Reece was the son of Reece Wolfe and Mary White of Sussex County, Delaware. He and his wife Sarah Prettyman were the parents of thirteen children.
The Rev. Reece Woolf was an itinerant circuit riding preacher. Shortly after the Revolutionary War, he braved the wilds of the new frontier to spread the gospel to the few inhabitants of the Little Kanawha District, in what was then VA.
In 1783 he married Sarah Prettyman (1766-1860). They were the parents of 14 children, 9 of whom lived to maturity.
Five of his surviving children, Mary Woolf (1784-1877); Joel Woolf (1786-1846); Sarah Woolf (1794-1877); John Wesley Woolf (1802-1890); and William Prettyman Woolf (1809-1864) also migrated to Ohio. Four lived most of their adult lives there.
One son, William P., left for parts further west and ended up in Iowa. Most of the descendants of Reece Woolf have changed the spelling of the surname to Wolfe.
The Rev. Reece Woolf was an itinerant circuit riding preacher. Shortly after the Revolutionary War, he braved the wilds of the new frontier to spread the gospel to the few inhabitants of the Little Kanawha District, in what was then VA.
In 1783 he married Sarah Prettyman (1766-1860). They were the parents of 14 children, 9 of whom lived to maturity.
Five of his surviving children, Mary Woolf (1784-1877); Joel Woolf (1786-1846); Sarah Woolf (1794-1877); John Wesley Woolf (1802-1890); and William Prettyman Woolf (1809-1864) also migrated to Ohio. Four lived most of their adult lives there.
One son, William P., left for parts further west and ended up in Iowa. Most of the descendants of Reece Woolf have changed the spelling of the surname to Wolfe.
Reece was the son of Reece Wolfe and Mary White of Sussex County, Delaware. He and his wife Sarah Prettyman were the parents of thirteen children.
The Rev. Reece Woolf was an itinerant circuit riding preacher. Shortly after the Revolutionary War, he braved the wilds of the new frontier to spread the gospel to the few inhabitants of the Little Kanawha District, in what was then VA.
In 1783 he married Sarah Prettyman (1766-1860). They were the parents of 14 children, 9 of whom lived to maturity.
Five of his surviving children, Mary Woolf (1784-1877); Joel Woolf (1786-1846); Sarah Woolf (1794-1877); John Wesley Woolf (1802-1890); and William Prettyman Woolf (1809-1864) also migrated to Ohio. Four lived most of their adult lives there.
One son, William P., left for parts further west and ended up in Iowa. Most of the descendants of Reece Woolf have changed the spelling of the surname to Wolfe.
The Rev. Reece Woolf was an itinerant circuit riding preacher. Shortly after the Revolutionary War, he braved the wilds of the new frontier to spread the gospel to the few inhabitants of the Little Kanawha District, in what was then VA.
In 1783 he married Sarah Prettyman (1766-1860). They were the parents of 14 children, 9 of whom lived to maturity.
Five of his surviving children, Mary Woolf (1784-1877); Joel Woolf (1786-1846); Sarah Woolf (1794-1877); John Wesley Woolf (1802-1890); and William Prettyman Woolf (1809-1864) also migrated to Ohio. Four lived most of their adult lives there.
One son, William P., left for parts further west and ended up in Iowa. Most of the descendants of Reece Woolf have changed the spelling of the surname to Wolfe.
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