Ancestry of Admiral
William Halsey

U.S. Navy - World War II

Jacob Benton Halsey

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• • Great-grandfather of William Halsey — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Isaac Halsey 
  • Mother:
  • Rebecca Garthwaite   
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  • 24 Jun 1815 
  • Death Location:
  • Camptown (now Irvington), Essex, New Jersey 
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  • Mary Wheeler
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  Charles Henry Halsey (Ahnentafel No:4 )

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  • War of 1812 veteran

    Editor of the Newark Gazette

• Sources for Jacob Benton Halsey

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A123810.
  • ² History of the First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, N. J.: Part II, The Combined Registers from 1742 to 1885, Morristown, New Jersey: Banner Steam Print (1885), 304.
  • ³ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. #67259, Membership application for William Frederick Halsey II.
  • ⁴ Hughes, Thomas Alexander, Admiral Bill Halsey: A Naval Life, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press (2016), 9.
  • ⁵ 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.