John Hailey/Haley^{[1, 2]}

Est 1730 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	John Hailey/Haley
  Born	Est 1730	Prince George Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Person ID	I8087	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2017

  
  

  Family	Margaret Martha Wells,   b. 1 Dec 1734, Bristol Parish, Prince George, Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. James Hailey/Haley,   b. Abt 1750, Halifax County, Virginia [now Pittsylvania] ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2015
  Family ID	F5084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Wells Info Note Jeane Barber
  		Wells Info 1 J. Barber
  		Wells Info 2 J. Barber
  		Wells Info 3 J. Barber
  		Wells Info 4 J. Barber
  		Wells Info 5 J. Barber
  		Wells Info 6 J. Barber
  		Wells Info 7 Jeane Barber
  		Wells Info 8 J. Barber
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• Sources

  [S31] Cottagehill/Southside, Margaret Martha Wells + John Haley. Margaret Martha Wells Born: Dec 1, 1734 - Prince George Co., VA Spouse: John Haley ( - ) [S48] Ancestry Link, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bh342&id=I09761. John HALEY Birth: 1730 Death: 1800 Father: James HALEY b: ABT 1703 in King William Co., Virginia Mother: Susannah BROCKMAN b: 1711 Married: 1750 Children James HALEY b: 1751, Halifax Co. [now Pitts] Va. John HALEY b: ABT 1753 in Virginia George HALEY b: 1755 in Virginia Barnabus HALEY b: 1759 in Virginia from "Haley and Related Families" by Edward F. Haley James Haley was probably the second son to be born to Edward and Catherine Haley, who had moved from King William to that portion of Spottsylvania which later became Orange County. Perhaps the first mention of James in Orange County was on August 24, 1728. On this date the 840 acre tract of land which had been granted to the two brothers, James and Edward, was divided. As Edward Haley, Junior, died prior to the division, leaving his wife Mary and two daughters Sarah and Mary, James Haley granted them 400 acres of the tract, as before mentioned. James Haley was apparently twice married; his first wife was Susanna ________, who may have been Susanna Brockman. His second wife was Bethiah ________, who may have been Bethiah Collins, the daughter of William and Elizabeth Collins of Essex County. On June 25, 1741, James and Susanna Haley of Orange sold one hundred acres of land in Orange to Philip Singleton for £10. Again on July 7, 1749, they sold land in Orange to Samuel Brockmany. On October 1, 1751, James Haley, of St. Thomas Parish in Orange, for five shillings paid unto William Collins and his wife Elizabeth, of South Farnham Parish in Essex, purchased from them a 200 acre tract of land lying in the Parish of St. George in Spottsylvania County. The witnesses to this transaction were Edward, Lewis and John Collins. A year later, on November 7, 1752, this tract was sold to Daniel Gardner for £40. At this sale, the wife of James was mentioned as Bethiah. A final entry in the Orange records of February 9, 1753, shows James Haley dismissing a suit at Orange Court which he had against Ambrose Foster for debt. Probably in the year of 1753 he moved to the South, settling in what was then called Halifax County. The location of his new home was near the present Halifax-Spottsylvania County line. Though he lived in Halifax upon settling in this frontier county, yet the site of his home would today have been in Pittsylvania, and he probably never at any time lived in the present day County of Halifax. At the March Term of Court for Halifax, James Haley was "appointed surveyor of a road in the room of John ________, and ordered to keep it in good repair, etc." The following year at March Court in 1755 for Halifax, James Haley was appointed surveyor of a road below Stinking River. This road would have been in the present County of Pittsylvania. At the July Term of Court for 1755, James was appointed surveyor of a road from Stinking River to Allens Creek. This would probably be the same as State Highway #40 of today and in Pittsylvania County. Since surveyors of roads were assigned sections of roads in the vicinity of their homes, we can very definitely determine where a settler lived at that period of history. James Haley thus resided near the present State Highway #40 just west of Mt. Airy in the County of Pittsylvania. At May Court in 1759 for Halifax, James Haley had a case dismissed against Simeon Justice. This appears to be his last appearance at Halifax Court, and he may have died not too long afterwards. He left no will in Halifax nor in Pittsylvania, which was created a county in 1767. It is very probable he left children, and the Edward Haley whose land joined his in 1757 was probably his son. Also the James Haley who appears on the first Census for Halifax, with four white tythes, may have been his son.