Abraham WOOLF was born around 1789 in the Spitalfields area of London. His patronymic name was Avraham Ha'Levi son of Meshullam Ha'Levi. He married Elizabeth SAMUEL at the Great Synagogue in London. He made ladies' shoes, although for a while he was a Quill Dealer and even a cigar manufacturer. He lived most of his married life in Petticoat Lane.
Abraham and Elizabeth had the following children:
- Hannah, who married Samuel SHUTER
- Charles
- Henry, a tailor, who married Leah WOOLF
- Leon or Lion,
- David "an Investigating Officer with the Board of Guardians", who married Rebecca
- Fanny who was employed in the fur trade
- Phillip, a tobacconist
- Isaac, "a dealer in playing cards", who married Clara COHEN
- Rachel, who married Samuel Abraham COHEN
- Miriam, who married Isaac HART