My Haleys are centered around Bracken County, KY

My family started out as Haley and came to Massachusetts in the 17th Century. Not long before the Revolution, they went to Nova Scotia and settled in Yarmouth. By the mid-1850s they came to California and when the panning for gold thing didn't work out they started farming in Alameda Co. At some point the name changed to Healy and my ancestor, Comfort, changed it to Healey in the later part of the 1800s. Comfort's son Lauren Everett Healey was my great- great-grandfather and lived in the San Francisco area before settling in Santa Clara Co.

Desended from Thomas J Haley born 10 May 1838 in TN. Died 01 Feb 1922 in Gibson County, Tennessee. Buried at Double Springs Cemetery, Gibson County, Tennessee. He was married to Mariah E Watson (b. 13 May 1840 in TN. d. 26 Dec 1920 in Gibson County, TN.) on 22 Nov 1859 in Gibson County, TN. Their daughter my great-grandmother was Sarah Alice Haley (b. 06 Oct 1871 in Gibson County d. 06 May 1918 in Gibson County. Sarah Alice married John Henry Hill (b. 02 Jul 1868 in Gibson Co. d. 20 Apr 1929 in Madison County, TN.) on 20 Dec 1889 in Gibson County.

I'm also a descendant of Comfort Healey, who went from Massachusetts to Nova Scotia.
My line:
1. Comfort Haley and first wife Abigail Allen
2. Comfort Haley and Rebecca Crosby
3. Joseph Edwin Healy and Matilda Weston who went back to Massachusetts
4. Mary Etta Healey and Peter Hoogerzeil, res. Beverly, Massachusetts
5. Florence Etta Hoogerzeil and Arthur Treadwell Hitchings
6. Gertrude Matilda Hitchings and Stanley Elmer Allen (my grandparents)

In an interesting twist, Stanley Allen is from the same Allen family as Abigail Allen's family of Manchester, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Interested in the Hale name. My mother's birth-father is Stephen D. Hale and his parents are Walter Hale and Flossie Hershon. Trying to find more information.

Sometime in the early 1700s, William Frayser, immigrant from Scotland, possible Quaker, married Hannah Jackson of Virginia and settled in Henrico County. Their son, William Frayser, married Martha Burton. Their son, William Frayser (d. 1826), married Mollie Hale, still in Henrico County. The Fraysers are pretty well documented, but not their wives. I would like to find the family of this Mollie Hale of Virginia, and would be grateful for any information, please.
Thank you,
Anna

I live in Henrico Co, VA, so I will do what I can to find information for you.

Hi all, I am new to this site so bear with me. My HALEY line goes like this (not complete list)
1. Ebenezer HEALEY, married Grace BULLEN
2. Ebenezer HALEY (family feud caused name change) married Sarah LANDERS (Nova Scotia line)
3. Selah (Seled, Selead) HALEY mar Mariah MARSFIELD (MANSFIELD) lived in Ontario
4. William HALEY mar Mercy AVERILL, lived in Ontario. She married 2 times later. We just got wonderful information about our "lost" William. Found him living in Michigan, remarried with more children. Meeting up with this extended family in Oct.
5. George HALEY mar Christie MacDonald lived in Michigan
6. Ruth Grace HALEY mar Harvey HOVEY
7. Dorothy HOVEY
8. me

Anyone else?

Beverly,
Family legend has it that Ebenezer (Squire) (son of Ebenezer HEALY of Yarmouth) and a brother were living in Springford, Ontario. They got into some sort of feud and Ebenezer changed the spelling of his name to HALEY. We attended a reunion there last year. Ebenezer built a church there that is still standing. We had the reunion in it. There is a window in the building that has his name on it. I will try to post some pictures if anyone is interested. We descend from Sealed, son of Squire Ebenezer.

Here's my Haley Connection:
Ebenezer Healy and Grace Bullen
Comfort HALEY and Abigail Allen
Abigail Haley and John Vickery
Samuel Vickery and Julia Anne Bridgeo
Oscar D. Vickery and Emma Stella Fenton
Julia Fenton and Walter Pratt
T.N. Smith and S.E. Pratt
Me

I also descend from Comfort Haley's second wife, Hannah Helen Ellis!

I am so excited to see so many descendants of the Nova Scotia Healy line.
What a journey this family has taken.

Sharon, Of course the story may all be a myth. I am related to the son of Ebenezer and Grace, Squire Ebenezer. He would have been brother to Comfort, right? I do have news articles of the Haley grandfather clock that was brought over to Mass, then to Nova Scotia and then to Ontario, where it is still in the Haley home. I have been there, seen it and taken pictures. Wonderful story there. Also old atricles of Squire Ebenezer Haley and his wife Rachel Landers adventure to Ontario from Nova Scotia in 1811. Rachel Landers was the daughter of Sealed Landers and Mary Pitman from Nova Scotia and back to Mass. Maybe if I get time I will post pics of the clock and write out the stories. If anyone is interested, let me know.

Nancy, please pass on the photos and stories!

I'm not sure of the best way to put this information in. I just typed it up. Is there a better way? This is one article about the clock. I will have to scan in the pictures and it may be a few days.
Nancy

Springford Family Treasures Pioneer Clock of Ancestors
from The Free Press, London, Ontario
Jan 12, 1950

Springford, Jan 11 - This is the story of the clock - a grandfather's clock - or to be more exact, a grandfather's great grandfather's clock.

The grandfather is 73 year old Martin Haley of Springford. The clock is an impressive structure standing an even seven feet high that has been ticking off the seconds for more than 200 years.

Some people might call the big awkward timepiece a "monstrosity". Structurally it is not beautiful. But to the Haleys it is "just like one of the family".

Around this grandfather's clock is written a story of courage and determination, a story of hardships and suffering, of defeat and victory.

It is, in fact, a chapter from the story of Canada and its people.

Made in England

The clock was made in Winchester, England by a man named R. Whiting. Twenty-five years ago Haley's daughter, Edith, visited Winchester while in England and discovered that about 100 years before a clockmaker named Whiting had lived in Winchester. He was believed to have been a grandson of R Whiting, the craftsman who made the Haley clock.

It was apparently brought across the Atlantic to the New England by the grandfathers of Martin Haley.

When the United States revolted against British rule and established their independence, Squire Healey carried the cumbersome clock with him when he made the long trek to Nova Scotia.

For several years Squire Healey lived in the maritime province but tried to persuade his wife to move west into the new territory of Upper Canada. She had heard terrible stories of massacres and atrocities by the Indians and was loath to endanger the lives of their small children.

Move On Dream

One night however she dreamed they had settled in "the west" and that the Indians were very friendly, especially to the children. The next morning she told her husband that she was ready to venture westward into the wilderness of Upper Canada.

In 1811 the rugged United Empire Loyalist, his family and his clock landed at Port Burwell and, carrying the clock on his back, Squire Healey led his family to their new home near what is now the village of Springford.

Somewhere between Squire Healey and the present generation, the name was changed: the "e" was dropped and Healey became Haley.

The clock with the wooden works also changed. When carried into the Oxford County wilderness on the sturdy back of Squire Healey, the big grandfather's clock was minus it's case, presumably left behind in New England due to its weight. For years it hung on a wall until Squire Healey himself built it's present case.

Long Service

There followed a century of service as the stolid old clock tick-tocked it's way through generation after generation of Haleys. It outlived three houses on the old Haley homestead and when Marvin Haley retired to the village of Springford he took the clock with him.

Then one day about 25 years ago, like the grandfather's clock in the song, Haley's timepiece stopped. Several jewelers examined it but their verdict was unanimous - the clock was just wron out.

Back to the Haley home went the venerable old timepiece. There it was given a place of honor in the living room. Although it had outlived its usefulness the Haley's couldn't part with it.

Survives Fire

The tradgedy struck. The Haley's awakened late one night to find the rear part of the house in flames. Their first thought was to save the clock. Together they carried it to safety. The house was burned to the ground along with most of their possessions. But their great-grandfather's clock was intact.

Two years later the Haley's were gradually recovering from their loss in the fire. The only timepiece they had was a pocket watch. One day while Mr. Haley was away - with the watch - Mrs. Haley wound the old clock just for curiosity.

Comes To Life

The ancient wooden cogs began rotating, the pendulum swinging and the measured tick-tock of grandfather's clock filled the room.

"I can't describe my feelings when the old clock started up again," said Mrs. Haley. "It was just like the voice of an old friend. It started just when we needed it most."

The clock is temporarily stopped now while Mr. Haley makes minor repairs to the weight system which runs the old wooden works.

Someday Martin and Edith Haley hope that the old timepiece will return to Squire Healey's homestead where Martin's grandson, Lee Haley' now lives.

To Lee, the sixth generation of the Haley family to live on Squire Healey's grant, the old timepiece is more than just a grandfather's clock.

It's a great-great-great-grandfather's clock.

I love the story! We just took delivery of a grandfather clock (gift from hubbies office for his 25th year in same place) My daughter has already asked for us to pass it on to her someday!

History of Springford and Community

In 1811 Squire and Sarah Healy moved from Nova Scotia and settled on the farm on which the north-west corner of the village is built, living some distance north of the railroad. He had long wished to settle in Upper Canada but his wife refused to go for fear of Indians, but one night in a dream she found herself alone in her home with the children, and the Indians filled the house, who treated her with the utmost respect and played with and fondled her babes. She took this as an omen that she would be protected and in the morning told her husband she was ready to make the venture. Mrs. Healy was a mother in the new country, helping in any sickness wherever she could, as was also her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ebenezer Healy (Aunt Rachel).
Soon after the Healys were settled in their new home the war of 1812-14 broke out and at this time Mr. Healy paid $100 for a barrel of salt, which he resold to the neighbors within a raduis of fifteen miles. He was a staunch, christian man and he and his wife were two of the eighteen charter members of the Baptist church, His daughter-in-law told of him once selling a two-year-old heifer to get money to buy a bible. Among their belongings moved from Nova Scotia was a tall grandfather's clock with wooden works, which still keeps good time and is a valued heirloom of his great grandson M. L. Haley.

My great great grandfather Alexander(?) Noble was married to a Mary Haley (Haly) believed to have been born in Ireland in the early 1790's!

Beverly and all,
I also have seen the clock several times. I have pictures but just don't have the time right now to scan and put on here.. We visited Lee Haley and his wife. Lee has passed on now but his wife still lives there and has the clock. everly, did you go to Springford Ontario? Did you see the church and the gravesites?
Nancy

Nancy, thank you for sharing the story. I look forward to seeing your photos!

Bev, We were there last year for the reunion. It was wonderful. Thanks for posting those pics. I have some close-ups of the inside of the clock etc I took when I was there before. Did you meet Irene Hopper? She knows a lot about the Haley line there.

Any Healy Haley family here from Ireland? John Healy, Mark Healy, Peter Healy? Haly?

I am no longer looking for Steve Hale and his family...After 5 years of looking, I finally found and got a hold of him.

I just blogged about some descendants of the Nova Scotia Healy/Healeys. Look for the blog "A Big Appetite" - and I have several more posts about Healeys at www.nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com (see the "Mayflower Voyage 7" post)

I just blogged again about the Healys who arrived in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia from Massachusetts. See the blog here at Genealogywise named "Healys and Crosbys", or at www.nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com

I also blog about the Mass. and Nova Scotia Haleys (which became Healy and Healey later on in some lines), especially my branch which came from Yarmouth to California in the 1850s. I just blogged about Ebenezer Haley who was from Yarmouth, N. S. and helped settle Alameda Co., CA http://shbwgen.blogspot.com/

Thought I'd drop by when I saw this on a search and say hello (hello Beverly Anne and Nancy in particular!)

We have some updated information on the Squire Ebenezer Haley family clock and its origins, by the way, if you're interested.

I've been doing some small updating to the Haley/Healy/Healey family tree that is connected to the family that came to Nova Scotia via Brimfield Mass. The tree can be found on Ancestry.com

Hope someone recognises any of the names or people below, searching for ages now but still no idea what happened to most of these people I am looking for.( I have found most information about William and Timothy Healy

The must have had families

5 Healy brothers moved from Mallow county Cork Ireland to originaly New York between 1912 and 1924.

1. Robert Healy - born 1889 Mallow county Cork Ireland, no other details

2. Timothy (Patrick?) Healy born 3rd February 1890, Mallow,Arrived in New York 28 July 1913 but not confirmed

3.Thomas Healy born 16 August 1897,Mallow county Cork, left wife and children behind in Ireland after returning from New York to Ireland and going back to New York again. First left for New York in 1912
Arrived in Ellis Island 14 April 1912 went to stay with brother William or Timothy healy (hard to read)
Thomas gave a date of birth 1887 should be 1897

Thomas HEALY
Birth Date: 16 Aug 1897
Death Date: Sep 1968
Social Security Number: 114-05-2349
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: New York


Name: Thomas Healy
SSN: 114-05-2349
Last Residence: 10024 Jersey City New York, NY, USA
Born: 16 Aug 1897
Died: Sep 1968
State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951)


came back to New York from Ireland for a second time 25th November 1926
, information below is not confirmed

4. William (Bill) Healy born 5 November 1899, the only brother we know something about, he married his wife Winifred in Westchester, New York in 1925. William died January 1987 in Valhalla Westchester NY
First Name: William
Last Name: Healy
Ethnicity: British, Irish
Last Place of Residence: Mallow, Ireland
Date of Arrival: Oct 01, 1923
Age at Arrival: 23y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Carmania
Port of Departure: COBH, Queenstown
Manifest Line Number: 0028

Went to stay with brother John Healy (??) at 1328 1e Avenue New York
His father Robert paid for the fare to New York

1930 Census information

William HEALY
Birth Date: 5 Nov 1899
Death Date: Jan 1987
Social Security Number: 120-09-7956
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: New York

Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 10595
Localities: East View, Westchester, New York
Valhalla, Westchester, New York



FULL NAME MIGHT BE WILLIAM J> HEALY
122 Fisher Ave White Plains, Westchester County, NY

William HEALY
Birth Date: 5 Nov 1899
Death Date: Jan 1987
Social Security Number: 120-09-7956
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: New York

Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 10595
Localities: East View, Westchester, New York
Valhalla, Westchester, New York

5. Cornelius Healy aka Con , born 12 March 1904 Mallow county Cork Ireland
Information below is a posibility but not confirmed
Naturalisation HEALY CORNELIUS Declaration 1927 27537 A-0143(1)

Cornelius HEALY
Birth Date: 7 Mar 1904
Death Date: Jun 1987
Social Security Number: 063-07-7755
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: New York

Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 45140
Localities: Branch Hill, Clermont, Ohio
Epworth Heights, Clermont, Ohio
Loveland, Clermont, Ohio
Murdock, Clermont, Ohio

Cornelius returning to U.S. on SS Republic from Cobh to Boston, Mass on Aug 2, 1928 Line 22

Loveland, Ohio
County: Clermont
Zip Code: 45140

Latitude: 39.2300
Longitude: -84.2394

Seilcrest Acres, Clermont, Ohio
Springvale, Clermont, Ohio
Steelville, Clermont, Ohio
Symmes Township, Clermont, Ohio
Twenty Mile Stand, Clermont, Ohio
Twightwee, Clermont, Ohio

1930 census record for a Cornelius with wife Nellie at 491 165th St. Bronx,? NYC, NY
naturalization index a Cornelius Healy of 500 East 163rd St. Bronx in 1933 Petition #212068

Parents were Robert Healy and Nora Healy -Daly (O'Dailigh) from the address Fairstreet Mallow county Cork Ireland
They had 12 children but 9 survived and 5 left for America

Please let there be someone who recognises something above, it is a family mystery, in Thomas's case he left children behind in Ireland and was never heard of again.

The brothers were our Grand-uncles

Looking for Haley family who lived in Wisconsin around Stanton, Emerald and Erin Prairie. I'm having difficulty tracing Patrick Haley, b.@1832, beyond Pittsburgh where he lived for a period in the 1850s and 1860s and where he married Margaret Keef, also born in Ireland.Don't know when he emigrated or from where in Ireland. Likewise for his father (?) Cornelius who is buried inStanton wisconsin with a grave marker indicating he was born in 1798.