Andrew Haley Sr. (1648 - bef. 1697)

Born 2 Jun 1648 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England

Husband of Deborah (Wilson) Haley — married 2 Jun 1684 in Kittery, York, Maine

Descendants

Died before 2 Dec 1697 before age 49 in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Andrew was a fisherman at the Isles of Shoals by 1653 along with the three Kelly brothers and was called the "King of the Shoals". He settled on Smuttynose Island which was later called Haleys Island and his descendants lived there for the next 250 years. He built a sea-wall to connect two islands and improve the harbor, fourteen rods long, thirteen feet high and fifteen feet wide.

In 1662 with Thomas Donnell he bought the Edward Johnson homestead in York from John Pearce and sold his half in 1684 when he was living at Spruce Creek:

I John Pearse of yorke fisherman upon good Consideration… Twenty foure pounds… payd p Tho : Donell of yorke & Andrew Healy of the Iles of Shoales fishermen do… sell… my sole right & Interest of a pcell of Meddow & upland wch I formly bought of Mr. Edw : Johnson… this 29th day of Septembr : 1662 :…
John Pearse
his marke P
In the psence of
Edw : Rishworth
James Grant Called the
Scotchman his marke X ^[1]

I Andrew Haly of Spruce Creek… Fisherman…for the Consideration of twelve pounds… paid p Henry Donill of York… Fisherman… do… sell… the one Moiety of… Meadow & Upland which Thomas Donill & I the sd Andrew Haly bought of John Peerce of York as appears by… Deed… Bearing Date the 29th of September 1662. And moreover the Original Bill of Sale from Edward Johnson of York to the sd Peerce which… bears Date the Eleventh of Novembr 1660… Witness my hand… this thirtieth Day of October 1684…
Andrew Haley
In the Presence of us
Samuel Donnill
John Penwill ^[2]

In 1667 Mr. Robert Elliot paid his fine for swearing and blasphemy. Andrew had been swearing blasphemously many desperate oaths, for which he was reproved by Robert Mendum who was one of the grand jury. Andrew swore "again, very desperately, several oaths and said he would put the said Mendum in his pocket."

Gowen Wilson gave Andrew 11 acres of his lot on Brians Point on Spruce Creek as a marriage dowry 2 June 1684:

I Gowen Willson… in regard of ye relation between Andrew Haley of Spruce Creek who Married my Daughter, Deborah, And for and in consideration of my Daughters Portion, doe… grant unto ye Said Andrew Haly… Eleaven acres… in Spruce Creek on the Eastern Side of Robert Mendums his land And is part of ye forty five Acres of land granted to me by the Select men of Kittery twenty three or twenty four years past… I doe further alsoe freely give unto the Said Haly a Small orchard which was formerly a Cow yard… this Second day of June : 1684…
Gowen Wilson
In the presents of us
Mary Hooke
The mark of
Johanna H Crocker ^[3]

Andrew had received a grant from the town of Kittery in 1673.

January the 4th: 1697/8

The Administration is granted to Deborah Haly Relict Widdow of Andrew Haly late of Kittery Deceased and to Andrew Haly Son of sd Andrew Haley. And sd Andrew Haly as Surety & Mr. William Pepperill & Joseph Weeks: all of Kittery as Sureties…

An Inventory of the estate of Andrew Halley Senr deceased

To his home lott of Land and the houssingthat is
upon it...............................................................35-00-00
To thirty acers of Land in the woods............15-00-00
To ten acers of Land in the woods remott...02-10-00
To two oxen.....................................................07-00-00
To two heffers three yearlings and one Calf.09-02-00
To one horss and a mare Colt.......................02-15-00
To ten sheep....................................................03-00-00
To two swine and four shots.........................02-10-00
To a small iron pott a kettell and a skillitt.....00-18-00
To puter............................................................00-10-00
To housoll wooden stuff................................00-15-00
To one gun.......................................................00-09-00
To a plough one chain two hous one harrow axe
betel and wedges one spit One pare of tongs one
frying pan..........................................................02-12-00
To old iron........................................................00-10-00
To one bed and furniture belonging to him.08-00-00
To other beding...............................................03-00-00
To his wearing Clouths...................................03-00-00
To money.........................................................04-01-00
..........................................................................101-00-00
Roger Dearinge
The mark of
Joseph A willson

To what we have received since of his [ ].....06-03-11
..........................................................................107: 3: 11 ^[4][5]

He married Deborah, daughter of Gowen Wilson, and she was ad ministatrix of his estate, appointed Dec. 2, 1697; children: i. Andrew Haley; ii. William Haley; iii. Deliverance Haley, married George Berrry Jan. 1, 1702; iv. Elizabeth Haley, married Richard Crockett; vi. Hannah Haley, married Richard Westcott; vii. Rhoda Haley, married Samuel Skillings. The estate of Andrew Haley was divided in 1724 and the receipts of the heirs are recorded in York Deeds (fol. 232, vol. xi). Hannah Wescott, widow of Richard, receipted for her share June 4, 1724; Richard Crockett, Nicholas Hilliard and Samuel Skillings gave receipts at about the same time to Andrew Haley Jr., their brother-in-law.

Haley is generally the accepted form of the name. Haley is of Irish origin. It is spelled various ways. Hale, Hallie, Halie, Hally and Haley. Branches of the family were early in Kittery and Biddeford , Me. . They are said to be decended from two distinct heads, possibly brothers.

Sources

1. ↑ York Deeds- Vol. I, fol. 126
2. ↑ York Deeds- Vol. XI, fol. 173
3. ↑ York Deeds- Vol. IV, fol. 87
4. ↑ York County Probate- Vol. I, fol. 59- Docket No. 8027
5. ↑ York County, Maine Probate Records, No. 1, 1687-1707, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89JS-L9ZS-F : 6 April 2021), FHL microfilm 007600380, image 58 & 60.

• Map of Isle of Shoals_Haley's Cove
• Old Kittery and Her Families- Everett S. Stackpole, Lewiston Journal, 1903- pp. 63,483
• The History of Wells and Kennebunk- Edward E. Bourne, Thurston & Co., Portland, 1875
• Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- p.297
• York County Registry of Probate- Docket #8027
• Saco Valley Settlements- Gideon T. Ridlon Sr., Portland, 1894- p.706
• Hayley, John William, Genealogical Memoranda Relating Chiefly to The Haley, Piper, Neal and Ricker Families of Maine and New Hampshire (Courier-Citizen Co., Lowell, MA, 1900) Page 12-13.