HALSEY by Dick Halsey Wed Nov 06 1991 ------------------------------- DR> I just learned that I have a HALSEY line. My 6 GGrandmother DR> was Ann HALSEY b.c1592 Cranefield, Bedfordshire, ENG, d. 20 DR> Oct 1659 Fairfield, CT; m. Thomas WHEELER b.c 1589 DR> Bedfordshire, ENG, wp 23 Aug 1654 CT?. Do you know anything DR> about this HALSEY line? --Diane Rodriguez The immigrant ancestor of my and many other Halseys is Thomas Halsey born about 1600 in England. There was a Halsey family genealogy published in about 1892. It contained a lot of pages on his ancestors in England. In about 1947 a Herbert Seversmith published a book called Colonial Families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut. Mr. Seversmith proposed that the Halsey Gen. was wrong and showed some proof. In 1950 he published further proof of records of Thomas Halsey in England. What it comes down to is that Thomas Halsey married a Elizabeth Wheeler (of Cranfield, Eng.), dau. of John Wheeler & Elizabeth. Thomas & Elizabeth had 5 children baptised at Kempston, Bedfordshire. Their last child was baptised in Cranfield on 22 Apr. 1638. Thomas had moved his family to Lynn, Mass. by 1639. In 1640 Thomas and his family was one of the first to settle in Southampton, Long Island (NY). It is fairly obvious that your ancestors are related to mine but I'm not sure how. Mr. Seversmith references to a WHEELER section of his book when talking about Elizabeth Wheeler Halsey. I only copied the Halsey section when I saw it a couple of years ago someplace out of town. The Halsey section is pages 1203 to 1222. It is a VERY large books. 3 volumes I think. There was only about 100 copies of the book made. What I copied was from a microfilm copy so check around and see if you can find a copy available near you. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � This file is from The Source of Magic, Ridgefield CT � � 203-431-4687, source for genealogy, radio, & Windows � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴�