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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. He married Sarah Harriet Weeks, sister of Esther that married his brother Nicholas, and also sister to Rebecca that married his brother William.
    • 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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