William Woolley

Male1677–February 1695

Brief Life History of William

When William Woolley was born in 1677, in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Woolley, was 28 and his mother, Alice Lovell, was 23. He died in February 1695, in his hometown, at the age of 18, and was buried in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, England.

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Henry Woolley
1650–1703
Alice Lovell
1654–1701
Henry Woolley
1673–1708
Richard Woolley
1694–1695
Mary Woolley
1674–1701
William Woolley
1676–1676
William Woolley
1677–1695
John Woolley
1680–1732
Edward Woolley
1682–1682
Elizabeth Woolley
1683–
Edward Woolley
1685–
Ellen Woolley
1687–
Alice Woolley
1689–1689
Alice Woolley
1690–
Richard Woolley
1692–1695
Ellen Woolley
1693–
William Woolley
1697–1697

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    World Events (1)

    1688 · Glorious Revolution

    Age 11

    The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wulf ‘wolf’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’, such as Woolley (Huntingdonshire, Yorkshire), Woolley in Bovey Tracy (Devon), and Woolley in Bradford on Avon (Wiltshire).

    Irish (Cavan): in Ireland, according to Woulfe, when this is not the English name, it has been adopted for Woulfe .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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