Ancestry of
Clement Clarke Moore

Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”

William Hallett

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Clement Clarke Moore — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 22 
  • Father:
  • William Hallett 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Fones   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1648 
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Aug 1729 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Woolsey
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  Sarah Hallett

  Mary Hallett

  Elizabeth Hallett (Ahnentafel No:11 )

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  • William Hallett's surname is also seen as Hollett.

• Sources for William Hallett

  • ¹ New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1881, Vol. 12, p. 172.
  • ² Bond, Henry, Family Memorials: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Vol. 2, Boston: Little, Brown & Company (1855), 877.
  • ³ Cocks, George William, History and Genealogy of the Cock, Cocks, Cox Family: Descended from James and Sarah Cock . . ., Somerville, New Jersey: The Unionis-Gazette Association (1914), 296.
  • ⁴ Cornell, Rev. John, Genealogy of the Cornell Family: Being an Account of the Descendants of Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth, R.I., New York: Press of T.A. Wright (1902), 31.
  • ⁵ Fish, Lester Warren, The Fish Family in England and America: Genealogical and Biographical Records and Sketches, Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc. (1948), 336.
  • ⁶ Shotwell, Ambrose M., Annals of Our Colonial Ancestors and Their Descendants, or, Our Quaker Forefathers and Their Prosperity, Lansing, Michigan: Robert Smith and Co., Printers and Binders (1895), 264.
  • ⁷ Weygant, Charles H., The Sacketts of America, Their Ancestors and Descendants 1630-1907, Newburgh, New York: Journal Print (1907), 64.