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Thomas Halsey Signatures
Thomas Halsey Signatures
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Halsey in America
My first ancestor to reach the shores of America was Thomas Halsey. Thomas was born at Parsonage, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England circa 1591/92. Thomas was, in 1637, a resident of Kempston, Bedfordshire,England.
Among the documents in the custody of the Clerk of Courts at Salem, Mass. is a copy of records showing the divisions of land of Lynn, Mass. in 1638. Thomas Halsey received 100 acres. It is evident, therefore, that Thomas came over sometime after April 1638 and before the end of that year. He was a resident of Lynn during 1639 and most of 1640.
A number of the colonists of Lynn had resolved to leave and to settle in another place and on 10 March 1639, Edward Howell with others contracted for transport to the future Southampton, Long Island. Thomas was not, at the beginning, one of the adventurers in this project; but upon acceptance by the rest of the party and contribution of eighty pounds, he was included as one of them. The final agreement to settle Southampton was dated at Lynn, 17 April 1640, and the colonists arrived 13 Dec. 1640. The settlers gave the local indians 16 coats and 60 bushels of corn for the land.
Thomas' first wife Phoebe Barrett. Born in 1591 in Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England . She was murdered in 1649 by Pequot Indians on present day Halsey Lane in Southampton, NY .
It appears from the records that Thomas Halsey was independent, impatient of courts and somewhat plain-spoken in mind. The same motive which sent him from England, doubtless, made him suspect the jurisprudence of his day. Nevertheless, when his somewhat belligerent forwardness got him into trouble with his fellow townsmen in general, he backtracked. Thus on 23 Oct. 1655 and after a disagreement with the town as to the condition of his closes (neighbors) and where his cattle should be maintained, he apologized and paid the townsmen for their troubles in returning his cattle to closure.
Thomas died on 27 AUG 1678 in Southampton, Suffolk, New York. Buried somewhere in Southampton,probably in the old town burial ground.
Thomas Halsey Signatures
Thomas Halsey Signatures
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Halsey in America
My first ancestor to reach the shores of America was Thomas Halsey. Thomas was born at Parsonage, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England circa 1591/92. Thomas was, in 1637, a resident of Kempston, Bedfordshire,England.
Among the documents in the custody of the Clerk of Courts at Salem, Mass. is a copy of records showing the divisions of land of Lynn, Mass. in 1638. Thomas Halsey received 100 acres. It is evident, therefore, that Thomas came over sometime after April 1638 and before the end of that year. He was a resident of Lynn during 1639 and most of 1640.
A number of the colonists of Lynn had resolved to leave and to settle in another place and on 10 March 1639, Edward Howell with others contracted for transport to the future Southampton, Long Island. Thomas was not, at the beginning, one of the adventurers in this project; but upon acceptance by the rest of the party and contribution of eighty pounds, he was included as one of them. The final agreement to settle Southampton was dated at Lynn, 17 April 1640, and the colonists arrived 13 Dec. 1640. The settlers gave the local indians 16 coats and 60 bushels of corn for the land.
Thomas' first wife Phoebe Barrett. Born in 1591 in Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England . She was murdered in 1649 by Pequot Indians on present day Halsey Lane in Southampton, NY .
It appears from the records that Thomas Halsey was independent, impatient of courts and somewhat plain-spoken in mind. The same motive which sent him from England, doubtless, made him suspect the jurisprudence of his day. Nevertheless, when his somewhat belligerent forwardness got him into trouble with his fellow townsmen in general, he backtracked. Thus on 23 Oct. 1655 and after a disagreement with the town as to the condition of his closes (neighbors) and where his cattle should be maintained, he apologized and paid the townsmen for their troubles in returning his cattle to closure.
Thomas died on 27 AUG 1678 in Southampton, Suffolk, New York. Buried somewhere in Southampton,probably in the old town burial ground.