Sooy Family

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. Yose (Joseph) Sooy had three sons:

1. Luke Sooy
2. 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.
3. 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.