Saturday, April 7, 2018

Surname Saturday -- HALSEY (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2101 who is Anne HALSEY (1591-1659). 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through one generation in this HALSEY family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

64. Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816)
65. Martha Whitney (1764-1832)


130.  Samuel Whitney (1719-1782)
131.  Abigail Fletcher (1720-1783)

262.  John Fletcher (1692-1749)
263.  Mary Goble (1694-1734)

524.  Samuel Fletcher (1657-1744)
525.  Elizabeth Wheeler (1664-1744)


1050.  Thomas Wheeler (1621-1704)
1051.  Sarah Merriam (1626-1677)

2100.  Thomas Wheeler, born about 1590 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died 23 August 1654 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.  He was the son of 4200. Thomas Wheeler and 4201. Mary LNU.  He married 05 May 1613 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.
2101.  Ann Halsey, born before about 1591 probably in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died 20 October 1659 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.

Children of Thomas Wheeler and Ann Halsey are:
*  Ann Wheeler, born before 30 January 1614 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died before 14 July 1615 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.
*  Alice Wheeler, born before 15 June 1616 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died before 1637 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; married John Billington 16 October 1634 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; born before 14 February 1613 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died before 26 September 1671 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.
*  Hannah Wheeler, born before 15 February 1618 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died in  ; married (1) James Bennett about 1639 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; born about 1615 in England; died August 1659 in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; married (2) Joseph Middlebrook about 1673 in probably Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; born about  1626 in England.
Thomas Wheeler, born before 08 December 1621 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died 24 December 1704 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; married (1) Sarah Merriam 14 October 1648 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; married (2) Sarah Beers 23 July 1677 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
*   Elizabeth Wheeler, born before 04 November 1622 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died young.
*  John Wheeler, born before 27 February 1625 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died before 05 April 1690 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; married (1) Judith Turney about 1661 in probably Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; born before 13 June 1633 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England; died before 1673 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; married (2) Elizabeth Rowland about 1673 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; born about 1651 in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died March 1703 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
*  Sarah Wheeler, born before 10 August 1628 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died 21 August 1669 in probably Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; married Thomas Sherwood about 1646 in probably Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; born before 23 January 1630 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England; died 01 January 1687 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.

The parents of Ann Halsey appear to be unknown, even though there is a baptism date listed for her in many online family trees.  There seem to be two potential sets of parents:

1) Thomas Halsey and Phebe Barrett of Cranbrook, Bedfordshire, but there appears to be no baptism record for Ann in Cranbrook.

2)  Robert Halsey and Ellin Alley, there is a baptism record for An Hasye in Flamstead, Hertfordshire on 30 May 1591.

FamilySearch Family Tree lists both of them as parents of Ann Halsey.  Many Ancestry Member Trees list Thomas and Phebe with the 1591 baptism date.  

I don't know which one, if either, is correct.  The marriage of Thomas Wheeler and Ann Halsey in Cranbrook is not in the IGI.  It may have been found by a Wheeler researcher in parish records.

I have not researched Ann Halsey's origins or parents.  If someone has a reference to her birth, baptism or marriage I would appreciate knowing it. 

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