When Recompence Halsey was born on 19 August 1700, in Southampton, Southampton, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Nathaniel Halsey, was 25 and his mother, Hannah Stansborough, was 21. He married Hannah Jagger in 1721, in Suffolk, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 3 May 1777, in Florham Park, Morris, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 76.
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Historical Boundaries 1739: Morris, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Morris, New Jersey, United States
"During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the ""Ten Crucial Days"" and remembered by the famous phrase ""the times that try men's souls"". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time."
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
English: habitational name probably from Halsey Farm in Sharnbrook (Bedfordshire), whose medieval spellings lack H- but which has been influenced by the adjacent wood, which was once called Haselho but is now also called Halsey. However, the early examples suggest that another as yet unidentified place (or places) may also have been a source.
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