Sooy Family
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
  3. Nicholas Sooy. He married Sarah Sears, daughter of Paul Sears, and lived near his father. He had eleven children:




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.



This page was last updated on November 25th, 2000