WOOLWORTH ANNEX
Ruth (Woolworth) Hunt Pedigree
(Start at generation 5, below.)
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 24 July 2024
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Origin of
the surname “Woolworth:”
Generation
9
8 Timothy Woolworth
1. Biographical notes:
Born 1754. Died 1815.
2. Wife: Mercy Olds
Born 10 Oct 1758; daughter of Captain Simeon and Grace (Phelps) Sheldon
of Suffield, Connecticut. Died 1831.
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Josiah Woolworth: Twin. Born 18 September 1748.
b. Elijah Woolworth: Twin. Born 18 September 1748.
c. Ebenezer Woolworth: Born 18 December 1749. Married Prudence Grant.
d. Justin Woolworth: Born 5 July 1751. Died 15 November 1776.
e. Reuben E. Woolworth: Born 28 February 1753.
f. Phineas
Woolworth: See generation 7, below.
g. Mary Woolworth: Born 9 March 1756.
h. Levi Woolworth: Born 9 June 1757. Married (?) Lyman in 1812.
j. Lucy Woolworth: Born 17 January 1759. Died 9 March 1759.
k. Timothy Woolworth, Jr.: Born 6 April 1763.
7 Phineas Woolworth
1. Biographical notes:
Born 1754. Died 1815. In the winter of 1806 moved from Granville, Massachusetts to Lewis
County, New York, settling initially at Denmark, then Copenhagen, and then
Pinckney.
2. Wife: Mercy Sheldon
Born 1758. Died 1831.
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Thaddius
Woolworth: See generation 6, below.
b. Chauncey Woolworth: Born about 1785. Married (1st) Betsey Granger and had the
following children:
(1. Chauncey Newell Woodworth: Born 1809. Died 1870.
(2. Dr. Isaac Woolworth: (photos) Born 1810. Died 1879. Married
Charlotte Rebecca Bush (photos) (b. 1817, d. 1904), daughter of James and Sarah
(Parks) Bush, and had children.
(3. Volney Woolworth: Born
1812. Died 1878.
(4. Norman Woolworth: Born 1813. Died 1826.
(5. Eunice Woolworth: Born 1814. Died 1822.
(6. Alfred Woolworth: Born 1820. Died 1864.
(7. Elizabeth Granger Woolworth: Born 1826. Died 1846.
Chauncey
Woolworth married (2nd) Fanny Stoddard.
c. Timothy Woolworth: Born February 1786 in Hampden
County, Massachusetts. Died 14 May 1871;
interred Pinckney Corners Cemetery, Lewis County, New York. Married Catharine Brown (b. 1789, d. 22 Aug
1866; interred with Timothy).
1850
US Census: Timothy Woolworth, age 64 (b. CT) and employed as a farmer, was
heading a household in Pinckney Township, Lewis County, New York. His real estate was valued at $3,000. The household also included his wife,
Catharine Woolworth, age 65 (b. CT); daughter, Rhoda Woolworth, age 30 (b.
NYS); son, James Woolworth, age 27 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer; perhaps
daughter-in-law, Rosalina Woolworth, age 25 (b. NYS); perhaps grandson, Taylor
Woolworth, age 6 months; and Scott Sampson, age 17 (b. NYS) and employed as a
laborer.
1865
NYS Census: Timothy Woolworth, age 79 (b. MA) and employed as a farmer, was
heading a household in Pinckney Township, Lewis County, New York. The household also included his wife, Katy
Woolworth, age 77 (b. Oneida Co., NY), who had had 6 children; and daughter,
Rhoda Woolworth, age 50 (b. Lewis Co., NY) and single. Of interest, the household headed by James
Woolworth, age 41 (b. Lewis Co., NY) was enumerated next door.
d. Jasper Woolworth: Born 8 March 1789 at
Greenville, Leicester County, Worcester. Died 8 October 1873 at
Lorain, Lorain County, Ohio.
Married Elizabeth G. Buell (b. 17 May 1797 at Hebron, Tolland Co., CT, d. 6 Jan 1871 at Pierrepont Manor,
Jefferson Co., NY) and had the following children:
(1. Horace Woolworth: Born 1820. Died 1856.
(2. John Hubbell Woolworth: Born 16 August 1821 at
Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
Died 8 February 1907 in Lewis County, New York. Married Fanny McBrier
(b. 15 Apr 1830 at Rodman, Jefferson Co., NY, d. 15
Feb 1878 at Pillar Point, Jefferson Co., NY) on 14 January 1851 at Pillar
Point, Brownville Township, Jefferson County, New York and had the following
children:
(a. Frank Winfield
Woolworth: Born 13 April 1852 at Rodman, Jefferson County, New York. Died 8 April 1919 at Winfield Hall, Glen
Cove, Long Island, New York. Founder of the F. W. Woolworth
Company, a chain of "five-and-dime" stores. Married Jennie E. Creighton (b. 1 Mar 1853 at
Picton, Hallowell, Prince Edward Island, Ontario,
Canada, d. 21 May 1924 at Rodman, Jefferson Co., NY)
and had children.
(b. Charles Sumner
Woolworth: Born 1856. Died
1947.
(c. Flora M. Woolworth:
Born 1870. Died 1943.
(3. Emily Woolworth: Born 1824. Died 1825.
(4. Louisa A. Woolworth: Born 1826. Died 1916.
(5. George Woolworth: Born 1830. Died 1889.
(6. Mary E. Woolworth: Born 1830. Died 1900.
(7. Adelia Woolworth: Born
1838. Died 1895.
e. Hubbell Woolworth.
f. Eunice Woolworth: Born 1791. Died 1825. Married Eber
Lucas.
g. Simeon Sheldon Woolworth: Born 1793. Died 1818.
h. Alexander Woolworth: Born 1795. Died 1855. Married his sister-in-law, widow
Margaret (Brown) Woolworth.
i. Sheldon Woolworth: Born about 1797. Married Margaret Brown, who
after Sheldon's death married her brother-in-law, Alexander Woolworth.
g. Content Woolworth: Born 1798. Died 1832. Married Enos
Brainard.
h. Milla Woolworth: Born
1800. Died 1872. Married (?) Littlefield. Also married Earl Atwood.
6 Thaddeus Woolworth
1. Biographical notes:
Born 5 February 1782 in
Suffield Township, Hartford County, Connecticut. Died 18 March 1852 in Lewis County, New York;
interred there in Pinckney Corners Cemetery.
Employed as a farmer in Pinckney Township, Lewis
County, New York. Died .
1850 US Census: Thaddeus
Woolworth, age 68 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Pinckney Township, Lewis County, New York.
The household also included his wife, Hannah Woolworth, age 65 (b. NYS);
daughter, Lucy Woolworth, age 27 (b. NYS); and grandson, Charles Hunt, age 12
(b. NYS). Of interest, the households
headed by Timothy Woolworth, age 64 (b. CT) and employed as a farmer and Phineus Woolworth, age 33 (b. NYS) and employed as a
farmer, were enumerated on the same census page.
2. Wife: Hannah Palmer
Born 1784 in New York. Died 1859.
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Eliza Woolworth: Born about 1810 in Lewis County,
New York. Married (?)
Shear.
b. William Woolworth: Born 1811. Died 1892.
c. Ruth Woolworth: See generation 5, below.
d. Enoch Woolworth:
e. Phineas Woolworth: Born
about 1817 in New York
1850
US Census: Phineus Woolworth, age 33 (b. NYS) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Pinckney Township, Lewis
County, New York. His real estate was
valued at $1,500. The household also
included his wife, Julia Woolworth, age 30 (b. NYS); daughter, Marietta
Woolworth, age 6 (b. NYS); and daughter, Ellen Woolworth, age 4 (b. NYS).
f. Gilbert French Woolworth:
g. Lucy Woolworth: Born about 1823.
h. Electa A. Woolworth: (more info) Born about 1819 in New York. Died about 1855, age 36.
1850 US Census: Everitto
Clement, age 37 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Cape Vincent Township, Jefferson County, New York. His real estate was valued at $1,700. The household also included his wife, Electa A. Clement, age 31 (b. NYS); and son, Chester P.
Clement, age 5 (b. NYS).
1855 NYS Census: Everrett
Clements, age 42 (b. Lewis Co., NY) and employed as ,
was heading a household in Cape Vincent Township, Jefferson County, New
York. The household also included his
son, Chester L. Clements, age 10 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); daughter, Jane A.
Clements, age 2 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); and sister-in-law, Eliza Shear, age 45
(b. Lewis Co., NY).
1860 US Census: Evirett Clement,
age 47 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Cape
Vincent Township (Cape Vincent Post Office), Jefferson County, New York. His real estate was valued at $3,000, an his
personal property was valued at $2,500.
The household also included his wife, Emily Clement, age 36 (b. NYS);
son, Chester Clement, age 15 (b. NYS); daughter, Adalaide
Clement, age 7 (b. NYS); daughter, Mary Clement, age 3 (b. NYS); unnamed son,
age 2? months (b. NYS); and sister-in-law, Eliza
Shear, age 50 (b. NYS).
Electa Woolworth married, as his 1st wife, Everett
Clements (b. 22 Dec 1812 in Lewis Co., NY, d. 6 Mar
1889), son of Peter and Lydia (McBride) Clements, and had the following
children:
(1. Chester P. Clements: Born April 1845 in
Jefferson County, New York. Died 16 October 1867.
(2. Jane Adelaide Clements "Adelaide":
Born about 1853 in Jefferson County, New York.
Everett Clement married (2nd) Emily (?) and had at
least the following children:
(3. Mary Clements: Born about 1857 in Jefferson County,
New York.
(4. Son: Born about 1860 in Jefferson County, New
York.
5 Ruth Woolworth:
Born about 1813 in
Pinckney Township, Lewis County, New York. Died , age 51, in
Watertown Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Married Thomas Hunt, generation 5 of the Hunt Annex on .
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Other, still unidentified,
Woolworth names:
1. James Woolworth:
1865
NYS Census: James Woolworth, age 41 (b. Lewis Co., NY) and employed as a farmer,
was heading a household in Pinckney Township, Lewis County, New York. The household also included his wife, Rominda Woolworth, age 39 (b. Jefferson Co., NY), who had
had 5 children; son, Orrin J. Woolworth, age 14 (b. Lewis Co., NY); son, Robert
Woolworth, age 11 (b. Lewis Co., NY); son, George Woolworth, age 8 (b. Lewis
Co., NY); daughter, Mary R. Woolworth, age 6 (b. Lewis Co., NY); and son, Ward
W. Woolworth, age 3 years and 3 months (b. Lewis Co., NY). Of interest, the household headed by Timothy
Woolworth, age 79 (b. MA), was enumerated next door.
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