Peter and Mary were among those who came by the Erie Canal and sailboat to buy land cheap and found homes in the wilderness of this, then, western territory. Their new home was near Dexter, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Six of their children were born there. Their children later moved to Clinton and Eaton counties in Michigan. All that remains today in Washtenaw county are the burial places of Peter, Mary and their small son Herman.
History repeats itself.
Members of later generations are making their homes in all parts of our country ever looking for opportunities to improve their way of life. A Halsey Genealogy was printed in 1895 at the Jerseyman Office in Morristown , New Jersey. It was compiled by Jacob Lafayette Halsey and Edmund Drake Halsey. In it is a picture in color of the Halsey Coat of Arms. This grant of arms was given to two brothers of Thomas Halsey in 1633.