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Dorothy Woodhull, >[1]

Female 1687 - Aft 1729  (> 43 years)


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  • Name Dorothy Woodhull  [2, 3
    Suffix
    Birth 13 Feb 1687  Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death Aft 1729  New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7325  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2024 

    Father Richard Woodhull, Jr,   b. 9 Oct 1649, Southampton, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1699, Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Temperance Fordham Topping, 1657,   b. 1657, Southampton, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1706, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 19 Aug 1680  Southampton, Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7372  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Job Smith, ll,   b. 9 Mar 1679, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1740, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 16 Jan 1712  Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Charity Smith,   b. 24 Oct 1712, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1791, Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     2. Temperance Smith, "Bull",   b. 19 Jan 1714   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Anna Matilda Smith, "Bull",   b. 14 Apr 1717, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1782 (Age 64 years)
     4. Capt. Capt Job Smith, (iii),   b. 14 Jan 1719, Smithtown, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1780, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     5. Elizabeth Smith, "Bull",   b. 5 Apr 1721, Smithtown, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1769, Smithtown, Suffolk, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
     6. Epenetus Smith, "Bull",   b. 11 Jan 1724, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1803, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     7. Nathaniel Smith, "Bull",   b. 16 Sep 1729, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1783, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Family ID F3453  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 May 2025 

  • Notes 
    • The record is unclear as Dorothy Woodhull's husbands. Mary Gould Woodhull and Francis Bowes Stevens in the Woodhull Genealogy: The Woodhull Family in England and America unambiguously records her husband as Thomas Helme. Others, including William S. Pelletreau in Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York, Vol. 2, unambiguously record that her husband was Job Smith. The latter attribution seems the more common, but not necessarily more accurate.
      Since this family is fairly remote from my primary area of interest, I will leave it to others to sort out.

      -- MERGED NOTE ------------

      11. DOROTHY WOODHULL, 3rd generation, born (???), was the eldest daughter and fifth child of the Hon. Richard Wodhull (II.), and Temperance Fordham.

      She married William Helme, son of Thomas Helme (who was a resident of Brookhaven, Long Island, from 1675 to 1703).

      (See Genealogical Appendix, Note O.)

      Children (Three):
      (1.) Phineas Helme, married Mary Moffatt, of Blooming Grove,
      Orange Co., New York. They had seven children:
      (2.) A son, name unknown, who was a trader between New
      York City and the West Indies. He was taken prisoner
      during the Revolution, and died in an English prison.
      (3.) William Helme, Sr., married and had three sons:
      William Helme, Jr., who was a Captain of the Virginia
      Continental Line.

  • Sources 
    1. [S424] , GEDCOM import (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
      Date of Import: Aug 6, 1998

    2. [S17] Mary Gould Woodhull and Francis Bowes Stevens, compiler, Woodhull Genealogy: The Woodhull Family in England and America (Phildelphia, PA: Henry T. Coates and Company, 1904). Available Google Books and Ancestry.com, p. 53. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/_glc_/3123/3123_53.html, Genealogy.com.
      11. DOROTHY WOODHULL, 3rd generation, born (???), was the eldest daughter and fifth child of the Hon. Richard Wodhull (II.), and Temperance Fordham.
      She married William Helme, son of Thomas Helme (who was a resident of Brookhaven, Long Island, from 1675 to 1703).
      (See Genealogical Appendix, Note O.)
      Children (Three):
      (1.) Phineas Helme, married Mary Moffatt, of Blooming Grove,
      Orange Co., New York. They had seven children:
      Anna Helme, married (???) Helm, of New York City.
      Temperance Helme, married a New York City merchant.
      Emily Helme, married John Granger (a cousin of Francis
      Granger, Governor of New York).
      A third daughter married (???) Smith. They had
      several children.
      Woodhull Helm, born October 30, 1777, (the first to drop
      the final letter from the family name), married first,
      Eliza McDonald. They had three children:
      George Helm, married Catharine Wolf. They had three
      children:
      Henry Helm. Eliza Helm. John L. Helm.
      Eliza Helm, born January 22, 1802; married, March 21,
      1821, Selah M. Stevens. They had seven children:
      Mary Stevens, born February 26, 1822; married, January
      1, 1851, Daniel Gaylord. They had three children:
      Sarah Gaylord.
      John Gaylord.
      Harper Gaylord, born in the year 1858; married Harriet
      Graff. They had two children:
      Alice Gaylord.
      Roswell Gaylord, married Blanche Wickham.
      Maria A. Stevens, born August 24, 1825; married David
      Hendry. They had four children:
      Mary Frances Hendry, born June 5, 1845; married, February
      24, 1867, Gibson De Long. They had six children:
      Arthur De Long, born May 10, 1869; married Margery
      Porter.
      Kittie De Long, born April 16, 1872; married, January 1,
      1898, Corwin O'Neal. They had two children:
      Hazel O'Neal, born November 13, 1898.
      Hugh Charles O'Neal, born April 5, 1901.
      Charles De Long, born December 17, 1873.
      Marjorie De Long, born May 27, 1877; married, August
      10, 1899, Emmet Hadley.
      Eliza De Long, born June 30, 1881; married, March 10,
      1903, Hugh Piper March.
      Grace De Long, born July 23, 1883.
      ----
      Nancy Hendry, married in the year 1873, Nahum F. Parsons.
      They had four children:
      Nahum Parsons, born March 10, 1877; married Harriet
      Sweesey.
      George Parsons, born March 27, 1880.
      Hugh G. Parsons, born January 20, 1883.
      Charles M. Hendry, married Alice Humphrey.
      Eliza Maria Hendry, married, October 20, 1866, Levi B.
      Nelson. They had seven children:
      Levi Davis Nelson, born October 9, 1867; married, December
      3, 1890, Kathleen Gray Smith.
      Herbert Hendry Nelson, born January 22, 1868, and died
      April 30, 1870.
      Frankie Wood Nelson, born April 3, 1870; married, April
      7, 1892, Charles G. Beck. She died April 17, 1896.
      They had one child:
      Charles Nelson Beck, born June 19, 1893.
      Edith Maria Nelson, born April 30, 1875; married Lucien
      Lamar Knight. They had two children:
      Frances Walton Knight, born November 18, 1897.
      Mary Lamar Knight, born May 27, 1899.
      George Nelson, born May 26, 1878.
      Charles Nelson, born February 13, 1881, and died November
      1, 1881.
      Grace Adelaide Nelson, born April 21, 1888.
      Chauncey J. Stevens, Sr., born May 10, 1830; married
      first, September 28, 1859, Mary E. Dingee. They had
      two children. She died August 21, 1873.
      Addie Maria Stevens, born June 17, 1861; married, July
      9, 1884, Charles H. Janes, of Montour, Iowa. They
      had one child:
      Charles Raymond Janes, born January 11, 1895.
      Raymond H. Stevens, born March 4, 1871; married, August
      23, 1900, Jessie Stoel.
      Chauncey J. Stevens, Sr., married second, November 25,
      1875, Mary Graham. They had three children:
      Lucie Stevens, born November 15, 1878.
      Chauncey J. Stevens, Jr., born in September, 1886.
      William E. Stevens, born in April, 1890.
      Anna E. Stevens, born March 24, 1833; married Henry
      Follett.
      Edward J. Stevens, born October 9, 1840, and died May
      3, 1851.
      Descendants of Woodhull Helm, born October 30, 1777,
      by his second wife, (???) Stevens. They had three
      children:
      Edward Helm; married Sophia Schuyler.
      William Helm, married, and had a son.
      ---
      Woodhull Helm, married third, June 25, 1816, Lucy
      Ruggles. She was born April 20, 1791, and died December
      8, 1872. They had six children:
      Alfred Helm, born July 7, 1817; married, September 20,
      1842, Emily Jane Moffatt. She was born July 26, 1820,
      and died August 25, 1854. They had one child:
      Charles Clinton Helm, born April 15, 1846, and died
      (???).
      Ruggles Helm, born July 2, 1820; married, April 12, 1845,
      Sarah Ann Bass, of Prescott, Canada. She was born
      in May, 1827, and died in the year 1856. He died
      in December, 1877. They had two children:
      Joseph Church Helm, (Hon.), of Denver, Colorado, born
      June 30, 1848; married in September, 1881, Marcia
      Stewart. They had no children.
      Lucy J. H. Helm, married Clinton D. Winchell. They
      had five children:
      Lorena Marion Winchell, born January 20, 1869; married,
      October 30, 1889, William C. Hocking. She died November
      27, 1890.
      Clinton Helm Winchell, born September 15, 1870, and
      died December 24, 1878.
      Minnie Elizabeth Winchell, born July 29, 1875.
      Lucy Alice Winchell, born May 1, 1880.
      Joseph Harvey Winchell, born November 1, 1885.
      Phineas Helm, born June 6, 1822; married, January 28,
      1847, Caroline Moffatt. She was born December 4,
      1826. He died November 26, 1887. They had three
      children:
      George Helm, born in December, 1847; married, March
      22, 1877, Agnes M. Dodds. She was born August 12,
      1852. They had four children:
      Edna Helm, born March 10, 1878.
      Burton Helm, born April 23, 1880, and died in the year
      19--.
      Edith Helm, born December 4, 1883.
      William Phineas Helm, born March 22, 1886.
      Frederick Eugene Helm, born September 28, 1849; married,
      in the year 1885, Nellie M. Houston.
      Harriet Marian Helm, born October 18, 1851, and died
      October 22, 1852.
      William Chester Helm, born November 25, 1853, and died
      May 17, 1882.
      James Bradley Helm, born October 7, 1855.
      Lena Caroline Helm, born October 7, 1857, and died
      December 15, 1858.
      Alfred Phineas Helm, born August 12, 1859, and died
      January 17, 1861.
      ---
      Caroline Helm, born December 5, 1861; married Plummer F. Bussey, Inspector of Government Surveys. Dexter Clark Helm, born October 12, 1850, and died (???). Ernest Clark Helm, M. D., born May 1, 1855; married, March 23, 1887, Elizabeth Hunnicutt. She was born November 24, 1864. They had two children: Olive Marjorie Helm, born June 28, 1889. Berwyn Woodhull Helm, born June 15, 1891. Arthur Clark Helm, M. D., born October 23, 1857; married, August 10, 1886, Nellie McMurdo. She was born February 3, 1855. They had two children: Harold M. Helm, born May 18, 1888. Amice M. Helm, born October 31, 1890. Walter B. Helm, M. D., born October 12, 1859; married, October 26, 1887, Mary Gibson. She was born July 30, 1864. They had two children: Allan Gibson Helm, born November 8, 1888. Elizabeth Helm, born January 27, 1892. Lucy Helm, born June 4, 1826; married, September 21, 1852, James Bradley. She died October 7, 1856. Clinton Helm, born February 21, 1829; married, November 23, 1852, Hannah Sophia Poyneer. She was born September 21, 1829. They had several children: Mary Ellen Helm, born October 10, 1853; married E. White. Lucy Helm, born February 21, 1857; married Allen Ray. They had one child: Lucien Ray. Clinton Helm. Eva Helm. (Other descendants of William Helme and Dorothy Wodhull): (2.) A son, name unknown, who was a trader between New York City and the West Indies. He was taken prisoner during the Revolution, and died in an English prison. (3.) William Helme, Sr., married and had three sons: William Helme, Jr., who was a Captain of the Virginia Continental Line. Meredith Helm. Joseph Helm. William Helm, Jr., married first, (???) Rankin. They had three children: Thomas Helm. Benjamin Helm. Elizabeth Helm. He married second, Agnes, daughter of Captain William Pickett, of Fauquier Co., Virginia. (An officer in the Revolutionary War.) They had eight children:
      ---
      Lucy Helm; married Captain Thomas O. Jennings, who
      served in the Revolution. They had five children:
      Lucy Ann Jennings, died in infancy.
      Oxford Jennings, died in infancy.
      Fannie Jennings.
      Susan Jennings.
      Caroline Jennings; married Lieutenant S. P. Fahnestock,
      of the United States Army.
      William Helm, M. D., married Susan L. Cowne. They
      had no children.
      Ann Helm; married Leroy Peachy Williams, of Clarke
      Co., Virginia. They had seven children:
      Erasmus Peachy Williams.
      James Williams.
      Elizabeth Griffin Peachy Williams.
      Agnes Pickett Williams.
      Leroy Eustace Williams.
      Lucy Ann Williams.
      Hannah Francis Williams.
      John Marshall Helm, died unmarried.
      George Helm; married (???) Stonacher, and had a
      large family.
      Erasmus Helm; married Virginia, daughter of Captain
      Edward Aisquith, of Baltimore, Maryland. (He, at
      Bladensburg headed the First Battalion Sharpshooters,
      which company he raised.) They had eleven children:
      Sarah Lyttleton Helm, died in infancy.
      Charles Warfield Helm; married Ellen Hanson, of Kentucky.
      (Sister of General Roger Hanson, who served
      in the Civil War.)
      William Pickett Helm.
      Erasmus Helm.
      Virginia Aisquith Helm.
      Agnes Pickett Helm.
      Edward Aisquith Helm.
      Robert Henry Helm.
      Frank Meiggs Helm.
      Lyttleton Savage Helm.
      Governor John L. Helm was a descendant of the Helm's
      of Fauquier Co., Virginia, as was also Governor Foote's
      mother.

    3. [S21] Robert H. Sweezey, Sweezey.com and Sweezey.net, http://www.sweezey.net/genealogy2/software/getperson.php?personID=I04665&tree=.