, Perkins Cemetery, Jamestown, KY

v. Edward Wooldridge, b. Bet. 1822 - 1823, Russell Co., Kentucky; d. August 07, 1870, Russell Co., Kentucky; m. Temperance Vaughan, December 08, 1842, Russell Co., KY; b. April 12, 1825, Kentucky; d. November 12, 1904, Jamestown, Russell Co., Kentucky.

Notes for Edward Wooldridge:

Russell Co Ky, History & Families p. 345

Information regarding Edward Wooldridge and Temperance Vaughan

"Russell Co. KY History and Families" p. 345

more info re: Edward Wooldridge and his family, see Wm. Wooldridge mss pp 59-69

 

 

 

 

Edward Wooldridge b KY 1822-1823, d Russell Co. KY Aug 7, 1870, md. there Dec. 8, 1842, Temperance Vaughn.

Edward purchased a body of land in l865 from James Boyd and wife now known as Swan pond, KY...approximatey 300 acres. This land later became the land of Marcus and Donna Helm Wooldridge in 1937.

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Submitter: Clair Utt 1518 E. 12th St. Winfield, KS 67156

(Edward & Temperance Wooldridge, Martin and Mary Wooldridge, and Betsey and Abner Perkins are buried close together in a small, uncared for cemetery plot on a farm, in an unfenced portion of pasture, south of Jamestown, KY. This family did not move from one county to another, Russell Co. was taken from Adair Co.) [Claire Utt]

1870 Russell Co., KY Census:

Wooldridge, Edward 45

Temperance 42

Benjamin (s) 32

Sidney (s) 19

Josephine (d) 14

Martha E. (d) 11

Eliza J. (d) 9

Milton (s) 5

vi. Elizabeth Jane "Betsey" Wooldridge, b. June 17, 1829, Russell Co., Kentucky; d. February 11, 1921, Russell Co., Kentucky; m. (1) Nathan Buchanon; b. 1824; d. April 20, 1853, Russell Co., Kentucky; m. (2) Abner Perkins, August 14, 1855, Russell Co., KY; b. July 22, 1829; d. May 26, 1900, Russell Co., Kentucky.

Notes for Elizabeth Jane "Betsey" Wooldridge:

p. 66 Wm. Wool. mss

Notes for Nathan Buchanon:

died of consumption, age 26

Notes for Abner Perkins:

Martin and Mary Wooldridge; Edward and Temperance Wooldridge; and "Betsey and Abner Perkins are buried close together in a small, uncared for cemetery plot on a farm, in an unfenced portion of pasture, south of Jamestown, KY) (This family did not move from one country to another, Russell Co. ws taken from Adair Co.) ...information from Claire Utt

52. Simon⁴ Wooldridge (Edward³, Edward Mologe², John¹) was born Abt. 1747, and died January 29, 1830 in Prince Edward, VA. He married Lucy Giles. She was born 1770.

Notes for Simon Wooldridge:

He furnished service or supplies in Buckingham and prince Edward for the Revolution

Supply Claim Index, Virginia State Library.

Children of Simon Wooldridge and Lucy Giles are:

i. Ralph⁵ Wooldridge.

ii. Josiah Wooldridge.

iii. Nancy Wooldridge.

Notes for Nancy Wooldridge:

surname of husband:

Baugh

iv. Robert Wooldridge.

v. Mary Wooldridge.

Notes for Mary Wooldridge:

surname of husband:

INGE

vi. William F. Woldridge.

vii. Edward Wooldridge.

viii. Rhoda Wooldridge.

Notes for Rhoda Wooldridge:

surname of husband:

SCRUGGS

53. John⁴ Wooldridge (William³, Edward Mologe², John¹) was born Abt. 1787. He married Susanna Linder.

Children of John Wooldridge and Susanna Linder are:

i. Josiah⁵ Wooldridge, m. Martha Canrell.

ii. Jane Wooldridge, m. Daniel Wooldridge.

iii. Mary Wooldridge.

iv. George Washington Wooldridge.

v. William B. Wooldridge.

vi. Thomas Jefferson Wooldridge.

vii. Lucinda Wooldridge.

viii. John Andrew Wooldridge.

ix. Louisa Wooldridge.

x. Henry Wooldridge.

54. Samuel⁴ Wooldridge (Josiah³, Edward Mologe², John¹) was born May 07, 1786 in Chesterfield Co., VA, and died August 11, 1845 in Montgomery Co., IL. He married Rebecca C. Walthall January 26, 1815 in Cumberland Co., KY. She was born Bet. 1795 - 1797 in Chesterfield Co., VA, and died Bet. 1836 - 1837 in Clarksville, TN.

Notes for Samuel Wooldridge:

listed in the 1820 and 1830 census(es) of Todd Co., KY and in the 1840 Maucaupin Co., IL census.

Information re: Samuel Wooldridge and his descendants provided by:

Mrs. DeWitt Hoffman of Magalia, CA., a descendant of (EJA) Samuel Wooldridge.

Children of Samuel Wooldridge and Rebecca Walthall are:

i. Rhoda⁵ Wooldridge, b. 1816, Todd Co., KY.

ii. Greenberry Wooldridge, b. January 30, 1817, Todd Co., KY; d. February 20, 1879, Clayton Co., IA; m. (1) Mary Twaddle, March 22, 1843, Montgomery Co., Illinois; m. (2) Matilda C. Sigel, December 25, 1846, St. Louis, MO; b. October 01, 1832, Hart Co., KY; d. August 07, 1896, Clayton Co., IA.

Notes for Greenberry Wooldridge:

They moved to Iowa in 1852. He served in the Union Army for 3 years.

iii. Spencer Samuel Wooldridge, b. May 01, 1824, Todd Co., KY; d. February 15, 1907, Fayette Co., IA; m. (1) Martha Shields Crawford, 1847; d. 1850, Wisconsin; m. (2) Margaret L. Fleming, March 04, 1863; b. January 27, 1842, PA; d. August 01, 1874, Clayton Co., IA..

Notes for Spencer Samuel Wooldridge:

In 1845 he moved to Wisconsin where he engaged in lead mining. In 1852 he emigrated to California where he prospected for gold until 1860 when he returned to Clayton Co., Iowa. After the death of his second wife he moved to Fayette, IA in order to better educate his daughters and he remained there until his death.

iv. Ann Wooldridge, b. Abt. 1826, Todd Co., KY.

v. John Archer Wooldridge, b. August 28, 1830, Todd Co., KY; d. October 14, 1917, Clayton Co., IA; m. Mary Ellen Burdine, July 03, 1856, Clayton Co., Iowa; b. November 28, 1835, La Grange Co., IN; d. May 24, 1938, Edgewood, Iowa.

Notes for John Archer Wooldridge:

John A. Wooldridge moved from KY to IL with his parents, who died when he was 13 years of age. He later moved to Clayton Co., IA where he was a farmer.

He served in the Civil War.