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:
- Luke Sooy, born sometime prior to 1712.
- 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.
- 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:
- Gertrude Sooy
- Watson Sooy
- Louis A. Sooy
- Whitcraft Sooy
- Harriet Sooy, b. 1887
- Catherine Sooy, b. 1887
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