Brief Life History of William Smith
When William Smith Haley was born in 1765, in Alfred, York, Maine, United States, his father, Richard Haley, was 25 and his mother, Mary Leavitt, was 30. He married Lois Ricker in 1790, in Alfred, York, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Tuftonboro, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States in 1810. He died in April 1830, in Hill, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 65.
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- Wm Haley, "United States Census, 1810"
- William Haley in entry for Louisa Davis, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
- Wm Haley in entry for John S Haley, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
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1770
Historical Boundaries: 1770: York, Massachusetts, United States 1820: York, Maine, United States
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Hailey (Oxfordshire), Heylee in Chapel en le Frith (Derbyshire), Haley in Northowram (Yorkshire), or one or other of the places called Highley in Parracombe and Upottery (Devon). All the placenames derive from Old English hēg ‘hay’ + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’, except Highley in Upottery, whose first element may be Old English hēah ‘high’.
English (southeastern): aspirated pronunciation of Ayley, a variant of Aylett .
Irish: adopted form of Mac Céile, see McHale .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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