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William Halsey

Ancestry of Admiral
William Halsey

U.S. Navy - World War II


    Rufus King

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    • 2nd Great-grandfather of William Halsey — 5th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 20 
    • Birth Date:
    • 24 Mar 1755 
    • Birth Location:
    • Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine 
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    • Death Date:
    • 29 Apr 1827 
    • Death Location:
    • New York, New York 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • 30 Mar 1786 
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    • Children:

    • John Alsop King

      Charles King (Ahnentafel No:10 )

    • Notes: 
    • Signer of the U.S. Constitution

  • Additional marriages for Rufus King


    • Spouse:
    • Amelia Laverty
    • Marriage Date:
    • 21 Sep 1824
    • Marriage Location:
    • Albany, Albany Co., New York

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  • Sources for Rufus King

    • 2 New York Herald (New York, New York), 08 AUG 1883, p. 3, Obituary for granddaughter Eliza Gracie Halsey.
    • 4 Frost, Josephine C., Underhill Genealogy: Descendants of Capt. John Underhill, Vol. 2, Brooklyn, New York: Published privately by Myron C. Taylor in the interests of The Underhill Society of America (1932), 243-245.
    • 5 Hughes, Thomas Alexander, Admiral Bill Halsey: A Naval Life, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press (2016), 9-10.
    • 6 Lee, Francis Bazley, editor, Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. III, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1910), 936-937.
    • 7 Pitman, H. Minot and Katharine Patterson Boyd Hunt, Boyd-Patterson Ancestry, Tucson, Arizona: Unknown (1967), 80.
    • 10 Spillane, Rev. Edward P., Life and Letters of Henry Van Rensselaer: Priest of the Society of Jesus, New York: Fordham University Press (1908), 10-11.
    • 11 Stowell, William Henry Harrison, The Stowell Genealogy: A Record of the Descendants of Samuel Stowell of Hingham, Mass., Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company, Publishers (1922), 51-52.
    • 12 Weygant, Charles H., The Sacketts of America, Their Ancestors and Descendants 1630-1907, Newburgh, New York: Journal Print (1907), 130-131.