Ancestry of Admiral
William Halsey

U.S. Navy - World War II

Charles Henry Halsey

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• • Grandfather of William Halsey — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Jacob Benton Halsey 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Wheeler   
  • Birth Date:
  • 20 or 22 FEB 1810 
  • Birth Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 May 1855 
  • Death Location:
  • New York, New York 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Jamaica, Queens, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Eliza Grace King
  • Marriage Date:
  • 18 Sep 1838 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Baltimore County, Maryland 
  • Child:

  William Frederick Halsey (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 

  • Rector of Christ Church, New York City

    Charles Halsey was killed when he fell from a fourth floor window. He was visiting a new building being erected and adjoining the Everett House on Union Square. While looking through the opening of the large central windows, he lost his balance and plummeted to the ground some 60 feet below. He never spoke after the fall and died less than a half hour later.

• Additional marriages for Charles Henry Halsey

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary Boerum Smith

• Sources for Charles Henry Halsey

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A064762 and #A002030.
  • ² District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961, Death record for son William Frederick Halsey.
  • ³ Evening Post (New York, New York), 03 MAY 1855, p. 2, "Inquest upon the Body of the Rev. Charles H. Halsey".
  • ⁴ Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850, Marriage record for Charles H Halsey and Eliza G King.
  • ⁵ New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952, Death record for Charles H Halsey.
  • ⁶ New York Herald (New York, New York), 08 AUG 1883, p. 3, Obituary for spouse Eliza Gracie Halsey.
  • ⁷ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. #67259, Membership application for William Frederick Halsey II.
  • ⁸ Hughes, Thomas Alexander, Admiral Bill Halsey: A Naval Life, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press (2016), 9-10.
  • ⁹ Lee, Francis Bazley, editor, Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. III, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1910), 935-937.
  • ¹⁰ Weygant, Charles H., The Sacketts of America, Their Ancestors and Descendants 1630-1907, Newburgh, New York: Journal Print (1907), 194.