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Originally Posted by z900guy
Hiya
Does anyone have any information on the Halstead family who built my parents farm in 1688 ?
The farm is Higher Heys on the old Kings Highway at the top of Sandy Lane and is featured in Old Homesteads of Accrington.
Oh and if anyone has a copy for sale that would be brilliant
Thanks
Chris
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I would treat Ainsworths Old Homesteads with pinch of salt, no one has been able to verify his sources of information. There are large discrepancies in a lot of his work. Then he did work for the Accrington Obeserver.
The earliest Halstead in my records is 1600 is Hugh Halstead Gentleman Freeholder of Habergham. The first one to appear in the parish records, is a William Halstead, who has his daughter Susan baptized at Altham, 23 Feb 1630.
On checking the 1660 tax rolls there are no Halsteads in Accrington.
Retlaw.