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HOWELL/HALSEY: The Halsey homestead is reportedly the oldest frame structure in the State of New York. Elizabeth Halsey, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Halsey, married Richard Howell, son of Edward Howell the emigrant and his wife Frances Paxton. Suggested Reading: Hugh Halsey II, M.D.,"Thomas Halsey 1594-1678 and the Halsey House", (Southampton Colonial Society & the Thomas Halsey Family Assn., P.O. Box 303, Southampton, NY, 11968; 1998); Also see: Raymond David Wheeler, "The English Ancestry of Thomas Halsey of Southampton, Long Island" (Thomas Halsey Family Assn., c/o Southampton Colonial Society), address as given above.
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