Family Group Sheet Discrepancies

There was a discrepancy in John's birthdate on the family group sheets at World family Tree and Family Search.  Family Search had his birth 4 May 1740, but World Family Tree had it 4 May 1742.  All of the other sources looked at have supported the World Family Tree date.  John Woolley was born in Marple, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and died 5 April 1800 in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.  On 22 April, 1773, he married Phebe Hoopes, in Springfield Meeting, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.  They were the parents of four children: Samuel, born 12 March 1774, Sarrah, born 19 July 1777, Phebe born 29 September 1775, and John, born 19 August 1779.

Family Research

I've always wanted to know about my New England ancestors. I chose John Woolley Sr. and his family to research, because he served in the Revolutionary War, and I have always had a keen interest in that period of our nation's history.

I began mt research by looking into the origina of the Woolley name. I first looked in the History and Genealogy of the Utah Woolleys from 1700 to 1936, by William George Woolley, which I found a the Family History Library. Woolley wrote that the name could have been drived from a couple of different sources, one being from the "Wools," which is a Saxon name meaning "the meadows." Since some of the early Wooleys were shepherds and tended their flocks on the "wools" of England, it would seem natural to call the family the Woolys.

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