Edward Haley

“Edward and Catherine Haley of Orange are the first of the family of which we are not in doubt. We know they must have been born about 1675-80, as their son Edward was deceased by 1728, leaving two daughters. The children of Edward and Catherine must all have been born during the first quarter of the 18th Century. Some of the children lived into the next century. We are able, from existing court records, to follow some of the children and their descendants for the next two hundred and fifty years, or counting Edward and Catherine, we have a family record for the past three hundred years. Prior to Edward and Catherine, we can surmise but cannot be positive."

Children include

• David Haley b: ABT. 1720 in Halifax County, VA

Will

Being well advanced in age in 1752, Edward Haley wrote his will, and he was dead and the will probated nine months later:

• "In the name of God Amen the 29th day of December One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-Two. I Edward Haley of Saint Thomas's Parish in the County of Orange being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory Thanks be given unto God therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my Executor nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the power of God, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give Devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
• Imprimus: I leave the plantation whereon I now live containing One Hundred and Forty Acres of land unto my beloved wife Catherine Haley during her natural life or widow hood and after her decease, or marriage to my well beloved son Thomas Haley and his Heirs forever.
• Item: I give and bequeath unto my son David Haley Five Pounds Current money.
• Item: I give unto my son Thomas Haley one feather bed and furniture to be delivered unto him at his marriage or at his mother's decease,
• and I give unto my well beloved wife one negro woman named Roas, one feather bed and furniture, and one horse call'd Prince, and as for the rest of my Personal Estate I lend unto my wife aforesaid during her natural life or widow hood and at her decease or marriage to be equally divided between all my children to wit: John Haley, James Haley, William Haley, Benjamin Haley, Ambrose Haley, David Haley, Thomas Haley, Sarah Oakes, Elizabeth Christopher, Valentine Herndon.
• Item: I give unto my son William Haley One Hundred and Seven Acres of land with the plantation now called William Haley's, to him and his heirs forever.
• Lastly I appoint and authorize my well beloved wife Catherine Haley Executrix. I likewise appoint Thomas Haley and Benjamin Haley Executors of this my last will. Desire there shall be no appraisement of my estate.
• In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. his Edward E. H. Haley mark
• Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us: Test - Lancelott Rea Hump Haley her Valentine H Haley Benjamin Cave mark Wm. Haley"

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• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 6 2020, 19:23:28 UTC

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from "Haley and Related Families" by Edward F. Haley

Edward Haley, the first of those from the Gloucester-York area, who followed up the York and Mattapony rivers, whom we can identify was born circa 1675, perhaps in York or Gloucester. He may have been a brother to the preceding John and Joseph Hayle. He married Catherine _________, probably in King and Queen or King William counties though we have no record of the marriage. He was living in King William County in 1727 when he patented a 980 acre plantation in Spottsylvania County on the branches of the North Fork of North Anna River, and moved to this plantation at this time with his family.

Being well advanced in age in 1752, Edward Haley wrote his will, and he was dead and the will probated nine months later:

"In the name of God Amen the 29th day of December One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-Two. I Edward Haley of Saint Thomas's Parish in the County of Orange being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory Thanks be given unto God therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my Executor nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the power of God, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give Devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.

Imprimus: I leave the plantation whereon I now live containing One Hundred and Forty Acres of land unto my beloved wife Catherine Haley during her natural life or widow hood and after her decease, or marriage to my well beloved son Thomas Haley and his Heirs forever.

Item: I give and bequeath unto my son David Haley Five Pounds Current money.

Item: I give unto my son Thomas Haley one feather bed and furniture to be delivered unto him at his marriage or at his mother's decease, and I give unto my well beloved wife one negro woman named Roas, one feather bed and furniture, and one horse call'd Prince, and as for the rest of my Personal Estate I lend unto my wife aforesaid during her natural life or widow hood and at her decease or marriage to be equally divided between all my children to wit: John Haley, James Haley, William Haley, Benjamin Haley, Ambrose Haley, David Haley, Thomas Haley, Sarah Oakes, Elizabeth Christopher, Valentine Herndon.

Item: I give unto my son William Haley One Hundred and Seven Acres of land with the plantation now called William Haley's, to him and his heirs forever. Lastly I appoint and authorize my well beloved wife Catherine Haley Executrix. I likewise appoint Thomas Haley and Benjamin Haley Executors of this my last will. Desire there shall be no appraisement of my estate. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.

his

Edward E. H. Haley

mark

Signed sealed and delivered

in the presence of us:

Test - Lancelott Rea

Hump Haley her

Valentine H Haley

Benjamin Cave mark

Wm. Haley"

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 7 2021, 16:50:31 UTC
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I1060...