Halsey Genealogy Since 1395 A. D.

The Halsey family name has been in America since 1638, the year Thomas Halsey is first mentioned in town records of Lynn, Massachusetts. The genealogical record uses the “Modified Register Plan” and is exceptionally thorough, containing a total of eighteen generations reaching back to John Halsey alias Chambers, born in 1498, all the way up to the latest descendant born in December 1994. Also included are ancestor charts in “Reverse Register” format of several distinguished spouses. These women brought prominent bloodlines into the Halsey line. Also included is a brief genealogy of the ancestors of the Thomas Halsey who was for so long mistakenly believed to be the immigrant ancestor of the author’s line.