Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei pene - I whanau a Woolsey i Leelanau County, Michigan, i te Akuhata 29, 1894, te tama a Byron Woolsey raua ko Sarah Hall. Ko te tupuna o Woolsey, ko Chauncey Woolsey, i mate i te tau 1864 i te Pakanga o Totopotomoy Creek
i Hanover County, Virginia i te wā o te Pakanga ā-Iwi. Ko tana tupuna tupuna, ko Adolphus Woolsey, i mahi i te Pakanga o 1812. He uri a Woolsey no George (Joris) Woolsey, he kainoho no te rautau 17 o New Amsterdam me te tupuna o te whanau Woolsey i Amerika.