Jeremiah Halsey Jr. (1697 - bef. 1768)

Born 1697 in Bridgehampton, Suffolk, New York [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Conkling) Halsey — married 25 Nov 1721 in Easthampton, Suffolk County, NY, USA.

Husband of Hannah (Unknown) Halsey — married after 1730 in Southampton, Suffolk, New York Colony

Descendants

Died before 19 Apr 1768 before age 71 in New York

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Biography

Jeremiah was born about 1697. He was the son of Jeremiah Halsey (1667-1737) and Ruth Stanborough Halsey (1668-1717).

Jeremiah married Mary Conkling of East Hampton, Long Island about 1721

Jeremiah also married Hannah UNKNOWN.

These are Jeremiah's known children:

1. Paul
2. Jeremiah
3. Matthew
4. Stephen
5. Isaac
6. Jabesh
7. Amos
8. Hannah
9. Martha

Jeremiah passed away in 1768.^[1]

Will:

Page 352.--In the name of God, Amen. "I, JEREMIAH HALSEY, of the town of Southampton, in Suffolk County, yeoman, being sick and weak in Body, but of sound mind and memory, Thanks be given to God for the same," "And calling to mind the mortality of my Body, do make and ordain this my last will and Testament." I leave to my loving wife Hannah all and every article contained in an agreement signed before our marriage, and she is to quit all title to my estate. I leave to my son, Paul Halsey, a certain tract of land to be taken off from my home lot; That is to say, Beginning at the southwest corner of my home lot, and going eastward 64 poles to where there is a ditch, and then going with the ditch northward about 64 poles to another ditch, and then going westward along said ditch into the marsh, Containing by estimation between 25 and 26 acres, Bounded on the west partly by the land of the heirs of Elijah Halsey and partly by land of Thomas Sandford, and north and east by land that I give to my son Jeremiah. I leave to my son, Jeremiah Halsey, all my dwelling house and home lot and buildings that was given to me by my father, and not before given away. The land that I bought of Capt. Theophilus Howell and Recompense Halsey is to be understood as not to belong to my home lot. I leave to my son, Stephen Halsey, the two lots I bought of Capt. Theophilus Howell and Recompense Halsey adjoining to my home lot; Also 4 acres of land at the southwest corner of Lot No. 17 in the Great [South] Division. My executors are to sell my two pieces of enclosed land lying north of the house of Stephen Sandford in Lot No. 17. My will is that all my lands lying in the South Lot No. 17 in the Great Division (excepting the enclosed land where my son Matthew's house stands, and the land I have herebefore disposed of), and all my orchard land at the Brick kilns, and also all my right in the Amendment that was laid out to my lot in the Little South Division, be equally divided between my three sons, Stephen, Jeremiah, and Paul. I leave to my four sons, Matthew, Isaac, Jabeash, and Amos, the sum of ?1, York currency, to be equally divided between them, and to be paid by my executors. I leave to my two daughters, Hannah and Martha, 10 shillings. All my movable estate, after paying debts and legacies, is to be equally divided between my three sons, Stephen, Jeremiah, and Paul, and I make them executors.

Dated January 21, 1767. Witnesses, Henry Howell, Jr., Levi Howell, Thomas Sandford. Proved, April 19, 1768, before Maltby Gelston, Surrogat

Jeremiah Halsey was son of Jeremiah Halsey (who was born September 7, 1667, and died December 29, 1737) and grandson of Thomas Halsey, 2d. The land left to his son, Paul Halsey, is at Mecox, on the north side of the highway called "Paul's Lane," and west of the road called Halsey's Lane, and now owned by S. and A. L. Cook. Elijah Halsey, who owned the land next west, died June 10, 1768, aged thirty-four. The lots left to Stephen Halsey are probably the homestead of late E. Jones Ludlow, Esq., at Mecox. The land left to son Jeremiah is north of the other tracts, and owned in recent years by his descendant, Oliver Halsey. The son Matthew Halsey, who lived at Scuttle Hole, was the ancestor of the distinguished historian, Francis V. Halsey.--W. S. P.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial #142669055

• Halsey, Jacob Lafayette. Thomas Halsey of Hertfordshire, England, and Southampton, Long Island, 1591 to 1679 (Morristown, N.J., 1895) Page 46
• Thacher, Mary M., Identifying Anna Wheeler of Stonington, Connecticut (1675–1714), As The First Wife of Jeremiah Halsey of Southampton, Long Island, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2009) Vol. 163, WN 652, Page 265.
• http://www.longislandsurnames.com/getperson.php?personID=I01723&tree=Cooper
• https://familysearch.org/tree/person/L6M5-RF1/details

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 August 2020), memorial page for Jeremiah Halsey Jr. (1690–1768), Find A Grave: Memorial #142669055, ; Maintained by Dena (Robertson) Knapp (contributor 47322779) Unknown.