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Sooy Family

All I have posted here so far is taken from Major E.M. Woodard's History of Burlington County.

Among the early settlers of Washington was Yose Sooy [his name is usually rendered as 'Joose', or 'Joost'], a German, who settled on the East bank of the Atsion river and cleared up a farm. Joost Sooy was supposedly born in April of 1685 in the Netherlands. He was married to Sarah Van Tienhoven (daughter of Lucas Van Tienhoven). Yose (Joseph) Sooy had three sons:

  1. Luke Sooy, born sometime prior to 1712.
  2. Joseph Sooy, who married Mary Leek He was the father of
    • Phoebe Sooy, who in turn was the mother of Capt. Ebenezer Sooy of Bass River, who married Catherine, the daughter of Samuel Loveland and had:
      • Benjamin Sooy. He married Margaret Haunsley of New York.
      • Reuben Sooy.
      • Josiah Sooy. He married Catharine Johnson, of Long Island.
      • Cowperthwaite Sooy. He married Sarah Robins.
      • Ebenezer Sooy. He married Eliza Henderson.
      • Samuel Sooy.
      • Daniel Sooy
      • Phoebe Sooy. She married Maja B. Mathis
      • Ann Eliza Sooy. She married Richard Bogan.
      • Jemima Sooy. She married Josiah Johnson.
  3. Nicholas Sooy. He married Sarah Sears, daughter of Paul Sears, and lived near his father. He had eleven children:
    • Nicholas Sooy, jr. He married Esther Weeks and had:
      • Samuel Sooy
      • William Sooy
      • Ephraim Sooy
      • Josephus Sooy
      • Nicholas Sooy
      • Elizabeth Sooy
      • Sarah Sooy
      • Sophia Sooy
      • Esther Sooy
    • Noah Sooy (4 May 1747-22 Dec 1822). He married Sarah Harriet Weeks (28 Nov 1755-7 Jun 1819), sister of Esther who married his brother Nicholas, and also sister to Rebecca who married his brother William. Noah and Sarah Sooy were the parents of:
      • Hannah Sooy (15 Apr 1775-), who married Charles Pettit and was the mother of Sarah Pettit, born about 1793
      • Elizabeth Sooy (30 Apr 1776-), who married Arthur Thompson on May 11, 1797 in Mt. Holly and had:
        1. Sooy Thompson
        2. William Thompson
        3. John Thompson
        4. Alexander Thompson
        5. Arthur Thompson
        6. Hannah Thompson Sarah Thompson
        7. Elizabeth Thompson
      • Noah Sooy (20 Nov 1777-1822); I've been told that he married a woman named Sarah Harriet Weeks, which seems a bit hard to believe considering his mother and father's names, but I suppose it's possible.
      • Nathan Sooy (25 Sep 1778-)
      • Nicholas Sooy (20 Feb 1782-29 Jun 1851); he married Esther Weeks (30 Dec 1783--) on 13 Aug 1803 and had:
        1. Elizabeth Sooy (27 Oct 1803--), who married Nicholas Sooy Thompson on 1 Feb 1824.
        2. Samuel Sooy (13 Feb 1806--), who married Catherine Leek (4 Jan 1809-18 Apr 1863) on 3 May 1827 and had:
          1. Theodore Sooy
          2. George Sooy
          3. Elizabeth Mary Sooy
          4. Amanda Sooy (23 Nov 1829-)
          5. Towers Sooy (10 Jun 1830-)
          6. Majah Sooy (1837--)
          7. Henrietta Sooy (Nov 1837-)
          8. Leek Sooy (1838-)
          9. Martha Sooy (22 Oct 1840-)
          10. Samuel Sooy (17 Jun 1843-)
          11. Catherine Sooy (1844-)
        3. Mary Sooy (14 Dec 1808--), who married Samuel Downs
        4. Sophia Sooy (11 Jul 1811--), who married David Sawyer
        5. Esther Sooy (24 Dec 1813--), who married William Johnson and David Lowery
        6. William Sooy (14 Feb 1816--), who married Mary Ann Hayworth (1816--) and had:
          1. Joel H. Sooy (b. abt 1839)
          2. Anna M. Sooy (b. abt 1844)
          3. Lydia H. Sooy (b. abt 1844)
          4. Watson Sooy (b. abt 1849)
        7. Ephesian Sooy (8 Mar 1818--), who married Lucy Hayworth on 28 Aug 1842.
        8. Josephus Sooy (8 Mar 1818--), who married Louisa Reeves on 11 Sep 1845 and had:
          1. Mark Sooy, b. abt 1846
          2. Leander Sooy, b. abt 1849
        9. Sara Sooy (19 Jul 1821--), who married James Downs
        10. Nicholas W. Sooy (3 Jan 1823-5 Jul 1896), who married Hannah Richardson
      • Jemima Sooy(21 Jan 1784-31 May 1786), who married Sarah Thomas
      • Joseph Sooy (31 May 1786-)
      • Sarah Sooy(27 Apr 1788-), who married James Bodine
      • Parnell Sooy (11 May 1790-), who married Samuel H. Bodine
      • Sophia Sooy (20 Aug 1796-)
      • Archibald Sooy (5 Dec 1797-), who married Batheah Cramer on 22 Dec 1816
      • William H. Sooy (15 Jan 1798-), who married Rebecca Weeks(17 Jan 1796-16 Nov 1860) and had:
        1. Sophia Sooy (1829-)
        2. Samuel Sooy (1835-)
        3. Edmund C. Sooy (1837-)
        4. Arthur Sooy (1839-), who married Reba Weiser
      • Paul Sooy (Feb 1800-)
    • William Sooy. He married Rebecca Weeks.
    • Archelaus Sooy. He married Bethiah Cranmer
    • Paul Sears Sooy. He married Elizabeth Cavileer.
    • Josephus Sooy. He married and lived on the old homestead.
    • Elizabeth Sooy. She married Arthur Thompson and had:
      • Sooy Thompson
      • William Thompson
      • John Thompson
      • Alexander Thompson
      • Arthur Thompson
      • Hannah Thompson
      • Sarah Thompson
      • Elizabeth Thompson
    • Hannah Sooy married Samuel Pettit and had:
      • Sarah Pettit, who married Job Weeks
    • Sarah Sooy. She married James Bodine.
    • Jemima Sooy. She married Alexander Thompson and had:
      • Mary Thompson
      • Sarah Thomspon
      • Elizabeth Thompson
      • Nicholas Thompson
      • Hannah Thompson
      • Margaret Thompson
      • Anna Thompson
      • Amelia Thompson
      • others whose names could not be ascertained.
    • Parnell Sooy. She married Samuel Bodine.




I am also trying to tie this Sooy family into the main one outlined above:
Thomas K. Sooy, b. 1859 and d. abt 1937. He married Martha Crowley (b. 4 Jul 1864, d. 1935). Martha was the daughter of Sebastian Crowley and Sarah Ann Parker, and grand-daughter of Samuel Crowley and Tabitha Ford.
Thomas K. and Martha (Crowley) Sooy were the parents of:

I was also recently sent some pictures of Watson Sooy and his wife, Hattie Lane Sooy. You can see them below. Watson was a brother of a William Sooy, though I haven't figured out yet how he fits into the rest of the family. Hattie, according to "Jersey Genesis", was a school teacher at Harrisville.
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