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Nicholas Sooy[1]

Male 1747 - Aft 1777  (> 30 years)


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  • Name Nicholas Sooy 
    Born 4 May 1747  New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military CA 1775  New Jersey, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    in the American Revolution 
    • He was a private in the army.
    Died Aft 17 Mar 1777  New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 22 Dec 1822  [3
    Note
    • World Family Tree, v. 2, Tree 5301: Nicholas Sooy, b. May 04, 1747, Burlington, New Jersey; d. December 22, 1822, Pleasant Mills, NJ; m. Sarah Sears; b. November 28, 1755, Pleasant Mills, NJ; d. June 07, 1819, Pleasant Mills, NJ

      Sooy Family Genealogy Forum: Joost Sooy Jr. b. 1710 NY m 1737 NJ; posted by Susan Zmrzel on Dec. 27, 1998: Joost and Elizabeth had the following children: 5. Nicholas b. 4 May 1747 in NJ, d. ca. 1822, married to Sarah Sears

      Ancestry.Com.The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution volume 27. 10/19/1999: Nicholas Sooy, (1747-1822), served as a minute man in the militia of Gloucester County, where he was born. He died in Burlington county, N.J. ... Nicholas Sooy and Sarah Sears, his wife. volume 56: He was born in Gloucester, Atlantic County, N.J.; died in Washington, Burlington County.

      Robert E. Haythorne affidavit: "The attached list is in the handwriting of Percy Bould Haythorne, and is based on a combination of his knowledge and family bible notations": Family Bible sheet labelled "Family Record" [unclear who wrote the entries]:... Nicholas Sooy was born May the 4 1747 ...

      Sooy family records. [Microfilm of typescript; 1957] p. 39: Nicholas Sooy, born May 4, 1747, A.D. was the son of Joost (Joseph) Jr. and Elizabeth (Smith) Sooy. He resided in Pleasant Mills, Burlington Co., N.J. where he owned large tracts of land; he also owned and managed the Inn there. He was a man of affairs and, during the Revolutionary War of 1776, was a Minute Man and took part in resisting the British raids around the Mullica River.
      He married in 1774 a woman of high degree, Sarah Sears born Nov. 28, 1755, who was the daughter of Colonel Paul Sears of Massachusetts, a hero of the Revolution. Nicholas died Dec. 22, 1822, and is buried in the Old Quaker Church Yard by the side of his wife, who died June 7, 1819. Their children: ...
    Person ID I825  Master Tree | Merritt Bartlett East McLellan
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2019 

    Father Joost Sooy,   b. 23 Oct 1710,   d. 17 Mar 1778, Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Smith,   b. 6 Feb 1720/1,   d. 2 Jan 1789  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 3 Aug 1737 
    • Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey
    Married 3 Dec 1737  Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • spouse-death; Cape May County (New Jersey) Marriage Records, compiled by H. Stanley Craig and Julius Way. c1931. p. 12: Marriage Records: Marriage Licenses from New Jersey Archives ... Sowe, Joseph and Elizabeth Smith, 12-3-1737

      7/28/2005. U.S. and international marriage records, 1560-1900. [Internet] Ancestry.com database online. Provo, UT, MyFamily.com Inc., 2004.
      Name: Joost Joseph Sooy. Gender: male. Birth Year: 1710. Birth Place: NY. Marriage Year: 1737. Spouse name: Elizabeth Smith. Spouse birth year: 1720. Spouse Birth Place: NJ.
      Name: Elizabeth Smith. Gender: female. Birth Year: 1720. Birth Place: NJ. Marriage Year: 1737. Spouse name: Joost Joseph Sooy. Spouse birth year: 1710. Spouse Birth Place: NY
    Married 3 Dec 1737 
    • Glouster County, New Jersey
    Family ID F269  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 May 1747 - New Jersey, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - in the American Revolution - CA 1775 - New Jersey, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Aft 17 Mar 1777 - New Jersey, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S158] National Genealogical Society Quarterly, vols. 1-8, v. 21, pp. 96-97.
      "Captain Claes Claesen Bordingh & Descendants" by Mrs. Emily (Steelman) Fisher: Nicholas, b May 4, 1747

    2. [S217] DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition, v. 3, p. 2739.
      Sooy, Nicholas: b c 1746/7 NJ d post 3-17-1777 NJ m Mary Ingersoll Pvt NJ

    3. [S216] Sooy family records, p. 39.
      Nicholas died Dec. 22, 1822, and is buried in the Old Quaker Church Yard by the side of his wife ...

    4. [S178] New Jersey marriage records, 1665-1800, p. 377.
      Smith, Elizabeth and Joseph Sowe, Cape May 1737 Dec. 3